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[sdornan]

Great #1. Shooting your gun hurt you in SWG.

I remember walking around in Star Wars Galaxies thinking, "Where is the fun? How do I find it?"

And I never did.

 

[Nemesis121]

Fail.............where's Halo 2???that PoS should be on the list.

 

[Quake1028]

Fuck them for MGS2. It's my favorite game ever.

 

[Rikyfree]

My life.

FTFY

Spoiler

JK:lol

 

[Nonoriri]

Pfft everyone knows that MGS2 > MGS1

 

[HarlockJC]

But it's a Sonic game, ferchrissakes. How long has that franchise been in the shitter? A lot longer than 2006, fo sho.

It was the first next gen sonic...There was a lot of hope for it to be big at the time. Then again there seems to be a lot of hope for each sonic game. :lol

 

[Kusagari]

Any list like this without Too Human automatically fucking fails.

 

[Carnby]

Why is State of Emergency on that list? Did people really expect it to be good because of the Rockstar name?

i skipped out on the entire ps2 era, and even I remember the hype for State of Emergency. i actually own an unopened copy of the game now,
and it has a sticker on it that reads "WARNING: check ID." WTF!? :lol

 

[nib95]

1. Star Wars: Galaxies

This game was awesome if you didnt care about leveling or combat.

2. Daikatana

Duh

3. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Don't really get the hate, good entry in series

4. Devil May Cry 2
5. Fable

Fun game overall... don't let Moly's hype get to you is all

6. Perfect Dark Zero

Needed a few more months to stew

7. Doom 3

It was fun except for all the level repetition

8. Lair

Heh

9. Sonic the Hedgehog
10. State of Emergency

I agree with this.

 

[Frank "Trashman" Reynolds]

Daikatana

 

[Kujo]

Fail.............where's Halo 2???that PoS should be on the list.

bs

 

[Night_Trekker]

Deus Ex 2 on the other hand...

...is a good game that appears to be total shit because its predecessor is one of the best games ever made.

Raiden controlled exactly like Snake. As far as gameplay goes, it made no difference.

:lol

Too bad he wasn't a silent protagonist.

Raiden really wasn't that bad.

Yes he was. He was a whiny little bitch with a whiny girlfriend who, after a few hours in the field, considered himself some sort of veteran. "We bleed, we die!" Alright, Mr. V.R. soldier :lol

Fuck Raiden. MGS2 was a good game, but not because of him.

Doom 3?

Really?

Yeah. I remember reading a lot about Doom 3 before it came out. It was exactly what they said they would deliver, and it was a solid game. It's like after playing through it, people decided, "Hey, this game I've been anticipating and reading all about and just bought and played through isn't anything like the Doom games I love!" You should have seen that coming.

 

[Spire]

Man, they nailed the #1 spot. What makes the SWG saga even worse was that the aspects of it they got right in the beginning, they literally erased from the game later. I can't imagine a company screwing up a game more than the way SOE handled Galaxies.


Also, Doom 3 is not a bad game, it just had the misfortune of coming out the same year as Half-Life 2.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

I think shenmue should be on that list

 

[EatChildren]

Comparitively, from MGS to MGS2, I dont see how anybody couldnt see that MGS2 had;

Less memorable characters.
A less memorable location.
A less memorable protagonist.
A less interesting antagonist.
Increase in irrelivant, poorly written conversations.
Increase in irritating characters.
Worse pacing.
Overall far worse story, both in content, structure, and presentation.
Poorer twist.
More convoluted.

Sure it introduced some cool mechanics to the franchise, but its an abortion compared to the original.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I agree with the list. I would have put MGS4 instead of 2, and GTA IV instead of Doom 3, and I'd squeeze Killzone 1 in, but I could see how they arrived at the list as is.

Personally, my number one of the decade has to be Halo 2. Still a fucking awesome game, but that shitty ass story after how good CE was disappointed me greatly.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

Clearly you didn't hear the part at the beginning of the video where they said it wasn't bad just didn't meet expectations.

But it did meet expectations.

Too bad he wasn't a silent protagonist.



Yes he was. He was a whiny little bitch with a whiny girlfriend who, after a few hours in the field, considered himself some sort of veteran. "We bleed, we die!" Alright, Mr. V.R. soldier :lol

Fuck Raiden. MGS2 was a good game, but not because of him.

Pretty much anyone in Metal Gear Solid who talks spews out annoy shit in some way. I didn't see how Raiden was any different.

If over the top melo-drama isn't your cup of tea then you should be playing Metal Gear Solid in the first place.

Comparitively, from MGS to MGS2, I dont see how anybody couldnt see that MGS2 had;

Less memorable characters.
A less memorable location.
A less memorable protagonist.
A less interesting antagonist.
Increase in irrelivant, poorly written conversations.
Increase in irritating characters.
Worse pacing.
Overall far worse story, both in content, structure, and presentation.
Poorer twist.
More convoluted.

Sure it introduced some cool mechanics to the franchise, but its an abortion compared to the original.

Now this post isn't trying to defend MGS2, but:

Seriously everything you just said could apply to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake to Metal Gear Solid (except the antagonist and presentation).

 

[Fun Factor]

Doom 3?

Seriously?

Straight across the board high reviews (gametrailers gave it a 9.0), no one really showed disappointment when it came out. The only criticism people had with the game was the flashlight.
In fact it was one of the most inspirational/cloned games of the decade, games likes Condemned, Quake 4, The Darkness, FEAR, Prey & nameless more FPS basically copied Doom atmosphere & style.

Fable also promised nothing. Molyneux talked about concepts & things he would liked to do in the game, not that they would be in the game.
Outside two or three features that they took out (trees aging, kid killing & guild heroes competing with you), everything was just forum speculation on what they thought the game would bring.

Perfect Dark Zero, a bunch of nostalgia filled PD fans raging on the game & really no one else.
It was one of the highest selling & reviewed launch games nearly everywhere (Gametrailers also gave it a 9.0 :lol ).
One of the best early online console FPS (& still superior in a lot of ways to this day).

terrible list.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Good thing you aren't blind, you'd confuse a sweatshop with a warzone.

Did you read the same stuff I did? Judging by the initial previews and the words of the design lead, it sounded like a genuinely thought provoking take on shooters, with a strong satirical edge. That it then ended up as a blunt shooter with all the political finesse and subtlety of a bright yellow fridge is where the disappointment comes in.

Doom 3?

Seriously?

Straight across the board high reviews (gametrailers gave it a 9.0), no one really showed disappointment when it came out. The only criticism people had with the game was the flashlight.
In fact it was one of the most inspirational/cloned games of the decade, games likes Condemned, Quake 4, The Darkness, FEAR, Prey & nameless more FPS basically copied Doom atmosphere & style.

You're out of your fucking mind. The flashlight thing was treated as a straight up broken component, but there were complaints all over the place, if not in reviews, about the structure of the game itself. Monster closets, shitty pacing, samey combat and environments, take your pick. It was ripped on plenty, and it didn't help that it released in close proximity to HL2.

 

[A Link to the Past]

I'd put Mario Kart Wii somewhere in there. So disappointing for me personally.

Also, Metroid: Other M might be a future inductee to the list based on impressions I've heard.

Er, what impressions have you read to indicate this?

 

[neojubei]

I expected Too Human and Haze.

This. MGS2 no, HAZE and Too Human, yes.

 

[Instro]

Er, what impressions have you read to indicate this?

I assume hes been reading GAF impressions. Totally legit.

Also Doom 3 really shouldn't be on there, it was never over hyped other than the graphics, it delivered exactly what I expected.

Also no Spore?

 

[tabsina]

I'd put Mario Kart Wii somewhere in there. So disappointing for me personally.

Also, Metroid: Other M might be a future inductee to the list based on impressions I've heard.

:lol Not that I've seen any articles like this, wouldn't the knowledge of it being bad prior to release remove it from the candidates of possible disappointment when it is actually released?

 

[Dogenzaka]

*dons flame-shield*

Grand Theft Auto IV should have been dangerously near the top of that list.

 

[neojubei]

Did game trailers play the tanker level, even to this day that level has had the best rain effects and awesome graphics.

 

[JordanLMiller]

Where's Brawl?

 

[A Link to the Past]

I assume hes been reading GAF impressions. Totally legit.

Well, in that case, I assume he's been reading kneejerk Metroid loyalist opinions.

 

[JJConrad]

- I like that this generation has seen only 3 majorly disappointing games, the latest being from 2007. It so true! I haven't observed any !!OMGNextGen!!-Letdown since Lair, myself.

- I can understand listing MGS2 for the Snake/Raiden bait-&-switch, but not at #3.

- DMC2 may have been a disappointment, but in the category of "good game to bad sequel" I can think of several more deserving games.

- #5 should have just been left as "Molyneux."

- Sonic is obligatory. It must have been hard singling out just one game.

- State of Emergency... really? GTA3 was still taking off at that time, so expectations weren't THAT high... Certainly not enough to be remembered 8 years later. If they wanted to list a game for undeservedly riding the coattails of GTA3, they should have listed GTA4.

-I like the quick Wii trolling in their videos introduction clips.

 

[Dresden]

I thought Fable should have been number one. The hype for it was extraordinary and gamers were promised an entire world growing around them with a long quest to fill in some heartwarming plot. Instead you get a ten hour quest that was highly linear with little freedom asides from kicking chickens.

Halo 2 is up there, too. The hype was incredible, and while the multiplayer was good, my god was the ending the biggest case of blue balls that generation.

 

[Fun Factor]

You're out of your fucking mind. The flashlight thing was treated as a straight up broken component, but there were complaints all over the place, if not in reviews, about the structure of the game itself. Monster closets, shitty pacing, samey combat and environments, take your pick. It was ripped on plenty, and it didn't help that it released in close proximity to HL2.

It was a gameplay design, see everything in the dark, but be unarmed or vice versa.
It added to the horror element, people just didn't like it.
Same with the "monster closest", they added to the horror theme they were going for.

 

[54-46!]

Doom 3? What is this madness!?

 

[cory]

Brutal Legend?

 

[EatChildren]

Now this post isn't trying to defend MGS2, but:

Seriously everything you just said could apply to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake to Metal Gear Solid (except the antagonist and presentation).

Potentially yeah, but I think its safe to say that Metal Gear Solid gave more than shot to the arm for the franchise' popularity. For many, many people it was their first introduction to the series, and even so the steps it took to a 3D world were pretty big. As a 'cinematic game' it was one of the first.

So for me, at least, huge expectations were put on MGS2, and it failed to deliver. Great gameplay mechanics introduced, every single other thing inferior. Its really more than a case of "WHY AM I NOT SNAKE".

 

[Schmo Florez]

State of Emergency is my #1 all time most hyped game. It was like Phantom Menace level hype. After that POS game came out I swore off pre-orders for life.

Another well deserved mention on that list is DMC 2. DMC 1 kicked so much ass! How did it go wrong?!?!

 

[tim.mbp]

MGS2 is the only game on the list that I've played. :lol

 

[ThatObviousUser]

-I like the quick Wii trolling in their videos introduction clips.

That was trolling Red Steel, not the Wii.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

So for me, at least, huge expectations were put on MGS2, and it failed to deliver. Great gameplay mechanics introduced, every single other thing inferior. Its really more than a case of "WHY AM I NOT SNAKE".

Well opinions are opinions I suppose.

So let's just shake hands and walk away.

 

[EatChildren]

Well opinions are opinions I suppose.

So let's just shake hands and walk away.

But...this is the internet. You're supposed to take me way too seriously, and vice versa, and then we can engage in a meaningless pathetic argument composed entirely of list wars.

COME ON!

 

[Buckethead]

Metal Gear Solid 2 is the best video game of all time.

I'm sorry you didn't like it Game Trailers. Raiden rocks your face.

 

[KittenMaster]

Very true, but no one remembers MGS2 for the gameplay.

I do. MGS2 has the best gameplay of the first three MGS games, especially once you learn to do more advanced tricks.

 

[devilhawk]

:lol Not that I've seen any articles like this, wouldn't the knowledge of it being bad prior to release remove it from the candidates of possible disappointment when it is actually released?

There's no room for logic here. Just blind hate for things that aren't even released yet.

*dons flame-shield*
Grand Theft Auto IV should have been dangerously near the top of that list.

Absolutely true.

 

[JJConrad]

That was trolling Red Steel, not the Wii.

So it is. What an odd choice of clips. If you didn't know the original trailer, it just looks like its two separate clips in their montage.

 

[daxter01]

doom 3 and mgs2 are 2 of my all time favorites :lol

 

[gimmmick]

 

[Jamie xxoo]

I think someone has mentioned it already, but I feel like Scribblenauts should be making an appearance on a list like this. And maybe NiGHTS on Wii?

 

[Buckethead]

Yeah why GTA IV isn't on the list is silly, even at #10.

It's an HD version of GTA 3, without the fun city driving. Now you have a bunch of cramped streets, Rockstar forgetting last lessons learned, and taking themselves wholly too seriously...

Not bad but not a 10.0 and definitely not even close to the best of the series.

 

[Sqnalkel]

Too bad the rest of the game isn't nearly as good. The first part being so awesome is exactly why people were so dissapointed with the final game.
Seriously, the second part of MGS2 was pretty much Kojima trolling his fanbase.

Which what makes it a masterpiece, the reasons most people hate MGS2 are the feelings Kojima was trying to evoke with the game, that's why people that played first the second view it in a completely different light, I find it great that Kojima rarely tries to please the fanbase and just do whatever he wants.

 

[chase]

Loved Doom 3 and Fable. Fable 2 was a much bigger disappointment.

 

[HK-47]

List lacks Deus Ex: Invisible War, therefore sucks.

Well, actually, it's an OK list, but whoever the hell thought Sonic the Hedgehog was going to be a good game got what they deserved.

More like a disappointment that Sonic sunk so far. The game is shovelware.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

I don't know if I believe expectations for Lair were ever that high to begin with.