Biggest Game Disappointments

[kortin]

Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Red alert 3, Starcraft 2, Crysis 2, Supreme Commander 2, The demise of Call of Duty (Somewhat inclusive of and including everything after MW2), Halo Reach, and all the others that I've lost the will to play.

The last couple of years or so have been very, very disappointing.

Considering how many games that disappointed you, are you sure you just don't have unfairly high standards?

Dungeon Siege 2 (it's an old game, but I only got to play it recently): God, I remember when I first played Dungeon Siege. I was 10, and I finally managed to get my parents to let me play it. It was such a fun game. So, skipping forward to two months ago (that's 7 years), I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Dungeon Siege 2...and what I got was an utter piece of shit of a game. It was not fun. There isn't anything I like about Dungeon Siege 2. At all.

That's really the only game.

 

[Iwata]

Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Red alert 3, Starcraft 2, Crysis 2, Supreme Commander 2, The demise of Call of Duty (Somewhat inclusive of and including everything after MW2), Halo Reach, and all the others that I've lost the will to play.

The last couple of years or so have been very, very disappointing.

Are you kidding? The past year was one of the best years in gaming since I started playing in the mid-80's!

 

[archvile93]

It's got to be Bioshock. I gave into the hype and was sorely dissapointed, and can not understand what people like about. The plasmids were mere's gimmicks that were either completely useless, almost completely useless, or good for only one specific spot then became useless. The late game enemies could take ridiculous amounts of ammo before dying; a M1 tank couldn't take as much small arms fire as those guys. I think they knew they screwed up the balance though, it's the only reason I can think of for the vita chambers. The story was okay, but even the begginning wasn't all that great (did anyone not see Atlas betraying you as soon as he opened his mouth) and really just fell apart at the end. It was just not worth $5.

 

[Avalanche91]

No More Heroes 2. The bosses were still insane, and it was still funny. But it felt incredibly cheap, artificially lengthend by shinobu and henry sections, and a incredibly cheap final boss.

Any MMORPG ever. I just really can't get into them. And every time I decide to try one, I get disappointed.

Also, obviously

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[Smeatza]

So many people mentioning New Vegas here, I know it's a simple difference of opinion but YOU'RE WRONG.

And Final Fantasy 12 would be my choice. The beginning of the end of what was a great series.

 

[sumanoskae]

Mass Effect 3's ending. I've been trying very hard to forget about it, but I keep being reminded of it.

 

[Rivaria]

I guess the fable series the first one was the best i really loved it but the sequels suck especially the third one and the new one thats coming out for kinect just did it for me... no more fable.

 

[Soopy]

So many people mentioning New Vegas here, I know it's a simple difference of opinion but YOU'RE WRONG.

And Final Fantasy 12 would be my choice. The beginning of the end of what was a great series.

Mass Effect 3's ending. I've been trying very hard to forget about it, but I keep being reminded of it.

Well, I literally just turned off ME1, after I started trying to play through 1&2 again before I got 3 to finish it off.
I couldn't do it. I loved the games when I played them originally but now they just seem like chore. The cut scenes(every 10ft) are so disjointed and the characters waffle on with the most inane dribble. I just can't do it.

Its weird. I really did love ME1 the first time I played through it. Heck I even went through it a second time to max my character and still didn't get bored. But now... ehhhhhhhhh.

 

[War Penguin]

Force Unleashed. Just... so awkward... Lightsaber sucks... I... Why?

Fallout New Vegas. *Sigh* It's been so many times that I've argued why I'm really disappointed with this game. The more I look back on it, the more things I find wrong with it. It's done so many things right, but not enough to cover up the things that it did wrong. The story was great up until you got to Benny. Then the choice you had to make just seemed force. Hell, it felt like the game wanted me to join NCR than any of the other factions. Just wished they fleshed out the Legion so that there would be some benefits for the wasteland if they won the dam.

Oh, and the world felt dull, the atmosphere was nonexistent, it was buggy up the ass, the voice acting was so bad that it really broke immersion for me [small](with the exception of all of the companions... and a few others... few)[/small], and it really felt like an awkward copy paste of Fallout 3.

All the DLC was really damn good, though. I don't care what anyone says, Dead Money was fucking tight!

 

[Soopy]

Force Unleashed. Just... so awkward... Lightsaber sucks... I... Why?

Fallout New Vegas. *Sigh* It's been so many times that I've argued why I'm really disappointed with this game. The more I look back on it, the more things I find wrong with it. It's done so many things right, but not enough to cover up the things that it did wrong. The story was great up until you got to Benny. Then the choice you had to make just seemed force. Hell, it felt like the game wanted me to join NCR than any of the other factions. Just wished they fleshed out the Legion so that there would be some benefits for the wasteland if they won the dam.

Oh, and the world felt dull, the atmosphere was nonexistent, it was buggy up the ass, the voice acting was so bad that it really broke immersion for me [small](with the exception of all of the companions... and a few others... few)[/small], and it really felt like an awkward copy paste of Fallout 3.

All the DLC was really damn good, though. I don't care what anyone says, Dead Money was fucking tight!

Wow, sounds identical to Skyrim!

 

[Nazulu]

Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Red alert 3, Starcraft 2, Crysis 2, Supreme Commander 2, The demise of Call of Duty (Somewhat inclusive of and including everything after MW2), Halo Reach, and all the others that I've lost the will to play.

The last couple of years or so have been very, very disappointing.

Are you kidding? The past year was one of the best years in gaming since I started playing in the mid-80's!

No he's right. Most of these are poorly designed with terrible dialogue. I don't understand how any one could say the past years have been great for gaming when they are full of poorly delivered sequels. And no, I'm not saying all the games are bad.

Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Red alert 3, Starcraft 2, Crysis 2, Supreme Commander 2, The demise of Call of Duty (Somewhat inclusive of and including everything after MW2), Halo Reach, and all the others that I've lost the will to play.

The last couple of years or so have been very, very disappointing.

Considering how many games that disappointed you, are you sure you just don't have unfairly high standards?

That's a fair question, except I'd say most of you have low standards. I'm going back in time and enjoying classic games I've missed out on. I tell you right now, I'm fucking lovin' it.

There were so many games released in the late 90's and early 2000's, way more than now and more diverse. It's a shame that all these games made by smaller developers are just over-looked.

 

[lordlillen]

Red dead redemption or half life 2 both of wich i heard nothing but praise but when i played them they where boring as fuck.

 

[foxlovingfreak]

last years Brink. Traded in for L.A Noir and never looked back.

 

[Rtoip]

Spore- alredy mentioned

Fable 3- I really liked 1 and was really exited about another one (didn't play 2, no X-BOX), but it wasn't as good.

Stronghold 3 - The first game and Crusade where great, the second had a lot of issues and was ugly as hell even when it got first released, Legends fixed some things but it was a bit too weird spinoff (King Arthur, wizards, dragons, warewolves, vampires while previous games were mostly realistic). I hoped that they learned from past mistakes and return Stronghold to it's former glory but what we got was some unplayable ugly shit with no multi or skirmishes, they are trying to salvage what they can with bug and content patches but the damage has been done.

I remembered one more:
Empire Earth 3 - it was so bad it not only killed the franchise, their creators, but pretty much the entire genre (as far as I know). Maybe it's not all EE3 fault (think that C&C completely changing it's game-play is at fault too).

You know what, I think I will make a separate paragraph for death of RTS games as the greatest gaming disappointment. I played (and still do) a lot of Age of Empires, C&C, Empire Earth before it turned to crap (and some others), but now nobody makes such games anymore. What is there ?? Dawn of War 2, C&C 4 that's a completely different game-play mechanic (no building, getting resources by terrain control, heavy micromanagement), Starcraft 2 fits closer but they get away with it only because it's Blizzard and it's a micromanaging clickfest anyway. It's probably some inconceivable heresy for some but I don't even consider them RTSes. (Feel free to burn me at the stake) I want to slam waves of tanks (or footman) against each other while playing with friends not calculate the perfect building order and click hundreds of times a second to activate billion special abilities to win at all costs to get higher in the ladder.
I know there's some high level play in AoE or C&C but at least it's possible to play for fun at all.

If anyone proposes any recent games that would fit the tastes of a casual AoE, C&C player I will humbly admit that my rant was groundless.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Do you mean when you saw the fact that i chose this game as my dissapointment, or when you played the game?

The latter choice.

Just so many dumb things in the game.

The only thing I thought improved was the speed of the combat, and the speed only, it wasn't so boringly slow that I got up and make toast like I did while playing DA1.

 

[CynicalB]

GTA4
I played 2 years after it came out and I still can't understand why so many people rank as a top 5 this gen.

 

[sunsetspawn]

GTA4
I played 2 years after it came out and I still can't understand why so many people rank as a top 5 this gen.

Because it's streamlined...

and accessible.


and I'm firmly convinced we'll all be eating our words regarding Mass Effect 3 soon enough.



Oblivion and Fable 2 were sorely disappointing from a gameplay perspective,

because streamlining...

and accessibility