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Dont believe the hype! Which games left you disappointed after they got released?
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Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Bought it day one. Was so intensely hyped for it.
But, I think it is a genuinely dreadful game. MG is a guaranteed rent for me from now on.
But, I think it is a genuinely dreadful game. MG is a guaranteed rent for me from now on.
1. Anthem. Pre-ordered. Played through all of the demos and trial. Upon release, I never bothered actually playing the game because of how much I had grown to dislike it. Don't feel inclined to buy BioWare games anymore. Just not a good dev.
2. ME: Andromeda. I had played the 10 trial and thought to myself I would like it. The early parts felt reminiscent of the OG Mass Effect. Thing is, I never landed on the actual planets in the trial where the real gameplay is. Got to that part in the actual game and it was downhill from there. First regret from buying a BioWare game.
2. ME: Andromeda. I had played the 10 trial and thought to myself I would like it. The early parts felt reminiscent of the OG Mass Effect. Thing is, I never landed on the actual planets in the trial where the real gameplay is. Got to that part in the actual game and it was downhill from there. First regret from buying a BioWare game.
The king of hyped up but dreadful games. Will never be topped.
MGSV and Persona 5.
Street Fighter V, I suppose.
Maybe 5 is just a shit number? Even DMCV has some small issues, but really it's still a damn good game. I feel much, much, much better towards it compared MGSV and Persona5.
Street Fighter V, I suppose.
Maybe 5 is just a shit number? Even DMCV has some small issues, but really it's still a damn good game. I feel much, much, much better towards it compared MGSV and Persona5.
Devil May Cry 2- All of the trailers and promo material did its job and had me SUPER HYPED when i was a kid. When I got it and played it, I tried really hard to lie to myself thinking that this game was great at the time. In retrospect, it was a pretty bland disappointment for sure.
Watchdogs- I was actually pretty excited for how this game was going to change up the open world genre. In retrospect, it felt pretty mediocre and wasn't as great as it was hyped up to be. It's a decent and playable game, but just didn't match up to the hype that it got.
Outside of these games, Every other game has met my expectations i'd say.
Watchdogs- I was actually pretty excited for how this game was going to change up the open world genre. In retrospect, it felt pretty mediocre and wasn't as great as it was hyped up to be. It's a decent and playable game, but just didn't match up to the hype that it got.
Outside of these games, Every other game has met my expectations i'd say.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 - Lot of potential here, but it seemed to me to be designed in such a way where it wants to discourage the player from having fun.
Nier: Automata - Honestly, I found this just plain dull. The gameplay wasn't particularly fun and the multiple needed playthroughs is a big no from me. Maybe I missed some big payoff, but I couldn't repeat the A pathway a second time. That's absurd.
Final Fantasy XV - Do I seriously have to watch an entire movie to make sense of this game before playing?
Horizon Zero Dawn - This one was probably on me more than the game itself. Releasing so close to BOTW; it never stood a chance. Impossible to play without comparing the two and unfortunately, this (admittedly well done) game just couldn't compete.
Wolfenstein 2: TNC - Terrible, terrible gameplay. It's redeemed almost by its brilliant story and characters, but the gameplay was real bad.
Doom (2016) - Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive. Run around, end up in an arena, strafe around and take out monsters. Rinse and repeat.
Everyone's Gone to the Rapture - SNOOZE. The story was not interesting and the movement speed made this feel like such a chore.
Persona 5 - I hear this gets rectified later in the game, but the artificial (yeah yeah, it's a game - everything's artificial) lengthening of the dungeons based on stamina sucked. There was no reason I couldn't power through a dungeon in one go, other than the devs don't want me to.
Fallout 4 - They improved combat, which I appreciated. However... the sense of discovery and stumbling onto quests, etc... was totally gone. That's why I play Bethesda RPGs and this did not have that.
Nier: Automata - Honestly, I found this just plain dull. The gameplay wasn't particularly fun and the multiple needed playthroughs is a big no from me. Maybe I missed some big payoff, but I couldn't repeat the A pathway a second time. That's absurd.
Final Fantasy XV - Do I seriously have to watch an entire movie to make sense of this game before playing?
Horizon Zero Dawn - This one was probably on me more than the game itself. Releasing so close to BOTW; it never stood a chance. Impossible to play without comparing the two and unfortunately, this (admittedly well done) game just couldn't compete.
Wolfenstein 2: TNC - Terrible, terrible gameplay. It's redeemed almost by its brilliant story and characters, but the gameplay was real bad.
Doom (2016) - Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive. Run around, end up in an arena, strafe around and take out monsters. Rinse and repeat.
Everyone's Gone to the Rapture - SNOOZE. The story was not interesting and the movement speed made this feel like such a chore.
Persona 5 - I hear this gets rectified later in the game, but the artificial (yeah yeah, it's a game - everything's artificial) lengthening of the dungeons based on stamina sucked. There was no reason I couldn't power through a dungeon in one go, other than the devs don't want me to.
Fallout 4 - They improved combat, which I appreciated. However... the sense of discovery and stumbling onto quests, etc... was totally gone. That's why I play Bethesda RPGs and this did not have that.
Dragon Age Inquisition
ME:Andromeda
*Zelda BOTW
*MGSV
*FFXV
*Those last 3 I found myself forcing me to like them; tried several times but nope. They all had its moments but I lost interest fast.
ME:Andromeda
*Zelda BOTW
*MGSV
*FFXV
*Those last 3 I found myself forcing me to like them; tried several times but nope. They all had its moments but I lost interest fast.
Persona 5 was it for me. I really liked the game, don't get me wrong, but by the end I just felt numb. It was far far too long, and I felt I just didn't care about the characters. They had no time to breathe goddammit! They just kept reiterating through texts for hours and hours. Why couldn't they go on more vacations? Just cut a dungeon and give me some time to chill with them. Its odd that it was my GOTY but there something about it I just couldn't really enjoy.
It doesn't help that Persona 4 is my GOAT, and its a definite let down in comparison. I think only the music really surpassed 4, at least for me. I thought I would like the custom designed dungeons, but I ended up being ready to lay down and die at the length of some of them. I longed for randomly generated dungeons, floor by floor inanity. Also, the creepy juxtaposition of the first chapter, vs they way they treated Ann thereafter really bummed me out. Still buying the inevitable fancier updated edition, but maybe on a portable.
It doesn't help that Persona 4 is my GOAT, and its a definite let down in comparison. I think only the music really surpassed 4, at least for me. I thought I would like the custom designed dungeons, but I ended up being ready to lay down and die at the length of some of them. I longed for randomly generated dungeons, floor by floor inanity. Also, the creepy juxtaposition of the first chapter, vs they way they treated Ann thereafter really bummed me out. Still buying the inevitable fancier updated edition, but maybe on a portable.
Mario tennis aces: I was craving for a tennis game for some reason when this came out and while it's not bad and the gameplay itself is great, there wasn't much to the game.
RDR2: I really wanted to get into it because I love the some aspects to it but the gameplay was way too clunky and slow for me to get into. It's a shame because walking around in 1st person in a western setting was so cool. Just wish it didn't play like butt.
Dark souls 3: a pretty big disappointment compared to DS2. Felt a bit too similar DS1 at some point and pvp/covenants were really disappointing. I love BB but I wish DS3 didn't keep trying to follow the trend of making bosses super aggressive. Just follow the rpg aspects and fun covenants of DS2 instead.
Sekiro: The 2nd and 3rd playthrough was pretty fun but I found my first playthrough a bit tedious with how punishing it can be and the exploration being unrewarding for the most part. Then the game felt too simple during the 4th playthrough since there isn't a whole lot of depth.
RDR2: I really wanted to get into it because I love the some aspects to it but the gameplay was way too clunky and slow for me to get into. It's a shame because walking around in 1st person in a western setting was so cool. Just wish it didn't play like butt.
Dark souls 3: a pretty big disappointment compared to DS2. Felt a bit too similar DS1 at some point and pvp/covenants were really disappointing. I love BB but I wish DS3 didn't keep trying to follow the trend of making bosses super aggressive. Just follow the rpg aspects and fun covenants of DS2 instead.
Sekiro: The 2nd and 3rd playthrough was pretty fun but I found my first playthrough a bit tedious with how punishing it can be and the exploration being unrewarding for the most part. Then the game felt too simple during the 4th playthrough since there isn't a whole lot of depth.
Not putting Dark Souls 2 at the bottom of the barrel is a pretty hot take, my man. Very spicy; I like it. I don't agree, but I like it.
I feel like people only like Twilight Princess because of the 3edgy5me aesthetic. That's one of the things that pulled me out of it; I need some whimsy in my Zelda games. Also, all the staples of a good Zelda game were there, but like, none of them felt developed upon. This is a good take I wasn't expecting to see.
Agree very much, whimsical Zelda is the best and honestly TP was the game that made me see it, im glad the series has been finding a balance, but firmly on the cartoony side.
On the other hand i loved Dark Souls 3 😃 best Souls
Same, unfortunately. Loved New Order/Old Blood so I'l still keep an eye on future games.
FF13
God of War '18
Witcher 3
The latter 2 i just could not get into at all, approx 4 or 5 hours in.
God of War '18
Witcher 3
The latter 2 i just could not get into at all, approx 4 or 5 hours in.
The Last of Us
RDR
God of War (2018)
All of them perfectly decent games, but I'd struggle to complement them any further than that.
RDR
God of War (2018)
All of them perfectly decent games, but I'd struggle to complement them any further than that.
Correct, although it's important to remember the time in which it was released. This was the age of The Black Parade and The Nightmare Before Christmas merch taking over Hot Topic. It was the perfect time to send Zelda down the grim-dark path and it definitely payed off.
I'm not going to repeat my reasons for disappointment as I've talked about them ad-nauseum here, but Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is my biggest gaming disappointment ever.
It's interesting that there's a lot of people here who loved Persona 4 and felt let down by 5. It might be because I played P5 a couple of years after it came out, but I didn't have any grandiose expectations for it. I expected something at least in the ballpark of quality compared to P4, but almost everything about 5 I liked better than 4 - characters, soundtrack, story, themes, gameplay, presentation, etc. It's easily my favorite game of the last generation.
Then again I never considered P4 a holy grail or anything, just a very solid RPG with a mix of dungeon crawling and life sim elements. Despite being "only" 70 hours, I was pretty worn out after I beat P4, ready to move on. I put 100 hours into P5 and immediately started NG+ upon finishing it.
Then again I never considered P4 a holy grail or anything, just a very solid RPG with a mix of dungeon crawling and life sim elements. Despite being "only" 70 hours, I was pretty worn out after I beat P4, ready to move on. I put 100 hours into P5 and immediately started NG+ upon finishing it.
GTA 4/5
God of War
Spider-Man
RDR
I honestly think that big budget open world games just aren't really for me at this point haha
God of War
Spider-Man
RDR
I honestly think that big budget open world games just aren't really for me at this point haha
Spore (2008) - For a game with so much initial promise, the end product felt super shallow. No matter how crazy you designed your creature, replaying the game was nearly exactly the same every time, and your choices didn't really seem to matter.
SimCity (2013) - Even once you got past the launch disaster (not being able to handle server load; lost progress; disabling Cheetah speed), you were left with a game that felt incredibly constrained, something designed to run on lowest common denominator hardware that didn't even seem to need the much-touted cloud processing. Left longtime fans of the series feeling burned. Seemed to have sacrificed the single player experience to support an online experience (which was still fairly limited). Then of course Cities Skylines came along and ate their lunch, so the franchise is probably dead at this point.
SimCity (2013) - Even once you got past the launch disaster (not being able to handle server load; lost progress; disabling Cheetah speed), you were left with a game that felt incredibly constrained, something designed to run on lowest common denominator hardware that didn't even seem to need the much-touted cloud processing. Left longtime fans of the series feeling burned. Seemed to have sacrificed the single player experience to support an online experience (which was still fairly limited). Then of course Cities Skylines came along and ate their lunch, so the franchise is probably dead at this point.
Octopath Traveler. It started amazing, loved the demo, but the final game got repetitive really fast. I played about 15 hours (until chapter 3) and called it quits.
I especially don't get the complaints about the length of dungeons in P5. The loss of portability might be making the levels feel longer, but at least they look like real places. The dungeons in P4 are just the same corridor copy/paste over and over.
I mean, Spirit Tracks is best Zelda, so you can see where I fall in regards to the series's aesthetic.
This is true. Dark Souls 2 is usually panned as the worst Soulsborne around, and though I'm 2hipster4thepopularopinion I ended up agreeing; seeing someone call DS3 a disappointment compared to it is a take I didn't expect to see. I'll respect the audacity, but I cannot agree. DS3 is probably my favorite Souls, too.
Killzone 2, had the controls been fully playable I think it's launch would have pan'd out better.
Yeah, dungeon crawling was easily my least favorite part of P4. I just wanted to rush through them to get back to the Social Link stuff. I actually looked forward to the dungeons in 5. The only ones that felt a little long were 5 and 7, but just as I felt them getting too long, they ended, so I can't complain too much.
A big difference is also the opening. I don't even really remember how P4 opened, but I will never forget how P5 opened. That was a game that grabbed my attention immediately and made me go "okay, now I have to play this and see how we get here."
Then again I never played P4G, only vanilla P4. That might be part of the disparity.
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Nintendo published games. They all get treated like they're super high quality worth your $60 gaming experiences. In my experience, some are, but most are not.
Alan wake. People said this was a great game but then I played it and it seemed fairly repetitive and dull.
I wasn't very into either The Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2, but I had a feeling going in I wouldn't like them so they weren't massive disappointments. I really admire their storytelling and artistry but I couldn't stand playing either of them, though I did brute force myself through RDR2.
Mario Odyssey was a pretty big disappointment for me. It's still a great game, but the lack of actual platforming coupled with being saddled as the followup to the absolutely brilliant 3D World didn't leave it with much of a chance for me.
I wasn't too into Devil May Cry 5, and it doesn't help that it was sandwiched in between RE2 and Sekiro, which are two of my favorite games this gen.
Mario Odyssey was a pretty big disappointment for me. It's still a great game, but the lack of actual platforming coupled with being saddled as the followup to the absolutely brilliant 3D World didn't leave it with much of a chance for me.
I wasn't too into Devil May Cry 5, and it doesn't help that it was sandwiched in between RE2 and Sekiro, which are two of my favorite games this gen.
Yoshi's Story back in 1998. I loved Yoshi's Island, and based on screenshots you'd think you'd be getting Yoshi's Island II. My parents wouldn't buy games for me, so I had to save my own money for them, which was a big deal since kids don't exactly make a ton of money. So you can imagine how disappointed I was when I bought the game on it's release date only to get the ending in maybe 45 mins or so.
It wasn't just the the structure of progression that bothered me though. Yoshi's Island just had larger levels, and much better design, art and music. It was just a step down from Yoshi's Island in every way for me. I think it was the first time I was truly disappointed in a game, and had the whole "buyer's remorse" and whatnot.
It wasn't just the the structure of progression that bothered me though. Yoshi's Island just had larger levels, and much better design, art and music. It was just a step down from Yoshi's Island in every way for me. I think it was the first time I was truly disappointed in a game, and had the whole "buyer's remorse" and whatnot.
BoTW. I bought Switch because of it, expected it to be GOAT based on reviews and impression but really disappointed with open world game structure
Mafia 3 - Mafia 1,2 among my fav games ever. Mafia 3? Despite giving it several chances... I couldn't. The open world is utterly boring and the game's mission variety is non existant.
ME Andromeda - Only got myself to blame, I guess, after ME3. But seriously, not even a bad game... hell, it's even good for the most. But as a Mass Effect? It's dreadful.
Fallout 76 - I mean, Fallout 4 with co-op? Sounds great! Shame that its everything but. One of, if not the most janky, poorly designed, soulless AAA games I ever tried.
ME Andromeda - Only got myself to blame, I guess, after ME3. But seriously, not even a bad game... hell, it's even good for the most. But as a Mass Effect? It's dreadful.
Fallout 76 - I mean, Fallout 4 with co-op? Sounds great! Shame that its everything but. One of, if not the most janky, poorly designed, soulless AAA games I ever tried.
The Wircher 3 was just boring to me and so after the 15hr mark I just uninstalled it.
Will also add Dark Souls 3,played for an hour and hated it,combat was clunky,menu system was a pain and the graphics were nothing to shout about.
Will also add Dark Souls 3,played for an hour and hated it,combat was clunky,menu system was a pain and the graphics were nothing to shout about.
