Games That Disappointed You...

[Sebastian Krantz]

Dragon Age 2 left everything that was good about Dragon Age Origins behind and introduced new mechanics and ideas that didn't fit into the game and didn't work.

 

[AzureRaven]

I bought RE 5 to see what all the fuss was about. It didn't so much dissapoint me as I wanted to obliterate the fucking thing with a orbital strike.The controls are complete shit, and the story is even shittier. I hear people say, "The game doesn't let you aim and move because it makes it more challenging, the control scheme just heightens the difficulty" When did it become about the fucking controls and not the enemies in the game itself?! Seriously!

You had issues with the controls? What was the big deal...? I played the game all the time and the controls are A-ok. In fact they're pretty much copy-paste from RE4, which from a control standpoint was perfectly fine. The only thing a little eh was the inventory system but as long as you put the items to shortcuts on the D-Pad it was fine. And helped the flow a little what with not having to press start constantly. (Don't get me wrong though, I still love the Attache Case.)

 

[00slash00]

You could argue that KOTOR had basically the same gameplay, but I liked the complexity of the battle system in KOTOR as opposed to pressing 3 buttons of interchangeable attacks and spells.

while i do feel the combat of dragon age was too simplistic, i felt like it was more complex than kotor. in dragon age i would at least have to change strategies from time to time. in kotor i literally just spammed flurry until all the enemies were dead. then again, i played dragon age on pc, i heard dragon age was significantly better on pc than on consoles

 

[Esotera]

Any of Sid Meier's work from the last five years or so. Civilization IV and V were terrible, the hexagon square system really doesn't work.

And don't get me started on Spore...

 

[Malrock]

The Force Unleashed 2.

It was a little bit like the first time you have sex: You really enjoy it, but it's done in under a minute, elongated only by repetitive quicktime events...press X, press X, press X.......

 

[jonyboy13]

Dragon Age 2: Instead of removing the bad stuff from the first game they made the bad stuff worse and removed the good stuff. Using some crappy op skill in the dungeon that is the exact copy of the previous 4 dungeons and then having stupid 3 choices.

We will never forget "I want to be a dragon."

 

[Slangeveld]

Gothic (4) - Arcania / Expected a Gothic and an RPG, got neither.
Crysis 2 / What?!
Eve-Online Incarna / And not just because of the 70 dollar monocle
Pariah / Stale SP, Dead Multiplayer
Mount&Blade With Fire and Sword / Doing nothing to improve the engine. Just a big mod you have to pay for.
Dragon Age 2 / FUCK.
Age of Conan / Wanted exciting real-time combat that feels good and skill-full. Didn't get it.
Spellforce 2 / No comment.

 

[SSoSFAGTiaCaGwaP]

Angry birds. Quite boring and insanely repetetive. But then again, it was only $1.

Oh, and Fable 3 *shudder*.

 

[sluggyfreelancer]

Reading these comments, I have found that I am incredibly easy to please when it comes to video games! Haha!
But if I had to pick one that really disappointed me, it would be Fable 3.

Yeah I'm with you. I have never felt disappointed with a game. If I didn't like it or was bored with a game that was it. Well I've never actually 'felt' disappointment, just boredom.

 

[ZodiacPrince]

Sonic 4. I'm just glad I didn't buy it, woulda been a waste of money. I'm lucky my friend let me borrow his Xbox Live gamertag so I could play it.

 

[putowtin]

I want to know what games looked great pre-production, but failed to impress you once they were in your hands?

Fable II, it didn't so much disapoint, but downright broke my heart!
I love the first fable, I even bought an xbox on the recomendation of this game, but the second (and don't get me going on the third) hurt so much!

 

[Vault Girl]

Fallout New Vegas. After the amazing game i found Fallout3 too be it was so disappointing. After 2 weeks of "trying it out to give it a fair go" i sold my collectors edition. I amlost cried at how bad this game sucked when compared to it's predecessor.

 

[TheShogun]

Brink, I was so hyped for it...

 

[Dfskelleton]

Bioshock 2. Nuff Said.

I must agree, I was so excited. It wasn't bad, it was just mediocre.

Yeah, that's the bad thing though. Despite not being bad, Bioshock 2 seemed a lot worse due to the high expectations. However, that can work the other way as well. I walked into Duke Nukem Forever expecting a horrendous wreck of a game, and was pleasantly surprised when met with a mediocre shooter with it's primary drawbacks being technical and design issues. It wasn't that great, but it seemed much better than it actually was due to my low expectations.

 

[Dcocho]

Brink, I was so hyped for it...

This

 

[Randomoverload]

Dragon age 2 definitely although it did make being a mage better.

 

[Wuggy]

Bioshock 2. Nuff Said.

Damn, ninja'd at the first post.

Yes, I was going to say Bioshock 2. It was too much of the same: it got really boring really fast.

EDIT: By the way, it would've been fun to see if you would've made this topic a tad later to see how many would've said Skyrim. Because seriously, it just can't be worth the supernatural amount of hype. They never are.

 

[maddness666]

Dragon Age Two. I didn't buy it, I browed it from my dad. Glad I didn't buy it. I played to the end of the first chapter, started the second one, discovered that the story hadn't been advanced in any way other than that I was now a rich and well known mage in a society which actively hates on mages, I had decided to forgive the guy who betrayed me, or atleast had forgotten about him, all of the world's grievences were thrown back into my lap and I realised at that point that I had no motivation at all to continue.