Games That Disappointed You...
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i didn't see any trailers for homefront, but i played the demo and actually feel like playing itRage4Kon said:
GTA4 - In my opinion this is a terrible game simply because it wasn't fun to play.
Portal - Okay game that feels way over hyped...as such my experience was disappointing.
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - I just wanted to love this game given the original, disappointed on every level.
Resident Evil 5 - Not as bad as the Tales sequel by comparison, but simply couldn't live up to the hype.
Rock Band 3 - The game itself is amazing, however, the keyboard is a major disappointment. Functionally it is a satisfying device...in play you sit for 20 seconds between playing notes and simply get bored. The learning curve provided is terrible...I'm unable to remotely progress from medium to hard difficulties due to the massive change. This was not the case with any other instrument.
Portal - Okay game that feels way over hyped...as such my experience was disappointing.
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - I just wanted to love this game given the original, disappointed on every level.
Resident Evil 5 - Not as bad as the Tales sequel by comparison, but simply couldn't live up to the hype.
Rock Band 3 - The game itself is amazing, however, the keyboard is a major disappointment. Functionally it is a satisfying device...in play you sit for 20 seconds between playing notes and simply get bored. The learning curve provided is terrible...I'm unable to remotely progress from medium to hard difficulties due to the massive change. This was not the case with any other instrument.
Brink was the only game that I regretted ever getting.
It had a lot of promise....but there were too many flaws for me to bare.
It had a lot of promise....but there were too many flaws for me to bare.
I suppose the game that has let me down the most was Black Ops, by this time I was starting to see how they were screwing over the fans of the series, and as such I converted to battlefield, No other games have really disapointed me that much becuase I have never really been interested in pre production and instead I went for the proven formula games such as Half Life and CounterStrike, I think my biggest fear is Battlefield 3, it looks to be such a good shooter, it seems to have many great new elements and an assured combat feel, but it reminds me all to much of the hype around Call of Duty games that come out, But I suppose the gaming industry isn't all that its cracked up to be these days =( lets just hope for BF3 to stick its course
Haze. Mostly because I wanted the PS3 to be as good as the PSX or PS2. I wanted to be a PS3 fanboy. Alas...
Call of Duty: Black Ops. More of a stand in for military shooters in general, but this is what ran through my mind when I was playing it: "Metal Gear Solid had better shootouts than this. Fighting Gray Fox, there was glass breaking, papers flying all over the place. 10 years later, I am playing a high definition shooting gallery. I am holding a pellet gun and bored out of my mind."
Prince of Persia: "You are so pretty and cel-shaded WHY CAN'T YOU BE GOOD?!"
Call of Duty: Black Ops. More of a stand in for military shooters in general, but this is what ran through my mind when I was playing it: "Metal Gear Solid had better shootouts than this. Fighting Gray Fox, there was glass breaking, papers flying all over the place. 10 years later, I am playing a high definition shooting gallery. I am holding a pellet gun and bored out of my mind."
Prince of Persia: "You are so pretty and cel-shaded WHY CAN'T YOU BE GOOD?!"
Super mario galaxy 2.
What I was promised by all the reviews was some of the most creative and inventive gameplay ever. What I got was a more linear (in terms of level design) super mario 64 in space. And even the space part is just the background most of the time.
It's not bad by any means, just nothing special.
What I was promised by all the reviews was some of the most creative and inventive gameplay ever. What I got was a more linear (in terms of level design) super mario 64 in space. And even the space part is just the background most of the time.
It's not bad by any means, just nothing special.
Condemned 2. Yahtzee was spot on with this one. The scarcity of guns actually made Condemned more exciting. Who knew?
Baldur's Gate 2. I don't understand why, but I could never get that deep into the game. Technically it's a good game but it wasn't for me. Incidentally, I loved Planescape Torment.
Half Life 1. See the above. It was technically a great game, but where was the game breakthrough I was expecting?
Doom 3. I don't understand what people like about it. Granted, I played the game in early 2011, so maybe I was spoiled.
The Path. Absolutely horrible game, indie or not. I feel the developer is trying to be artsy but the game just comes off as a confusing mess.
COD 3 and World at War. COD 2 and 4 were such great games.
Mass Effect 2. Instead of getting rid of the shitty minigame and confusing inventory, they replaced the minigame with another shitty minigame and killed the inventory system altogether.
With the exceptions of Doom 3 and The Path, I didn't despise the games I listed. In fact, I enjoyed them. I just felt that they didn't live up completely to my expectations.
Baldur's Gate 2. I don't understand why, but I could never get that deep into the game. Technically it's a good game but it wasn't for me. Incidentally, I loved Planescape Torment.
Half Life 1. See the above. It was technically a great game, but where was the game breakthrough I was expecting?
Doom 3. I don't understand what people like about it. Granted, I played the game in early 2011, so maybe I was spoiled.
The Path. Absolutely horrible game, indie or not. I feel the developer is trying to be artsy but the game just comes off as a confusing mess.
COD 3 and World at War. COD 2 and 4 were such great games.
Mass Effect 2. Instead of getting rid of the shitty minigame and confusing inventory, they replaced the minigame with another shitty minigame and killed the inventory system altogether.
With the exceptions of Doom 3 and The Path, I didn't despise the games I listed. In fact, I enjoyed them. I just felt that they didn't live up completely to my expectations.
Worst disappointment was Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions. After the old Spidey game I was really hoping for something fun. Unfortunately pretty much everything about the game is shit.
Alpha Protocol... not even sure what to say it was just a disappointment.
Prince of Persia... That ***** getting in my way all the time annoyed the piss out of me and path linearity in an ostensibly "open world" setting is just bullshit.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands... pretty good over all but the combat was really repetitive and they practically lead you by the nose through all the platforming. The few genuine puzzles were much too simple.
Can't think of anything more off the top of my head. Currently I am bracing myself to be rather underwhelmed by Saints Row: The Third. I hope I am wrong.
Alpha Protocol... not even sure what to say it was just a disappointment.
Prince of Persia... That ***** getting in my way all the time annoyed the piss out of me and path linearity in an ostensibly "open world" setting is just bullshit.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands... pretty good over all but the combat was really repetitive and they practically lead you by the nose through all the platforming. The few genuine puzzles were much too simple.
Can't think of anything more off the top of my head. Currently I am bracing myself to be rather underwhelmed by Saints Row: The Third. I hope I am wrong.
While it didn't exactly look great pre-production... EMPIRE EARTH III.
Gods below, was that ever disappointing.
EDIT: More fitting would be Spore. You can evolve!... but there is no meaningful ecosystem. You can play as an animal!... on a landscape populated by nests of 5-8 creatures of a single species that otherwise exists nowhere. You can conquer a planet!... by clicking three unit types on your target cities until they die. You can erect a galactic empire!... that gets attacked every 10 seconds by pirates and spice raiders. You can wage intergalactic war!... with a single little ship. The list goes on and on.
Gods below, was that ever disappointing.
EDIT: More fitting would be Spore. You can evolve!... but there is no meaningful ecosystem. You can play as an animal!... on a landscape populated by nests of 5-8 creatures of a single species that otherwise exists nowhere. You can conquer a planet!... by clicking three unit types on your target cities until they die. You can erect a galactic empire!... that gets attacked every 10 seconds by pirates and spice raiders. You can wage intergalactic war!... with a single little ship. The list goes on and on.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Complete Edition... I played the crap out of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix. It was an incredible fantasy racer that just ruined my social life until I 100%'d it.
But MC/LA? What were they thinking with the PDA?!? They give you an open world environment and a treasure hunt, but they stick you with a PDA that rings every 30 seconds if you're not continuously grinding races. The cars look fabulous, it has a Rockstar soundtrack, and the awesome Agro, Roar, and ZONE (heart that one big time) were back on ALL types of cars... I just couldn't get over the constant calls/text messages, it lasted a week on the shelf.
But MC/LA? What were they thinking with the PDA?!? They give you an open world environment and a treasure hunt, but they stick you with a PDA that rings every 30 seconds if you're not continuously grinding races. The cars look fabulous, it has a Rockstar soundtrack, and the awesome Agro, Roar, and ZONE (heart that one big time) were back on ALL types of cars... I just couldn't get over the constant calls/text messages, it lasted a week on the shelf.
Oh God, the final boss battle of that game was awful.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
Why the fuck did I only get one and a half minute to kill the damn thing on my PS3 when Xbox 360 players got two minutes and a half?!
