Chicago Enforcer
Hey, did you know there’s a new video game set in Chicago? Neither did I, and I play a lot of video games. Oh, wait, we haven’t heard of it because it sucks ass. Chicago Enforcer for the XBOX (from Kemco! — doesn’t that sound like they might also make late-night-TV products like a salad tuner or a bikini pickler?) has made Joystiq’s Worst Games of 2005 (wait, isn’t it only September?). They came up with with their list by looking at the lowest ranked games on Metacritic, which combines scores from multiple reviews. Chicago Enforcer, set in 1930s Chicago, meta-scores an awesome 33 out of 100. Reviewers’ comments range from “Fails on so many levels” to “A terrible game” to “It truly manages to re-create what it must be like to be on the wrong end of a mob shakedown, because by the end of the experience, you’ll pretty much feel like you’ve had your head caved in with a lead pipe.”