Darth Revan
01-29-2015, 01:24 PM
Last year had a lot of titles which were subpar... official review wise and by some who's opinion is apparently gospel (Looking at Angry Joe). For myself... Dragon Age Inquisition was my worst game of 2014.
I mean, I admit, I was really looking forward to this title. Even preordered the Inquisitor's Edition for PS4 (and we all know the problems that Box had >.<) and I thought I was in for a treat. I hadn't even followed any information about it online or in magazines etc... didn't want to be spoiled. In hindsight, that was a bitch, as if I actually HAD been exposed to the info, I would've saved myself $250AUSD.
Now, I actually am a fan of the Dragon Age series. Loved Origins and Awakening and yes, I did enjoy II a lot. My Xbox 360 saw a lot of usage with times only one of the discs resided in the disc tray on a semi permanent basis. With those, I was able to get right into that universe and was hooked right from the start. Enjoyed them so much, that when I got a PS3, I bought them again on that console to enjoy again. When BioWare gave away all of the Bonus Preorder items for Origins/Awakening/II... yes, I downloaded them and played the games again with the extra goodies... Still enjoyed them.
Yet... I remember when I got Inquisition home, checked the back of the case. Seemed... interesting. Put the disc in... and felt pain. The character creator mode was terrible (imo)... and the voices were atrocious. Did not like the style of the character designs and when I met Cassandra, ugh... I won't bore you with the details, but the overall experience with Inquisition was so terrible that after forcing myself to play at least 10 hours of the SP (I'll get to the MP next), I'd rather play the FFXIII trilogy again... and I would think that it's pretty well known on this site how much I HATE FFXIII.
Now, the MP. Once again BioWare attempts a foray into the world of MP gaming... learned some from Mass Effect 3's MP, but not much. I really did not enjoy this mode at all and it felt tacked on... as if BioWare thought "Oh, add a MP mode to it". That and the community is pretty bad (or I just got into bad lobbies), verbal abuse and derogative bashing were pretty much the norm.
So yeah... this was traded in, along with Assassin's Creed Unity pretty damn fast. I've used the credit towards Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires and Battlefield Hardline, two games I KNOW I'll enjoy.
So... what was your worst game of 2014 and why?
I mean, I admit, I was really looking forward to this title. Even preordered the Inquisitor's Edition for PS4 (and we all know the problems that Box had >.<) and I thought I was in for a treat. I hadn't even followed any information about it online or in magazines etc... didn't want to be spoiled. In hindsight, that was a bitch, as if I actually HAD been exposed to the info, I would've saved myself $250AUSD.
Now, I actually am a fan of the Dragon Age series. Loved Origins and Awakening and yes, I did enjoy II a lot. My Xbox 360 saw a lot of usage with times only one of the discs resided in the disc tray on a semi permanent basis. With those, I was able to get right into that universe and was hooked right from the start. Enjoyed them so much, that when I got a PS3, I bought them again on that console to enjoy again. When BioWare gave away all of the Bonus Preorder items for Origins/Awakening/II... yes, I downloaded them and played the games again with the extra goodies... Still enjoyed them.
Yet... I remember when I got Inquisition home, checked the back of the case. Seemed... interesting. Put the disc in... and felt pain. The character creator mode was terrible (imo)... and the voices were atrocious. Did not like the style of the character designs and when I met Cassandra, ugh... I won't bore you with the details, but the overall experience with Inquisition was so terrible that after forcing myself to play at least 10 hours of the SP (I'll get to the MP next), I'd rather play the FFXIII trilogy again... and I would think that it's pretty well known on this site how much I HATE FFXIII.
Now, the MP. Once again BioWare attempts a foray into the world of MP gaming... learned some from Mass Effect 3's MP, but not much. I really did not enjoy this mode at all and it felt tacked on... as if BioWare thought "Oh, add a MP mode to it". That and the community is pretty bad (or I just got into bad lobbies), verbal abuse and derogative bashing were pretty much the norm.
So yeah... this was traded in, along with Assassin's Creed Unity pretty damn fast. I've used the credit towards Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires and Battlefield Hardline, two games I KNOW I'll enjoy.
So... what was your worst game of 2014 and why?