Mine would have to be Dark Cloud. That game was ok but it was so repetitive that it made me sick. you did the same thing over again and again and again. go into boring dungeon, build village (actually i would not even call it building) I can't believe they actually said this was the PS2's zelda
Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems.
Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. foxhound_fox
Same here, although I got the game to work, and enjoyed it (80 hours according to Xfire). But I grew sick of EA's tendency to break the game every time they patched it. Not to mention it's slew of bugs. SLEW.
I know I'll get flamed for saying it, but Half Life 2. The game was just boring for me. It was too linear, I never had any real feeling of advancing anywhere and all the puzzles were simple and involved the grav gun. It felt like it was made in 1998 and just given improved graphics. I expected something more.
Same here, although I got the game to work, and enjoyed it (80 hours according to Xfire). But I grew sick of EA's tendency to break the game every time they patched it. Not to mention it's slew of bugs. SLEW. Narwaffle
What really killed it for me was the ever changing gameplay elements... the PKM turning into a sniper rifle... the helicopters becoming impossible to fly... the AA turrets killing teammates instead of enemies... and then everything changing back or again...
Not to mention the dolphin diving and enemy/team text glitch have still yet to be fixed.
[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. Narwaffle
Same here, although I got the game to work, and enjoyed it (80 hours according to Xfire). But I grew sick of EA's tendency to break the game every time they patched it. Not to mention it's slew of bugs. SLEW.
I was a big BF2 guy for a while, and the same problems have driven me away from it. At the moment, I have no FPS mp fix. I'm thinking about getting into CSS, but I've heard horror stories from that game, as well.Â
Looking at the 'highest Gamespot scores-to-least enjoyed by me' ratio, I'd say that Oblivion would be number one on that list. What a horribly overrated game.
[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. Narwaffle
Same here, although I got the game to work, and enjoyed it (80 hours according to Xfire). But I grew sick of EA's tendency to break the game every time they patched it. Not to mention it's slew of bugs. SLEW.
I know I'll get flamed for saying it, but Half Life 2. The game was just boring for me. It was too linear, I never had any real feeling of advancing anywhere and all the puzzles were simple and involved the grav gun. It felt like it was made in 1998 and just given improved graphics. I expected something more.pundog
The gravity gun saved Half-Life 2 for me. I was extremely compelled to play it for about the first 3 hours, then after that I lost all interest.  The gravity gun was awesome, though.
[QUOTE="Narwaffle"]Same here, although I got the game to work, and enjoyed it (80 hours according to Xfire). But I grew sick of EA's tendency to break the game every time they patched it. Not to mention it's slew of bugs. SLEW. foxhound_fox
What really killed it for me was the ever changing gameplay elements... the PKM turning into a sniper rifle... the helicopters becoming impossible to fly... the AA turrets killing teammates instead of enemies... and then everything changing back or again...
Not to mention the dolphin diving and enemy/team text glitch have still yet to be fixed.
My two least favorite things about that game. Although, I most definitely utilize dolphin diving to its fullest, because you're dead if you don't.
Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. foxhound_fox
To be fair, you can't expect GameSpot to anticipate technical issues related to your personal system. Nor could they anticipate future patches and gameplay changes.Â
[QUOTE="pundog"]I know I'll get flamed for saying it, but Half Life 2. The game was just boring for me. It was too linear, I never had any real feeling of advancing anywhere and all the puzzles were simple and involved the grav gun. It felt like it was made in 1998 and just given improved graphics. I expected something more.i_like_pizza
The gravity gun saved Half-Life 2 for me. I was extremely compelled to play it for about the first 3 hours, then after that I lost all interest.  The gravity gun was awesome, though.
I loved it too, I just hated how every puzzle in the game was based around it. It was just stop, take out grav gun, move something. Lather, rinse, repeat.
[QUOTE="pundog"]I know I'll get flamed for saying it, but Half Life 2. The game was just boring for me. It was too linear, I never had any real feeling of advancing anywhere and all the puzzles were simple and involved the grav gun. It felt like it was made in 1998 and just given improved graphics. I expected something more.pundog
The gravity gun saved Half-Life 2 for me. I was extremely compelled to play it for about the first 3 hours, then after that I lost all interest.  The gravity gun was awesome, though.
I loved it too, I just hated how every puzzle in the game was based around it. It was just stop, take out grav gun, move something. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Episode 1 fixed lots of those problems. The puzzles actually had context and made sense.
I was a big BF2 guy for a while, and the same problems have driven me away from it. At the moment, I have no FPS mp fix. I'm thinking about getting into CSS, but I've heard horror stories from that game, as well. i_like_pizza
Try Day of Defeat or Day of Defeat: Source. Two great games with not much of the rampant cheating/exploiting. Although... you need some skill... and some nerves of steel... DoD Source is one of the most fast-paced games I have ever played.
Looking at the 'highest Gamespot scores-to-least enjoyed by me' ratio, I'd say that Oblivion would be number one on that list. What a horribly overrated game.Planeforger
Devil May Cry. But I think I'm just crazy, considering everyone else seems to like it.Â
sonicmj1
I didn't like it either, so you're not crazy. But that's not the worst. PD0 is by far the worst. I LOTHE that game, not only for how it just wasn't good, but if ruined everything that was great about the original, from the gameplay style, to the weapons, to even the characters. They took Daniel Carrington, a sophisticated businessman, and turned him into a kilt-wearing Scottish stereotype!
[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. Teufelhuhn
To be fair, you can't expect GameSpot to anticipate technical issues related to your personal system. Nor could they anticipate future patches and gameplay changes. I am sure he's not the only one who's experience that type of problem.
[QUOTE="pundog"]I know I'll get flamed for saying it, but Half Life 2. The game was just boring for me. It was too linear, I never had any real feeling of advancing anywhere and all the puzzles were simple and involved the grav gun. It felt like it was made in 1998 and just given improved graphics. I expected something more.callmewaffle
The gravity gun saved Half-Life 2 for me. I was extremely compelled to play it for about the first 3 hours, then after that I lost all interest.  The gravity gun was awesome, though.
I loved it too, I just hated how every puzzle in the game was based around it. It was just stop, take out grav gun, move something. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Episode 1 fixed lots of those problems. The puzzles actually had context and made sense.
I only played the Xbox version so I couldn't get episode 1. I'll look at getting the Orange Box for 360 though, Team Fortress 2 looks good.
[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. zomgrad
To be fair, you can't expect GameSpot to anticipate technical issues related to your personal system. Nor could they anticipate future patches and gameplay changes. I am sure he's not the only one who's experience that type of problem.
The doesn't mean GameSpot ever encountered it. They can only be expected to go so far in terms of testing a game on multiple PC's. Â
Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. foxhound_fox
I don't understand, you are saying the rating is wrong, yet you never even actually played the full game. They played it and reviewed it on the game.
Any by the way I had absolutely no problems with the DVD version when the game was just released. The Demo for me, however, was probably the high point for battlefield 2. THe newness of it was there and when I got battlefield 2 I was left dissapointed because it gets extremely repetitive.
I don't understand, you are saying the rating is wrong, yet you never even actually played the full game. They played it and reviewed it on the game.
Any by the way I had absolutely no problems with the DVD version when the game was just released. The Demo for me, however, was probably the high point for battlefield 2. THe newness of it was there and when I got battlefield 2 I was left dissapointed because it gets extremely repetitive.
NuclearDruid
Not your fault you missed them, but his other posts in this thread pointed out that he did get the game to work and played it.
I don't understand, you are saying the rating is wrong, yet you never even actually played the full game. They played it and reviewed it on the game.
Any by the way I had absolutely no problems with the DVD version when the game was just released. The Demo for me, however, was probably the high point for battlefield 2. THe newness of it was there and when I got battlefield 2 I was left dissapointed because it gets extremely repetitive.
NuclearDruid
Oh no... I eventually got to play it... it was only after installing the first patch and making punkbuster work that I was able to get online. I was stuck with single player for a while.
[QUOTE="zomgrad"][QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. Teufelhuhn
To be fair, you can't expect GameSpot to anticipate technical issues related to your personal system. Nor could they anticipate future patches and gameplay changes. I am sure he's not the only one who's experience that type of problem.
The doesn't mean GameSpot ever encountered it. They can only be expected to go so far in terms of testing a game on multiple PC's.
The Bad: Steep hardware requirements, long load times; no way to keep track of buddies; clumsy server browser; no cooperative gameplay mode; rebinding controls can be frustrating.
The Bad: Steep hardware requirements, long load times; no way to keep track of buddies; clumsy server browser; no cooperative gameplay mode; rebinding controls can be frustrating.
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They encountered one
zomgrad
Sounds to me like they're talking about the actual interface of the browser, not its stability.Â
The Bad: Steep hardware requirements, long load times; no way to keep track of buddies; clumsy server browser; no cooperative gameplay mode; rebinding controls can be frustrating.
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They encountered one
Teufelhuhn
Sounds to me like they're talking about the actual interface of the browser, not its stability.
Have you played Battlefield 2? Everybody has problems with the game. It was a common occurence for someone to get disconnected for no reason at all, and the lag is hideous, even at the 32ms ping I can achieve. It was riddled with online bugs since its launch.
[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Battlefield 2. It was the last time I trusted Gamespot's scoring system.
I feel in love with the demo. The night before I went to pick it up, the review came out. 9.3/10, I thought: AWESOME!
Then I bought it... the DVD version didn't work... so I had to exchange it... then I installed it... when I tried to connect to a server... it crashed to desktop... I uninstalled... reinstalled... and the horror just goes on from there...
Worst. 9.3. Ever.
Even to this very day they are nerfing and unnerfing gameplay elements and adding new bugs and problems. Teufelhuhn
To be fair, you can't expect GameSpot to anticipate technical issues related to your personal system. Nor could they anticipate future patches and gameplay changes. A restaurant critic will go back to the restaurant and continue to review it. Unlike music or movies online gameplay is constantly changing. If gamespot rated the game highly in the first place they should continue to make sure that their review isn't outdated.
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