10 Worst Triple-A Games Of The Decade (So Far)
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Having Skull and Bones on this list is inappropriate as Skull and Bones is Quadruple-A game.
Both and that game is still trash.
I forgot about the skull and bare bones game
I literally just remembered I played the beta, that's how bland it was.
But it still sucks
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Hahahahaha…
wait, you’re serious???
Jess is genuinely the best presenter you have at the momemnt What Culture... Give her a raise before she leaves! Her pacing and the fact she doesn't race through her scripts is so refreshing for this channel. She actually takes a breath and puts genuine inflection on the scripts. She's up there with Falcon from GameRanx.
This is true.🎉
True, Jules is a big run on sentence lmao
Agreed
Psy isn’t bad either, but I’m yeah currently Jessica is the best. She’s also currently the person in charge iirc.
Do you know how much she earns?
I was expecting Concord to be number one and I completely forgot about Lord of the Rings: Gollum even existing
That means the zeitgeist is repairing itself…
I think calling gullum a AAA game is an insult to AAA games. Even the other ones on this list. it's AA at best and that might be pushing it.
I am surprised Concord is not on this list...
Rent free
Concord is such a low hanging fruit, it's buried underground.
Too obvious I guess
That dead horse already turned into ground-beef from how hard everyone's beating it. Its not even funny anymore.
What’s that?
The majority of these games have one thing in common: They're all LIVE SERVICE.
Games need to stop chasing trends just because they can.
Triple A budgets but not Triple A quality, I suspect though with many games time is often wasted with poor management and constant shifts of focus and directions is a major problem
considering before, most AAA games are great since they are about polish and quality.
Now, just most AAA (and AAAA) games are just about graphics... and like you said shift in design/story direction.
At this point, the polish and quality of AAA are just similar to the majority of small indie game. (ie early acess, likely full of bugs, and likely has performance issues)
"I just destroyed a gaming studio, with my freaking mind!"
I both hate and love that I know exactly what you meant.
I wish they'd make more Double A games. Also, I hope the guy who got rid of Saints Row tone never works on a game again, cause that was BLASPHEMOUS!
Except Blasphemous 1 and 2 are pretty good Metroidvania games.
Wait which tone because I genuinely didn't care about Saints Row until the third game when it started being funny. Before that it was just a GTA clone
How on earth did Concord not make this list?
Basically saying that Concord was "released" is a stretch lol. It was a concept of a game with a lot of preproduction
@trapsnake6 It did release, though, and was one of gaming most historical failures.
Because it's too easy. Putting a game like that on a list like this is taking a shortcut. There's no Nuance behind it
Achievement Unlocked: “Listless” mention twice on a list.
I'm convinced that the gaming scene was never meant to be AAA in the first place.
Small developers (even big ones that once were small) were king back in the day, and they remain king to this day.
Sure glad I decided to "wait and see" with Skull & Bones. I had a couple friends hyped on it pre-release, and boy were they disappointed. The $100+ price tag was - if not bold, - absurd and kept me away, from the jump; so I guess I can thank them for that at least. Redfall being released on Game Pass day one was also a blessing. It was fun for about one night with the homies, but the shine quickly faded.
Wait and see is my go to move for all games now. Even my favorite franchises, because even if you KNOW it's going to be the most amazing thing ever., you never know until you know. If that makes sense lol.
It makes me happy to see western AAA games go up in smoke whereas indies, Japanese and AAs take their thunder but it doesn’t make me happy hearing the endless layoffs and the relentlessly difficult production schedules.
I love the way 'The Day Before' is even not regarded as a AAA title to begin with.
8:30 For those wondering, it’s “execrable,” meaning appalling or terrible bad
0:56 What nonsense is this ??? Skull and Bones is AAAA game, already in different tier 😤
This was you guys best video in a long time thank you it felt very honest
I am surprised that Concord did not even get an honorable mention.
It wasnt a bad game, just nobody cared about it
Now the opposite: 10 Best Triple-A Games Of The Decade (So far)
Gollum is not a AAA
Gollum was a really bad game but was far away from Triple A. The Budget was around 18 Million while the average Budget of a Triple A game is around 70 Million
Take a shot every time you see a game made by a single player Dev team, but the Publisher wanted some off that live service money
No..Concord? I mean, no Conc? No Con? Wait, what game was I talking about?
Holy crap I COMPLETELY memory-holed Gollum... forgot that even existed.
My thing is AAA games should always inovate and be there own thing the minute they try and be somthing someone else has done they fall down. Just my view
I fully expected concord to take the number 1 spot
No Concord? Shocker.
Surprised Concord wasn't here, but then again given how quickly it was taken down, I can see why she would focus on games that actually stuck around for more than two weeks.
Well concord didn't technically disappoint, since not a single player had any hope for it to begin with.
Very simple to see why they failed. How many times has "live service" been mentioned?
Wheres Concord? It definitely should be #1 on this list.
"BATTLE COMMENCE" Office in fighting ensures
Man, I haven't bothered with most video games in a while. There just haven't been many that made me go "I gotta play this." The last game that I was excited to play was Bomb Rush Cyberpunk and that was only because it was heavily inspired by JSRF.
Oh come on, Skull and Bones was way worse than Saints Row...and where's Concord?
I was surprised to find Kill the justice league at number 2. Turns out I had repressed the memory of gollum
Crappy games aside. I genuinely don’t understand why entire sectors of game development companies have to be fired after a game fails or underperforms. From the outside it doesn’t ever really seem to be any fault of the folk sitting at the screens actually creating the games themselves that cause these games to flop. Not to mention the lack of sales means the team may not get paid very much if at all. A crappy game is a crappy game, but don’t make it worse by firing the people who were simply following directions.
I finally checked out Forspoken and despite its issues its not bad. It makes a great AA game its just not up to par for a modern AAA game but 90% of those are terrible anyway.
Yeah, I played for free on PS network, pretty much out of morbid curiosity and it wasn’t as bad as I expected. I mean, it’s not good but it wasn’t completely terrible. Everything did look really good and the game actually worked the way it was supposed to.
love the things you have on the shelves but what keeps moving to your left of the pink lamp? 😊
LOL MW3 MP was literally the best MP experience in a long long time regardless if it felt like DLC. The campaign was ass and zombies was basic, but MP is its bread and butter and yet was by far the best experience. MW2 was the worst, given its slow terrible MP and DMZ which was so far from what it wanted ,campaign was fine but far too much changed from MW2019...
Battlefield 2042 was buggy at the start, it did a massive change up and was great after s3, saying it was "too late" means cyberpunk should've been on this list...
In the defense of Saint's Row, the publisher forced the devs to give the reboot the buddy story tone.
I got the PC version of Godfall as a free gift, and having never heard of it before, decided to give it a go. The impressive visuals were about the only thing it had and I gave up out of boredom two or three sessions in. Godfall? More like Godawful, amirite?
I still say that Forspoken got way more hate than it really deserved.
How are you going to have Gollum at 1, but Skull n Bones at 10, and Suicide Squad at 2? Don't get me wrong Gollum sucks, but at least it has some heart, unlike yet another repetitive live service game devoid of fun
Gollum was triple A jeeze
Maybe bc it was and still is broken beyond repair
Suicide squad and Forspoken are nowhere near as broken lol
They shouldn't even be on the list
They're also probably the only next gen games on this list
@@Pointman11111they were not the only next gen games
@@c0018659 It wasn't.
Gollum was barely double A. The studio was known for Point & Click Adventures.
Great video!
Anything that's live service should be on this list
Modern Warfare 3?? I think you meant Black Ops 6
hey Jess I just started the video and I want to say you look phenomenal
Concord for the honorable mention
this entire list could be games from 2023 and 2024
I didnt think lotr Gollum qualifies as a triple A game
I look at black myth developed by just game science and it's a great game. All these AAA games with all the "investors" ruins games.
Same as Joker being great and making millions on a low budget.
Once the "investors" gave a bigger budget for the second and all of a sudden "cared" the fim was a debacle.
another that springs to mind is that king kong game
Skull and Bare Bones
It greatly saddens me that Forspoken turned out as bad as it did.
Saints Row was decent, it just wasn't a Saints Row game.
As much as I liked what culture, their focus on negativity has been heavy AF the last few months. Kind of a turn off
It's all rage bait now
@deitrichtennin8267 it really is
I would argue that blind positivity is equally bad.....I would rather prefer them to be objective and realist to what the issues actually are...many industry shills like to dance around the issues or won't call them out...rather have the cold harsh truth instead of rainbow colored lies imo.
Concord, gran turismo 7, avengers, Gotham Knights and guardians of the galaxy should've been on this list, as the type of games they are are to our annoyance
GOTG, i think is very good, great music, humour etc. Simple stuff isn't always bad.
@@hawwmann7032I hate it so much!! The qte's are irresponsive, the combat is constantly all guns blazing and enemies are bullet sponges
How did you forget about concord?!
nah nah... atomic heart was peaked! the fridge 👀😜
if they brought back juggernauts for mw3 it could bring people back partly as i liked juggernauts survival mode more then zombies which is now over used and cliche.
is it bad that I'm more curious about what Jess is wearing than any of these games? I'm trying to determine if she's wearing pants, a skirt, or shorts. I played a little over half of these games and feel I should be able to sue to emotional distress.
Does Jess refuse to make outros or is the editor to lazy to edit them? Really hate the abrupt endings
Wait? no hate for Funko Fusion? Funko Pops are bad enough but a whole videogame based on a stupid novelty collectable? Pathetic.
Played it through PS+, but I ended up quite liking Saints Row
5:05 *Homer Simpson voice* Mmm... Lamb, basted
its so out of touch !
home consoles emulate arcades, which have HUGE graphics.
Modern Gaming is tiny dots and micro transitions.
YUCK !
So basically all AAA games
The story in Godfall is mediocre but the gameplay is amazing, I'm still playing it!!!
Which game is that right at the beginning before the countdown?
Alone in the Dark.
How is concord not number 1. A game that cost like 300 mil and was shutdown in like a week.
Jess!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I actually thought you were gonna bring up alone in the dark what a wasted opportunity for a great franchise which sadly ended at the new nightmare, I know it's not the worst game that's came out and it is playable, but it literally felt it came straight from the PS2 and I would say it's worse than the last reboot, like even the throwing mechanic feels so outdated and the enemies were complete rubbish, this one really annoyed me as I was wanting this game to happen for such a long time. Literally avoided all spoilers and jumped in hoping for at least some jump scares, I got 0.
Godfall had potential and it just sucked. Probably the most repetitive game with the least amount of content I’ve ever played
Dragon age the failgaurd should be on here also.
Leave Forspoken alone it was good!
Your standards really low bro. U the one out the group that distracts the big back so homeboy can rizz up the cutie
It was honestly alright. Not some GOTY contender, but not nearly as bad as presented.
in Canada PS wanted 100 bucks before tax for Forspoken in the dig shop
Very well done ! (Liked, Subscribed, & added to Favorites) (lol)
Gollum was considered AAA?
Volition would have been better off remastering the previous games
What happened to Jess’ voice? No matter. Still love her.
Great list other than Concord should have been on here
Heyyy Jess 🥰♥️!!!
How do you separate AAA games from AA ??
Ok I’m sick of this,…the new saints row isn’t bad! It’s just not as cool as 3 or 4,people were hating on it before it even came out because the characters they knew were not in it.and of course people jumped on that bandwagon before ever giving it a try.the way she says it she makes it seem like they took out all the fun stuff and no they didn’t,granted it’s not AS crazy as the other games but it’s still funny.
The customization is pure awesome.
The activities are fun.
Controls are good especially driving.
The open world is pretty cool with a desert outside the city with tons of things to see and collect.
You even grow to like the characters after awhile.
Yes there are no dildo bats or Johnny gat but this game dosent deserve the hate
It just seems like an alternate reality situation so treat it as such🤷♀️
Uhh...Concord? 🤷♂️
So anthem doesnt make the list? How can these be triple a games, i havent even heard of half of them
Anthem was released in 2019.
How is concord not on this list?
No Concord?
Anybody seeing how often the words 'live service' show up on this list?
Hmmm.......
As someone that ACTUALLY played Forspoken I really liked the game, was even hoping for a sequel at some point.
Bought it D1 and enjoyed it for its combat which is 10/10
Everything else is serviceable
It works and it's actually a next gen gsme from a technical perspective
Where is Concord???
I'm going to guess that this script was written before Dragon Age the Veilguard came out as I would've personally ranked that as the number 2 at least. Concord should've also been on the list in the top 5 if only because a) it didn't last even a month after release before being canned and b) the game was just that dreadful.
This isn't a personal subjective list. This is a mostly objective list built with nuance and media literacy. The latest Dragon Age game has a lot of problems but it objectively plays well. It succeeded at exactly what it set out to do so you can't objectively call it bad from a technical perspective. You can only call it bad from a personal taste perspective. But pretty much every other game on this list was a mechanical failure with objectively bad and broken gameplay and therein lies the difference
How are Concord, Unknown 9, Outlaws and Veilguard not on this list? 😂😂😂
All these games Saints Row, Babylon's Fall, Godfall and Forspoken are absolutely far from being the worst they are awesome fun games people in today's society loves to cry like bunch whiny sooks and loves hate on everything it really pathetic
#1 is Concord.
The fact that you guys got this wrong nullified the whole list.
I’m going to start using “pander to gen z” from now on
Forspoken is a great game, and I will die on that hill. The hate is undeserved
The Game is garbage.The Story is super lame, the Protagonist is a stereotype and the Open World is empty.
Even the Fights are bad and lame.
Weird hill to die on, it's more of an ant hill.
It's an awfully cringe, bland and tedious slog to play through.
But do enjoy on your time.
@@2609daywalker Did you play it?
I would argue that Frey from forspoken is one, if not the, most powerful magic users in gaming
WhatCulture, Gaming do you mind using chapters? Would be nice.
Quadruple A😂😂😂😂
Forspoken doesnt belong on this list