Biggest Disappointments?

[Peanut]

It has happened to all of us. Whether due to over-hype, or our own lofty and/or unrealistic expectations, we've been disappointed by a game. What are everyone's most disappointing and even angering game moments?

These are the ones that come directly to mind:

Metroid Prime - While I was never a fan of Metroid, I was a fan of exploration and of FPS's by the time this game came around. The hype surrounding Prime was utterly ridiculous. Ridiculous enough to make me believe I needed to pre-order it right away. When the reviews came out and it was hailed as nearly perfect, one of the greatest games ever made, I was f*cking rabid to get it...and then I did.
Instead of finding one of the greatest games ever, I found one of the most boring, mediocre First Person Scanning games I had ever played. The atmosphere was terrific, but the game was just boring. The music sucked, the enemy AI was non-existent, and the back-tracking was beyond anything I ever wanted to endure. After desperately trying to enjoy it for three days, it got returned to EB for a full refund.

Brute Force - The often forgotten (for good reason) third-person squad-based shooter for the Xbox. Touted as the first real "Halo-Killer" by IGN, and hyped up to completely and utterly ludicrous amounts, this was another game I fell victim to. As with Prime, I placed my pre-order after reading several overly positive previews, but looking at screens and videos, was still slightly hard pressed to see what was so damn impressive. I chalked it up to not being able to go hands-on with it myself, and just trusting (silly me) that I wasn't being f*cked over by the gaming press.
Prior to release, IGN released it's last in-depth preview for Brute Force, stating, and I quote "Let's not beat around the bush: Brute Force may be the game to reinvent the way gamers look at not only squad-based shooters, but co-op games as a whole." "The best thing since Halo? It sure looks like it." now, isn't that saying a LOT? What Xbox owner wouldn't be hyped to hear something like that? Anyways, time passed, Brute Force came out...received average reviews from the liars and hypocrites in the press, and I brought home a game that I returned the next day. An utter piece of sh*t, and easily one of the biggest victims of over-hype in the history of games.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Yes, that's right. Next to the original Zelda and Zelda II, the worst Zelda game ever made. Unimpressive in almost every way, a victim to the hordes of idiots who screamed for a more realistic Zelda. Also hampered by completely horrific Wolf Link sections, which did nothing but rape your ears with unending screechy music, while padding out the games length by having you search for bugs. It's still a good game, but nowhere near as great as it was supposed to be. A let down if there ever was one.

[Spitfire]

Let's see

Devil May Cry 3 - Well to start my introduction to the series was actually DMC 2, I had played a demo at Gamestop and I thought it was really cool all the moves you could do and stuff. Well that same year for Christmas a distance relative sent me DMC and I played it a few times but I didn't get into it. Later I picked it up again and I started to really love it. I remembered the demo I played so I asked for the 2nd one for my birthday. I ended up getting it and since I didn't expect it to be good based on all the bad word of mouth surrounding it I wasn't disappointed by it.

So after retiring from DMC I started seeing some articles for 3 pop up all around the internet. Reading about the combat system I was totally excited to play it. It sounded like they took the first game and added a bunch of new moves, plus the on the fly weapon changes were a great addition. Sadly when I got my hands on the game I was less then impressed. Most of the enemies only had one attack, so you wait for them to attack, dodge, and then combo them. It was so scripted I hated it. And you could have two weapons on you at a time. So I had to go to the statues to switch my set, that's a downgrade from the first game if you ask me. I understand it's done so you can switch in mid-combo but it's still annoying. I should still be able to switch which two I have in my item menu.

All the enemies lacked personality as well, and the bosses. That's one thing I loved about the first one. The areas all felt like half assed re-hashes of the castle in the frist game as well. The music was horrid, I actually thought 2 had the best music, and it repeated itself constantly. The voice acting was pretty bad as well, toss that in with lame cut scenes of Dante riding missiles and unbearable dialog you got something pretty terrible. I admit the first game didn't have the best dialog either and the voice acting wasn't all that great but it was way better then this.

I only hope 4 can bring the series back for me, and since I don't expect much out of it that might just happen.

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes - Me not liking this game that much is all my fault honestly. I was excited as hell to play it but I didn't take into account that as a kid I beat the holy hell out of this game up and down. And since all the cut scenes had the same dialog for the most part watching them was really hard. And we all know how many cut scenes MGS games have. I felt like I was playing a game I had beaten a thousand times over with a few new options, and you know that's what I was doing. Had I never played it before it would have been great but buying it was a really stupid idea I realized after playing though it once.

I had another one in mind but I forgot it while typing these two out. I've been sick lately and my thought process isn't working like usual.

[Barkworm]

I'm too lazy to write down why I was disappointed:

- Wario Ware: Touched
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Mario 64 DS
- Tales of Symphonia
- Pikmin
- Mario & Luigi: Partners inTime
- Zelda: Twilight Princess (to a completely different extent than the above, let's call it high-quality disappointment).

[Cure]

Crackdown. After hearing such good things from a certain SOMEONE on these boards, I was expecting it to be hot sh*t. It was only OK at best. I found it dull and repetitive. When the beta was done, I traded it in and got only 9 bucks for it...

[Mecha Cow]

Gee, I don't know. OH WAIT.

Twilight Princess is the epitome of disappointment. It's one hell of an achievement to slowly shoot my favorite series to sh*t over the course of three years and lower my expectations beyond zero and still manage to deliver a game that disappoints in every possible way, despite me trying my damndest to like it. I won't lie, this game sucks (Yes) and it dealt a severe blow to my interest in the series. Why yes, I am bitter.

M&L: Partners in Time was also a big letdown. It was really lame and uninspired and that's a shame considering how awesome the first was.

[GK Punk]

Malice

This game was being hailed as the second coming. It was supposed to be amazing and revolutionary and have all these amazing features and replayability.
The game sucked. It was a standard platformer. From what I've been told they had to remove a lot of the content from the game due to costs and other BS. that is no excuse for crap!

Winx Club 2 Quest for the Codex (GBA)

Okay, so that shouldn't come as a shock. But the first one was a fun game especially just to kill time while on an airplane. (The sole reason I bought it)
It was an overhead Zelda like adventure where you play Bloom and live out the first season of the series. It featured pretty good FMVs and the complete TV Opening and the Final Moments of The Witches vs Magix battle from Ep 26.

The second game? a series of lame minigames that were ripoffs of classic games, dumbed down for children. Hell, Musa's mini game was just DDR with a D Pad. AND IT NEVER RESPONDS TO BUTTON PUSHES.

Movie games: Transformers, Superman Returns and Spider-Man 3

Meh. not as good as I hoped. Spider-Man 3 got me to play the most due to the web swinging. I love that.

Final Fantasy 7.

Yeah, yeah I know. It's the holy grail to most. That game and Castlevania SotN were the reasons I got a Playstation. First thing I did wa prepare for a full day of Final Fantasy. I was bored after 2 hours. I ended up playing SotN the rest of the weekend. Gave FF 7 several tries after that (Even recently) but I just can't get in to it. At least I have a legit reason to dislike it though. a lot of people hate it because it's "popular" which is ****ing lame.

Tales of Symphonia

Just didn't do it for me. I'm sure it's great if you know your stuff.

The Sonic 3d games.

Yeah, all of them.

Super Valis 4

This was before I was able to buy the import version for the PC-Engine/Duo.
I figured it was going to be just a lesser version of the CD game. (Like 1 and 3 on the Genesis)

No.

It was a totally different game using the same sprites. And they didn't even bother to put the cinema scenes in. They also removed two playable characters.

That's it for now. I'll come up with more later, I'm sure.

[twigs232]

Most disappointing games:

TMNT for Wii
Gauntlet
Zelda-the first one

[Peanut]

Crackdown. After hearing such good things from a certain SOMEONE on these boards, I was expecting it to be hot sh*t. It was only OK at best. I found it dull and repetitive. When the beta was done, I traded it in and got only 9 bucks for it...

I hope you're not talking about me, because I never said Crackdown was amazing.

[Drtooth]

I'll say any 3D game of any kind and leave it at that.

I will say the NES M.U.S.C.L.E game was mortifying...
http://www.nathansmusclepage.com/collecting/videogame.asp?menu=muscle

but then people warned me in advance that it sucked. But hey, I got it for 3 bucks at Gamestop....

another disappointment was when I found the NES "Dragonball" game (long story, years ago I found the real Japanese verion on an Emulator)

other that the fact you get to give Roshi panties and have his nose bleed, it was fun for like 2 seconds.

[Peanut]

I'll say any 3D game of any kind and leave it at that.

ROFL! How stupid of you!

[Barkworm]

Probably one of those people who think that the C64 is the best gaming machine ever.

[Dr. Doom]

Off the top of my head, Metroid Prime 3 & Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, as both of these games simply left me wishing I was playign the original versions (meaning Prime 1), and Dirge Of Cerberus. DoC was a really fun game that I'm glad I bought, and will likely play through again, but it certainly turned out to be much less than what I was hoping for. More as they develop.

[Janus Prospero]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Yes, that's right.
Well excuuuuuuuuuuse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM) me, princess! :lol:

As far as what games were a big disappointment...this one is hard because I'm usually very careful about my game purchases, but I have been burned before.

Chrono Trigger port on Playstation / Final Fantasy Chronicles
I was so happy when I heard about this. Unfortunately the port totally sucks and the load times are way too much to bare.

Final Fantasy VIII
"Hey I got an idea! Let's make magic like an item, and you have to draw it from enemies while they beat you in the face!" Soooo boring. I would actually put the controller in a dresser drawer and then shut it to keep the button pressed and have it do its thing automatically. Worst idea for a system ever.

Any Twisted Metal after TM2
You know when they make a crappy sequel to a good movie, but its direct to video? All the Twisted Metal sequels after TM2 were like that, but in video game form.

[GK Punk]

Probably one of those people who think that the C64 is the best gaming machine ever.

'cause it is!

Okay, no.

[Cure]

I hope you're not talking about me, because I never said Crackdown was amazing.

I take it back, but either way, it was disappointing.

I don't wanna seem like I'm jumping on the bandwagon or anything, but I was disappointed with Twilight Princess as well. I still liked it a lot, just not super-duper Jesus level exciting like I hoped. Especially the end, I was expecting some tie in to the Wind Waker but nope. I was also expecting like an all out war from the trailers but none of the either.

[Barkworm]

'cause it is!

Okay, no.
You know, there was this time when a former friend of my brother brought one of his friends to our place and this guy was a hardcore C64 freak. MGS2 was just out a that time so my brother wanted to show them the intro and that fruitcake started a five minute monologue about how graphics had destroyed gameplay over the years and the C64 was the only great gaming machine.

[GK Punk]

Haha... yeah. I love classic games and all, but there gets to be a point you need to move on and accept change.

[Peanut]

Haha... yeah. I love classic games and all, but there gets to be a point you need to move on and accept change.

TMB, are you reading this!?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - I'm a Rare DK fan and all that, so I obviously prefer their style, but let's leave that out of this. I could have enjoyed the hell out of this game if it had played a little more like Yoshi's Story and a little less like "slap your hands until they bleed". Damn you Namco for creating those fu*king Bongos. Seriously, what's with Nintendo? They won't make a new platformer (Jungle Climber doesn't count) unless there is some ridiculous gameplay (or innovation as they call it) tacked on that ruins the whole experience. Chalk another one up to Miyamoto's mushroom farm.

Crackdown - Its fun while it lasts. I enjoy having a virtual playground to screw around in as much as the next loser, but after awhile, even running over hordes of people at 120MPH and throwing semis over skyscrapers can get boring when there is no narrative. I loved the game while it lasted, but it got boring to the point that I didn't even finish it. All the boss fights were the same.

Super Paper Mario - Now, this one was only a disappointment in one respect...the platforming sucked. I was eternally thankful that I didn't have to plod through a gazillion boring as hell RPG battles, but the level design was based on a gimmick that got old after the second world. The story was fun, and the in-jokes made me giggle every session with the game, but it could have been much better.

Sonic the Hedgehog (360) - The game looks so good when you see it in screenshot form, then you see it in motion and you just want to rip your heart out and eat it in disgust. I know I was an ignorant little Sonic fanboy for all those years, but this was the one that cured me of it. Outside of a possible appearance in Brawl (and this kick-ass fan game that I know of), I'm done with the blue bastard, and you can thank this game (and its human/furry softcore action) for it.

Star Fox Assault - As long as you are in the air, the game is great. The corridor stages never even get into Star Fox 64's league, but they were still a blast...problem is, there was only three of them total. The rest of the (absurdly short) games was nothing but clunky foot missions and boring all-range flight combat that felt artificial and unnatural. What happened to good old corridor shooters? Get Sin and Punishment on the Virtual Console and remind people of what a shooter used to be capable of.

And sorry, you'll never get me to knock Twilight Princess. The whole thing was fan service, but that's exactly what I wanted. I can admit Wind Waker was better, but I won't knock TP. I do however fear for the sequel. If the next one tries to mimic TP's look, then Nintendo will have successfully sold out, and we will have a problem.

just not super-duper Jesus level exciting like I hoped.

I gotta' remember that one.

[The Terror of Death]

I was also expecting like an all out war from the trailers but none of the either.

What do you mean? I dont remember any all out war scenes.:-?

And New Super Mario Bros. was a BIG disappointment.

[Cure]

What do you mean? I dont remember any all out war scenes.:-?

And New Super Mario Bros. was a BIG disappointment.

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It looks like he's riding into war what with all the goblins lining up on the top of the hill in front of the sunset and whatnot. At least it does to me.

[The Terror of Death]

They also did not include the giant spider chasing after you. .:(

[Wildcat]

This is a good topic...and I know Im in a minority with my 2 choices.

Super Mario 64-Yes the great platformer that revolutionized the gaming world.
I was really disappointed with the whole idea of it.IMO it didnt even feel like a Mario game....all you did was go around looking for stars in each level....7 feak'n times,plus some of the levels seemed kinda small...like "Cool Cool Mountain".Besides that all you ever really did with Mario was make him somersault,back-flip,ground-pound,slide etc...I know its a platformer but they got a little carried away with how much Mario could physically do.

Halo-While I liked it better than Mario 64...it just wasnt as amazing as everyone said it was...it was ok...but it just felt plain too me.Run-gun and repeat.Plus some of the enemies took way too many shots before going down..which was annoying...it wasnt hard...just annoying.

[Peanut]

1) Mario doing more than being able to jump is a problem? Wow. First time I've heard that.

2) It's called a headshot. Use it.

[Janus Prospero]

Use plasma weapons to take down their shields, then whip out a slug gun to finish them off. Booya Grandma! Booya!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Use plasma weapons to take down their shields, then whip out a slug gun to finish them off. Booya Grandma! Booya!

I know where you got that quote.


And New Super Mario Bros. was a BIG disappointment.

You die now.

[Wildcat]

1) Mario doing more than being able to jump is a problem? Wow. First time I've heard that.

2) It's called a headshot. Use it.

Well with Super Mario 64...Its not so much that Mario had all these diffrent moves...it was just the game as a whole....it didnt feel like Mario,like I said...all you did was replay every level 7 times just too look for stars.

In the old Mairo games...you didnt feel like you were on some big fetch quest...you actually felt like you were on an adventure going through each level,unlocking secrets and dodging enemies.

As for Halo...whatever...I mean,Like I said I liked it better...I just never could get into it.

[Peanut]

Get out of our section.

[Wildcat]

Get out of our section.

Are you talking too me?....your the one that created this topic....everyone has the right too post thier opinions on it...after all you asked.

[Peanut]

SIGH!

We really need to add "Please be advised. We are all a bunch of sarcastic, hateful, assholes in this section. Take our words with a grain of salt." to the Rules thread.

[Dr. Doom]

You die now.

Hey, I gotta listen to everyone talking **** about Twilight Princess and Metroid Prime. You'll be fine.

[Janus Prospero]

I know where you got that quote.
And I know where you sleep. :evilgrin:

...not really.

We really need to add "Please be advised. We are all a bunch of sarcastic, hateful, assholes in this section. Take our words with a grain of salt." to the Rules thread.
QFTMFT!

Hey, I gotta listen to everyone talking **** about Twilight Princess and Metroid Prime. You'll be fine.
The Doom abides.

[Aelia]

Bah, I might as well make a list of disappointments.

Halo: It's a good game series and all, but it's just not my cup of tea. I've never been good at FPS games, nor will I ever be.

Soul Calibur 3: SC2 was awesome. SC3...not so much.

Viewtiful Joe 2: I loved the first game, which was probably one of the best sidescrollers for the GC and later the PS2, and VJ2 was just more of the same. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but it really felt as if I were playing the first game...only not.

[Barkworm]

You die now.
NSMB was weird. I can't even say why but I didn't enjoy one second of the game and I tried, man, did I try. I actually kept it for months, playing it over and over again, thinking "Why isn't it fun? Am I insane?!" There was something about the game's overall design that bored me to death. I was probably expecting way too much. One of the first reviews I read was the one of IGN's Craig Harris who said that his favourite platformer was Yoshi's Island and that NSMB was just as good. Naturally I went "OMG!!! THAT AWESOME???!!" and ... it's really not on the same level. Not even close.

[Ra]

Biggest disappointments...I've been really lucky, since I haven't really bought any games that disappointed me at all. But I guess I could say that Final Fantasy X disappointed me the most out of all the games I've played. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that.

I had heard of so much hype around this game ever since it was released back in 2001. My friend had a poster of Tidus up in her rec-room, saying how cool the game was, my Final Fantasy mad cousins were screaming with joy, and there were whispers around the school yard on how it was the best game ever. This was back when I was in grade five, keep in mind, so I had no idea what to expect.

Seasons changed, time passed, and I still didn't pick up the game. For starters, I didn't have a PS2 then. Also I had been brainwashed ever since I found some certain "friends" that girls didn't play video games. They just sat...and talk...and gossip...and back-stab everyone behind each others backs. Including their best friends... *ahem* Either way, I was still very curious about FFX until 2005, when I was at my cousins and noted that they had a copy. This was it! The moment I had been waiting for! I had just tried playing their copy of Final Fantasy IX and was blown away. Now it was the time to see what all of the fuss was about...

I put in the disk. Sat down. Watched the starting movie. Waited. Got into my first fight. Died in five moves.

...

WHAT THE HELL?!!

[ThirdMarioBro]

One of the first reviews I read was the one of IGN's Craig Harris who said that his favourite platformer was Yoshi's Island and that NSMB was just as good. Naturally I went "OMG!!! THAT AWESOME???!!" and ... it's really not on the same level. Not even close.

And that's the problem with game media. They overhype games beyond belief only to set up the people who are going to buy it for a major disappointment. Its depressing really.

SIGH!

We really need to add "Please be advised. We are all a bunch of sarcastic, hateful, assholes in this section. Take our words with a grain of salt." to the Rules thread.

Check the rules section now.

[Barkworm]

Aw, you beat me to it!

[Ra]

...I'm not a sarcastic, hateful, asshole... :(

[愛]

Biggest disappointments...I've been really lucky, since I haven't really bought any games that disappointed me at all. But I guess I could say that Final Fantasy X disappointed me the most out of all the games I've played. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that.

I had heard of so much hype around this game ever since it was released back in 2001. My friend had a poster of Tidus up in her rec-room, saying how cool the game was, my Final Fantasy mad cousins were screaming with joy, and there were whispers around the school yard on how it was the best game ever. This was back when I was in grade five, keep in mind, so I had no idea what to expect.

Seasons changed, time passed, and I still didn't pick up the game. For starters, I didn't have a PS2 then. Also I had been brainwashed ever since I found some certain "friends" that girls didn't play video games. They just sat...and talk...and gossip...and back-stab everyone behind each others backs. Including their best friends... *ahem* Either way, I was still very curious about FFX until 2005, when I was at my cousins and noted that they had a copy. This was it! The moment I had been waiting for! I had just tried playing their copy of Final Fantasy IX and was blown away. Now it was the time to see what all of the fuss was about...

I put in the disk. Sat down. Watched the starting movie. Waited. Got into my first fight. Died in five moves.

...

WHAT THE HELL?!!

You can die in FFX? That's news to me. I remember that game being so easy, I could've played it in my sleep. I also remember two-hitting the last boss.

[Ra]

You can die in FFX? That's news to me. I remember that game being so easy, I could've played it in my sleep. I also remember two-hitting the last boss.
Yeah, it surprised me as well. I was attacking that bike/wall/whatever the hell you have to hit, but for some reason the monsters managed to kill me just before I could brake down the barrier :ohwell: When I buy X, I'm going to try and do it again...

[GK Punk]

Last time I played the game I got my ass kicked. I couldn't believe how hard I got my ass kicked. Seriously, going from 12 back to X is impossibe.

[Drtooth]

Probably one of those people who think that the C64 is the best gaming machine ever.

Nope. The NES. Without the NES, we wouldn't be talking about this stuff right now.

It's not that I hate 3D games... they are impossible to play, and a lot of games that were turned into 3D killed the franchise. Look at Earthworm Jim.


Plus trying to walk a straight line and not falling off a cliff? Fugeddabout it.

[Janus Prospero]

The NES.

does not compute with

It's not that I hate 3D games... they are impossible to play...

NES games are hard and are on the whole way harder than the games we have today. Especially with innovations in technology that let us save anywhere or use savepoints.

There were some NES games that were downright impossible. Looking back at some of the games I used to play, I can't believe we all took that ****! If a game came out today that had the difficulty of some of the old NES games, we'd be ****** off!

[Mecha Cow]

they are impossible to play, and a lot of games that were turned into 3D killed the franchise. Look at Earthworm Jim.

Plus trying to walk a straight line and not falling off a cliff? Fugeddabout it.

This is bullsh*t. You clearly haven't played more than a handfull of 3D games, don't pretend to know what you are talking about. And yeah, Earthworm Jim really is the best representative of 3D, rather than, oh I don't know, Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time.

[Storm Wolf]

I can only think of a few at the moment.

Star Fox Assult: Pretty much the same reason as TMB had. I expected another Star Fox 64 type game...and got almost none of it. I enjoyed what little flying time I had, but the foot missions were just annoying to me.

Recent Final Fantasy games: I dunno...I just don't get into them anymore. Especially....was it 10-2? Where you had to change costumes and what not? I played that for...about 10 minutes and never spoke of it again until now.

Oblivion: I don't think it was as disappointing as I just expected more of it. I find it a great time killer, but a tad boring for me.

[GK Punk]

X-2 was awesome. So many people decided they hated the game before it even came out though.

[愛]

Man, I stood in the Gamestop for an hour waiting for them to get the game. I was reading the strategy guide until then. I was flipping through thinking "THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST FF EVER!" Then I took it home and played it, and I only played for a few hours before shutting it off. So I guess you can count FFX-2 as a disappointment.

[GK Punk]

But you don't count. You just suck.

Edit: Actually. I think one of the reasons it was recieved poorly was because people didn't know what to expect. They expected Final Fantasy X with a new story basically. But the engine was totally different. But there was a lot of people I talked to that hate the game because it's "The girl final fantasy game where you place dress up" and uh, no. not really.

[Barkworm]

"1000 no Kotoba" alone would be enough to warrant a purchase.

[愛]

Or you could just download the song and not bother with the game. :)

[Barkworm]

But you don't count. You just suck.
That's all there is to say.

[愛]

Way to be unoriginal, Barkworm! You're losing your touch! Where's the racism? :cry:

[GK Punk]

I love you guys.

Ah screw you guys.

[Peanut]

It's not that I hate 3D games... they are impossible to play, and a lot of games that were turned into 3D killed the franchise. Look at Earthworm Jim.


Plus trying to walk a straight line and not falling off a cliff? Fugeddabout it.

OK. Now you need to get out of our section, and this time I'm not joking. Leave and take your ignorant, unintelligent bullsh*t back to the TV section and complain about Miss Piggy not being on Sesame Street, despite the fact that no one gives a sh*t.

[Barkworm]

Way to be unoriginal, Barkworm! You're losing your touch! Where's the racism? :cry:
Racist tendencies only after 7 beers or more.

[ThirdMarioBro]

OK. Now you need to get out of our section, and this time I'm not joking. Leave and take your ignorant, unintelligent bullsh*t back to the TV section and complain about Miss Piggy not being on Sesame Street, despite the fact that no one gives a sh*t.

GREATEST POST EVAR!!!

[Cure]

Plus trying to walk a straight line and not falling off a cliff? Fugeddabout it.
That's not a problem with the game. That's you, man.

[Spitfire]

*sigh* people are so cruel on here.

[KROW]

Actually. I think one of the reasons it was recieved poorly was because people didn't know what to expect. They expected Final Fantasy X with a new story basically. But the engine was totally different. But there was a lot of people I talked to that hate the game because it's "The girl final fantasy game where you place dress up" and uh, no. not really.

I was looking forward to playing X-2 when it came out. I've seen the commercial dozens of times (since WWE programs air promos of new game releases constantly -- sometimes twice in the same commercial break) and knew that it was going to feature the chicks more than the guys. When I first played it, I dug it for a while, got used to the battle system with the dancing and costumes and all, then when I got more into the story, I got tired and lost interest. It was a disappointment for me, but not a big one.

Also, hard to accept, Smackdown VS. Raw 2007 disappointed me greatly. I was excited to play it on the 360, expecting great gameplay and graphics. What I got was simply a shinier version of the PS2 version, with the only exceptions being the controls and that you can see the wrestlers sweat on their bodies.

[Deathknight]

Here are mine, I was very suprised to see I wasn't the only one who was disappointed with TP

Super Metroid: Supposedly the greatest Metroid game ever. I remember when I first played Super Smash Bros on 64 I had no idea who Samus was. Upon finding out about the Metroid series, I decided to give the first one a try. Got a copy for a nice price on ebay and absolutely loved the game I played for hours getting through it and going through again trying to find all the items. After that, I decided to give the 2nd game a try. Wasn't too impressed by it though but still enjoyed playing it. I then wanted to try Super Metroid after hearing about how good it was. However, due to how much it cost I put off buying it and went on to Zero Mission. Zero Mission was absolutely fantastic as well and gave me the drive to buy Super Metroid. I had heard it had great music and fantastic gameplay. Man, I couldn't disagree more with those people. The music was absolutely horrid in every area of the game I played in. It was just so dark and depressing sounding. It reminded me a lot of how odd the music was for Ridley and the boss music in the original Metroid. Second thing that pissed me off was bomb jumping. After playing Zero Mission I knew infinite bomb jumping existed and attempted to use it. In Zero Mission there is slight room for error when you try to gain height with bomb jumping. However in this crap your timing had to be absolutely flawless to gain any sort of height. Third came the annoying level designs. Every single area of the game would involve going into one room searching for items but then you'd fall through the invisible drop blocks and have to go back to the beginning or just fall into a completely new unrelated area and have to bomb jump back up or continue. Could not stand this game.

Chrono Trigger:
Once again one of the highly acclaimed great games. I got into the late PS1 era and had recently been playing through the Final Fantasy games. Then I started hearing about how great Chrono Trigger was and that it was the greatest RPG of all time and all this other crap. I decided to get a copy to try it out. I played through it and enjoyed it but one it was definitely far from how highly rated it is. For one thing, the battle system is extremely simple. Very limited stats and just your standard RPG setup of Attack Magic or Item. The only thing that really made Chrono Trigger "unique" was double and triple techs and the many endings which doesn't really affect gameplay anyway. I found much more stood out in the sequel which no one liked.

That's it for now

[Janus Prospero]

Chrono Trigger:
Once again one of the highly acclaimed great games. I got into the late PS1 era and had recently been playing through the Final Fantasy games. Then I started hearing about how great Chrono Trigger was and that it was the greatest RPG of all time and all this other crap. I decided to get a copy to try it out. I played through it and enjoyed it but one it was definitely far from how highly rated it is. For one thing, the battle system is extremely simple. Very limited stats and just your standard RPG setup of Attack Magic or Item. The only thing that really made Chrono Trigger "unique" was double and triple techs and the many endings which doesn't really affect gameplay anyway. I found much more stood out in the sequel which no one liked.

WTF is wrong with you?

Fact: Chrono Trigger is the greatest RPG of all time! JRPG of all time!

[Spitfire]

WTF is wrong with you?

Fact: Chrono Trigger is the greatest RPG of all time!

Fact: That's a matter of opinion and some people think JRPG's and turn based RPGs are terrible, like myself, and think the greatest RPG ever is KOTOR.

[Janus Prospero]

Fact: That's a matter of opinion and some people think JRPG's and turn based RPGs are terrible, like myself, and think the greatest RPG ever is KOTOR.

Edited ;-)

But seriously, that's what makes Chrono Trigger so good IMHO. It doesn't have a lot of the stupid crap that makes JRPG's annoying (like convoluted stories that make no sense for example). Chrono Trigger was like my JRPG gateway drug and I still haven't had any RPG surpass it yet.

[Spitfire]

Edited ;-)

But seriously, that's what makes Chrono Trigger so good IMHO. It doesn't have a lot of the stupid crap that makes JRPG's annoying (like convoluted stories that make no sense for example). Chrono Trigger was like my JRPG gateway drug and I still haven't had any RPG surpass it yet.

Hahaha Good save there. Yeah I never played it I figured it was just another turn based/menu RPG like the rest. Honestly after I played FF 7 I never wanted to touch another RPG like that again.

KOTOR is turn and menu based but it's so fast paced you can hardly tell plus is has choices and so much more to it. That's why I like it. Then you got your Fables and such as well.

[GK Punk]

Didn't Chrono Trigger come out years befoire FF7 though?

[愛]

Chrono Trigger was on SNES. Many years before Playstation was even revealed to the public as being in production.

And to me, Chrono Trigger is THE best video game of all time. No game has given me such an enjoyable experience. But of course, that's just me. You can flame all you want.

[GK Punk]

That's something I can't flame anyone over, good sir.

[愛]

That's because you're my buddy, now and forever. <3

[Brodie]

Bioshock
Stranglehold

Darkness

Spider-Man 3

Wii

[Peanut]

Yeah, I played Chrono Trigger. It sucked so I stopped playing it. But also, I think JRPG's are nothing but endlessly boring tripe, so I'm not really an authority on the matter.

[Spitfire]

Didn't Chrono Trigger come out years befoire FF7 though?

Yes indeed but that doesn't mean I played it when it came out. I played it when this kid I went to school with wouldn't shut up about it when he heard a new one was coming out on PS1 and lent me the first one.

[Deathknight]

Chrono Trigger is a good game it was just nowhere near as good as almost any other RPG I've ever played. I found FF6 to probably to be the best turn based RPG of all time. Only problem with FF6 is it's pathetically easy. Kefka definitely should've had like a million hp at the end. I beat him in one turn.

[Peanut]

I don't know how I forgot this one - Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.

I was so psyched for WW, especially after how amazing SoT was. Unfortunately, they decided to make the game suck in a lot of ways. The fighting and platforming was better, but the enemies, music, style and story were so horrific that it completely ruined the experience for me. Between metal thongs, Godsmack fight music and the Prince sporting a new form of badittude, I was super disappointed in how it turned out.

[Barkworm]

I don't know how I forgot this one - Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.

I was so psyched for WW, especially after how amazing SoT was. Unfortunately, they decided to make the game suck in a lot of ways. The fighting and platforming was better, but the enemies, music, style and story were so horrific that it completely ruined the experience for me. Between metal thongs, Godsmack fight music and the Prince sporting a new form of badittude, I was super disappointed in how it turned out.
Yeah, I fully agree. I still enjoyed it but it was awfully lame in many, many aspects.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Its called Selling Out for Dummies.

And F-Zero Climax for GBA. Never touch that abortion of a video game, even with bio-hazard level rubber gloves. Its pure trash.

Same goes for Wario: Master of Disguise; an insult to the old R&D1/Intelligent Systems Wario Land classics.

[Peanut]

Weren't you busting a nut over that new Wario game? You were hyping that sh*t for like three weeks.

[Leogeddon]

my biggest disappointments are:
Nintendogs
Animal Crossing: WW
Phoenix Wright
Super Mario Bros 2 (it's fun for a while)
New movie games, the old games based off of movies (in SNES) would usually rock, but now a day.... nooooo.
Ultimate Spider-man
3rd Gen Sonic (for 360 and Wii)
Twisted Metal Black
GTA: SA and GTA: VC
Bioshock
Stranglehold

Darkness

Spider-Man 3

Wii

how can the wii be a giant disappointment?? It's got mostly fun games, if you just get the games for graphics, then you can't call yourself a gamer. :ohwell:

[Barkworm]

Fun games like what?!

[Leogeddon]

Fun games like what?!

which games did you play?
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Metroid Prime 3
Wii Sports (to a degree)
SSBB (coming in Dec)
Mario Galaxy should be fun
Super Paper Mario
RE 4
Zelda: TP
Red Steel

[Peanut]

which games did you play?
Metroid Prime 3
Wii Sports (to a degree)
SSBB (coming in Dec)
Mario Galaxy should be fun
RE 4
Zelda: TP
Red Steel


Bold = ROFL as they're horrible.
Italics = They aren't out.
Underline = On Gamecube, and in most cases better.

FAIL!

[Leogeddon]

tell that to IGN, Gamespot and all of the other sites that rate games.

[GK Punk]

'cause if IGN says it's good, you can take that to the bank.

[Peanut]

Alright, so Metroid got scored well, but those other two are complete and utter sh*t. If Wii Sports wasn't a free pack-in, it would have gotten hammered. Just like it should, because it's gimmicky trash. And Red Steel got reamed everywhere.

And like GK said...IGN...Nintendo games....reliable? ROFL! Yeah, ok.

Once again, faaaaail.

[Barkworm]

Matt Cassamassina is the best reviewer in the world, he's not a fanboy and he doesn't want to have sex with Perrin Kaplan.

[Cure]

I think I just got soaked in sarcasm juice.

[Dr. Doom]

Prime 3 isn't a horrible game, it's just kind of a soulless shadow of the original Prime from what I can tell.

Also, it wants to be Halo. Who else here got that from the first level?

[Peanut]

Also, it wants to be Halo. Who else here got that from the first level?

Everyone who isn't a Nintendo fanboy since we all first saw it?

[shuriken]

Smackdown Vs Raw 07. Same as 06 just nicer looking with different controls.
TMNT tournament fighters for Genisis- I really hate this game...I tried enjoying it so much, I really did. I saw it at a thrift store for 5 bucks and almost cried cuz I was so excited. Plopped it into my Genesis like the graphics and the music, that was pretty cool. Then I played it, and I just got owned. And adding more strength and speed to your character is the most useless thing ever, you still get owned. Tghe controls suck, the enemies are cheap and at times impossible to beat. Man I really tried to like this game but I failed.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Next to the original Zelda and Zelda II, the worst Zelda game ever made.

What?! The original Zelda is one of the worst?

Plus Zelda II isn't bad at all. It's a different format from the usual Zelda game, but that was before there was a usual Zelda game.

[Rooish]

Can someone break down for me why it is that Zelda: Twilight Princess sucked so much? I haven't played it, but some of my friends liked it, and I'm curious.

[Barkworm]

The game didn't suck, saying that would be over-dramatical. The dungeon and boss design in the game is top notch, probably the best in the series. Apart from that the game just feels very uninspired, especially towards the end. Compared to other triple A titles the presentation is very lackluster with mediocre graphics and sound.

[Peanut]

Yeah, it didn't suck. It just completely failed to live up to the hype. It's a good game, but it just has absolutely zero personality. Of all the Zelda games it easily has the least charm, and being the follow up to the brimming with charm Wind Waker made it look even worse.

If it had come out two to three years ago, it would have been much better, but it felt completely dated by the time it came out.

[Dr. Doom]

There is at least one person here who loved Twilight Princess, you should know. I couldn't disagree more with the previous statement. I thought the whole game was absolutely brilliant. (Note: I loved Wind Waker, too)

[raphael_is_cool]

Just Cause

I mean, what the hell? I heard such good things. It was too easy and bored me after a couple of hours.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

If it had come out two to three years ago, it would have been much better, but it felt completely dated by the time it came out.

Wasn't it supposed to originally come out two years ago?:)

[Barkworm]

Yep, it was just delayed to add the "revolutionary" (i.e. gimmicky) Wii controls.

[Rooish]

Oh, that's kind of lame. Oh well. Yeah, from the clips I saw of Twilight Princess, it seemed to lack charm. Anyway, I guess I misinterpreted the thread: "disappointing" does not necessarily mean it sucked. ;)

[Janus Prospero]

Just Cause

I mean, what the hell? I heard such good things. It was too easy and bored me after a couple of hours.

Agreed! All the missions were the same! Very boring.

The only cool thing about the game was the stunt system. I loved that you could fly a plane up in the air, and sky dive out. But you can only do that so many times.

[xmen510]

EVERQUEST :sick::dead::evil::sleep: DO NOT LIKE!!!!!

Just my opinion.:D

[Dr. Doom]

The apparent lack of true alternate costumes in Brawl as opposed to color swaps.