10 Video Games Everyone Wanted (But Hated)

10. Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)

3.4/10 on Metacritic? No, it's not that Fifth Element tie-in game from the '90s; it's 2020's Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Call Of Duty is not a game series known for innovation, not unless you count it being used to recruit for the US Army. The first-person-shooter has been churning out similar helpings of guns, guys and online carnage for 15 years now, ever since they struck gold with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on PS3 and Xbox 360. With ever-decreasing campaign time, increasing monetisation and a greater focus on online play, however, players have been at the end of their tether for years.

Enter Black Ops Cold War.

Developed by Treyarch, who were responsible for the runaway success of the original Black Ops, this interquel to the series, with its early-'80s Cold War setting, should have been a done deal. As the best-selling game of 2020 in the US, everyone bought it and critics raved about it, but that didn't stop fans of the series dragging it into the street and putting a bullet between its eyes.

The campaign is as short as usual, the multiplayer is laggy and underwhelming, and the game overall is considered buggy and rough around the edges. But that hasn't stopped them making more...