Biggest dissapointment of the year?

weiland79

What game did you spend months/years tracking. Sucking up every available tidbit until release day. Maybe you went to a midnight launch and maybe you convinced some of your mates to buy it on nothing more than the basis that 'you' thought it was going to be awesome......but turned out to be pants:mad:

For me without a doubt 'Operation Flashpoint' was the biggest dud of the year.
Apart from the fact that it didn't do what it said on the tin, it was just not fun to play.
I tracked this game from the moment i read 'Open world, squad based tactical shooter.
Ha i laugh at this discription now as it couldn't have been farther from the truth.

What about you guy's? What's gathering dust in the wardrobe or propping up the wonky coffee table in your house?

fenris

Star Trek Online

Josey Wales

I think for me it has to be ModNation Racers.

I never quite got to grips with the feel of the karts and the AI was far too aggressive. Even after the patch that was supposed to have toned them down.

DarkJager

Medal Of Honor - It looked great in all the previews and even the trailer before launch...until you realised all those cool trailer sequences were pretty much all the action in the game and it was over within 5 hours.

Retr0gamer

I could see Operation Flashpoint being a dud from a mile off but yet got shouted down when people told me I was wrong.

No real disappointments for me this year. I started playing FF13 and have been told it's terrible but I'm kind of enjoying it truth be told.

Awful_Bliss

Mafia 2. FAR too many cut scenes. I buy games to play them not to watch movies. Best thing about it was the soundtrack. Too much driving as well and not enough action.

I played Modern Warfare 2 earlier this year. It's rare that I complete games but I finished this one really quick. WTF is it with the amount of cut scenes in games?

weiland79

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I could see Operation Flashpoint being a dud from a mile off but yet got shouted down when people told me I was wrong.QUOTE]

I was probably one of the ones shouting at you:o

tman

Metroid Other M

Why in the name of **** didn't they leave the series with Retro studios:(
The ONLY current gen game that I've sold because I couldn't stand the sight of the horrible bastardisation on my shelf, and I've bought a few stinkers in my time!

Branoic

Mafia 2's wasted city, and Star Trek Online. Never buying a promotional pre-release lifetime sub again! Ouchie!

Retr0gamer

weiland79 wrote: »

I was probably one of the ones shouting at you:o

Might have been, no worries though I just saw the developers showing off the game and demonstrating the explosive effects of the red barrels and regenerating health and realised that these guys didn't have a clue what they were doing or know what made the first game so good. Even when they removed the red barrels I knew the game was in the wrong hands.

TBH this year has been more full of pleasant surprises than anything. Granted I haven't played Other M but it seems they totally destroyed Samus from what I hear. Even sadder is that the new samus is being made canon and the fantastic Metroid Prime games apparently 'takes place in another continuum'.

tman

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Even sadder is that the new samus is being made canon and the fantastic Metroid Prime games apparently 'takes place in another continuum'.

What a crock of ****e!:(
Its rare that I agree wholeheartedly with Yahtzee, but he really hit the nail on the head with his review of Other M!

humanji

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I could see Operation Flashpoint being a dud from a mile off but yet got shouted down when people told me I was wrong.

To be honest, I didn't think it was going to be up to much. But even so, it was shockingly bad. It was like thinking you were loading up Fallout New Vegas and finding out you're playing Pacman.

Fable 3 was an incredibly shallow game and I'd expected better of it. I still enjoyed it, but it's not a patch on the previous two games. But I still didn't expect it to be great.

Actually, I kind of didn't have much hope for a lot of games that came out this year. The ones I did expect to be great, I thought were. The others still disappionted me, but not devestatingly so. Alien Vs Predator is an example of this. I didn't expect much and so wasn't surprised when it didn't deliver.

Retr0gamer

Actually Alien vs Predator was really bad one. I knew it was going to be terrible but it was worse than I expected. For some reason it has some fans though and got some good reviews from some places.

cherryghost

AvP
FFXIV
GT5
Halo Reach
APB

weiland79

cherryghost wrote: »

AvP
FFXIV
GT5
Halo Reach
APB

Forgot about Reach. I don't know what it is but i just cannot get into that game. I had never played a Halo game before (only have an Xbox 3-4 mths) and was realy looking forward to this. Maybe someone can clear this up for me. WTF is up with controls when in a vehicle i just can't get the hang of it and this has proved a game breaker for me.

Leopardi

Black Ops.

Retr0gamer

weiland79 wrote: »

Forgot about Reach. I don't know what it is but i just cannot get into that game. I had never played a Halo game before (only have an Xbox 3-4 mths) and was realy looking forward to this. Maybe someone can clear this up for me. WTF is up with controls when in a vehicle i just can't get the hang of it and this has proved a game breaker for me.

The vehicle goes where you point the crosshair, takes a while to get used to but it works once you figure it out. Might be that the Halo games are overrated and you were disappointed when it turned otu to be nothing special either.

The Sparrow

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

Mafia 2. FAR too many cut scenes. I buy games to play them not to watch movies. Best thing about it was the soundtrack. Too much driving as well and not enough action.

Mafia 2 was one of my favourite games of the year but I can see why others had problems with it. However, I don't recall there being many more cut scenes than in the original Mafia.

Red Dead Redemption was defintely the most disappointing game for me. I followed all of the hype and thought it was going to be excellent. Parts of it were ok but the majority was just dull. GTA 4 shook my confidence in Rockstar, but RDR completely destroyed it.

youcancallmeal

Supreme Commander 2
Crappy graphics, very exploitable AI, dumbed down for consoles and just generally not good.

richymcdermott

Medal of Honor and Final Fantasy 13

J. Marston

Fallout: New Vegas for me. I got Fallout 3: GOTY edition earlier in the year and thought it was great fun but NV isn't the same, can't get into like number 3.

Mr E

I agree with tman about Metroid Other M. Rented it, and got about a 3rd of the way through before bringing it back.

I may be lynched for this, but Demon's Souls would be in my disappointments list. It didn't live up to the hype for me, and I didn't find it particularly fun to play.

gloobag

Fallout: New Vegas - Simply because I can't play it for more than 30mins without it crashing on me :mad:

Retr0gamer

Mr E wrote: »

I may be lynched for this, but Demon's Souls would be in my disappointments list. It didn't live up to the hype for me, and I didn't find it particularly fun to play.

You just made baby jesus cry.

Chairman Meow

major disappointments:

bayonetta
god of war 3
heavy rain

Hated all 3 with a passion.


mild disappointments
fallout new vegas
dead rising 2

great games spoiled by some ****ty design choices

also people saying operation flashpoint, that was last october

humanji

Chairman Meow wrote: »

also people saying operation flashpoint, that was last october

That just shows how bad it was. It's been burned into peoples memories and we keep getting horrible flashbacks!

GTR63

Bugs have ruined a lot of Games for me.The dissapointing ones for me were sequels.I got the loan of Dead Rising 2 & Crackdown 2 both were glorified expansion packs.From what I hear BioShock 2 & Fallout New Vegas are the same.Mafia II is atrocious.Fable III, SC Conviction & Black Ops were big letdowns.The COD franchise is dead for me anyway 3 meh games in a row.

humanji

Oh yeah Splinter Cell Conviction was another one. A Splinter Cell game in name and Michael Ironside only.

weiland79

Chairman Meow wrote: »

major disappointments:

also people saying operation flashpoint, that was last october

Weiland79 scratches head ponderously........ walks off........comes back again...... God damn you Chairman meow you just ruined my thread....... A pox on you sire!!!!!

Chairman Meow

weiland79 wrote: »

Weiland79 scratches head ponderously........ walks off........comes back again...... God damn you Chairman meow you just ruined my thread....... A pox on you sire!!!!!

Sorry..a game that ****ty is sadly ingrained on my brain from the day i bought it

Mr Freeze

I would have said Operation Flashpoint also. It was such a bad game!

Anyways, this years:
Fable 3, definitely never getting another Lionhead game again, it was so boring.

AVP, crap campaign and couldn't even get an online game, nobody playing it.

Bioshock 2, I normally play a game to the end even if it is a disappointment, just getting my moneys worth, but this was shocking bad, it was the "straight to dvd sequel" so to be speak.

Crackdown 2, as already stated it was just an expansion pack.