Well, that wasn't what I was expecting...

[Insanum]

Mass Effect[/B]

Expected: A good space RPG with great gameplay & Story
Got: A relatively short game (35 hours) and not worth a second look.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Empire: Total War
Expected: An amazing game with new features and a whole new set of strategies for mass use of firearms and naval vessels
Got: A buggy BETA for the upcoming Napoleon Total War where they simaltaneously checked to see how far they could push the AI's understanding, the game's internal stability and my patience. Also, for laffs, they would routinely see how pissed off they could get "the nerds" by releasing patches that undid each other and broke the game, before admitting they ballsed it up and you could get the fixed version in the form of Napoleon Total War

fixed

though I'll still be getting Nappy, because I'll be damned if I don't love that period

SPORE

What I expected: the second coming of christ in quasi-evolutionary form.

What I got: a piss-poor collection of creators that changed nothing to the gameplay, which makes sense as there WAS no gameplay to be found. I waited 4 years for this, and I put up with that year-long delay, and all this time it was hyped beyond belief. Overhyped? Nope, if I picked it up out of curiousity without knowing, it would still have been the most aggravatingly shitty thing EVER

I will make Mr. Wright burn for this

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

OK but I'm going to spoiler mine.

Spoiler

Twilight + Twilight: New Moon

Expected: Pure garbage.
What I got: An alright movie.
[sup]Do not quote me saying I am gay, fag, whatever. it's my opinion, not yours.[/sup]

Fable 2
Expected: Brilliance.
What I got: A good game, just not as good as it was made out to be.

Snake

Expected: Playing as a snake, hunting down prey and such.
What I got: A game where you eat dots.

DIRT 2
Expected: A racing game that I'd get bored off quickly.
What I got: A game that has me hooked on it.

First two, very yes. Especially fucking Fable.

DJ Hero:
Expectation: Some incredibly difficult, barely changed guitar hero which is unreasonably pricey and sits on your lap like a sack of shit.
Reality: A game which doesn't cost that much, is effortless to set up and is hella fun.

Borderlands (Which I am now going to play):
Expectation: A big, open, deep RPG shooter.
Reality: Eh.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Metal Gear Solid 4

What I expected:
1 minute of gameplay for every 5 minutes of unskippable video

What I got:
About 5 minutes of gameplay for every 45 minutes of skippable video e.e

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

What I expected:
Kicking ass with The Force. A non-stop, action-packed brawl of epic scale

What I got:
An action platformer ...

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

What I Expected:
The best Batman game ever with a great replay value

What I got:
The best Batman game I've ever played with a relatively low replay value ... I mean after having beaten the Story mode I have been having trouble finding the point to continue playing

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

X-men Origins: Wolverine(Movie)
What I expected: Wolverine clawing stuff up with some random mutants from his past including one of my favorites Deadpool.

What I got: Gambit for no good reason and a Deadpool that doesn't speak and has laserbeam eyes. Seriously, WTF

 

[Dark Knifer]

Metroid prime
What I expected was a FPS were I got a cool suit and a cannon for an arm.
What I got was one of the most original FPS with an interesting story telling mechanic and immersive morph ball challenges. Also the cool suit with a cannon for an arm.

 

[vampirekid.13]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
What I expected: Piece of crap "Gangsta" shit.
What I got: Best. Game. Ever.

Super Smash Brother Brawl
What I expected: Best fighting game ever.
What I got: Best. Fighting. Game. Ever. Oh, and the smug smile that comes from knowing Yahtzee fucked up. =)

melee is better.


brawl is for the kids that are slightly slow so they had to slow down the pace of the game...for those people to keep up with the character.

i have yet to be defeated in melee, but anyone can beat me in brawl, my brain acts faster than the game goes, so when im on my 5th button in a combo the game is like on the second and ignores the 3/4th input. its stupid.

Classic example of the "Melee is the only awesome Smash Brothers Brawl doesn't exist WAH WAH THEY CHANGED IT OH WOE IS ME". I've played all 3, and Brawl is nowhere NEAR being slower. If anything, it's FASTER. Learn to play Brawl, not whine that it isn't Melee.

well i loved classic, and melee isnt classic and i loved that one too. brawl is just...casual.

i mean its ok for family fun i guess, its dumbed down enough for your grandma to have fun, and i suppose nintendo was kinda going for that...

 

[hazabaza1]

Dragon age
What I expected: Skipping all the Dialogue when I had read the subtitles to get to the gore.
What I got: A game where I didn't mind if there was no fighting, I just wanted to listen to the characters.

Avatar
What I expected: An epic movie, where I would be gripped, and not want it to end, especially after watching Terminator 2 a few weeks ago.
What I got: PRETTY COLOURS

 

[vampirekid.13]

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"Dumbed Down"? So because it doesn't use the most badly designed controller ever and it removed glitches like Wavedashing, it's "Dumbed Down" and "Casual"? Sorry, that excuse doesn't work when a. My mother can't get the hang of the controls and b. There's a shit load of unlockables and game modes.[/quote]

there may be a lot of unlockables, yes, and game modes, however 1v1, 2v2 as well 1v1v1v1 are no where close to as fast as melee was. SSBM had speed, actually id say an unreasonable amount of speed. they slowed it down in brawl. by a lot. its obvious. and yes, just because they removed wavedashing its dumbed down and casual.

if i click to run in a direction and im not there before i know what im doing there the game is doing it wrong.

also, while the old controller wasnt perfect it was better than the wii controllers (any and all of them).


edit, i didnt comment on unlockables or game modes, i commented on the gameplay for it not being worth my time when i can play a better game emulated on my computer (the orignial) or i can play melee (again much faster, hard hitting and unforgiving game) on an old platform.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

[b/]Sherlock Holmes[/b]

What I expected:
A well told and smartly written story of a revamped Holmes

What I got:
A shit story with lame detective scenes dumbed down so stupid people could feel smart and shitty acting from Rachel McAdams who didn't even try to do an English accent.

Whilst I agree with you about the terrible plot, Adler was meant to be American, so you can't really blame her accent.

Ghost In The Shell
What I expected:
General anime action girl nudie violence, with a dash of minor plot

what I got
A hugely thought provoking and mind blowingly intelligent anime with beautiful visuals and great soundtrack. And occasional nudie girl violence.

 

[vampirekid.13]

BRAWL ISN'T MELEE AND THEY REMOVED ALL THE SHIT THAT GAVE ME AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE THAT WEREN'T MEANT TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEY REMOVED MEWTWO AND THEY MADE A BETTER GAME LOVED BY PEOPLE WITH MORE IQ THAN ME WAH WAH WAH

^Your post, without all the bullshit.

really, because all i hear is "im bad when placed in a competitive environment so i like playing games for downies."

-_-

 

[HT_Black]

Bioshock:
What I expected: God's gift to mankind
What I got: A load of ass that gave me migraines

Oh no...really? How?

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
What I expected: A magnificent Nintendo game
What I got: The worst game I've ever played

Oh fucking god no! Blasphemy!

But really, our opinions couldn't be more opposite, heh.

May I ask why it's your worst game ever?

It's funny that you should ask, stranger!

My opinion on Bioshock can be summed up here; the review's a bit dated, and my opinions have shifted slightly since, but it's still accurate for the most part.

As for Twilight Princess, I'm working on a review now-- I'm planning on posting it at the 1000 mark. If you're interested, I'll let you know.

 

[vampirekid.13]

BRAWL ISN'T MELEE AND THEY REMOVED ALL THE SHIT THAT GAVE ME AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE THAT WEREN'T MEANT TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEY REMOVED MEWTWO AND THEY MADE A BETTER GAME LOVED BY PEOPLE WITH MORE IQ THAN ME WAH WAH WAH

^Your post, without all the bullshit.

really, because all i hear is "im bad when placed in a competitive environment so i like playing games for downies."

-_-

You've been making the same fucking excuses other Meleetards use to insult Brawl and those that play it. Maybe I'd be a little more willing to actually debate this if you'd use proper English.

proper english...right, because i typed in such broken english you could not read nor understand what i said.


listen, deal with opinions, brawl is a horrible game in my opinion. deal with the fact that not everyone praises the same crappy game you do and move on with life. i was nothing but civil at start, until you started taking it to a personal level.

yes, the game play in brawl is significantly slower than melee, yes that makes it a bad game in my opinion. im sorry you never were able to get the handle on wavedashing and that it ruined your melee experience, thats probably why they made brawl for people like you.


also, i played brawl and it was bad.

i dont care if you think its good, everyone likes different things...


and next time you decide to pick on someones english, make sure the person cant insult you, fluently, in 3 different languages, ok?