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Watchmojo 20 most disappointing games of the decade
- Thread starter Uncle at Nintendo
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I can't stand WatchMojo. Thanks for posting the list in a spoiler. Was Shenmue III really that big of a disappointment? I thought it hit its target. And yeah, Duke Nukem Forever being number one is the only correct choice.
Both were pretty disappointing. Kojima has now made two disappointing games in a row and a lot of it come down to his poor design decisions.
How about designing a game which main gameplay consists of delivering parcels
would you have liked it more if it had consisted of delivering bullets to people's heads?
they have 21 million subscribers, i don't think they would give two shits about era giving them attention or not.
I would have liked the game to actually engage with me instead of having me running around doing nothing.
The idea of reconnecting america and social systems were interesting but the base gameplay loop is just a failure in game design.
You must like walking around doing nothing then
I'm sorry you didnt enjoy it, but a lot of people did. I wouldn't call that a "failure in game design."
The guy asked me for my opinion so I offered it.
I couldn't care less what other people think. I played it for more than 10 hours because i hoped there was a good game but it wasn't coming along and was just more of delivering parcels.
I feel like DNF is a fair choice for first spot, but completely excluding an unfinished AAA game and highly anticipated conclusion to a two decade long story is offending.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad.
disagree entirely on that
the game is about reconnecting various areas, and the main drive in that front is the delivery, so the focus is on how you deliver, how efficiently, and how safely, so the focus shifts constantly from your objective (the point you are connecting) and where you currently are, your footing, your safety (especially in higher areas), and your package safety.
the gameplay is tightly focused on these aspects, and when you finally reconnect a given area, that opens up the multiplayer, making multiple deliveries easier. Because you made the journey once before without the help of others, you appreciate even more even the slightest help given, even more so if that help is something like a bridge over a river, or a watchtower to find resources.
if this didn't work for you then that's fine, but it's certainly not a failure of game design, the game is designed in a very particular way and it excels in that design, at least in my opinion.
Both Death Stranding and MGSV should be on the list. They just chose to just include DS and make it the banner for pure click bait reasons. But tbf I expected way more from DS than MGSV after how much I disliked MGSIV.
Anyway, both were pretty mediocre for me and that's three in a row for Kojima as I care.
Anyway, both were pretty mediocre for me and that's three in a row for Kojima as I care.
Largely a good list, but to have Mass Effect 3 on there but not Andromeda isn't quite working for me.
Edit: and Metal Gear Solid V, which I think might be my personal pick.
Edit: and Metal Gear Solid V, which I think might be my personal pick.
Forgot all about that game. I honestly felt similar disappointed by AI: Somnium Files. Such a mediocre game.
I mean, it was only a conclusion because he was fired, after the fact. It was at most, before launch, a fleshing out of back story, then with the twist, pointless sequel bait and lore dump.
Mgs 4 was more the conclusion, no? Peace walker and V are just fleshing out the inbetween 3, and 1.
This list should contains TWO Mass Effect games...
Resident Evil 6 is a huge disappointment.
Resident Evil 6 is a huge disappointment.
Please tell me you mean Lords of Shadow 2.... it was a mega disappointment.
Hm, yeah, conclusion might not have been the right word, but it was promoted as the "missing link" in the story and everything was supposed to make sense iirc.
If they're putting Kickstarter backed games on there, I'm kinda surprised Yooka Laylee wasn't on there. Hyped to hell and back before release as the return of the classic N64 style platformer and was pretty much shit on left and right at release.
Surprisingly good list, though I admit not playing all the games in here.
As for Kojima, I haven't liked his games since MGS3, so I'm not sure that I could say that DS was disappointing. I played it for a short time right, and didn't like it.
As for Kojima, I haven't liked his games since MGS3, so I'm not sure that I could say that DS was disappointing. I played it for a short time right, and didn't like it.
Yea,after 160hrs I put Death Stranding down and thought....wow,that was a masterpiece.
I didn't think to check how many copies it sold first,lol.
Some people didn't think it was a masterpiece.....in fact they thought it was utter shit....and that's fine too.
Easy. Narrow minded individuals reviewed the game because it wasnt what they wanted it to be rather than review it for what it was. What's the most laughable thing is some of the stuff it was criticised for...go back and play MGS and NOBODY had an issue with it, the over indulgence, the long cut scenes, a complicated story....nothing new. But for some reason people had an issue with it in 2019. It was actually refreshing to play a game how it was intended to be played, that looked great, played great, sounded great, didn't need a thousand patches to fix, wasn't a clusterfuck of lootbox mechanics.
Was anyone really disappointed with Crackdown 3? It seemed like it hit a wall of jaded scepticism regarding Microsoft's 'power of the cloud' on its initial reveal, and by the time it eventually limped to its release it was met with, 'Yeah. This is just what we expected..."
Mass Effect 3 was a good video game. (Not great, unlike ME2.) That's the biggest issue I have with this list.
If you were disappointed by Shemue III and Death Stranding, it's on you. Pre-release materials told us EXACTLY what those games would be, and from what I hear that's what they ended up being. I also remember reception of FFXIII being pretty divided rather than overwhelmingly negative.
If you were disappointed by Shemue III and Death Stranding, it's on you. Pre-release materials told us EXACTLY what those games would be, and from what I hear that's what they ended up being. I also remember reception of FFXIII being pretty divided rather than overwhelmingly negative.
I think it's one of the best games I've played this gen and maybe all time. It's a masterpiece. But I don't think it was ever going to sell gangbusters considering the type of game it is.
Solid list, but yes, Andromeda should have taken the place of ME3. ME3 was good except for the last 30 minutes, Andromeda was almost all bad except for maybe 30 minutes.
Honestly I don't think DNF belongs here. It's hard to be disappointed by it when everyone knew it would be shit.
Actually a decent list outside a couple that are too early to properly evaluate and obviously just there for the clickbait. Even the ones I disagree on being bad can at least have good cases made for how disappointing they were.
I mean I can decide for myself; I was day 1 for Mass Effect 2 and 3, but couldn't even pretend to give a shit about Andromeda after ME3's ending.
And "DNF doesn't deserve to be here because people knew it would be bad" doesn't really hold up. I wasn't expecting something great, but it failed to even reach my expectations of at least being an interesting mess.
I mean I can decide for myself; I was day 1 for Mass Effect 2 and 3, but couldn't even pretend to give a shit about Andromeda after ME3's ending.
And "DNF doesn't deserve to be here because people knew it would be bad" doesn't really hold up. I wasn't expecting something great, but it failed to even reach my expectations of at least being an interesting mess.
It's WatchMojo. They produce all-caps CONTENT for the barely literate and the culturally bereft. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Oh, if you said you didn't care for Andromeda I wouldn't have objected. But saying there was an overall lack of interest is simply untrue. You could say it had less hype than ME3, that's probably true, but it still had a lot of it.
And isn't it the same with Andromeda? And it's a much worse game than Duke Nuken Forever.
I thought Death Stranding was leading in GOTY noms this year?
Also, No Man's Sky is certainly not even close to the most disappointing of the decade. You can maybe make the case that it was the most disappointing game of 2016, but after Next and Beyond it has become everything that was promised and MUCH more
Also, No Man's Sky is certainly not even close to the most disappointing of the decade. You can maybe make the case that it was the most disappointing game of 2016, but after Next and Beyond it has become everything that was promised and MUCH more