Dubious Honors

Flat-Out Worst Game

Sometimes you just have to wonder: How did that game ever see the light of day? 2009 was stuffed with lemons that could not be made into lemonade, no matter how hard you tried. Some of the nominees are broken, some of them are offensive to the senses, and all of them represent the dregs of game design. These ghastly games are embarrassing to watch in action and are dreadfully painful to play. We dug around this trash heap so you wouldn't have to, and we found a big stinker buried at the bottom.

Editorial Nominees

24 Comments

  • Tomrock101

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:17 pm GMT

    I thought Rogue warrior was good but very very short?
    Larry defo.

  • dwd_27

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 11:48 am GMT

    rogue warrior

  • Crimsader

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:00 am GMT

    Yeah, nothing could ever compare with Stalin VS Martians.

  • Nuggetol

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:34 am GMT

    If you looked at the video it says that Stalin vs Martians was the winner (can you really call it a winner?).

  • Obliabo

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:28 am GMT

    ???

  • harblack2

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 2:11 am GMT

    there is no winner at the moment?
    wth gamespot

  • myungish

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 6:41 pm GMT

    no winner?

  • ParamedicFoetus

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 7:45 am GMT

    I really liked Onechanbara. If you take the time to play it for a bit it's suprisingly good.

  • andy_lyall

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 3:09 am GMT

    Rogue Warrior clearly sucked horribly but it was nowhere near as bad as either Leisure Suit Larry or Stalin vs Martians. It just happens to be fresher in the memory.
    It was utterly scandalous that they charged full price for it but that doesn't make it a worse game.

  • NoDzombie

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 4:23 pm GMT

    stormrise was terrible, especially consideing it was made by the same people as the total war series so i had extremely high hopes

  • Racer850

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 2:48 pm GMT

    Leisure suit larry box office bust

  • oista

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 7:36 am GMT

    Who would actually buy these games to find out which is worse?...

  • linkyshinks

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 7:09 am GMT

    If anyone votes for anything other than Rogue Warrior, you are doing a disservice to the video game industry you love. The developers of that game should be put in front of a firing squad.

  • mirriorman

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 2:10 am GMT

    @picklesrocks
    i know i played the first lvl then gave up

  • efc91

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 1:15 am GMT

    leisure suit larry looked terrible

  • wwefanforlife

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 1:31 pm GMT

    I voted for Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust the name even says it Bust.

  • picklesrocks

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 9:42 am GMT

    stormrise, i had to choose it, im not joking it actually is the worst game ive ever played

  • English-Lion

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 9:10 am GMT

    WOW ALL OF THE GAMES ARE CRAP!
    But i think Stalin vs. Martians is the SO CRAP to play on

  • gamedude2020

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 7:55 am GMT

    why has no one informed me about this Stalin vs. Martians? it sounds awesome.

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    Dubious Honors
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    Genre Awards
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    Platform Awards
  • Dec 25
    Game of the Year

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