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]

Originally Posted by TheCure

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/col...sp?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]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

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]

Originally Posted by Peanut

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Yes, that's right.

Well excuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!

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]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

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

'cause it is!

Okay, no.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Peanut

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]

Originally Posted by Michi heavenly6

'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]

Originally Posted by Michi heavenly6

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.

Originally Posted by TheCure

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

I gotta' remember that one.

[The Terror of Death]

Originally Posted by TheCure

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.