10 Video Games Everyone Lost Respect For

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The newest iterations of these games belong in the discount bin. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for games that were once big but are no longer favored by the public.

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the games that were once

00:14big but are no longer favored by the public.

00:23Number 10 – Silent Hill Series Konami once housed one of the most respected

00:35IPs in horror gaming.

00:37All four of the mainline Silent Hill games were brilliant in their own ways, but when

00:41spinoffs like Downpour and Homecoming became the main focus, Silent Hill faded into obscurity.

00:46Konami's efforts in resurrecting the IP in the 2020s have not helped either.

00:53The streaming game Silent Hill Ascension was widely scrutinized by casual and hardcore

00:57fans for its atrocious narrative.

01:00The free-to-play Silent Hill The Short Message was mocked for its awful writing and rotten

01:03vanilla story, and much of the revival has been focused on merchandise more than maintaining

01:08the quality of upcoming projects.

01:10The alarms are going nuts.

01:17Number 9 – Borderlands Series While some hardcore fans swear that Borderlands

01:28is still good, most of the once sprawling fanbase has quit the franchise.

01:32Borderlands 3 was a massive step backward with its obnoxious antagonists and uninspired

01:36character classes.

01:38Tiny Tina's Wonderlands was not much better.

01:50And New Tales from the Borderlands, one of the worst games we saw in 2022.

01:58It has been so bland and so bad for so long that folks are beginning to question if Gearbox

02:02simply caught a flash in the pan with Borderlands 2.

02:05With Borderlands 4 and a second Wonderlands game on the way, one can only hope for a solid

02:09game for so long before more folks leave the community.

02:19Number 8 – Tomb Raider Series There was a time when Lara Croft was one of

02:31the biggest characters in video games.

02:33Problem is that no matter which era of Tomb Raider you may have experienced, each had

02:36a massive downfall in one embarrassing way or another.

02:39Angel of Darkness was just a genuinely bad game with outdated controls and dumb AI.

02:44Underworld suffered a similar fate.

02:53The reboot trilogy that came from Crystal Dynamics had a weird, adversity-is-sexy approach

02:57to Lara Croft, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a bizarre shift towards stealth gameplay

03:02unlike the previous two games.

03:04Fans have only wanted the same sexy, badass, confident and intelligent Lara Croft they

03:08knew from the old days.

03:09The constant reinvention of the character has only caused more discourse.

03:20Number 7 – Multi-Versus Back in 2022, Multi-Versus did show some promise

03:34during its open beta.

03:35There was a steady flow of new characters and stages getting added to the game, the

03:39netcode was slowly improving, and the team-based mechanics helped separate it from Super Smash

03:43Bros.

03:44Fast forward to 2024 and it's a widely different story from its version 1.0 launch.

03:57The character roster has seen only a couple of additions in Joker and Jason Voorhees.

04:00The single-player campaign is just simple fights and mini-games cobbled together in

04:04unimaginative ways.

04:06The monetization is even more egregious with fighters costing $10 a pop.

04:10And the online connectivity is worse than it ever was before.

04:15Another crossover, another crash and burn.

04:17Same old story, same old song and dance.

04:27Number 6 – Mortal Kombat Series

04:37The state of Mortal Kombat 11 already had some folks on edge with its rocky technical

04:41performance and emphasis on the mobile-game-esque Towers of Time mode.

04:45Maybe Mortal Kombat 1 will reign in the live service elements.

04:48Nope.

04:49MK1 launched with a tedious invasions mode where every season gets stale quickly with

04:53mundane gimmicks and the new cameo fighter system makes fights look incredibly awkward.

05:00What's made folks so frustrated is the online functionality.

05:08At the time of this video, the game is a year old and still sees lengthy matchmaking

05:12times, stuttering and disconnections.

05:15Couple that with the complete lack of support for the competitive scene and you'll see

05:18why many FGC streamers aren't playing this actively outside of new DLC fighter launches.

05:36Number 5 – Need for Speed Series

05:46The Need for Speed games may seem like they're doing well.

05:49To an extent, maybe, but racing fans say differently.

05:52Once revered for its blend of arcade racing and racing sim game feel, Need for Speed has

05:56tanked in quality over the years.

05:58For Payback, it was awful monetization and lack of customization.

06:09For Heat, it was the unimaginative track design and terrible loot box system, just like Payback.

06:14And for Unbound, it was the horrendous rubberbanding and, just as with the previous two games,

06:19the abysmal monetization.

06:21When Gran Turismo and Forza are delivering stellar experiences in their own way, Need

06:25for Speed just comes off like a game built entirely on extracting cash from you as much

06:29as possible with little effort.

06:40Number 4 – Far Cry Series

06:51These games aren't exactly dreadful by any stretch of the imagination, but they are nowhere

06:55near the level of quality they could be.

06:57While Far Cry 3 did capture people's attention with its villain and open world gameplay,

07:02everything that's come after has basically been on repeat.

07:05Give the player a villain to hate, throw them into the world, give them a gun, and that's

07:08it.

07:18FC5 and 6 have had some neat ideas of their own with animal companions, however, we can't

07:23blame people for feeling like these games have become stale over time.

07:26Hey, at least there aren't as many radio towers these days.

07:35Number 3 – Halo Series

07:47Halo is arguably the biggest giant to have fallen from grace in the video game scene.

07:51Ever since Bungie was made to pass the torch to Microsoft's own 343 Industries, Halo

07:55has not once come close to reaching the same level of quality as its earlier titles.

08:06From bad writing and storytelling to broken online multiplayer, players have become so

08:10frustrated with 343 that some have begun calling for its closure or at least a drastic change

08:15in management.

08:16Halo Infinite has been on the up and up, but with 343 fumbling for as long as they have,

08:20the chief is nothing more than a joke to Xbox fans current and former.

08:30Number 2 – Fortnite

08:37To its credit, Fortnite is a fun game to play both solo and with friends.

08:41Plus, the addition of the LEGO Survival Mode, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival have

08:45new ways to play, and they are all excellent modes in their own right.

08:50But with all the crossovers and licenses constantly getting half-assed into the game comes a wave

08:54of unease and pity.

08:56Some folks have begun pointing out how soulless it all feels.

08:59No longer is this a battle royale game, it is just one giant cash cow for marketing with

09:03a big push to be anything and everything.

09:05Fortnite was visually unique in its own way at one point.

09:08Now it could literally be any video game.

09:36Number 1 – Call of Duty Series

09:46At one point, Call of Duty was all anyone could talk about, whether it was the original

09:50Modern Warfare games or the first few Black Ops games.

09:53Nowadays, buying a Call of Duty is practically a guessing game.

09:56Is this going to be better than last year?

09:58Are we going to get gypped on a campaign with this year's release?

10:01How bad is the meta going to get?

10:03There is simply too much at stake that it's made fans leave the nest for other games.

10:16Plus the annualization of the franchise hasn't helped.

10:19Call of Duty still sells millions, but it's nowhere near the quality and sales it saw

10:23back in the days of Modern Warfare 2.

10:35Which games lost your respect for the foreseeable future?

10:38Let us know down in the comments.

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