10 Soulless Video Games That Are Just Slot-Machines

8. Dungeon Keeper

Coming out of nowhere as a brand new franchise gives many freemium games a level of immunity, simply because they have no fan base to keep happy. So what happens when a much-loved name shows up dressed in the filthy rags of free-to-play misery? This putrid mess of a game, that's what. This franchise revival strips the original of its charm and innovation, replacing smart game design with the endless task of chipping away at walls - both the near-impenetrable walls of the dungeons themselves, and the equally impervious pay walls which spit in the face of enjoyment at every turn. Dungeon Keeper is so heavy handed in its demands on your wallet that the only way to have any fun here whatsoever is to spend a fortune on it. And even then it's still not much more entertaining than digging an actual hole in the ground. It's a hard, disheartening, grinding process where the overwhelming feeling is that EA Mythic despises the consumer and wants to conjure up as many hours of seething despair as possible.