5 Video Games You Should Die Before You Play

5.) NBA 2K17 (2017)

Why: The game is a standard basketball game, which is something we have all seen before. There is nothing about it that makes it stand out from other basketball games. They added way too much attention to detail where the loading screens become so long that you lose interest in playing. They have too many cut scenes where you go to the barbershop or hang out with your friends and it goes away from the actual main idea, which is playing basketball. You will honestly probably die before the game even loads.

4.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Why: This game is a total waste of money. I cannot believe a franchise that I cherished as much as Call of Duty could make such garbage. When we were all kids we dreamed of having an advanced call of duty, but they did it all wrong. The jumping mechanism in the game leaves every player jumping every other second, where you almost have a seizure trying to shoot someone and put your sights on them. The zombie game type was nothing like the old zombies in the game and makes me think they ran out of ideas with the franchise. Call of Duty continues to go into a bad direction with their games, but this was the start of the decline.

3.) Monopoly (PC) (1999)

Why: Monopoly has always been a great family game to play. But you know what? Monopoly should never be a video game! I mean depending on how stupid some of your friends and family are, there is at least some satisfaction you get when you take their assets, but there is no fun in taking money from a bot. The bots are very dumb too and you can cheat them very easily and have them make irrational decisions.

2.) Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Why: Sonic 2006 turned out to be a trend in the terrible monster the franchise had become. The game lacks in so many areas: it has a terribly jumpy camera, lousy collision, and an uninspired story. Those are three things that Triple-A titles should avoid at all costs. The real culprit here, though, is the fact that Sonic just is not fun and has not been fun since, the sequel to the game in the 90’s. If playing Sonic titles from the past ten years or so doesn’t convince you, playing only an hour of Sonic 2006 will be more than enough reason to be suspicious of the character in the future.

1.) Dragonball: Evolution

Why: Now this one stings a little bit, considering if you saw my recent post about how much I loved the most recent Dragonball game. I have always loved the Dragonball series and Dragonball Evolution tried to mix the live-action Dragonball movie with the established gameplay of the Budokai series. The fighting aspect was not good at all, considering it took everything that made the Budokai games great and made it a clone of its former self. And the story mode is conveyed through static images of the actors in front of tasteless backgrounds. Everyone knew a live-action Dragonball title would never do well, so why a companion video game was made is a very good question that we will never know.

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5 Video Games You Should Play Before You Die

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5.) Halo 3 (2007)

Why: The Halo series is one of a kind. It brought friends together to blast one another in an epic space combat. Halo 3 is perhaps the best of the series when it came to the glorified multiplayer, with a dramatic storyline with absolutely no shortage of opera music cues and a hardy character customization. Many titles still try and replicate what Halo did and it just can’t be matched.

4.) Minecraft (2011)

Why: Minecraft is one of the best-selling video games of all time, so you would have to be living under a rock as a gamer to have never come across it. You get to create your own world basically and do whatever you want. If you think it, then you can create it. The nice thing about Minecraft is it is offered on almost every platform, including smartphones.

3.) Super Mario 64 (1996)

Why: Mario is one of the most known titles, but anyone can tell you this might be the best game in the franchise. The game is not like any of its predecessors because this was the first 3D platform game in the series. It is a bigger world than the ones before and the additional moves and jumps Mario can do makes the game fast-paced and more exciting. There are a total of 120 starss and the game has a ton of replay value.

2.) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

Why: Everyone has their favorite Zelda game, but Ocarina of Time encompasses the best features from the glorified series. There is a huge world that you have the freedom to explore, a magnificent score, and a truly remarkable origin story. The dungeons are not too challenging, but intricate enough to not get too mad when you can’t figure a puzzle out.

1.) Pokémon X and Y (2013)

Why: Whether you are a kid or an adult, with this franchise that never seemed to matter. Pokémon revolutionized what it meant to make characters like Pikachu come alive. They modernized the handheld multiplayer gaming and made it what it is today. X and Y is one of the newer titles, which is great because the game never stops using the old characters the adults grew up on.