the originals were great but the reboots
not so much by my balls girl I thought
you weren’t dead welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst videogame reboots I’m you or at
least I was
for this list ranked the worst reboots
and revivals of classic games based on
how they were received by critics and
fans at launch and how they stacked up
compared to the original there’s ways to
torture a man that go far beyond the
frail limits of flesh and bone number 10
final fight streetwise the title that
inspired this game was among the best 2d
arcade
oenomaus but the franchise didn’t
transition well to 3d it wasn’t even
good 3d and the visuals were flat-out
ugly who needs a perfect face scene how
much trouble it brings you not only did
it look more like a Fight Club wannabe
than well final fight but the camera
issues and dumb AI meant that it had
none of the fun gameplay either
we wanted each brawl in this game to be
our final fight cuz we couldn’t wait for
it to stop if you don’t drop this loser
I may have to number nine alone in the
dark I’m the light bringer I’m the pin
universe the 1992 game that inspired
this disaster is widely considered to be
the first 3d survival horror game but
it’s reboots seem to forget what the
term alone in the dark actually means
what happens next won’t be your fault
but reviews and you’ll both die the
title moved protagonist Edward cavi from
a haunted mansion in 1920s Louisiana to
modern day in New York City and it feels
a lot more like a roland emmerich
disaster film rather than a horror game
on top of all that the crappy level
design is made worse by the Annoying
controls and the overload of awful
glitches ruined any possibility for
Terror number 8 SimCity
how the hell do you screw up one of the
most beloved PC simulation franchises of
all time well let’s start with the
problem of not being able to even play
the game because of the mandatory use of
the internet connection brought on by
the unnecessary multiplayer components
if that weren’t enough the build space
was frustratingly small making the game
feel much more like sim suburb than
SimCity it since patched some of these
problems away most notably allowing you
now to play offline but it’s a screw-up
that EA will probably never live down
number 7 space Raiders space invaders
was one of the most influential games of
all time but this title was a poor
attempt to make it dark and gritty my
town it is destroyed it made the classic
2d shoot them up into a 3d urban set
third-person shooter where you can only
move right or left and it destroyed all
of the charm of the original in the
process and there’s literally no
challenge in the game as you have
unlimited continues it’s a completely
unnecessary game that’s best left
forgotten
number six golden axe beast Rider
not an arcade beat him up like the
original but a 3d hack and slash
adventure with a heavy influence on
violence to bring it up to an M rating
sadly the added violence still wasn’t
enough to keep it interesting despite
its title the actual riding of beasts
doesn’t particularly work well because
the creatures are tough to control and
it’s too easy to get knocked off the
game also suffers from poor hit
detection and environment so drab that
you’ll get bored quickly thanks to its
repeating enemies number 5
ionic mando I’m just a man Spencer I
can’t give you the last five years back
unfortunately he can’t give us back all
the time we wasted on this game either
if making protagonist Nathan Spencer
into a potty mouth with dreads wasn’t
bad enough the game has one of the most
absurd plot twists ever in which your
mechanical arm turns out to be your
missing wife your guess is as good as
ours as to how that’s supposed to work
it’s okay
I’ll always be by your side the
stupidity doesn’t really stop there
because the repetitive movement scheme
and unmarked invisible walls get real
old real fast number four Shadowrun
we have no idea why developers thought
that it would be a good idea to
resurrect the classic cyberpunk RPG into
a multiplayer only fps we just know that
it didn’t work sorry
alright setting aside that there’s no
stat tracking or leaderboards the
glitchy servers make it take forever to
find matches the game was so poorly
received by critics and fans alike that
the development studio behind Shadowrun
closed down a few months after the
game’s release and the series wouldn’t
see a return to its roots until a
successful Kickstarter revived it many
years later
number three Bomberman act 0
this one just baffles us trying to turn
the light and fun Bomberman series into
a dark and brooding experience with a
dystopian setting Bomberman was turned
from an adorable robot into a terrifying
cyborg for this game and shackled with a
repetitive campaign where you’re
constantly fighting the same mindless
drones to make matters even worse the
games graphed local multiplayer which is
pretty much what made the original game
fun to begin with number 2 sonic the
hedgehog 2006 and don’t worry I’ll
rescue you I know we debated if this
counted as a reboot but since it
disregards the previous continuity and
was simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog
then yes this crapfest counts the
frustratingly long load times annoying
camera impossible controls and glitches
galore took away all of Sonic’s charm
the story was ridiculous too with a
human princess that constantly gets
kidnapped to the point that it’s
mind-numbing and a bestiality romance
subplot that’s equal parts lad and you
know it was a truly low point for the
series before we get to our on number
one let’s take a look at some honorable
or in this case dis honorable mentions
get back in all’s forgiven number one
Dungeon Keeper mobile
the PC strategy game that became a cult
classic has forever been marred by this
abomination your dungeon ha reckons for
attention
it’s free-to-play but it’s got so many
pay walls that it destroys anything that
made the original fun tough love is
never a bad thing an ad for the game was
actually banned in the UK for misleading
customers and the publisher was caught
flat-out manipulating its ratings in the
Android Play Store Peter Molyneux
developer of the original labelled this
reboot as ridiculous and we completely
agree although we’re also wondering if
he’s played any of his own games lately
EA for the sake of gamers everywhere
please don’t do this again
you have conquered this round do you
agree with our list which video game
franchise do you wish it stayed dead I’m
her fan I can open this door what’s the
deal with this building for more top 10s
better than these games published daily
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
not so much by my balls girl I thought
you weren’t dead welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst videogame reboots I’m you or at
least I was
for this list ranked the worst reboots
and revivals of classic games based on
how they were received by critics and
fans at launch and how they stacked up
compared to the original there’s ways to
torture a man that go far beyond the
frail limits of flesh and bone number 10
final fight streetwise the title that
inspired this game was among the best 2d
arcade
oenomaus but the franchise didn’t
transition well to 3d it wasn’t even
good 3d and the visuals were flat-out
ugly who needs a perfect face scene how
much trouble it brings you not only did
it look more like a Fight Club wannabe
than well final fight but the camera
issues and dumb AI meant that it had
none of the fun gameplay either
we wanted each brawl in this game to be
our final fight cuz we couldn’t wait for
it to stop if you don’t drop this loser
I may have to number nine alone in the
dark I’m the light bringer I’m the pin
universe the 1992 game that inspired
this disaster is widely considered to be
the first 3d survival horror game but
it’s reboots seem to forget what the
term alone in the dark actually means
what happens next won’t be your fault
but reviews and you’ll both die the
title moved protagonist Edward cavi from
a haunted mansion in 1920s Louisiana to
modern day in New York City and it feels
a lot more like a roland emmerich
disaster film rather than a horror game
on top of all that the crappy level
design is made worse by the Annoying
controls and the overload of awful
glitches ruined any possibility for
Terror number 8 SimCity
how the hell do you screw up one of the
most beloved PC simulation franchises of
all time well let’s start with the
problem of not being able to even play
the game because of the mandatory use of
the internet connection brought on by
the unnecessary multiplayer components
if that weren’t enough the build space
was frustratingly small making the game
feel much more like sim suburb than
SimCity it since patched some of these
problems away most notably allowing you
now to play offline but it’s a screw-up
that EA will probably never live down
number 7 space Raiders space invaders
was one of the most influential games of
all time but this title was a poor
attempt to make it dark and gritty my
town it is destroyed it made the classic
2d shoot them up into a 3d urban set
third-person shooter where you can only
move right or left and it destroyed all
of the charm of the original in the
process and there’s literally no
challenge in the game as you have
unlimited continues it’s a completely
unnecessary game that’s best left
forgotten
number six golden axe beast Rider
not an arcade beat him up like the
original but a 3d hack and slash
adventure with a heavy influence on
violence to bring it up to an M rating
sadly the added violence still wasn’t
enough to keep it interesting despite
its title the actual riding of beasts
doesn’t particularly work well because
the creatures are tough to control and
it’s too easy to get knocked off the
game also suffers from poor hit
detection and environment so drab that
you’ll get bored quickly thanks to its
repeating enemies number 5
ionic mando I’m just a man Spencer I
can’t give you the last five years back
unfortunately he can’t give us back all
the time we wasted on this game either
if making protagonist Nathan Spencer
into a potty mouth with dreads wasn’t
bad enough the game has one of the most
absurd plot twists ever in which your
mechanical arm turns out to be your
missing wife your guess is as good as
ours as to how that’s supposed to work
it’s okay
I’ll always be by your side the
stupidity doesn’t really stop there
because the repetitive movement scheme
and unmarked invisible walls get real
old real fast number four Shadowrun
we have no idea why developers thought
that it would be a good idea to
resurrect the classic cyberpunk RPG into
a multiplayer only fps we just know that
it didn’t work sorry
alright setting aside that there’s no
stat tracking or leaderboards the
glitchy servers make it take forever to
find matches the game was so poorly
received by critics and fans alike that
the development studio behind Shadowrun
closed down a few months after the
game’s release and the series wouldn’t
see a return to its roots until a
successful Kickstarter revived it many
years later
number three Bomberman act 0
this one just baffles us trying to turn
the light and fun Bomberman series into
a dark and brooding experience with a
dystopian setting Bomberman was turned
from an adorable robot into a terrifying
cyborg for this game and shackled with a
repetitive campaign where you’re
constantly fighting the same mindless
drones to make matters even worse the
games graphed local multiplayer which is
pretty much what made the original game
fun to begin with number 2 sonic the
hedgehog 2006 and don’t worry I’ll
rescue you I know we debated if this
counted as a reboot but since it
disregards the previous continuity and
was simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog
then yes this crapfest counts the
frustratingly long load times annoying
camera impossible controls and glitches
galore took away all of Sonic’s charm
the story was ridiculous too with a
human princess that constantly gets
kidnapped to the point that it’s
mind-numbing and a bestiality romance
subplot that’s equal parts lad and you
know it was a truly low point for the
series before we get to our on number
one let’s take a look at some honorable
or in this case dis honorable mentions
get back in all’s forgiven number one
Dungeon Keeper mobile
the PC strategy game that became a cult
classic has forever been marred by this
abomination your dungeon ha reckons for
attention
it’s free-to-play but it’s got so many
pay walls that it destroys anything that
made the original fun tough love is
never a bad thing an ad for the game was
actually banned in the UK for misleading
customers and the publisher was caught
flat-out manipulating its ratings in the
Android Play Store Peter Molyneux
developer of the original labelled this
reboot as ridiculous and we completely
agree although we’re also wondering if
he’s played any of his own games lately
EA for the sake of gamers everywhere
please don’t do this again
you have conquered this round do you
agree with our list which video game
franchise do you wish it stayed dead I’m
her fan I can open this door what’s the
deal with this building for more top 10s
better than these games published daily
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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