Every game in the Orange Box except Portal - due to the massive fanboy wankfest over these games, I was expecting (for Half Life 2) a stellar story to lift me to the highest heights, a main character I would want to go for a drink with, puzzles that required me to use my brain and (for Team Fortress 2) ultra-balanced multiplayer. I got (for Half Life 2) a reiteration every five seconds that I was Gordon Freeman, see saw puzzles a five year old could work out that just screamed overdeveloped tech demo and (for Team Fortress 2) a game where, it didn't matter what I picked because I was gunned down by rocket spam and dickhead players.
Spore - I was told this would be Sim Evolution, and it would be amazing. I got a cut down version of Sim City with a HD version of Snake glued on the front and a space sim so boring I've never got anywhere in it.