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GAF Votes FOTY 2016 Thread: Fail Of The Year
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Zombie James
Banned
At least Hello Games kept working on the game and already released a big patch. What have the Might No. 9 devs been doing the past six months?
eyeball_kid
Member
1. Palmer Lucky / Oculus
2. Game Awards
Hello (+Sony?) screwed up the NMS launch, but they're trying to right the ship, so eh. The Oculus shit is way worse to me.
2. Game Awards
Hello (+Sony?) screwed up the NMS launch, but they're trying to right the ship, so eh. The Oculus shit is way worse to me.
I still think its ridiculous that the PSP Go won this thing in 2009. People dogged it for being all digital and look where we are now.
For this year, I'm going to vote for Street Fighter V
Exactly.
Runner Up goes to all the "hot takes" out there that tried to shame people for enjoying stupid things like R Mika's ass slap and suggesting that the gaming industry is some hopeless pit of adolescence that is still waiting for games with serious subject matter for adults.
Oh, and a dishonorable mention to Palmer Lucky for his pro-Trump trolling bullshit thing. Fuck all that.
For this year, I'm going to vote for Street Fighter V
banana factory said:
Exactly.
Runner Up goes to all the "hot takes" out there that tried to shame people for enjoying stupid things like R Mika's ass slap and suggesting that the gaming industry is some hopeless pit of adolescence that is still waiting for games with serious subject matter for adults.
Oh, and a dishonorable mention to Palmer Lucky for his pro-Trump trolling bullshit thing. Fuck all that.
Yeah, its not a good game, not worth 60 bucks but still sold like crazy (for a month at least lol) for what it was
The way Hello Games handled the situation was a much bigger fail then the game itself. They got a huge pile of money but lost all credibility
Hoho for breakfast
Member
1. No Man's Sky
gotstrangepowers
Banned
1. Battleborn
Strangelove77
Member
Street Fighter V
Only because I personally dislike it. I haven't played NMS.
Only because I personally dislike it. I haven't played NMS.
punkmaggit
Member
1. Firewatch's ending.
hanspampel
Banned
1. No Man's Sky
2. Street Fighter V (don't think it was a huge fail like NMS, tho. just bad execution overall by just focusing on the EVO community)
and no, halo:mcc, ac:unity or driveclub are not in the same league. the games were buggy and/or lacking in quality, but no "worst game of the generation" contender
2. Street Fighter V (don't think it was a huge fail like NMS, tho. just bad execution overall by just focusing on the EVO community)
i wouldn't call a game with litteraly zero legs a commercial success. especially, when the reception killed any value in the IP and also damaged the developers reputation.
and no, halo:mcc, ac:unity or driveclub are not in the same league. the games were buggy and/or lacking in quality, but no "worst game of the generation" contender
Gnome Scat
Member
1. No Man's Sky
2. Battleborn
2. Battleborn
1. No Man's sky
What a shitstorm. If this game wasn't hyped to high heavens, it would be played by few and forgotten in a week. As it is now, it is the biggest one-eighty I've seen, both by players and the developers. From everyone anticipating the release - claiming they would never have to buy another game again - to the developers doing numerous interviews and reddit AMAs. A few months later, the player numbers dropped to miniscule levels and the developers went radio silent. The people who were defending the game before it was out were now furious and made threats, and the team had managed to hype their game up so much there was nothing they could say that would calm down the "fans". A true failure, by Sony (throwing the developers under the bus), the team (promising things they could not deliver) and the public (getting caught by marketing then making death threats and "detective work". I truly hope everyone involved will learn a lesson from this example.
What a shitstorm. If this game wasn't hyped to high heavens, it would be played by few and forgotten in a week. As it is now, it is the biggest one-eighty I've seen, both by players and the developers. From everyone anticipating the release - claiming they would never have to buy another game again - to the developers doing numerous interviews and reddit AMAs. A few months later, the player numbers dropped to miniscule levels and the developers went radio silent. The people who were defending the game before it was out were now furious and made threats, and the team had managed to hype their game up so much there was nothing they could say that would calm down the "fans". A true failure, by Sony (throwing the developers under the bus), the team (promising things they could not deliver) and the public (getting caught by marketing then making death threats and "detective work". I truly hope everyone involved will learn a lesson from this example.
valkillmore
Member
Mighty Number 9
TheNormalMan
Member
Mighty No. 9. Still waiting on my copy for 3DS...
1. No Man's Sky
Looks like they're trying to turn the ship around which is great because I do eventually want to play this game. But the PR disaster the launch was is quite unique in the history of video games. Plus the confusing statements following silent treatment after launch were inexcusable.
Looks like they're trying to turn the ship around which is great because I do eventually want to play this game. But the PR disaster the launch was is quite unique in the history of video games. Plus the confusing statements following silent treatment after launch were inexcusable.
Katana_Strikes
Member
1. FFXV
Some hideous boss fights and terrible game design. Complete with a massive open world game that drags in time and devoid of anything interesting. Coupled with a game that gradually gets worse as it goes on. With characters I learned to care nothing about and a poor, short story. Didn't care for the mostly pointless collectibles, recipes for cooking, levelling up and lack of weapons. Magic/summons were severely limited or worthless bothering with. A massive disappointment in the end and my fail of the year by far.
Some hideous boss fights and terrible game design. Complete with a massive open world game that drags in time and devoid of anything interesting. Coupled with a game that gradually gets worse as it goes on. With characters I learned to care nothing about and a poor, short story. Didn't care for the mostly pointless collectibles, recipes for cooking, levelling up and lack of weapons. Magic/summons were severely limited or worthless bothering with. A massive disappointment in the end and my fail of the year by far.
1. No Man's Sky
Short term gain. They've tarnished their and their game's reputation. Maybe they turn their image around, but who knows...
1. No Man's Sky
Honorable Mentions
-Palmer Luckey
-CS:GO lotto scandal
oh my God, that's a good one.
Honorable Mentions
-Palmer Luckey
-CS:GO lotto scandal
oh my God, that's a good one.
disappeared
Banned
1. Bethesda's review policy changes/Day one reviews
There's good reason why Giant Bomb talked about it for a total of two hours on the Bomb and Beast casts.
There's good reason why Giant Bomb talked about it for a total of two hours on the Bomb and Beast casts.
GurgleBot20
Member
1. Palmer Luckey
No Man's Sky was a disappointment, but Luckey's shenanigans actually tied into the biggest catastrophe for America in 2016, so that alone makes it win this "award".
2. Nintendo firing Alison Rapp
Another awful effect of Neogaf's 2014 Fail of the Year.
No Man's Sky was a disappointment, but Luckey's shenanigans actually tied into the biggest catastrophe for America in 2016, so that alone makes it win this "award".
2. Nintendo firing Alison Rapp
Another awful effect of Neogaf's 2014 Fail of the Year.
1. No Man's Sky
Or more specifically, everything surrounding No Man's Sky. From the cultists at the NMS subreddit sending Jason Schreier death threats before release, the ensuing shit show of disappointment at release, the two players meeting up and confirming there was no multiplayer, the Crowbcat video, the hugely upvoted Reddit post about prompting a wave of refunds, the vitriolic refund thread and various other threads on here since release, silence from the devs prompting people to analyze Google map pictures to see if people were at the studio...etc. Reading this back to myself still doesn't come close to illuminating the clusterfuck this game caused.
Nice list, I'm gonna steal it.
Or more specifically, everything surrounding No Man's Sky. From the cultists at the NMS subreddit sending Jason Schreier death threats before release, the ensuing shit show of disappointment at release, the two players meeting up and confirming there was no multiplayer, the Crowbcat video, the hugely upvoted Reddit post about prompting a wave of refunds, the vitriolic refund thread and various other threads on here since release, silence from the devs prompting people to analyze Google map pictures to see if people were at the studio...etc. Reading this back to myself still doesn't come close to illuminating the clusterfuck this game caused.
Nice list, I'm gonna steal it.
His Majesty
Banned
Man, I forgot about the Alison Rapp thing. That was this year?
1. Palmer Luckey
2. CS Go lotto
Que the people exaggerating the mediocre no man's sky as if it gave them cancer - ignoring that the pampered manchild who made VR mainstream is a neo-nazi and a group of people made millions making gambling available to children while stacking the odds in their favor.
2. CS Go lotto
Que the people exaggerating the mediocre no man's sky as if it gave them cancer - ignoring that the pampered manchild who made VR mainstream is a neo-nazi and a group of people made millions making gambling available to children while stacking the odds in their favor.
Funny thing, as many problems as the game has I actually count it as a major success that they defied expectations by delivering something most people found enjoyable.
It's a big mess but a lot of us expected it to be much worse. That's a win.
Oh,
1. No Man's Sky
GurgleBot20
Member
Yeah, back in March.
1. Palmer Luckey
Funding white supremacist shitposting and a misinformation campaign on the sly for the lulz, that gross Reddit post, coming clean to a reporter and then lying in the ensuing PR statement. The crown prince of VR couldn't even show face at his own companies annual conference.
Funding white supremacist shitposting and a misinformation campaign on the sly for the lulz, that gross Reddit post, coming clean to a reporter and then lying in the ensuing PR statement. The crown prince of VR couldn't even show face at his own companies annual conference.
Hellshadow
Member
1. The Division
Queue over-reactions from people thinking that those saying that No Man's Sky was disappointing are actually mad or even think about the game outside of when it's brought up.
Turin Turambar
Member
1. No Man's Sky
These things happen. We have Easy Allies.
It would have been a real fail if all the GT guys split up and did their own thing and we never heard from them again, but that's thankfully not the case.
That they're able to support themselves through crowdfunding and the love of their fans is more of a triumph than anything.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Its gonna be no mans sky isn't lol.
Not that i was ever interested in that game. Its not even that it simply turned out the way it did (i suspected it would dissapoint) but the absolute shit show that the marketing for it was.
Not that i was ever interested in that game. Its not even that it simply turned out the way it did (i suspected it would dissapoint) but the absolute shit show that the marketing for it was.
PlatypusDude
Member
1. No Man's Sky
No real contest here. I mean if they didn't go radio silent for the longest time after the fact the result may of been different, but both the product and response were both complete disasters.
No real contest here. I mean if they didn't go radio silent for the longest time after the fact the result may of been different, but both the product and response were both complete disasters.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
1. Palmer Luckey
edit, how could I forget about this guy. Shame.
edit, how could I forget about this guy. Shame.
allenpergallon
Member
1. No Man's Sky
2. CS:GO Lottery
3. Palmer Luckey
4. Mighty No. 9
5. Battleborn
2. CS:GO Lottery
3. Palmer Luckey
4. Mighty No. 9
5. Battleborn
Geez, there were a lot of fails this year. Didnt even remember some of these like CS Go Lotto bs or Nintendo firing Alisson Rapp
I agree that in a weird way, that was a win.
I agree that in a weird way, that was a win.
I can totally see how that is worse than nazism and child gambling,
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