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Myster XIII

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Mass Effect. What bugged me about the story is why are the humans always coming to save the day? every other species In the galaxy have far more advanced weaponry and ships and yet we Lowly humans are the only ones with the can do attitude that can get it done? Nope. Not buying it Bioware.
 

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Two titles stand out for me as the biggest disappointments, Fable 2 and Final Fantasy 9.

Fable 2 was one game I really did buy pretty much on hype alone.. and boy did it come back to bite me in the ass. Everyone was saying it was a GOTY contender, and it even won GOTY from a few sources. Plus the way it was described really did sound cool, so I bought it. I kept playing it but ended up quitting before I even got to the end. I was seriously left wondering where this great game was that everyone had been talking about. Everything about it just felt so shallow, and that made the few good ideas it did have even harder to reconcile.

Final Fantasy 9, the supposed return of the series to it's NES/SNES glory days. I had actually really liked FF7 and I loved FF8, but there still was something special about FF4 and FF6 that made them my favourites overall. When FF9 was announced and hyped as a return to the SNES way of things I was extremely excited.. this was going to be the awesomeness of all of my favourite FF games put together! Then I saw the hideous art style. Besides making me want to vomit, it turned me off of the game almost entirely. I did manage to find a cheap copy shortly after release (that should have been my first clue) and figured I'd put up with the fugliness if only to experience the surely awesome game underneath. Boy was I wrong.

Honourable mentions go to Star Ocean 3 (SO2 was mindblowing, what happened?), FF5 (this bland, broken and boring garbage is the supposedly godly FF game that never got released in North America) and Seiken Densetsu 3 (Another sequel to an absolutely astounding game, this time Secret of Mana, that got so much hype and missed an NA release but was really so much crap).
 

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benoitowns said:
That's cute, he thinks he's funny. I can't believe I managed to read half of that. How do people mistake crassness for humor? He didn't even say what was bad about them, he just insulted it and called it full of pus.

Anyways, Final Fantasy 7 for me. I was expecting it to be godly and discovered a terribly written and cliched plotline with terrible, terrible characters. Cloud honestly was one of the worst and least interesting characters ever.
It was a shame, I had loved all of the Final Fantasies up until that point.
 

benoitowns

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Angryman101 said:
benoitowns said:
That's cute, he thinks he's funny. I can't believe I managed to read half of that. How do people mistake crassness for humor? He didn't even say what was bad about them, he just insulted it and called it full of pus.

Anyways, Final Fantasy 7 for me. I was expecting it to be godly and discovered a terribly written and cliched plotline with terrible, terrible characters. Cloud honestly was one of the worst and least interesting characters ever.
It was a shame, I had loved all of the Final Fantasies up until that point.
Now Im confused, do you mean I think Im funny, or that the reviewers think they are funny, when did I say snip, I dont know what crassness means, and I thought it was obvious what was wrong with the reviews. and what did you say about pus?
 

Angryman101

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benoitowns said:
Angryman101 said:
benoitowns said:
That's cute, he thinks he's funny. I can't believe I managed to read half of that. How do people mistake crassness for humor? He didn't even say what was bad about them, he just insulted it and called it full of pus.

Anyways, Final Fantasy 7 for me. I was expecting it to be godly and discovered a terribly written and cliched plotline with terrible, terrible characters. Cloud honestly was one of the worst and least interesting characters ever.
It was a shame, I had loved all of the Final Fantasies up until that point.
Now Im confused, do you mean I think Im funny, or that the reviewers think they are funny, when did I say snip, I dont know what crassness means, and I thought it was obvious what was wrong with the reviews. and what did you say about pus?
Yes.
 

Uberjoe19

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Kororci said:
Uberjoe19 said:
I made the mistake of buying a game with a movie license attached (which shall not be named here to cover my ass and avoid embarrassment.)
Oh come on tell us were all friends here right!
No, I would rather not say, as it's a really stupid movie.
 

Uberjoe19

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benoitowns said:
Well, I thought both Fable 2 and GTA4 were pretty good. I don't really know what you are talking about, but I don't care all that much either way so whatever. The only people who bother me with bashing games without any support at all are the people at sirfragsalot.com
Their review of Modern Warfare: "It sucks"
Their review of Uncharted 2: "This game doesn?t deserve to have its pitiful existence acknowledged"
Their review of Assassin's Creed 2: Assassin?s Creed II is the follow-up to Ubisoft?s 2007 crap-pile that attracted a mass audience but sucked huge ass-tonnes of raccoon urine. The sequel is an expansive and bloody romp through Renaissance Italy that ignores even the passable aspects of the first installment while emphasizing many of its game-breaking flaws. Assassin?s Creed II has evolved from an ill-defined action game into a piece of shit. Everything from the new monetary system to the ability to buy armor and weapons makes it a worse, and ultimately less satisfying game than its already unsatisfying predecessor.

The plot of Assassin?s Creed pulls together a bit of The Matrix, a lot of suposedly-historical fiction, and throws in elements of the madcap conspiracy theories found in that sucky Da Vinci Code movie. The series was obviously crafted by some of the most leperous hands in game development. With only a thre-fingered handful of exceptions, the environments, animations, and art all rot and fall apart. In addition to its terrible looks, the sequel?s gameplay destroys so much of the foundations of the first game, that in retrospect, the first Assassin?s Creed looks like Jesus, if Jesus was also a leper.

It?s difficult to nail down any parts of Assassin?s Creed II that are actually satisfying. Sections that border on playable are either fleeting or optional though most of this ?extra? content feels like a cockblock. For example, Prince of Persia fans will revel in the hidden tombs that require dexterity, patience, and expert timing?before realizing they are morons because Prince of Persia sucked my hairy FragDong.

Assassin?s Creed II transforms a terrible game into a festering and continually massurating open-world pussheap. Based on this game, Ubisoft Montreal should run a clinic on how to vaccinate a franchise against awesome; if the series continues in this vein, the next installment will take the forms of a gigantic mass of rotting scrotal leavings that comes to your door like a Jehovah?s Witness to try and mess up our house. The experience is layered in its shittiness, unique in its fecality, and shows an incredible attention to details of my IBS. This is one case where the sequel has undercut the original by pissing on the gameplay and the already lame visuals until they stank like piss. No matter what your preconceptions are about Assassin?s Creed II, the game is not worth your time or money."

And last maybe or maybe not least I don't really care, Dragon Age Origins: "I love two things: role-playing games, fantasy settings, and games that don?t suck.

Imagine my tears of joy when Dragon Age: Origins was announced. And imagine my tears of pus when it came out and was the video game equivalent of the Twilight movies.

This leaning tower of mediocrity seduced me with its glorious promises and mainstream A+ reviews, then as soon as I closed my bedroom door it ripped off its pretty mask, stepped out of its skin, and pulled my large intestine out through my urethra. Maybe it was the high expectations that did it to me, but I actually feel psychologically damaged after playing this game.

This is a big ol? DO NOT BUY, folks. Don?t be fooled by the shiny screenshots and hollow promises: they?re just what you?d expect from a game that?s shared a bed with so many mainstream gaming news sites. I don?t care if this thing gets 90s across the board. Who are you going to trust, the professionals who get paid to review these things, or the pure-hearted amateur?

The one and only,
?MasterCaster"
Aren't those reviews pretty fail? I mean they seem to like just bashing games, and the only reason I looked at their website is because I watched ENN and was like, HUH i wonder if that is a real site? and typed it in.
That was an intriguing yarn, comrade.
 

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Myster XIII said:
Mass Effect. What bugged me about the story is why are the humans always coming to save the day? every other species In the galaxy have far more advanced weaponry and ships and yet we Lowly humans are the only ones with the can do attitude that can get it done? Nope. Not buying it Bioware.
The point of playing as a human was because that, being human, we could empathize with the struggle to have human-kind accepted in a galactic community ruled by aliens who were longer lived, stronger, or just outright smarter. The idea of humanity saving the day was that the things that make us human, our drive and ambition (due to our shorter lifespan) give our species a greater determination and inventiveness. Also, the Asaari Ascension was the flagship and the largest ship in Citadel space, but the Human/Turian prototype Normandy was the most advanced ship in the ME universe (I've been playing the first one through recently and actually stopped to read the many, many codex entries).

OT: Deus Ex Invisible War. Ugh, just ugh. And Kieron Gillon of PC Gamer needs a slap for his 'Interpretive Dance' review of DX:IW and how good it was (yes, I still have it somewhere), you lied to me Kieron. You lied!
 

benoitowns

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Angryman101 said:
benoitowns said:
Angryman101 said:
benoitowns said:
That's cute, he thinks he's funny. I can't believe I managed to read half of that. How do people mistake crassness for humor? He didn't even say what was bad about them, he just insulted it and called it full of pus.

Anyways, Final Fantasy 7 for me. I was expecting it to be godly and discovered a terribly written and cliched plotline with terrible, terrible characters. Cloud honestly was one of the worst and least interesting characters ever.
It was a shame, I had loved all of the Final Fantasies up until that point.
Now Im confused, do you mean I think Im funny, or that the reviewers think they are funny, when did I say snip, I dont know what crassness means, and I thought it was obvious what was wrong with the reviews. and what did you say about pus?
Yes.
Now that is just mean.
 

benoitowns

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Uberjoe19 said:
benoitowns said:
Well, I thought both Fable 2 and GTA4 were pretty good. I don't really know what you are talking about, but I don't care all that much either way so whatever. The only people who bother me with bashing games without any support at all are the people at sirfragsalot.com
Their review of Modern Warfare: "It sucks"
Their review of Uncharted 2: "This game doesn?t deserve to have its pitiful existence acknowledged"
Their review of Assassin's Creed 2: Assassin?s Creed II is the follow-up to Ubisoft?s 2007 crap-pile that attracted a mass audience but sucked huge ass-tonnes of raccoon urine. The sequel is an expansive and bloody romp through Renaissance Italy that ignores even the passable aspects of the first installment while emphasizing many of its game-breaking flaws. Assassin?s Creed II has evolved from an ill-defined action game into a piece of shit. Everything from the new monetary system to the ability to buy armor and weapons makes it a worse, and ultimately less satisfying game than its already unsatisfying predecessor.

The plot of Assassin?s Creed pulls together a bit of The Matrix, a lot of suposedly-historical fiction, and throws in elements of the madcap conspiracy theories found in that sucky Da Vinci Code movie. The series was obviously crafted by some of the most leperous hands in game development. With only a thre-fingered handful of exceptions, the environments, animations, and art all rot and fall apart. In addition to its terrible looks, the sequel?s gameplay destroys so much of the foundations of the first game, that in retrospect, the first Assassin?s Creed looks like Jesus, if Jesus was also a leper.

It?s difficult to nail down any parts of Assassin?s Creed II that are actually satisfying. Sections that border on playable are either fleeting or optional though most of this ?extra? content feels like a cockblock. For example, Prince of Persia fans will revel in the hidden tombs that require dexterity, patience, and expert timing?before realizing they are morons because Prince of Persia sucked my hairy FragDong.

Assassin?s Creed II transforms a terrible game into a festering and continually massurating open-world pussheap. Based on this game, Ubisoft Montreal should run a clinic on how to vaccinate a franchise against awesome; if the series continues in this vein, the next installment will take the forms of a gigantic mass of rotting scrotal leavings that comes to your door like a Jehovah?s Witness to try and mess up our house. The experience is layered in its shittiness, unique in its fecality, and shows an incredible attention to details of my IBS. This is one case where the sequel has undercut the original by pissing on the gameplay and the already lame visuals until they stank like piss. No matter what your preconceptions are about Assassin?s Creed II, the game is not worth your time or money."

And last maybe or maybe not least I don't really care, Dragon Age Origins: "I love two things: role-playing games, fantasy settings, and games that don?t suck.

Imagine my tears of joy when Dragon Age: Origins was announced. And imagine my tears of pus when it came out and was the video game equivalent of the Twilight movies.

This leaning tower of mediocrity seduced me with its glorious promises and mainstream A+ reviews, then as soon as I closed my bedroom door it ripped off its pretty mask, stepped out of its skin, and pulled my large intestine out through my urethra. Maybe it was the high expectations that did it to me, but I actually feel psychologically damaged after playing this game.

This is a big ol? DO NOT BUY, folks. Don?t be fooled by the shiny screenshots and hollow promises: they?re just what you?d expect from a game that?s shared a bed with so many mainstream gaming news sites. I don?t care if this thing gets 90s across the board. Who are you going to trust, the professionals who get paid to review these things, or the pure-hearted amateur?

The one and only,
?MasterCaster"
Aren't those reviews pretty fail? I mean they seem to like just bashing games, and the only reason I looked at their website is because I watched ENN and was like, HUH i wonder if that is a real site? and typed it in.
That was an intriguing yarn, comrade.
yes, yes it was
 

Uberjoe19

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benoitowns said:
Uberjoe19 said:
benoitowns said:
Well, I thought both Fable 2 and GTA4 were pretty good. I don't really know what you are talking about, but I don't care all that much either way so whatever. The only people who bother me with bashing games without any support at all are the people at sirfragsalot.com
Their review of Modern Warfare: "It sucks"
Their review of Uncharted 2: "This game doesn?t deserve to have its pitiful existence acknowledged"
Their review of Assassin's Creed 2: Assassin?s Creed II is the follow-up to Ubisoft?s 2007 crap-pile that attracted a mass audience but sucked huge ass-tonnes of raccoon urine. The sequel is an expansive and bloody romp through Renaissance Italy that ignores even the passable aspects of the first installment while emphasizing many of its game-breaking flaws. Assassin?s Creed II has evolved from an ill-defined action game into a piece of shit. Everything from the new monetary system to the ability to buy armor and weapons makes it a worse, and ultimately less satisfying game than its already unsatisfying predecessor.

The plot of Assassin?s Creed pulls together a bit of The Matrix, a lot of suposedly-historical fiction, and throws in elements of the madcap conspiracy theories found in that sucky Da Vinci Code movie. The series was obviously crafted by some of the most leperous hands in game development. With only a thre-fingered handful of exceptions, the environments, animations, and art all rot and fall apart. In addition to its terrible looks, the sequel?s gameplay destroys so much of the foundations of the first game, that in retrospect, the first Assassin?s Creed looks like Jesus, if Jesus was also a leper.

It?s difficult to nail down any parts of Assassin?s Creed II that are actually satisfying. Sections that border on playable are either fleeting or optional though most of this ?extra? content feels like a cockblock. For example, Prince of Persia fans will revel in the hidden tombs that require dexterity, patience, and expert timing?before realizing they are morons because Prince of Persia sucked my hairy FragDong.

Assassin?s Creed II transforms a terrible game into a festering and continually massurating open-world pussheap. Based on this game, Ubisoft Montreal should run a clinic on how to vaccinate a franchise against awesome; if the series continues in this vein, the next installment will take the forms of a gigantic mass of rotting scrotal leavings that comes to your door like a Jehovah?s Witness to try and mess up our house. The experience is layered in its shittiness, unique in its fecality, and shows an incredible attention to details of my IBS. This is one case where the sequel has undercut the original by pissing on the gameplay and the already lame visuals until they stank like piss. No matter what your preconceptions are about Assassin?s Creed II, the game is not worth your time or money."

And last maybe or maybe not least I don't really care, Dragon Age Origins: "I love two things: role-playing games, fantasy settings, and games that don?t suck.

Imagine my tears of joy when Dragon Age: Origins was announced. And imagine my tears of pus when it came out and was the video game equivalent of the Twilight movies.

This leaning tower of mediocrity seduced me with its glorious promises and mainstream A+ reviews, then as soon as I closed my bedroom door it ripped off its pretty mask, stepped out of its skin, and pulled my large intestine out through my urethra. Maybe it was the high expectations that did it to me, but I actually feel psychologically damaged after playing this game.

This is a big ol? DO NOT BUY, folks. Don?t be fooled by the shiny screenshots and hollow promises: they?re just what you?d expect from a game that?s shared a bed with so many mainstream gaming news sites. I don?t care if this thing gets 90s across the board. Who are you going to trust, the professionals who get paid to review these things, or the pure-hearted amateur?

The one and only,
?MasterCaster"
Aren't those reviews pretty fail? I mean they seem to like just bashing games, and the only reason I looked at their website is because I watched ENN and was like, HUH i wonder if that is a real site? and typed it in.
That was an intriguing yarn, comrade.
yes, yes it was
Did you see what I did there?
 

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The first Spyro the Dragon game on last-gen systems. I loved the PS1 games, so I was excited to see how Spyro translated to new consoles! Unfortunately, I hadn't realized that Insomniac wasn't the one that made it. That was horribly disappointing.