What game has disappointed you the most?

[brad_sickness]

Army of Two, the game itself is fine but it's too small and the online play annoys me.

[UWSguy]

So much Okami hate. I loved the ending.


Speaking of crap though, I just finished Condemned 2. Very disappointing sequel... Some levels were good but the end of the game was just painful. Felt like it was made in 1991.

[NeoSanity]

[ObsoletE]

Gears of War.
try as i might, i just can't get into it. the cover system seems alright to begin with, but after a while it just annoys me, mostly because there are things i wanted to be able to do, but couldn't.
and the friendly AI sh*ts me to tears too. kept running in front of me, or getting into areas of cover i wanted to be in, and thus couldn't.
it's a shame, because i really WANT to like it, i just don't.

Halo.
it was (and is) an average shooter in terms of the genre, but happened to be a very good shooter on console. introduced possibly the worst addition to FPS games imo, with the self-healing thing. seriously i think that ruined the genre, sure med-kits aren't realistic, but neither is ducking out of sight for a few seconds. i just think that worrying about health as well added an extra dimension to the strategy of FPS games.
i disagree with people saying it was an average story though. personally i love the plot through all 3 games. it was probably the only thing that made me persevere through number 2.

Oblivion.
it's strange, pre-release i didn't really think much of it, i didn't like Morrowind, so i was not expecting to get into Oblivion, but somehow i got swept along by the praise and bought it, and was disappointed. it just plays like an MMORPG, but offline - so it's essentially everything i hate about MMOs (namely the leveling. i love the social aspect, and i love the endgame, but getting from level 1-60/70/80, i hate.) and if i wanted that experience, i'll keep playing WoW, where at least i can chat with mates, or have a laugh in the region's chat channel.

Doom 3.
now, i really like Doom 3. but i wasn't expecting a survival horror game, but rather a twitch-shooter, like Doom 1 and 2, so that was disappointing.
but i still really like Doom 3. big fan of suspense games.

Command and Conquer 3.
it just feels old and tired in the RTS genre. so much has changed around C&C, but it's remained the same.

as for Deus Ex 2: i played this before i played DX1, and i loved it so much i tracked down a copy of the first game. but now having played both, and trying to replay them, DX2 is far more a chore to play.
but as much as that was so, it's infinitely better than Project Snowblind, the other DX sequel. hugely disappointed by that.
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[Falcon]

It's been said before, and I'll say it again. Phantom Hourglass. I wanted to like this game. I really wanted to like this game. Great reviews, all my friends said it was awesome, my cousin was totally obssesed with it for a while, but I played for a few hours but could not go on. I just didn't like it
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"Where there's life, there's hope"

[Michael Kontoudis]

Anyone who says SUPER MARIO GALAXY is absolutely insane - that game blew down upon us from the heavens and we should cherish it forever.

Same with Okami!

You guys are crazy My biggest disappointment has probably been...I dunno, I can't really think of one. I thought Halo 3 was quite underwhelming when contrasted with the massive hype surrounding it. Still a good game, though.

[Kurupt]

[Passa]

[Blacko]

[Limericklad]

I agree with a lot of what was said above:
I hate when critics and Journalists throw around the title of "Best game in the world ever":
-Gears of War
-Half Life 2
-Halo

They are not the best ever. I never got into half life, but I purchased the Orange Box, and I was so disappointed. Other than the gravity gun its terrible, ugly graphics, ANNOYING enemies, some of the worst sound effects in a game ever, bad story line. Luckily it wasn't a total waste of money as I loved Portal and Team Fortress 2

Gears of War should be called the "biggest victim of hype ever". Its a great game but I was disappointed at the end because I obviously had missed whatever the critics were seeing because I saw no qualities of "the best game ever". Its just shooting from one end of the game to the other. The novelty of most of the weapons wears off after 2 or 3 uses. The hammer of Dawn is just a pain after the first 2 times you use it. To be fair though, the cover system worked and has been in almost every game since GoW

Halo is one phenomenon that has totally passed me by, I never saw the draw and I didn't play halo 3.

I got Oblivion because people were saying it was the best RPG ever(not usually a fan) and it is enjoyable for action fans, but the combat was weak it was too menu-heavy. Mass Effect out-shined it in every sense, bar exploration

I hate the fact that these games get hailed as the best ever, and games like God of War get simply referred to as "great games" but get largely overlooked, probably because they don't have all the gimmicks or because they are last gen
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[lennex15]

It would have to be Cabela's Alaskan Adventure. All i wanted to do was run around and do some hunting. After 5 minutes playing all i wanted to do was scratch my eyes out. Poor rendering, very glitchy, stupid stupid stupid fatigue couldn't run 30 seconds before having to stop and rest, poor vehicle dynamics. Truly s**te
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[bradc1988]

Metroid Prime 1/3. I just couldn't get into either of them, for some reason they just bored me to tears. I really wanted to like them as so many people seem to enjoy the Prime series, but unfortunately they're not for me.

Apart from that the only thing that springs to mind is Audiosurf. I played it once for about half an hour and haven't played it since which is fairly disappointing.


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[Big Pete]

Metroid Prime
Patience is the key with this game and sadly with so many superb games coming out that year Prime really needed to hit my 13 year old being from the get go. After playing around 6-7 hours I eventually had to give it up for the more attractive LoZ: WW.

Mario Kart: Double Dash
The follow up to the memorable Mario Kart 64 fell well below expectations. Just felt far too superficial - sadly a theme you'll find with most GameCube games IMO.

Mario Power Tennis
Met the same shortcomings MK: DD did. Such a shame following the masterpiece that was Mario Tennis.

Yoshi's Story
Take one of the best platformers of all time and try and find a way to ruin it - congratulations you have something in common with Yoshi's Story. With a sickening cute over tone and a poor collect-them-all system Yoshi's Story failed to meet my expectations.

Many more to come I feel.
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[Kurupt]

I loved Metroid prime 1 and 3. 2 I didn't really get into, because the dark world damaged you, and this made you not want to go explore the world, which is basically the point of the Prime games. And by the time you get the suite that makes you not take damage, you're up to the final boss, and already explored 90% of the world.

[ObsoletE]

[NismoR34]

It hurts me to read this thread and to see so many of my favourite games of all time (Metroid Prime series, BioShock, Okami - I mean come on) mentioned in it but I respect the fact that you're all entitled to your opinions and I appreciate the honesty about it too.

I can't say I really had any game that absolutely disappointed me as most of the games I had been really anticipating before release ended up being decent enough to justify my hype or whatever. If I was to choose a game (or two) though it would be Halo 2 and 3.

The original was awesome back in its day and it was certainly something different to what I had played before it. Naturally that meant that I fell for the hype for Halo 2 and then made the same mistake (although nowhere near as much) with Halo 3. They're good games, great even but once you've played Halo you have played Halo. It doesn't matter what version it is or what small additions a game has added or whatever, it's still Halo and that led to my disappointment.

Having said that, the story has still been pretty awesome (even with certain endings) throughout and I'd love to read the novels to extend that at some point. So yeah, I don't really have any disappointing games.

Edit: Wait, yes I do! Perfect Dark Zero.

MAAAAN was I disappointed in that atrocious piece of poo. Multiplayer had slight potential but after the brilliance of the original, to end up with that for a sequel (or prequel as the case may be) is just pathetic. The original Perfect Dark was ahead of its time but Zero was so behind the times it isn't funny.
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Raptured Reality

[Bloody Tears]

The most disappointing this year, or for any current generation console, is Burnout Paradise. Too many critical oversights to be able to offer more than a few minutes of fun. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the definition of disappointing.

Devil May Cry 4. I actually love the game but feel it was dumbed down heavily for greater appeal. Very disappointed in that respect, as the sense of accomplishment is all but gone – a critical aspect of prior games (with the exception of 2, of course, which is another great example of disappointment or disgust).

Halo series. It’s disappointing because the hype machine killed it. I still have no idea why it’s considered by many as the greatest thing in gaming.

[unlachs]

i found wind waker to be fairly underwhelming

and not at all because of the sailing, as it is probably my favourite aspect of the game

my disappointment most likely had something to do with the complete lack of interesting level/dungeon design and the all too familiar bosses
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[Dark Wolf]

[emech]

Halo 2: texture pop up killed it for me from the start. The whole point of conosles was to have standadised systems you could optimise games for, and this engine couldn't load properly. Also forcing the switch to the alien - I enjoyed beinghte master chief, i wanted to kick alien butt, not be some green peace sympathiser with both sides.

Also Half life (1 & 2) - Apart form their community modability, I just dont get the hype...................
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[Kikujir0]

Tarr Chronicles

Don't know if many of you have played this, but anyway its a space sim released not too long ago I think. I think what swept me in to buying this game was the demo, it was exciting and new at first, with georgeous sceneries and exciting spaceship-dog-fights.

The demo was awesome, the mission was a little linear and simple, but it was a demo so I accepted that. In the full game.. damn was I fooled. The missions are boring as hell, after the initial oohs and aahs of the graphics and the novelty of the dog-fights wear off it started to get real tiresome. The missions stayed linear, always some sort of escort, or defeat x amount of enemies, stopped after 2 hours and never played it again.
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[Jellyfish]

These threads always depress me because of normally hugely hypocritical posts they attract.

The game that disappointed me the most is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

I never owned it on my 64, I got it on a bonus disc I got with my Gamecube. I've tried playing it many times mainly due to it always winning "The Best Game of All Time Ever, No Expections blah blah blah" award. However I find it immensely boring, so boring in fact I just can't push myself to go further to see if it gets more exciting further on.

[Baad Woolf]

[Dark Wolf]

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