Spring-Loaded
Member
They might end up disappointing. I like them so far, but I can't officially count them out until I've reached the end of each
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Most disappointing story of 2015?
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They might end up disappointing. I like them so far, but I can't officially count them out until I've reached the end of each
Already Torn
Banned
That's not a story, that's news.
brandonh83
Banned
How is it NOT MGSV. lol
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I surprisingly didn't play much in terms of story games as far as expectations go, so I'll just say Corpse Party Blood Drive. It was by no means bad, but not really how I wanted the conclusion to the trilogy to play out.
If we're talking games hyped up for their stories, I didn't think Life is Strange was amazing. I did like it though.
If we're talking games hyped up for their stories, I didn't think Life is Strange was amazing. I did like it though.
Superlosia
Banned
MGSV
ShockingAlberto
Member
MGSV is probably most disappointing for me.
I think MKX, Bloodborne, and Xenoblade X all had disappointing stories for me to varying degrees, but I also loved those games.
Arkham Knight probably has the worst story, but I expected nothing. It was just worse than nothing.
Edit: Oh, wait, Danganronpa Ultra Despair Girls. That is a close second to MGSV.
I think MKX, Bloodborne, and Xenoblade X all had disappointing stories for me to varying degrees, but I also loved those games.
Arkham Knight probably has the worst story, but I expected nothing. It was just worse than nothing.
Edit: Oh, wait, Danganronpa Ultra Despair Girls. That is a close second to MGSV.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
MGS V.
SirMossyBloke
Member
A Metal Gear game having a bad story? Shocked I tell you. SHOCKED.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It doesn't have a bad story.
It has barely any story.
also it kind of had a bad story, yeah.
Metal Gear Solid V no contest. After building that shit up for so long by saying it would show how a hero would turn evil and hyping up Quiet as a character and Ground Zeroes coming up and showing the mysterious XOF led by Skullface and having that all amount to nothing because the game wasn't allowed to be finished so we got a wholly unsatisfactory story that never delivered on any of the hope or hype surrounding it. Plus
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so much of that was just parasites did it. How do you not learn your lesson from MGS4 and just make the same mistakes again
petethepanda
Member
It's gotta be MGSV, if only because it's a franchise where I really expect something special from the story (even if I don't like it as with 4). It's to the point where it even stretches the definition of "disappointing story" since it barely even has a story at all, there's simply no attempt to tell a good one. It's the "the bad guy is here, go get him. Okay, now he's here. Okay you're done now" kind of justification-for-action you'd get in a NES game.
It's not necessarily a disappointing story overall, but I did think Life is Strange left me a little cold at the end. It's not so much that they didn't stick the landing, I think they mostly did (it has a willingness to put its characters through the wringer that not many other games have), but looking back from the end, a couple shortcomings that had been there for the whole thing became a little more apparent. I hope season 2 has a stronger protagonist.
It's not necessarily a disappointing story overall, but I did think Life is Strange left me a little cold at the end. It's not so much that they didn't stick the landing, I think they mostly did (it has a willingness to put its characters through the wringer that not many other games have), but looking back from the end, a couple shortcomings that had been there for the whole thing became a little more apparent. I hope season 2 has a stronger protagonist.
brandonh83
Banned
People mostly like the stupid but fun and sometimes emotional and interesting stories of 1-4. The one here is practically non-existent. The reasons people didn't like this story are much different. Whatever one thinks of the previous stories, you can't call 'em soulless.
MichaelFassbender
Member
It was that bad, indeedaroonie.
yup. on so many levels.
Nah... The story is solid and the end is boss. It deserve a sequel. Grayson/Galahad going rouge with Merlin, Tesla, the Indian Chick. Cool.
But metal gear solid V... dude what a cluster fuck of plot.
DarthWalden
Banned
As a massive fan of the Halo series and halo lore halo 5 was a massive disappointment...
I get the same feelings regarding that story like I did with the star wars prequels... I actually feel it was so bad it detracted and made the things before it worsea and gives me little hope for the future with 343i behind the wheel.
I get the same feelings regarding that story like I did with the star wars prequels... I actually feel it was so bad it detracted and made the things before it worsea and gives me little hope for the future with 343i behind the wheel.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Bloodborne
While the story isn't bad at all I had to watch that guy's boodborne explained video on youtube to really tie everything together. It doesn't really bother me though as I'm mostly enjoying it for the excellent gameplay and setting.
While the story isn't bad at all I had to watch that guy's boodborne explained video on youtube to really tie everything together. It doesn't really bother me though as I'm mostly enjoying it for the excellent gameplay and setting.
Imperfected
Member
Do they still have Metzen writing the Starcraft games?
If so, I can certainly imagine LotV having the worst story of the year, though I'm not sure how you could be disappointed (or at all surprised) to find that out.
MGSV by a mile.
I'm a huge fan of the series and this is by far the most dissapointing story, especially if you look at all the hype surrounding the game and building up by Kojima pre-release.
Fallout 4 didn't dissapoint me because Bethesda's story and writing is usually trash tier, I didnt expect much from it because of that. The only Bethesda story I love is Morrowind.
Wow. For me it has one of the best
ever told in ANY medium.
I'm a huge fan of the series and this is by far the most dissapointing story, especially if you look at all the hype surrounding the game and building up by Kojima pre-release.
Fallout 4 didn't dissapoint me because Bethesda's story and writing is usually trash tier, I didnt expect much from it because of that. The only Bethesda story I love is Morrowind.
Wow. For me it has one of the best
cosmic horror/lovecraftian stories
AHA-Lambda
Member
MGS V
Fallout 4
Halo 5
But biggest has to be Blops 3, multiple layers of awful
Fallout 4
Halo 5
But biggest has to be Blops 3, multiple layers of awful
I thought it as actually the best Arkham storyline of the series BUT
HUGE DUMB SPOILER FOR ARKHAM KNIGHT
Th Arkham Knight reveal was literally th worst character they could have picked to be the Arkham Knight
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
MGSV. I like over the top silly MGS shenanigans and Kojima nonsense. But what's in MGSV is a bad story badly told. The twist at the end is alright, and could have been interesting, if he'd actually done something with it.
I've only played two Metal Gear games. 4 and 5. On the whole 4's story while it made no sense to me, I still enjoyed it WAAAAY more than MGSV.
Origins' story is miles better than anything in the Rocksteady Arkhams, imo.
I'm not sure if Knight beats out City for worst, because City's story was horrible, but I thought Knight's was pretty bad.
Beyond the Arkham Knight reveal, which was insanely telegraphed, there's oracle basically just being used as a damsel in distress, all of that nonsense with Joker Disease, the way they completely squandered the Hush setup from City, etc. Just a mess.
Primethius
Banned
Fallout 4.
Bored me out of my mind.
Bored me out of my mind.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
Alot of mgsv votes BUT COME ON FALLOUT 4 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THIS!
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
I'm amazed that I went into Fallout 4 with incredibly low expectations, and left disappointed all the same.
It's almost like they stopped doing shitty scenario design by accident, and instead actively tried to have the shittiest story possible. End to end, top to bottom, back to front ridiculous.
"Dear Santa: I want you to commit a fuckton of murders without motivation"
Select one
Sweet jesus
It's almost like they stopped doing shitty scenario design by accident, and instead actively tried to have the shittiest story possible. End to end, top to bottom, back to front ridiculous.
"Dear Santa: I want you to commit a fuckton of murders without motivation"
Select one
- Yes
- No
- Hehehe murder
- murder, you say?
Sweet jesus
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Toss-up between MGSV for its sordid attempt bad-but-not-in-a-Metal-Gear-way story and Fallout 4 and the butchering of the dialogue system, and its implications to the overarching plot.
I didn't finished Xenoblade Chronicles X yet (I'm about to get my Lv50 Skell to kick the final boss) but the story is so badly written (and that goddamn Tatsu) I can't believe it's the same team who wrote Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii.
The excuse of "Well, there's online and you have a custom character so he won't talk and we have to rekt the original story" is kinda bullshit : Mass Effect have too a custom character and it's beyond everything XenoX can offer in term of writing.
Don't get me wrong : I love XenoX, but damn !
The excuse of "Well, there's online and you have a custom character so he won't talk and we have to rekt the original story" is kinda bullshit : Mass Effect have too a custom character and it's beyond everything XenoX can offer in term of writing.
Don't get me wrong : I love XenoX, but damn !