I've been disappointed by a few, not to many honestly, but Star Fox Adventures let me down to the extent of hating it.

DragonBall Z: Sagas
Halo 3
Resistance: FOM
Sonic '06

Devil May Cry 2
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories
Clay Fighter 2
Sonic Adventure DX
That god awful first ps1 contra game

Suikoden 4
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Sonic the Hedgehog PS3
Lord of the Rings - 2 Towers

Honorable Mention: FFX-2

Mario Kart Double Dash

edit: Oh, and Masters of Orion 3 :>

A few more..

Twisted Metal Small Brawl
Mega Man X7
Primal

I wasn't expecting much from either, but both Pokemon Mystery Dungeons (the first and the sequel) were so terrible I stopped playing after a dungeon or two on each. Does that count?

Gears of War

Contact :(

Children of Mana was pretty terrible but I didn't really know what to expect going into it. New Super Mario Bros was disappointingly easy.

Fly For Fun
Lemmings 3D
Pitball

Contact :(

Children of Mana was pretty terrible but I didn't really know what to expect going into it. New Super Mario Bros was disappointingly easy.

Amen.

SaGa Frontier (PSone)
WipEout Fusion (PS2)
Parasite Eve 2: Electric Boogaloo (PSone)
Mega Man 8 (PS2)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Electric Boogaloo (NES)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (NGC)

Fucking FF Crystal Chronicles, I fucking hated it, can't believe is coming to Wii.

Devil May Cry 2 (poor direct sequel)
Bushido Blade 2 (had no idea what to do)
Final Fantasy XII (expected a better story)

Completley forgot about NSMB. Game was awful. I mean, it was kinda fun, but not $35 fun. Maybe use the bandwidth to download the game fun at best.

Also, PW: JFA really dissapointed me, since Franziska is possibly the most aggravating character since Navi in OoT. I'm in the circus case and haven't even gotten to the clown's testimony (which I hear is pure agony), and I just can't pick it up anymore. Not to mention how boringly slow the investigating is :(

Fable (Xbox) - It tried to compare itself to Morrowind early on. Epic failure in that respect.
Oblivion (PC) - Kinda. It's not as good as Morrowind imho.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance I+II (PS2) - Don't name a shitty hack n' slash after a great RPG
Phantasy Star Universe (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI (PC) - The JP players had a fucking yearlong head start.
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)
All Megamans post-X4 (PS2)
Star Wars: KOTOR 2 (PC) - How can you leave out that much shit?
Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) - Need I say more?
Final Fantasy Tactics Adv (GBA) - From the political intrigue of FFT to a bunch of idiot kids in FFTA
Gladius (GC) - Walk, fight, repeat.

Probably more.

Halo 3. So much hype I expected it to be groundbreaking. It was average.

the XBOX

1. Indianapolis 500 (Wii)
2. FFX-2 (obviously)

thats about all I can name now, I usually research games before I buy, so I hardly end up with dissappointments.

Smackdown Vs RAW 2008


thanks for changing nearly every control assholes.

7 Blades (ps2)
Devil may cry 2 (ps2)
Both matrix games (ps2)
Metal gear 2(ps2)

i enjoyed nsmb but ti was way too easy ; ;

Metal gear 2(ps2)

Metal Gear 2 was on the NES...

Devil May Cry 2
Final Fantasy X-2

Cant think of anything else tbh. Not that I havent played other games that were a let down its just these were ones I was looking forward to a lot.

I was left slightly disappointed after beating Clive Barker's Undying, the final level never felt like it belonged to a horror game, and the last boss was the lamest and most overused creature I've ever seen in a FPS.

Also Hexen II: way too many undelivered promises.

Tomb Raider 2.
Thar was the first TR game I played, and while I enjoyed it, the ending just seem to take away everything I liked...
I can't even remember it how it actually went, but I do know it kinda killed my experience with that game...

I also didn't like Devil May Cry 2 much.

countless games.

most notorious:
mystic heroes (ngc) (i think super mario sunshine -which i traded for MH was better)
manhunt - people said its awesome and gory and stuff, i played it and the stealth thing, always walking and evading... made it boring.
ninjabread man (wii) - only 3 LEVELS, got it for my GF and we both hated it.
time stalkers (DC) - seemed good, but it far surpasses the repetiteveness of standard rpgs)
nobunagas ambition (NES) - wasnt what i expected.


the list is so big...

Final Fantasy X
Shadow of the Colossus
Metroid Prime Hunters

Battlefield 2. Overhyped, not anywhere near as good.

Devil May Cry 2.

That game was super dissapointing compared to the first.

Barbie's Hentai Adventure 7: Trouble in Bikini Village

MAN, THE FAMILY GUY FOR X-BOX STUNK BIG TIME!

final fantsy 13

terrible, i'd play da x games everyday but not that one

Unlimited Saga. I always quite enjoyed the Saga Frontier games, this one though not so much.

Crash Bash.

for marking the end of Crash Bandicoot games that were good.

All the Smackdown vs. Raw games.

Ok, don't bite, but Mario Galaxy. While I may get slightly motion sick (which I don't like), it just isn't that great. I played 5 stars, and couldn't go on. I was bored to death. It just isn't as innovative, amazing, and super cool as the hype said it would be. But then again, silly me for depending on the hype :)

Yes, I know I just had a monologue, but there was SOME useful stuff in there.
I hope.

Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis wasn't as good as I hoped it to be. A decent game, but one of the weakest in the series, in my opinion. And the DC version is more playable than the PSX version.

final fantsy 13

terrible, i'd play da x games everyday but not that one

YOU'VE BEEN TO THE FUTURE TOO?

Completely forgot about SM Sunshine, just wasn't what I expected: terrible camera angles in some areas, most levels looked alike, there wasn't a real haunted mansion like I hoped, making Yoshi drown in the water was absurd, and the piantas were lame.

Completely forgot about SM Sunshine, just wasn't what I expected: terrible camera angles in some areas, most levels looked alike, there wasn't a real haunted mansion like I hoped, making Yoshi drown in the water was absurd, and the piantas were lame.

All these things may be true but the retro styled hidden levels were just sublime and when platforming is that good I can overlook a lot

Actually, the platforming levels were one of the few tiny positive things I can think about the game.

metal gear solid 3, snake eater (ps2)
a boy and his blob (nes, anyone remember it? Slide your way into the pits of Hell, boy and his blob!)
Shin megami tensei (ps2, unfair battle system, ages to level up your demons!)
Chaos field (dc)
Psyvarriar 2 twtf (dc, no co-up gaming! now, that sucks for a shmup...)
etc etc etc

I can't think of any at the moment!

Zombie Nation for the nes seems to come to mind though.

Mario party 8?

Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis wasn't as good as I hoped it to be. A decent game, but one of the weakest in the series, in my opinion. And the DC version is more playable than the PSX version.

WOW! Just WOW!

Atleast you said it was a decent game.

Nemesis was certainly not the series best hour.

At least they fixed that with Code Veronica.

Nemesis was certainly not the series best hour.

At least they fixed that with Code Veronica.

I don't recall saying it was the series best hour.

On the defensive here too... hum.

I never implied that you said it either.

On the defensive here too... hum.

I never implied that you said it either.

Hum... indeed.

face



palm

don't call me "dude". unless you're a man, but only an intersexed ftm.
all other men must call me "mate" or "buddy". since i have a feeling of rugged comraderie for those fellows
women may address me as "friend" as i am particularlly shy around those ones
unless they are from sweden, if such a thing were to happen "bekant" would be acceptable but if they do so they must address me as "ambassador" every second instance of their greeting me, this rule is unbreakable and holds for life once "bekant" has been uttered
if the swedish girl is BLONDE then they may call me "kamrad" and the rule above is extended to every THIRD hello
if they are SANDY they may address me as whatever they like unless it is a generally unfriendly sort of secret. the "ambassador" rule does not hold in this instance
mormons may call me "sweetheart" or "washcloth" but only on the second thursday of every month because that is probably a mormon holiday and in the instance the must call ne "your highness"
if you call me the *S*E*C*R*E*T* *P*H*R*A*S*E* you will be the recipient of a fabulous voucher worth $200 in your local beauty parlour. no to be sold, cash value of voucher is 0.005c.
if anyone at any point calls me "bint" then they must collect 50 pretend monies and not pass "go"

If I had to decide, I'd say all the main Pokemon games after Generation II. While the plots got deeper and the graphics improved, the series just felt like it lost its charm to me. The same thing that I felt happen to the MegaMan X games...

And Xenosaga II. Thank goodness I and III were awesome.


Suikoden 4
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter


Suikoden V saved the series after IV.

Dragon Quarter killed the Breath of Fire series..

Then we have Lufia: Ruins of Lore. Let me tell you something; Lufia-Sinistrals-challenging puzzles does NOT = Lufia.

Of course the number one top of my list is Lunar: Dragon Song. What even gave them the right to call this a Lunar game? It had none of the depth of the series, the story was okay, there was nothing you really felt like working for, and it was too short, probably for the reason the developers realized nobody would want to play any longer. Definition: Video game on a budget cut. Let's leave Lunar to Lucia, okay?

I really wanted to like the Metal Slugs Saga. :(

ANY AND ALL SIMPSONS RELATED GAMES!

Seriously, what the fuck?

The Simpsons Arcade game and recently released Simpsons Game beg me to differ. >.>

Other than that I agree.

I found the Simpsons games for the NES fairly entertaining, but still insanely difficult, only way to beat them is through an emulator.

Ever see the AVGN vid on those?

What's AVGN?

Angry Video Game Nerd.

If you haven't heard of him, youtube him. He's pretty damn hilarious.

Bassist's talking about the time he did a review on 2 simpson games, Bart Vs the space mutants and Bart Vs the world.

FFX was a big disappointment for me. So was Metal Gear Solid 2. I was really letdown by Warcraft III, as well.

All of the Halo series
DMC2

That's all for now

The Matrix games, without a doubt.
Ghost Recon 2 ended up being my ash tray's lid, and eventually melting into oblivion.

*prepares to die*
Final Fantasy 7. I played 9 first, and thought "Wow, if this is so good, 7 must be incredible". I played it, and failed to understand why the hell there are about ten zillion spin-offs, and 99% of the internet worship it.

Also, all the 3D sonic games except SA2B. Shadow the Hedgehog. The only thing that prevented me from killing myself was the prescence of Vector, Espio and Charmy.

Also, i... quite liked Starfox Adventures. In a very RPGish, non-starfoxy way.

Oh. And Halo. I played it at my friend's house and my brain nearly melted with boredom.

Yeah, you really need to die.......

Going way back. . .

Mega Man 5, 6, 7
Simpsons games, except the arcade one
Base Wars
Street Fighter 2010 (what else was a 10 yr. old kid going to think it was?)
Bahamut Lagoon
Front Mission: Gun Hazard (except for the music)

Also, PW: JFA really dissapointed me, since Franziska is possibly the most aggravating character since Navi in OoT. I'm in the circus case and haven't even gotten to the clown's testimony (which I hear is pure agony), and I just can't pick it up anymore. Not to mention how boringly slow the investigating is :(
I stopped at the exact same spot. Golly gee, JFA is so darn awful I don't know how anybody can stomach it. I eventually played it again just for the fourth case - the only good part of the game.

@ the person complaining about FFCC coming to Wii: I think they'd have learned their lesson after the original. I'd put money on them actually including a story this time.

@ the people saying bad stuff about FFX-2: You suck.

@ the person disappointed by post 2nd gen pokemon games: I agree.

Man, Moe's testimony is worth it if only for

In West Clownadelphia born and raised...^____^

Man, Moe's testimony is worth it if only for

In West Clownadelphia born and raised...^____^
I want to hurt PW's american localisation team.

I really wanted to like the Metal Slugs Saga. :(

Seriously?

Please don't tell me you'd rather play Contra.

I'd rather play Contra 4 on my DS.

Gears of War

You're cruel. Gears is an excellent title.

Here's a list of disappointments.

Final Fantasy X-2
Devil May Cry 2
Shin Megami Tensai Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensai Digital Devil Saga
Shin Megami Tensai Digital Devil Saga 2
Shin Megami Tensai Devil Summoner
Shin Megami Tensai Persona 3
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3

There's more, but I'll stop for the moment.

To me the Shin Megami Tensai games seemed bland.

The 1st Metal Slug > any Contra

Contrary to what most the avid fans of Metal Slug consider to be the most popular Metal Slug thereof, Metal Slug III was a complete letdown for me. I prefer the original Metal Slug overall in the series over any of the others.

Super Mario Sunshine, unlike Super Mario Galaxy didn't manage to captivate me on par with Super Mario 64, which was quite anticlimactic, as my expectations were exceptionally high in Mario's forte of the platform genre.

Advance Wars: Day of Ruin is an arrant letdown for me. The colorful personalities of the characters, the tuneful music and the mechanics of the previous installments of the series are drastically different insomuch to be different game altogether. I feel the changes the developers opted for are simply too abrupt for veterans of the previous games to cope with immediately. The staple of Advance Wars was the ability to approach any problem(s) on the battlefield with plenty of flexibility in one's strategies, not just dictated by the developer's criteria, which is apparent in the latest game.


Simpsons games, except the arcade one

Agreed.

I really wanted to like FFX-2, but the whole outfit changing got old REALLY fast.

And yes, I was disappointed by Halo 3 as well. Fucking hype machine.

Devil May Cry 2

Let me see..
Grand theft Auto 4..boring after the first few hours
Gears of War..no story, too easy and terrible AI
Super Mario Galaxy..yawn
Army of Two..Too short

I'm going to be original and say Halo 3.I thought this was going to fix the Halo series (you know, maybe adding a story and guns that kill people) after the train wreck that was 2, but instead all I got was a (still) boring MASTUR CHEEF shooting slightly more powerful guns at brightly coloured alien gorillas who growl at you. Wow, best game ever...

For me include:

Shaq Fu
Rise of the Robots
Final Fantasy 7
The Sims 2

Grand Theft Auto IV by far. It has an OK story... but everything about the mechanics are terrible.

Terrible cover system, terrible driving physics, Niko runs like he's wearing skis and he crouches like he's trying to poop.

For me include:

Shaq Fu
Rise of the Robots
Final Fantasy 7
The Sims 2

You thought Shaq-fu was going to be good?

I thought Shaq-Fu was hilarious....but yeah it was a bad game.

You thought Shaq-fu was going to be good?

I hadn't a clue what to expect out of it either way tbh. Though still couldn't believe how bad it turned out to be. Tried it out back when I was about 12 out of curiosity, as someone I knew - who was really into fighting games at the time - happened to mention they'd been playing it. Needless to say I soon learnt the error of my ways!

GTA IV - abysmal.
Forza Motorsport 2 - I got it free with the 360, but it sucks so much.
Morrowind - I had such high hopes, but I guess the problem is that I played it after Oblivion. Talking to townsfolk is like reading a book, and I hated the battle system too.

Spiderman DS- I don't even know where I got this. But I hate It.
Contact- I was told this was great. Its ok.
Gears Of War- To much Hype. I expected to much I guess.
Black- To easy

Final Fantasy X
Lost Odyssey
Grand Theft Auto IV
Dragonquest VIII
Rock Band

Halo 3...Wow, best game ever...

Most accessible multiplayer ever. Difference.

I'm surprised how many people are saying GTAIV was a letdown. I'm curious as to why...

What's the most disapponting game you ever played?

Kingdom Hearts 2

I'm surprised how many people are saying GTAIV was a letdown. I'm curious as to why...

I can't speak for everybody else, but for me, the gameplay GTA IV is exactly like Vice City and San Andreas, and even GTA III. Basically, you steal cars, get guns, shoot people, get chased by cops, occassionally do a mission, repeat. The plot didn't really thrill me, either. Anyway, it bores me now, and I can happily take it out of my collection. A waste of money, now that I think about it.

Sonic 2006 (360/PS3) is the most devastating disappointing game that broke my heart and made me extremely angry.

are you crazy Morrowind is my favourite game.

GTA IV - abysmal.
Forza Motorsport 2 - I got it free with the 360, but it sucks so much.
Morrowind - I had such high hopes, but I guess the problem is that I played it after Oblivion. Talking to townsfolk is like reading a book, and I hated the battle system too.


are you crazy Morrowind is my favourite game.

On its own right, Morrowind is an excellent game. However, I've heard that Oblivion is a total masterpiece, so I can see where Olde is coming from there.

I used to have Oblivion for PS3, ut it bored me to tears after about 30 hours.

That and the whole, "You died? Well fuck you! Start from the last time you saved, which would be about 4 hours ago! Checkpoints? Fuck you." Thing kinda put me off.

Most accessible multiplayer ever. Difference.

Yeah, if by 'accessible' you mean 'Being called a noob by squeaky-voiced kids online'...

LAN action is the only thing Halo does right.

The whole, "You died? Well fuck you! Start from the last time you saved, which would be about 4 hours ago! Checkpoints? Fuck you." Thing kinda put me off.

:cool: That was a big problem I thought, too...although you could turn auto-save on.


On its own right, Morrowind is an excellent game.

I'm sure it is a really stellar game, especially for its time, but...I guess I just can't get into it. :sad:

Devil May Cry 2, 3 and 4
GTA San Andreas, GTA 4
Metal Gear Solid 1-3, havent played 4, am not going to either.
C&C Generals
Halo 1-3
RE3
Manhunt
Crysis(orgasmically good looking, but it really isnt a good game)

Dolphins

:cool: That was a big problem I thought, too...although you could turn auto-save on.

Auto-Save WAS on.

I'm sure it is a really stellar game, especially for its time, but...I guess I just can't get into it. :sad:

Totally understandable. If you played Oblivion first it can be mighty difficult to sacrifice all those pretty graphics, radiant AI, and sensible combat to play Morrowind. Don't get me wrong, Morrowind is truly epic and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to play an awesome game, but Oblivion upgraded so much.


That and the whole, "You died? Well fuck you! Start from the last time you saved, which would be about 4 hours ago! Checkpoints? Fuck you." Thing kinda put me off.

As for the saving though, are you effing serious? Is being able to save anywhere at any time such a huge inconvenience? Honestly, are you new to Western RPGs?

doomjockey, no, but I tend to forget to periodically save while I'm grinding or doing monotonous tasks. Time flies when you're jumping in place casting the same spell over and over trying to level.

I guess could understand that a bit better as autosave typically doesn't activate until you change areas.

Being a spellcaster kinda sucks too. The goddamned villagers can kick my ass.

without a doubt the new alone in the dark damn that game sucked sooooo bad

Warhammer Online

Devil May Cry 2 really disappointed me.

Alone in the Dark

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade



Others:

Final Fantasy XII
Oblivion
Fable
Warhammer Online

Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy VII
Megaman Battle Network 4

Insecticide

Gears of War

turning point, fall of liberty.
i honestly prefer playing dead or alive xtreme 2 over that.

Fucking Fantavision (sp)
Man it with that weird as hell intro
and the ability to not save where you left off? Wtf is that.
I mean I can understand how it could have been good but there is no point in saving when all you are saving is a score.
that would be like playing Metal Gear Solid and saving jsut the kill record or something.

Gears of War

Final Fantasy 12.
Any Sonic game after Sonic Heroes.
Devil May Cry 2.
Worms: A Space Oddity.

TMNT on psp, I liked the ones on the consoles becaus of the prince of persia style gameplay. The psp one makes you jump from one spot to another until you fight some lame thugs or a boss. After the first mission I had no ambition to play at all.

Also Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes caus it had no story mode.

Guild Wars...I read up on it for months thinking it was a true MMORPG, then realized everything was instanced...was a very sad day indeed, although it was good, it wasn't what I was expecting.

Most dissipointing? Well, Ok.

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance- I loved the Baldur's Gate games. I spent large parts of my childhood watching my parents play the Baulder's Gate games together. I don't think I'll ever forget many things about it, things like Minsc and Boo. The day my parents let me play their old copies was a very very wonderful day for me, it was like a coming of age ceremony. I was finally old enough to play the same games as adults! Yes!

Ok, now zoom into the future. Oh wow, a new Baldur's gate game! Wow! Oh wait. It has nothing at all to do with the first games. It's not even truly run off of a DnD system. On top of all that, it's a hack and slash, and not even a fun one at that. Fail.

Someone else had this listed, and they mentioned a BG:DA2. I did not know about a sequels existence, and I am awestruck that the first one did well enough to warrant a second one.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echos of Time.-
Right. So I have this friend. Me and this friend don't get to game together much because its an Internet friend, an online friend with different consoles than me. We only share two systems together- A computer, Which we can't game over because, as soon as I uninstalled Linux and installed XP, it takes decades to load a web page on it. Yes, even this one. I'm slowly managing to get rid of a lot of XP junk that's not needed and that's slowing me down, but st- I'm getting off topic.
Right, so the other console is a Wii. We want to play with each other a lot. So we look around and settle on the game I'm now saying I am disappointed by. The disappointment probably isn't really from the game itself, but you guys didn't specify so whatever.
We start it up together and for a few days have a grand old time mucking about together, throwing each other at objects we want each other to pick up. (Wii has no Voice Chat). And, since he was horrible at jumping, me leaping into pits and hurling him across to the adjacent platform. Then suddenly he decided to go beat the game by himself while I was busy with school.

He beats the game within like a week.

He now refuses to play it with me.

I briefly tried to play it by myself, but without the fun antics we both got each other into, it instantly became a very very very horrible game. I don't think I'm even 15% through it. I gave up. It's on the bottom of my Wii game pile right now. It's even under Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

I swear I'm never buying a game to play with this guy again.


Neverwinter Nights 2: I loved the first one. I hated the second one. I won't even go into this any further.

Popolocroise- Everyone told me it was good, Everyone seemed to think that this imported Playstation RPG ported to the PSP was a shining gemstone in a large steaming vat of... uh... not gemstones. I looked up lots of reviews, I got pretty hyped. Sure, it was kiddy, but sometimes that's a good thing to have.

To be fair, it probably was an AMAZING game before it was ported to the PSP. It's pretty, smooth, and is rather fun despite the large childish theme. The thing that ruined this game? Random encounters. To be more specific, the 5 minute loading time you must wait through at the beginning and end of each encounter. Lets do math, Random encounters happen a lot, we'll say that in order to get to the beginning town to the nearest town, you face about five random battles. Since the battles are random, this can be increased or decreased but as I said, they're rather likely to happen. Each will have ten total minutes of loading time.

That's almost an hour of looking at a loading game. I suspect that such loading times were nonexistent in the original version, because if you look at almost any ported game that arrives on the PSP, you'll notice a large load wait.

So with you on baldurs gate, got it as a present, played it once round and just decided it wasnt worth it with the so called "ultimate" character. RETURNED.

b4 i start i know the topic name, but seriously if this list prevents anyone from making same mistakes then id post this a dozen times lol

THPS3, two was clearly amazing, i ruled at 2, it was just that good i dont need to say more, but 3, jesus did it suck and there was an airport level i think, WTF is with that?

FF12, in one word BORING. This game was worse than 9, 9 got good after kuja turned on alexandria, but up till that point it was pointless side quests and if u wanted the greatest weapon, u had to skip em all. 9 ruined the chocobo's appeal too. Back 2 12, main character was poor, romance was clingy and a little weird due to their age, queen was cool and basche was okay, but it was clearly a glorified WoW rip off, really bad choice to let everyone run around with gambits and power level to their hearts content.

Assasins creed, worst stealth game ever, u could only stealth kill the same ways over and over, tenchu had a little variety. but since everyones hung up on its graphics, lets put it another way, FFX, graphically amazing for ps2, however, the story was linear and no room for movement till after return to zanarkand. Graphics are nothing, thats why everyone still loves MGS1.

Theme park world (enough said)
Dune 2000 (its not C&C red alert)
dbz goku densetsu (only goes up to cell saga, for �30, i at least deserved to hit SSJ4)
Armored core: Nexus (Its not AC2 or AC2: AA)
Dragonquest (Dear god, i do not wanna slap around slimes for 100 hours, even if the limit system was cool but im suprised funimation didnt sue em for clearly ripping of a super saiya-jin, like trance kuja (Square enix get away with so much) )
Enter the Matrix (we all know sword and the hacking the new level open is the only good part of that game, and thats IT. well perhaps hearing the snapping of peoples necks)
Mortal Kombat Deception (Story mode was cool but poorly executed, redeemed with shoalin monks and armageddons story mode, but still such a poor game)
Yugi-oh Capsule monsters (i like duelist of the roses, but im playing yugi-oh, not ****ing chess, he wanted it to be as popular as chess, not a chess rip off.)
Kingdom hearts (Sorry i like it till pirates of the carribean comes into it or FF cameos where sora kicks most FF characters asses. HES GOT A GIANT KEY! it may as well be a baseball bat vs sephiroth or cloud. It maybe a kids game but dont drag down perfectly good characters please)
FF dirge of cerberus (good concept poorly executed, this game wouldve been far better in a devil may cry format, though it did slightly remind me of DMC and i dunno why?????)
FF crisis core (Two words, Plot holes. not to mention, in the anime sephiroth let go of the damn sword when cloud lifted him, just like anyone would. but this isnt a spot the difference in FF7 topic so....everything else i loved)
Sonic heroes (Holy jesus as much as i loved super sonic in 3d, it just wasnt worth the playtime or the money, it really really wasnt.)
Pokemon (Anyone one of them after diamond, is NOT worth playing, just trust me. The damn legendary pokemon got to strong for there own good and ruined the later games especially those online ones on the Wii and not bringing up planting flowers for cuteness berries or whatever, im battling with my pokemon, not taking it out on a date.)
Any game with yugi oh GX (Sorry but to many card effects, ruins the game, especially most of jaidens cards like the neo spacian mole >_< give me blue eyes and dark paladin any day.)
FFX-2 (We were all disappointed, it was so feminist, FACT, their has been no all male FFs (even if u were to try FF1) and i wouldnt want their to be, yaoi fanboys and girls would have a field day. More than the fun they have with sephiroth and cloud -_-')
Drakengard (Dynasty warriors will always be the best game in that genre and it was poor, even dragon flying)
Counter strike (When you had to start paying for it, otherwise i loved everything about that, most of the reason i had to catch up in college at 16)
Little Devil (CDi) (Was never re-released for PC and havent been able to find an emulator that worked for CDi)
Sonic mega collection (ps2 right?) (Why play it when theirs a million emulators for mega drive, even megadriver have MAME for arcade version of goldenaxe)
Any XBOX game that isnt Halo and on that note Halo wars, for not being Halo lol
Lost in blue 1 (completed it within first day of playing it, 8 hours i think, maybe less)
Guitar hero 3 online (everyone chooses through the fire and flames lol)
Soul Calibur 4 (Maxi is the best character, but this game just irritated me, especially all the star wars fan boys and the ultimate character being so poor, even cervantes in soul edge was harder)
Sonic CD (worst sonic ever, even worse than heroes, thank god for sonic 3d on the mega drive)
Streets of rage 3 (Just wasnt 1 or 2, it just didnt work)
Xenosaga part 2 (Coz iv never seen part 3 or part 1 out in any game stores -_-')
Ms Pacman (The drive for equality started here people, seriously wtf? Ms pacman will never get a husband if she keeps eating so many of those cherries :P)

i can name so many more. however, its funnier if i say it at random times.

Hey Suikoden 4 was a lovely game, and Final Fantasy XII wasn't that bad, if anything it topped Final Fantasy X solely for it's HUGE sidequests and secret boss battles, i have played that game for over 127hrs before i done everythig XD though i'm not saying it was better then FFX, FFX was great but they're different games, both which was amazing

The game that really bothered me was Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, it was so restrictive and the whole world it was set in was kinda bland, i've completed it but it just didnt connect with me, storytelling was so so. a weak game, most of you might not agree with me, which is cool but i had nothing but a terrible experience

Hey Suikoden 4 was a lovely game, and Final Fantasy XII wasn't that bad, if anything it topped Final Fantasy X solely for it's HUGE sidequests and secret boss battles, i have played that game for over 127hrs before i done everythig XD though i'm not saying it was better then FFX, FFX was great but they're different games, both which was amazing

The game that really bothered me was Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, it was so restrictive and the whole world it was set in was kinda bland, i've completed it but it just didnt connect with me, storytelling was so so. a weak game, most of you might not agree with me, which is cool but i had nothing but a terrible experience

The only truly best part of FF12, was the headhunter things, that i admit was a very damn good idea.

The game that really bothered me was Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, it was so restrictive and the whole world it was set in was kinda bland, i've completed it but it just didnt connect with me, storytelling was so so. a weak game, most of you might not agree with me, which is cool but i had nothing but a terrible experience

The best thing about that game was the art direction. The story is a standard fare, the graphics ok, but the fighting imo much too complex especially for the encounter rate. I felt like every battle took forever perhaps because I paid attention to and tried to follow the lengthy list of rulesets. I hope Magna Carta 2 improves the experience.

Kingdom Hearts might not be the worst game ever, but it was a pretty big disappoinment to me, and I wasn't even confident in first place... I wasn't really caring for the story before starting the game, and expected an Action RPG with a deep battle system that involved some skill. Got the exact opposite.

Zelda: Twilight Princess might rank here as well. I wasn't even that much interested in it (unlike the MASSIVE HYPE most Zelda fans made) despite enjoying the series a lot, but the game still fell short to me. Too long, bland, easy. It's such a shame, since the game exceeded in so many ways, but that just didn't make it less boring to play.

Graphics are nothing, thats why everyone still loves MGS1.

Ironic, because MGS1 is arguably the best looking PS1 game.

And people are crying for a remake with MGS4 graphics.

I'm loathing Infinite Undiscovery atm, it plays like a piece of shit, looks like a piece of shit and is as uninteresting as a piece of shit.

I would've called it Infant's Underpants just so it'd sell well to pedos~

Is that a squeenix fetus?

Kind of, I believe Tri-Ace developed it. And they should've been shot for it.

Ironic, because MGS1 is arguably the best looking PS1 game.

why hello thear

Whilst Vagrant story was VERY good looking, I can't help but think this was better in the graphics dept:

FFVIII was far better graphically, i think it pushed the ps1 to its limits really.

Whilst Vagrant story was VERY good looking, I can't help but think this was better in the graphics dept:



Well, I personally don't categorize them in the same way since one uses pre-rendered backgrounds and the other one is, let's say, "real" 3D. Which is why I compared MGS and Vagrant, but not the FFs >:

In the pre-rendered side, I'd personally go with Final Fantasy IX. After finishing it for the first time, FF8's animation seemed real blocky in comparison. Not sure where I'd fit Chrono Cross, it's been long since I played it...

i too think that 9 has far better graphics (specially the CGI).
however, were there any other major games that were made completely in 3d? i would include brave fencer musashi but... it was very cartoony

9!?
They looked like porcelan dolls, it just looked sooooo soooo bad.
though thats more character design than graphics, but it still applies.

i'll rather porcelain dolls over stiff, expresionless characters.

Gears of war II

Kind of, I believe Tri-Ace developed it. And they should've been shot for it.

Tri-Ace generally has shitty games.

WHAT CASSIE?! I SAID IT!

Star Ocean 3.

Laaaame plot. Breeze to complete since you can power up your equipment to Seraphic Gate-level values around mid-game. And the characters are all wimps, bar one. Which is the generic anti-hero, so it also shows originality the middle finger.

Final Fantasy X - A mediocre outing for the FF franchise. Music was so so, same with graphics. The character's and story couldn't hook me in... also, the Blitzball minigame was pathetic.

Final Fantasy X-2 - What did we do to get served this dog's breakfast. Seriously, I can't think of what SE was smoking at the time they thought this up, but considering how the game was... I had to say that whatever it was, it was only the cheap grade grass.

Final Fantasy XII - A Star Wars rip off imo, and a poorly executed one at that. Story was old, and with the character's dancing around like they were... it sunk faster than the Titanic.

The Bouncer - .... What the hell was SE thinking with this piece of monkey excrement? I've had better looking skidmarks in my damn underwear, than this piece of shit. SE trying to redo Double Dragon... and fail... miserably.

Halo 3 - I admit, I enjoyed Halo 2. May not of been everyone's fav of the series, but it was enjoyable. This instalment of the Halo franchise... Bungie... here's some advice : If you want to show how to make a game flatter than Sigourney Weaver's ass, you succeeded. Well done.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Ok... this game initially showed promise... But then after playing for about two minutes or so, getting your fat cousin ringing up all the time, to go and have a bite to eat, get a drink, or go and see 'Big American Titties', WHILE trying to do a mission... fuck that shit. Even worse when you have a girlfriend in the game, and she rings you up to annoy you... often right in the middle of a mission...

There are other games I could list here... but already I have the urge to go and smash myself in the face with a cheese grater due to the piles of crap I've listed above...

sefiroslionheart, you do realize that Akira Toriyama(the guy who CREATED DBZ) is also one of the creators for Dragon Quest? That's why the characters powers(and looks) are so similar to other characters(see also: Chrono Trigger).

But I digress...disappointing games for me have included:

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn(part of the fun of the previous games was pairing people up and seeing their special endings at the end...but nnnnoooo...IS thinks it's better that we have a stock storyline!:mad: )

Rumble Roses and RRXX(I was disappointed in each for different reasons...RR for limitations, and RRXX for absolutely no story)

Castlevania Bloodlines(the change in weaponry didn't help its relative shortness)

Cyber-Cop(everything an FPS should NOT be!)

Shadowrun(having grown up with the P&P, I didn't feel the SNES one captured the atmosphere, and the Genesis one was INSANELY hard! Those are the only two versions...I repeat, those are the ONLY TWO!)

Any RTS game brought to console(seriously WTF?!? RTS games are not made for consoles, so stop putting them on there!)

Myst series - Stay the fuck away from this shit....

Grand Theft Auto IV - A good game, however I enjoyed San Andreas far more, and coming off the heels of that, I felt overall it was a somewhat disappointing game.

Assassins Creed - Great for the first while, however missions soon become redundant and repetitive, didn't live up to the hype it received.

There are others; however these games were the major disappointments.

That isnt the point, its a huge double standard to allow dragon quest but to ban bid for power. damn i miss that game.

btw xiahou dun, totally agree with everything you said, except the graphics were still damn good in the FMVs for FFX, the story however was linear and obvious. Noone likes a story that involves churches or cults betraying your main character, because in the end, you kind of expect it from the beginning.

HE WOULDN'T ALLOW A FUCKING GAME THAT INFRINGES ON HIS COPYRIGHT YOU DUMBFUCK.

You dumbass! They didn't charge you for it, it was god damn freeware, and its like what DW gundam is, it is actually helping the cause by getting more people playing dbz so theyll wanna watch it, then buy it, etc etc. and worst part was, then bid for power just decided to screw the fusion patches, screw the dbz characters, but keep the basic game as it was and just change the character designs as a big FU to funimation.

Oh man, you're one big idiot. Copyright infringement isn't always due to one making profits with said infringement, that just allows for harsher actions to be taken. How about you actually know what you're talking about before, once again, trying to sound like you do.

Are you insane, i read the copyright, patents and design act, i know all about it. I'm saying that if its aiding you like bid for power was and not taking from your profits like it wasn't then there was no good reasoning for them to ban it.
Jesus, you think everyone has a lesser I.Q than you, but your the only one who doesn't read between the lines.

IT'S THE UNSANCTIONED DUPLICATION OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL YOU DUMBSHIT.

Actually just like weird al, copyright doesnt cover tributes. And if bid for power just admitted they were a parody or tribute to dbz, funimation wouldn't have been able to do a thing, coz the courts aren't gonna take a large company sueing a group of developers seriously for a small addon.

Please excuse my whilst I...





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He is correct concerning copyright, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

Too bad Bid for Power doesn't follow any fair use guidelines.

I'll jump on board...

Everquest 2, played that for a half hour and then stopped... can't believe I bought a year subscription before starting it... the trial island was good though...

GoW 2 definitely, story was atrocious and plot-holed, though so was DoW 2, but the story was better in that, oh and GoW 1... well that story was pretty bad as well, too much focus on combat not enough on story, and the combat was lame and repetitive.

I'll jump on board...

Everquest 2, played that for a half hour and then stopped... can't believe I bought a year subscription before starting it... the trial island was good though...

GoW 2 definitely, story was atrocious and plot-holed, though so was DoW 2, but the story was better in that, oh and GoW 1... well that story was pretty bad as well, too much focus on combat not enough on story, and the combat was lame and repetitive.

Might want to clarify your anagrams there, buddy. Do you mean GEARS of War, or GOD of War?

God of War had a better storyline, though it was indeed more combat than story... in most cases.

I meant Gears of War though.

Metroid Prime Hunters.

If you want it now, don't get it for the story. Because it sucks.

And Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. When I played that game I never knew what to do after a cutscene. They don't tell you, and there's not
even at least a hint system! It's just you running around trying to figure out if you're supposed to keep going a certain way. Then the final boss is some guy you can kill in like 10 seconds. God, I hate that game... Good thing I didn't actually buy it.

let's meow meow
bazooka cafe
they are lack of content

Need for Speed Undercover. Christ. I've never been so frustrated with a game before this. The AI is HORRIBLY unbalanced, there's collision detection issues, clipping issues.. I've had it freeze on me several times...

Oh. And the soundtrack sucks.

Simon the Sorcerer 3D was horrendous, especially compared to the first two - the controls were aweful, even when I tried using a control pad.

Need for Speed Undercover. Christ. I've never been so frustrated with a game before this. The AI is HORRIBLY unbalanced, there's collision detection issues, clipping issues.. I've had it freeze on me several times...

Oh. And the soundtrack sucks.

Definetely agree with everything you've said and also i'd like to add, the storyline is REALLY weak. no-one has guns except the FBI agent :S

Metal Gear Solid 4 - while still a good game, I felt the previous 3 were much better. This one didn't really draw me in as much as the others, and if it wasn't for the return to shadow moses stage I'd have been really let down by it. Plus Old Snake was shit

Metal Gear Solid 4 - while still a good game, I felt the previous 3 were much better. This one didn't really draw me in as much as the others, and if it wasn't for the return to shadow moses stage I'd have been really let down by it. Plus Old Snake was shit

Are you completely insane!?
MGS4 is like the redemption of it all. 1 was the best undeniably. 2 was over faster than a night with 2 virgins, and 3 was just irritating except fighting the end and the joy, it was far to simple to just grab a MK2 a tranq anyone who got close to you, on hardest difficulty i didnt even die once, which is saying alot for an MGS game.
4 you had the soundtrack, the strategy, the stealth was FINALLY back, the adrenaline, you have the decent boss battles again (even if 2 are complete re-inactments from MGS1) you have the best bit of 3 the bike chase, you get your liquid fight, you get rex vs ray (everyone likes mech battles), you've even got posing for a camera from the bosses if you run away long enough, not to mention if u hold up a frog unit and search her, u get called a perv or they enjoy it lol
the ONLY bad part about that game is the damn monkey and drebin, especially when he shouts "here they come!" before the raiden fight, ruined the whole atmosphere of coolness, like when you seen gray fox again and then otacon pissed himself ;P

I say hexen was the worst I would think that they would include the FPS style from heretic.

SSBB and Metroid Prime 3.

Well I've never played a so-called "strategy RPG" but I read so many great reviews about DISGAEA 3 (for the PS3) that I bought it brand new for $49.99 and while I really like the music and the anime style cut-scenes I simply do not like the game play one bit.

Apparently the strategy RPG genre is not for me as I absolutely hate this game LOL

Myst series - Stay the fuck away from this shit....

I just beat Disgaea 2, it sucks a lot, specially the end. The first one is sooooooo much better.
Looking forward to playing the 3rd one.

Are you completely insane!?
MGS4 is like the redemption of it all. 1 was the best undeniably. 2 was over faster than a night with 2 virgins, and 3 was just irritating except fighting the end and the joy, it was far to simple to just grab a MK2 a tranq anyone who got close to you, on hardest difficulty i didnt even die once, which is saying alot for an MGS game.
4 you had the soundtrack, the strategy, the stealth was FINALLY back, the adrenaline, you have the decent boss battles again (even if 2 are complete re-inactments from MGS1) you have the best bit of 3 the bike chase, you get your liquid fight, you get rex vs ray (everyone likes mech battles), you've even got posing for a camera from the bosses if you run away long enough, not to mention if u hold up a frog unit and search her, u get called a perv or they enjoy it lol
the ONLY bad part about that game is the damn monkey and drebin, especially when he shouts "here they come!" before the raiden fight, ruined the whole atmosphere of coolness, like when you seen gray fox again and then otacon pissed himself ;P

...Let the guy have his fucking opinion.

resident evil 2 on the game.com
i just bought because i prefer to play that over batman and robin on the same system.
both robin and batman have the same voice and when they are hit they sound like they had an orgasm.

Only two games I can think of at the moment:

F.E.A.R. - I was expecting this really scary game, but what I got was a mediocore game at best, with not enough action for my tastes.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - I've never loved Zelda portable games, so I wasn't expecting much from this game, but I was really annoyed by this game. The controls just threw me off entirely.

Agreed on PH, would have been better to control Link with the pad AND the stylus, or just the pad and input commands with the stylus.

The most dissapointing game(s) I've played have to be every Final Fantasy since 7. I keep going back expecting to enjoy them, and each time I end up thinking "wow, that sucked."
Ok, on 7 I thought "that was a waste of time" rather than it sucked.

Final Fantasy XII is the biggest pile of steaming cow dung I have ever laid my hands on.

After seeing the ending:
- Final Fantasy Tactics (there should've been more to it)

Recently picked up Stranglehold on the 360, its just a really bad game...

the worst game i've ever played would have to be E.T. for the atari. it was so terrible i couldnt stand it not even 2 minutes in

Metal Gear Solid 4 was a game? I thought it was an interactive movie.

Oh, and to stay on topic:
Super Mario RPG. God, how I was disappointed in it.

Deadly Towers for the NES. Jesusfuck that game was horrid...

So yea, gonna get a lot of hate for this one, but I was severely disappointed by Shadow of the Colossus. Just like Final Fantasy VII or Super Mario RPG, this game has been hyped up towards me by a lot of people claiming that it's TEH BESTEST GAEM EVAR and that I should absolutely try it.

So, I went to my friend's, and I tried it. I started the game. So, you have to go where your sword points and slay giants. Cool. I love slaying giants. After like an half hour of riding through the place, and climbing that stupid cliff, I found that asshole. I had no idea what to do, though. My friend tried to guide me through that (very first!) battle by coaching, but I still failed because the controls are so frigging horrible with this game. He took the controller from me and played instead. I watched him. And I had a very nice talk with his boyfriend about various topics, including other games, politics, neighbours and so on. It was very a entertaining conversation. We quit though when he beat that electric eel boss and I went home.

I seriously recommend Shadow of the Colossus to be played while talking just like when you hang out with your friends and the TV is running in the background. When the topic you talk about dies off, you can watch that guy playing Shadow of the Colossus and think of something else. It's pretty awesome.

But the game itself is meh. I dunno what's so awesome. Sure, it looks nice and I mean, slaying giants is awesome. I can't think of anyone who doesn't like slaying giants. I mean, I like the idea of the game in general, too, it's new. With the battles being essentially action-based puzzles and whatnot. But I dunno, this idea could've had much more potential. Especially with controls that aren't shit.

Street Fighter IV.In all seriousness, what happened.They give us 3rd Strike, the greatest 2D fighting game ever made, and then 10 years later, they take a giant step back.They game is basically a graphical update to SF2.

Devil May Cry 2 - I bought DMC 1-3 and played through them in order. DMC1 and 3 took a few days, and both were great games. DMC2 however...Ugh. I beat it in one sitting, it was depressingly easy and the game just overall sucked, everything about it.
Final Fantasy X-2 - I had the good sense to never get near FFX-2 after seeing the trailer for it, and I'm glad I never did.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Way to take one of the greatest SRPG's ever made and dumb it down to a third-grader's level. I remember when I started it, the first thing that came to my mind was "A snowball fight? Really?" Terrible game, I don't even think I bothered to finish that garbage.
Final Fantasy XII - I used to consider myself a FF fan, but looking at this list, I'm thinking otherwise. Another crappy game that everybody overhyped and I just flat-out hated. The only FF game, other than FFTA that I never beat. Garbage.

HALO 2

After first Halo, I had to recheck at least ten times that I bought the right game.

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Castlevainia games are always great, but this one was not nearly as groundbreaking or just plain fun as Portrait of Ruin.
Sonic the Hedgehog (360) - Sonic Adventure this is not.
King of Fighters XII
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
Shadow of the Colossus - Sure it's got great art direction and music, but it felt like there was this all this open space for nothing. I just kept fighting bosses and that was it. With some short platforming sequences inbetween of course.
Sonic Unleashed - Minus the Werehog and this is a fantastic game waiting to happen.
Elebits
Raven Squad - Nice concept at first but in the end this game was lmao bad. The voice acting is hilarious.
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution - Less characters in exchange for what? Waggle controls that do little to nothing? Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 is where it's at. Revolution 2 came close but replaced the sound four with a bunch of anbu and made-up jack-offs and a retarted exclusive storyline.
Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - The opening made this game look so cool...
Street Fighter Ex - Who decided that 3D street fighter was a good thing?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - I'm sorry, in it's own right, this is a great game, but I followed this game from the beginning and it didn't live up to what I expected.
Soul Calibur IV - This was just a mindless button masher to me that tried way too hard to put more story and bigger boobs onto a once near perfect formula. Soul Calibur II this is not.

there's a difference when you don't like a game, than a game being disappointing.
In my case was MGS3. Why?

Metal Gear Solid(PS1) was a great game with a gameplay new for myself by the time it came out, the storyline and the characters are very unique.
Metal Gear Solid 2 was a good game, good gameplay, very fun, the storyline is still good, while the characters are not so good, this game has the fame to be hated because of Raiden, but after some years later i realized that it wasn't raiden who ruined the game, it's Rose, and the other characters weren't that surprising either in comparison to the previous installment.
But with Metal Gear Solid 3, the gameplay was improved in some ways, the characters some were good and some others were just nothing, Naked Snake is a Weapon and Warfare nerd, Ocelot was devaluated making him into a stupid feminine personality jerk. But then the worse of all, "The Cobra Unit" separating The Boss from this ones, they're the power rangers without any kind of personality, "you will feel THE PAIN!" "you will know THE FEAR", "It will be THE END for you.", "THE FURY!!". What the hell is that dude, what happened with Psycho Mantis, with Sniper Wolf, EVEN VULCAN RAVEN IS BETTER THAN THAT GANG OF POWER RANGERS. And no one knows about from where they get their powers or how. Oh, I forgot to mention the hover flying chairs in the 1960's.
The storyline of MGS3 was good, clears more the origins of "the patriots".
I've still not played MGS4, as soon as I get a PS3, that will be the first game to beat, i have faith that this Metal Gear Solid will be better that 2 and 3.

Other disappointment FFIX, the go back to it's roots game was a dissapointment for me, some characters were good (Vivi and Beatrix), but the other ones..... Quina is a filler, Amarant is a filler, Zidane has no charm, garnet is another rinoa, steiner is a jackass, Freya was ok. Kuja is disgusting in my opinion. The worse of all, the gameplay, the battles are so fucking slow man, the atb bar takes eons to fill, the learning abilities system has no strategic value to me, equiping items so a character can learn an abillity after bustin your ass fighting to get the AP was not cool at all. The random encounter rate has increased notably adding that the speed of the battles which i already mentioned. The storyline is an improvement in comparsion to the previous installment, I'll give you that.

Another disappointing game that comes to my mind is Castlevania Curse of Darkness, known among my friends as "TamagochiVania". The Music was Ok, Lament of innocence got better music. The gameplay was partially good, in terms of fighting, but the thing that makes attractive the castlevania series in my opinion are the design of the maps, this castlevania has no good map, NO, NOT EVEN ONE PART OF THE GAME IS WORTH EXPLORING. Everything is reduced to [corridor - room] and the mountain levels have nothing to jump, Castlevania was a platform game, in this castlevania THERE ARE NO PLATFORMS TO JUMP.

I have the faith that the next Castlevania will be better than SOTN.

Sorry about the language, but I couldn't control myself. ^^

Digimon World 2
Digimon World 3
Twisted Metal Black
Twisted Metal small brawl

Front Mission 4:
It was boring as fuck... And the fact that most parts in the game to upgrade your units were hard to afford for all your troops (and you truly need at least everyone in tip-top fighting shape) without cheating... YEAH. And I don't think any game after that or Front Mission 5 will be any better. I think the series stopped being good after game 3 (for the record, I've only played the first game of the series, both on SNES emulator and on the DS legit), and Square Enix's attempt to revive it into a Third-person shooter might blow harder than any Armord Core game out there.
Square Enix may have been able to evolve the RPG with the Kingdom Hearts games, but if you ever took a look at Dirge of Cerberus, you too will hopefully see that these guys suck at making third-person shooter, which is why I don't have any more high hopes for this dead horse of a series. Sad, I feel this way, too. Front Mission was an awesome, though VERY VERY pretentious take on militairy life and affairs worldwide, and how they would evolve both combat and technology worldwide, rather than the rest of the world along with it.
Then again, so is anything military-like in ANY AND ALL of the Final Fantasy games...


Armored Core: Nexus:
This game just sucked ASS with capital letters. But Just like Front Mission 4, if I forget to mention, the music was Kickass, but that's it. Shitty controls, unfair AI, customization, though deep, that cannot help against such tough to near-impossible to beat AI, boring to cliche-assed storyline and plot... i could go on...
Even with cheat codes, It's still no fun (having to cheat in the first place, especially at a bad game, even though I cheat plenty at video games when no one is playing them with me, to be honest enough, is a weak gesture IMHO.)
Sad, too. Just like the war-story, I love and will try to al leat to give anything a chance if it has giant city-smashing-or-protecting robots (mecha) in it...
It's thanks to this game that I regret such an ideal of thought on my mind to this day.
Then again, The Armored Core series in its entirity just sucks total ass, as every game is like what I just mentioned. I haven't played these games to be honest with anyone who reads this, and I don't want to after the experiences I had with Nexus, knowing every game before and after it sucks due to these flaws I have pointed out...

Final Fantasy XII (gameplay, not story wise) and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness

Front Mission 4:
but if you ever took a look at Dirge of Cerberus, you too will hopefully see that these guys suck at making third-person shooter

Actually I think they know and may be why they are farming it out to another studio. Also Front Mission 4 was awesome.

[QUOTE=jeepjockey03;1335890]Actually I think they know and may be why they are farming it out to another studio. QUOTE]

That's some good news... Just as long as it's not the guys responsible for the Armored Core games...

Double Helix, the guys responsible for Silent Hill: Homecoming... Formerly Shiny and some other company, neither with any great 3PS under their belts iirc. Oh, they had the original MDK...never played it though.

Should have just refined the series in its original form. I like Front Mission, but the games got dull as hell. FM3 was the last one I really enjoyed.

The Legendary Starfy - I picked it up because I heard that it was popular in its home country. I wasn't expecting much, but it was PAINFULLY easy. :(

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - I guess it's fun for people new to the Zelda series, but this too was also easy, compared to the other Zelda games.

Children of Mana - Didn't know what to expect, but was hoping that each character had his/her own individual story. Every stage was just button mashing through monsters then fighting a boss at the end of the stage. The story wasn't enough to keep me interested.

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood - Still, wasn't expecting much. The dialog in the game was pretty funny and it was good not to hear Jason Griffith's voice for once. Still, that didn't stop it from being a letdown. The battles got really repetitive and some of the sound effects used in battle were recycled from earlier Sonic games and really out of place. The music wasn't very impressive (I'm not sure, but I've heard that most of the music were just bad remixes from earlier Sonic games, mainly 3D Blast). I guess it's a good game for people who are getting into RPGs.

I was probably most disappointed by Makai Kingdom. I'm a huge fan of both Disgaea and Nippon Ichi in general, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get into the game. There were things that I enjoyed about it, but overall, I just couldn't get into the gameplay. It was way too simple, and that's a no go for me when it comes to Strategy RPGs. I like to be challenged straight out the bat and to have a lot to think about.

The Legendary Starfy - I picked it up because I heard that it was popular in its home country. I wasn't expecting much, but it was PAINFULLY easy. :(


You should probably check out at least one review for a game before you buy it. Pretty much all reviews I've seen for Starfy have said that it's extremely easy.

Not having played too many games really, I would have to say the absolute worst and so disappointing (not to mention a wast of AU$70) is "Quantum of Solace" on PS2 - if you haven't got it, save your money! As a testification, the 2nd hand section of my local EB Games has scores of copies of it!

Battlespire.

The biggest disappointment I've had a game in a while was when Fable 2 was released, I mean of course I should have known that you can't trust Molyneux's words because of the amount of bullshit he said about Fable before it was released, but Fable 2 wasn't really any different from Fable 2, even though Fable 2 was supposed to be an epic masterpiece of open and changing game world.

Then again, that's what Molyneux said. :P

Animal Crossing. I knew it was a likeable, slow-pace, casual-friendly game and I thought it was the ideal break from epic games (like rpg titles) and fast-paced games (like fightings and shooters). But! In order to enjoy this game you have it veeeeeeeeeeeery often or else there will be penalties (like on Tamagotchi). And don't forget to mention this annoying mole that will complain to you like an old lady for five minutes every time you don't save the game. Screw you! And this is supposed to be a game for all family? If I was a father and my kid asked me to buy him this game I would spank him.

Battlefield 2. Overhyped, not anywhere near as good.


I second this.

Battlefield: Vietnam, while not really considered worth mentioning, is by far my favorite of the whole BF series.
The chance to ride vehicles and having those 60s/70s music playing as you wreck havoc (imagine "Surfin' Bird - is the word" or "Wild thing, you make my heart sing", being heard by your prey as you gun them down), having insult-spamming Viet-Cong buddies just in ravaged pants run with you and crazy cityfights are just one of many factors I had enjoyed.


BF2 screwed everything and every hope for something similar :(

Hey guys,
Disappointing games for me:

Might and Magic Nine
Wizards and Warriors
Tabula Rasa

I'd have to say Super Smash Bros Brawl.

The online play is just a fucking joke, but maybe its because of the area I'm in.
Once you finish the single player, theres not much left to do.
Compared to Melee, the fighting seems a bit slow, in my opinion. And they also took most of the fun glitch/bug tricks out too.
Unless you have a few friends who are willing to come to your house to play, or vise-versa, this game blows.

Final Fantasy X - A mediocre outing for the FF franchise. Music was so so, same with graphics. The character's and story couldn't hook me in... also, the Blitzball minigame was pathetic.

Final Fantasy X-2 - What did we do to get served this dog's breakfast. Seriously, I can't think of what SE was smoking at the time they thought this up, but considering how the game was... I had to say that whatever it was, it was only the cheap grade grass.

Final Fantasy XII - A Star Wars rip off imo, and a poorly executed one at that. Story was old, and with the character's dancing around like they were... it sunk faster than the Titanic.

The Bouncer - .... What the hell was SE thinking with this piece of monkey excrement? I've had better looking skidmarks in my damn underwear, than this piece of shit. SE trying to redo Double Dragon... and fail... miserably.

Halo 3 - I admit, I enjoyed Halo 2. May not of been everyone's fav of the series, but it was enjoyable. This instalment of the Halo franchise... Bungie... here's some advice : If you want to show how to make a game flatter than Sigourney Weaver's ass, you succeeded. Well done.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Ok... this game initially showed promise... But then after playing for about two minutes or so, getting your fat cousin ringing up all the time, to go and have a bite to eat, get a drink, or go and see 'Big American Titties', WHILE trying to do a mission... fuck that shit. Even worse when you have a girlfriend in the game, and she rings you up to annoy you... often right in the middle of a mission...

There are other games I could list here... but already I have the urge to go and smash myself in the face with a cheese grater due to the piles of crap I've listed above...

I'd also like to add to the above:

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - I had such high hopes for this game, as I had been drawn in due to trailers of this game available for download off Xbox Live, and having played the first one (And thinking that was an 'Ok' game), I honestly thought this was going to be good. I was wrong. Gameplay wise it was only mediocre imo, nothing to write home about. The whole game was that... Mediocre. Save your money and invest in another game.

Fable II - For the same reasons listed by Exorade.

I definitely agree with Xiahou about Final Fantasy X's Blitzball; WTF were they thinking?? Sports and RPG in one game? No. Okay, I can see some people out there being sports fans and RPG fans, but gimme a break; at least make it somewhat understandable and playable. To each their own, though.

At any rate, the most disappointing game I can really say I've ever played was Doom 3's expansion, Resurrection of Evil. I know that's merely an expansion pack and really shouldn't count, but that's my honest answer. It lived up to NONE of the expectations I had, nor the anticipation after seeing screenshots and demo videos.

I definitely agree with Xiahou about Final Fantasy X's Blitzball; WTF were they thinking?? Sports and RPG in one game? No. Okay, I can see some people out there being sports fans and RPG fans, but gimme a break; at least make it somewhat understandable and playable. To each their own, though.

Blitzball, for me, was fantastic. You could basically customize your team (although I really just used Tidus and a defense), and it was an aspect of the game you could turn too if you got tired of grinding through the story.

X-2's blitzball, however, makes me want to kill myself.

MAGNA CARTA

Final Fantasy XII, sadly enough.

Having been led to expect a gripping story, interesting characters, and addicting combat, I was disappointed to receive a meh story with no main character, side characters that had no appeal besides a few that have limited time within the story (Vossler, Reddas), and the combat is both too easy with quickenings and too snore inducing with gambits.

Final Fantasy XII, sadly enough.

Having been led to expect a gripping story, interesting characters, and addicting combat, I was disappointed to receive a meh story with no main character, side characters that had no appeal besides a few that have limited time within the story (Vossler, Reddas), and the combat is both too easy with quickenings and too snore inducing with gambits.

Totally the opposite to what I feel about the game.

I think the story was great, different & there's a lot to investigate about the lore of the game on the "Sage Knowledge".

The "no main character" is something that makes the game more appealing to me (maybe that's another reason that I hate Ashe, she's the more near thing to protagonist in the game), is like playing a module of table-top RPG, where the characters that the players perform are not the important thing in the game or the storyline, is what happens around them that makes it interesting, the only problem that I have with the storyline is the filler part that starts after prologue & ends when you enter Nalbina Dungeons.

And about the battle system it's very free, it gives you the possibility to make it fun or boring, challenging or easy, it depends on how are you going to play it.

Besides as I said before I'll say it again, to me XII is not a Final Fantasy Game.

Sad that you were dissapointed. Almost the same happened to me with MGS3.

Sad that you were dissapointed. Almost the same happened to me with MGS3.

Woah woah woah, what didn't you like about MGS3?

I think I may have brought this up before elsewhere, but here goes regardless.

I did not like FFXII because...

- The main villain was dumb (in my opinion). Initially, they seem to set up Vayne as some sort of diplomatic mastermind, but really all he ends up doing is strong arming everyone with magic or magicite or with his secret police equivalent in the Judges. Then, as I began to acquire some measure of respect for him later in the game, it is revealed that everything he has done has been as a puppet, that the true enemies are the gods or whatever (Venat), completely ruining any sense of respect I had for the character. Imagine if they had revealed that Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars had been possessed by Satan right before Luke fights him. While I suppose some people would say, "Fuck yeah!" I would say that that completely ruins the character. Which it did for me.

- Speaking of Star Wars, there are absurd amounts of Star Wars parallels. Balthier = Han. Fran = Chewie. Ashe = Leia. And so on and so on. It has been discussed before, but this made the story not terribly interesting to me. The only point in the story I found interesting was the background behind the Marquis and his 'faction', which played, in the end, a rather minimal part in the whole story.

- The characters seemed very one dimensional to me, for the most part. Balthier is the smuggler with the heart of gold (sound familiar?), Ashe is the princess trying to regain her kingdom, Vaan is an insufferable pest who swiftly becomes irrelevant in the story, Penelo is the female version of Vaan, Fran is the Wookiee exile with a life debt to Balthier... I could go on. The only characters who kept my interest were Larsa, Vossler, and Reddas; all minor characters who you don't control.

- The combat system just seemed tedious to me. If we ignore the fact that quickenings have the ability to instagib anything that isn't some high level hunt, we still have the gambit system that allows the game to play itself. All you have to do is use the joystick to move your characters into battle, and if you are intelligent with the gambits then the game plays itself. The only battles that I only felt really involved in were the Elder Green Dragon of infinite status disruptions and the last fight of the Leviathan (or whatever that star destroyer was called). Everything else was just a walk in the park. Now I suppose I could have disabled the gambit system and refused to use quickenings, but I had no interest in doing that. After all, why would I want to slow myself down? I'm not the kind of gamer who enjoys running games with self-limits.

All in all, these are the reasons I disliked it. The story and characters issue was the major catch for me, as I tend to prefer games with strengths in those areas. But, to each his own. I'm not trying to say that nobody can enjoy it. I'm just explaining why I didn't.

Besides abusing the magicite like you said, he also kills his own father, as well as two brothers (that's mentioned in a scene with Judges). I'd agree with you that he is a bit of a let down in the end, but he keeps the story interesting throughout most of the game.

The Star Wars references are, of course, easily spotted. However, there are more references in other FF games, so XII isn't the first FF game to include these. Also, there isn't any 'rule' or such that prohibits these references. I can understand why some people don't like them, but I don't think they ruin the game.

The characters are somewhat limited in development/cookie cut builds, but I think they game is more storyline driven than character driven. I also like most of the characters (with the exception of Vaan, and some Penelo). I also like the guest characters the most, and I think they were guests exactly for that reason; to draw and keep the attention to the storyline.

As for the Gambit System, I like it. It allows the player to manage a party or personally control each character. If you're replaying the game it allows you to speed through endless battles, or if you're playing it for the first time, it allows complete control over what everyone does. I myself set basic healing gambits and input the rest (spells, techs, item usage) by hand. I think that is a balance of both sides of it, where it keeps me occupied, yet I don't have to keep too much focus to slay a pack of wolves for the 100th time.

I can understand why you make the points you do, I just wanted to give my opinion.

The ones that immediately come to mind are Contact (NDS), Xenogears (PS1), Mass Effect (XBOX 360), Fallout 2 (PC) and, more recently, Risen (PC). None of them are particularly bad, but they didn't come close to measuring up to the expectations I had for them (based either on hype or the strength of their predecessors).

I definitely agree with Xiahou about Final Fantasy X's Blitzball; WTF were they thinking?? Sports and RPG in one game? No. Okay, I can see some people out there being sports fans and RPG fans, but gimme a break; at least make it somewhat understandable and playable. To each their own, though.
Blitzball was a great minigame and it was very easy to understand. It had a lot of depth for a minigame and the rewards for playing it (which was already fun) made it so much better. I even liked the Blitzball in X-2 since it was less time consuming but still had the same amount of depth as the first.

Speaking of X and X-2 - both were great games. The music in X was great and the graphics were good for a title released in 2001. I'm not really sure why people hate X so much. One grating reason for me is the, "Tidus is emo xD" line which... really isn't true. X-2 was great because it easily had the best gameplay in the series (not anymore with XIII out) and the story really wasn't all that bad. It was a lighthearted game that showed how things had picked up for Spira once the whole Sin problem was removed

It was a lighthearted game that showed how things had picked up for Spira once the whole Sin problem was removed

Besides the slaughtering of countless mobs that is. ;)

Tie betwee FFXII and Devil May Cry 2, but I think FFXII takes the lead since I had higher expectations for it.

Besides the slaughtering of countless mobs that is. ;)

That's just the post-Sin cleanup.

I won't disagree that there aren't star wars references in other Final Fantasies, but the extent to which they were followed in FFXII seemed like they were too lazy to creatively think of their own characters. For example, take Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie in Final Fantasy VII (the only other star wars reference I can think of atm). The only thing they share with Star Wars is their names. Their characters, personalities, and what they do are completely their own. However, in FFXII, as I mentioned above, the characters ARE the characters in Star Wars with minor changes. This makes it exasperating to play (or it did for me) because I felt like I had already heard this story before, which made it quite the struggle for me to even finish the game, as it was wholly predictable.

But I understand why you like it. Sadly, for me it was a disappointment.

There's a thread Agent created somewhere detailing a lot of the Star Wars references. Some of them are from the FF games I haven't played, but they're still out there. I do agree that they are certainly more outstanding in XII, even a downright Empire vs Rebellion (err, Resistance) plot.

The ones that immediately come to mind are Contact (NDS), Xenogears (PS1), Mass Effect (XBOX 360), Fallout 2 (PC) and, more recently, Risen (PC).

Forgot all about Risen. I think I complained pretty specifically elsewhere though. So what put you off?

Most that, after a wonderful start (ie up to the end of chapter 1), the game slowly devolved in to a mediocre dungeon slog.

I definitely agree with Xiahou about Final Fantasy X's Blitzball; WTF were they thinking??

They were paying respects to a classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujKvmEp8k6Q).

The only problem I have with Blitzball is that most RPG fans are likely not going to be into sports, just like I'm not. I think Blitzball is awesome, I just can't get into it :( However, there's lots of people who could!

most RPG fans are likely not going to be into sports

/take mouth
/insert foot
/congratulations

I personally love sports/sports games. I only play them online or with friends, but they're great fun (mainly if you're competitive) ;)

Yeah. I can't disagree, Guildenstern.

Did you make it to the end boss? ...Not that it's worth it.

/take mouth
/insert foot
/congratulations

I personally love sports/sports games. I only play them online or with friends, but they're great fun (mainly if you're competitive) ;)

Also, one of the most popular RPGs released in Japan last year was Inazuma Eleven 2, a soccer game, which probably reached a million sales over new years. Sports and Roleplaying is a great mix.

Really I'm all for roleplaying and just about anything that isn't running around hitting monsters with weapons.

D and Rebel Assault II were quite disappointing.

Games that can be completed in the same time it takes to fart? Fantastic...

I personally love sports/sports games. I only play them online or with friends, but they're great fun (mainly if you're competitive) ;)

But... i didn't care for Blitz. Played prob a dozen matches total.

Woah woah woah, what didn't you like about MGS3?

Many things actually, but If get the energy I'll make a long post to put it clear, there's a previous post in this same thread that I stated some of the many things that I didn't liked about the game.


Imagine if they had revealed that Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars had been possessed by Satan right before Luke fights him. While I suppose some people would say, "Fuck yeah!" I would say that that completely ruins the character. Which it did for me.

All in all, these are the reasons I disliked it. The story and characters issue was the major catch for me, as I tend to prefer games with strengths in those areas. But, to each his own. I'm not trying to say that nobody can enjoy it. I'm just explaining why I didn't.

XD! That's Hilarious.
It's okay man, no one is pointing you with the finger, I was dissapointed with FFVI almost in the same way too.

Yeah. I can't disagree, Guildenstern.

Did you make it to the end boss? ...Not that it's worth it.
No, I got to the part where they wanted me to collect the four pieces of the Armor of Ultimate MacGuffinry and decided I was done.

I am so glad others are with me in finding FFXII a disappointment. It just felt as though both the story and characters were extremely lacking and when the game ended I felt like a piece of me had died....and not in a good way. The battle system was ok, but the story/characters, not so much.

I didn't really like anything about FFXII. You could really tell it was a half-finished game because of the original team falling apart during development. The battle system to me was a bore, the story was very hollow and the characters had very little development. Not sure how anybody likes the game or why it received the scores it did from reviewers. It being different in terms of setting and style does not make it a good game.

Twisted Metal 3/4.

After the mixture of TM1 and the epicness of TM2, TM3 was just 'bleh' and TM4 was shit.

At least 'Small Brawl' was ok and TM: Black was great.
Head-On was also pretty good.

Magna Carta. I'd read how awesome it looked, it had great character art, they where doing something unique for the battle system they talked about these awesome voice actors they wanted.....

And it was ugly, had horrific sound, the worst voice acting I've heard since the Sega CD, and the battle system was irritating.

*hug*

I didn't really like anything about FFXII. You could really tell it was a half-finished game because of the original team falling apart during development. The battle system to me was a bore, the story was very hollow and the characters had very little development. Not sure how anybody likes the game or why it received the scores it did from reviewers. It being different in terms of setting and style does not make it a good game.

Agreed.....The only reason I kept playing it was because I kept thinking, "this is horrible, but I'll keep playing cause it has to get better...I mean it is FINAL FANTASY afterall!" and then 'The End' finally pops up and I'm like gaping at how bad it was and how it never did get better like I'd hoped :(

The battle system was something new and it had its fun points, but it personally made me miss random encounters. Nothing about that game felt like FF to me.....all FF games are different, but being a part of the franchise they should have some consistency imo....I cannot believe this game got good scores. I do have to say, the hunts were pretty fun to do though. I am still excited about XIII possibly making up for it! :D

This. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletwitch) It was so bad, imo, I can't even type it's name here (And yes, I realise I may sound like a hypocrite, looking up Wikipedia for the link... byte me.).

Bullet Witch? Never heard of that :O Then again, I'm so out of touch with current games these days it's depressing.

At any rate, I've thought of a game I've played that is severely more disappointing to me than my previous post. This one disappointed me so much, I played it once, but never again since.

Age of Empires: Mythologies for DS.

No, I did not research the game before buying, which is my own mistake. I should have. But still, needless to say, I was very let down upon playing it, expecting it to be the same kind of experience as Age of Mythology for PC. Instead, I get a tactical game with little to no resemblance to AoM. I love tactical games, namely FFTactics, but I can't say enough that there's a time and place for everything. I wanted AoM; instead, I got something far different. Very, very disappointing purchase.

I enjoyed both AoE games for the DS.
They're a different experience for sure, but given that there's yet to be a GREAT RTS for the DS...

Hey, why not?

I think if I sat down and played it with a more open mind, I'd love it, actually. My problem was that I went in with these high expectations of something identical to my PC game, and as a result was let down. The game itself isn't bad, I just didn't get what I was hoping for. And now that I've stated this, I really oughta pick it up again and try it out, because I hate to be that kind of person who criticizes something because it fails to live up to the standards of something else. If I wanna play the PC version, I'll play the PC version. The DS installment is something different, but different is seldom a bad thing. With that in mind, I think I'm gonna give it another go. Maybe my opinion will change (I hope it does!).

I really think you should try it again.

While I've enjoyed the AoE series since its start, way back when, the DS games knew their place and I praise the developer for making a game that plays to the strength of the DS.

Some games, like COP or CORE try something different and don't do very well at it.
It's more a testament to the weakness of the DS I think.

mine are:

Zelda
KH
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Alone in the Dark
Halo
Gears of War
GTA
Assassins creed
Dungeons and Dragons
Manhunt
Left 4 Dead

Valkyrie Profile 1 and 2
Legion of Fire
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy I, II, X, X-2, and XI
Runescape
Halo 2
The new Sonic games
Ghost Recon
Oblivion (never could really get into it.)
Any sports game

tanis_lionheart, I do agree; after picking up Age of Empires: Mythologies for DS once more, I've discovered that it really is a pretty good game. It's simple, but simple can be a strength. It's got some pretty interesting tactical gameplay that really does force you to think, and I love it now! :D

And Akillyz (welcome to FFShrine!) just jogged my memory of two that I could've said in here earlier, but they're so god-awful, I totally forgot about them. Well, 'any sports game' pretty much sums that right up. I'm right there with ya on that. And Ghost Recon; totally not my cup of tea. Realism has its boundaries, which shouldn't be crossed; it is a game, after all. Or rather, supposed to be.

I'm sure I have a post or three in this thread, but having worked backwards to page 5 or 6, I'm gonna post again, mostly out of boredom. A few games currently stick out in my mind as far as disappointments go.

*possible mild spoilers ahead--nothing major, but better safe than sorry*

Metal Gear Solid 2 is probably the biggest disappointment I've ever played. The first one was brilliant, and the demo was full of win. But after the the ship, bleh. Teh. Suck. Granted, I made it all the way through MGS2 at least once. I didn't make it more than an hour into MGS3. After getting spotted multiple times from a mile away laying completely still with like, 95% camo, I finally spiked the controller and said "fuck this shit."

Chrono Cross is another disappointing game for me. Having been touted as a sequel to CT, I was quite thrilled. And then the game wasn't very good at all. Miguel in particular gave me quite a few controller-spiking, "fuck this shit" moments.

Halo 2 was a disappointment. I played the hell out of it with my friends, but it was a letdown after the first one. We actually went back to the original after a while so we could play our beloved shotguns/infinite grenades game.

RE5 was another disappointment to me. The controls felt awkward, especially after playing RE4 on Wii. The inventory system was shit, and the partner AI was intelligent in name only.

Kingdom Hearts 2 is another disappointment. I was bored to death before by the time I got to play as Sora. Then I got to Mulan World and decided the game wasn't worth the trouble.

I notice a trend of disappointing sequels to good games. Perhaps we as consumers (me in particular) could stand to learn a lesson or three here.

FFVII was a disappointment, as well (yeah, I went there!), mostly because of the insane amount of hype it got prior to release. It had some cool moments, but overall, a disappointment in my book.

You know I've actually heard this a lot from many different people.
Why the f*ck do you not like MGS2?! The first one was great, and the 2nd was bigger and better. I really don't see what the problem is. Haven't tried MGS3 or 4 yet but I'm sure they're not disappointments in any way.

I'm sure I have a post or three in this thread, but having worked backwards to page 5 or 6, I'm gonna post again, mostly out of boredom. A few games currently stick out in my mind as far as disappointments go.

*possible mild spoilers ahead--nothing major, but better safe than sorry*

Metal Gear Solid 2 is probably the biggest disappointment I've ever played. The first one was brilliant, and the demo was full of win. But after the the ship, bleh. Teh. Suck. Granted, I made it all the way through MGS2 at least once. I didn't make it more than an hour into MGS3. After getting spotted multiple times from a mile away laying completely still with like, 95% camo, I finally spiked the controller and said "fuck this shit."

Chrono Cross is another disappointing game for me. Having been touted as a sequel to CT, I was quite thrilled. And then the game wasn't very good at all. Miguel in particular gave me quite a few controller-spiking, "fuck this shit" moments.

RE5 was another disappointment to me. The controls felt awkward, especially after playing RE4 on Wii. The inventory system was shit, and the partner AI was intelligent in name only.







You know I've actually heard this a lot from many different people.
Why the f*ck do you not like MGS2?! The first one was great, and the 2nd was bigger and better. I really don't see what the problem is. Haven't tried MGS3 or 4 yet but I'm sure they're not disappointments in any way.

MGS2 was a dissapointment at the begninning to me, but eventually things turn interesting after the Harrier fight, so starting from that portion of the game till the last fight it kinda redeemed the whole game, it had the best gameplay from all the MGS games that I played (I didn't played 4 yet) & when you fully understand the storyline it's a really nice game. But it's not better than one. Wanna know why? 3 things.
First, Rose
Second, Raiden
Third, the design of the big shell is not as good as the base of shadow moses in game 1. There are no Open fields on MGS 2 & no, a large bridge conecting to buildings is not and Open field.
Fourth, the characters some may be good, but they are not as nearly as interesting as the ones of the first game.
Sorry I care A LOT about the story & characters when it comes to Metal Gear.


*A LONG AN SPOILING RANT BEGINS HERE*
MGS3 was another story, many people I know used to tell me things like "It's the best MGS" or "It's better than 2" or "Even better that 1", I even know someone who have the courage to tell me, "It's the best game I've ever played in my life". I found it hard to believe, but since the setting was a little different maybe it was because of that, but that's not my point.
MGS3 is the worse of them all IMO, the gameplay was wrecked, they've tried to put things that didn't worked with the regular Metal Gear Formula, the health system for instance was more action oriented & it didn't worked well, it's pretty hard for the guards to kill you, so what do we do if the guards have hard time at killing you? WE PUT A WOUND SYSTEM, oh yeah, it's a nice idea, but it didn't worked, why?, because you have to interrupt the game every second to heal yourself & it's boring to do that & you also heal yourself overtime, "DOCTOR DOCTOR I BROKE MY ARM, WHAT DO I DO?" doctor says "At ease son, just sit down for a few minutes & your arm will be like new". I slightly prefer the old health system with the Rations, in game 1 they could kill you with 4 shots at the beginning on Normal Difficulty, here in 3 the could use a whole magazine of an AK & your health will still be at least 70%.

The Cameras, since now we found ourselves in a jungle an open space, the regular Metal Gear Camera will not work, so why bother to use it?, I don't know, OH OH SORRY, in subsistence we could switch from 3rd person to normal, yeah, that's a good idea, ONLY IF WASN'T HARD TO SET IT PROPERLY, you have to move it constantly because it doesn't move unless yo do it.

The camouflage system, wasn't so bad, I kinda liked it but it's the same as the health/wound system, it interrupts the game a lot. Maybe you have problems with that because now the guards have a much better AI.

The Storyline, the storyline was good overall, metal gear always featured a nice storyline, my problem with it?, it's like the 5th time we use the "RESCUE THE SCIENTIST IN DISTRESS" mobil, other thing, THE COBRA UNIT, but I'll get to that later.

The Setting, we found ourselves 1960's in the middle of the cold war, with... flying chairs!?. Nice move.

The Characters, where do we start, the protagonist Naked Snake (2nd thoughts?), we found this Snake slightly different from the Solid we knew from the previous games, this snake is more inocent, yet sometimes we found him like more arrogant, but there's certain female character in his prescence he kinda loses himself, I think this is more fitting to an Anime rather than a metal gear.
Ocelot, this is like the regular "OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE THEY'VE DONE TO YOU!?", Ocelot is as silly as hell in this metal gear, I can't believe that the mastermind behind all is this Ocelot, a ridicule stupid, yet arrogant character that gets himself put in shame all the time, Again this is more fitting to an Anime.
But that's not as bothering as THE COBRA UNIT, yeah, the fucking cobra unit.
Yeah, remember when the bosses used to have some nice, deep storylines & motivations in the previous MGS games, well, here we break that tradition.
The stupidest characters in metal gear solid ever we found them in this pack,
THE PAAAAAAAIIINNNNNNNNN, man, this guy can controls bees at his own will, why or how?, don't ask me, the funny thing about this guy that he ambushes you in a place where he's at disadvantage.
THE FEEAR, well this guy, uses a semi-automatic crossbow, Optic camouflage (1960's) & he dislocate his extremities to he can move as a spider in the jungle, the hardest boss battle in the game In my opinion.
THE END, okay we now find an old man who is suposedly have like 100 years old, since his birth is at the beginning of the 1860 decade, moss grows inside and outside his body so he can use photosynthesis to survive without eating, he may have 100 years old, but he runs faster than you, the fight with this guy unlike every other boss fight in the game within these power rangers, it's interesting, it's an open field battle of snipers divided that can go through 3 screens, at least that's the idea, but I beat him by punching his face, since it's hard to use the sniper in this game because, remember we're using a joystick, not a mouse.
THE FURY, arguably the worse of them all, the fury uses a thermal suit with jets with a flame thrower power ranger style, this fight is the most boring battle in the metal gear series, the camera is the worse shit ever on this fight, you can only damage him if you punch him, stun grenades or shooting at his helmet, because that suit appears to be bulletproof.


What's most funny about this bunch of Power Rangers is that they've even tried to give them some Punch lines, such as "You will feel THE PAAAIIINNNN!". "The spirits of the forest have spoken to me, it will be THE END, for you". FUCK THESE CHARACTERS, I WANT PSYCHO MANTIS & SNIPER WOLF BACK.

Then we have Volgin a soviet Pikachu Soldier that can discharge 1.000.000 V out of his body, how? I don't know, don't ask me. but his personallity was good & the most funny thing about this character is that he's bisexual.

Now these are the bad points about Metal Gear Solid 3 IMO, because they contradict the previous games, Remember when in MGS2, Ocelot said near at the end of the game "There's no such thing as the supernatural, only cutting-edge technology" based on that I can't possibly understand why they've done these things in MGS3.
*LONG & SPOILING RANT ENDS HERE*


Chrono Cross was a great game to me, having played Chrono Trigger before, I was specting a good game, with a great storyline, though I found the gameplay odd at the beginning & yet at the end annoying, the storyline kept me hooked to the very end, the music was awesome, but the only BIG FLAW about CC is that since it's gameplay becomes more tedious as you go through the game, the Replay Value dissapears.

RE 5, what can I say I hated 4 & 5 is no different than 4, you hate your partners AI?, Man that's tradition to any Capcom game, your partner never helps you.

I think CC is a fantastic game...if you don't think of it as a sequel to CT.

While I won't deny CT's great, classic status, I find myself playing and enjoying CC more.

You know I've actually heard this a lot from many different people.
Why the f*ck do you not like MGS2?! The first one was great, and the 2nd was bigger and better. I really don't see what the problem is. Haven't tried MGS3 or 4 yet but I'm sure they're not disappointments in any way.

I didn't like MGS2 because everything after the ship was a rehash of the original, just with characters that ranged from the mildly annoying to the downright insipid. It also seemed to me that this was the point where Kojima began using his game as a soapbox, which pisses me off. Ret-conning also annoys the hell out of me.


RE 5, what can I say I hated 4 & 5 is no different than 4, you hate your partners AI?, Man that's tradition to any Capcom game, your partner never helps you.

That doesn't diminish the fact that it completely sucked. If their partner AI's are always bad, perhaps they should stop putting the fucking things in their games.

I didn't like MGS2 because everything after the ship was a rehash of the original, just with characters that ranged from the mildly annoying to the downright insipid. It also seemed to me that this was the point where Kojima began using his game as a soapbox, which pisses me off. Ret-conning also annoys the hell out of me.


It's a rehash of the original with every reason to be, if you pay attention to the storyline, if not, yeah it will suck BIG TIME.

tanis_lionheart, I do agree; after picking up Age of Empires: Mythologies for DS once more, I've discovered that it really is a pretty good game. It's simple, but simple can be a strength. It's got some pretty interesting tactical gameplay that really does force you to think, and I love it now! :D

And Akillyz (welcome to FFShrine!) just jogged my memory of two that I could've said in here earlier, but they're so god-awful, I totally forgot about them. Well, 'any sports game' pretty much sums that right up. I'm right there with ya on that. And Ghost Recon; totally not my cup of tea. Realism has its boundaries, which shouldn't be crossed; it is a game, after all. Or rather, supposed to be.

Thanks for the welcome.



You know I've actually heard this a lot from many different people.
Why the f*ck do you not like MGS2?! The first one was great, and the 2nd was bigger and better. I really don't see what the problem is. Haven't tried MGS3 or 4 yet but I'm sure they're not disappointments in any way.

Smarty, MGS2 sucked. I hated the whole game. The only amusing part was at the end where everything starts screwing up. "Fission Mailed!" is on of them. I've played and beat MGS1 and MGS3. In my opinion, MGS3 was the best.

Smarty, MGS2 sucked. I hated the whole game. The only amusing part was at the end where everything starts screwing up. "Fission Mailed!" is on of them. I've played and beat MGS1 and MGS3. In my opinion, MGS3 was the best.

3 is the worse to me, 2 is good if you know what really is the objective of the game, and 1 is the best of all, it's almost flawless & it introduced a lot of things to gaming in general.

3 is the worse to me, 2 is good if you know what really is the objective of the game, and 1 is the best of all, it's almost flawless & it introduced a lot of things to gaming in general.

Just so you know, the "you didn't like it because you didn't get it" crap is really annoying. At any rate, attempting to use the story to justify the fact that they pretty much mailed it in for the last two-thirds of the game is weak and lazy and you should try to remove your mouth from Kojima's cock if you actually buy into that shit. Besides, Splinter Cell's gameplay is way better and doesn't require me to sit through long-winded political conversations via codec (another cop out by the mgs2 team, jftr) just so I'll know what the fuck is going on.

I will, however, at least agree wholeheartedly with you that the first MGS was a masterpiece. :D

Too bad the 'Syphon Filter' games on the PS1 are still better than MSG series thus far.

Just so you know, the "you didn't like it because you didn't get it" crap is really annoying.

Yes. I agree, but at least when I really understand things or either I spit the game or love it.


At any rate, attempting to use the story to justify the fact that they pretty much mailed it in for the last two-thirds of the game is weak and lazy


Well no to me, If I can enjoy the game at least from a certain point, it's fine by me & I always give more credit to the storyline rather than gameplay, but that's just what I am.



you should try to remove your mouth from Kojima's cock if you actually buy into that shit.

(don't get ugly as in CC, I don't wanna start a flame war so let's try to keep this civil. Ok?).

You care about it? I buy into that shit, It's impossible that I can suck Kojima's cock because I hated many things about 3 & I hate other things about 2, So again. Do you actually care about it?.




Besides, Splinter Cell's gameplay is way better and doesn't require me to sit through long-winded political conversations via codec (another cop out by the mgs2 team, jftr) just so I'll know what the fuck is going on.


I don't give a damn about Splinter Cell I didn't played it but that's not the point here. We were talking about Metal Gear Solid 2 here & if you don't like to sit through long-winded political conversations, why did you like MGS1 in the first place?


Too bad the 'Syphon Filter' games on the PS1 are still better than MGS series thus far.

Not to me, Syphon Filter is a badly designed shooter, hard & challeging as hell, but still it's a very stupid game to me.

Also, frek Kojima and the Metal Gear series.

Fool needs to go back and work on ZOE again.
:(

I want my ZOE3...