The best visual representation of Hellboy outside of the comic books, but an absolutely terrible video game, whose shallowness and lack of variety is matched only by its constant repetition.

A monument to not only everything that is wrong with escort missions but with bad action game design in general.

Trexels II is a vacuous entertainment void, which does at least accurately simulate the icy desolation of deep space.

Not only the worst game Platinum has ever made but one of the worst live service titles of any kind, with an especially disgusting attitude towards microtransactions.

One of the worst games of the generation, but at least it’s an interesting failure – with almost comical attempts to mimic everything from Max Payne to Silent Hill.

A bad game and a very poor start for next generation Kinect games, even if there is still some small cause for optimism beneath the bland fighting action.

Between the mountains of paid content and limited range of things to do, you can’t shrug the sense of stultifying pointlessness in a game that’s not really a game at all.

A new low for Nintendo and for Animal Crossing, in what is the least amount of fun you can have with an amiibo without needing urgent medical attention afterwards.

Easily the worst MMA game yet and also one of the most ineptly designed and ruthlessly un-entertaining fighting games for years.

An allegory of the video games industry featuring consoles as characters should've been comedy gold, but if this were a games machine it'd be the Atari Jaguar.

One of the most imaginative and ambitious motion-controlled games ever. The only problem being that it doesn't actually work.

No game could've been worth this long a wait but the sheer level of incompetence and inanity is the only way that Duke Nukem Forever impresses.

A laughably bad ghost story whose broken technology and shallow gameplay cannot sustain even its meagre two hour running time.

A 3D platformer so bad it brings to mind Bubsy 3D rather than Super Mario 64, in what is a considerable step down from the already mediocre original.

EA have saved the worst for (second to) last in this laughably poor third person shooter that fails as both a tie-in and a game.

A Diablo clone set in a Fallout style world sounds like a great idea, but the changes this makes to Blizzard's formula are genuinely apocalyptical.

A return to the very worst standards of video game tie-ins, with terrible gameplay and an equally incompetent attempt to mimic the show's humour.

Never mind the sexism, the awful gameplay is the primary reason you should be avoiding this shockingly poor beat ‘em-up.

An excruciatingly underdeveloped take on the life of a paramedic in a fictitious American city, ruined by rote action, terrible AI, and lifeless mini-games.

Metal Slug: Commander is a dystopian masterclass in late stage capitalism. It does look nice though and is thankfully unrelated to the upcoming Metal Slug Tactics.

A monstrously awful game that is subject to so many bafflingly awful design decisions it’s lucky it doesn’t collapse into a black hole of its own ineptitude.

The worst Contra game ever made and an object lesson in how not to revive a classic franchise, especially as there are multiple unofficial homages that are far superior.

Sonic speeds ever further away from his roots and into one of his most ineptly-designed games so far.

One of the worst Pokémon spin-offs ever, as well as one of the most unwarranted sequels. Simplistic, boring and terrible value for money.

Maybe Russian games are meant as punishment not entertainment. This limp strategy RPG is surely the former.

A low tech portable monstrosity that manages to make the worst of both the DS's abilities and the Duke's legacy.

It’s almost impressive that the bottom of the barrel has been established this early on in the Xbox One’s career, but that’s the only achievement of note for this wretchedly awful racer.

Another deeply disappointing Fast & Furious game that’s all the more upsetting because of the obvious talent it wastes in terms of both developer and cast.