Games That Disapointed You

[Dragonbums]

I really wanted to like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinitey...but it was just so empty compared to the previous installments.
Only 200 Pokemon- most coming from 5th generation
No end game plots...I can go on, but yeah. Good game...just...lacking.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

El Shaddai.
I heard it talked up in reviews and went out and got it and just really didn't like it. The visuals were gorgeous and the soundtrack was nice but the gameplay was just so unforgivingly repetitive. The platforming was horrible because it's done with a fixed camera angle, the combat was just hitting the same button over and over, smacking around enemies who just obstinately refused to die.
My biggest problem though, was the story and characters. The main character, Enoch, was a complete nonentity and the only person who underwent any kind of character development was one of the bad guys, Armaros, who you play as for one level. Armaros puts himself in great danger to rescue Enoch at one point and then pretty much gets abandoned after he does it. Also, nothing was ever properly explained. Characters are introduced and then we're never told anything about them, only that they're important, but not why they're important. Overall, I felt like it was a bit too whimsical for its own good. It's one of the few games I seriously considered stopping and taking back to the shop, but I persevered nontheless.

 

[Miyenne]

I'd have to say Skyrim. Even though we're playing it at this very moment; Sam has it running on her PC hooked up to the tv.

I wanted more, honestly. It's a great world, but I have never felt invested in it. No storyline has ever fully captured my attention, I have never 'cared' about any person or thing in the game. And only after 100+ mods do we have a game we enjoy playing, but still can't get attached to. We just keep playing because we really really want to enjoy it.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

LoZ: Skyward Sword, but not because of the controls. I didn't mind the controls at all. Actually I liked the controls. What irritated me was the bloody shield degradation and the bloody bird. The first shield you get can only take a measly 4 or 5 hits before it breaks necessitating that you go back up to the starting village to buy a new one before going back down where upon all the enemies you already killed have respawned. Also in the initial forest area you're dealing with a lot of deku scrubs so your shield is going to break a lot so progression is nearly impossible. As for the stupid bird, flying the damn thing is immensely frustrating. Constantly diving and climbing just to maintain a decent speed. It would've been so much better if the bird controlled more like the bird from that bird racing galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Metroid: Other M - I did like the gameplay for the most part except that the first person missile thing was pain during boss fights since most of them wouldn't really give you much time to aim esp. Ridley. Another problem I had with the gameplay is the lack of the health and ammo drops from previous Metroid games so the only way to restore health and ammo was at save points which were few and far between. Well aside from that stupid health chargey thing which again bosses rarely gave you enough time to actually use. Esp. the Queen Metroid which constantly spawned metroids to zerg rush you, at least in the first stage of that fight; I'm told there's 3 but I could never get past the first one.
And not to flog a dead horse, but the story was terrible. Even if we ignore the fact that they turned Samus, who was previously at least implied to be a hardened bad ass Bounty Hunter, and turned her into a gibbering daddy's girl. Even if we ignore that fact the story is still atrocious. Like why the fuck would Adam shoot Samus while there was a metroid hovering nearby ready to snack on her and then claim that he needed to "save" her by blowing up the metroid wing of the ship which didn't do any good anyway. Also what was the point of the murder mystery subplot if it was never going to be resolved. My guess is that the murderer was Adam all along, but Samus was too wrapped up in her daddy issues to accept it.