{"id":130513,"date":"2022-12-14T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-142560"},"modified":"2022-12-14T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T06:55:00","slug":"xel-is-officially-the-worst-switch-game-of-2022-according-to-metacritic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/14\/xel-is-officially-the-worst-switch-game-of-2022-according-to-metacritic\/","title":{"rendered":"XEL Is Officially The Worst Switch Game Of 2022, According To Metacritic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s that time once again when Metacritic spices up the ‘Game of the Year’ nominations by releasing a list of the worst games released.<\/p>\n

On the Switch front, the worst game of the year goes to the Zelda-style sci-fi adventure title, XEL<\/a>. It made its debut on the platform in July this year, and according to Metacritic’s scoring system (which requires a nominated game to have at least seven professional reviews), it’s the fourth-worst game overall of 2022. The Switch version of Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition<\/a> was also in 10th place.<\/p>\n

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“Games are ranked by Metascore (as of December 12, 2022) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. (In other words, these bad games are all major enough to get reviews from multiple publications.) 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

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Metacritic – The 10 Worst Video Games of 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. POSTAL 4 – No Regerts – 30<\/strong> (PC)<\/li>\n
  2. CrossfireX – 38<\/strong> (Xbox Series X)<\/li>\n
  3. Babylon’s Fall – 41<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n
  4. XEL<\/a> – 43 (Nintendo Switch)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. LEGO Brawls – 46<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n
  6. Zorro: The Chronicles – 59<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n
  7. The Last Oricru – 50<\/strong> (Xbox Series X)<\/li>\n
  8. The Waylanders – 51<\/strong> (PC)<\/li>\n
  9. Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief – 52<\/strong> (PS4)<\/li>\n
  10. Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition<\/a> – 52<\/strong> (Nintendo Switch)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here’s what Metacritic had to say about both of the Nintendo Switch titles:<\/p>\n

    XEL<\/h3>\n
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    “A 3D, open-world platformer set in a mysterious world that blends sci-fi and fantasy elements, Xel<\/em> may get a few points for visuals and its original story. But don’t mistake Xel<\/em> for Zelda<\/em>: The former is so unpolished and frustrating that few gamers will have much fun playing it. And the problems aren’t just on Switch: A PC version received similarly poor reviews.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition<\/h3>\n
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    “An “enhanced” port of a fairly good 1997 point-and-click sci-fi adventure game set within the same universe as the first Blade Runner<\/em> film, this remaster was not the hit that the original was. In fact, it wasn’t even as good as an unofficial port released for PC a few years ago. Critics and users complained about the new graphics and numerous glitches.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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