What game was the biggest disappointment to you?

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I LOVED Viewtiful Joe when I first played it. But after playing VJ2 I suddenly lost any and all love I had for the entire series and I can't even explain why, honestly.

VJ2 was so disappointing to me that I actually lost respect for a game I previously loved.

It also didn't help that I paid $60 for the stupid thing and like a week later it was a bargain-bin $15 game.

Spore definitely. Also Rome 2.

Obviously Spore, but also Destiny.

>>382312509
FO4

>>382312509
Hotline Miami 2.

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Spore, definitely

but I'll also nominate Ace of Spades after it picked up multiple guns

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>>382312509

>>382312509
Don't even bother making a thread when you post the answer in the OP

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KF2
DayZ
Sacred 3
Anything WoW related after Cataclysm

Starcraft 2. I was expecting the next Warcraft 3 in terms of custom maps.

>>382314243
I played every demo and knew it wasn't going to be that good, and I was STILL disappointed.

>>382312509
What's wrong with spore? I quite enjoyed it, especially during the space stage

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>>382312509
How about I tell you my biggest surprise instead? Parasyte Eve.

Spore and Duke Nukem Forever.

>>382312509
guild wars 2

>>382314517
It was ridiculously hyped as this bring new gang changer then it came out and it was just a nice little monster maker.

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>>382312509
Spore obviously.

Pic related gets an honorable mention though. I think people just forgot about it since I never see it mentioned. Which makes sense since it was so utterly forgettable.

>>382315146
Last game I pre ordered, I remember how excited me and my friends were for this. Amazing premise but it was pretty much unplayable on launch and the game didn't survive much longer.

Black and White 2

I loved playing around with the Creature, and was expecting 2 to be a bigger and better version of that and Creature Isle, instead I get a stupid city builder

>>382312509
Bioshock Infinite.

It had the potential to surpass the first game but they had to fuck it completely. The shit story and ending was insulting enough but they completely broke the gameplay to boot. I hope Ken Levine gets brain cancer

>>382315334
This too, the combat just wasn't fun. If they had good action along with the cool aesthetic it could make the game worth it despite the shit story but it was just awful.

>>382315334
>I hope Ken Levine gets brain cancer
You mean one of the key guys for Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2 and BioShock? Point is he's one of the best game designers around and Infinite was a fluke where he tried to pander to normies.

Spore, Rome 2, Dragon Age 2, Prince of Persia 2008 (amazingly beautiful graphics terrible gameplay), Call to Arms (no real way to slow down combat and shit dies so damn fast)

>>382315527
He's dead to me. I hope every game he tries to make in the future ends up as vaporware.

>>382314517
It's an incredibly shallow game. It tries to be many genres at once and fails at every single one of them.

t. preordered Collector's Edition back in the day

>>382316043
Do you still have the CE?

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in memory of our favorite manlet eater

>>382316043
>t. preordered Collector's Edition back in the day
BROTHER

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>>382312509
Probably this, I don't understand how they thought it would be a good idea

>>382316150
Yeah.

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Every M&M game after 5 has just been a disappointment.

>Doing survey after playing M&M legacy
> Would you like another M&M game in the style of Dark Messiah?
>4 years later and still nothing.

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>>382312509
Loved the first games, the second felt like a borderlands style grindfest

>>382316628
Arcanum is the true Fallout 3 and New Vegas the true 4.

>>382316767
Where does Arcanum fit in the Fallout series?
Fantastic game btw.

>>382316837
It doesn't but it was made by a lot of the same folks that were at Black Isles when the first two games were being made, the creator of the series was one of the designers. I don't think it would be a contentious comment to say that Arcanum feels more like a Fallout game than Fallout 3 either.

General progression of staff was Black Isles -> Troika -> Obsidian. With guys like Avellone being at Obsidian to this day.

Favorite companion in Arcanum?

>>382316949
Ah I see, Arcanum is alot more Fallout in Spirit than Fallout 3 ever will be.
Magnus

>>382317059
Second favorite behind Vergil and yeah definitely I wish more companies would make games like this. I still find out new stuff whenever I replay it, it's just such an amazing game that despite its combat I can't help but absolutely love it.

Troika deserved better.

>>382317186
They really did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X8Z14ExYxo

>>382317253
Neat, never actually seen that. Never knew that they had intended on making a game in the Fallout universe. Looks quite a bit like the build of Van Buren which was almost entirely complete if I recall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqfMfYnILE4

Also that top comment.
>Activision is the most evil thing happened to videogames industry since lgn, those assholes ruined troika and blizzard
I am now reminded that Activision owns the rights to Arcanum and Bloodlines.

Spore
LBX
Sacred 2
Destiny
God of War (the start of the games are awesome then are just tedious af)

diablo 3

>>382317523
>Sacred 2
What did you dislike about it if I may ask?

>>382316747
>grindfest
there was no grinding. what are you talking about?

>>382317684
He's probably talking about the mobs respawning in waves constantly.

>>382313001
Dam that Sylvia ass thou

>>382312509
AitD 2008

>>382312509
Diablo 3.

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Mass Effect 3

Yes, I'm still mad. I will always be mad. I will continue to be mad. I understand that making every choice you've accumulated over two other games matter would be incredibly difficult if outright impossible. I get that the game was supposedly rushed and probably couldn't have delivered on the promises made even with extra time. But I'm still mad, and I will stay mad for as long as EA and Bioware exist. Fuck ME3. What a goddamn waste.

>>382317521
Speaking of...
Fans are trying to recreate Van Buren. They have a site on Facebook. Check it out if you haven't already. I'd post a link but the system thinks its spam.

>>382314027
End your pathetic life so nobody has to witness your disgraceful taste ever again

>>382317997
They also had that feature that you had to play some online in order to complete the single player game 100%

>>382318002
Thanks, I'll check it out. That'd be cool if it could happen, like I said Arcanum was probably the last time I got an authentic Fallout experience unfortunately it seems a lot of people have never played it.
Great OST too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS724xs1UTk

>>382318331
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSnjRsgk6a4

>>382318331
Actually I should correct that, New Vegas was fantastic and even though it wasn't isometric it very much felt like a Fallout game.

>>382317593
Played the 360 version, maybe this version is the crappy one idk
pretty slow for everything (specially the mounts)
The skill system is meh (played as sorceress)
got bored around the hour of gameplay
but kept playing until finishing the main story just to see the ending
It was a long and boring journey

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>>382318287
Yes, I know anon. I was one of the many people who sunk multiple hours into the multiplayer mode to get a higher chance at a "better" ending. I fucking hate multiplayer shooters, yet I still spent so many hours in that mode. Hell, your galactic readiness or what the fuck ever would actually decrease over time, so I had to go back occasionally to play a few rounds otherwise it wouldn't be perfect.

And then we all know what happened with the endings. Trust me, I fell for it all. I replayed ME1 and 2 multiple times to get the perfect save files with all the side quests and choices in the exact way I wanted them. Literally 100+ hours of a series that ultimately would become something I feel disgusted by. Like I said before, I will always be mad.

>>382318547
>perfect score on IGN
TO be fair it was a 9.5 not a 10.

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>>382318719
Swore it was 10/10 when it was released. Ah well, must be remembering wrong. It's still a massive conflict of interest, made even worse when you realize they went to the effort of modeling a unique (if shit) face for Chobot but then gave Tali/the entire Quarian race a quick photoshop face reveal.

>>382319151
All reviews of ME3 are questionable, it's not as abysmal as people make it out to be but it in no way in hell deserved a higher score than the first one and a score two points under the second one.

It was the game that made me realize that brand name in video games means a lot when it comes to critics.

>>382318515
Did you play the first game? It sounded like you didn't like the changes they made in the second game. That's why I was curious, because the games aren't really that much different.
>Played the 360 version, maybe this version is the crappy one idk
I don't know how the console version is, but I wouldn't want to play a game like that with a controller to be honest.
>pretty slow for everything (specially the mounts)
The combat isn't as fast-paced as comparable games I guess, but the first game wasn't either. The mounts are around 50% faster than walking. You found that too slow?
>The skill system is meh (played as sorceress)
I guess you were playing High Elf then. You didn't like the passives or the skills themselves? The skills could be modified with up to 3 mutually exclusive effects which I thought was rather neat. I played the first game a lot more and in fact never finished Sacred 2. I guess I didn't really finish the first game either as I never played through the entirety of Underworld. Overall I like the first game better even if the gameplay seems a bit better in the second game, but I didn't like the setting and story of it.

/blog

>>382312509
Spore
Brink (most expensive game I preordered, never did again)
ME3's ending obviously
MGSV in that phantom pain kinda way, but I got my 200 hours out of it
Borderlands 2

Especially Borderlands 2

>>382320268
>ME3's ending obviously
not just the ending
Those fucking cutscenes with Kai Leng where Shepard's just a bitch because Kai Leng's too cool to shoot in the face

>>382321406
That too
>fucking take away all his health
>lol soz kiddo, ur just not good enough 2 beat me
>runs away

I enjoyed Spore. It didn't turn out to be everything I hoped, but I did sink a decent amount of hours into it and don't regret a single one.

My biggest disappointment of all time was No Man's Sky. I had such high hopes for that game, I thought it was gonna be the space exploration simulator Ive been looking for my entire life and it just fell flat on its face. After that I've tried elite dangerous, which was fun for a while, but the grind eventually just became overwhelming. I'm convinced there will never be a truly great space exploration sim.

>>382312509
Brink

MCC

>>382312509
>parts have stats
>top stat creatures have to use the same parts
>Can't boost stats using evolution points or multiple, aesthetically-pleasing parts

And that's not even getting into the complexity meter's iron grip on creativity

Metroid Prime when it came out

Felt nothing like a Metroid game

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>>382312509
I've never experienced disappointment until this year actually. Man I never wanna taste it again.

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>>382312509
Man I remember a local gaming magazine I was subscribed to had an ENTIRE EDITION dedicated to SPORE. in 2006 (2 years before release). Yes that's right 40 pages just about SPORE. The technology interviews gameplay footage (of the scientific spore).

I was a console gamer at the time and it led to me scraping by all the money I could muster to build my own PC at the time this was really expensive unlike nowadays. Paid around $2000 for the PC in 2007 dollars (all the fucking salary I was paid for the entire year saved up).

Then finally in 2008 SPORE released I remember skipping school and biking to the store I pre-ordered it waiting for it to open in the morning. Riding home and installing it.

I literally cried and was depressed for a week. I became a PC gamer from then on though since I started to get into simulation games in general.

>>382315247

This. Oh my word this. I will never not be mad at you, Molyneux, you fucking hack.

>tfw there will never be a Black & White 3

Probably a good thing, it'd just be even worse...

>>382314178
I liked it alot but I kept dying to stuff off screen

Overwatch

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I was thinking Andromeda but then I remembered this turd. I have never been as disappointed by a game, or anything in life really, since FFX-2.

>>382326963
was better than FFX desu

borderlands 2 or dawn of war 3. probably dow3.

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Probably this. I mean, Spore was pretty bad and I was pretty hyped, but I was never invested.

But with Planetside. Man I had so much fun with the original Planetside, driving tanks, flying bombers, coordinating with my teammates and my faction, air dropping ANTs from a Galaxy in the nick of time to save a base under siege about to go neutral. There was tons of teamwork and specialization and players had roles. It had a couple of rough spots (BFRs, CSHD, performance issues) but over all it was the best experience I've ever had in a MMO.

Then this shit came out, basically a clone of BF3, where everyone had access to every type of weapon from the start and it was basically a giant zergfest from base to base, tanks and planes felt ineffectual and pointless, just part of the massive zerg going from base to base or fighting at whatever that popular base was (The Crown, I think), there was little teamwork to speak of outside of coordinated outfits.

This was the last game I was hyped for and I swore that I wouldn't get hyped for another game, ever.

I hear it got better, but honestly the raw material is so bad compared to the original, that no amount of polishing can make it good.

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Mgs v and Deus ex MD
They weren't bad games but they didn't really deliver on some of the promises made during the marketing.
>you make outer heaven and become a demon
Didn't really happened
>you're gonna stop Illuminati in this one and will bridge the gap between this and the first game
Nope, it ends on a cliffhanger

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I can see why others love it but after realizing everything I did in the game would end in a korok seed or stamina vessel, I dropped it.
Korok puzzles were kinda nice in the beginning but often repeated, same with shrines but to a lesser degree (still, fuck combat shrines), and the gameplay in the overworld wasn't very engaging.
"Make your own rules because we won't" is a double edged sword.

Starcraft 2.

Definitely Elder Scrolls Online. I wanted to like it so bad but it was just dogshit.

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>>382317997
This fucking game legitimately killed my love of vidya for over a year and made me into a cynic.

>>382329395
>"Make your own rules because we won't" is a double edged sword.
Man, ain't that a fucking trip. And the worse part about it is that any fanboy can just go "well obviously if you didn't find this a perfect 10/10 then you're just not creative enough." To borrow someone else's words, is a guy tossing you a pen and a couple hundred sheets of paper and saying "go nuts," just as good as him throwing you a good novel and saying "check this out."

>>382322604
You should have know this was going to be garbage 5 years after the ME3 fiasco.

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after I stumbled over pic related.

>>382330047
That's why I said I understand why people like it. People loved Minecraft and it's a similar deal, but that game gives you way more pens and they're different colors. You can also invite friends to help you draw.

>>382313420
I still play Destiny, AMA.

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>>382312509
>Bioware fan since BG 1 (oldfag, bought the 6 cd set new and then the dvd)
>member of the forums since late 90s
>bought every game and expansion at launch
>remember their protestations on the forums at the announcement of the EA purchase
>back then NOONE got banned on their forums
>Dragon Age 1 was fantastic
>Mass Effect 2 was action trash, but at least had good controls.
>This drops

Basically end of a love affair.

>>382316628
I loved this, the NMA hate leaked out and poisoned the online communities.

>>382312509
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5TXEUiR1Xk

>>382330538
What is your IQ, and why is it a letter?

Guild Wars 2
> hype as fuck for the successor of my favorite mmo

Now there's 2 types of disappointment the quick and fast disappointment, or the slow boiling dissapointment.

I still managed to put like 100 hours in Guild Wars 2 but the disappointment that it's not the sequel of Guild Wars 1 i wanted sucks more than just a quick wew this game sucks.

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>>382312509
This steaming pile. It literally killed my favorite fucking franchise. Fuck bioware, and fuck anthem.

>>382331314
how can you kill that which is already dead?

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>>382321406
I completely skipped ME3 for various reasons, but had a fair few friends who did play it at the time.
Even my impressionable normie-taste friends KNEW what a shitshow that guy is and tried to sweep him under the rug; not ONE of them ever mentioned Kai Leng to me when talking about ME3, and I only ever came across the name reading some other guy's very long rundown of why ME turned to shit from 2 onwards.

Yes, I had friends once. It was terrible.

Zero Escape 3.
I will never not be mad.

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>tfw unironically liked Mass Effect 1 more than 2 or 3

Just felt more like an RPG and less like a cover shooter

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I spent the entire duration of my late teens early 20s playing Guild Wars, and then this garbage tries to take it's place.

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Most unsatisfying game I ever finished and I went in with so must hope.