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GAF Votes FOTY 2012 Thread: Fail Of The Year
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Boss Riovane
Member
Mass Effect 3 ending.
Skyrim on PS3
On disc DLC
Diablo 3 online only
Skyrim on PS3
On disc DLC
Diablo 3 online only
BrainZEROX
Member
Fail of the year: Sony.
And it hurts me to admit it as Sony is probably one of the brands I've the most respect for. When I was young, Sony used to be the top dog with technologically advanced and slick designed products. Look at where they are now... ;_;
PSN hack in 2011, Vita and abysmal line up for end of 2012. Congrats Sony, you failed again in 2012. I hope 2013 will be better though. I'm still onboard with you.
And it hurts me to admit it as Sony is probably one of the brands I've the most respect for. When I was young, Sony used to be the top dog with technologically advanced and slick designed products. Look at where they are now... ;_;
PSN hack in 2011, Vita and abysmal line up for end of 2012. Congrats Sony, you failed again in 2012. I hope 2013 will be better though. I'm still onboard with you.
Dark-Cloudz
Member
Has to be WarZ
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
GAF's hypebolic overreaction to the Wii U comes to mind. Hell, look at some of the posts in this very thread. There has been enough over the top hand wringing for three console launches. You'd think it was the Atari Jaguar or something...
Delusibeta
Banned
Doritosgate was hands down the biggest fail of the year, although it would be remiss to not mention Mass Effect 3's ending; Capcom's on-disc DLC; THQ , 38 Studios and Studio Liverpool dying; Silicon Knights committing suicide; Resident Evil 6, Medal of Honor Warfighter and the Vita falling flat on their faces in terms of sales; WarZ being the latest in a long line of shit games Valve allowed on Steam and ongoing questions about its selection process; Atlus screwing over Persona4Arena at every opportunity and the WiiU being the third bungled games console launch in a row (if the Xbox 3 and the Playstation 4 follow suit in screwing up, the console market will probably be on its death bed).
However, nothing has torn through the industry quite like Doritosgate, a friendly reminder that most games "journalists" are PR stooges. Pretty much the only person involved that got away from that without being covered in PR-approved mud was John Walker (Rab Florence doesn't count, he's a comedian who had a column). Everyone else looked like employees of a PR department. Biggest fail of the year, by two country miles.
However, nothing has torn through the industry quite like Doritosgate, a friendly reminder that most games "journalists" are PR stooges. Pretty much the only person involved that got away from that without being covered in PR-approved mud was John Walker (Rab Florence doesn't count, he's a comedian who had a column). Everyone else looked like employees of a PR department. Biggest fail of the year, by two country miles.
captainnapalm
Member
Having just had the misfortune of playing through CoD Black Ops 2's campaign, I feel I can't stress enough how much I hated this awful, awful game.
Considering that the CoD franchise started with a series of really thrilling and enjoyable WWII campaigns, it just amazes me to see how the franchise has succumbed to this awful, ugly, muddled, confused and mean-spirited mess that is Black Ops 2. Never have I experienced a story with so many downright unlikeable characters, ranging from obnoxious to just plain hateful. The only saving grace was that they were all trying to kill each other and some of them succeeded.
And did I mention that the violence, no doubt experienced by 10-year-olds everywhere, was ugly and mean-spirited? Because it was.
I know people play these games for the multiplayer, but my God that campaign was offensive in every way.
And I haven't even touched on how the visuals somehow managed to look 5 years old in some places. That was really the least of the game's offences, though.
Considering that the CoD franchise started with a series of really thrilling and enjoyable WWII campaigns, it just amazes me to see how the franchise has succumbed to this awful, ugly, muddled, confused and mean-spirited mess that is Black Ops 2. Never have I experienced a story with so many downright unlikeable characters, ranging from obnoxious to just plain hateful. The only saving grace was that they were all trying to kill each other and some of them succeeded.
And did I mention that the violence, no doubt experienced by 10-year-olds everywhere, was ugly and mean-spirited? Because it was.
I know people play these games for the multiplayer, but my God that campaign was offensive in every way.
And I haven't even touched on how the visuals somehow managed to look 5 years old in some places. That was really the least of the game's offences, though.
Delusibeta
Banned
I guess that was the first Call of Duty game you played that was released after World at War? All of them since were like that.
captainnapalm
Member
I have, but they never struck me as being as singularly awful as this last one. The series is degenerating rapidly.
Honestly, they'd be better off just creating new multiplayer maps every year for people to run around in and just save us from these modern campaigns. They're just too morally troubling.
SpinningBirdKick
Banned
Fail of the year: Doritosgate
Video game journalolism finally confirming what most of us suspected was rotten in the industry.
Dishonourable mention: Sony VITA
Sony proving yet again that they do not learn from the exact same mistakes they made previously.
Video game journalolism finally confirming what most of us suspected was rotten in the industry.
Dishonourable mention: Sony VITA
Sony proving yet again that they do not learn from the exact same mistakes they made previously.
MichaelCorleone
Banned
Without a shadow of a doubt I cast my vote solely on Wii-U
- Weak sales
- Weak slow O.S.
- Weak ports
- Weak controller battery life
- Weak pack in game. ( All types of non gaming folk talked about Wii Sports, No one mentions Nintendo Land.)
- Weak launch & near launch titles.
- Weak graphical capability against 6-7 year old Hardware
Wii k-U
Nintendo alienated their fan base for years for the casual dollar, real gamers long since moved on.
Bayonetta 2 won't bring them back....
Nintendo fans really hate the Vita, Seems to me they should hate themselves for the crap they put up with.
What is this source of undying loyalty?
I would rather get gang raped by a multi-colored herd of Yoshi's than buy another Nintendo home console at this point.
It must be a horrible feeling to be a Nintendo fan baby these days.
- Weak sales
- Weak slow O.S.
- Weak ports
- Weak controller battery life
- Weak pack in game. ( All types of non gaming folk talked about Wii Sports, No one mentions Nintendo Land.)
- Weak launch & near launch titles.
- Weak graphical capability against 6-7 year old Hardware
Wii k-U
Nintendo alienated their fan base for years for the casual dollar, real gamers long since moved on.
Bayonetta 2 won't bring them back....
Nintendo fans really hate the Vita, Seems to me they should hate themselves for the crap they put up with.
What is this source of undying loyalty?
I would rather get gang raped by a multi-colored herd of Yoshi's than buy another Nintendo home console at this point.
It must be a horrible feeling to be a Nintendo fan baby these days.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
1. Doritosgate
2. WiiU
3. Mass Effect 3
2. WiiU
3. Mass Effect 3
gaming_noob
Member
This year's a tough one. But the low points so far are Doritosgate, Vita and WiiU to me.
My vote goes to WiiU.
My vote goes to WiiU.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
The Wii U.
pants
Member
I've never seen this before and it made me chuckle
Wu-Tang Clan are good gang rappers.
Quality post. No chance of flame.
The Vita.
How Sony handles their handheld is just... horrible. Such great potential but Sony isn't doing anything.
come on...
How Sony handles their handheld is just... horrible. Such great potential but Sony isn't doing anything.
come on...
hahahaha oh wow
You could have stated your opinion without insulting others, you know?
My fails of the year.
Wii U: First Nintendo console that I have no interest in. My buddy pre-ordered 2 thinking he'd sell one. It's been on kijiji for a month, even lowered the price to cost, he's going to see if he can return it to the store.
Mass Effect 3 Ending: Such a great game up till the ending. Completely turned me off of the game. I haven't played any DLC for it.
Consoles: With the release of Steam BPM I've been gaming on my PC more than ever. This generation has lasted too long. We need new hardware!
Wii U: First Nintendo console that I have no interest in. My buddy pre-ordered 2 thinking he'd sell one. It's been on kijiji for a month, even lowered the price to cost, he's going to see if he can return it to the store.
Mass Effect 3 Ending: Such a great game up till the ending. Completely turned me off of the game. I haven't played any DLC for it.
Consoles: With the release of Steam BPM I've been gaming on my PC more than ever. This generation has lasted too long. We need new hardware!
Drinky Crow
Banned
the wii u and nintendoland
Viola of the Abyss
Member
Persona 4 Arena being region locked
It would have been more tolerable if it had been released at the same time in all territories, but Europe is still waiting, and we're going to wait a long time... only not to buy it!
Honorable mention: SquareEnix teaser countdowns
It would have been more tolerable if it had been released at the same time in all territories, but Europe is still waiting, and we're going to wait a long time... only not to buy it!
Honorable mention: SquareEnix teaser countdowns
Joe Molotov
Member
There are plenty of reasons to say the Wii U is a bigger fail than the Vita in 2012. The Vita's failings are primarily in terms of sheer sales, considering how many games came out for it. The Wii U launch had almost no fanfare and is flat-out embarrassing compared to the launch of the Wii.
It all comes down to your definition of "fail."
Version 3.0
Member
I'm not going to say the Wii U. It's too early to say its sales are poor, or its game sales are bad, or its library is weak - all that will come next year. Besides, I'm having a lot of fun with it.
I'm going to say the Wii U OS. This wouldn't have been acceptable for a front end several years ago. In 2012, it's downright embarrassing.
I'm going to say the Wii U OS. This wouldn't have been acceptable for a front end several years ago. In 2012, it's downright embarrassing.
Joe Molotov
Member
Vita has a handful of quality games right now. WiiU has $60 downports of $20 games.
electroshockwave
Member
It's a late entrant but WarZ Whatever-the-name-will-have-to-be-changed-toZ takes the prize. It seems like Hammer Interactive released it the way they did to dupe as many people as possible into getting the game so they could make off the cash but it looks like the backfire will deservedly hurt them in the long run.
Angry Puppy
Member
resident evil 6, that disaster of a game
LOL projecting much?
BlazingDarkness
Member
Persona 4 Arena region lock deserves a mention
What a joke.
What a joke.
T.M. MacReady
NO ONE DENIES MEMBER
Okay, I know there was that picture of Geoff, but is there a rundown of what exactly DoritosGate entails to provoke such outrage?
EDIT: nvm. Dug through thread.
EDIT: nvm. Dug through thread.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
The Vita is a wonderful system with great games. It's only a business failure in terms of marketing/pricing. The WiiU is a fundamentally badly designed system with weak ports for the time being. The portability of the controller is the only real star there. Buying it because you want to play Mario 27 and Zelda 14 doesn't change that.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Was about to post Vita or WiiU but the prize goes to 3DS's region lock and what that means to Europe.
People complain when you write the Vita off after only a year and here we have people writing the Wii U off after a month.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Da fuq. Where did I write the WiiU off. I even specifically used the phrase "for the time being" to not simply wave the thing off a month after release. But others have already written laundry lists of all the weak points of the WiiU, and this is a failure thread where we're going to discuss those points. Keep thinkin what ya thinkin though.
Sounded like you were writing it off to me. And I should keep thinking what I'm thinking after you attempt to clarify? Great way to have some discussion.
Blake'sGrave
Member
First post nails it.
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