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Discover LudwigThe phrase "awful game" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a game that is considered to be of poor quality or disappointing.
Example: "After playing for an hour, I realized it was just an awful game with no engaging storyline."
Alternatives: "terrible game" or "poor game".
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No one outside of games really cared about a few thousand copies of an awful game; video games were still kids' stuff back then, and the gaming press was in its infancy, much more concerned with the latest titles than the medium's nascent history.
What an awful game.
It's an awful game.
Syracuse's guards had an awful game.
But was mired in a truly awful game of rugby.
Not that such an awful game warranted Navarro's wonderful finish.
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"It was one of those awful games, we were punished for individual errors.
I guess it was worth all the awful games and players I've watched.
That's an awful lot of awful games relieved only by escaping regularly to call college basketball for ESPN.
"I look around Tokyo Games Show, and everyone's making awful games; Japan is at least five years behind," said Keiji Inafune, 45, head of global research and development at Capcom and one of Japan's most prominent game designers.
Free-to-play is a fact of life in the mobile games industry, and there will be brilliant, average and awful games using the business model, just like there are for paid games.
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