I distinctly remember playing Path of the Furon on PS3... As I don't have an Xbox and never did. Was it a timed exclusive or something?FalloutJack said:
But yeah, Big Willy was just... ugh... why?!
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But yeah, Big Willy was just... ugh... why?!
Mass Effect 3. I wish I'd done what my friends did and not bought it at all.
Also, to some extent, Assassin's Creed 4. It wasn't that it was particularly bad, but it was the first time the city wasn't that fun to run around, the first time you couldn't pick up brooms off the ground and use them as weapons, the first time attacks were all contextual (you can't just swing a fucking weapon if you're not locked on), the first time the annoying hasslers were invincible children, the first time guns were advanced enough to seem stupidly implemented, and the combat system reduced enemies to whether you have to disarm them before you kill them or not. It also felt the most linear of Assassin's Creed games I've played, and the attack triangles during combat were obnoxious. The trading system was ridiculously tedious. The best thing about it was the ship sections, which were great, but at this stage it's like "Make a game out of that, and a seperate one for Assassin's Creed". You can't judge a game by the strength of it's minigames.
Also, to some extent, Assassin's Creed 4. It wasn't that it was particularly bad, but it was the first time the city wasn't that fun to run around, the first time you couldn't pick up brooms off the ground and use them as weapons, the first time attacks were all contextual (you can't just swing a fucking weapon if you're not locked on), the first time the annoying hasslers were invincible children, the first time guns were advanced enough to seem stupidly implemented, and the combat system reduced enemies to whether you have to disarm them before you kill them or not. It also felt the most linear of Assassin's Creed games I've played, and the attack triangles during combat were obnoxious. The trading system was ridiculously tedious. The best thing about it was the ship sections, which were great, but at this stage it's like "Make a game out of that, and a seperate one for Assassin's Creed". You can't judge a game by the strength of it's minigames.
Dragon Age 2, what a piece of shit....although I should thank it for making me not pre-order Mass Effect 3
Amen to that mate, taking a beloved franchise for base building and tank spamming, then remove bases and give a ridiculously low build cap. They could have only made it worse by making it a FPS :-/ Utter idiots.Dark Prophet said:
Anyone else noticing the high number of EA games in here? Says something doesn't it.
Fallout 3. It's not that I didn't like the change to FPS but I didn't like how the story changed so drastically in tone. Everything felt so "tacked on" as though it had to be included because it existed. Certainly there were some very memorable moments following a giant nuke-lobbing robot but the whole premise around it was absurd for Fallout standards. On the other hand I LOVED New Vegas as I felt it was a better reflection of the setting.
I actually enjoyed Dragon Age II and Mass Effect III. Sure it could have been "more" but I wasn't disappointed in my purchase.
Ooh, SimCity deserves to be on that list. Yeah it doesn't have a number after it but DAMN did they shit the bed with that.
I actually enjoyed Dragon Age II and Mass Effect III. Sure it could have been "more" but I wasn't disappointed in my purchase.
Ooh, SimCity deserves to be on that list. Yeah it doesn't have a number after it but DAMN did they shit the bed with that.
I almost feel self-concious for enjoying Dragon Age 2 and Fable 3. I thought they were really fun and I liked playing them. Dragon Age didn't really grab me but I had a blast with the sequel. As far as the Fable series, I've always enjoyed the casual feel it had, that and any game where I can create the protagonist gets bonus points with me.
As for my least favorite, the most recent thing has to be Gears of War Judgement. I felt that the narrative was very similar to Black Ops and the game itself really didn't feel that fresh to me. I suppose it's similar to the 'cashgrab' feeling that some of you have over DA2.
As for my least favorite, the most recent thing has to be Gears of War Judgement. I felt that the narrative was very similar to Black Ops and the game itself really didn't feel that fresh to me. I suppose it's similar to the 'cashgrab' feeling that some of you have over DA2.
Wait since when there is C&C4? EA just released RA3.Dark Prophet said:
[takes half a bottle of happy denial pills]
I'm pretty sure C&C4 haven't been even announced yet.
You know, Renegade2 might work, if developers makes gameplay somewhat similar to Battlezone...RicoADF said:
[pops in remaining bottle of pills]
... after they pull Renegade2 out of the limbo that is :/
I'd say Jak X. The first three were pretty awesome platformers, but Jak X removed all the awesome and turned it into a racing game with the Jak and Daxter label tacked on. I'll admit, it was still fun, but it didn't need the Jak label.
This one's done it. I'll make my first post just to get it off my chest. While it wasn't a direct sequel to the game I had really loved, Bad Company 2 (even better than BF2 IMO), Battlefield 3 was the first time I had ever taken notice of what the industry was starting to become as a whole. I tried, but I couldn't have fun playing it. Bloom and lighting effects don't make up for poor gameplay, so I'll keep playing BC2 for years to come. It was just too boring and it wasn't uncommon to be playing Caspian Border and finish with 4 kills, 0 deaths in the tank, in first place on the scoreboard. I guess it's popular enough with the general crowd, so if they like it, that's fine, but Battlefield 3 just never clicked with me.
Deus Ex 2: Invisible War. (Main answer, here)
So, the original Deus Ex was my favourite game of all time (until about a month ago when I played The Walking Dead.)
Then I played the second Deus Ex.
Then I refused to call it a sequel to Deus Ex.
I don't even know what's up with this game. It's as though they purposefully took out everything that made the first one good, turned the bad stuff up to eleven and made the game close to windows every time you loaded an area (an actual step of the loading proccess). Only plus it had was the graphics weren't quite as bad.
The other major one is Skyrim. I really loved Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion (I'm probably going to get shot for liking that last one), but Skyrim was just meh for me. I can't quite put my finger down on why, but the world just didn't feel as well realized and I really, really don't like the way levelling works. If it had been Oblivion's system with a few skills taken out and none of that level-scaling nonsense I would've enjoyed it way more, I feel. It's by no mean bad, it's just an OK game in a series where every previous installment (Except the very first one. Screw Arena) had blown my mind.
Mass Effect 2, but not because I don't like the two later Mass Effects (In fact, I liked that series more as the number on the end increased. Sue me.), but because ME1 was a Space Opera, ME2 was a space action blockbuster. A damn good one, but more games like ME1 need to exist, and we have more than enough games like ME2.
CoD: Modern Warfare 2. I hoped the sequel to the only interesting one would also be interesting. Nope.
I don't know if you can call it a sequel, but I'm going to: The Old Republic. I want KotOR 3, damnit!
So, the original Deus Ex was my favourite game of all time (until about a month ago when I played The Walking Dead.)
Then I played the second Deus Ex.
Then I refused to call it a sequel to Deus Ex.
I don't even know what's up with this game. It's as though they purposefully took out everything that made the first one good, turned the bad stuff up to eleven and made the game close to windows every time you loaded an area (an actual step of the loading proccess). Only plus it had was the graphics weren't quite as bad.
The other major one is Skyrim. I really loved Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion (I'm probably going to get shot for liking that last one), but Skyrim was just meh for me. I can't quite put my finger down on why, but the world just didn't feel as well realized and I really, really don't like the way levelling works. If it had been Oblivion's system with a few skills taken out and none of that level-scaling nonsense I would've enjoyed it way more, I feel. It's by no mean bad, it's just an OK game in a series where every previous installment (Except the very first one. Screw Arena) had blown my mind.
Mass Effect 2, but not because I don't like the two later Mass Effects (In fact, I liked that series more as the number on the end increased. Sue me.), but because ME1 was a Space Opera, ME2 was a space action blockbuster. A damn good one, but more games like ME1 need to exist, and we have more than enough games like ME2.
CoD: Modern Warfare 2. I hoped the sequel to the only interesting one would also be interesting. Nope.
I don't know if you can call it a sequel, but I'm going to: The Old Republic. I want KotOR 3, damnit!
Ignoring the popular options here, I'm going to take an odd direction.
KotOR II- The Sith Lords. I'm not saying it was a bad game- but I did feel very disappointed by it. You hit a certain point, and how much was left out becomes... painfully obvious. It had great potential, and I loved the first game, but the second one felt as rushed as it was- especially after I was starting to be drawn in, only to have all immersion in the world and stories pretty broken.
Again. Not saying it was bad. Just disappointing to me.
While I can understand the most popular opinions on this thread- Fable 3, ME2, DA2- personally I found enough to enjoy and keep me "in" the games to be far less disappointed than most. I can admit their flaws, don't get me wrong- but I didn't walk away with a strong feeling of disappointment in them. But that's just me. (Actually my none-gamer fiance asked me recently why Fable 3 gets so much hate, and I had to try and put all the flaws in an easily understood way. That was fun.)
KotOR II- The Sith Lords. I'm not saying it was a bad game- but I did feel very disappointed by it. You hit a certain point, and how much was left out becomes... painfully obvious. It had great potential, and I loved the first game, but the second one felt as rushed as it was- especially after I was starting to be drawn in, only to have all immersion in the world and stories pretty broken.
Again. Not saying it was bad. Just disappointing to me.
While I can understand the most popular opinions on this thread- Fable 3, ME2, DA2- personally I found enough to enjoy and keep me "in" the games to be far less disappointed than most. I can admit their flaws, don't get me wrong- but I didn't walk away with a strong feeling of disappointment in them. But that's just me. (Actually my none-gamer fiance asked me recently why Fable 3 gets so much hate, and I had to try and put all the flaws in an easily understood way. That was fun.)
Agreed.kiri2tsubasa said:
Fable had great game mechanics and the best story.
Fable 2 had an bit of disappointing story but managed to improve the already great game mechanics.
Fable 3 came along and simplified the game mechanics for Kinect basically destroying them, and the story was just just as disappointing if not more so than 2.
Master of Orion 3!
MOO2 was a masterpiece that is still unsurpassed in its genre, and then on launch day when I bought MOO3 I received a broken game that was severely un-fun.
MOO2 was a masterpiece that is still unsurpassed in its genre, and then on launch day when I bought MOO3 I received a broken game that was severely un-fun.
Turn the way back machine on:
Witchaven II.
Witchaven I, for some reason, got meh reviews. I thought it scary and terrific. For the time, the graphics and animations were top notch! It was a fantasy FPS using swords and bows and arrows and magic, about 18 years before Skyrim!
Witchaven 2 came out. I expected polished graphics and similar gameplay. What I got was broken. You pressed the up arrow to walk a step forward and found yourself far away from your intended destination. You'd swing your sword at a bad guy and miss by a mile for no discernible reason.
In the mid 1990s, I spent $15 on this, a lot for me at the time. Major bummer.
This is Witchaven I. I'm still stunned by how good it looks given when it came out. I'll have to look up what happened to the guys that made it (and Witchaven 2).
Witchaven II.
Witchaven I, for some reason, got meh reviews. I thought it scary and terrific. For the time, the graphics and animations were top notch! It was a fantasy FPS using swords and bows and arrows and magic, about 18 years before Skyrim!
Witchaven 2 came out. I expected polished graphics and similar gameplay. What I got was broken. You pressed the up arrow to walk a step forward and found yourself far away from your intended destination. You'd swing your sword at a bad guy and miss by a mile for no discernible reason.
In the mid 1990s, I spent $15 on this, a lot for me at the time. Major bummer.
This is Witchaven I. I'm still stunned by how good it looks given when it came out. I'll have to look up what happened to the guys that made it (and Witchaven 2).
I loved Mass Effect 2, and the Mass Effect 3 ending was well enough for me not to have a heart attack over. For me the most disappointed sequel happens to be every Pokemon game past Sapphire and Ruby, other than the appearance of new pokemon nothing really changed.