12 Worst Video Games Of 2022
2. CrossfireX
In 2007, Smilegate Entertainment released a FPS called Crossfire. Within seven years, it was the highest-grossing online IP, boasted a billion users, and made a bajillion dollars (give or take).
A few years ago, Crossfire was the benchmark of online gaming. But with the recent release of CrossfireX, co-developed by Smilegate and Remedy, the entire franchise's reputation was decimated. Rarely in the history of gaming has a single entry tanked its corresponding property with such immediate efficiency as this dud.
Because of CrossfireX's limited AI, barren levels, and one-dimensional characters, you can tell a hefty chunk got axed in late-production. The controls are so imprecise, you'd swear you were playing a Kinect title. Although the idiotic enemies pose little challenge, the gameplay is even more effortless if you use the bullet-time mechanic.
Even if you try to ignore these flaws, there's not enough here to keep anyone entertained. Rather than having a 10-hour single player, there are only two campaigns, each one taking three hours to complete. That's it.
CrossfireX is so stunningly awful, gamers are worried about Remedy's future. If CrossfireX turned out this badly, Remedy's next project, the long-awaited sequel to Alan Wake, may be in serious trouble.