Biggest PC Gaming Failure of All Time

Which do you think is the biggest pc gaming failure of all time? Personally I think it's Duke Nukem: Forever. The first two may have been massively over promised and underdelivered titles, but I think they get credit for at least making it out the door. DN:F is an almost disgraceful strory...12 years to develop a proven IP and they couldn't even get their product out the door...much worse the devs had to shut down and they are now facing a lawsuit from Take Two.

The biggest failure would definitely be for me the closure of TTLG

TTLG?dnuggs40

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Daikatana, all smoke and blazing burning heap of ash

lol... Your poll is bugged as well. Nevertheless, DNF will be the biggest disappointment of all time.

Daikatana, all smoke and blazing burning heap of ash

ACEHERO

Duke Nukem For-Never is the biggest fail in Pc gamin

John Romero's Daikatana

Nobody for Derek Smart's Battlecruiser 3000AD?

Has anybody seen his new game All Aspects Warfare?

DUKE NUKEM FORNEVER !

Definitely Duke.

I'd Say Hellgate is top of the list. Everyone had huge hopes for this game but fell on its face right out the gate till that greedy moron behind Flagship ran away and game shut down for good.I actually like that game and was a shame its gone now.

...it also didn't help to have that idiot developer (John Romero) starring in stupid ads like: "John Romero's About To Make You His **** print ads...

What happened to the world of Kings Quest? I would much rather play the first one in the series...

DNF will be released, stop making outlandish assumptions

I never played Daikatana so I can't share my opinion on that one. For me: - Hellgate London: heaps of hype and it ended up closing. Although I said from the start it wouldn't be Diablo of course like most people hoped for... - Farcry 2: I was just expecting so much more.... - Double Agent Port to PC: I couldn't believe what a port it was as I was playing it. It's like they didn't even test it before releasing it (this might no be PC failure)FelipeInside

Hellgate London and SC: Double Agent are 2 very good examples mate.

^FAIL

^FAIL

HenriH-42

Agreed, I was going to say Duke, but then I saw this and.

I could not bring myself to leave the first location, I felt like I was betraying the fist Deus Ex. It just sucked too much...

other then duke and deus ex 2, I'd have to say Massive multiplayer online games. Wow was painfully disappointing for me, It should have been a dream come true and could have the way Blizzard presented the game world first. But all those sucky masses just had to go and ruin it :(

Nobody for Derek Smart's Battlecruiser 3000AD?

Has anybody seen his new game All Aspects Warfare?

dnuggs40

Why? His games have a rather large following. The guy always makes profit. He's the best indie dev, since he manages to make the strangest, most ambitious and complex games and still be successful.

I've seen AAW. It's like a sience-fiction Operation Flashpoint.

I don't see why DNF is on here, seeing as it hasn't come out yet. How can you say a game is a failure when no one has even played it?

Take Two will most likely move the project to a different developer; they'd be idiots not to. And when it is released, even if it isn't that great, I seriously doubt that it can come anywhere near the epic stink that is Diakatana.

Limbo of the lost..that just cracks me up everytime.

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Nobody for Derek Smart's Battlecruiser 3000AD?

Has anybody seen his new game All Aspects Warfare?

Baranga

Why? His games have a rather large following. The guy always makes profit. He's the best indie dev, since he manages to make the strangest, most ambitious and complex games and still be successful.

I've seen AAW. It's like a sience-fiction Operation Flashpoint.

The guy makes broken crap that takes years to fix. But that in in itself isn't a big deal...the real kicker is his big mouth and the way he sells his games...he literally is the snake oil salesman of the pc gaming industry.

And AAW looks absolutely terrible next to OPF...which is a 5 year old game.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sunset-rush-all-aspect/48962

Look at that crap lol...how can you even compare it to a classic like Operation Flashpoint?

What happened to the world of Kings Quest? I would much rather play the first one in the series...

Smithgdwg

Is that how the 3d King's Quest looks like??? What bastard child of all that is unholy is this??

And to think I was seriously considering dumpster diving for it. Thank you for saving me!

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Nobody for Derek Smart's Battlecruiser 3000AD?

Has anybody seen his new game All Aspects Warfare?

dnuggs40

Why? His games have a rather large following. The guy always makes profit. He's the best indie dev, since he manages to make the strangest, most ambitious and complex games and still be successful.

I've seen AAW. It's like a sience-fiction Operation Flashpoint.

The guy makes broken crap that takes years to fix. But that in in itself isn't a big deal...the real kicker is his big mouth and the way he sells his games...he literally is the snake oil salesman of the pc gaming industry.

And AAW looks absolutely terrible next to OPF...which is a 5 year old game.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sunset-rush-all-aspect/48962

Look at that crap lol...how can you even compare it to a classic like Operation Flashpoint?

By actually taking time to see what the game is about. I didn't have time to play the beta though.

I compare it to OFP because they're both some of the most hardcore PC games ever. AAW is basically OFP in a Halo-type world. It looks pretty bad because the target audience doesn't give a crap about shaders and The Doctor doesn't give a crap about what other people think. He just makes games for him and for those that like his sty1e.

OFP and ArmA are even more streamlined and easy than AAW. This is an incredibly ambitious project. Should be called "Literally Every Way Possible To Kill Someone Else Conflict".

Who cares about his big mouth and huge ego? The guy is a freakin' genius.

He also refunded gamers that bought one of his games and didn't like it...

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[QUOTE="Baranga"]

Why? His games have a rather large following. The guy always makes profit. He's the best indie dev, since he manages to make the strangest, most ambitious and complex games and still be successful.

I've seen AAW. It's like a sience-fiction Operation Flashpoint.

Baranga

The guy makes broken crap that takes years to fix. But that in in itself isn't a big deal...the real kicker is his big mouth and the way he sells his games...he literally is the snake oil salesman of the pc gaming industry.

And AAW looks absolutely terrible next to OPF...which is a 5 year old game.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sunset-rush-all-aspect/48962

Look at that crap lol...how can you even compare it to a classic like Operation Flashpoint?

By actually taking time to see what the game is about. I didn't have time to play the beta though.

I compare it to OFP because they're both some of the most hardcore PC games ever. AAW is basically OFP in a Halo-type world. It looks pretty bad because the target audience doesn't give a crap about shaders and The Doctor doesn't give a crap about what other people think. He just makes games for him and for those that like his sty1e.

OFP and ArmA are even more streamlined and easy than AAW. This is an incredibly ambitious project. Should be called "Literally Every Way Possible To Kill Someone Else Conflict".

Who cares about his big mouth and huge ego? The guy is a freakin' genius.

He also refunded gamers that bought one of his games and didn't like it...

I know what the game is about...and I am not saying it looks bad because of it's lack of shaders (though it does look bad in that way too)....the game play looks absolutely terrible. And Derek Smart a genius? ROFL...he has made some of the most broken POS games on the face of the planet. Somehow I think genius is a stretch for him.

And OFP is a far better game than AAW...and talking about complexity his games aren't even that complex...people mistake quantity with complexity. Stand his games against Jane's or other real sims and his games fall flat on their face. For instance, I bet there are tons of options for squad AI, move orders, engangement parameters, ect....but looking at the video (and looking at the history of his games) you can bet all options are very shallow and the squad is pretty much brain dead anyways. Look how they just sit there taking fire doing nothing lol.

Quantity does not equal complexity

His games are just a mishmash of broken ideas crammed together. I wouldn't call them complex...I would call them convoluted.

Gothic 3 !!!!!! Runs like crap ,even on high end PC's.

I voted for BC3000. I actually had in my hand at the store when it first came out and this older lady told me how good it was. Now I'm old myself but here is someone who would have had to be told this information so I put the game back. Glad too and never looked back.

I agree DNF should not be on the list cause it Did Not Finish.

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Limbo of the lost..that just cracks me up everytime.

Astaroth2k

Did you actually play it? It's actually one of the best and most creative adventure games in recent memory. Its creative borrowings created a world like no other, where the familiar mixes with the strange.

Which do you think is the biggest pc gaming failure of all time? Personally I think it's Duke Nukem: Forever. The first two may have been massively over promised and underdelivered titles, but I think they get credit for at least making it out the door. DN:F is an almost disgraceful strory...12 years to develop a proven IP and they couldn't even get their product out the door...much worse the devs had to shut down and they are now facing a lawsuit from Take Two.

dnuggs40

Grand Theft Auto 4. Brilliant game on console (got it on 360) and could have been absolutly spectactular on the PC. However, they clearly didnt bother to optimise the game and make it fit for the PC.

Grand Theft Auto 4. Brilliant game on console (got it on 360) and could have been absolutly spectactular on the PC. However, they clearly didnt bother to optimise the game and make it fit for the PC.

Chris_53

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Grand Theft Auto 4. Brilliant game on console (got it on 360) and could have been absolutly spectactular on the PC. However, they clearly didnt bother to optimise the game and make it fit for the PC.

TheGreatOutdoor

Daikatana, all smoke and blazing burning heap of ash

ACEHERO

[QUOTE="Chris_53"]

Grand Theft Auto 4. Brilliant game on console (got it on 360) and could have been absolutly spectactular on the PC. However, they clearly didnt bother to optimise the game and make it fit for the PC.

TheGreatOutdoor

Daikatana, all smoke and blazing burning heap of ash