2023 is a year marked by countless new projects for the world gaming industry and is also a year that marks changes in many aspects, when AAA blockbusters are now released at a price of $70. instead of $60 like previous years. However, if some names have proven their constant quality such as Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tear of the Kingdom, on the contrary, there are still many blockbusters that suddenly turned out to be “flop” and received negative reviews. about countless criticisms. For example, the names below.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Expected a lot, but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call The Lord of the Rings: Gollum the most popular “flop” in 2023. The project itself also encountered a series of problems right before its launch. After countless announcements pushing back the release date to the point that players gradually forgot, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum suddenly launched in 2023 but only 3 days before, the game review with content from the beginning By the end of the game, it was all posted to YouTube.
Only when actually experiencing it, gamers were shocked to realize that the quality of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is so bad, it even “goes backwards” compared to the previous demo. Boring gameplay style, shockingly low performance. What players remember about The Lord of the Rings: Gollum are simply two words disaster. This project itself only received 38/100 maximum points from Metacritic.
Quantum Error
Released on November 3, it didn’t take long for Quantum Error to become a huge disappointment for many players when it only received a score of only 40 on Metacritic. Most user reviews say this is a terrible game, the quality is boring and the price is too high.
Worse, many people believe that the reason Quantum Error failed was because the developers let AI interfere too deeply in making the game, thereby creating such a terrible situation.
Unholy
Equally flat, Unholy is the name ranked 3rd on this list with a slightly better score, 52/100 on Metacritic. The game itself has a very good foundation, suitable for its horror game style but it’s really too difficult to consider this an interesting title.
The stealth gameplay style is too boring, the story is boring and uninteresting while the atmosphere created by Unholy doesn’t make things any more interesting. The characters are built fragmentarily and lack subjective personalities, which also contribute to making the game extremely unattractive.