Last week we delivered buyer’s guides to inform our readers what to get the gamer in their life this holiday season. Today we bring you a list of ten games that should, in no circumstances, be placed under the tree for your joystick junkie. This list of games was actually harder to construct than a list of must-haves for the simple fact that there were a ton of games this year that we should avoid at all costs. Each game represented below is a mockery of why we came to love games in the first place.
Iron Man
For the gamer in need of another reason to hit the bottle.
An awesomely bad storyline, cut scenes that should have been cut, repetitive gameplay and diabolically re-spawning enemies make for a title sure to land anyone in rehab. Unless you know and care for the most masochistic of gamers, Iron Man is unfit for human consumption. On the upside, not playing this embarrassment to lower game-forms known as movie cash-ins leaves plenty of time to go watch the movie itself.
Wii Music
For the gamer who hates winning – and losing.
Experiential and experimental to a fault, Wii Music is a title that is best described as an anti-game, perfect for the anti-gamer. With no penalty for diversion from the chosen tune and the ability to create a veritable cacophony of bagpipes and dogs barking, Wii Music is sure to torment any properly goal-oriented, natural progression loving gamer.
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