What has been this year's biggest disappointment?

What has been this year's biggest disappointment?

Going to go with AP for this....

im gonna go with tiberium twilight on this one. Seriously, probably one of the most renowned franchises in the RTS genre gets a craptacular finale by a crappy overhaul and multiplayer so unbalanced it should punishable

im gonna go with tiberium twilight on this one. Seriously, probably one of the most renowned franchises in the RTS genre gets a craptacular finale by a crappy overhaul and multiplayer so unbalanced it should punishable

DoomZaW

Splinter Cell Conviction for me, I really didn't like how much they toned down the competitive multiplayer aspect of its online component (SvM) , and I don't care much for Co-Op,

Almost all those are massive dissapointments to me, while FFXIII was a damn good game, it really felt like they cut the game in 1/2 without towns or any real hub areas.Jynxzor

Toss up between Heavy Rain and Conviction for me.

Toss up between Heavy Rain and Conviction for me.

PBSnipes

Backbreaker, I was looking for an alternative to Madden and it failed, hard!

Mass Effect 2 with it's nerfed RPG elements and Splinter Cell Conviction with it's nerfed stealth elements.

Mass Effect 2 with it's nerfed RPG elements and Splinter Cell Conviction with it's nerfed stealth elements.

Darkslayer16

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Mass Effect 2 with it's nerfed RPG elements and Splinter Cell Conviction with it's nerfed stealth elements.

texasgoldrush

I think Final Fantasy XIII is great! I feel bad that it gets such a bad rap. I have a three-way tie so far this year: Lost Planet 2 (I really, really liked the first one), Alpha Protocol (so much wasted potential), and Aliens vs. Predator (has anyone that thinks that game is awesome actually played another shooter, especially AvP2?) Runners-up: Star Trek Online (shallow, and completely misses what makes Star Trek great) and Crackdown 2 (it's the same game as the first; why does it even exist? It doesn't address a single damn thing that was a problem before. What was the point of it all?) /endrant We should talk about games that far surpassed our expectations! I'll start: Blur. When I played that game last year, it wasn't close to being fun. I am so glad it turned out so well.Kevin-V

Toss up between Heavy Rain and Conviction for me.

PBSnipes

I think Final Fantasy XIII is great! I feel bad that it gets such a bad rap. I have a three-way tie so far this year: Lost Planet 2 (I really, really liked the first one), Alpha Protocol (so much wasted potential), and Aliens vs. Predator (has anyone that thinks that game is awesome actually played another shooter, especially AvP2?) Runners-up: Star Trek Online (shallow, and completely misses what makes Star Trek great) and Crackdown 2 (it's the same game as the first; why does it even exist? It doesn't address a single damn thing that was a problem before. What was the point of it all?) /endrant We should talk about games that far surpassed our expectations! I'll start: Blur. When I played that game last year, it wasn't close to being fun. I am so glad it turned out so well.Kevin-V

Just out of curiosity, when you played Lost Planet 2, did you play co op or have to play by yourself due to playing it before the game was actually launched?

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="Darkslayer16"]

Mass Effect 2 with it's nerfed RPG elements and Splinter Cell Conviction with it's nerfed stealth elements.

Darkslayer16

Red Dead Redemption. I don't like doing chores for annoying underdeveloped characters. Also, the duel's suck so much. Rockstar completely failed at capturing the essence of duels. The game is good, but it's a lot of wasted potential for awesomeness.AAllxxjjnn

Red Dead Redemption. I don't like doing chores for annoying underdeveloped characters. Also, the duel's suck so much. Rockstar completely failed at capturing the essence of duels. The game is good, but it's a lot of wasted potential for awesomeness.AAllxxjjnn

^This; Gameplay was fun for a few hours, then it started to get really boring. GTA has the same effect on me.

Just out of curiosity, when you played Lost Planet 2, did you play co op or have to play by yourself due to playing it before the game was actually launched?

BPoole96

None for me, thanx.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] Final Fantasy XIII's story was awful. Easily the worst in the series. Terrible characters, needlessly convoluted storyline, bad dialogue. While the gameplay can be fun at times, it was mostly tedious, and Pulse, when the game opened up, was disappointing. Compare it to the series best, Final Fantasy VI, and other greats such as Final Fantasies IV and IX, and even the overrated but still solid VII, and it falls flat. Even XII, which I thought was the one that doesn't deserve all the bad rap, was better. I do give you Alpha Protocol. I cannot believe the guy who wrote Planescape Torment wrote AP.Kevin-V

I think FFX-2 is better than XIII, although it is has poor dialogue. It at least gave me a lot more freedom and multiple endings. And Yuna is a very good character, unlike the cast of XIII.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] Final Fantasy XIII's story was awful. Easily the worst in the series. Terrible characters, needlessly convoluted storyline, bad dialogue. While the gameplay can be fun at times, it was mostly tedious, and Pulse, when the game opened up, was disappointing. Compare it to the series best, Final Fantasy VI, and other greats such as Final Fantasies IV and IX, and even the overrated but still solid VII, and it falls flat. Even XII, which I thought was the one that doesn't deserve all the bad rap, was better. I do give you Alpha Protocol. I cannot believe the guy who wrote Planescape Torment wrote AP.Kevin-V

I think Final Fantasy XIII has fallen into the same trap Resident Evil 5 fell into last year... While they're in no ways bad games, they were hugely hyped yet ended up not being anywhere on par with their predecessors, thus why they were big disappointments for a lot of people.

AVP failed hard, Lost Planet 2 was a big one.

I think that by the end of the year the greatest fail will be APB, it will be a fail worth of rememberance.

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

Arach666

Here's a very interesting article about the differences between European and US reviews of Alpha Protocol.

Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar REALLY need to learn how to make games with good controls.

Also, the wild west is ****ing empty. We all know that, so why make a huge, empty game? No one wants to ride their horse for 10 minutes to accomplish a mission they don't care about, then have to ride all the way back to town once the few minutes of mediocre shooting is done.

I will say that the story was good, and I liked most of the characters, but the part where you had to actually play the game sucked. GTA IV had many of the same problems, except the world wasn't empty and unfun.

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

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From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

Baranga

Here's a very interesting article about the differences between European and US reviews of Alpha Protocol.

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] But for Deus Ex, the problems were new, and was a result of th egame being one of the first of its kind. For AP, they should have learned from Deus Ex's flaws...they didn't.texasgoldrush

I was disappointed by Nier and Resonance of Fate. Both games were quite boring for me, but RoF is definitely the better of the two.

Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar REALLY need to learn how to make games with good controls.

Also, the wild west is ****ing empty. We all know that, so why make a huge, empty game? No one wants to ride their horse for 10 minutes to accomplish a mission they don't care about, then have to ride all the way back to town once the few minutes of mediocre shooting is done.

I will say that the story was good, and I liked most of the characters, but the part where you had to actually play the game sucked. GTA IV had many of the same problems, except the world wasn't empty and unfun.

Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar REALLY need to learn how to make games with good controls.

Also, the wild west is ****ing empty. We all know that, so why make a huge, empty game? No one wants to ride their horse for 10 minutes to accomplish a mission they don't care about, then have to ride all the way back to town once the few minutes of mediocre shooting is done.

I will say that the story was good, and I liked most of the characters, but the part where you had to actually play the game sucked. GTA IV had many of the same problems, except the world wasn't empty and unfun.

Mass Effect 2's story disappointed me. I was really excited to play the game, now I just hope the third one is as enjoyable as the first.

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[QUOTE="Arach666"]

From the ones I´ve played,FFXII and C&C 4 were the biggest disapointments.

I see Alpha protocol on your poll and I can understand why(too much bashing from the critics),but so far is(along with STALKER CoP and Napoleon TW)my favourite game this year.

Many of the "problems" that critics see in AP were present in Deus Ex(a game that GS gave a 8.2...)as well,and look how much love that game get´s these days(and for a good reason,it´s one of the best games ever made).

Arach666

Here's a very interesting article about the differences between European and US reviews of Alpha Protocol.

meh, i think it's just a difference in taste

Japan has insane arcade-esque games where grinding and unrealistic actions are valued, Americans have big expensive hollywoodish games that highly value online multiplayer, and Europeans have content-rich open world games based in a less glamorous view of reality

Mass Effect 2's story disappointed me. I was really excited to play the game, now I just hope the third one is as enjoyable as the first.

Kahuna_1

RDR. Did not like the game at all.