[Soneet]

Admit your mistakes!


Okay, why did I make this thread? In my case: I haven't looked at the Wii library for a long while ever since I kept myself busy with the 3DS and Steam (sales) (plus I didn't have the Wii hooked up, it was literally collecting dust).

Now I was always one of those people who would heavily generalize the CoD crowd and how that whole franchise is a cheap cash-in, especially the Wii versions. But holy shit. I decided to look on YouTube how MW3 on Wii looks like just for giggles and I was expecting the same PSP graphics as the previous attempts.

I think I've been giving Activision and Treyarch way too little credit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOiHc...eature=related

Look at this shit. WTF, how do they manage to create a Wii game like that? I've checked several videos, including multiplayer ones. I must've missed some crazy gap, because I remember Reflex looking like crap and as far as I recall Black Ops didn't look much better either.

Maybe the CoD franchise, while popular, isn't that bad of a game after all. There seems to be serious effort being poured into it. I'm quite impressed. My mind has always been indoctrinated with CoD=Activision=Evil=Bad games. I admit I might have been quite wrong on this subject.


Share your personal crow eating, preferably about games. Wrong sales predictions or stuff are often crow-feasts as well, but those aren't that interesting. Share your interesting discoveries or misguided generalization. Also please don't point to people, this is a thread to come clean, not so much to fling mud.

[BassForever]

I remember the first time I saw a trailer for Half Life I thought the game looked really dumb (gameplay wise not graphics) and I had no interest in getting the game. I ended up going to a friends and getting a chance to play the game and I was blown away.

[subversus]

Admit your mistakes!

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[BOTEC]

Saints Row The Third.

I always considered Saints Row to be a cheap knock-off of the GTA series. And the third installment was looking like the most offensive and insulting of the bunch. 47 hours later I think I may have been mistaken. The game is technically impressive, fun, funny and well written in all the same ways I enjoy about GTA, while creating its own unique world.

[prwxv3]

I thought Heavy Rain was going to be a mega bomba.

[TheSeks]

Look at this shit. WTF, how do they manage to create a Wii game like that? I've checked several videos, including multiplayer ones. I must've missed some crazy gap, because I remember Reflex looking like crap and as far as I recall Black Ops didn't look much better either.

By cutting killstreaks, killcams, and including a "shoot the floor to kill everyone" glitch.

CoD8 Wii is impressive... if you don't have a PC or HD twin to run it on. Same could be said for the previous Wii entries.

[nextgeneration]

I thought Ipad was going to be a complete flop.

[udivision]

I thought DKCR was going to be an easy game because I thought Nintendo stopped making hard platformers.

[PetriP-TNT]

JEFF RIGBY WAS RIGHT

[prwxv3]

I thought DKCR was going to be an easy game because I thought Nintendo stopped making hard platformers.

Mario Galaxy 2 had some hard levels. But I think they moved all the handholding to zelda.

[Foliorum Viridum]

I thought Crysis 2 was going to be graphically underwhelming on PC because of the console version.

I slung a fair bit of shit at Crytek for that, to say the least. Especially since they weren't using DX11.

So wrong.

(I was right about the game itself being compromised, however! >_>)

[Ultimadrago]

Saints Row The Third.

This, but because I thought it would be great.


I also thought I would think higher of Skyward Sword than ,at the very least, Twilight Princess.

[Crumpet Trumpet]

I thought Skyward Sword would be my favorite 3D Zelda

[videogames]

Zios is not the best Halo 2 player. I admit that now.

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Pokemon 2 Black & 2 White announcement was pretty darn funny.

[Gianni Merryman]

When first rumours spread around about WiiU having a tablet controller, I dismissed them all along as utter nonsense; well, I didn't see it coming, I must admit it.

[Hadoken]

The Wii was going to bomb because it wasn't HD.

[statham]

I thought Heavy Rain was going to be a mega bomba.

Heavy Rain was awesome, we need more adventure games.

[Neuromancer]

Hmm I'm trying to think of a time where I was wrong about something but nothing's coming to mind.

[Kyoufu]

By cutting killstreaks, killcams, and including a "shoot the floor to kill everyone" glitch. CoD8 Wii is impressive... if you don't have a PC or HD twin to run it on. Same could be said for the previous Wii entries.

I never saw the point in a Wii version, and without features like Killstreaks and Killcam I still don't see the point.

I can't remember the last time I ate crow, but my memory is pretty bad.

[sp3000]

I thought Crysis 2 was going to be graphically underwhelming on PC because of the console version. I slung a fair bit of shit at Crytek for that, to say the least. Especially since they weren't using DX11. So wrong. (I was right about the game itself being compromised, however! >_>)

Pretty much this. The art direction and filters of the game still bring down the quality though, but in terms of effects no game has matched it.

[statham]

The Wii was going to bomb because it wasn't HD.

I was one of those that told my brother he didn't need to camp out. I was wrong.

[Soneet]

I thought Ipad was going to be a complete flop.

Ugh, that reminds me. I also thought that iOS games are ridiculous and will never take off. Then there are games like Phoenix Wright and Ghost Trick. Then there's this game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnOcXHudX_w
Espgaluda.

I didn't know the franchise, but I saw the game in the arcades when I was in Japan. I remembered the name because I didn't had the time to play (friends were bored), then I looked up that there's an iOS version. Man, from time to time I still look in the Android market hoping for anything that's as cool as this. It's like one of those type of games I really really want and I can't have it. 3DS doesn't have an Espgaluda. Android doesn't have an Espgaluda. PC doesn't have an Espgaluda. I want an Espgaluda! iOS > me. :(

I thought Crysis 2 was going to be graphically underwhelming on PC because of the console version. I slung a fair bit of shit at Crytek for that, to say the least. Especially since they weren't using DX11. So wrong. (I was right about the game itself being compromised, however! >_>)

Ah, this reminds me of another something. I thought Crysis (1) was for graphic whores. Then I finally had a PC that could run it and I asked people on GAF what games I should play. Apparantly Crysis was considered a great game. I had a hard time understanding that at first, as I thought it was just a generic shooter with pretty graphics. I eventually bought the game: crow was eaten. The game, the mechanics, the fun level, it's brilliant.

[ultron87]

Well I'm pretty sure I called the Circle Pad Pro for 3DS rumors a work of utter lunacy. But I wasn't even close to being alone on that one.

[EmCeeGramr]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution was going to be Invisible War 2.

Fallout: New Vegas was going to be a clumsy cash-in with a few classic names attached to it, but ultimately Fallout 3 redux.

There was no way the 3DS would have two differently sized screens with different capabilities. It would be way too clumsy and asymmetrical for Nintendo to even consider it, it must be a mistake based on early test kits.

EDIT:

IGN's rumored Wii specs must be incorrect, that makes no sense at all.

[Gospel]

I was so sure Halo ODST was going to be a waste of time.

But then, I got a copy from one of those beta test dealios and was so happy to have been been wrong.

[RedNumberFive]

Played Halo way back at E3 2001 and thought it was garbage. I also played State of Emergency there and thought it would be the next big thing.

[rpg_poser]

I thought that R-Type Tactics wasn't going to be localised for the US and imported it. It got localised, and I double-dipped.

[A Twisty Fluken]

I thought "traditional" 2D gaming was going to die out when then PSP and DS came after my last refuge in GBA land. Yeah, juuuuuuuuust a bit outside.

[Einbroch]

Played Halo way back at E3 2001 and thought it was garbage. I also played State of Emergency there and thought it would be the next big thing.

You weren't alone. Almost all media outlets were saying the same thing.

[JasonMCG]

I thought Skyward Sword was going to suck. Turned out to be the best Zelda since OoT!

[BOTEC]

I was one of those that told my brother he didn't need to camp out. I was wrong.

Oh yeah, this too. I thought I'd get some sleep, go to Circuit City, pick one off the shelf and be playing some games by the afternoon. Didn't go exactly as planned.

[prwxv3]

Here is another one. After the horrible PS3 launch I thought it was going to be discontinued shortly and the Wii would have the best third party support because of its amazing sales.

[IceDoesntHelp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnOcXHudX_w Espgaluda.

I want that on PC...now.

Last time I ate crow...jeez. I don't really remember.
I guess when I thought Golden Sun: Dark Dawn was going to be as good as Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Not even close.
Oh and when I though Portal 2 was going to be better than Portal.

[genjiZERO]

I thought the merger of Square and Enix was going to be the beginning of a Golden Age of JRPGs

[shinobi602]

Played Halo way back at E3 2001 and thought it was garbage. I also played State of Emergency there and thought it would be the next big thing.

I freaking LOVED State of Emergency.

[Grinchy]

I thought the name of the Wii, the bad hardware, and the strange new control mechanism would never pan out for Nintendo.

[Gianni Merryman]

Well I'm pretty sure I called the Circle Pad Pro for 3DS rumors a work of utter lunacy. But I wasn't even close to being alone on that one.

Now that you make me think of it, same here.

[cyberheater]

That the Wii would bomb badly. I still don't understand the mega sales. And I've got one...

EDIT. I didn't think PS3 slim was real.

[MasterShotgun]

Pokemon 2 Black & 2 White announcement was pretty darn funny.

Oh god this. I was so damn sure the next game was going to be either Pokemon Grey or R/S remakes and it would be on 3DS to move systems. Nintendo proved me wrong on all fronts. I still don't agree with the decision to make B/W 2 a DS game, but I can see why they did it (sales, sales, sales).

[watership]

Played Halo way back at E3 2001 and thought it was garbage. I also played State of Emergency there and thought it would be the next big thing.

You're in good company. Halo was really getting bad previews and State of Emergency was thought to be the next GTA. No one had a clue.

[plc268]

I thought Ipad was going to be a complete flop.

Same here. Add to that, I thought it would be pointless and useless, and yet I now own and use one everyday.

[Razgreez]

Admit your mistakes! I think I've been giving Activision and Treyarch way too little credit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOiHc...eature=related Look at this shit. WTF, how do they manage to create a Wii game like that? I've checked several videos, including multiplayer ones. I must've missed some crazy gap, because I remember Reflex looking like crap and as far as I recall Black Ops didn't look much better either.

Looking at that has actually made me realise just how big the gap is between the wii and the other 2. Far bigger than i first assumed

[Soneet]

I thought Skyward Sword was going to suck. Turned out to be the best Zelda since OoT!

I still haven't bought it... it doesn't look interesting. More crow incoming :(?


Haha, this thread is turning out more awesome than I thought. With almost every post I'm like: wait, that's how I think about that game right now... can I be wrong, again!? It's almost anti-GAF: instead of reading about lots of games and thinking you know plenty about the games, I'm starting to have doubts whether I know which games are good and which aren't.

[botty]

I thought Kaz would announce the Vita at 349 US dollars.

[sixteen-bit]

I thought Kinect would be DOA.

[Ricky_R]

I think the Wii U will bomb, but I'll probably have to return to this thread and eat a bit of it. Will I be able to dip it in sauce?

[Foliorum Viridum]

I didn't play Paper Mario for ages because I hate turn based JRPGs and assumed it would be shit.

Little did I know Nintendo are the only people capable of making a fun turn based JRPG. Loved it and got ATTYD straight away.

[LumpOfCole]

The GTX 480 couldn't possibly be that loud.

I can't wait to preorder Mass Effect Deception. I loved the first three books.

BattleForge, this demo is fun so I better buy the full version.

Games For Windows Live sounds like it'll move the PC gaming experience forward. Finally, achievements for PC games!

I should buy Rage because my new PC hardware needs a good FPS with graphical prowess to show off.

[Raging Spaniard]

The early SF IV reveal thread should be a goldmine, especially when the first screens came out.