L.A Noire the game was so boooooooooooooooooooooooring I couldn't even finish it, after all the hype and it being made by rockstar or take 2 or whoever the hell made it it was just terrible
Biggest game let down you've ever had?
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Grand Theft Auto 4. For all the great scores it got, when I played it, it was lacking one thing that any game really needs for me. Fun. It looked good, and had a great story. But it wasn't any fun to play, like the older games were.
Ugh, glad to know I'm not the only one who watched those vids before launch and got all excited about it :/ChupathingyX said:
Though how the hell did that game loose so much content? did somebody walk in and just say "So what if we took all this awesome crap, and throw ALL of it away so 5 year olds can play?"
That would the the LotR clone of Star Wars: Battlefront. I forget the subtitle name. I like the game, but it's not as good as SW:B. Um, I could easily say Duke Nukem Forever...hm. Other than DNF, there hasn't been that many recently. I think I'll say Grand Theft Auto 4. Was it a good game? Sure. But Yahtzee said it best. The game got too "realistic". We don't play games for realism, we play them for escapism. Also the endings are so fucking depressing that you don't get a feeling of accomplishment beating the game.Dracowrath said:
Either you watch Kate get killed and then you go and take revenge but walk away depressed you lost someone who could make your life better. Or you watch Roman get gunned down AND have Kate effectively dump you leaving you to run off getting revenge but walk away depressed that your cousin is dead. Fuck you Rockstar!
Seriously, I'm playing Saint's Row and having much more fun.
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hands.
I played this during the summer during a camping trip and so I got a lot of progress done that way. I was having a lot of fun truckin' along finding all the cool lenses and stuff for your solar gun. It was only until somewhere near the end did you find out that the main female protagonist wasn't a princess you had to rescue, but your mom. That ruined it for me.
Believe me, I know my mom's a cool person, and I'd rescue her in a heartbeat if she was near death from an accident. But making your mom the person you have to rescue in a video game just seemed like a real let down. That almost is along the lines of Luke kissing Lea in Star Wars and then realizing she's his sister in the next movie.
I played this during the summer during a camping trip and so I got a lot of progress done that way. I was having a lot of fun truckin' along finding all the cool lenses and stuff for your solar gun. It was only until somewhere near the end did you find out that the main female protagonist wasn't a princess you had to rescue, but your mom. That ruined it for me.
Believe me, I know my mom's a cool person, and I'd rescue her in a heartbeat if she was near death from an accident. But making your mom the person you have to rescue in a video game just seemed like a real let down. That almost is along the lines of Luke kissing Lea in Star Wars and then realizing she's his sister in the next movie.
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Baldur's Gate II and it was just this morning, BUT!!! hear me out before you start hating on me, Ok so I've been trying to snatch a copy of a Baldur's Gate game for what seems like a decade now, and I had never found a copy of any of the games until today in the morning I found it in a shelf of some second hand store shining with all his might whispering to me "Buy me, buy me" so of course I bought and I came home more excited to play a game than I had ever been on my entire life and I start installing it and when I insert disc 2 BAM! the disc could not be read, and suddenly all that anticipation of a decade to play this game goes out through the window, but the owner of the store told me I could return it before the store closed and the store closes at around one-two PM and it was well already one PM, so I immediately jump to the chat here in the escapist and ask for advice on whether to return the game or not, after a little discussion I ended up deciding to return the thing.
So yeah what can be more disappointing than waiting over ten years to play a game to just not even being able to play it?
PS:The reason that I haven't bought it on line is because I well don't have a credit card and although ass of this month I have a paypal account I don't want to use it since I don't know how but I'm 70 dollars short on cash right now because apparently I paid for something but I have no idea what it was, so I won't buy on line until I learn how to use the damn thing, I don't want to spend another 70 dollars on nothing.
So yeah what can be more disappointing than waiting over ten years to play a game to just not even being able to play it?
PS:The reason that I haven't bought it on line is because I well don't have a credit card and although ass of this month I have a paypal account I don't want to use it since I don't know how but I'm 70 dollars short on cash right now because apparently I paid for something but I have no idea what it was, so I won't buy on line until I learn how to use the damn thing, I don't want to spend another 70 dollars on nothing.
I have to admit, I was horribly let down by Fable, then stupidly I got sucked into the hype of Fable II and let down again. I wasn't even going to look in the direction of Fable III, but once again I was sucked into PM's spill and decided to give him one more chance.
I will not even consider Fable IV, this I promise you.
I will not even consider Fable IV, this I promise you.
Vampire Rain!. The back of the box looked awesome, yet the game was horrible. Worse than HomeFront.
I'm going to say Spore, too. It went from looking like the best and most innovative game ever to a set of editors with a game grudgingly attached. Not to mention the fact that you see almost nothing of your creature once you enter the Civilization part of the game.
Resident Evil 5. One of the trailers made it look like it would be epic and might even be the first truly emotional Resident Evil game. It ended up being only about half as long as Resident Evil 4, and the story felt like it was trying to not be camp, but just couldn't do it.
Also, Silent Hill Shattered Memories. I finished it in one sitting, it ended rather abruptly, as in I couldn't even see the ending in sight, when it just kinda happened all of a sudden. Also, the morality (if you want to call it that) system could've been tweaked so that it actually felt like the things you did ACTUALLY made a difference.
Also, Silent Hill Shattered Memories. I finished it in one sitting, it ended rather abruptly, as in I couldn't even see the ending in sight, when it just kinda happened all of a sudden. Also, the morality (if you want to call it that) system could've been tweaked so that it actually felt like the things you did ACTUALLY made a difference.
Borderlands. I heard tales of hundreds of thousands of guns and GOTY material.
What I got was a grinding quests through uninteresting environments with lousy combat using a few guns with their stats modified in many different ways.
What I got was a grinding quests through uninteresting environments with lousy combat using a few guns with their stats modified in many different ways.
Persona, I heard the series was super amazing and it sounded like my kind of thing. I guess I wasn't suppose to start with the first one...
If you'd asked me a month ago, I'd have said Soul Calibur 3 (console version; arcade was fine).
Now, though...Samurai Warriors 3. It's got a very expansive system, in-depth RPG elements, most of the cast returning with some cool new characters, a mystery-style exploration survival mode, option for the Japanese language track, an awesome new universal move...
...and a truly godawful framerate that I cannot stand.
I think I wouldn't mind if I weren't spoiled by Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi, which both managed 60 fps, and by Sengoku Basara 3, which manages 60 fps while still using Wii hardware.
Now, though...Samurai Warriors 3. It's got a very expansive system, in-depth RPG elements, most of the cast returning with some cool new characters, a mystery-style exploration survival mode, option for the Japanese language track, an awesome new universal move...
...and a truly godawful framerate that I cannot stand.
I think I wouldn't mind if I weren't spoiled by Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi, which both managed 60 fps, and by Sengoku Basara 3, which manages 60 fps while still using Wii hardware.
The Force Unleashed 2. I sat there for a good minute or two when the credits started rolling with my jaw dropped. I honestly couldn't believe it was so short and would end with just about the worst final boss fight I had ever played.
Oh and I agree with zajohnson, bring KH to ps3 like right now.
Oh and I agree with zajohnson, bring KH to ps3 like right now.
Well, my disappointment is from the same game but for entirely different reasons. I loved the game, with all its interviews and detective work broken up by fun little chase scenes/shootouts. Then, just as the main character finally begins to become more likeable we switch to another. This was a little jarring, but I was overall OK with it. Then, the game suddenly turns into an entirely generic 3rd person shooter and ends.ninjapenguin1414 said:
Oh, and the original character just dies because he couldn't get out of a sewer pipe.
For me, it was Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.
You see, around the time I was 9 years old or so, I first rented Harvest Moon 64. It hooked me like no other game had hooked me before. I won't go into the details too much, because I can write paragraphs about why this game is still my favorite Harvest Moon (yes, I do know nostalgia plays at least a part in this), but suffice it to say that I made my mother rent it so often that she basically paid the game's cost in rental fees, after which she grew tired of bringing it back to the rental store a week late and just bought it for me XD
The following harvest moons I played didn't quite live up to that (I'm thinking mostly of Friends of Mineral Town/Back to Nature), because while there was more to do, the world and characters did not feel as "alive" as they did in HM64. They were still fun games, mind, just not as special (I realise I sound like a nostalgia-spewing fanboy here, but hear me out).
Anyway, when Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life was announced and all the screenshots and character information were being shown on the internet in Harvest Moon fan forums, I grew extremely excited, even more so when fans with imported copies from Japan started telling us what the game was like. This was a game that brought in a very fresh and interesting take on the concept, with a different, very pleasing new aesthetic, new characters (after milking out the same characters for so many games, Save the Homeland notwithstanding), different mechanics, and most importantly, the feel of a small community withdrawn from the rest of the world, with no supermarkets or hospitals or such things. Basically, everything I could have asked from a Harvest Moon game, even today. I can't describe how excited I was when I finally held the game in my hands.
I tried to like it. I really did. But the game is just terrible. Some really bad design choices and balancing issues, absolutely boring villagers who rarely say anything interesting (or sometimes don't make any sense, like that time when you try and give a flower to your wife and you're asked if you're selling it to her o_0), a good number of bugs (not the 6-legged kind), and very little to do for the entire 10 years of gameplay the game expects you to play. The game had so much potential to push the series further and create a great experience for both fans of the series and newcommers, and yet ended up being my biggest game dissapointment ever. I know some newcommers enjoyed it, so I'm pretty sure part of the reason I hate the game so much is that I let myself get super hyped about it (eh, I was 15 IIRC), but there's no denying it's got some really bad problems.
That was the last time I ever let myself get swept by hype. Incidentally, I thought the two Harvest Moon games for the Wii were pretty fun, although if you're interested in the series get one or the other( preferably Animal Parade), as they're more similar than Back to Nature was similar to HM64. I know that no game will ever live up to Harvest Moon 64 by now, because I'm aware of how much that game's memory is covered in nostalgia for me, but I can't help but feel that it did something special that no game in the series has ever matched.
I know that I just ranted on games that most people haven't played, don't care about and/or think are stupid, but I'm sure at least one person around here will feel my pain XD
) The plots are barely connected at all (references to the previous games are completely non-essential to the plot of each individual game). Check out some reviews for the games!
You see, around the time I was 9 years old or so, I first rented Harvest Moon 64. It hooked me like no other game had hooked me before. I won't go into the details too much, because I can write paragraphs about why this game is still my favorite Harvest Moon (yes, I do know nostalgia plays at least a part in this), but suffice it to say that I made my mother rent it so often that she basically paid the game's cost in rental fees, after which she grew tired of bringing it back to the rental store a week late and just bought it for me XD
The following harvest moons I played didn't quite live up to that (I'm thinking mostly of Friends of Mineral Town/Back to Nature), because while there was more to do, the world and characters did not feel as "alive" as they did in HM64. They were still fun games, mind, just not as special (I realise I sound like a nostalgia-spewing fanboy here, but hear me out).
Anyway, when Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life was announced and all the screenshots and character information were being shown on the internet in Harvest Moon fan forums, I grew extremely excited, even more so when fans with imported copies from Japan started telling us what the game was like. This was a game that brought in a very fresh and interesting take on the concept, with a different, very pleasing new aesthetic, new characters (after milking out the same characters for so many games, Save the Homeland notwithstanding), different mechanics, and most importantly, the feel of a small community withdrawn from the rest of the world, with no supermarkets or hospitals or such things. Basically, everything I could have asked from a Harvest Moon game, even today. I can't describe how excited I was when I finally held the game in my hands.
I tried to like it. I really did. But the game is just terrible. Some really bad design choices and balancing issues, absolutely boring villagers who rarely say anything interesting (or sometimes don't make any sense, like that time when you try and give a flower to your wife and you're asked if you're selling it to her o_0), a good number of bugs (not the 6-legged kind), and very little to do for the entire 10 years of gameplay the game expects you to play. The game had so much potential to push the series further and create a great experience for both fans of the series and newcommers, and yet ended up being my biggest game dissapointment ever. I know some newcommers enjoyed it, so I'm pretty sure part of the reason I hate the game so much is that I let myself get super hyped about it (eh, I was 15 IIRC), but there's no denying it's got some really bad problems.
That was the last time I ever let myself get swept by hype. Incidentally, I thought the two Harvest Moon games for the Wii were pretty fun, although if you're interested in the series get one or the other( preferably Animal Parade), as they're more similar than Back to Nature was similar to HM64. I know that no game will ever live up to Harvest Moon 64 by now, because I'm aware of how much that game's memory is covered in nostalgia for me, but I can't help but feel that it did something special that no game in the series has ever matched.
I know that I just ranted on games that most people haven't played, don't care about and/or think are stupid, but I'm sure at least one person around here will feel my pain XD
I imagine you've played the remake on PSP? I haven't played it, but from what I've heard its got really bad, antiquated gameplay and is just a bad port overal. When most people rave about the Persona games, they're talking about Persona 3 and 4, which are completely different, quite original in their gameplay formula (if you overlook that the two games are near-identical) and really fun if you're its target audience. I've spent at least 300 hours in those two games (not 300 each, mindchaosyoshimage said:
) The plots are barely connected at all (references to the previous games are completely non-essential to the plot of each individual game). Check out some reviews for the games!