Disappointments in Gaming

[Chyron8472]

At the risk of creating a rant thread... What games have you purchased which you heard good things about but when you played the game it turns out to be a disappointment;

or else you bought one game instead of another, but when you played the one you picked you wished you had made the other choice?

And why?

[Johro]

Three words.

Sonic. The. Hedgehog.


(Do I really need to specify that I mean the 2006 version? Or why?)

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

At the risk of creating a rant thread... What games have you purchased which you heard good things about but when you played the game it turns out to be a disappointment

"Grim Fandango". Sorry.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

At the risk of creating a rant thread... What games have you purchased which you heard good things about but when you played the game it turns out to be a disappointment;

Portal 2.
/me goes into hiding

I gave my reasons in the rate the last game.... thread.

And as soon as I finish it "Quantum Conundrum" will have disappointed me too.

Oh and StarCraft 2.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

And why?

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Little Big Planet is on several "Top 10 PS3 games" lists... but it's really kinda boring. Dying has no real consequence, you have no power-ups to kill monsters with, there are very few monsters (as opposed to animated obstacles) to threaten you, and there is little to no story. Seriously--"defeat Bowser and save the princess" is more story than LBP has.

Maybe I need to play it in multiplayer to feel better about it.

[Alcoremortis]

Diablo III

I never even bought it. Just played the demo and I was disappointed. No synergy, no fiddling with your stats, no choosing skills... they took all the fun parts out and replaced them with more complicated ways of not making the equipment you'd like.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

Diablo III

Yes. Most disappointing game this year BUT I knew that before I even bought it so it didn't hit me as hard as Portal 2 did.

[corruptbiggins]

Mass Effect.

For someone who likes western RPGs and space/science fiction stuff as well as enjoying playing other BioWare titles I just can't get into Mass Effect. I've tried many times, I play for a bit then I get bored and just stop until I try again a few months or a year later or so. Now I've pretty much given up on the idea of finishing it, yet I won't uninstall it just in case I want to try it again.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by corruptbiggins

Mass Effect.

For someone who likes western RPGs and space/science fiction stuff as well as enjoying playing other BioWare titles I just can't get into Mass Effect. I've tried many times, I play for a bit then I get bored and just stop until I try again a few months or a year later or so. Now I've pretty much given up on the idea of finishing it, yet I won't uninstall it just in case I want to try it again.

Have you considered watching a Let's Play?

I got Super Mario Sunshine a while back, and was getting irritated that Mario didn't control at all like in Super Mario 64 so I returned it. But then I watched NintendoCapriSun's Let's play of Super Mario Sunshine and it really did seem like it could be fun, so I might consider getting it again.

[GaryCXJk]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Dying has no real consequence

Blatant lies. In most LBP levels, you have a maximum of four times dying (on some checkpoints eight) before reaching the next checkpoint, otherwise you would need to start over again.

For me, it was Conquest of the New World. Both when I bought it back during the CD-ROM days (which I bought because I thought the demo was quite cool), and when I bought it on GOG (after which I found out why I stopped playing the game). It really was boring, you technically could just play the demo of the game and you have seen mostly everything.

Borderlands, although it might help that I just can't stand FPS games or games in first person, due to the fact that I get disoriented fast.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by GaryCXJk

I just can't stand FPS games or games in first person

Quote of the year.

[corruptbiggins]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Have you considered watching a Let's Play?

I'm generally not a fan of let's plays as I prefer to play a game rather than just watch it, and I would probably get annoyed when watching someone playing in a way I wouldn't which, I guess, is more relevant with RPGs or just games with moral like choices (even if it's just the illusion of choice).

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by GaryCXJk

Borderlands, although it might help that I just can't stand FPS games or games in first person, due to the fact that I get disoriented fast.

Borderlands is a game that really doesn't work as a single player game. I played it with some friends and it was fun to shoot their car until it exploded or find really creative ways of parking.

What I didn't like was the fact that every single mission was "Go here and kill this thing/five of this thing. Why? Because we told you to, that's why!". By the end of my second session playing, I no longer cared about anything that was going on and proceeded to make my own fun via aforementioned car stunts.

[Shadowknight1]

Sonic Unleashed. Both the PS3/360 version and the Wii version. I read(or watched) a review for the Wii version, the review was very positive. I started the game and things started out good. Then Chip spoke and made my ears bleed. The daytime stages were great, I felt it was definitely better than the crap I had to put up with in Secret Rings. Then came the first were-hog stages. My God is that crap boring and tedious. Absolutely sucked the enjoyment out of the entire game. Crappy platforming, annoying attacks, and overall just terrible. Then I played the PS3 version. A bit better, yes, but then came the stage where you had to attack Eggman's fleet, and the entire thing was set-up with Quick-Time events. Terrible. Just bloody terrible. Again, the daytime stages where you're playing as Sonic are just fine. But the were-hog stuff is crap. Plain and simple.

[MusicallyInspired]

Duke Nukem Forever. Yes, I was a disillusioned fan and I expected great things against all odds. I dared to believe and I had no expectations. I was not rewarded. At least the DLC campaign was a little better. But Gearbox ruined him.

[Darth Marsden]

Gearbox just put all the loose bits together. 3D Realms ruined Duke. I think Gearbox just wanted to be rid of the damn thing. Can't say I blame them, to be honest.

On the same sort of topic - I really regret paying £60 online for the Balls of Steel version of Duke Forever, when I saw the same thing a week later in an actual store for less than HALF that. GRR.

[Secret Fawful]

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

Might have to revisit it again, though. Maybe it holds up better a second playthrough.

[Vainamoinen]

The Fall - Last Days of Gaya.

Oh how active I was in the community. How much I anticipated this game. How long I stumbled through town getting this game on release day. And how bugged, shitty, completely naive and fucking racist it was.

That was eight years ago. I don't think any game can EVER be more of a disappointment. I know that there probably are worse games out there. But thanks to The Fall, I know how to avoid them.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Duke Nukem Forever. Yes, I was a disillusioned fan and I expected great things against all odds. I dared to believe and I had no expectations. I was not rewarded. At least the DLC campaign was a little better. But Gearbox ruined him.

I remember several "fans" of this game on this forum when it was released that wouldn't let any criticism against the game pass. Even though we all could see it's as crappy as the piece of shit you can fling at the start of the game.

[multicolt]

im going old school and saying the old superman game that came out on the 64. worst game iv ever played. #1!!!!! #2 is MW3 and thats for the horrible spawn system that they made for it. completely dwarfed everything good about the game.#3 was the new resedent evil game that just came out. action buttons? realy? lame...