Talk:List of video games notable for negative reception
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Because there are a wealth of bad video games out there in the world, a set of criteria have been created to make sure we're focusing truly on games that are truly notable for their negative reception. Games are eligible for inclusion in this list if they have an article on Wikipedia, have established notability, and have demonstrated a strong negative reception described by one or more of the criteria listed below. This demonstration requires providing in-line citations for the entry to several published articles, from sources that are generally considered reliable for the coverage of video games, which describe in significant detail (not in passing) how the game meets the criterion/criteria; entries that fail to provide these citations will likely be removed without question. A minimum of three such sources is strongly recommended, and preferably at least five such sources should be provided. Note that you may reuse citations from the game's article to support inclusion here.
Shovelware, tie-ins, and non-notable indie or mobile titles are typically excluded from this list, barring exceptional circumstances, since they generally receive little media attention and do not typically have a reasonable expectation of quality (thus they would have negative reception, but not be notable for it). Other common examples include cheap cash-in games based off of movies, television, or other similar media.
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Payday 3[edit]
With its mediocre reception and today's news that the Starbeeze CEO is out, it may be appropriate to consider Payday 3 for inclusion. — Masem (t) 18:12, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- I somewhat agree on that Xstronomy007 (talk) 03:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Splitting by decade?[edit]
Not sure if this has been suggested before but I think it might be a good idea to split this into multiple articles by decade, given its sheer length. -- Trar (talk) 14:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- I agree. Curious what other people think though. Timur9008 (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- That doesn't make sense, this list is well within SIZE limits, and splitting by decade would lead to undesirable expansion. Masem (t) 16:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Pokémon Sword & Shield And Pokémon Scarlet & Violet[edit]
Does anyone feel like these games deserve to be on this page? 2600:6C56:6C00:39B9:E83C:BE26:E165:367E (talk) 19:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- The criteria is listed at the top of the page. If you have an argument to make that takes those into consideration, please lay it out. -- ferret (talk) 19:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- - Well, while Pokémon Sword and Shield don’t have low review scores like Scarlet and Violet do, many of the problems presented in Scarlet and Violet, outside of the technical issues, were introduced in Sword and Shield, like the terrible animations, and the games’ gimmick, Dynamax, being far worse than Mega Evolutions and Alolan Forms, as well as the Pokédex cut.
- - I do see them cited as the Pokémon versions of Sonic 2006 or Sonic Boom on occasion, and I have even seen them listed as some of the worst games before. And unlike those two Sonic games, which at least tried to be good somehow, there was no effort on Game Freak’s part to make them any good, or even learn from their mistakes regarding them.
- - I’m not sure if they impacted the industry as a whole enough, but do think they left a lasting impact on the reputation of the Pokémon franchise, the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokémon Company.
- - It split the Pokémon fanbase in half, and many Pokémon fans now prefer the older games or even the Pokémon romhacks over them. Game Freak also doesn’t bother to patch them up and leaves them in unfinished states. I would provide sources but I don’t have any at the moment and I may search for some if requested. 2600:6C56:6C00:39B9:D4BF:9CE4:A8FB:3EBB (talk) 22:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- Are we seriously going to talk about Pokémon games to be on this list? Xstronomy007 (talk) 00:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
- It would be a very difficult case to meet the inclusion criteria, but just because it is a Pokémon game does not make it impossible to be on the list. --Super Goku V (talk) 08:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Hong Kong 97[edit]
There's just no positive reviews that aren't ironic. Chese the Man! (talk) 00:47, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Simply being a game with only negative reviews is not sufficient. There needs to be a factor of notability with respect to the game being rated badly. As an unlicensed game, I really don't see that likely to be the case. Masem (t) 01:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- This is an interesting one against the criteria as I think the game does have some notability on the basis of its poor quality, but it's a kusoge intentionally created to be poor and so the coverage of the game proceeds from the foregone conclusion that the game is bad. It also had no impact and certainly no reception upon release. A lot of it seems to be off of the AVGN review which isn't exactly considered a reliable mainstream source. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 02:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC)