Gaming Letdowns

[randomite88]

The ending to Call of Duty 4...
I mean, some missiles get launched, you have an epic gunfight, hop into a jeep, have an even more epic gunfight, then you find yourself on a bridge, slow motion pistol kill, end...
What the hell???

Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like about Call of Duty 4's ending? I thought it was great.

It wasn't not great, it just built up a lot of action, then slowed down... The slow motion was good, but I was expecting some last little death defying stunts or unexpected turns before the russians came and saved your sorry ass...

It was an amazing ending - i especially like that it all ended with you feeling like you weren't really the hero, just a sorry SOB who happened to be in the wrong unit at the right time. Thats what call of duty has always been about - making you feel like a small part of global conflict - making you feel insignificant. The rest of the game is chock full of death defying stunts, and to me, there was nothing as defiant as using the last slivers of energy in your body to put a bullet in the back of the man who'd made life hell for you. I especially love how the whole thing is denied and covered up with you getting no credit or recognition for your sacrifice, since that is actually what would happen in real life. It was a very poignant ending - the only videogame ending ever to elicit ANY form of emotional response from me. Gaz and Griggs getting executed and Price sliding you the gun and almost dying (being not really sure of his fate) really got me.

 

[Bobipine]

As a plot let down... I'll probably go with Fable's 2 secret thingy you get when the other heroes join you for that ritual thingy..... did it did anything?

For a weapon let down, or actual item you use I'll go with the matilda for RE4 (I know it isn't the real last weapon to get, but you get it after the regular ones)... that gun just never seemed worth it for me, other then that, maybe that morning star thing in Dragon Quest 8, where you needed to collect 120 medals if I'm not mistaken? I didn't finished enough games where you unlock stuff as you near the ending, I played too much platformers (Mario, DKC, Banjo-Kazooie, MegaMan....)

 

[Fidelias]

Modern Warfare 2 was a HUGE letdown for me. After Call of Duty 4, I was actually getting to like the Call of Duty games a bit. It was a different take on the CoD games and I really looked forward to the sequel. I waited in line and spent 60 bucks to buy it, and you know what?

I hated it. Sure, it was fun. I beat the campaign. I play the multiplayer. But it wasn't really a full game. I mean, I beat the campaign in five hours. FIVE. And I SUCK at video games, I really do. A decent person could probably beat it in four or three hours. The campaign threw realism out the window. Multiplayer was just the same as CoD4 with better graphics and new maps(which suck, because they practically reward campers by giving them so many freaking hiding places). I have NEVER been so dissappointed in a game in all of my life(which isn't very long, but still).

Of course, this is my opinion. Other people probably love the game.

EDIT: Sweet, 117th post! (LOL I'm a Halo nerd!)

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Every boss fight in Gears of War 2 was a let down for me. Man, Epic, learn to make some fucking bosses.

The bosses were pretty lame, but the multiplayer was the real letdown for me. It's completely different from the first game's multiplayer (which I loved)

 

[Audemas]

Just about everything in Final Fantasy XIII.

 

[DividedUnity]

God of war 3. It was the first one in the series I played but damn it was such a let down

-"Oh hey check out this game its the most amazing and mind blowing experience ever. critically acclaimed and what not"-

*several hours later*

"Well that was a complete waste of time"

 

[Logic 0]

Chrono Cross, I was expecting a Godly sequel to a Godly RPG, but I got a very bland RPG, with a boring story and uninteresting characters.

I was let down to I really didn't like the confusing story and the 40+ charecters that were mostly useless conpared to the great story and only 6 charecters from chrono trigger.

 

[Phill]

alone in the dark. was expecting so much more..

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

Alright, here are a few of the more notable disappointments in terms of in-game items or gameplay sequences for me:

Halo items in Fable 2. Now, I don't expect the Covenant sword to be as powerful as it was in Halo 2 or anything, but I do expect it to be more that two or so steps ahead of the starting weapons. The same goes for the Spartan armor which provides no more protection than the Harlot outfit or Hot Date outfit (or underpants, for that matter). Again, it doesn't have to survive atmospheric re-entry, but it would have been nice if it could do anything but look funny spacially displaced in Albion (especially when dyed pink and white). The assault rifle was more of an insulting trifle.

Soul Edge and Soul Calibur in the Soul series supposedly have the power to reshape destiny itself with their power but in game,they don't even guarantee victory against a petite kind-hearted girl reluctantly using a pair of Tonfa to defend herself. Soul Edge even saps the user's health over time!

The resolutions of Deus Ex: Invisible War...all of them. There is no option to talk sense into the conflicting parties to come to a compromise.

Spoiler

Either Alex kills JC and Paul Denton, s/he aids them in their maniacal plan which very well could lead to the annihilation of the human species, side the Illuminati (after killing the Denton brothers)or kill everyone and let the full body cyborgs inherit the Earth. Not a satisfying outcome among them for anyone who wanted to let JC live but also see the error of his ways.

 

[Xannieros]

Had to say Turok, loved all the other games. BUT the latest one was so god-awful. Got your knife? You're set for 90% of the game.

 

[orangeapples]

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

I was really enjoying the game and the story until the 4th dimention... It was all meaningless and downhill from there...

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Personally, MGS4 was a massive letdown. It went from sneaky fun times to moo-ing robots and cyborg ninjas requiring dialysis.
What?

This was in between the FMVs: many of which longer than your least favorite episode of Mythbusters [give or take a few commercial breaks]

OT: Heavy Rain. I don't know what I was expecting. I remember loving choose your own adventure books as a kid so, I guess that was what I was expecting. As I play Heavy Rain I feel bored. I also don't really know who these people are or, what some of them are even doing in this game.

Also, I beat God of War 3 and was hoping for New Game +. No such luck though. I can't even use my godly possessions because I am playing on a different difficulty setting

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Just about everything in Final Fantasy XIII.

Agreed [sorry about the double post but I really can't stand this ... thing]

 

[Corn Cutter]

The last boss fight in Crysis Warhead. Very disappointing

Spoiler

You fight against the spider thing, that on the battleship in Crysis 1 came before the mothership arrived. So you think "great this must be the final countdown. I'm curious about the end boss this time." You kill the spider and a movie sequenz starts. there is this huge mothership arriving at the runway but you just fly away. credits.
That's it? No real boss fight?

so annoying

 

[magicman4443]

And the last thing that bothered me about it: where the hell was Ryan? I gotta figure that he would've come back in a vita chamber, seeing as they were all programmed to his own DNA. I was rather hoping he was alive for a plot twist.

Well, Ryan shut off the Vita chambers. He didn't want to be revived. Now, I know people are saying that there is still a possibility that he could have revived, the vita-chamber in his office was off, but there was a hidden one that was still working, blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. But, you have to ask yourself, what was left for Ryan? Rapture was in ruins. Everyone had fallen into insane drug addicts prowling the streets trying to get more ADAM. Rapture had fallen into a state of almost robotic self dependence. It didn't need a leader anymore, and there wasn't much Ryan could do to control Rapture anymore. So, instead of marking his final moments of life as a "slave", by obeying Fontaine's wishes for him to die, he chooses to kill himself instead and prove he is a man. Reviving himself would completely undermine his point.

 

[Sleekgiant]

I bought Mass Effect for I heard it was a gold encrusted diamond, turns out it was just wikipedia with poor combat

 

[tijuanatim]

The ending to God of War III. It just seemed......very anti-climatic.

Spoiler

Not the last boss fight mind you, fighting Zeus INSIDE Gaia was awesome, and I thoroughly enjoyed Fear Kratos and the whole idea of Hope. I just felt like Kratos killing himself to prevent Athena from distributing it to the people..it just seemed....like a let down.

 

[Artemicion]

I bought Mass Effect for I heard it was a gold encrusted diamond, turns out it was just wikipedia with poor combat

Hehe. Admittedly I was expecting more from Mass Effect with all the hype that continued for years after it came out. Stellar games just aren't made anymore.

 

[nick n stuff]

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men had some of the best levels ever. jailbreaks, kidnappings, bankjob, highspeed chases, stealth and there are loads more. however, both endings were pure shit. biggest letdown ever, the game actually kicks you in the crotch at the end.