What game disappointed you the most this gen and why?

RDR. Despite virtually everyone saying things to the contrary it very much is Grand Theft Horse: a poorly executed story, repetitive main-missions and underwhelming side-missions, questionable gunplay, and a large number of piss-poor design choices. Plus, in a very un-GTA move, a surprisingly mediocre soundtrack. Overall still a good and worthwhile experience, but one that should have been much, much better.

PBSnipes

I couldnt agree more if I tried. I got near the end(didnt beat it) before I threw in the towl. You are on point if you ask me. A bittersweet experience in the end.

Red Alert 3.

it's just terrible compared to the previous games.

HavocV3

Splinter Cell Double Agent--big fan of the series, but never bothered trying to get passed the level where you are in the gang hideout. Maybe I'll start that game over.

Bioshock--Great beginning, but then I realized how on rails and mundane the gameplay was. Couple that with very louzy shooting mechanics, and the game is probably up there with FF7 as my biggest disappointments of all time--especially so, because I was looking forward to them so much.

Far Cry 2

Fallout 3

• touted as having hundreds of different endings? how about 2 or 3
• horrible plot twist regarding president eden? you betcha
• horrible ending to main quest that feels rushed and pointless? oh hell ya
• can't play after ending? awesome
• able to beat most of the game with a hunting rifle? yep
• horrible animations, glitches, and other production value failures? might as well have been a last gen title
• crappy non-VATS controls and AI that make the player dependent on VATS thus rendering the combat stale and repetitive? yep

:evil:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. uses Fallout 3 to wipe its ass

/best part of Fallout 3 is nuking megaton, beyond that :roll:

edit: hoping that Fallout: New Vegas is better for obvious reasons...

Assassin's Creed. I was completely hyped for this game, one of the few I've bought on first day release. First level, fun. Second level, also fun but it kinda dawned on me that it was more or less the same as the first. Third level, I realised this was the most formulaic, repetitive piece of **** I'd ever spent £40 on. Someone wrote on here the other day saying it should be used as a torture method in the interrogation of terror suspects. That's pretty much bang-on when it comes to this game.

still haven't played the second one. I know it's meant to be better and all, but I'm not exactly rushing to buy it after the letdown of the first.

FFXIII. Final Fantasy is dead to me now.

Easily Gears 2, but after a year and a half they finally have the game playable.

Grawse

Silent Hill Homecoming: I expected a Silent Hill title that would rival SH2 in terms of story, symbolism, and characters. Homecoming was just a predictable shallow story filled with cheap scares.

MGS:4 I guess I expected too much of this title. I was looking for this title will would be a great conclusion to the MGS saga or at least Solid Snakes story. I ended up experiencing a game with bad pacing. The story elements that were to tie everything up felt rushed, unnecessary at some points, characters weren't as interesting as past titles. It was like Kojima and Murata just said "F**K it we give up we made a mess with MGS2"

Final Fantasy XIII: Although I did like the ATB system, I didn't care for anything else. The story wasn't interesting what so ever. The cast of characters sucked except for Sazh. Also the gameplay structure got very bland after he 10 hour mark. Run through a very linear path, fight, FMV scene, repeat. Also no game should take 20-25 hours to "open up" especially a RPG title.

jasonharris48

Resident Evil 5 for me, wasn't suspecting it to be as good as Resident Evil 4 but it falls way short of it. There was no atmosphere for this game for being a horror game, and having a partner really ruins the gaming experience for me especially with the kind of AI it has.

Resistance 2

Alone in the Dark
It sounded so good on paper what with the MacGyver physics and adventuring and details, but I guess they bit off more than they could chew because in practice the game's kind of very clunky and janky with all kinds of dumb design and stupidness in it. It's not all bad, but it's a far cry from what I hoped it would be.

Which is a nice seg into...

Far Cry 2
This too sounded great on paper. But I had not anticipated the ferociously annoying guard jeeps and outposts. Was expecting a lesuirely stroll through the plains of Africa, but it turns out everyone everywhere wants you dead all the time and send homing attack jeeps after you at regular intervals. And only you. There's supposed to be a war between factions, but they're both hunting you down and only you, always. There's no one else in Africa, there's only you and them. The introductory jeep ride with the guy, that's the sort of experience I was looking for. But after that there's nothing but bad company...

Bad Company 2
The game itself is satisfactory and great fun. But with it I got something I did not bargain for. VIP Membership or whatever they're calling it. It is nothing but detrimental and insulting. It serves only to make the game worse, and significantly so. It's not like eight maps is a whole lot to begin with, but thanks to this program only five were available at launch.

Bioshock 2. all the hype after the first great game and it turned into just a been there done that game. And the multiplayer was horrible to

Makes me wonder if there wasn't multiplayer if it would of been better.

Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

there are others like resident evil 5 and far cry 2 but these 2 were the main ones

Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

fueled-system

I hear ya on that. Sometimes I just won't care for a game, but I will still recognize it as a good game. Braid, however, I felt only was recognized because it looked okay for an indie game. If New Super Mario Bros wii played like Braid, it would be considered the biggest letdown in videogame history.

Also agree with you about bioshock, though I never played number 2 because the first one was so mundane and terrible.

MW2 online ruined the game

BFBC2 IF they can fix the online that game would be good

Killzone2/uncharted2 Diddnt like those games at all i liked the first ones more

gundaicut

Far Cry 2 - It started out fresh and exciting, the wildfires were so cool...then it became clear the game was nothing but MAJOR repetition and annoyances. :(

FUEL - Great concept on paper, but poorly executed. HORRIBLE soundtrack, and the map was actually TOO big. It could literally take an hour or so to drive from one end to the other, all while seeing lackluster graphics and hearing outdated sound effects. Very underwhelming. (And I know there was a "warp" feature, but when a game advertises itself as the biggest ever map created in a video game, then you should be able to enjoy driving around in it)

RotaryRX7

If you want to drive around decently sized landscapes I'd instead recommend Baja: Edge of Control. The physics are much, much, much more entertaining. Actually trying to play through the career though is ****ed up. Could really have used an easier difficulty setting than the so called "Easy".

Fable 2. There's so much to do in that game, but none of it is fun. :lol:Guppy507

Ninja Gaiden 2. The first Ninja Gaiden was my favorite game last gen. NG 2 is not a bad game (expect for horrible camera angles), but the levels, combat, and boss fights where better in the first one. I guess I was expecting some a lot better because of the extra horse power this gen has.

Bioshock 2. all the hype after the first great game and it turned into just a been there done that game. And the multiplayer was horrible to

Makes me wonder if there wasn't multiplayer if it would of been better.

Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

there are others like resident evil 5 and far cry 2 but these 2 were the main ones

fueled-system

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Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

Heirren

I hear ya on that. Sometimes I just won't care for a game, but I will still recognize it as a good game. Braid, however, I felt only was recognized because it looked okay for an indie game. If New Super Mario Bros wii played like Braid, it would be considered the biggest letdown in videogame history.

Also agree with you about bioshock, though I never played number 2 because the first one was so mundane and terrible.

Easily Scribblenauts :(

Nights: Journey of Dreams - Doesn't touch the original's greatness

MadWorld - It could have been better and was too short.

Ninja Gaiden 2. The first Ninja Gaiden was my favorite game last gen. NG 2 is not a bad game (expect for horrible camera angles), but the levels, combat, and boss fights where better in the first one. I guess I was expecting some a lot better because of the extra horse power this gen has.

justin28107

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. It doesn't even compare to the other PS2 Ratchet and Clanks.

Just Resident Evil 5 and FEAR 2.

Both games highly downgraded sequels.

GTA4. Really bad port, movement feels awkward, and i've seen better framerates on Crysis.

MGS4

Way too much exposition for its own good. I know MGS is all about story, but MGS4 just took it to another level, and became monotonous and boring. It was also alarge departure from its gameplay roots. Hated the mission structure also and took me completely out of the experience.

Mercenaries 2

Demon's Souls

Metroid Prime Trilogy

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Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

Heirren

I hear ya on that. Sometimes I just won't care for a game, but I will still recognize it as a good game. Braid, however, I felt only was recognized because it looked okay for an indie game. If New Super Mario Bros wii played like Braid, it would be considered the biggest letdown in videogame history.

Also agree with you about bioshock, though I never played number 2 because the first one was so mundane and terrible.

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Also Braid....every critic was prasing this pile of.....:evil: and man did I hate it

Vinegar_Strokes

I hear ya on that. Sometimes I just won't care for a game, but I will still recognize it as a good game. Braid, however, I felt only was recognized because it looked okay for an indie game. If New Super Mario Bros wii played like Braid, it would be considered the biggest letdown in videogame history.

Also agree with you about bioshock, though I never played number 2 because the first one was so mundane and terrible.

gears 2 imo, i loved gears 1 to death but gears 2 was just horrible and is now still barely playable. FireEmblem74

Mercenaries 2

Demon's Souls

Metroid Prime Trilogy

hellhund

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Mercenaries 2

Demon's Souls

Metroid Prime Trilogy

Fried_Shrimp

I kept hearing over and over that Metroid games are great and the Metroid Prime series is amazing, so I bought the Trilogy and was bored stiff. I played the first one for a while, but ended up just trading in the set.

Star Ocean 4, Homecoming, Darksiders.

Eternal Sonata - It is a good game, but it wasn't the magical adventure i was expecting, no 8.5 for me, but a solid 8.0, maybe even a 7.5, still very fun and all, but, for me, this one was the heavy weight and Valkyria Chronicles was the ok game (i bougth both at the same time), but at the end...well, if you have played VC you know what i mean.

Dead Space - Another good game, but it wasn't the scary game i though, still is a very good action game, but to be honest, i didn't buy it for the action, it had very good scares, but after a while, they were kind of predictible, if it wasn't for the excellent atmosphere, the game would have been RE5.

[QUOTE="FireEmblem74"]gears 2 imo, i loved gears 1 to death but gears 2 was just horrible and is now still barely playable. Vinegar_Strokes