10 Spectacularly Wrong Video Game Reviews

1. Myself - 10 Hugely Popular Games That Deserve To Be Hated

Very few reviewers and writers get their facts as wrong and as controversially ignorant as I managed to in my article titled "10 Hugely Popular Games That Deserve To Be Hated." The article, published on November 15th, received so much coverage on What Culture and started so much controversy that I even began receiving messages on Twitter criticising my literary and researching skills. Some aspects of my article were unchallenged, as they were written accurately and agreeably. However I will cover all ten games discussed very briefly and explain why they were worthy of criticism: 10) Heavy Rain - This review is, to me, completely accurate. As beautiful as the game is, the story is horrendous, the characters are poorly designed, scripted, and animated, and the gameplay is awkward and unnecessary. 9) Battlefield 3 - For this review alone I was called out as being a Call of Duty fanboy which I am not. I have been a die-hard Battlefield fan and supporter since the very first game. However there were too many aspects of the campaign of Battlefield 3 that made me so strongly against it. The multiplayer is perfect and the game is designed beautifully. The campaign story, however, is a rip-off of Black Ops and so poorly executed that it does not live up to the hype. 8) The Saboteur - My review of this game is spot-on and accurate, however it is still highly debatable as to whether this game could even remotely be considered "hugely popular." 7) Halo - There is nothing redeeming about this section. My facts are dead-wrong. I do believe that the story has dragged on for too long and has reached the point of overkill. However the enormously massive following and the immeasurable success of Halo's multiplayer is - not debatably - beyond award-winning and makes the game more than loveable. 6) Postal III - Like The Saboteur, my review and facts are all there and accurate - but its cult following does not make it even the slightest bit popular. 5) World's Scariest Police Chases - See above. 4) Assassin's Creed III - This is a controversial one. There have been such mixed reactions on Ubisoft's most recent AC addition that there will always be two sides to this argument. I still firmly stand by my opinion of this game - at first it is strikingly gorgeous, but then quickly becomes so disturbingly historically inaccurate and irredeemably glitchy that all its potential is lost. However, I wrote this section poorly and should have structured in more facts and strengthened my opinions. 3) Pokémon - I stand by this. Pokémon should never have been anything more than trading cards. 2) All Wii Games - What? What was I even thinking including this? This was a horribly poor attempt at being an internet troll. While the Wii has died down a lot in its hype and popularity - and seems to be a console sitting on a lot of shelves, untouched - it is in no way a "flop." There are very few reviews as poor as this specific one in regards to bashing the Wii. Nintendo, I love you. 1) Cabela's - Like three previously mentioned ones, this does not have nearly enough of a following to be considered hugely popular. It - like the Postal series - has a cult following that does not extend even the slightest into mainstream gaming culture. So there's my brief run-down of how wrong my review was. I openly admit that my article is inaccurate, controversial, and should be taken down and burned. However it is a necessary evil - somehow. And there you have it. Just 10 of the many spectacularly wrong video game reviews that are out there. What reviews have you stumbled across that you find plain wrong? Let us know in the comments below!