Intheflorsh
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Didn't we just have this thread?
Anyways, Hitman Absolution for me.
Anyways, Hitman Absolution for me.
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Biggest disappointment of last gen
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I'm not a big fan of the Mass Effect games. I did enjoy ME1, but was disappointed by the lack of focus on exploration. It's also one of the very few games where the story interested me.
However, ME2 was significantly more linear than ME1 - it was basically on a rail. In addition to that, the story felt like a cheap spinoff of ME1.
Well some people hate the games i love, and vice versa
And yeah, idt id love gaming if i hated all games (obviously), but i prefer games that release that im meh about than ones that make me super hyped then never come out (or in this case a decade)
NavyPharaoh
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Too Human- had high hopes it would be the 360 god of war with loot... Ha!
Darksiders 2- the best quality of 1 was it was like Zelda so 2 goes away from... Why?
Last, a few things that entered the in industry like The annualization of non-sports franchises, timed dlc and any manipulation of the gamer
Darksiders 2- the best quality of 1 was it was like Zelda so 2 goes away from... Why?
Last, a few things that entered the in industry like The annualization of non-sports franchises, timed dlc and any manipulation of the gamer
Goodacre0081
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Gears2
SWTOR
SWTOR
flamingotripod
Member
No one said Diablo 3 yet?
Biggest fucking disappointment of the century
That must have been the most hyped ive ever been for a game and it failed in every aspect.
Biggest fucking disappointment of the century
That must have been the most hyped ive ever been for a game and it failed in every aspect.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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The Thousand Year Door was one of my favorite games of all time, but SPM was just so....boring. A lot of my most anticipated games for the 7th gen were just one disappointment after another (Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Starcraft 2, Diablo III, Assassin's Creed). At least AC redeemed itself with the sequel.
Edge_Maverick
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FFXIII and God of War 3 (expected something better than GoW 2... still waiting).
Kojima Productions was a joke. Much, much worse than Squeenix (which was pretty bad too, at least the japanese side of it).
Kojima Productions was a joke. Much, much worse than Squeenix (which was pretty bad too, at least the japanese side of it).
Randolph Freelander
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SSX. All day.
Probably Star Ocean. I loved the other ones, but the newest one was pretty bad. The voice acting was awful and characters like Lymle are among the worst I have encountered in video gaming. I finished it but it was a struggle, I stopped and started several times.
Probably the other one is the Vita in general. I don't hate it, there are some fantastic games on there, just not really enough of them to justify my launch purchase with the insanely overpriced 32gb card.
Probably the other one is the Vita in general. I don't hate it, there are some fantastic games on there, just not really enough of them to justify my launch purchase with the insanely overpriced 32gb card.
MyWhiteRequiem
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Actually, you know what? I take back what I said before. This one is BY FAR AND AWAY my biggest disappointment of the generation. I can't believe I forgot it.
Gutted everything I loved about the Zelda franchise. The scale, the sense of exploration, the joy of discovery. All gone. In its place they put in an almost on-rails dungeon crawler, the worst hub world (can't even call it an over-world) I can think of in any game ever, and motion controls that didn't work half the time.
Ugh. What a horrible experience all around. Only 3d Zelda I haven't been able to finish. I keep trying but the game just bores me to tears.
Gutted everything I loved about the Zelda franchise. The scale, the sense of exploration, the joy of discovery. All gone. In its place they put in an almost on-rails dungeon crawler, the worst hub world (can't even call it an over-world) I can think of in any game ever, and motion controls that didn't work half the time.
Ugh. What a horrible experience all around. Only 3d Zelda I haven't been able to finish. I keep trying but the game just bores me to tears.
1st Course
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IncandescentPrecept
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1. Final Fantasy XIII
2. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
2. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Escape Goat
Member
The Wii in general. And I suspect Wii U will be my answer when this thread pops up in 6-whenever years. Waggle controls, no online, third party support did not interest me.
The Rare we knew and loved is no longer.
Im going to have to agree with this one.
Peter Bazooka
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What became of Bioware and everything to do with Final Fantasy
My biggest disappointment was how the Wii got shafted from thirdparties. I was sure it would get a ton of support when it sold so well, but it ended up will some half-assed "tests" that nobody wanted. I have all consoles, so it doesnt matter that much, but I felt the gen would have been much more interesting overall if we had gotten more bigger games from thirdparties that took great use of the Wiimote.
I am also really disappointed in how cinematic gaming is getting more and more popular, even in franchises that used to be awesome, like Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy. The flip side of this though, is that we got games like Demons Souls that strongly adheres to old-school sensibilities, and then there is always Nintendo that just keeps on doing awesome and old school games.
I am also really disappointed in how cinematic gaming is getting more and more popular, even in franchises that used to be awesome, like Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy. The flip side of this though, is that we got games like Demons Souls that strongly adheres to old-school sensibilities, and then there is always Nintendo that just keeps on doing awesome and old school games.
Really? The biggest disappointment?
Can't really be disappointed in the Wii U if you're expecting it to suck, can you?
A Black Falcon
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Hmm... maybe Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for the DS. That was an unbelievably huge letdown compared to the incredibly great GBA games... I played the GBA games over and over, but FE: SD? It was so disappointing that all it did is made me go back and play the GBA games again. 
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
XIII, obviously.
That was the game I was hoping would carry the generation... But it was late and under-delivered and really brought home the painful truth that Japan/Square Enix had lost their cool.
That was the game I was hoping would carry the generation... But it was late and under-delivered and really brought home the painful truth that Japan/Square Enix had lost their cool.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'm glad I returned to that Epic Mickey thread after it had already become a graveyard.
I definitely would have pointed out the obvious, like so many of the fallen.
It was amazing how delusional people still were about Wii's capabilities.
I definitely would have pointed out the obvious, like so many of the fallen.
It was amazing how delusional people still were about Wii's capabilities.
joecanada
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Seconded, I mean wtf were those graphics? neo geo could have run that...
Also I'll just throw agent in here and leave....
I guess it depends on if he bought one thinking it would be better.
Codeblew
Member
Yes. I had such high hopes for this game. A lot of it was pretty good but the death traps ruined it.
Sure bud. What could have been? Or is this a drive-by that you will never come back to answer?
UltraGunner
Banned
I'm still gaming in boring old 3D. Where the fuck is the 4D gaming experience I was promised?