Biggest Dissapointment of 2009

[The Shade]

Is Halo: Recon slated for '09?

 

[nathan-dts]

It will be revealed that sticking Halo on the box doesn't make a console RTS anything less than a gigantic waste of time for everyone involved.

I didn't realise anyone was expecting anything from Halo Wars. Mine is HALO: ODST which, if HALO 3 is anything to go by, will be shit.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Lord of the Rings: Conquest.

Anyone who has ever played Demonstone will know exactly what I am talking about. Avoid this game no matter what the damn reviewers say.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE DEMO IS AWESOME AND TELLING EVERYONE TO DO SOMETHING YOU WANT MAKES YOUR EGO MASSIVE

Capslock warrior!

I'll wager this turns into one of the big turkeys of 2009. It is way too similiar to Demonstone or one of the KUF games to succeed.

 

[geldonyetich]

Perhaps discovering Heavy Duty was canceled would be my biggest disappointment of 2009.

 

[Wicky_42]

Halo Recon looks to have great potential to be completely different to the standard Halo franchise, with perhaps more squad based, low level Rainbow 6-ish style gameplay as you take on the role of an orbital drop shock troop, stuck in a desolate, destroyed, enemy occupied city, guided by what appears to be an AI on the verge or rampancy. I mean, that's potentially the setting for one of my dream games, in all honesty.

So yeah, Halo 3 Recon, guaranteed disappointment. Though lets be honest, it's more likely a 2015 release than a 2009.

Halo Wars however I expect to be a steaming pile of shite dressed up in a shiny suit, so that's pretty likely to disappoint me. Excuse the language, I guess...

PS - Recon's NOT an expansion - it's just set in the same timeframe as Halo 3, which is why I believe that they get the numeric designation.

 

[Axolotl]

I think it will sell, but will be extreme trash.
Just because mindless goregrind with nothing new is on every other console, i dont need that on the wii (manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt...)

This coming from somebody with a No More Heroes picture as their avatar.

 

[Avalanche91]

the new duke nukem forever screenshot
EA taking over even more of the industry
The wii remaking gamecube games and casual titles
sony's home being a huge disapppointment.

 

[I3uster]

I think it will sell, but will be extreme trash.
Just because mindless goregrind with nothing new is on every other console, i dont need that on the wii (manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt doesnt exist, manhunt...)

This coming from somebody with a No More Heroes picture as their avatar.

No more heroes is _mindless_ goregrind for you?
No more heroes lives through its story, well manhunt and mad world dont need a story other than "KILL"

Also i really enjoyed no more heroes, but i sadly had to play through the censored version (i know all the death scenes uncensored, dont worry ^^ )

 

[ViviFFIX]

This thread?

Or maybe it'll be ff13 which will be a nice bucket of fail

I would have to agree with that. Being a huge FF fan I have folowed the series for years and played/completed all (except XI which was an online game which can't be completed and it was awful so I didn't get very far). Every Final Fantasy past FFX has been awful, I have low expectations for this game and if it is a flop I think FF will lose an avid follower.

 

[gaara9999]

to be honest isint it a bit early to be saying bad game titles of 09? i mean dude were 8 days into 09 just leave it for a while before you get to that stuff as their hasent been many game releases yet or as much previews as last year

 

[Wicky_42]

hasent been many game releases yet or as much previews as last year

Yeah, that's a great point - the lack of good titles this year's gonna be a huge disappointment! I mean, it's bad enough not expecting many good games, but not expecting many games at all? Surely that's going to be the most disappointing aspect of it all?

 

[Axolotl]

No more heroes is _mindless_ goregrind for you?
No more heroes lives through its story, well manhunt and mad world dont need a story other than "KILL"

No it's just that MadWorld isn't mindless violence. It's supposed to be satirical, like NMH.

 

[I3uster]

No more heroes is _mindless_ goregrind for you?
No more heroes lives through its story, well manhunt and mad world dont need a story other than "KILL"

No it's just that MadWorld isn't mindless violence. It's supposed to be satirical, like NMH.

Hmm missed that point obviously, thanks to all of those "LAWL FINALLY BLOOD ON WII"-sayers... sry

 

[Axolotl]

Hmm missed that point obviously, thanks to all of those "LAWL FINALLY BLOOD ON WII"-sayers... sry

Well it's either satirical or very, very bad. Juding from the fact that it's from the makers of Viewtiful Joe and Okami, I took it to be satirical.

 

[chaosd1]

Whatever game my friend, who I shall call 'A', claims will be the greatest game of the year. Seriously, this guy is like the touch of death to videogames. I swear the decline of Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Halo, Fable and many others is down to him taking an interest in the series.

That friend of yours seems like an avatar of the current console market. Although it's always nice when people who used to be disinterested in certain games begin to take an interest in classics and franchises we love, they do so en masse, and seem to love them for all the wrong reasons. Then developers go in listening to what the vocal majority likes and dislikes, and changes the game accordingly. Devil May Cry 2 is a perfect example of this.

 

[Symp4thy]

Halo 3: Recon, because the Halo games aren't as good as the hype.

 

[LornMind]

Headline: 'Relic and Valve bought out by EA'

Oh...oh...oh God.

I will weep at a such a report.

I will sit down and weep.

 

[WarpGhost]

Biggest dissapointment? I'd say Starcraft 2, except I was already dissapointed in it in 2008 and I wasnt really looking forward to it anyway... Owing to them basically and predictably not changing the damn thing; I mean seriously, C&C isnt so much the father as the grandfather of RTS standards, and grampy is now incontinent. That style of RTS became obsolete when Warzone 2100 was released.

Now there's a good game that still has more unique features than most new releases.

 

[I3uster]

Biggest dissapointment? I'd say Starcraft 2, except I was already dissapointed in it in 2008 and I wasnt really looking forward to it anyway... Owing to them basically and predictably not changing the damn thing; I mean seriously, C&C isnt so much the father as the grandfather of RTS standards, and grampy is now incontinent. That style of RTS became obsolete when Warzone 2100 was released.

Now there's a good game that still has more unique features than most new releases.

The problem with starcraft 2 being innovative is the huge fanbase, tv stations and sponsors wont like if their game is changed.hard.

Its like changing american football to have a multi-ball-phase where 100 footballs are randomly thrown on the field every 3 minutes...

 

[some random guy]

I predict that Heavy Rain will be mediocre at best.

The gameplay problems from Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy will probably still remain.Based on current previews and trailers.