Gaming Disappointments?

[AdumbroDeus]

Final Fantasy 7
Ocarina of Time (Not as "special" as every brought it to be. Majora's Mask is much better)

On a hunch, I checked your birthday, 1996, exactly like I expected. HELLO seinfeld is unfunny!


Not saying that it makes you stupid or anything, merely it's impossible to have the proper prospective on such genre-changers when you play them AFTER their successors. The feel safe and formulaic because they established the formula, and what followed copied them. MM's is immune to this because it remains a fundamentally off-beat game.

Oblivion

This is a little weird though cause hatred for oblivion is usually from the nostalga crowd who played the significantly better morrowind (which doesn't make oblivion a bad game mind you, just not as good). Ehhh, I'll chalk this up to taste like MvC 2.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

On a hunch, I checked your birthday, 1996, exactly like I expected. HELLO seinfeld is unfunny!

I like Seinfield...

Not saying that it makes you stupid or anything, merely it's impossible to have the proper prospective on such genre-changers when you play them AFTER their successors. The feel safe and formulaic because they established the formula, and what followed copied them. MM's is immune to this because it remains a fundamentally off-beat game.

Ocarina was good, but it was not ground breaking, spectacular good. The first Zelda game I have ever played was Wind Waker. Good cartoonish vibe to it. My parents then bought me the Zelda Collection for the Gamecube. I played Ocarina first and then Majora's Mask. Majora's Mask just struck me as more unique for some reason. Also, the first Final Fantasy I played was 3. Then I played 7 and 13.

Oblivion

This is a little weird though cause hatred for oblivion is usually from the nostalga crowd who played the significantly better morrowind (which doesn't make oblivion a bad game mind you, just not as good). Ehhh, I'll chalk this up to taste like MvC 2.

After playing and finshing Fallout 3, I decided to play Oblivion. I've heard good, GOOD things about it. I was going into the game expecting lesser graphics, and magic and sword fighting out the wazoo. I found out the game was pretty broken and there was not a lot of charm to it. I didn't mind the voice acting or anything else, It just felt some what generic. (Although, I can't wait to get my hands on Skyrim. Call me a hypocrite.)

 

[GamerAddict7796]

As a hardcore Fallout fan I am shocked too say New Vegas!

After the all-mighty holy game that was, and still is, Fallout 3, New Vegas was a huge let down. I enjoy and I play it often but it was a disapointment.

 

[baddude1337]

I actually kind of like Brink. I play it occasionally but just with bots, just like I do with Gears (the bots are more fun for me - I get murdered online).

Mine was probably Dragon Age. Everyone was saying how amazing it is at release and I really wanted to get stuck in to a good RPG. Out of my over 100 Xbox games, it is the only one I have EVER traded in.

 

[Ridgemo]

Halo ODST, no doubt. I'm a massive Halo fanboy. Halo CE was the first game I ever played and I loved the first three. But Halo died after Halo 3.

Bad Company 2 so many bad things.

Also this^
I didn't expect to like BC1 but I ended up enjoying it quite a lot. So I had pretty high expectations for BC2. But it's probably one of the worst games I've ever played.

Bad Company 2 is one of the worst games you've ever played?! Seriously. I know it's all opinion but i'm taking it you play a few select games then? Personally the online multiplayer was amazing in this game, you got a good squad of friends together and it was fantastic fun. Maybe the story wasn't that great so if you're basing it on that then maybe shooters arn't your deal...

Again, i know it's opinion, but i can think of many games just within the FPS genre that are worse than BC2, let alone other genres.

Anywho, apologies for my slight fanboi-ism there.

As for disspointment for me, i'd have to go with Army of Two: 40th Day. Me and my friend enjoyed the first game alot, granted it wasn't the best game, but the co-op was alot of fun with a friend and we had many a good laugh of him taking agro and then getting murdered by everyone.

The 40th Day just didn't bring the same fun to the table, which was unfortunate. I really look forward to good co-op games nowadays as it's where i find the most fun to be had in my gaming.

 

[AdumbroDeus]

On a hunch, I checked your birthday, 1996, exactly like I expected. HELLO seinfeld is unfunny!

I like Seinfield...

Not saying that it makes you stupid or anything, merely it's impossible to have the proper prospective on such genre-changers when you play them AFTER their successors. The feel safe and formulaic because they established the formula, and what followed copied them. MM's is immune to this because it remains a fundamentally off-beat game.

Ocarina was good, but it was not ground breaking, spectacular good. The first Zelda game I have ever played was Wind Waker. Good cartoonish vibe to it. My parents then bought me the Zelda Collection for the Gamecube. I played Ocarina first and then Majora's Mask. Majora's Mask just struck me as more unique for some reason. Also, the first Final Fantasy I played was 3. Then I played 7 and 13.

Oblivion

This is a little weird though cause hatred for oblivion is usually from the nostalga crowd who played the significantly better morrowind (which doesn't make oblivion a bad game mind you, just not as good). Ehhh, I'll chalk this up to taste like MvC 2.

After playing and finshing Fallout 3, I decided to play Oblivion. I've heard good, GOOD things about it. I was going into the game expecting lesser graphics, and magic and sword fighting out the wazoo. I found out the game was pretty broken and there was not a lot of charm to it. I didn't mind the voice acting or anything else, It just felt some what generic. (Although, I can't wait to get my hands on Skyrim. Call me a hypocrite.)

Seinfeld is unfunny is a cultural effect, it doesn't necessarily make you dislike seinfeld itself. Basically hype backlash, because a game is disappointing because it comes off as safe because stuff that everyone else is doing it did first.

OoT doesn't just extend to other zelda games, it had a great deal of effect on the action-adventure genre as a whole.

Fair enough, hence it was good not great, it did have significant weaknesses, though there were some true gems in it. Shivering isles and dark brotherhood quests being the most notable.

 

[Rock Beefchest]

Halo ODST, no doubt. I'm a massive Halo fanboy. Halo CE was the first game I ever played and I loved the first three. But Halo died after Halo 3.

Bad Company 2 so many bad things.

Also this^
I didn't expect to like BC1 but I ended up enjoying it quite a lot. So I had pretty high expectations for BC2. But it's probably one of the worst games I've ever played.

What happened to the humor? BC2 just wasn't as quirky and fun.

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Those are a disappointing game in themselves.
Agreed with Dragon Age, I too was looking forward to getting stuck into something deep and epic, but it just never grabbed me. Having to start again every couple of months to try and get into it probably didn't help.