First up would be Fallout 3. So much for expecting any kind of link to the first two games or even just a good game in its own right. Had all of Bethesda's usual flaws in addition to a complete butchering of what made Fallout well, Fallout.
Every Call of Duty after 4. All just endless rehashes of the same game with minor tweaks to multiplayer. Modern Warfare 2 would be the biggest offender with its completely unbalanced multiplayer that did nothing but encourage camping and waiting for killstreaks. Then of course everything else pretty much followed MW2 to the letter and with more and more ridiculous singleplayer campaigns.
The critically adored Mass Effect 2. This one I wouldn't call a bad game by any means, it just had the misfortune of following after the amazing Mass Effect. Yes the combat was slightly improved but at the expense of everything else. And even then it wasn't nearly as good as other TPSes. The writing was weaker than the first game's, the actual plot was non-existent, and the new characters aside from Mordin and maybe Legion just felt shallow and boring.
L.A. Noire had a lot of potential that I could clearly see right from the start and it was a shame how squandered it was. The game's sitting in development hell really showed. Much of the gameplay was boring and there was next to no real character development for any of the characters. Towards the end it kind of got its act together though in a jarringly action movie way.
Can't forget the disappointing Crysis 2 either. It was a solid and fun shooter with the typical 8 hour campaign. It, like Mass Effect 2 mostly suffers from not being as good as its predecessor. Much of the freedom and exploration was gone, instead replaced with the popups telling you where to go and what to do at every turn. The suit was dumbed down as well, greatly limiting creavity. And of course there's the CoD clone multiplayer.
I wasn't too terribly hyped for Final Fantasy XIII which really says something that it still disappointed me. They shoved the linearity right in your face for as long as I was able to trudge through this game. The characters, writing, combat and plot were all just bad and I ultimately gave up maybe 8 hours in. Instead I went and replayed the infinitely better Final Fantasy IX.
Last and anything but least is Dragon Age 2. This was probably my biggest disappointment of all time and certainly this generation. They did everything wrong in this game after getting nearly everything so right in Origins. The characters were awful two-dimensional cliches, the storytelling was abysmal and confusing, the plot was incoherent, the enemies dropping from the sky was laughable, the reuse of dungeons was inexcusable, the lack of locations was boring, and it was just so clearly rushed. Most reviews were incredibly kind to this game in my opinion.
That's everything that comes to mind at the moment, though I'm probably forgetting at least a few games.
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