Steam's Worst Game Gets A Sequel, But Not On Steam

What’s the worst game on Steam; like, the very bottom of the barrel? The answer to that question may shock you, which sounds too clickbait-y, so let’s switch it up a little.

 

 

Flatout 3: Chaos & Destruction, released for PC on Steam on December 13 in 2011, has been the most negatively reviewed game on that platform, for quite some time now. In total, the vehicular combat title has amassed 1653 reviews, at the time of writing, but only managed to scrape together a 13% approval rate. That makes the car game worse than notable bottom feeders like Day One: Garry’s Incident, A New Reckoning or Game Tycoon 1.5; the latter of which didn’t even come with an executable file at launch. That’s some pretty bad reception.

That backlash, however, hasn’t deterred the Flatout series from continuing. Distributor PQube has announced that FlatOut 4: Total Insanity will come to market, in collaboration with publisher Bigben Interactive. There’s just one catch: The racing game will come to Playstation 4 and Xbox One, but there’s no mention of a PC release. The trailer, which can be seen below, also makes no mention of Steam or any PC platform.

 

 

While there is undoubtedly some correlation between the PC reception and the game’s sudden absence, there’s also another reason for the console focus. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is the spiritual successor of the Destruction Derby series on PSOne, in a sense. This franchise was massively popular with a console audience, back in the day, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to recapture some of that nostalgic magic. To make that happen, FlatOut 4: Total Insanity will be made by developer Kylotonn Racing Games, who previously produced titles like The Cursed Crusade and Motorcycle Club. Recently, that company also took over the helm for WRC 5 and WRC 6.

FlatOut 4: Total Insanity will feature 27 customizable cars; 20 tracks, including arenas, a stunt mode, 8 players online and a new assault mode, which features weapons. The game will be out in March of 2017.

Place your bets on whether FlatOut 4: Total Insanity will receive a better reception than its predecessor or not.

Daav Valentaten, NoobFeed (@Daavpuke)