{"id":122291,"date":"2020-12-19T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/tiny_racer_on_switch_is_officially_the_worst_game_of_2020_according_to_metacritic"},"modified":"2020-12-19T04:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T04:25:00","slug":"tiny-racer-on-switch-is-officially-the-worst-game-of-2020-according-to-metacritic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/19\/tiny-racer-on-switch-is-officially-the-worst-game-of-2020-according-to-metacritic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Racer On Switch Is Officially The Worst Game Of 2020, According To Metacritic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493c1bd46712d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493c1bd46712d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Gosh, just look at it!\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493c1bd46712d\/gosh-just-look-at-it.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493c1bd46712d\/gosh-just-look-at-it.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Gosh, just look at it!\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Gosh, just look at it! <em>(Image: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/tiny-racer-switch\/\">Nintendo<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re so used to hearing about the best-selling and highest-rated games, so how about we mix it up a bit with the worst game of 2020. That title, according to Metacritic, goes to the July Switch eShop release, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tiny_racer\">Tiny Racer<\/a><\/strong>. This &#8220;adorable little racing game&#8221; that draws inspiration from series like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/micro_machines\">Micro Machines<\/a><\/strong> has a critic score of 29 out of 100 (at the time of writing).<\/p>\n<p>Other Switch games joining it on this bottom ten list include <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arc_of_alchemist\">Arc of Alchemist<\/a><\/strong> in fifth place, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/gleamlight\">Gleamlight<\/a><\/strong> in ninth place and Bethesda&#8217;s Switch adaptation of the mobile title, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/elder_scrolls_blades\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/a><\/strong> <em>(thanks for the shoutout, Metacritic)<\/em>. The remake of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xiii\">XIII<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/xiii_remake_for_switch_delayed_again_will_now_arrive_in_2021\">on its way to the Switch next year<\/a>) was noticeably in second place.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tiny Racer (Switch)<\/li>\n<li>XIII Remake (Xbox One)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dawn of Fear<\/strong> (PlayStation 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast and Furious Crossroads<\/strong> (PC)<\/li>\n<li>Arc of Alchemist (Switch)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/remothered_broken_porcelain\">Remothered: Broken Porcelain<\/a><\/strong> (PC)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/jet_force_gemini_style_platform_shooter_tamarin_unlikely_to_come_to_switch_anytime_soon\">Tamarin<\/a><\/strong> (PlayStation 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/street_power_soccer\">Street Power Soccer<\/a><\/strong> (PlayStation 4)<\/li>\n<li>Gleamlight (Switch)<\/li>\n<li>The Elder Scrolls: Blades (Switch)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Note: Above are the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Games are ranked by Metascore (as of December 15, 2020) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. If a single title would have landed on the list multiple times due to low scores on more than one platform, we only included the lowest-scoring version.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades - A mobile title ported to Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/eba303135e15d\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-a-mobile-title-ported-to-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/eba303135e15d\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-a-mobile-title-ported-to-switch.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades - A mobile title ported to Switch\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades &#8211; A mobile title ported to Switch <em>(Image: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-switch\/\">Nintendo<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did you play any of these games on this list? What would you say was the worst game you played this year? <em>Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gosh, just look at it! (Image: Nintendo) We&#8217;re so used to hearing about the best-selling and highest-rated games, so how about we mix it up a bit with the worst game of 2020. That title, according to Metacritic, goes to the July Switch eShop release, Tiny Racer. This &#8220;adorable little racing game&#8221; that draws inspiration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}