soul calibur 4 and spore. I'm not sure what i didn't like about soul calibur 4, i guess fighting games have just lost their luster to me. Spore was fun for like a day and then it got boring and repetitive.
The game you had highest expectations for that let you down
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Amazingly enough, my choice was a game that was universally lauded (as far as I can tell) - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I found the interface claustrophobic, lack of a reasonable third-person perspective to be detracting (you couldn't properly aim and what not in third person, it was more of a cosmetic mode), and the game world was extremely dull right from the get go.
I'm sure that if I would have stuck with it and traveled the game more I would have found it more appealing - but you know what they say about first impressions.
I'm sure that if I would have stuck with it and traveled the game more I would have found it more appealing - but you know what they say about first impressions.
Probably every sequel in the Half-Life series. Mind you that the games themselves aren't bad, in fact I consider them paragons of game design, its just that bits of the story are like effin' drips from a faucet, each new game Valve only trickles bits of the backstory, and the mystery only deepens with each new game.
Valve, I've bought four of your games, including the two expansion packs for the original Half-Life, so I'll feel cheated if you don't GIVE US 'EFFIN ANSWERS IN THE NEXT EPISODE!!!
Valve, I've bought four of your games, including the two expansion packs for the original Half-Life, so I'll feel cheated if you don't GIVE US 'EFFIN ANSWERS IN THE NEXT EPISODE!!!
Ninja Gaiden 2. I was expecting something that wasnt a rehash of the original with more blood. But I guess its hard to please fans after the original on xbox
Oblivion for all the reasons everyone else has ranted about already at one point or another.
Mass Effect. Shallow, boring, and buggy are just a few words to describe this absolute failure of an RPG. The supporting characters were amazingly forgettable, and the main plotline was a complete snore. The actual 'role playing' choices mostly varied between 'TO TEH RESKEW' do gooder and 'be a bit of a dick' with no real option for being a right proper evil bastard. If I feel motivated enough, I'll copy pasta over my big rant about this crap piece of game to flesh out this ***** fest a bit more. I'd do it now, but I'm on a work computer and the site I need to go to is blocked. >.>
Oh Baldur's Gate, how I miss your genre defining glory days.
Mass Effect. Shallow, boring, and buggy are just a few words to describe this absolute failure of an RPG. The supporting characters were amazingly forgettable, and the main plotline was a complete snore. The actual 'role playing' choices mostly varied between 'TO TEH RESKEW' do gooder and 'be a bit of a dick' with no real option for being a right proper evil bastard. If I feel motivated enough, I'll copy pasta over my big rant about this crap piece of game to flesh out this ***** fest a bit more. I'd do it now, but I'm on a work computer and the site I need to go to is blocked. >.>
Oh Baldur's Gate, how I miss your genre defining glory days.
The perfect thread to Blast Brawl, waited two f'in years and the gameplay was just amazingly terrible. I can't put my finger on it but it is slower in movement and faster in attack speed and why the hell they make you randomly trip in a fighting game ill never understand. And I don't think they could of made the single player anymore boring, it seems Nintendo has just lost the plot.
Mario Kart for Wii, who ever made this game I want to see burn! Not one new level, even a 5 year old child has more imagination than these bloody nips. Also why the hell would you place a super missile ability that does all the work for you, seriously you can come back from 12th place to first in no time, there is as much luck to the game than there is skill!
WOW I thought the Cube was shit but this is ridiculous, kiss my ass Nintendo you have lost a customer!
Mario Kart for Wii, who ever made this game I want to see burn! Not one new level, even a 5 year old child has more imagination than these bloody nips. Also why the hell would you place a super missile ability that does all the work for you, seriously you can come back from 12th place to first in no time, there is as much luck to the game than there is skill!
WOW I thought the Cube was shit but this is ridiculous, kiss my ass Nintendo you have lost a customer!
need for speed carbon, i know theres not many racing fans on here but i loved nfs underground 1 and 2 and was expecting more of the same but with police chases and improved graphics.
But what i got was a stripped down version of the car modding side of things and some stupidly expensive super cars that i couldn't give a toss about. Also in order to lose the police i had to use the stupid game breaker by driving into a petrol station at high speed which kind of distracts from the chase, as i know where they are i can just go there and lose the cops.
The cutscenes were nice and that was about it.
But what i got was a stripped down version of the car modding side of things and some stupidly expensive super cars that i couldn't give a toss about. Also in order to lose the police i had to use the stupid game breaker by driving into a petrol station at high speed which kind of distracts from the chase, as i know where they are i can just go there and lose the cops.
The cutscenes were nice and that was about it.
Master of Orion 3. Why oh why... oh wait I never played it after I saw other people's hatred of it!
I've heard it's "not as bad" with some mods / patches, but why did they have to jack up a perfect formula? Moo2 with better graphics and a few tweaks would be an outstanding game.
I've heard it's "not as bad" with some mods / patches, but why did they have to jack up a perfect formula? Moo2 with better graphics and a few tweaks would be an outstanding game.
Crysis. They were mostly met. The first 3/4 of the game were wonderful. The last 1/4, not so much, but still way above average. The sand box style was wonderful and for those of us where are creative, it was a blast with lots of replay value. Warhead provided more of this open experience but with a more frantic pace.
It's unbelievable how much people expect from games nowadays. If it isn't the second coming of Christ, people see it as a failure. It's like no ne plays games anymore just for the pure enjoyment of it. They're so busy trying to spot every single flaw that they can't step back and see the whole picture.
Hell, I guess that goes for just about everything these days. I'd like to lobby to call this generation the "JADED GENERATION". Or the "Spoiled Generation", either works fine.
Hell, I guess that goes for just about everything these days. I'd like to lobby to call this generation the "JADED GENERATION". Or the "Spoiled Generation", either works fine.
No the whole picture is that they start of well and they change everything for the worst. When they make a squeal they are meant to improve mistakes not make the same old ones and new ones.Jimmyjames post=9.72096.752274 said:
Don't you watch any of Yahtzee's reviews? If you like everything these days congratulations, your standards have been worn down to a stump!
No, actually I can't stand Yahtzee's reviews. He was good a year ago, but he's deteriorated into self-parody and loathing. He bitches and complains because he knows people eat it up.Nazulu post=9.72096.752322 said:
People are so eager to ***** about anything that they don't let themselves enjoy anything, either.
Interesting. What it is about OoT that you were let down by? (I'm asking partly because I'm curious and partly because you should be prepared for the hate bomb you're likely to get)Wardog13 post=9.72096.752680 said:
Personally, I think it's a great game and all, but it kind of felt like a retread of Link to the Past with a graphical facelift. There are Zelda lovers and Zelda haters. I'm just a Zelda liker.
Turok was my biggest let down, boring weapons, no time traveling red indian (you know Turok) and after playing crysis the enviroment was soo stale in comparison.
Yea, Oblivion was one of those games that takes awhile to get in to. =[Teth post=9.72096.751881 said:
The first hour or so is sort of "meh," but after that, it gets pretty good. I still go back to it, from time to time.
Command and Conquer 3.
I was hoping for the epicness of the older CnC games, but when looking back, perhaps I should've known better. I mean, EA produced it. It just missed it for some reasons. I didn't think the units were as cool as in the earlier games, and the combat was rather bland.
I was hoping for the epicness of the older CnC games, but when looking back, perhaps I should've known better. I mean, EA produced it. It just missed it for some reasons. I didn't think the units were as cool as in the earlier games, and the combat was rather bland.