The 3 Worst Xbox 360 Games to Exist

This third-person combat/motorcycle rating game has garnered considerable attention in its lifetime, albeit for the wrong reasons. Its interesting backstory lured players in with a false sense of security. You play as Jack Conway, a veteran out for blood after learning about the murder of his brother, which was carried out by a biker gang. Unfortunately, an interesting opening premise is the only good thing this major major game flop had going for itself. 

One Amazon reviewer went so far as to say, “This is by far the worst game I had ever played.” Multiple articles and other reviewers share the same opinion. Some of the common complaints include extremely primitive graphics, lack of character development, and technical issues. Many found it difficult to even play the game, especially when it came to controlling the hay-wire motorcycles. Most players quickly gave up before ever finishing this poorly produced Xbox 360 game. 

2. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Sonic the Hedgehog is a huge/well-known franchise with many successful movies and games being produced about it. However, not all of Sega’s (the owner of the brand) business ventures have been successful. One significant fail was their 2006 Xbox 360 game, which shocked players due to its strange, and sometimes slow, storyline as well as uninteresting gaming mechanics. 

The one thing the spiky, blue-haired creature always had going for it was speed. However, in this particular Xbox 360 game, Sonic is only fast when he runs across speed pads. This major deviation from Sonic’s true abilities left users bored and frustrated with the annoyingly slow and uninteresting gameplay. Multiple reports from different sites also claim that developers added highly unusual moments, such as Sonic the Hedgehog making out with a human woman. This left players feeling quite uncomfortable after having to witness such unusual and non-canonical things. 

3. Escape Dead Island (2014)

 Dead island is a series in which there are several games. This particular edition was released in 2014 and swiftly met with a lot of backlash. As with the other two games on this list, Escape Dead Island fell short when it came to graphics. While it was created in a time when graphics were less advanced, it heavily paled in comparison to other Xbox 360 games at the time, such as ‘The Stick of Truth‘.

In addition to sub-par visuals, Xbox 360 players were also unimpressed by the lack of creativity in regards to the storyline as well as substandard voice-acting. On Metacritic.com, one reviewer wrote, “Escape Dead Island is a terrible game with substandard graphics, unimaginative and rigid gameplay, convoluted story, and unforgivable optimization issues.” Because of all of the game’s issues, Steam estimates they only made a measly $180,000.

Final Thoughts

Unsurprisingly, Xbox 360 has come out with quite a few sub-standard games. Likely due to budgetary and/or technological restraints, many games fell short in regards to graphics and gameplay. In addition, some developers seemed not to consider the storyline much, which allowed games such as the 2006 Sonic and 2013 Ride to hell to be met with such backlash. Thankfully, Xbox games seem to have heavily advanced in recent years and have given us amazing treasures such as Call of Duty: HQ and Baldur’s Gate 3.