So I've seen a topic for most surprising game, or something along those lines, and I've also seen a favorite/least favorite game topic. What I want to know is, what's a game you were really excited about, pre-ordered, looked up news and previews for everyday, only to be let down once you got it? I have a couple.
Blue Dragon. I was stoked when I first read about this game in one of the Game Informers that gets sent to my house. I thought it looked like a genuinely fun game that I thought I was going to have a good'ol time with. Wow was I wrong. The story was so bland and uninteresting, and the characters got on my nerves to no end. I did like the battle system, because it was unlike any RPG or JRPG I'd ever played. Overall though, very disappointing.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Don't get me wrong, I like the game, but I was expecting so much more. After the constant delays and setbacks, I was expecting the second coming of Jesus...in form of a Wii game. It's just not nearly as fun as Melee was. Granted I liked the addition of some of the characters, but there were some I was just surprised and saddened to see there. With all the hype around this game and the months of anticipation, this game suffers from what I call "Halo 3 Sindrome".
Speak of the devil it's Halo 3. I don't know if it's the fact that I'm older now than I was when Halo 2 came out, or what, but I just didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I did the two before it. As much as I want to put the blame on me and how my tastes have changed over the years, most of this has to be due to the game content and the choices the developers made. I know it's hard to revolutionize a franchise twice, and still be able to please the core fans, but Halo 3 really didn't do anything that pushed the franchise forward. Granted the online play is fun, mainly due to there always being someone else to play against, the single player campaign is really only good for one play-through by yourself, and maybe another in multiplayer. I'm not sure what to chalk it up to, but Halo 3 was fastly under what I was expecting when it was first announced.
Blue Dragon. I was stoked when I first read about this game in one of the Game Informers that gets sent to my house. I thought it looked like a genuinely fun game that I thought I was going to have a good'ol time with. Wow was I wrong. The story was so bland and uninteresting, and the characters got on my nerves to no end. I did like the battle system, because it was unlike any RPG or JRPG I'd ever played. Overall though, very disappointing.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Don't get me wrong, I like the game, but I was expecting so much more. After the constant delays and setbacks, I was expecting the second coming of Jesus...in form of a Wii game. It's just not nearly as fun as Melee was. Granted I liked the addition of some of the characters, but there were some I was just surprised and saddened to see there. With all the hype around this game and the months of anticipation, this game suffers from what I call "Halo 3 Sindrome".
Speak of the devil it's Halo 3. I don't know if it's the fact that I'm older now than I was when Halo 2 came out, or what, but I just didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I did the two before it. As much as I want to put the blame on me and how my tastes have changed over the years, most of this has to be due to the game content and the choices the developers made. I know it's hard to revolutionize a franchise twice, and still be able to please the core fans, but Halo 3 really didn't do anything that pushed the franchise forward. Granted the online play is fun, mainly due to there always being someone else to play against, the single player campaign is really only good for one play-through by yourself, and maybe another in multiplayer. I'm not sure what to chalk it up to, but Halo 3 was fastly under what I was expecting when it was first announced.