The Disappointments of 2025
It’s been a while since I’ve played a truly awful video game. Conceding that point, that doesn’t mean everything I play is flawless. Far from it. Sometimes a game can only be labeled a “disappointment”. This year, these games carry that distinction, even if they may...
The Disappointments of 2022
Although I would say this past year has been a phenomenal one in the realm of video games, the sad truth is that not every game can impress or amaze. Some of them aren’t great, but many are just shy of being gems, with a...
The Highlights and Disappointments of 2021
It has definitely been a unique and terrifying year, in a string of unique and terrifying years. At this point, the state of the world is such a belabored topic that it’s become its own joke of sorts. So rather than dwell on that, let...
The Highlights and Disappointments of 2020
It’s that time once more, for us to reflect on the year and think about how we can do better in the year to come. Obviously, I don’t need to tell anyone reading this that 2020 hasn’t been great, but that doesn’t mean good games...
The Disappointments of 2019
While there were many excellent games that game out over the past year, not every one of them lives up. We've got through my list of Highlights for the year, and just as always we too must go through the disappointments of the year in...
The Disappointments of 2018
Now that I’ve gotten all the positivity of gaming in 2018 out of the way, it’s time to go into the games that left me unsatisfied. As per usual, just because a game is on this list doesn’t make it necessarily bad. All it means...
#113: The Disappointments of 2017
Even in a year where so many good games came out, there will always be a fair share of games that didn’t “click”. Maybe they had a new idea that needed to be refined. Maybe there was a lack of polish or it didn’t stand...
#110: The Disappointments of 2016
As I said in my highlight reel of 2016, this has been one of the best years in gaming in quite a long time. That said, no year is free from games that didn’t live up, and this is no exception.The same rules as last...