Most disappointing licensed games?

[Turbo Kid]

As an Evil Dead fan in particular (I've only watched the first Halloween movie), this really let me down. We have better games like Evil Dead: Regeneration. It's hard to believe that Wayforward was involved in making these. After making a great game like the Mummy Demastered, as well as great Nintendo DS games like Thor: God of Thunder, Aliens Infestation, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, I expected more from them

 

[nyka]

I'll go out on a limb and say it's this game

 

[qw90700]

I kinda got bored of seeing the same games in such topics so I will just drop this just for sake of difference lol:

 

[ThunderBoy]

Coming from Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2, this was a huge disappointment.

 

[PhrawzT]

The movie is about flying with a jetpack and punching bag guys, this game is horrendous.

 

[petran79]

depends on the platform really but in terms of wasted potential, Space Jam 2

 

[Tonberry]

Most of the earlier HP games were usually pretty good (not 4) and ranged from action-adventure games on PC, Zelda-likes on console and straight up JRPG-styled on Gameboy. As a kid they were super immersive because they let you explore Hogwarts and the surrounding areas so much, so the line between the actual character Harry Potter and the player self-inserting as themselves got kinda blurred which was an amazing feeling growing up as a fan because it was the closest you could get to the wizarding world in a way.

This one was just Gears of War. With Kinect.

I get that the adventure formula wouldn't have worked for this kind of story, but it didn't need to be a cover shooter lol. Could've borrowed from the LotR Third Age game and made it a cool linear RPG instead.

 

[Krautboy02]

Do I need to comment further?

 

[Xenvik]

If I really put an emphasis on "Dissapointing" and not "bad" then it must be DBZ: Kakarot for me.
It looks great, it´s so cool to fly around in the world of DBZ, the cutscenes look amazing, lots of fanservice...yet the gameplay itself leaves SO MUCH to be desired!

The fighting against goons is simple button mashing if you´re high enough level and pain if you´re low level.
The bosses look great but are a slog to fight against when they turn almost invincible for a minute or two if you beat them up a bit.
It´s no bad game definitely, but it´s disappointing that this game could´ve been so much more imo.

(It´s also the first game I platinumed but mainly because I am a big Dragonball nerd, if not for the license, I would not even have finished it tbh)

 

[Tonberry]

If I really put an emphasis on "Dissapointing" and not "bad" then it must be DBZ: Kakarot for me.
It looks great, it´s so cool to fly around in the world of DBZ, the cutscenes look amazing, lots of fanservice...yet the gameplay itself leaves SO MUCH to be desired!

The fighting against goons is simple button mashing if you´re high enough level and pain if you´re low level.
The bosses look great but are a slog to fight against when they turn almost invincible for a minute or two if you beat them up a bit.
It´s no bad game definitely, but it´s disappointing that this game could´ve been so much more imo.

(It´s also the first game I platinumed but mainly because I am a big Dragonball nerd, if not for the license, I would not even have finished it tbh)

You nailed it.
I can't believe they managed to develop such a cumbersome battle system, took the fun out of the game almost immediately.

 

[Scotty]

"Scooby Doo Mystery" on Super Nintendo. It's boring, repetitive, and easily the worst game that Argonaut Software hsd ever developed.

 

[Leo-Dash]

Most of the earlier HP games were usually pretty good (not 4) and ranged from action-adventure games on PC, Zelda-likes on console and straight up JRPG-styled on Gameboy. As a kid they were super immersive because they let you explore Hogwarts and the surrounding areas so much, so the line between the actual character Harry Potter and the player self-inserting as themselves got kinda blurred which was an amazing feeling growing up as a fan because it was the closest you could get to the wizarding world in a way.

This one was just Gears of War. With Kinect.
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I get that the adventure formula wouldn't have worked for this kind of story, but it didn't need to be a cover shooter lol. Could've borrowed from the LotR Third Age game and made it a cool linear RPG instead.

Ah the Infamous Harry Potter Call of Duty game

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Calling this one disappointing is an understatement!

 

[Tonberry]

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This game is like illegal levels of bad.

 

[eightcoins]

Continuation of 2 really good Godzilla game, full on terrible. Cutscenes are gone, just cheap flash comics strips now.
Terrible control scheme, you get a full work out and multiple wrist injuries by trying to pull off any attacks.
The motion control scheme also heavily simplified the attacks, while in the previous 2 games it was like in a standard fighting game.
Maps somehow feel emptier and more liveless than in the first game while being bigger.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

This game is like illegal levels of bad.

This game made those licensed games made by LJN more like AAA releases and LJN is synonymous for releasing those bad games

 

[eightcoins]

I kinda got bored of seeing the same games in such topics so I will just drop this just for sake of difference lol:

This has actually ended up on the 5 most recent lists of worst PS1 games I've watched on youtube.

 

[Octopus]

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That game is legitimately unplayable, it has to be one of the worst games of that generation. God damn. All Spawn games fit the bill which is strange to me. The SNES game wasn't very good either, and Armageddon is at best meh. In the Demon's Hand is a bizarre fever dream at least, but it's not good.

I'm surprised no one has brought this up yet;