Games that fooled you
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A dark, apocalyptic roguelike dungeon crawler? What could go wrong?
Oh wait.
- Enemies stealing your currently equipped gear, leaving you high and dry.
- Literally impossible to progress plot without a guide (across several lives)
- Your only ranged weapon having 5 shots to last you the whole life
- Clunky, awkward controls. Annoying traps, and annoying enemies.
- Without progressing the plot, being limited to only the first 16 floors out of 100, see point 2.
Honestly, if the game hinted at what needed to be done and made it possible to advance the plot without forcing a guide (Step 1 of advancing the plot is running into something you're supposed to shoot instead, for like 10 seconds, until you get an alternate ending, wait, what?) It might have been decent, but I didn't have net access during my time with that game.
I would have loved to have pieced together the protagonists's shattered, distorted past, what with the cryptic endings and the people who seemed to know him (and hate him) for something he did in a past life, but it was just literally impossible without a guide.
The only thing I remember actually liking about the game was that there was a status ailment called Lust. It made enemies and items alike look like women, for mass visual confusion. Plus, there was even an item called the Eros Brand that boosted your stats while afflicted with Lust. This is a very unique effect and it was neat to see it actually done, since IRL, "lust" is an even more deadly ailment than (food) poisoning, as an example.
A dark, apocalyptic roguelike dungeon crawler? What could go wrong?
Oh wait.
- Enemies stealing your currently equipped gear, leaving you high and dry.
- Literally impossible to progress plot without a guide (across several lives)
- Your only ranged weapon having 5 shots to last you the whole life
- Clunky, awkward controls. Annoying traps, and annoying enemies.
- Without progressing the plot, being limited to only the first 16 floors out of 100, see point 2.
Honestly, if the game hinted at what needed to be done and made it possible to advance the plot without forcing a guide (Step 1 of advancing the plot is running into something you're supposed to shoot instead, for like 10 seconds, until you get an alternate ending, wait, what?) It might have been decent, but I didn't have net access during my time with that game.
I would have loved to have pieced together the protagonists's shattered, distorted past, what with the cryptic endings and the people who seemed to know him (and hate him) for something he did in a past life, but it was just literally impossible without a guide.
The only thing I remember actually liking about the game was that there was a status ailment called Lust. It made enemies and items alike look like women, for mass visual confusion. Plus, there was even an item called the Eros Brand that boosted your stats while afflicted with Lust. This is a very unique effect and it was neat to see it actually done, since IRL, "lust" is an even more deadly ailment than (food) poisoning, as an example.
Same. I was a bit hyped for it, but after playing it for a few hours I just... Well, wasn't sucked in at all and got bored. It didn't hook my like Oblivion did.Vault101 said:
Dead Rising 2.
I don't think it's a bad game, but it was made out to be more than it actually was and a few of my mates bought it almost straight away and loved it, and on top of that it got a positive review from Yahtzee of all people, so I thought it had to be pretty good.
I could never bring myself to go through the effort of finishing it, though. I got to roughly the half way point about 3 times but just couldn't be bothered to slog my way to the ending because I just lost all interest and wasn't a fan of the impending time limit looming over me the whole time.
I just wasn't that into it, which is a shame
I don't think it's a bad game, but it was made out to be more than it actually was and a few of my mates bought it almost straight away and loved it, and on top of that it got a positive review from Yahtzee of all people, so I thought it had to be pretty good.
I could never bring myself to go through the effort of finishing it, though. I got to roughly the half way point about 3 times but just couldn't be bothered to slog my way to the ending because I just lost all interest and wasn't a fan of the impending time limit looming over me the whole time.
I just wasn't that into it, which is a shame
Freakin' Pokemon Black & White.
At first, I felt like it would not be as good as the previous four Gens, but still ok on it's own merits. I was wrong.
So very wrong.
And now, they are announcing their sequel (Black 2 & White 2), over hyping the damn thing with a cool clip for an anime that will never be made and enticing the fans with a dancing Meloetta that will only show up at the ending of the current Pokemon anime (in a tiny screen in the corner).
At first, I felt like it would not be as good as the previous four Gens, but still ok on it's own merits. I was wrong.
So very wrong.
And now, they are announcing their sequel (Black 2 & White 2), over hyping the damn thing with a cool clip for an anime that will never be made and enticing the fans with a dancing Meloetta that will only show up at the ending of the current Pokemon anime (in a tiny screen in the corner).
Skyrim. It's just so.. Bland and soulless. I saw my friend playing it, and thought it looked awesome, but after playing it myself for a while.. Well, I was extremely underwhelmed.
The story is uninteresting and has no reason for you to pursue you. The exposition is quite frankly, terrible. Instead of you experiencing major stuff, there's always some random person telling you what's going on. The difficulty is all over the place, and it's incredibly monotonous.
I will admit it has its strong sides too, but in my opinion it doesn't deserve all the praise it gets.
The story is uninteresting and has no reason for you to pursue you. The exposition is quite frankly, terrible. Instead of you experiencing major stuff, there's always some random person telling you what's going on. The difficulty is all over the place, and it's incredibly monotonous.
I will admit it has its strong sides too, but in my opinion it doesn't deserve all the praise it gets.
There is one answer, and only oner answer that I will ever give to this thread, and threads of this ilk. And that answer is...
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or, if I'm going to dial it down a little...
[Prototype}!!!
Seriously, fuck this mother fucking piece of shit. Yes yes, I was very impressed with the opening cinematic. 'Wow!' I said, 'that looks photo-real!'
Yeah, and thats where 95% of the budget went. It certainly didn't go on the game design, the story or the mother fucking physics of the game, did it?
No, I said I wasn't going to relapse into this...
*Sits in corner, rocking back and fourth*
PPPPRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
or, if I'm going to dial it down a little...
[Prototype}!!!
Seriously, fuck this mother fucking piece of shit. Yes yes, I was very impressed with the opening cinematic. 'Wow!' I said, 'that looks photo-real!'
Yeah, and thats where 95% of the budget went. It certainly didn't go on the game design, the story or the mother fucking physics of the game, did it?
No, I said I wasn't going to relapse into this...
*Sits in corner, rocking back and fourth*
HMMMM lets see what games
Age of Mythology
Praetorians
Empire Earth 2 + 3
Empire Total war
Napoleon Total war
Shogun 2 (didnt buy) but they did this silly era again which is dissapointing)
Black and White 2
Diablo 3 (with the online permenently issue only)
Modern Warfare 1,2 and Black Ops
Duke Nukem
Age of Mythology
Praetorians
Empire Earth 2 + 3
Empire Total war
Napoleon Total war
Shogun 2 (didnt buy) but they did this silly era again which is dissapointing)
Black and White 2
Diablo 3 (with the online permenently issue only)
Modern Warfare 1,2 and Black Ops
Duke Nukem
Medal of Honor: Airborne. The demo was so fun (Along with the first few missions) But the impossible panzer level killed it. I can just see the developers on this. "Ok guys! I've got a great idea! Why don't we put them in a level where the first part you can skip completely by sniping everyone in sight for 20 minutes, and the second be a linear bridge where endless waves of enemies with rocket launchers attack you. Also, there should be about 20 sitting at higher vantage points, giving the player no chance to complete the level. It's brilliant!"
Time to play a good shooter. TF2!
Time to play a good shooter. TF2!
Brink and dead island. Both and some pretty kick ass trailers, but what we got was a buggy broken mess with bad AI.
Halo Reach. Didn't even finish the single player. It just felt very dull, though I heard that the ending was great.