The biggest let-down you've ever had about a new title

[Iaspis]

Sometimes, games tend to be over-hyped and that can be a trap for gamers, making many of us buy a game without watching/paying attention to a gameplay trailer or playing a demo first. What's the worst let-down you've ever had? Mine, without a shadow of a doubt, is Jericho. I'm a huge Clive Barker/Undying fan so I suppose you can imagine my dissapointment ("What the...? Team based!?")

 

[Kabutos]

GTAIV. My friend told me about how awesome it was, etc. etc. but when I played it I was let down since, for me, it was a rehash of the other GTAs.

 

[Emmitt_Nervend]

Advent Rising. it was so bad and so hyped.

 

[crazy-j]

oblivion

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Any old school RPG fan will remember the big let down that was Chrono Cross. I mean it wasn't a bad game but it was a piss poor Chrono Trigger sequel.

 

[bue519]

its a tie between Gears of War 2 and Banjo and Kazooie nuts and bolts.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Mirror's Edge. Don't get me wrong, at this moment I'm playing it and loving it, but I think they put too much emphasis on combat. Besides that, I haven't really been that disappointed. Oh, wait, I forgot Halo 3.

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

Fable 2. I was very let down by it, it was to short, and there really wasn't a lot to do. I bought every house in the game, became king, did all the side quests and beat the game in about 3 days. I was really disappointed and bored, so i turned it in a reserved gears 2. Which i love.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Really thought LBP was the biggest letdown, far to much hype on that platformer.

 

[Kabutos]

oblivion

Also, this. In the gameplay trailers they showed npc's talking about your latest acheivements in ridding Kvatch of daedra, but all I got with my game was:
"I saw a mudcrab the other day."
It's especially funny if you get the same voice actor talking to himself.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Black & White 2. I loved the first game, but 2 was a real let down. It was in the book of world records for best AI in a game for the creature, and I so prefered the creature from the 1st game, and the game in general. Lionhead seem to have a habit of putting out unfinished games *stares at his Fable 2 case with a sigh*

 

[Xerosch]

Not really a super-uber-letdown, but I expected more of 'Condemned 2'. The first one is an absolute masterpiece, but part 2... so much potential and it turns into a far too generic 'evil cult' thing.
Like Yahtzee said: The first game was so psychologically tense because of the locations. You chased a mass murderer in everyday environments like a school, a normal house or a mall. Well, part 2 wasn't that bad, but compared to the first 'Condemned'...

Also, Final Fantasy XII was extremely bornig. Every Final Fantasy had a scene which defined the game for me. Part 12's story simply wasn´t interesting or surprising. Severe lack of the 'magic' usualy provided with the Final Fantasy storylines.

 

[Galletea]

FFXII So very, very dull.

 

[Xerosch]

What? 'Chrono Cross' is an underapprechiated masterpiece!

 

[darktheif28]

*Cough Cough* Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts

 

[SomeBritishDude]

FFXII So very, very dull.

second

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

FFXII So very, very dull.

second

Third.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Haze and Turok. Also GTA IV, but I wouldn't say it was as bad as it could have been.

 

[Telperion]

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Of course, this was my first ever "serious" mmorpg experience, so maybe I'm just not into mmorpgs as a general rule. Still, it was so horribly boring.

 

[Fanboy]

I've never become a victim of 'hype' so I avoid most let downs. The only times I've been let down that I can think of are Deus Ex 2 and Halo 2, and that's only because their previous games were fantastic. I'm just glad I didn't buy them.