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What's the worst game you played all year?
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Joe Shlabotnik
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Look, fair enough that the thread should probably be titled "Most disappointing game you played this year", only because most people avoid the truly unacceptable games altogether, so by default their "worst" game is going to be a major release they were disappointed with.
But is that really such a difficult concept for you to internalize like the rest of us?
Fine Ham Abounds
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What else exactly is the point of this thread then? Was there some stipulation to not post unless you've played at least 10 of the 15 biggest releases this year?
I would agree most discussions tend to predictably go down the same chutes around here, but if the thread stops being interesting for you, you don't have to say anything or keep reading it.
Sorry I don't mean to be so rude, but I don't think we should be discouraging posts by moving the goalposts mid-thread.
Thought on this for a bit, came up with StarDrone Extreme. A cheap Vita title that I grabbed on impulse, doesn't have huge ambitions but it's just a very mediocre iOS style diversion with little variety and low production values all around. It gets frustratingly hard too, both by design and due to poor control, and the ability to skip over levels after a point is DLC (once paid, now free).
Don't mean to bag on a little game when there's bigger targets out there, but if I'm just going by worst overall and taking personal expectations and disappointment out of it then StarDrone probably takes the crown.
Don't mean to bag on a little game when there's bigger targets out there, but if I'm just going by worst overall and taking personal expectations and disappointment out of it then StarDrone probably takes the crown.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Curiousity
Yep, it seems that we have a winner.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
If this counts as a game then it totally gets my vote too.
Edit: Curiosity, that is.
Edit: Curiosity, that is.
Gotta go with RE6 as well.
Even considering cutting it some slack because I am not playing most of it under the best circumstances (splitscreen coop ... played the demo coop normal as well as parts of the full game though before), there is still nothing that comes close to this letdown. :/
Edit: Just realised that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City also came out this year. Then I think I'd rather go with that one.
Even considering cutting it some slack because I am not playing most of it under the best circumstances (splitscreen coop ... played the demo coop normal as well as parts of the full game though before), there is still nothing that comes close to this letdown. :/
Edit: Just realised that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City also came out this year. Then I think I'd rather go with that one.
MrCookiepants
Member
Street Fighter X Tekken. Hideous art style and lame mechanics.
Well, damn, my tastes are fucked up this year.
I actually loved RE6 despite some of its issues. The game had a steep learning curve but I found the combat deeply satisfying after getting over the initial hump. EVERYONE seems to absolutely detest the game, though, which has me wondering what the fuck is going on.
I actually loved RE6 despite some of its issues. The game had a steep learning curve but I found the combat deeply satisfying after getting over the initial hump. EVERYONE seems to absolutely detest the game, though, which has me wondering what the fuck is going on.
It very well might have gotten better after I quit, but I'll be damned if those first few hours weren't the worst thing I've played all year. I feel like I'm going insane when I read the GAF praise for Nier. The music made my ears bleed, the dialog raped my soul, and the gameplay bored me literally to tears.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I really like LC. It's not the best combat engine in the world, and it's a bit rough around the edges, but it's hugely entertaining. In bought NG3, buy haven't played it yet. NG3 sigma is apparently coming, so I probably won't bother with the vanilla one.
Mr. B Natural
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There were a lot of overhyped, uninteresting, unimaginative, sloppily concieved, lazily almost cynically developed AAA fare this year, but Blops 2 beats them all.
They didn't even try. They didn't even try to try.
They didn't even try. They didn't even try to try.
Two Worlds 2. The first one was a mess, but I had read years ago that TW2 was much improved. It wasn't. There were a ton of bugs. I made it half way through the game and I couldn't progress anymore. I was stuck at this one point where I couldn't beat it, couldn't get leave that area and couldn't lower the difficulty so I could beat it. I had to cut my losses at that point.
IndieJones
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Game of Thrones - the RPG one.
I played through the whole thing on PS3 - almost 30 hours - in a state of denial, and it's only looking back (after having watched the TV series and playing better games) that I realize the entire thing was complete shit. I have no idea why I stuck it out. Literally every time I think of the game I am disgusted.
I played through the whole thing on PS3 - almost 30 hours - in a state of denial, and it's only looking back (after having watched the TV series and playing better games) that I realize the entire thing was complete shit. I have no idea why I stuck it out. Literally every time I think of the game I am disgusted.
Wait, what? I'm not a huge Call of Duty fan myself but BLOPS2 was perhaps one of the first in years where it seemed that they actually gave their best shot at delivering something different. The game has the most significant number of changes made to the campaign formula since the series inception and actually tries to tell a story for once. There was nothing lazy about it.
That doesn't mean it was excellent, but it's not fair to suggest that they didn't even try.
NinjaBoiX
Member
To be fair, they clearly did try, as it's at least attempting to break the mould a little. I'm not saying they succeeded particularly, but they tried.
It's generic, and possibly not even very good, but "they didn't even try", "cynically developed" doesnt really fit with BlOps 2. I think that's an unfair critique.
Basically what darkx10 said. Your miles of the mark. If you didn't like it, cool, but try to use relevant points in your argument.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Pics or it didn't happen
Gotta be honest, Nier OST didn't do much for me until I sat with the game for a while. It's been a while, but I think the arranged soundtrack actually impressed me a lot more right out of the gate.
EternalGamer
Banned
Kingdoms of Amalur- Man, what a generic,uninspired mess. The world was by the book fantasy. The quests were fetch quests. I paid $50 for this crap. I played for five hours and quit.
I didn't play a lot of different games this year, which is pretty uncharacteristic of me. I spent a ton of time (I'd say average of at least 120+ hours) on TERA, Diablo 3, ME3 multiplayer, Mechwarrior Online, Dark Souls PC and recently Planetside 2. A few 3DS titles aside that didn't leave a lot of time for other games.
So, even though I wouldn't call it an awful game, Armored Core 5 has to be my clear winner (loser?). Part of my problem is that I was super hyped for it and thus the disappointment was magnified, but I had serious issues with the game's customization, singleplayer campaign, and implementation of multiplayer. There's something really wrong if you're playing an Armored Core game and there is one 'right' way to build your mech and every other part for that section is a complete downgrade, the firing stability stat was the worst culprit but certain weapons had clear 'better' choices as well. SP was boring and forgettable, not even close to For Answer. At least the co-op was usable this time, which is the only reason I even finished the game.
So, even though I wouldn't call it an awful game, Armored Core 5 has to be my clear winner (loser?). Part of my problem is that I was super hyped for it and thus the disappointment was magnified, but I had serious issues with the game's customization, singleplayer campaign, and implementation of multiplayer. There's something really wrong if you're playing an Armored Core game and there is one 'right' way to build your mech and every other part for that section is a complete downgrade, the firing stability stat was the worst culprit but certain weapons had clear 'better' choices as well. SP was boring and forgettable, not even close to For Answer. At least the co-op was usable this time, which is the only reason I even finished the game.
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Deleted member 81567
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I agree that did they try something new with the campaign, but the multiplayer is the same stale affair.
Torchlight 2.
I guess after experiencing the disappointment of Diablo 3, Torchlight 2 was supposed to be the chosen one to bring back balance to the force. But it just ended up being a boring version of Diablo 2. I loved Torchlight 1, but Torchlight 2 wasn't able to capture the same excitement I had for the genre.
It's almost as if Diablo 3 came in as the last nail in the Action RPG coffin, and Torchlight 2 was the pile of dirt that was haphazardly thrown on top. Maybe if they had met their original goal and released it last year, it would have made more of an impact.
I guess after experiencing the disappointment of Diablo 3, Torchlight 2 was supposed to be the chosen one to bring back balance to the force. But it just ended up being a boring version of Diablo 2. I loved Torchlight 1, but Torchlight 2 wasn't able to capture the same excitement I had for the genre.
It's almost as if Diablo 3 came in as the last nail in the Action RPG coffin, and Torchlight 2 was the pile of dirt that was haphazardly thrown on top. Maybe if they had met their original goal and released it last year, it would have made more of an impact.
Disappointment comes from the multi. It's a laggy piece of shit that shouldn't have been released the way it is. The game usually punishes you for having a decent connection.
What is it about this year that just didn't live up to any expectations at all what so ever for me?
Was everything I played just genuinely mediocre?
Am I just getting older and more jaded?
GOTY is going to be very hard for me this year, almost to the point where I'm not even sure if I want to participate because there wasn't one stand out title to me that shined above the rest like normal.
FF13-2, TOGf, Pandora's Tower, Diablo 3, RE6, Darksiders 2, VLR (which I still haven't finished but find it much more tedious and enjoying it less than 999), Assassins Creed 3 are just a few that I enjoyed but it's almost like they were all 6's or 7's nothing shined through the darkness.
Was everything I played just genuinely mediocre?
Am I just getting older and more jaded?
GOTY is going to be very hard for me this year, almost to the point where I'm not even sure if I want to participate because there wasn't one stand out title to me that shined above the rest like normal.
FF13-2, TOGf, Pandora's Tower, Diablo 3, RE6, Darksiders 2, VLR (which I still haven't finished but find it much more tedious and enjoying it less than 999), Assassins Creed 3 are just a few that I enjoyed but it's almost like they were all 6's or 7's nothing shined through the darkness.
Mr. B Natural
Member
I don't play COD for their campaign. They have been laughably terrible post COD4... embarrassingly so. I did not finish Blops 2's campaign but for what I was able to choke down, it was no different than the rest sans an open story (that is awful) and a couple of side-quests that don't even work, oh and some smoke and mirrors about fighting in an open spaces when in reality you are still stuck on rails.
But regardless, my previous post was more about the MP. I should have stated so.
legendofjelda
Member
The one title that gave me buyer's remorse this year [because I thought it was so bad] was PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
I gave it an honest shot, I really did, but the "only score with supers" system never stopped being awkward. When supers missed it was frustrating and when they hit it just felt cheap. Because of that, no matter how awesome a combo was set up, it never felt satisfying. It never felt as if it mattered what I did or how well I played. I thought it was a terrible fighter/brawler and a gigantic letdown to me as a fan of the genre as well as some of the characters.
I never even bothered installing the free Vita version...
I gave it an honest shot, I really did, but the "only score with supers" system never stopped being awkward. When supers missed it was frustrating and when they hit it just felt cheap. Because of that, no matter how awesome a combo was set up, it never felt satisfying. It never felt as if it mattered what I did or how well I played. I thought it was a terrible fighter/brawler and a gigantic letdown to me as a fan of the genre as well as some of the characters.
I never even bothered installing the free Vita version...
Omegasquash
Member
Been a good year for games all around, but the worst is New SMB 2. Only because it was more of the same, only now "coins olol!"
ThingontheFloor
Member
I'm envious of everyone that is saying Diablo III and Resident Evil 6 are the worst games you've played all year.
For me:
Hulk Hogan's Main Event
Ninja Gaiden 3
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Blades of Time
Those are bad games.
For me:
Hulk Hogan's Main Event
Ninja Gaiden 3
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Blades of Time
Those are bad games.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Well there isn't a whole lot you can do without upsetting millions of loyal fans. I'd say getting rid of killstreaks for scorestreaks and "pick 10" are decent enough attempts at mixing it up without screwing it up completely.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Dark Souls.
Designed solely to be as frustrating as possible in every aspect.
Designed solely to be as frustrating as possible in every aspect.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I have two tickets to the hyper bowl. Anyone fancy?
The problem with Nier's is that it was extremely situational. Like, there would be areas which would have absolutely amazing composed pieces, but it would loop continuously. A lot of people eventually got bored with the whole monotonous repetition, but I found it was alight in some instances. Such as the music in your home area. It's beautiful. It's simple but elegant, and once you start going through NG+, reading about the different nuances that you felt weren't quite right but didn't question, it'll just click.
I love the moment when music just meshes with the player. It's like when you're having a good flow, and you just let the music play away. If you've ever played TWEWY, it's kind of like that. But yes, it's extremely situational, and I actually got kind of sick listening to the same song over and over again (seaside village). There are too few arrangements, but what is presented is done brilliantly. I especially love the chorale music at the lost shrine.
NinjaBoiX
Member
ORC was slightly less inept imo.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Yeah, this is it exactly for me. But to an extent, I feel this is true about most of the game. It's a package of excellent bits put together in not always the best ways, and sometimes in ways that make you actively dislike it. You can't really enjoy the game unless you can be patient with it.
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Deleted member 81567
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I know, but I still dislike the formulaic approach. I'm sure it's gonna freshen up when the next big thing comes out and teens move to that.
