The Simulation genre is an interesting one in the gaming industry, in one title you may be managing businesses and farms to navigating a fictional character through life in another. Simulation games can be incredibly deep and a lot of fun, or they can be unplayable garbage. From incredibly buggy titles, to blatant cash grabs, and great ideas that failed in execution, here is a list of the ten simulation games from this decade that Metacritic considers the worst and what the critics had to say about them....

Dragons have been a part of high fantasy since time eternal. These fire-breathing monsters are both impressive and terrifying to behold, with the vast majority of them being valuable creatures that players need to protect. In contrast, others end up being vile antagonists who end up doing justice to this villainous role. There’s a reason why so many people find dragons to be an instant draw no matter where they’re included....

World of Warcraftfans discovered a clever Easter egg fromFinal Fantasy 14inDragonflight. The clever reference inWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflightcalled upon one ofFinal Fantasy 14’smost infamous memes. TheFinal Fantasy 14Easter egg is found withinan Engineering toy added inDragonflight. Cleverly named the Wyrmhole Generator, this toy allows players to teleport to a random place on the Dragon Isles on a two-hour cooldown. However, players who spend 30 points in the Novelties sub-specialization of Engineering can reduce the cooldown to one hour, and gain the ability to choose a zone to teleport to instead....

Summary A creativeLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer recently built an impressive mechanical goose. The latestThe Legend of Zeldagame is not only an epic open-world quest to save the realm of Hyrule from the wicked Ganondorf but also an unexpected outlet for players to build imaginative contraptions usingLink’s new Fuse and Ultrahand abilities. SinceTears of the Kingdomlaunched on the Nintendo Switch in May, fans have shown off all manner of vehicles, buildings, and gadgets that can be crafted using the raw materials and ancient Zonai devices found across Hyrule....

Bosses are an integral part of anyFinal Fantasygame. The character design and backstory of the boss pairs with its overall mechanics to be challenging and interesting or totally unfair and annoying. Worse yet: bosses could be boring, managing to sour an otherwise awesome gaming experience. Some fans of the franchise absolutely love idiosyncratic bosses like the Phantom Train while others loathe them. Phantom Train is undead, so players can just use healing magic and items on it....

There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it,Cyberpunk 2077had a mixed launched. The PC side of things went fairly smoothly, garnering some good reviews, but the console versions are a train wreck across the board. CD Projekt Red even had Sony pull it from PSN. The graphics, bugs, frame rates, and everything in between are that bad. RELATED:Cyberpunk 2077: The 10 Biggest Fixes The Game Needs What is not contested about this game, whether one is experiencing a bug or not, is the story....

The release date ofDestiny 2’s Lightfall is fast approaching, and with it will begin the sixth year of the game’s lifespan, on its road to the conclusion of the Light and Darkness saga with The Final Shape, sometime in 2024. Thanks to the shift toward the live service model, Bungie was able to makeDestiny 2’s seasonal contentmore impactful both in terms of gameplay loops and in terms of storytelling, with the latter becoming ever more important to the overarching narrative....

As the indie hit gameAmong Usturned five this week, the development team at Innersloth announced a new update and a new collaboration to celebrate the anniversary. The update forAmong Usbrought a few significant changes to the menus and fixed some bugs, while the partnership that was announced was received favorably by social media users.Even thoughAmong Uswas originally released in 2018, it remained relatively obscure for the first two years. However, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, many gamers found themselves stuck at home and finding more time to play games and watch streams of some games....

Summary The latest RPG from Obsidian Entertainment,Avowedis set to release later this year and bring players back into the world of Eora. While notable titles from the studio likeThe Outer WorldsandFallout: New Vegashave utilized the first-person person perspective in the past, taking this approach withAvowedmarks the first time Obsidian has done so with its own original IP. Considering the game’s place in a greater pre-existing lore, and the developer’s status under a company of Microsoft’s scale, there could be a future whereAvowedpaves the way for newPillars of Eternitytitles in the same style....

E3 2021 is rapidly approaching, but Summer Game Fest has already begun, and included among the world premieres are teasers for what gamers can expect from this weekend’s event such as moreBattlefield 2042footage. EA won’t be at E3 in a big way like it has been in the past, but that won’t be stopping some of its games from being showcased over the weekend. During Summer Game Fest kickoff, Geoff Keighley officially confirmed thatBattlefield 2042gameplay would be shown off during the Xbox and Bethesda game showcase....

Summary Minecrafthas received several updates over the years, often adding fresh features or creatures to develop the game. When it comes to skins, players have typically opted for modded skins due to a lack of options for default ones. For many years inMinecraft, Steve was the official face of the game, being the only default skin available for players outside of modded skins. As the years passed, Alex joined Steve in 2014 to give players an additional choice....

New York is one of the most famous cities in the world, having been the inspiration behind many films, TV shows, games, and songs. It has a population of over 8 million, more than 800 languages are spoken in the country, and the New York Public Library has over 50 million books. It is a beautiful city with lots of diversity, and it is no wonder that it captures the hearts of so many people around the world....

Video games have the power to immerse the player in a bountiful world of fictional wonder, but sometimes the real world manages to seep through. Many choose to use video games as a means of escaping reality, so it can be both exciting and jarring to witness the presence of areal-life musicianhidden within a game’s world. RELATED:Unusual Celebrity Voice-Overs In Video Games Nowadays, the presence ofa musician in a video gameis far less shocking than it was decades ago as countless A-listers have already lent their likeness to the media....