Biggest disappointments this decade
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The folks here saying Spore are dead on the money. That game was supposed to change the way we thought about games as a medium. Instead it was a collection of minigames about on part with something you'd pick up for the wii.
That's not to say that there wasn't potential. Creature creater was awesome, after all. I guess all the big ideas just failed to come together. Sadface'd.
That's not to say that there wasn't potential. Creature creater was awesome, after all. I guess all the big ideas just failed to come together. Sadface'd.
Screw decade, I'll do the past few years.
Mass Effect series. Some of it was way to drawn out and the combat nearly destroyed the pretty damn good Story.
I considered the first one better. One of the first RPGs I actually enjoyed. I loved the finding new weapons, even if they were just clones of other guns with new paint on them. I also loved the armor system in the first game (though I will admit, they almost had something going with the custom paint camos in two. Just way to little choices[ and fuck the fact that choosing different materials and tints was barely noticeable in actual gameplay.])
Battlefield 2. Had such great potential but was rushed out before they could fix the clunkiest controls on any FPS ever. The most painful thing to see destroyed by laziness.
Plus, it had one of the biggest steps backwards in Single Player since Deus Ex.
What happened Dice? You had a good thing going in the first Bad Company. Funny character interactions, enjoyable story, great development, and really interesting maps. The first game managed to take a bland setting and actually make it into a playable and fun missions (minus the fucking xray vision and amazing sniper abilites from the AI)
Alone in the Dark 5. What can I say, it looked good in development stage.
Mass Effect series. Some of it was way to drawn out and the combat nearly destroyed the pretty damn good Story.
I considered the first one better. One of the first RPGs I actually enjoyed. I loved the finding new weapons, even if they were just clones of other guns with new paint on them. I also loved the armor system in the first game (though I will admit, they almost had something going with the custom paint camos in two. Just way to little choices[ and fuck the fact that choosing different materials and tints was barely noticeable in actual gameplay.])
Battlefield 2. Had such great potential but was rushed out before they could fix the clunkiest controls on any FPS ever. The most painful thing to see destroyed by laziness.
Plus, it had one of the biggest steps backwards in Single Player since Deus Ex.
What happened Dice? You had a good thing going in the first Bad Company. Funny character interactions, enjoyable story, great development, and really interesting maps. The first game managed to take a bland setting and actually make it into a playable and fun missions (minus the fucking xray vision and amazing sniper abilites from the AI)
Alone in the Dark 5. What can I say, it looked good in development stage.
Since I haven't played it
Since I haven't played it (any of the versions)I do not of yet count it. I am certain that, if I were to play it, It would be the one green check mark on the 3-D Sonic games, and all they would have to go through is getting stoned and flogged. They would still be let to to live.Blitzwing said:
I'll give the honorary mention to spore, but the real one goes to Fable 1.
I still remember reading about "Project Ego" (fables codename that Molyneux talked about) in an old Xbox magazine I picked up on a whim one day, it was just such an amazing world he talked about. I got an Xbox just to play that and Panzer Dragoon Orta. When it came out and it was just another frackin' rpg... God, I was disgusted. The series still isn't 5% of what he talked up the original to be.
edit: Xbox Nation! that was the name of the magazine.
I still remember reading about "Project Ego" (fables codename that Molyneux talked about) in an old Xbox magazine I picked up on a whim one day, it was just such an amazing world he talked about. I got an Xbox just to play that and Panzer Dragoon Orta. When it came out and it was just another frackin' rpg... God, I was disgusted. The series still isn't 5% of what he talked up the original to be.
edit: Xbox Nation! that was the name of the magazine.
Games and/or Movies
-Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3 (1 is technically 1999), but I don't think most people are going to argue that the entire prequel-trilogy sucked in ways nobody thought possible.
-Most of M. Night. Shyamalan's career
-Disney in general (not Pixar)
-The general direction the gaming industry is taking
-MMORPGs. Why. Oh why.
-(personal disappointment): Fallout 3
-Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3 (1 is technically 1999), but I don't think most people are going to argue that the entire prequel-trilogy sucked in ways nobody thought possible.
-Most of M. Night. Shyamalan's career
-Disney in general (not Pixar)
-The general direction the gaming industry is taking
-MMORPGs. Why. Oh why.
-(personal disappointment): Fallout 3
mmm this is a bit tough, i have decently low expectations on some things, as i know what i like and dont like
however, for discussions sake:
-Socom confrontation, i played the first 3 like it was no ones business, i dont think as a kid i put more time into any game/series as much as those, and when i finally got a ps3 this past year i had heard of the game on the ps3 and i was so bloody damn excited to play it again i swear i popped a boner putting in the game into the ps3 for the first time.
-poppped it in, only to find out there is no single player.
*fine.whatever, i played multiplayer mostly anyways*
-joins match, realizes how shitty the game movement and controls had become
*fuck.well maybe it gets better, i just got to get used to it*
-plays game for literally 16 hours straight.
*fuck this game. this is fucking garbage, the originals are fucking amazing! wtf!*
yeah i immediately took the game back and sold it, i was so pissed off on how poorly implemented it was. socom 4 is coming out this next year,and this one is by zipper, it looks not too shabby...but literally, if they just redid the graphics and put the old games on the ps3, i'd spend easily 150-200 dollars in a heartbeat to have those games. i miss them so freaking much.
besides that i haven't been disappointed too much..there was mw2 but gonna avoid that rage and complete bullshit of a sequel.
however, for discussions sake:
-Socom confrontation, i played the first 3 like it was no ones business, i dont think as a kid i put more time into any game/series as much as those, and when i finally got a ps3 this past year i had heard of the game on the ps3 and i was so bloody damn excited to play it again i swear i popped a boner putting in the game into the ps3 for the first time.
-poppped it in, only to find out there is no single player.
*fine.whatever, i played multiplayer mostly anyways*
-joins match, realizes how shitty the game movement and controls had become
*fuck.well maybe it gets better, i just got to get used to it*
-plays game for literally 16 hours straight.
*fuck this game. this is fucking garbage, the originals are fucking amazing! wtf!*
yeah i immediately took the game back and sold it, i was so pissed off on how poorly implemented it was. socom 4 is coming out this next year,and this one is by zipper, it looks not too shabby...but literally, if they just redid the graphics and put the old games on the ps3, i'd spend easily 150-200 dollars in a heartbeat to have those games. i miss them so freaking much.
besides that i haven't been disappointed too much..there was mw2 but gonna avoid that rage and complete bullshit of a sequel.
Obama. Sorry guys, he's not Black Jesus, he's just another politician.
Oh, you meant games? Sorry, my bad.
I'd mark biggest disappointment as the Nintendo Wii. Its motion controller didn't work nearly as well as we thought it would (until Wii Motion Plus, anyway, which only came out this year) and the system's lousy third party support has pretty much doomed it to the domain of fanboys for the rest of its foreseeable life.
Oh, you meant games? Sorry, my bad.
I'd mark biggest disappointment as the Nintendo Wii. Its motion controller didn't work nearly as well as we thought it would (until Wii Motion Plus, anyway, which only came out this year) and the system's lousy third party support has pretty much doomed it to the domain of fanboys for the rest of its foreseeable life.
All Points Bulletin, after a good few years of hype and what appears to be a revolutionary customisation system it turns out to be a buggy nightmare with a confused payment system. It's a shame since a professionally done GTA-like MMO would have been grand.
That's pretty much the only one I can think of.
That's pretty much the only one I can think of.
I hear you. SOCOM was awesome on the PS2. I remember downing tangos with Boomer for hours.gmaverick019 said:
Ahh memories.....
Oblivion. But we need not get into that.
Fallout 3 really redeemed Bethesda in my eyes, and they're still my favorite developer. Hopefully Skyrim can bring back the magic(ka).
Fallout 3 really redeemed Bethesda in my eyes, and they're still my favorite developer. Hopefully Skyrim can bring back the magic(ka).
holy shit. there is actually someone on here who has played that game and liked it as much as i did.IamSofaKingRaw said:
seriously, that game had it all right for a ps2 game
-muting
-booting annoying people/cheaters
- the legendary "GRENADAAAAA!" war cry from terrorists
-maps that actually made sense and could be used strategically
-clans/clan control that actually works well in games
-custom games actually counted toward your rank (i hated playing in regular games with the 2-3 shitty maps consistently popping up)
-and personally, i think it had the perfect ratio for camouflage, you could blend in if you did it just right in certain areas, but if you were moving around and such your ass was easier to spot than godzilla in a barren town.
I have yet to find a shooter like socom these days that gets all these things right, AND is fun to play.
Yes, this. I felt really bad for the friend I played it with. I lost interest in a few minutes.s0m3th1ng said:
Activision.
Way to ruin one of my most favorite franchises Call of Duty, and pretty much kill Infinity Ward.
Way to ruin one of my most favorite franchises Call of Duty, and pretty much kill Infinity Ward.
Amen to that!Kunzer said:
I think rebellion studios had to close down their branch in England somewhere, YOU GUYS DESERVED IT!
But my "biggest" disappointment was dragon age origins, I thought it would have great gameplay on pc, didn't care for the story which is just the same old bioware story used over and over again.
"gather x amount of allies to battle this threat at the end of the game"
EVERY BIOWARE GAME TODAY!
Except the oldies, never played them.