Biggest let down in a game?

RoyalMarine · 02-08-2012 2:39pm

I was proper pissed off with the way diablo3 ended up going.

I loved the game, but the RMAH ruined it for everyone. so much that 90% of the player base just left.

Big Knox · 02-08-2012 3:01pm

RoyalMarine wrote: »

I was proper pissed off with the way diablo3 ended up going.

I loved the game, but the RMAH ruined it for everyone. so much that 90% of the player base just left.

Yep this so much!

I really wanted to be playing it for years to come or at the very least get a solid few months of enjoyment but the AH completely ruined the game. I've gone into it in detail in the D3 thread so I won't here but to be finished with the game so quickly was a major disappointment.

Kirby · 02-08-2012 3:48pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

You can stop that condescending. I've played plenty of games, almost all of which were better than HL2. The puzzles were quite easy IIRC and just because I found it to be one of the worst things I've ever played doesn't make me a "non-gamer".

I never called you a non-gamer. I said most gamers appreciate it, while most non-gamers don't. Perhaps you are one of the gamers who don't? Stop being so precious.

Kirby wrote: »

The thing that I have realised about Half-life is that while most gamer's appreciate it and consider it brilliant, sit any non-gamer down in front of it and they will find it soulless and boring.

Kiith · 02-08-2012 3:57pm

People are saying HL2 was one of the biggest letdowns ever?

I've just died a little inside

matthewS. · 02-08-2012 4:23pm

L.A Noire. So much hype and praise, but so so boring.

hypersquirrel · 02-08-2012 4:34pm

Kiith wrote: »

People are saying HL2 was one of the biggest letdowns ever?

I've just died a little inside

It was revolutionary for it's time I'm sure but I don't believe it's aged well at all. It's defining feature was the physics which would have been astonishing then but they're par for the course now. I don't think anyone is saying it was a bad game or that it was a disappointment on release but for anyone late to the party it probably will be overhyped. Interestingly enough I gave up at the same point as ancapailldorcha.

Kirby wrote:

The thing that I have realised about Half-life is that while most gamer's appreciate it and consider it brilliant, sit any non-gamer down in front of it and they will find it soulless and boring. The pace is slow, there is no music, and non-gamers will get absolutely flummoxed at several of the puzzles that we would breeze through.

I think other classics of the genre translate alot easier. Non-gamers would see Mario or Zelda or Modern warfare and understand pretty quickly what the appeal was. Half-Life is more of an acquired taste for the masses I think.

I've been playing games since I was 4, sneaking onto my brother's super nintendo when he was out. I play every genre, across all consoles and am studying game design. I also haven't enjoyed a Zelda since "Link to the Past". Not liking Half Life 2 doesn't mean somebody is probably a non-gamer, it simply means they don't like Half-Life 2. If they ever pull the finger out and release Episode 3 I think it will be very interesting to see the result and see if the mechanics can hold up.

ancapailldorcha · 02-08-2012 5:41pm

Half Life 2 was the second PC game I ever played after Doom 3. I played it in 2006 so I was hardly too "late to the party" as Kirby has put it. Didn't feel remotely immersed in the game at all.

Goro · 02-08-2012 6:03pm

Kiith wrote: »

People are saying HL2 was one of the biggest letdowns ever?

I've just died a little inside

I agree, HL2 was a gaming triumph. An incredible game, especially the opening. getting off the train and moving through the city. The atmosphere was intense. Each to their own I guess but I hold HL2 in high regard.

johnny_ultimate · 02-08-2012 6:52pm

Skyrim - what an opportunity this could have been to fix the glaring problems of Oblivion. But no. It has prettier graphics but an even more formulaic fantasy world, repetitive dungeons and the dodgiest first person combat. And you can still become overburdened! Well then, stop giving me so much ****ing loot! Gah. What a frustrating wasted opportunity that game is. I genuinely thought it felt like an expansion pack to Oblivion at times. A very big expansion pack, granted, but far from the evolutionary update the tired formula needed.

Mass Effect 3 / Uncharted 3 - not bad games in the traditional sense, but after their inspired second outings these threequels just couldn't have the same impact. Not necessarily the fault of the designers (more my own personal high standards) but in both games the 'strings' holding the games together seemed more obvious than their predecessors. A revisit of ME2 or Uncharted 2 may not be kind, but they were thrilling experiences first time around. These two comparatively underwhelmed. I'm not even talking about the ending of ME3, which was blown out of all proportion: the game itself felt like a weaker, bloated version of the second, with endless shooting corridors and less narrative impact overall.

Dead Space 2 - Genuinely bamboozled how this attracted such acclaim in comparison to the first. In an attempt to attract a bigger audience (of course it succeeded) Visceral created a game that felt less distinctive. Far too much shooting, fewer scares, a particularly repetitive second half and vastly inferior zero-g sections (more control isn't necessarily better). Again, not a 'bad' game. But while the first game was shamelessly derivative of great sci-fi to surprisingly engaging effect, the sequel lacked the compelling force of its predecessor. The Aliens to the first's Alien - and I don't consider that a wholly positive comparison.

PickledLime · 02-08-2012 6:56pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Half Life 2. Utter pile of cack.

Hooray, someone finally agrees with me! Possibly the most overrated game of all time.

/waits for internet to implode.

5uspect · 02-08-2012 7:05pm

It's a pretty unusual opinion. HL2 is considered by many to be an excellent game. It's influence on gaming is undeniable.

Out of interest, what would those who dislike HL2 consider to be a better game in the same genre?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 02-08-2012 7:14pm

i dont dislike Hl2 at all but I think it benefits from a lot of positive vibes towards the half life series in general. it's good, very good.. but I dunno if it's amazing or genre defining or whatever its uber fans call it.

as for a better game... honestly I'd rate Prey above Hl2. I got far more involved in the characters and story of the game, it had portal mechanics before portal was a thing and the protagonist actually had a personality which isn't neccesarily ...neccesary..... but when you're trying to make a "cinematic" or story based fps it's kinda useful.

Magill · 02-08-2012 7:20pm

Aye, I can understand how someone might think its over-rated if they hadn't played it until maybe 4+ years after release or something.. otherwise, any FPS fan must be quite strange if they think its a "Pile of cack" or "The most overrated game of all time". I too would like to know what ya's are comparing it too, personally very few games come close to HL2, especially those in the FPS genre.

dodderangler · 02-08-2012 7:22pm

The end of red dead redemption was a huge let down
A great game throughout and then ending just sucked

Adyx · 02-08-2012 7:50pm

5uspect wrote: »

It's a pretty unusual opinion. HL2 is considered by many to be an excellent game. It's influence on gaming is undeniable.

Out of interest, what would those who dislike HL2 consider to be a better game in the same genre?

There's no denying HL2 is an excellent game, I love it and still play it. If ep 3 or even HL3 come out I'll buy them.

But it is over-hyped (if not over-rated) and truth be told there was nothing really brand new or defining about it.

OT: Far Cry, there I am trundling along killing mercs, suddenly mutants!
Crysis, there I am trundling along killing N. Koreans, suddenly aliens!

Both games instantly ruined. Speaking of which, the Body of the Many level in SS2 came very close to ruining that game too. Not quite though, still one of my favourites.

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2012 7:52pm

5uspect wrote: »

It's a pretty unusual opinion. HL2 is considered by many to be an excellent game. It's influence on gaming is undeniable.

Out of interest, what would those who dislike HL2 consider to be a better game in the same genre?

well, i loved HL1, because i played when it was "hot" and "new". so i really loved it. i played HL2 only years after, because i had a huge gap in gaming thx to some issues in personal life. so i did not played it on release. It was already bit dated at that stage. It was an all right game, but i did not found it " OMFG JIZZ IN MY PANTS".

i would not blame people not liking HL2. Its a matter of taste and time.

Monotype · 02-08-2012 8:03pm

Yeah, I agree with SH. HL1 seemed incredible to me when I saw it first. Didn't play HL2 for a while - didn't really have a system capable of it and when I did I wasn't bothered going through their steam crap. I found it a little annoying when they forced you to use the gravity gun and decreased ammo around - the low ammo maxes annoyed me too. It was actually kind of boring for me all the way up to the last chapter when you get the souped up gravity gun - that was what I was hoping to see earlier in the game!

Oh yeah, the boat sequence was enjoyable enough. Mainly just wasn't impressed by the gravity gun or the over reliance on it. Missed snarks too.

A lot of it had to do with the timing of playing it, I'd say. Maybe not an awful lot of long lasting charm - more showing off the impressive tech at the time.

Orim · 02-08-2012 8:06pm

dodderangler wrote: »

The end of red dead redemption was a huge let down
A great game throughout and then ending just sucked

Really? I'd loved the end of Red Dead. Fantastic ending which tied up the whole game.

I haven't seen any mention Assasin's Creed. From the build up to the original I was expecting a cross between Thief and Hitman with free running. What I got was not that. I've enjoyed the series but it's still a massive let down.

And that's not thinking about Ubisoft's insistance to stay with the italian tosser for so many games.

dodderangler · 02-08-2012 8:09pm

Orim wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

The end of red dead redemption was a huge let down
A great game throughout and then ending just sucked

Really? I'd loved the end of Red Dead. Fantastic ending which tied up the whole game.

I haven't seen any mention Assasin's Creed. From the build up to the original I was expecting a cross between Thief and Hitman with free running. What I got was not that. I've enjoyed the series but it's still a massive let down.

And that's not thinking about Ubisoft's insistance to stay with the italian tosser for so many games.

I just thought it was a hole let down
The whole game in my opinion was excellent but I just didn like the ending at all
Even tho I completed it I still played it for months after
Might put it in again tonight and start all over
But I just didn't like the ending
I'd love if they braught out a second one ( not the undead one) but another one that goes to different parts of America
Atb

CastorTroy · 02-08-2012 8:15pm

Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 on the Wii. I played the first one on the Wii and really enjoyed swinging the Wiimote to swing the lightsaber, but then TFU2 decided to change it to "Press 'A' to swing lightsaber". I mean why? It goes against instinct.

cml387 · 02-08-2012 8:16pm

Oddly I thought that AC Revelations had the most memorable ending of any game I've played recently.

Skyrim,ME3 (and E2), LA Noire and Fallout3 were all great games which possibly could not but have a disappointing ending.

Monotype · 02-08-2012 8:17pm

I felt very let down by the menu in UT3. So slow to get through to actually play a game. Huge departure from the clean and quick UT99. That was the main reason for me stopping that game - and I liked the game itself well enough.

I agree with others that Fallout New Vegas was a step back from FO3. FO3 just seemed way more fun in general and the weapons were really cool. Mind you, despite the initial fun of the original game, it started to get pretty tired in the expansions, so FNV just wasn't fresh anymore.

ahnowbrowncow · 02-08-2012 8:24pm

5uspect wrote: »

It's a pretty unusual opinion. HL2 is considered by many to be an excellent game. It's influence on gaming is undeniable.

Out of interest, what would those who dislike HL2 consider to be a better game in the same genre?

Half life 2 is a decent game not great, it's tough to get over excited about the single player bit in fps shooters.

And I'd say the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series is better than hl2. I think fps/ third person shooters combine really well with the rpg genre. Stalker games, fallout 3 and dayz being some examples

balkieb2002 · 02-08-2012 8:25pm

The most recent one for me has to be ME3 and yes I do mean the ending. I actually didn't mind the game itself too much, was fun to blast through and the story was moving along OK but then London came and my opinion of this game plummeted. Not sure what I expecting but it wasn't that.

I was actually looking forward to completing it and starting the trilogy again but I couldn't play through them again knowing whats ahead!

I also remember MGS2 being a big let down. Loved the opening part on the ship then came fecking Raiden!

the groutch · 02-08-2012 8:25pm

Burnout Paradise

after having had Takedown & Revenge, playing this I was like WTF!!!!!

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2012 8:29pm

I totally forgot about first AC. Thx for reminding me. What a pile of **** after so much hype. I haven't even finished damn thing.

ancapailldorcha · 02-08-2012 8:51pm

I found Doom 3 quite enjoyable for all it's flaws. FEAR blew me away at the time and I quite enjoyed Far Cry.
MGS2 and 4 were quite disappointing. MGS2 for obvious reasons and MGS4 because it felt like Kojima was recycling the original PSOne classic.

SeantheMan · 02-08-2012 8:58pm

To those that are bashing HL2, did you play it when it was released 8 years ago ? or in recent years, where you would be comparing its gameplay/graphics/story to modern day games ?

Though it still holds up to most of them, it influenced most too

It was mindblowing when it was first released. The physics !!!
People take them for granted these days, but I think it was the first time I had ever used an oject as a weight, to make the other end of the platform rise ...using physics, not automated

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2012 9:04pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

To those that are bashing HL2, did you play it when it was released 8 years ago ? or in recent years, where you would be comparing its gameplay/graphics/story to modern day games ?

Though it still holds up to most of them, it influenced most too

It was mindblowing when it was first released. The physics !!!

Well that was the point I made. Just because it was awesome back then, does not mean it is awesome now who plays it for the first time after 8 years.
I love fallout 2 and I think it is the best game ever created, but I would not expect someone from this generation to play it and say that it is coolest game ever. Back then it was new, shiny,amazing. Now it is an old game, which I love, but it does not have appeal to current gamer.

PerrinV2 · 02-08-2012 9:13pm

Bioshock.....ya I went there

SeantheMan · 02-08-2012 9:15pm

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Bioshock.....ya I went there

Is FUS-RO-DAH still relevant ?

If not, "Would ye kindly GTFO !!" ....:P

Troll surely ? :rolleyes:

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2012 9:15pm

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Bioshock.....ya I went there

Would you kindly take that back?

Orim · 02-08-2012 9:20pm

I'd agree with him. I'd forgotten Bioshock.

First got it and I was blown away. The whole game was amazing and I put a ton of hours in the first night. Every subsquent time I played the sheen wore off quite quickly and eventually I was dragging myself through just to finish it because I wanted to trade it in.

I don't think any game has given me such a high on the first go and then brought down my opinion so much.

SeantheMan · 02-08-2012 9:25pm

Orim wrote: »

I'd agree with him. I'd forgotten Bioshock.

First got it and I was blown away. The whole game was amazing and I put a ton of hours in the first night. Every subsquent time I played the sheen wore off quite quickly and eventually I was dragging myself through just to finish it because I wanted to trade it in.

I don't think any game has given me such a high on the first go and then brought down my opinion so much.

?
So you played it - and were blown away ?
The game was amazing you said .

How is that a let down ?....because you played it 50 times to the point of boredom ?

saiint · 02-08-2012 9:28pm

dodderangler wrote: »

The end of red dead redemption was a huge let down
A great game throughout and then ending just sucked

ah come on
the ending didnt suck
if anything it was a great ending

a character who you ended up loving through out the story, dies at the end,
thats what rockstar wanted , suppose to show emotion

haha if anything i think it had the one of the greatest storys to a game in the past few years
everything nowadays is online mp , gets boring hearing kids scream ha

5uspect · 02-08-2012 9:29pm

I really wanted to like BioShock. Loved the setting, the silly Ayn Rand story but the gameplay wasn't great.

Orim · 02-08-2012 9:39pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

?
So you played it - and were blown away ?
The game was amazing you said .

How is that a let down ?....because you played it 50 times to the point of boredom ?

No I played it for a couple of hours and then it lost me.

As I say it was only that first session that I enjoyed. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Will I Amnt · 02-08-2012 9:39pm

I only picked up the orange box little over a year ago and it's without doubt the greatest gaming investment I made.
I can only imagine what it must have been like to play it on release but it made no odds to me how old it was.

Mentioning Half Life,Portal and Bioshock in this thread should result in the immediate removal of your trigger finger

Retr0gamer · 02-08-2012 9:40pm

Street Fighter 2 on the Commodore 64. The C64 was never going to pull off SF2 but deep down inside I really wanted the game that all my SNES and Megadrive owning mates were bragging about. It broke my little heart when I ended up with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0YVz9MaHGM

dodderangler · 02-08-2012 9:41pm

That's the part I hated and yeah I showed emotion aswell (gay I know)
But that's the part I hated I wanted another red dead and not for it to end like that
And the zombie one I didn't think much of it
The stories in it weren't that great compared to the first and the characters in the first were deadly
Even had an Irish fella

bogey accent tho

SeantheMan · 02-08-2012 9:46pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Street Fighter 2 on the Commodore 64. The C64 was never going to pull off SF2 but deep down inside I really wanted the game that all my SNES and Megadrive owning mates were bragging about. It broke my little heart when I ended up with this:

I had to lol at this, god that's awful :P

For others posting about Red Dead, please use the Spoiler Tag, you've basically given away a HUGE plot point in the ending and possibly ruined the game for anyone here who has yet to play it

Will I Amnt · 02-08-2012 9:51pm

I remember seeing Manchester United in Europe on Gamesmaster when I was about 11/12 years old.
Graphics,camera angle and physics were like nothing I had seen in a football game.

Went on a school tour to Wexford and there it was sitting on a shelf in a store,spent the whole 10 pound spending money I brought with me on it,went without sweets for the day

Brought it home stuck it in the C64 and was disgusted at what loaded on my screen.
Completely different game to what I had seen on TV where they obviously showed it on a more capable platform.
Overhead camera angle only,horrible graphics and almost impossible to score.
To say I was devestated would be an understatement.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 02-08-2012 10:05pm

i bought worms years and years and years ago partly due to the cool pictures on the box and the promise of awesome 3d videos

when I got home I saw the small print that those videos were only available on the cd version and I had bought the floppy disk version

was unimpressed.

the game itself was ****ing awesome though

SeantheMan · 02-08-2012 10:22pm

Primal Rage - I thought this was going to be amazing, Dinosaurs and Large beasts kicking the crap outta each other.. ..wow what an awful game

Goro · 02-08-2012 10:47pm

Rise Of The Robots on the Super Nintendo (SNES). This game looked great in the shop. Fighting game in 3d graphics! It was so disappointing when I got it home. To think Brian May put his name to this shyte.

In one player mode you could only play as the main character, who sucked. If a second player joined they could play as any of the other robots!

Terrible terrible game.

ride-the-spiral · 02-08-2012 11:18pm

Zelda: Skyward Sword.

I got it at christmas but only really played it today and yesterday, and having beaten the first temple I just can't play it anymore. I realised that everything I'm having a serious problem with are consequences of the motion controls (except Fi, who is very, very annoying.)

The fighting is awful. I thought that the motion aspect was cool the first time, but it gets very annoying very fast. It's hurting my wrist having to swing fast enough for the control to register it as a legitimate swing, and I have to be very aware of where my legs, left hand and the chair arm are in relation to my hand just to be able to swing it at all, and the method of shaking the nunchuk to use your shield is way too slow to be incredibly useful. It really breaks the immersion, and I'm all too aware that I'm just swinging my wii remote and not a sword. I have these brief moments of acually feeling like I'm playing an enjoyable game when I'm trying to dodge, because that's just a damn button.

And although the sword fighting is the main annoyance of the motion controls, all the other little uses are really adding up to make it a horrible experience. The dowsing thing is absolutely stupid, as if its trying to deter you from exploring an area. The slingshot's having to aim and shoot midbattle instead of just z-target and fire is infuriating. And that stupid beetle, turned every "puzzle" of the forest temple into a wii sports minigame. Also the flying is so damn boring that I hate having to return to the sky so often to do it.

I guess I'm let down because this is a game which could be very good, but by turning basic aspects of the game into terrible wrist exercises its impossible to enjoy the parts which would have been good if they had just stuck to buttons.

I'm aware they're are probably similiar rants in the SS thread, but i was a bit late to the party and needed to vent.

Screw you motion controls, there's a damn good reason some of the Wii's best games could be played on this, simply buttoned beauty. (Not to put down games like Mario Galaxy which integrated motion controls relatively well)

tl;dr: I

buttons

Retr0gamer · 03-08-2012 12:33am

Not sure why you are swinging the wiimote around like crazy for. All it takes are small wrist movements for it to register for me.

Kirby · 03-08-2012 12:38am

Yeah that sounds more like a wiimote issue than a game issue. If you read the thread, not many people complain about having to gesticulate that much.

Gbear · 03-08-2012 12:48am

Fallout 3.

After all the hype I said I'd give it a bash. I'm not sure has it not aged well maybe, but I thought the gameplay was pretty bad, the graphics weren't much good either and didn't care enough about the story or progression to get stuck into it.

The Witcher 2 aswell.

Again, lots of hype and lots of positives about the game - particularly graphically and the way the story is laid out, but the actual gameplay is rubbish.

EoghanIRL · 03-08-2012 12:51am

Ghost recon future soldier is crap. The third person is rubbish. Stupid ubisoft. Loved 1 and 2. Ubisoft and their fcuking passes

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