The 10 Worst Video Games of 2019

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 16, 2019

Above are the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. If a single title would have landed on the list multiple times due to low scores on more than one platform, we only included the lowest-scoring version.

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43 #7: FIFA 20: Legacy Edition (Switch)

Make no mistake: EA's annual soccer title was certainly decent enough in its other forms (PS4, XB1, PC). But the Switch version was even worse than an afterthought. That "Legacy Edition" in the title is your first tipoff: The Switch version is definitely not the same game that landed on other platforms. In fact, it is really just FIFA 19 with updated rosters—and the Switch version of FIFA 19 wasn't all that great to begin with.

“This year’s sub-par version of FIFA for Switch is almost indistinguishable from last year’s sub-par version of FIFA for Switch, and embodies every bad thing you’ve heard about sports games recycling their content year after year almost to the level of parody. The lack of additions to FIFA 20 Legacy Edition outside of its new, more honest name, and its refusal to innovate either on or off the pitch are disappointing, even borderline insulting. This is surely not the legacy EA had in mind.” —IGN

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