Ever since 2010, gaming has been on a very visible upswing. The PS2 peaked beautifully, and paved the way for the take over by its successor, the PS3, and its rival, the Xbox 360. During 2013, the PS3 arguably received its two most defining games in the form of The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V, both master class games in maxing out the hardware before it becames obsolete. The birth of NextGen gaming brought us: DmC: Devil May Cry; Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Antichamber; Fire Emblem: Awakening; Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance; Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan; Tomb Raider; God of War: Ascension; Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon; and BioShock Infinite. In the following years, there has been no shortage of good quality video games. Unfortunately, there can be no good without evil, and there are no great video games with terrible ones.

Today we’re going to go over the top five worst video games to be released since the beginning of this decade.

I hope you’re ready for this shit storm.

#5: NBA live 14

NBA live is like the fly in your house that you leave the window open for so it can leave, but for some reason it just wont go away. It breaks my heart to see how far this franchise has fallen. There was in fact a time when 2K cowered in the presence of NBA Live, but those days have long since passed. Now, the title has become a symbol of mockery and disappointment, and its 2013 installment is certainly no exception. If the boredom of its terribly unrealistic gameplay doesn’t kill you, the aneurysm you get from the mentally defunct AI certainly will. Its awkward assembling of triangles for graphics will make you swear you are playing this game on a toaster oven. And the online play is so broken that all two of the people that bought this game have no means to competing against each other

At best, this game is a decent attempt at a Nintendo DS NBA game, and at worst, it was a really good way to force loyal NBA Live gamers to the 2K franchise. Oh, how they have fallen from grace.

Rating: Over the Pants Hand Job

#4: Deadpool

Let me preface this by saying that I didn’t hate this game; it served its purpose; the humor was good, and I definitely did appreciate the developers attempt to stay true to Deadpool’s nature.

But, those are the only redeeming qualities that keep this game from being further down the list. Well, that and the fact that there are heaps of shit way worst than this.

Look, I know I’m going to break a lot of hearts here, but this game was an insult to everything Deadpool. The story was weak at best, and half the time the player has no real purpose. And when you’re not trying figure out what the fuck you’re doing, you’re aimlessly button mashing your way through what seems like an infinite number of unchallenging enemies. The graphics aren’t bad, but they weren’t good enough to distract from the awful gameplay.

This game was bad, and radical fan support is the only excuse I can think of for this game making it past the beta stage.

Rating: Taking a Shower Then Having to Poop.

#3: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Marvel has been the champion of the cinematic world since the start of the decade. The same cannot be said for them in the video gaming world. That title belongs to DC and their saving grace, The Arkham Series (thank you RockSteady).

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was anything but amazing. In fact, the only thing amazing about the game was how bad it managed to fuck up everything. I mean, I get that every major superhero film gets a video game, but when they keep coming out so horribly, what is the cut off?

This game is a giant “fuck you” to die hard Spider-man comic fans, every person who watched the movie, and any one who played this game thinking it’d be as good as Spider-Man 2: The Video Game. The plot is a jumbled and confusing heap of garbage. The combat tries so hard to be Arkham City, but fails miserable. The graphics are actually pretty good, all things considered. However, when you consider the beauty of the cinematic trailer for this game (which claimed to have gameplay footage), and compare it to the finished product, one can’t help but feel “shafted”.

Rating: Opening a pack of Starburst and getting all lemons.

#2: Rambo: The Video Game

Why was this game made? Was there a movie coming out that we didn’t know about that ended up getting cancelled in early development? Was there such a high demand for a Rambo game that a studio actually made one? I can’t figure it out, but what ever it is, it doesn’t matter, because it was a thing.

Rambo has never looked so bad. This game was a pathetic excuse for a rail shooter and was crammed full of mind-numbingly unstimulating quick time events. The game was so bad that the developers couldn’t even get any voice actors from the film to reprise their roles, so they ended up ripping voices straight from the movie.

Rating: Missing McDonald’s breakfast menu by five minutes.

#1: Ashes Cricket 2013

A rabbi would eat pork before he plays this game. Kobe Bryant will pass the ball before he plays this game. A nun will do a porn shoot before she plays this game.

The is an arrogant insult to gaming. Ignoring the Adobe Illustrator line segments passed off as graphics and the God-awful commentating and sound quality, this game's single most outrageous flaw is its AI. Seriously, its like they didn’t even try. My little sister could have coded something better. Don’t believe me? Skip to the 9:15 point in this video and feast your eyes on what may very well be the worst programming in history.

Rating: Getting a gift from your grandma but finding out it’s a Nickelback CD