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| The games that disappointed you most | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 18 2010, 07:39 PM (462 Views) | |
| picollo no. | Aug 18 2010, 07:39 PM Post #1 |
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We kinda need to direct our attention away from the general chat thread so lets discuss :) With all the games that have been released there have been at least a few which we have hyped ourselves up/had great expectations for. They could have been bad games but not necessarily ;they just didn't live up to the dreams we had or didn't perform well sales wise. I guess one of the games that I felt kind of disappointed with was Resident Evil 5. I like the games don't get me wrong it's solid and I felt the over the top story, characters and dialogue was great and narmful in true RE fashion. I didn't even mind the gameplay that much. Granted it was a bit too action packed even compared to RE4 and Sheva could be REALLY annoying but the game still made me feel tense all the way through it if not scared and it was an action game done well. My main problems with it were that the levels were simply too long for there own good and I groaned often after I spent ages progressing through a level to have a lengthy cutscene only for the level to continue afterwards. It wouldn't be too bad if some of the enemies were not just plain obnoxius (Reapers I'm looking at you X-( ) and if I didn't have to try a level 22 times before I completed it (oh gawd the Licker room :_| ). Though these I could live with if it weren't for what they did to my favourite videogame villian Albert Wesker :( His end was not satisfying and after playing Code Veronica it was very disappointing to end like that. Made worse by the fact he looked and fought like a reject from The Matrix :_| |
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| Dino Dan the Dinosaur Man | Aug 18 2010, 09:06 PM Post #2 |
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Dragon Quest 9 is boring. After seeing such high praise for it from the Japanese release, as well as the reputation of the franchise, I thought it would be interesting. Not so. That said, Cex gave me £26 cash for it when I only paid £25, so it's all good. :D |
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| PJI | Aug 18 2010, 09:32 PM Post #3 |
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After loving the old AvP and AvP2 on PC, I was disappointed with the new AvP. The single player campaigns were shitty compared to those of AvP2, and online multiplayer got boring really fast. Painkiller: Resurrection was no where near as good as the original Painkiller (at least Dreamkiller was cool). I bought The Witcher due to /v/ praising it to no end. It's boring as f***. It's like a terrible MMORPG, but without the MMO. LoZ: TP was average. That disappointed me because of the mass hype it produced pre-release which got my hopes up for it. The Wii itself is a disappointment. |
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| picollo no. | Aug 18 2010, 09:59 PM Post #4 |
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That's a shame as I love DQ 8 which is one of my favourite games :| I haven't played it yet but I'm still interested in buying despiet hearing it's not so hot. A lot of the story and characters I heard were dumbed down to suite the multiplayer aspect. @PJI I agree about TP with you there. The amount of hype that game had resting on it could cause the universe to collapse in on itself several times over. That being said I still feel it is a great game and definately one of the best in the series despite how much the ending enraged the fan dumb :) The Wii I think is not so much a disappointment as there has been some great games released on it (though largely from Nintendo), but the support for it from 3rd parties and its fans have let it down. For example fans never stop complaining about the Wii needing more 'hardcore'/mature games but when the likes of No More Heroes and Madworld come out no one buys them. You then have the developers who complain about people not buying there games when they usually put the bare minimum into making their games. |
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| Dino Dan the Dinosaur Man | Aug 18 2010, 10:12 PM Post #5 |
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Yes, there is no character development at all. Well, unless some major story telling goes on in the final dungeon, which I was too bored to finish. |
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| PJI | Aug 18 2010, 10:13 PM Post #6 |
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I do agree, 3rd party support on the Wii is terrible. The few good games on the Wii are pretty much all developed by Nintendo. Madworld is pretty sweet though, and I've yet to play No More Heroes. At least the future is looking a little brighter for the Wii thanks to particular games showcased at E3. |
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| picollo no. | Aug 19 2010, 12:10 AM Post #7 |
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Real shame. DQ 8's story was hardly a masterpiece but it had a lovely fairytale charm to it and its characters were very well developed. Well DQ X is supposed to be coming out on Wii so maybe that will be better. @PJI No More Heroes is even more sweet than Madworld I think ^_^ The first game is very flawed and the hub sections will most likely bore the panst of you but teh characters and story is great and NMH2 fixes all the problems of the first game though adds a few new problems to oit as well :| The games aren't perfect but developers like Platinum and Grasshopper Studios have at least tried something different which as a gamer I appreciate. I also think SEGA have been pretty good as well. Though thinking about it NMH2 was also kind of disappointing to me only because the fresh appeal of the first game had worn off slightly. Edited by picollo no., Aug 19 2010, 12:11 AM.
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| Col | Aug 19 2010, 02:09 PM Post #8 |
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Zelda OOT, and FFX. Also STALKER SoC. Stalker took far too long to get going and I just couldn't keep interested long enough before it got fun. I never understood the hype surrounding OOT, but after trying FFX as well and not being impressed by WoW which I haven't actually played but see every night on my brother's computer, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I just don't like RPGs. |
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| picollo no. | Aug 19 2010, 06:28 PM Post #9 |
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The hype around OoT is mainly because it was the first 3D Zelda and kind of revolutionised the action/adventure genre. It is rather basic by todays standards but at the time it was far ahead of anything else and that aura still surrounds it to this day even though later games in the series have arguable surpassed it.
Edited by picollo no., Aug 19 2010, 06:29 PM.
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| DMHowe | Aug 19 2010, 06:32 PM Post #10 |
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But I still like OoT ;_; it got the right mix of overworld being lively, story being interesting, side quests and dungeons and so on. Anyway, Resi 5. Disappointment of the year, all years. But RE4 showed capcom where the money is: casual shooter-fests rather than puzzles and survivan'. Fable II. In fact, Fable in general disappoints me when I replay them and find them to be 6 hours long. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Ruined the banjo formula. The seventh generation, really. I can't help but often feel games are getting progressively aimed at those with less intelligence. That isn't to say they're not there. But Monkey Island, Resident Evil, Old Silent Hill, and so on, games like these seem to be dying out in favour of shallow halo-rip offs like MW2. Which is still bad and if you bought it, feel bad. |
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| picollo no. | Aug 19 2010, 06:53 PM Post #11 |
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OoT is still good and I agree it's overworld was a lot better than TP's which was big and lovely looking but not really anything to do. It is a wonderful game and I love but nostalgia can't really cover the fact that arguably MM, WW and TP have improved upon it technically making them the better games. Though of course with a fan base as broken as Zelda's this of course is subject to scrutiny :D As I said I still like Resi 5 but I agree that it was an overall shallow experience. But hey at leats you still can't move and shoot xD That's something right :) They didn't really get the balance right. RE4 was very action packed but it still had puzzles and stuff that made it feel like a resi game though I see where you're coming from. It may be a while before we get our next RE 2 in terms of awesomeness. But survival horror does seem to be dying. Games may be getting gorier and enemies more disturbing looking (though nothing on par with G yet thank god :| ) but not really scarier. But if I want a shooter I'll play a shooter. If I want to play Resi I'll play Resi. Edited by picollo no., Aug 19 2010, 06:54 PM.
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| DMHowe | Aug 19 2010, 06:59 PM Post #12 |
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Resi 5 made the mistake of taking itself too seriously. Resi 4 had Leon's banter with Napoleon. In resi 5 we get "We're partners" bullshit, and they missed the object of creating an atmosphere of loneliness. The more you're near to someone who can also fight, the less there is any sense of tension. Ashley worked, since she often got kidnapped and could only stand back and watch. Up to that point the story was fleshed out through meeting up and then going seperate ways. There were other people, but they were doing their own thing. I did like the return to form with the inventory system, but apparently I'm alone in this respect. Actually, given what I just said, I'm now trying to reason why RE0 works... |
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| picollo no. | Aug 19 2010, 07:17 PM Post #13 |
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Actually I think RE5 didn't take itself seriously at all particularly where the story is concerned. Need I remind you "COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION!" :p Wesker is so awesome. Also Irving was pretty funny. RE4 was the better game though for the reasons you stated. I also like RE0 from what little I've played of it and it's the only game missing from my RE collection :| RE2 and CVX are the best for me though. |
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| Joshytclegg | Aug 19 2010, 09:04 PM Post #14 |
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Fable II was indeed a disappointment, this was due to less time being spent developing the game than Lionhead developing their in house tools for editing the game itself. However Fable III is being developed the way Fable II should've been, since all the tools are already ready to go they are developing the game to its fullest and it is showing some fantastic results. However i do not agree with your opinions on replay value as with Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters i found myself going back for another go each time with lots of varied results. So much so i ruined both my game discs through lots of use - End Fanboy rant. |
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| DMHowe | Aug 19 2010, 09:55 PM Post #15 |
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The problem is, I have played Fable: TLC enough to know how shallow it is. Or rather... Okay, if you were to say my problem with oblivion as a WRPG is that there's a lot but not enough character? And Fable has the opposite problem? Fable is great. As an RPG it stands out as one that nails that atmosphere and personality right. But it's short. It really is. I can't put it any other way beyond "small". Albion is about 2 miles across. That's upsetting because the game feels big at the start. Rightly so. Then you get into it and... Oh. There are lots of ways to go through it, yes. But the moral choice is "Hitler" or "Jesus". Fable II got the right idea with corruption/purity alongside. Actually, here's my big problem with Fable. You know how we're promised in fable III how much we invest/tax will change how an area looks? We were promised something similar for Fable II. what we got was the choice at the start with old town. Now it's great as an idea. It is, you can't deny it. But for such a great idea, more of it needs to be done. Yes, they added a dog and it's cool there's lots of treasure. That's fine and all, but I made an area poor by not handing over some wanted posters. That's awesome as a butterfly effect. Depressingly, it can also be the highlight of the game. |
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| picollo no. | Aug 19 2010, 10:02 PM Post #16 |
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My problem with Fable II is that for a game with such heavy emphasis on choice and playing how you want to there isn't really any consequence for your actions. |
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| Joshytclegg | Aug 20 2010, 01:06 AM Post #17 |
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All extremely resonable points. But i have faith that Fable III can deliver, the towns will apparently change to how you manage them and your personality overall, or so they say, Peter Molyneux is the main problem with Fable in that he gets so excited he starts making promises that just can't keep. However i shall always have faith in Lionhead, The Movies, Black & White 1 and 2, Fable and Fable TLC have all impressed me over the years. Fable III's cast is enough to make me buy it, John Cleese as your Butler (Looking forward to the witicisms and British humour that the Fable series and John Cleese himself are famous for) and the return of the charismatic Reaver whom i will promptly shoot directly in the face first chance i get, let him know how Barnum (admittedly very briefly) suffered! |
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| picollo no. | Aug 20 2010, 11:18 AM Post #18 |
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You can't shoot Reaver :0 He may have been a douche but he was a douche voiced by Stephen Fry. |
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| Joshytclegg | Aug 20 2010, 04:06 PM Post #19 |
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Indeed, a very good character overall but for what he did to Barnum he must suffer several million times over. :D |
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| DMHowe | Aug 21 2010, 06:03 AM Post #20 |
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