Your biggest game disappointment this gen ?

Final Fantasy 13 by miles

There is nothing to rival that

In no particular order, with some not very disappointing while others being tragic:

• Final Fantasy XIII at first, but it grew on me a bit. It wasn't a fantastic game though.
• FIFA 12 also disappointed me, and still does in a way, but it's still my most played game this year by miles. I just hope FIFA 12 improves on a lot of things.
• Uncharted 2, but only because cows hyped it to be the second coming.
• Dynasty Warriors 7 - I'm not a fan of the series but enjoyed Ninety-Nine Nights so I bought the game all hack and slash games are compared to.. It was just plain terrible..
• Halo Reach - It' a fantastic game worthy of it's 9.5 score. It's not Halo 3 though.
• The Dishwasher: Vampire - It's a great game, and received much more critical acclaim than it's predecessor. However, I missed the simplicity of Dead Samurai as well as some of the moves in the original that really flowed well; Vampire Smile was more story focused and cinematic. I also didn't really take to the new character, even though half the game was played as The Dishwasher still. Artistically it was a big step up, but sometimes there was too much going on (other than the combat, which there is never too much of) which makes it hard to see what's going on.
• Grand Theft Auto 4 - Much of the game was amazing, but it was missing themes that were present in San Andreas that made that game so cool. I loved the whole gang thing.
• LIMBO - Interesting game, but really started to fade after the organic levels. I went in expecting something akin to Braid though, so my expectations were too high.
• God of War 3 - I don't know.. It was epic, but it was less varied than the first two. It just felt.. Cheaper? It was pretty much just hacking through enemies until you got to a god to tick off your hit list. Some of the areas were just uninspired and bland. The amazing graphics also sort of took away from the game in a way; I had grown attached to the sort of Disney artstyle from the first two.
• Oblivion - Was just pretty bland. I missed the really foreign areas from Morrowind. I never played Shivering Isles though. Skyrim was foreign and epic enough to be pretty awesome though.

Assassin's Creed and God of War 3.

Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Red Dead Redemption

• Uncharted 2, but only because cows hyped it to be the second coming.

Twin-Blade

Exceeded hype by far

God of War III.

Grand theft auto 4.

Not nearly as fun and crazy as previous titles in the series.

Resident Evil 5: I expected it to follow on from number 4

Tekken 6: Well the series had a good run

Soul Calibur 4: After 2 the series really has gone downhill

Modnation Racers: I thought it was gonna be the answer to Mario Kart on PS3

Gran Turismo 5: Such a massive dissapointment considering before that the series was one of Sonys heavy hitters

Metroid Other M: They gave Samus a voice and a bad one as well.

Bayonetta: All the postive reviews. It's so boring I had to force myself to beat the single player

Marvel vs Capcom 3: Along wait for a pointless game that basically ment nothing 8 months later.

Final Fantasy XIII by far.

Uncharted 2: I was so excited to get in to this series. I bought the second one early last year in anticipation for the third. This game killed any chance of ever wanting to buy another in the series. I had very little enjoyment with this game and some parts were just plain idiotic and pointless. Gameplay took a backseat to cinematic flashiness and a bad plot.

Assassin's Creed 2: After discovering that Uncharted 2 was pretty much what I hate in gaming, I decided to turn to Assassin's creed to satisfy my hunger for a new franchise to get in to... Unfortunately this game suffered from unpolished and clunky controls as well as over repetitiveness.

I waisted a total of $60 because of these two games. It's really hard to figure out what's for you especially when you're a gamer like me that focuses on gameplay over everything else. This generation and its fans seem more fond of games with lackluster gameplay but good presentation, story, or setting. To these people, when a game looks flashy and nice it brainwashes them into thinking the gameplay is perfect as well

Final Fantasy XIII by far.

Bladebri

Oh yeah, this.

This may sound crazy but i've never played a Final Fantasy game before and i was hoping this one could get up to date and see what all the fuss is about, so that way i could feel compelled into trying the older ones.

it didn't. in fact, it did the opposite.

Nuts and Bolts.

Gears of War 2

Skward Sword

Heavy rain

Asassins creed Brotherhood

Halo ODST

LA Noire. I hyped since like 2008 or 2007. I even pre-ordered it. When I got it and played it I was like: "Wow, really?'' then sold it.

My biggest one is .... games i was hoping that would come out that never did.... worst.. weren't even announced :cry:

Battlefront 3... KH3... Castlevania LOS 2..

[QUOTE="Plagueless"][QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] april fooled. but, i do agree with most of the beggining partBattlefieldFan1

Gears of War was ok.

Gears of war 2 sucked.

Gears of war 3 was incredibly stupid, vapid and gay I don't know how anyone over the age of 12 could like this game, because the plot, dialogues and charaacter development of the game were so damn poorly executed and childish. See, back in the day, every kid and his mom thought that pokemon was awesome and that pokemon the first movie was the best thing ever since sliced bread. I dare you to go watch that movie again and say that the movie was good. Considering you are an xbot, it's possible, but any honest person would say that the plot and dialogues were so f*cking corny and embarassing to hear.

Grow up and make sure your testicles drop. You'll then understand what a retarded series the gears franchise is.

My list:

Fable 2

Fable 3 (even though my expectations were low as dirt)

Mercenaries 2

Timeshift

Dragon Age 2

Gran Turismo 5. Such crushing disappointment. How could such a legendary perfect franchise thought it would be a good idea to be simply go standard? Yamauchi-san, you broke me heart. I still feel it will rise like a Phoenix but still, the damage is done.

[QUOTE="Plagueless"][QUOTE="IAmNot_fun"] I was under the impression battlefieldfan = pinnacle = bullrayBattlefieldFan1

Crap arguments? Like how I explained why I thought Gears 3 was stupid and childish?

F*cking 2nd class gamers who think they have the right to think... LOL

Sid Meier's Civilizaiton 5

Combat was improved. But everything else was a huge step back. I hyped it up to the high heavens, and tried to love it. But no success.

Final Fantasy XIII by far.

Bladebri

1. Dragon Age 2

2. Supreme Commander 2

3. Madworld

Sid Meier's Civilizaiton 5

Combat was improved. But everything else was a huge step back. I hyped it up to the high heavens, and tried to love it. But no success.

Maroxad

I had a few. GTA 4, could never get into it at all, tried a few times. So disapointed cause San Andreas one of my favorite games ever. Banjo Nuts & Bolts was not the sequel anyone wanted or cared for. I know there's more, I'll probably see them when I browse the thread (I hardly ever read the responses before posting).

this whole generation and next

Gears of War 2. Payed 70 euros for that game, I usually buy online for around 35. New. But I was so excited with my new Xbaws I just had to instabuy a new release. Game was decent fun coop campaign. Everything else was mind shockingly horrible. How the Gears franchise ever had popular MP is beyond my gaming understanding... Consolites...

Either Dragon Age II or the Uncharted series in general.

It was sad to watch two very good developers spiral down the drain.

FFXIII made me vomit for 40 hours straight. Ace Combat Assualt Horizon gets a mention despite only playing the demo. It's like they removed everything that made ace combat enjoyable and replaced them to out-COD COD.

Beginning of generation: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption ~ I was expecting something along the lines of Prime and Echoes combined together into a super-Metroid-Prime. And for the first two thirds of the game, it was that. Then about 3/4's of the way through the Pirate Homeworld, it turned into Halo and slipped down a steady slope to the massively disappointing end and disgustingly simple Dark Samus fight with an equally dumb and easy end boss... betraying everything the series had been up to that point in terms of boss design and boss difficulty. It was still a very well-made game, but cripplingly disappointing, and soured my opinion of Nintendo for about three years. Bioshock ~ I was the conductor of the stupidly over-zealous hype train for this game and I paid the price. Had I not been expecting the greatest game of all time, and had Ken Levine not raised expectations so high, I probably would have enjoyed it thoroughly. I feel that after almost 5 years, it might be time to finally give the game another chance, but we'll see. Recent: Red Dead Redemption ~ Had it been just the extremely atmospheric world without the story and missions, I probably would have named it one of the best of the generation... but the contrived reasons to push the story past the first area just drove me insane, and I am surprised I ever finished it. Again, a well-made game, but should have been about five hours long, and organized the story progression better. I had no reason to become attached to Marston and his plight. Mass Effect 2 ~ This game is the single-most confusing game I have encountered this generation. Do I like it? Do I hate it? I have no clue. The gameplay is spectacular, but the story (if it could be called that) is absolute sh!t. The only thing holding the game together is a bunch of recruitment missions. And the ending... f*cking christ is it dumb. Totally ruined the impending doom of the Reapers and all the build up in the first game. Planned trilogies can go f*ck themselves... and so can EA. That said, Lair of the Shadow Broker was outstanding and the rest of the game should have followed it's writing and tone exactly. And they should have just kept the original crew from the first game (especially considering they return in the third game, what the f*ck was the point in introducing all those new characters besides romances?). In all honesty... fan fiction should just stay the flying-f*ck away from games.foxhound_fox

Am I the only one who thinks Bioshock is the best game this gen?

[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Sid Meier's Civilizaiton 5

Combat was improved. But everything else was a huge step back. I hyped it up to the high heavens, and tried to love it. But no success.

themajormayor

Civilization 4 got good eventually and became one of my favorite games.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Sid Meier's Civilizaiton 5

Combat was improved. But everything else was a huge step back. I hyped it up to the high heavens, and tried to love it. But no success.

Maroxad

Civilization 4 got good eventually and became one of my favorite games.

Try this instead

LA Noire and Dragon Age 2.

Dragon Age: Origins. Just could not get into that game.

Halo: Reach, Halo: ODST, Fable 3

Preordered Reach and everything, then when I played it, it was like a slap to the face. Fable 3 just plain sucked hard. I am NOT buying the next Fable.

Demons Souls

Good combat, but everything else was just boring, dull, uninspiring, and just an all around let down. Should have sold it when I had the chance. Might try to pick it up later over the summer if I got time.

Am I the only one who thinks Bioshock is the best game this gen?

dracolich55