Top 10 Disappointments of "New-Gen" Gaming

I just came across this article, and wondered what you all think. Are these games really as disappointing as the article suggests?

For those that dont want to click and read, the titles are:

10. Blue Dragon

09. Hellgate: London

08. Kane and Lynch

07. Folklore

06. Lair

05. Mario Kart Wii

04. Lost Odyssey

03. Haze

02. Devil May Cry 4

01. Assassin's Creed

I dont know about you, but I have quite enjoyed Folklore, Mario Kart Wii, Lost Odyssey, Devil May Cry and Assassins Creed... I was probably one of the few that got a bit of enjoyment out of Lair too.

Saying which, I have been much more disappointed with other games this gen... but maybe not respective to their particular level of hype (kinda wanted a good Mario Party, for a change).

Anyway. Reckon this list is fair? Have you enjoyed these titles? Would you replace any of them?

"reelgamers"?:D Why the hell should anyone care what they think? If they want to stick popular high quality games on a list and call them dissapointments for a cheap heat boost in site hits, let them. But I won't give the mouth breathing little losers a click from my browser.Iszk

Popular and High Quality is where you went wrong there tbh.

Lair was outright broken, and beyond being pretty provided nothing else whatsoever.

Haze barely manages to hold its own and given all the hype, I would definately say it was a MASSIVE dissapointment.

Same goes for everything else on the list bar Lost Odyssey, given the hype those games received, they really were quite dissapointing, especially Blue Dragon and Assasins Creed.

Even those that turned out really good like Devil May Cry 4 were short and basicly exactly the same as their predecessors.

If you cant tell the difference between a 'dissapointment' and 'bad game' that's your own problem, no need to insult a website simply because they found legitimate problems with games that were supposed to bring revolution in so called 'next gen' gaming. Lair and Haze being the two prime examples here.

Hmm I can kind of understand Blue Dragon and Devil May Cry 4 being somewhat of a disappointment. With such a pedigree of talent in the making of BD it was expected to be a truly killer title. While it did have some faults, most notably being way too easy I still found it to be a fairly solid and entertaining game.

Kind of the same deal with DMC4. While the difficulty was perfect and the game looked and played with a generally excellent quality it was a bit too repetative both with the backtracking in levels and repeated boss fights with the great although too few number of bosses.

I definately disagree with their assessment of both Lost Odyssey and Assassin's Creed. I found both games to be quite excellent and LO was a fairly under-rated game amongst the critics.

I can understand all of those except maybe AC and DMC4, which while flawed still gave me enough fun to see them through to the end.

I have to agree with the article.

For example, I could rehash my thoughts on Blue Dragon and Assassin's Creed, but it might be easier to just read my reviews.

Disappointed? By stuff like Blue Dragon? Nah, never got my hopes up, in the first place. DMC 4, Lost Odyssey? Heck, no, just what I expected. Haze, AC? Sure, even though AC was really impressive in a lot of next-gen ways. Anyway, to cut a long story short it's too easy to cry "disappointed" when your expectations are too high. You can't go around thinking that every hyped-up game is going to be revolutionary. Especially those with "4" in their title.

To be fair, the only games on that list that I've played are AC, BD and MKW.

I wrote reviews here on AC and BD. I thought Mario kart is a lot of fun to play, although some of the levels are a bit unoriginal and repetitive.

My top 10 disappointments from this gen would be like this:

1. Expensive hardware

2. $10 more expensive games

3. Paying for horse armor and picture pack add ons

4. Sony's crappy 1st party/exclusive games, when they used to be one of the best (Lair, Haze, etc)

5. Gaming studios closing on an almost daily basis cause of the economy

6. Wii-hash ports - how most of the Wii's games are basically last gen ports

7. Still no price cut? WTF Microsoft

8, Mirror image consoles....why own both a PS3 and 360? 90% of their games are shared.

9, Still no online play or cohesive service? WTF Sony and Nintendo

10. HD-DVD/BD-DVD bloat - This war should have stayed out of gaming. I hate these formats and hope they both die.

...HD-DVD/BD-DVD bloat - This war should have stayed out of gaming. I hate these formats and hope they both die. Hulabaloza

I think high-definition disks with greater storage capacity can only help the video game industry. I just wish it didn't come down to a debate between a "generic" format and one owned by Sony.

My top 10 disappointments from this gen would be like this:

1. Expensive hardware

2. $10 more expensive games

3. Paying for horse armor and picture pack add ons

4. Sony's crappy 1st party/exclusive games, when they used to be one of the best (Lair, Haze, etc)

5. Gaming studios closing on an almost daily basis cause of the economy

6. Wii-hash ports - how most of the Wii's games are basically last gen ports

7. Still no price cut? WTF Microsoft

8, Mirror image consoles....why own both a PS3 and 360? 90% of their games are shared.

9, Still no online play or cohesive service? WTF Sony and Nintendo

10. HD-DVD/BD-DVD bloat - This war should have stayed out of gaming. I hate these formats and hope they both die.

Hulabaloza

I like all of those but I think the biggest disappointment by far for me would be the RROD debacle/360's reputation for breaking. XBox 360 is the only major electronics purchase I've ever made where I felt like I had to purchase a service plan because I am fully expecting it to break within 24 months, and that's kinda unacceptable.

My top 10 disappointments from this gen would be like this:

1. Expensive hardwareHulabaloza

I'll give you this one for the Ps3, but for the other two they really aren't any more expensive than is normal for a relatively new console.

2. $10 more expensive gamesHulabaloza

Except you forgot that they are still $20+ cheaper than they were 18+ years ago...

3. Paying for horse armor and picture pack add onsHulabaloza

You dont have to pay for these you know, noones forcing you. And on the whole, DLC has been very successful, and very usefull.

4. Sony's crappy 1st party/exclusive games, when they used to be one of the best (Lair, Haze, etc)Hulabaloza

Yeah you can have that one.

5. Gaming studios closing on an almost daily basis cause of the economyHulabaloza

Again, take something that isnt new and blame it on the current landscape, go you. Game Dev studios have ALWAYS been very volatile, opening and closing faster than you could blink. It's not specific to this generation, if anything the industry is a lot more stable than it used to be.

6. Wii-hash ports - how most of the Wii's games are basically last gen portsHulabaloza

This is possibly the only legitimate complaint on this list, and it should be much higher up given it's potential to ruin the console and cause an industry crash. (Shovelware, for both Wii and DS)

7. Still no price cut? WTF MicrosoftHulabaloza

Umm.. I dont know where you live, but where I am I can count 2 seperate price cuts as well as the addition of the cheaper Arcade 360.

8, Mirror image consoles....why own both a PS3 and 360? 90% of their games are shared.Hulabaloza

Again, this is something that mostly only applies to the PS3. The 360 has plenty of exclusive games, most of which are good.

9, Still no online play or cohesive service? WTF Sony and NintendoHulabaloza

Both have workable online play, and its FREE, deal with it.

10. HD-DVD/BD-DVD bloat - This war should have stayed out of gaming. I hate these formats and hope they both die. Hulabaloza

Since when was it anything to do with gaming? Regardless of what happened to the format war Sony would have continued to use BD for their PS3, and MS would have continued to use DvD's. I dont understand how you think this has anything to do with the games industry, beyond sonys propaganda that is.

Other consoles have used non standard media formats and it didnt mean squat, the Dreamcast and PSP for example (GD Rom and UMD)