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GAF Votes FOTY 2016 Thread: Fail Of The Year
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mr stroke
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Weltall Zero
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1. Konami
I know No Man's Sky is going to win by a landslide, and it 100% deserves it, but Konami's brand of evil is just refinedly vile, while NMS's seems more pathetic, misguided and delusional. What tipped my hand was the recent news of them locking Kojima in a room for six months. I mean, damn.
Edit: I forgot about Mighty Number 9; it feels like it was released years ago, and I think that is because it was plain to me that it was going to be shit for years. Truly a lesson on how people manage to delude themselves when it comes to holding out hope; NMS's epic fail might have been relatively predictable, but MN9's disaster (and deception) were obvious long before release, yet people kept defending it to the end.
I also forgot about Palmer Luckey, but he's more tangentially related to videogames, and him being a shitty human being doesn't affect videogames all that much. In general terms of scumbaggery, of course, he's up there with Konami if not above.
I know No Man's Sky is going to win by a landslide, and it 100% deserves it, but Konami's brand of evil is just refinedly vile, while NMS's seems more pathetic, misguided and delusional. What tipped my hand was the recent news of them locking Kojima in a room for six months. I mean, damn.
Edit: I forgot about Mighty Number 9; it feels like it was released years ago, and I think that is because it was plain to me that it was going to be shit for years. Truly a lesson on how people manage to delude themselves when it comes to holding out hope; NMS's epic fail might have been relatively predictable, but MN9's disaster (and deception) were obvious long before release, yet people kept defending it to the end.
I also forgot about Palmer Luckey, but he's more tangentially related to videogames, and him being a shitty human being doesn't affect videogames all that much. In general terms of scumbaggery, of course, he's up there with Konami if not above.
chillybright
Banned
1. No Man's Sky
ErrorMacro
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1. No Man's Scam...I mean, Sky.
Obliterator
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1. No Man's Sky
SpacePirate Ridley
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No Mans sky
fluffydelusions
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1. No Man's Sky
CaptainofIndustry
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1. No Man's Sky
2. Street Fighter V launch
3. EA for putting Titanfall 2 between Battlefield 1 and Callnof Duty IW
2. Street Fighter V launch
3. EA for putting Titanfall 2 between Battlefield 1 and Callnof Duty IW
Crazy Diamond
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Konami announcing Metal Gear Survive during the same summer in which Death Stranding was revealed and following that very announcement up with the most lackluster and passionless display of 3D technology I've ever seen.
The NMS developers and members of the gaming press getting harassed and being sent death threats didn't affect me personally. I don't think most people in here voting for NMS are doing it because they merely thought the game sucked or they felt like they wasted 60 dollars, but rather for the outrageous hub-bub it caused in the community from players, press, developers, etc.
Shouldn't we have a Fail thread for games and one for world events? seems to me like this one posted in the game area would encourage people to think games.
1. No Man's Sky
It wasn't just the game that was disappointing. Sean Murray's lies, Sony's ridiculous hype machine, constant delays - and all for what? A barebones indie game masquerading as a universe simulator.
People say it should be Palmer Luckey, but he's just one man with an opinion, and I'm happy to put him at my number 2 spot. No Man's Sky and Hello Games scammed hundreds of thousands of people out of millions of dollars. Without a doubt it's the most far-reaching and most consequential failure of the year regarding the games industry.
It wasn't just the game that was disappointing. Sean Murray's lies, Sony's ridiculous hype machine, constant delays - and all for what? A barebones indie game masquerading as a universe simulator.
People say it should be Palmer Luckey, but he's just one man with an opinion, and I'm happy to put him at my number 2 spot. No Man's Sky and Hello Games scammed hundreds of thousands of people out of millions of dollars. Without a doubt it's the most far-reaching and most consequential failure of the year regarding the games industry.
anothertech
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It's probably more that no one gives a sht about the guy or what he says. NMS affected gamers much more directly.
Chezzymann
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1. Street Fighter V launch
2. No man's sky
I feel like SFV was worse. No single player, arcade mode, terrible sales. The game is fucked. At least hello games can "fix" no mans sky through post launch updates. Lots of people still care about the game and it sold well.
2. No man's sky
I feel like SFV was worse. No single player, arcade mode, terrible sales. The game is fucked. At least hello games can "fix" no mans sky through post launch updates. Lots of people still care about the game and it sold well.
AkirraKrylon
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1. Sky's No Mans
Dr. Black Jack
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1. Mighty No. 9
2. Palmer Luckey
2. Palmer Luckey
Did they? That's terrible for all who engaged in that and they don't get brownie points for it. Though, no one was held at gunpoint to buy the game, unless they were in extremely subjective scenarios.
EDIT: I make no claim as to know conclusively as to how people are making their choices in here. But if you want to get objective then what Palmer Luckey did is far worse from what I know.
Veritigo_X
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People were hyped for the game and ultimately let down.
It became popular to hate on it, hence why people think it was a bigger deal this year over Palmer Luckey funding neo nazis and his company covering for him.
That says quite a lot about "gamers" then.
1. Palmer Luckey
He actually seems like he may be trying to make the world a worse place intentionally.
NMS, while a big disappointment, may realize it's potential at some point. It is already a bit better than it was (not excusing the lack of communication/missing advertised features). The potential path for redemption for Luckey is much less likely at this point.
He actually seems like he may be trying to make the world a worse place intentionally.
NMS, while a big disappointment, may realize it's potential at some point. It is already a bit better than it was (not excusing the lack of communication/missing advertised features). The potential path for redemption for Luckey is much less likely at this point.
TurboButts
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1. Palmer Luckey. Dude, you blew it
The NMS situation was a huge mess for sure, but I felt the anger was disproportionate
The NMS situation was a huge mess for sure, but I felt the anger was disproportionate
Hamster Plugin
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1. No Man's Sky
Honorable mention: Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered forced bundle with IW, the game nobody wanted
Honorable mention: Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered forced bundle with IW, the game nobody wanted
Violence Jack
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1. No Man's Sky Debacle
2. Mighty No 9
3. The lack of NES Classics for sale
2. Mighty No 9
3. The lack of NES Classics for sale
MrChowderClams
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1. No Man's Sky
To go from such hype and greatness to the complete PR nightmare after release.... definitely FOTY.
To go from such hype and greatness to the complete PR nightmare after release.... definitely FOTY.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
1. Street Fighter V
Specifically the launch, but in general terms the attitude around it. This game represents everything I find wrong with modern Street Fighter: pure mechanics, no fucking soul. And by "soul" I mean everything around the mechanics: The story, the lore, the motherfucking single player content, etc etc. Good luck trying to stay afloat with just the pro crowd, Capcom.
As far as fighters go... SNK and NetherRealm keeping it real. Capcom and Namco can fuck right off.
Specifically the launch, but in general terms the attitude around it. This game represents everything I find wrong with modern Street Fighter: pure mechanics, no fucking soul. And by "soul" I mean everything around the mechanics: The story, the lore, the motherfucking single player content, etc etc. Good luck trying to stay afloat with just the pro crowd, Capcom.
As far as fighters go... SNK and NetherRealm keeping it real. Capcom and Namco can fuck right off.
wild wild rice
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1. People who thought No Man's Sky was going to be good.
InquisitorAles
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1. No Man's Sky
2. Sony
2. Sony
StAidan
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1. No Man's Sky
The Palmer Luckey thing is way overblown and pretty silly to even consider it gaming related, he's just some rich guy who spent money to achieve a political end. If he were planting pro-Trump memes as subliminal messages inside the Oculus Rift, well, maybe we'd have something to talk about.
The Palmer Luckey thing is way overblown and pretty silly to even consider it gaming related, he's just some rich guy who spent money to achieve a political end. If he were planting pro-Trump memes as subliminal messages inside the Oculus Rift, well, maybe we'd have something to talk about.
This is why I voted NMS. I feel like the Luckey thing lasted all of a week because, guess what, shitty people exist. Its not surprising in the least, and people moved on relatively quickly.
NMS received hate (and still does) in a way I havent seen from a single game. On a grand scale its so much smaller than the Luckey thing, but for GAF, I feel nothing beats NMs.
1. Final Fantasy XV -- saw it coming but man I dislike this game. Still playing through it but considering the heritage and legacy, this is my disappointment of the year
2. Mighty No 9 -- again, saw it coming but while the game is disappointing it wasn't crushing. Just bounced off it and went on with life
I never bought into the concept of No Man's Sky so it met my expectations, therefore not a "fail" to me
2. Mighty No 9 -- again, saw it coming but while the game is disappointing it wasn't crushing. Just bounced off it and went on with life
I never bought into the concept of No Man's Sky so it met my expectations, therefore not a "fail" to me
GurgleBot20
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"Political end" is a convenient term to under-emphasize White Nationalism.
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