The most disappointing game sequels, preqel, or spin-off of this gen.

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="Deathtransit"]Funny, I was big fan of the first three Halo games. Halo: CE containing my favorite or my 2nd favorite campaign in the series. I was hoping Halo: Reach would contain the best campaign and the best multi-player in the series. It ends up being a bastard, mutilated child of the franchise. I find it hilarious how you compare it with CE, because I don't remember CE having bloom, corny Armor Abilities, and s****y maps.

TheEngima683

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="Deathtransit"]Funny, I was big fan of the first three Halo games. Halo: CE containing my favorite or my 2nd favorite campaign in the series. I was hoping Halo: Reach would contain the best campaign and the best multi-player in the series. It ends up being a bastard, mutilated child of the franchise. I find it hilarious how you compare it with CE, because I don't remember CE having bloom, corny Armor Abilities, and s****y maps.

TheEngima683

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Farcry 2 gets the worst sequel award. It's not just a bad sequel to a good game either, it's just a bad game all around.lamprey263

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"] well all to his own opinion but I loved Halo reach Best FPS i have played.(ive played so much) story was epic(read the books gives you a very good insight on halo reachs story) anyway games i hated and such would be Fear 2 I loved it but compared to the first it just isnt better

jasonharris48

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"] well all to his own opinion but I loved Halo reach Best FPS i have played.(ive played so much) story was epic(read the books gives you a very good insight on halo reachs story) anyway games i hated and such would be Fear 2 I loved it but compared to the first it just isnt better

soulitane

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"] well all to his own opinion but I loved Halo reach Best FPS i have played.(ive played so much) story was epic(read the books gives you a very good insight on halo reachs story) anyway games i hated and such would be Fear 2 I loved it but compared to the first it just isnt better

worknow222

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="TheEngima683"]I've read the book Halo: The Fall of Reach, and I have to say that Reach did a poor job of handeling the destruction of Reach.

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

jasonharris48

To respond to soulitane:

Yes, everyone has an opinion. But it doesn't mean I can't present a objective counter-argument when someone responded to my post.

To respond to workknow222 post:

I could care less if Bungie took liberties with the canonical backstory, all I care for is for is decent writing. The storytelling in Reach was downright poor. Prior Halo games never had remarkable storytelling, but they contain the depth of a Earnest Hemingway novel compared to Reach. Even ODST had better character developtment than Reach, and that was just a 5 hour expansion pack.

Yes, everyone has an opinion. But it doesn't mean I can't present a objective counter-argument when someone responded to my post.TheEngima683

Modern Warfare 2: TheEngima683

What, you actually had high expectations?

A lot of people who played Fallout 1/2 were extremely disappointed by Fallout 3. I was disappointed by Mass Effect 2's storyline, didn't really care that much that the gameplay was better. But I haven't really had that many disappointments this year.

[QUOTE="worknow222"][QUOTE="TheEngima683"]I've read the book Halo: The Fall of Reach, and I have to say that Reach did a poor job of handeling the destruction of Reach.

Why does everyone have to keep pulling out the "opinion" card? It's the saddest excuse of shutting down criticism.

Sp4rtan_3

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]Modern Warfare 2: Lord_Nas3k

What, you actually had high expectations?

[QUOTE="Sp4rtan_3"][QUOTE="worknow222"] well the real battle took place as the game ended except for the last mission, (bungie should of done a few more levels but perhaps DLC)worknow222

Kingdom heart spinoffs (handheld games).

I'm ******** sick of the spinoffs. Make the proper HD sequel already.

To respond to workknow222 post:

I could care less if Bungie took liberties with the canonical backstory, all I care for is for is decent writing. The storytelling in Reach was downright poor. Prior Halo games never had remarkable storytelling, but they contain the depth of a Earnest Hemingway novel compared to Reach. Even ODST had better character developtment than Reach, and that was just a 5 hour expansion pack.

TheEngima683

Good list. RE5 was probably the most disappointing for me after playing RE4. Halo Reach, while a great game, was missing something in both single & multiplayer & I quickly lost interest.

Hello Gamtrix, jesus, how many alt accounts can a single person have?

But in topic: MGS4 and Reach were totally amazing games and were not "dissapointments" as you would say

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

Add Soul Calibur 4, Tekken 6, Ninja Gaiden 2, Metal Gear Solid 4 (story and character wise), Silent Hill Homecoming to the list.

TheEngima683

Heres the thing though. Its your opinion. To me MGS4 is the second best MGS. Just cause you thought a certain game was a disapointment doesint mean they should drop it just for you. I found RE5 a disapointment. It just didint feel like a RE game. Thoug it was fun. Im not praying for the devs to drop the RE francise since I still like the series. RE5 disapointed me but whos to say the next will.

[QUOTE="Deathtransit"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"] No I'm just not a fan of poor writing and using awful plot devices as cop outs due to bad writing. (same goes to Dexter and some of the story related flaws it contains) Still love that show though

jasonharris48

every game i played i actually liked and did never get my hopes to high because thats an easy dissapointment coming your way.

but to say what game is worst then its predeccesors, RE5, SC4,DMC4,theres a bunch also GTA4,

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="Deathtransit"] Yeah, I'm not going to defend the storytelling in MGS4 or any game really. MGS3 did have a much better story, but MGS4 had numerous incredible gameplay moments which balanced it out for me. Deathtransit

black ops

Metroid Other M

Sonic The Hedgeog(2006), Crackdown 2, Gears of War 2(not a huge letdown but I was expecting that game to carry me till either the Next Halo or Gears, and well, I stopped playing it consistently like two weeks after launch thanks to a broken online multiplayer) and Final Fantasy XIII.

I found the Wii, DS and especially the PSP to be disappointments as a whole.

ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 badtaker

[QUOTE="badtaker"]ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 jasonharris48

I enjoyed it. I never got around to buying the expansion pack though.

Far Cry 2 - potentially awesome, turned out lackluster due to weird game design.

GTA 4 - pretentious story and an overall lacking of the GTA spirit couldn't be compensated by the better missions.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - boring and pointless.

Super Paper Mario - pretty solid game in its own right, but inferior to the previous 2 games.

And not this gen, but Wind Waker - an unfinished copy of Ocarina of Time with a flashy presentation.

[QUOTE="badtaker"]ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 jasonharris48

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="badtaker"]ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 badtaker

STALKER Clear Sky: The first STALKER was so immensely spectacular that I was severely underwhelmed by this game. And when i wasn't underwhelmed, I was frustrated after my game crashed. GTA4: It didn't carry the magic that the previous games had. Maybe its because im older, but even then, gaming itself is older so i guess it wouldn't make much of a difference. But all I know is, while GTA4 was definitely one of the better games (if not best) I have played on my xbox 360, i was expecting a lot more.yellosnolvr

I'm actually one of the few who prefere GTAIV over prior GTA games. The 98% of the missions of every pre-GTAIV game frustrated me to no end.

Far Cry 2, GTA 4 and Fable 3 for me.

[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

I'm not going to go into great detail, but I'll name a few :)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - I just thought it was awful. End of story :P One of the worst games I've ever played.

Halo Reach - I played the beta (I know I know), and just got bored of it very quickly, and this is coming from someone with over 2,000 games in Halo 3 multiplayer :shock:

God of War 3 - I never played the first two games, but I must say I was incredibly disappointed by this game :P It goes up there with CoD4 for me.

TheEngima683

Yes because Campaign, forge, custom games, firefight,re-balancing, new maps, arena, extended armoury,a bunch of community made maps in matchmaking and a whole ton of other stuffmade it worse. :roll:

[QUOTE="badtaker"]ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 jasonharris48

Doom 3? I don't know about you guys, but all I got was a black screen from that game.

Resident Evil 5 it had nothing on 4.

[QUOTE="badtaker"]ID killed themselves with Doom 3 and Quake 4 jasonharris48

FC2- I shot this game with an AK. Nothing else needs to be said

Mercenaries 2- EA turned this into Airstrikes: The Game. Lucasart's trademark charm was sorely needed.

GTA4- "Hey guys, let's take out all the things that made the prior GTAs fun, like over the top zaniness and rampages, and replace them with dark storylines and repetitive point A to point B drive sequences!"

Conviction- It's Splinter Cell....without the stealth. Or the tactics. Or the mission structure we came to know and love last generation. Or the awesome multiplayer.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway- What NOT to do with a franchise that centers around squad-based fireteams and tactics; turn it into a drama game chock-full of solo missions, arcade tank segments, and throw in cursed 1911 pistols and ghosts. Oh, and make things so laughably surreal that Apocalypse Now would balk.

Final Fantasy XIV

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]Yes, everyone has an opinion. But it doesn't mean I can't present a objective counter-argument when someone responded to my post.soulitane

[QUOTE="TheEngima683"]

To respond to workknow222 post:

I could care less if Bungie took liberties with the canonical backstory, all I care for is for is decent writing. The storytelling in Reach was downright poor. Prior Halo games never had remarkable storytelling, but they contain the depth of a Earnest Hemingway novel compared to Reach. Even ODST had better character developtment than Reach, and that was just a 5 hour expansion pack.

worknow222

Also, Bungie intended to humanize Spartans in Reach. But their wasted their effort into making cardboard cut-outs. The Spartans in the book were much more humanized. First off, there's nothing special about Jorge. He's just another big-guy-with-the-heart-of-gold stereo-type. Noble Team consisted of nothing more of stock, dull, and generic archetypes. It's obviously Bungie spent more time thinking about how each would die, then actually exploring their personalities.

FC2- I shot this game with an AK. Nothing else needs to be said

Mercenaries 2- EA turned this into Airstrikes: The Game. Lucasart's trademark charm was sorely needed.

GTA4- "Hey guys, let's take out all the things that made the prior GTAs fun, like over the top zaniness and rampages, and replace them with dark storylines and repetitive point A to point B drive sequences!"

Conviction- It's Splinter Cell....without the stealth. Or the tactics. Or the mission structure we came to know and love last generation. Or the awesome multiplayer.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway- What NOT to do with a franchise that centers around squad-based fireteams and tactics; turn it into a drama game chock-full of solo missions, arcade tank segments, and throw in cursed 1911 pistols and ghosts. Oh, and make things so laughably surreal that Apocalypse Now would balk.

Verge_6

/sarcasm