Biggest disappointments this decade

[IamSofaKingRaw]

As this decade closes I'd like us all to stop remembering all the good games we've experienced, instead I want to bring you back to those frustrating memories when you realized that the game you longed for turned out to suck ass.

Its a tough one for me, I don't really have high expectations for games but these two games have broken my heart.

Culprits
Fable 2

Spoiler

I played Fable the Lost Chapters after being told everyday how awesome it was when it came out by my fanboy friend. Needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, awesome spells it was DIFFICULT at some parts and had a long nice story.

Fable 2 comes along and just throws everything great about Fable: TLC out the window. Less spells, you can't die, infinite magic, no bosses, no armor, and the story was childish and stupid. I seriously have to gather 3 heroes together just to pop an old man in the head with a pistol. WTF?

Final Fantasy XIII

Spoiler

I don't even think I need to talk about this but I will. The first FF game I played was the 12th installation in the series and I thoroughly loved it for the humongous open world (impressive for a PS2 game), loads of fun quests taking you to formerly unexplored places, unique towns and cities, lots of weapons and armors, lots of magic and solving puzzles and completing quests to find the secret espers hidden all over was addicting. The battle system was great to. [footnote] Honestly to those that complain about the battle system I can't believe you like previous FF games. All Squenix did was allow the player to move around while the ATB filled. THATS IT. It looks much better than standing still taking turns slapping each other./rant[/footnote]

FFXIII arrives a few years later and completely destroys everything for me. No towns, terrible combat system, very basic magic abilities, linear as hell, very little armor weapons (from the 25 hours I played) and the cast is full of melodramatic crybabies.

*Sigh*

*Feel free to read my comments about those two games.

 

[AvsJoe]

Daikatana is still less than a decade old, right? Final Fantasy X-2 can also be considered.

 

[Kunzer]

Waiting for more than half a decade to play the latest PC installment of Aliens Vs. Predator -- only to realize that it is complete garbage.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Valve saying it had three big announcements coming this year, and not ONE of them being Half Life 3. (No, I don't mean Episode 3. Don't quote me) I have officially given up hope for this series.

 

[Frostbite3789]

[ it was DIFFICULT

The only difficult part I found in Fable: LC was the stealth section. It wasn't even difficult in the good way. It was difficult in the frustrating way that makes me want to bang my head against my desk because it's just poorly designed.

 

[niege]

Almost every Sonic and Tomb Raider game has made me "depressed" because all the old games kicked so much ass.
And the 4th game they made in the Jak & Daxter games made me so sad i wanted to cry the triology was the greatest fu**ing thing ever and then a new company comes and takes a giant sh*t on the ideas....the same goes for the Ratchet & Clank games.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

The whole Duke Nukem thing. Look, the game will suck, and it should just have stayed canceled.

 

[SilentChief]

Modern Warfare 2

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

Waiting for more than half a decade to play the latest PC installment of Aliens Vs. Predator -- only to realize that it is complete garbage.

I could of told you not to hold your breath all those years....

 

[blankedboy]

And the 4th game they made in the Jak & Daxter games made me so sad i wanted to cry the triology was the greatest fu**ing thing ever

Oh yes. This to the end of the Brink
Also, I'm tempted to say "the music industry" but then I thought "crossfade" and there goes that idea.

And Left 4 Dead. Valve's biggest failure ever... L4D2 was a big improvement, thankfully. What sort of person makes a zombie game WITHOUT FUCKING MELEE WEAPONS? That defeats the whole POINT D:

 

[Fiery Killer]

APB

Seriously, I saw the trailers and thought it was the coolest idea. I wanted to love it, make a gang with my friends, and be addicted to it.

Then it came out, not only was it rather mediocre, but it got cancelled until next year. WTF?

 

[0p3rati0n]

Call of Duty 3! This was the first CoD that the campaign actually sucked!

 

[Anarchemitis]

The Xbox.

 

[Kiyotaki]

Biggest dissapointment would be Activision, biggest jerks of life

 

[s0m3th1ng]

Spore.