Can't believe I thought it was good!
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Alien Versus Predator Classic 2000, I got it for 3 quid, but goodness, I regret spending money on it! I can't stand it :S Modern Warfare 2 gets second place.
Fallout 3. I was expecting perfection. I just got greatness.
That's a step down. But I was expecting PERFECTION.
Ocarina of Time.
Supposedly the BEST GAME EVAR. I played it a month ago, and you people need to remove the nostalgia goggles. Future Zelda games ended up much better.
That's a step down. But I was expecting PERFECTION.
Ocarina of Time.
Supposedly the BEST GAME EVAR. I played it a month ago, and you people need to remove the nostalgia goggles. Future Zelda games ended up much better.
Nothing I've ever bought, I only buy what I know I like. However there are several rentals I was disapointed with.
Mass Effect. I find it quite messy. The biotic and tech abilities just get in the way as far as I'm concerned. Another thing is that I can't say I like having all four weapons all the time. In RPGs I'm used to having one melee weapon, one ranged weapon, and maybe backups (except in the case of Fallout 3).
Sometimes it feels like it can't decide to be a shooter or an RPG. Combat is just as fiddly and flows about as well as the nightmarish inventory (again not helped by having four weapons on each character), pathfinding is a joke, and I was often left wondering exactly what it was I was supposed to do and where.
Yes, it does have good writing and acting, but if I'm after that I'd rather watch The Wire. That BioWare care about having a story to tell is commendable, but it's not the be all and end all of a game. I haven't gotten anywhere near finishing the game, quite frankly because I don't want to play it any further, and it isn't compelling me to do so.
This turned into a review, didn't it? Oh well.
Sometimes it feels like it can't decide to be a shooter or an RPG. Combat is just as fiddly and flows about as well as the nightmarish inventory (again not helped by having four weapons on each character), pathfinding is a joke, and I was often left wondering exactly what it was I was supposed to do and where.
Yes, it does have good writing and acting, but if I'm after that I'd rather watch The Wire. That BioWare care about having a story to tell is commendable, but it's not the be all and end all of a game. I haven't gotten anywhere near finishing the game, quite frankly because I don't want to play it any further, and it isn't compelling me to do so.
This turned into a review, didn't it? Oh well.
well it has happened to me and my bro. for me, it was probobly AVP. for my brother, (i hate to say this) it was fallout 3. which hurts me deep down. that game was glorious. anyways, this very idea is the only thing preventing me from getting bioshock 2. bioshock 1 was brilliant, and the very idea that bioshock 2 might be bad gives me the heeby jeebys.
I agree with you on Fable 2, but the hype i fell for was my own. I was expecting a fable 1, but better... but i don't think i even got that. i managed to complete it, but haven't touched it since. My friends got all the downloadable content and seems to play it even now when he can (even though he must have already completed it 100&)... the reason i say this is to state that people have different tastes and i understand that, in order to try not look like a potential douche in the next paragraph.StriderShinryu said:
I loved Final Fantasy 9! Considering its a PS1 game, i thought the artwork was superb (at least the backgrounds tended to be, even if the characters were generally a mess of pixels, but back when it came out, those were considered good graphics), the story-line gripping, a decent amount of humour and generally lovable characters (and i'm not just talking about Vivi, a character which everyone else seems to grip to and refuse to let go... which is why i tend to keep my love for him/her/it secret as to give it some air)
I played 7 and enjoyed that quite a lot too, i also played 1,2, (the true)3, 4, 10 and loved all of them too (i always get 5 and 6 mixed up, but either way, i couldn't get into either of those). But for some reason, i could just never play 8. maybe its because my friend totally ruined the storyline for me (by completing it and informing me of every single occurence the moment he realised i'd played final fantasy) and then (metaphorically of course) dribbled over Squall making it hard for me to love him.
So what i am trying to say is, yes, i'm heavily Bias. Final Fantasy 9 was the game that introduced me to Final Fantasy as a whole, so i consider it a classic (even if it was released after 8) and i admit to being very Fan-boyish over it, which is probably the reason i still consider it my 2nd favourite Final Fantasy game.
oh, and on another note, i played 12 and absolutely hated it. I stopped and found it impossible to start again when they pulled the "it wasn't me, it was my twin brother!" card.
And now i am this far to realise i've actually only been very childish and not answered the topic, more had a rant at some poor guy/girl (i haven't checked, sorry) who merely stated their opinion. So including Fable 2, i also found Fallout relatively dissapointing, Zelda: phantom hourglass, Guitar Hero and i am pre-empitavely assuming that i'll be dissapointed by both Dead rising 2 and FFXIII.
Now, i say relatively for fallout because its probably not the games fault i hate it. I like the design (afterall, i loved Oblivion), i love the setting, i loved the gore (so damn much). What i didn't like (oddly enough) was the V.A.T.s system. okay, i thought it was pretty cool at first, but its a personal preference thing i guess, and the fact it totally hated Melee weapons (which is one of the things i love most). i can't say i considered it cheating, but i found it somewhat unfair that i could easily pick off an entire mob of people by pressing one button, clicking on what i wanted dead in the head, and then waiting. granted, i loved how it worked, it was very satisfying watching enemies explode and fall in very bloody pieces.
now here's how its not all Fallouts fault. My friends seem to have forgotten that you can fight without using V.A.T.s, which is probably why i despise the system so much. Rather then use up their AP once, finish them off with the FPS mode that they should be playing with (or even 3rd person mode), they will run away until their AP is restored before turning around and going at it again. It makes me want to slap them, sure, get your bigger, stronger, awesome brother to help you during a fight, but at least try to fight when he gets tired, rather than running around like a puff until he gets his breath back. (bad metaphor/analogy, sorry)
Oh, i also hate how the developers produced an alternate ending... or rather, a lack of ending. I didn't mind the original ending, but suddenly saying "oh, actually, that not really what happened.. tadah!" kinda annoyed me. i don't want to spoiler the ending.
I think i better explain myself about Guitar Hero too, as i bet a few people like that game. It was so hyped up at my school, everyone had at least 1 copy of the game, even if they didn't have a console to run it on. So i stubbornly thought "no, i will resist this popular urge, it will die down"... obviously it didn't, and so eventually i played the game, thinking "well if everyone likes it, then actually, it must be pretty good". oh how those words were eaten, puked back up with disgust of having ever let them leave my mouth, then eaten again. I really did not enjoy it at all, i'm not sure entirely why. Maybe its because my friends insisted that i was having fun, when really i was thinking the many more useful things my hands could be doing, other than fondling this bit of plastic shaped like a guitar. I guess thats what my hands tend to do anyway, just with different shapes of plastic but... meh, i just can't seem to explain the reasons i don't find it fun... maybe it is just because i'm a douche...
I bought .detuned off of the PSN and was severely disappointed. It was advertised as something where you can play your own music and make effects and videos for the songs but in actuality it's just a guy sitting in a chair. The effects are you can screw with his face and stuff. That's about it. It's entertaining for maybe 5 minutes but not past that.
Halo 3 ODST was a huge letdown for me... well at least I get to play the Halo Reach multiplayer beta may 3rd CANT WAIT!!! PPPPPLLLLLZZZZZ DONT LET HALO REACH BE LIKE ODST I WILL PERSONALLY HATE BUNGIE FOREVER IF IT IS!!! But it most likely wont... right... RIGHT!!!
First time this happened was with an EA game for me. I think it was a need for speed. Long story short, I no longer trust and EA advert.
My brother got that in the wake of Spiderman 2 being actually pretty good. What a waste of money...ShadeHedgehog1 said:
Spore.
Good God.
I just wish it made it so that you could customize the effectiveness of the vehicles (like add guns that actually shoot instead of look pretty)..
That would've made it so much better for me. But it still wouldn't be worth the hype
Good God.
I just wish it made it so that you could customize the effectiveness of the vehicles (like add guns that actually shoot instead of look pretty)..
That would've made it so much better for me. But it still wouldn't be worth the hype
I have to agree with the Dragon Age sentiment. While it's a solid RPG in the brass tacks, the absolute derivative nature of blatantly ripping Lord of the Rings off kind of set me in the wrong mood, because when Bioware felt like just making a game out of a franchise like Star Wars, at least they used to be honest about it.