What game do you think was the biggest missed opportunity of this gen? *56k*

For me, it has to be Kane & Lynch.

Io Interactive made 2 awesome characters. Characters that fit their personality so well. Characters that you wanted to hate. Then they made a game that had a mediocre plot, bad endings, and then turned the game from a crime drama to GRAW a little ways through. Also, the cover system and hit detection were way off. This game could've been something special, but it wasn't the polished experience that it deserved to be.

Lair.

i liked Kane and Lynch, i think mass effect was a missed opportunityArcade-Fire

i liked Kane and Lynch, i think mass effect was a missed opportunityArcade-Fire

What? Mass Effect is an excellent game from beginning to end. What didn't you like about it? :o

Army of Two imo

I liked the idea, but it could have been much better.

same for Assassins Creed

Alone in the Dark The original PC games, while not the highest rated games of all time, are some of the most treasured games of all time. The originals were so unique, and this game had a problem living up to the originality of the originals. It fell flat on its face because of the developer's overambitious game design.Vandalvideo

Yeah, I agree. I actually really like AITD, but the game does have a ton of flaws. It needed about 6 more months in the cooker.

Personally, I'm thinking it's between Lair and Alone in the Dark.

[QUOTE="Arcade-Fire"]i liked Kane and Lynch, i think mass effect was a missed opportunityBioShockOwnz

What? Mass Effect is an excellent game from beginning to end. What didn't you like about it? :o

Doesn't mean it can't be a missed opportunity, if there's a lot more potential to the game. Missed opportunity != bad.

Kane and Lynch, Lair, Alone in the dark.

They all seemed to have something (je nais se quoi) that other games in their genre didn't have.

Personally, I'm thinking it's between Lair and Alone in the Dark.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Arcade-Fire"]i liked Kane and Lynch, i think mass effect was a missed opportunityGrive

What? Mass Effect is an excellent game from beginning to end. What didn't you like about it? :o

Doesn't mean it can't be a missed opportunity, if there's a lot more potential to the game. Missed opportunity != bad.

Yeah, I didn't get the feeling of a missed opportunity with Mass Effect at all, but hey... that's just me.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (for me)

I really enjoyed the first RSV. Despite all of its glitches and very-needed patches which never came, I stuck with it until COD4 came out. When I heard RSV2 came out, I trusted that Ubisoft would have learned from their mistakes and polished the game up a little.

What I found was one of the crappiest games I ever played, which could have been great. The only thing graphically that improved was the textures, everything else looked like PS2. It was called "Vegas" yet most of the gameplay took place in random warehouses and oil refinery settings which felt so out of place and boring...That goes for the multiplayer maps too.

I was extremely disappointed in the half-assed story they came up with too. It was basically like "oh, well we need to make some more money, so lets come up with a sequel that wraps up the first game. Ok, let's make this random character that we never heard of come in and help us solve everything. Good. Next, lets make the story almost 100% irrelevant from the first game. Good. Finally, let's call it vegas, but only have one good casino map and the rest take place in parking lots and factories. Perfect, we've done it again guys!"

Alone in the Dark-Lacks the polish, and some poor game design choices
jg4xchamp

- Kayne & Lynch

- Assassin's Creed: This game could be epic, but fail

- Lair: Great idea, bad fights, bad controllers, bad characters

- Army of Two: Great idea, everything else bad

- Spider-Man 3: Its spider man for god sake, this games should be great.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Alone in the Dark-Lacks the polish, and some poor game design choices
AaronHullLfc

Assassin's Creed could have been one of the best games ever made; it had the world, it had the originality, it had the great core mechanics, it had the gorgeous visuals, it had the silky smooth controls and it had the innovation... it just didn't have the content. At all.

Great demo though.

NWN2 and Gothic3 both had the potential to push Oblivion into oblivion, but both could had also used another year in development.

And while ME is among my top3 fav games this gen, it also had a lot a lot more to give imo, with a bit more content and depth it would had been THE game this gen. But I guess they were saving some for the sequels.

same, i was hyped for kane&lynch and army of two up until the reviews came in

same, i was hyped for kane&lynch and army of two up until the reviews came in

voxware00

yea totally forgot about Army of two. The first trailer looked like it had a great amount of potential, and then they went gears of war style with it.

[QUOTE="Grive"]

Personally, I'm thinking it's between Lair and Alone in the Dark.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Arcade-Fire"]i liked Kane and Lynch, i think mass effect was a missed opportunityBioShockOwnz

What? Mass Effect is an excellent game from beginning to end. What didn't you like about it? :o

Doesn't mean it can't be a missed opportunity, if there's a lot more potential to the game. Missed opportunity != bad.

Yeah, I didn't get the feeling of a missed opportunity with Mass Effect at all, but hey... that's just me.

Well, I don't think it qualifies as "missing", but there was a lot of extra potential to be had from the story and gameplay. Especially since the prerelease videos showed a really, really cool squad mechanic that was basically forgotten by time of release.

Lair.

Loved the style and the concept, but that game couldn't have been saved with analog controls. I would really like to see some kind of dragon game in the future, whether it be dragon riding or hunting or whatever; something with a deep dragon mythos.

Army of two --- could have been excellent lacked in visuals , good ai , and over the internet coop was F***** up for me , bad multiplayer , and over all a reason to buy it ( i got as present )

lair --- great concept, visuals , BUT , HORRIBLE CONTROLS , glitches, ETC ruined it

assasins creed --- original , gorgeous, silky smooth controls ........REPATITVE ! and LACKING IN CONTENT .

Ummm Assasians Creed. The game was just uber repetitive. AITD looked like it was going to be good,but the bugs and bad gameplay choices killed it. Haze could of been great,but it was just okay at best. Lastly Lair. THey just screwed up the controls.finalfantasy94

Haze wasn't even okay, sadly. Game was just plain old bad.

Perfect Dark Zero

Too Human

Alone in the Dark The original PC games, while not the highest rated games of all time, are some of the most treasured games of all time. The originals were so unique, and this game had a problem living up to the originality of the originals. It fell flat on its face because of the developer's overambitious game design.Vandalvideo

Agreed. that and Stranglehold.

Assasins Creed...easily. You had an original setting, interactive sandbox world and a cool character. And what did they do with it, they made you pick pocket, ease drop, flag race, kill and repeat over and over again.

It had so much potential and ended up being so repetitive.

Army of Two imo

I liked the idea, but it could have been much better.

same for Assassins Creed

killerfist

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.
That game had the concept and the back-story to be absolutely amazing.
Doom_HellKnight

Good choice. I had forgotten all about it. The idea was awesome.

Assassin's Creed

Alone in the Dark

Red Freaking Steel!

Kane And Lynch

Army Of Two

Crackdown

NWN2 and Gothic3 both had the potential to push Oblivion into oblivion, but both could had also used another year in development.

And while ME is among my top3 fav games this gen, it also had a lot a lot more to give imo, with a bit more content and depth it would had been THE game this gen. But I guess they were saving some for the sequels.

mr_mozilla

I agree. I don't particularly dislike it, but it could've been SO MUCH more. It felt rushed. Looking forward to try pc version once I get my pc, heard it's a lil better.