Gamings greatest letdowns and failed promises
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Final Fantasy XII - Lets have a crap levelling system and radically change combat so you don't actually have to press any buttons to win a fight.
Command and Conquer 4 - Final game in a 15 year old series which has kept the same basic gameplay since the start. Lets change the gameplay completely!
Splinter Cell: Conviction - Ok, have only played the demo, but that put me off it after being a massive fan of Splinter Cell since its release.
Command and Conquer 4 - Final game in a 15 year old series which has kept the same basic gameplay since the start. Lets change the gameplay completely!
Splinter Cell: Conviction - Ok, have only played the demo, but that put me off it after being a massive fan of Splinter Cell since its release.
Halo 2 cliffhanger ending, I almost went mad after I couldn't 'finish the fight' and had to wait 3 more years
I made Fawkes do it. The game says he died, but that's utter crap seeing as radiation fucking heals him. Made even better by the fact that Broken Steel pretends that whoever went in to save the day made it out alive. Enough self inflicted amnesia and it works pretty well from there.Carlston said:
Mirror's Edge for me. The trailers looked so amazing, the kind of game that I had been looking forward to for so long...and then it just blew. I've never been as excited as I was for that game, and I was so crushed when it turned out to be bad that I've become jaded and bitter, not able to enjoy any of the games that I used to have fun with. It's gotten better, but, still, it was like getting cheated on all over again.
Disaster Day Of Crisis. It intrigued me from the moment it was announced. I preordered it when they said about it still being released, and previews were saying that it would take about 15 hours to complete.
Normal difficulty setting - 7 hrs 12 mins.
The graphics weren't all that great, the gameplay was pretty much just mini games, and the story was the only good point, but even that was B-movie standard, except for maybe one twist which I actually didn't see coming. Some of the platforming was dire, and the enemy AI was terrible. Project HAMMER I also wanted to play, but that got cancelled.
Normal difficulty setting - 7 hrs 12 mins.
The graphics weren't all that great, the gameplay was pretty much just mini games, and the story was the only good point, but even that was B-movie standard, except for maybe one twist which I actually didn't see coming. Some of the platforming was dire, and the enemy AI was terrible. Project HAMMER I also wanted to play, but that got cancelled.
Age Of Empires 3...
Red alert 3..
CnC 3....
2'nd versions of those games were my favoirites in the world, and seeing 3'rd versions like that killed RTS genre for me....
Heroes of Might and Magic 5... 3rd one was amaising, 4th one done things differently and was epic, with only complain is lack of random map generator. 5th one added nothing to the games, and did that pretty badly...
DoW soulstorm... after mediocre games with darc crusade being a little fun, its just disapointing to see a squad of Space Marines being killed a squad of scouts, as well as a ton of other balancing issues...
Quake 4....
Red alert 3..
CnC 3....
2'nd versions of those games were my favoirites in the world, and seeing 3'rd versions like that killed RTS genre for me....
Heroes of Might and Magic 5... 3rd one was amaising, 4th one done things differently and was epic, with only complain is lack of random map generator. 5th one added nothing to the games, and did that pretty badly...
DoW soulstorm... after mediocre games with darc crusade being a little fun, its just disapointing to see a squad of Space Marines being killed a squad of scouts, as well as a ton of other balancing issues...
Quake 4....
Now now, that seems harsh. I agree with the initial sentiment of your post, though. Mirror's Edge did promise more than it delivered, and it ended up being on the disappointing end of the scale. With that said, there are good things about the game. It's just... well, pretty flawed.Angryman101 said:
100% agreement here. HMM 5 was truly disappointing. The graphics aren't really better, seeing as the series has always relied on more cartoony styles. They're more advanced, sure. But they're also less visually appealing, and awkward to boot. The cutscenes were painful to watch. As for the gameplay, the game that used to be so easy to operate had suddenly became clunky and fiddly. I hated the camera controls beyond any measure. As for the rest, it's just... well, the same. So, they didn't improve anything, just mess a few things up, slapped a sequel title on it, and called it a day. Son, I am disappoint.DrMetal said:
greatest game letdowns and nobodies mentioned Sonics yet.
don't know how to do links, but i always found this accurate and amusing
http://gamesareevil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sonic_cycle.jpg
don't know how to do links, but i always found this accurate and amusing
http://gamesareevil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sonic_cycle.jpg
I never said the game was bad i just thought it had a lot more potential and at the time was being fairly hyped to be even greater then the first which i had greatly enjoyed.P.Tsunami said:
It has been a while since i played but my main memories seem to be disappointment. Some bug with the return to Telos academy lost my a few hours which had to be replayed a major annoyance. Also the Peragus level which felt like is was more of a combat than a roleplaying game seemed to drag on for way too long before what i felt was the game really starting
Also i might of just of had a bad play through such as somehow annoying Anton early and missing all his side info. As well it had a bad ending experience.
Overall i rarely buy games with high expectations and i feel it was a letdown and since brought it for xbox i would have to rebuy for the restoration project
dawn of war 2 giving us a game with less units and a campaign that recycles the same maps and objectives EVERY. F*ING. MISSION. Dawn of war 1 was so much better
As to failed promises the multiplayer campaign in Empire total war was promised and never showed up.
As to failed promises the multiplayer campaign in Empire total war was promised and never showed up.
That's pretty much the ending the game gave me.Carlston said:
"Someone has to push that button, NOW! The radiation will kill whoever does it, though. You should go push the button!"
"Wait, I have a better idea! My good friend Fawkes here is healed by radiation! Let's have him do it!"
"Good bye, friend, for I will surely die."
"Wait... Whut?"
Fawkes goes in and dies. Game guilt trips me over killing him
"I'm confused..."
