Games that you were crazy hyped for that disappointed you.
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MGSV was the first time I really began to follow trailers and announcements and gaming shows, despite being a gamer for most of my life. The game was fun but didn't feel like a Metal Gear game.
Fallout 4
This game didn't evolve compared to Fallout 3. And where it evolved it was for the worse like the leveling and the dialogue system. And giving the MC a voice might be the worst decission ever made in the franchise. It also had a lot of weird stuff like endless quests which were only there to give the opportunity of leveling further or unique enemies which drop legendary weapons. Nothing I want to see in a RPG like this.
Diablo 3
Okay, I wasn't really hyped for it because I didn't like the Beta/Demo and so I cancelled my preorder. I bought it later and while I had still some fun, everything feels so flat, dull and irrelelvant compared to Diablo 2.
This game didn't evolve compared to Fallout 3. And where it evolved it was for the worse like the leveling and the dialogue system. And giving the MC a voice might be the worst decission ever made in the franchise. It also had a lot of weird stuff like endless quests which were only there to give the opportunity of leveling further or unique enemies which drop legendary weapons. Nothing I want to see in a RPG like this.
Diablo 3
Okay, I wasn't really hyped for it because I didn't like the Beta/Demo and so I cancelled my preorder. I bought it later and while I had still some fun, everything feels so flat, dull and irrelelvant compared to Diablo 2.
Grand Theft Auto V. I booked a couple of days off work and purchased the stupidly expensive edition. It was pretty alright to begin with. Then the Mr Philips mission happened and I was forced to play as a shit stain of character for an hour or two. After that the whole game just shat itself. Terrible unrewarding missions, constant "haha you didn't get paid" cutscenes and Trevor. I spent more time picking out my shoes in that game than choosing the option to kill him.
Watch Dogs 1. I didn't really latch onto the hype for this after the trailer, but I was interested in it. It was, again, alright at the start but good god it just dragged on and on and it was so dull.
Ghosts Of Tsushima. Again, not super hyped but I had heard really promising stuff from people who's opinions I generally respect. Played for 40 minutes and haven't touched it since.
(Kinda) The Last Of Us. I'm not sure if disappointed is the word because, again, I wasn't really hyped myself. However, I had heard all the gushing takes about the game. And all the praised about the ending being "the best thing ever written" So when I played it a few months after launch, and found it to be pretty meh with a wildly underwhelming ending, I was so confused about what the hell people were talking... and continue to talk about. It was fine, but not compared to what I was led to believe it was. The DLC story was pretty legit though. I enjoyed that.
Watch Dogs 1. I didn't really latch onto the hype for this after the trailer, but I was interested in it. It was, again, alright at the start but good god it just dragged on and on and it was so dull.
Ghosts Of Tsushima. Again, not super hyped but I had heard really promising stuff from people who's opinions I generally respect. Played for 40 minutes and haven't touched it since.
(Kinda) The Last Of Us. I'm not sure if disappointed is the word because, again, I wasn't really hyped myself. However, I had heard all the gushing takes about the game. And all the praised about the ending being "the best thing ever written" So when I played it a few months after launch, and found it to be pretty meh with a wildly underwhelming ending, I was so confused about what the hell people were talking... and continue to talk about. It was fine, but not compared to what I was led to believe it was. The DLC story was pretty legit though. I enjoyed that.
Bravely Default 2, Xenoblade 2, and Bioshock Infinite are sequels that I was really looking forward to due to loving previous entries that didn't do it for me.
Final Fantasy 13 is the only game that I've done a midnight release for. I have a soft spot for it despite its many failings (battle system is neat & the music is killer), but it was definitely not the return to glory for the series that I had been hoping for.
Final Fantasy 13 is the only game that I've done a midnight release for. I have a soft spot for it despite its many failings (battle system is neat & the music is killer), but it was definitely not the return to glory for the series that I had been hoping for.
Twilight Princess. The port to the Wii made me go mad at the time lol, I thought the controls were tacked in and awful and Skyward Sword kind of proved me right. This basically killed my hype forever, I just don't get hyped for games anymore because of the pain that TP was lol
Came to post this lol. I was so hyped for the mobility in this game since it was relatively unique at the time.
The crippling disappointment that I had with this game. I've had my hype deflate faster with one other game (Mighty No. 9, it deflated before I even got a chance to hate play it).
I wasted $0 dollars buying this game because my ex-wife bought it for me and yet I still feel like I was robbed.
Metal Gear Solid 4 holds the crown. After Snake Eater, I was expecting 4 to be a bigger, more detailed, more refined and expanded upon Snake Eater. We got a game that felt much smaller in game scope, with most of the "expanded" nature of the game existing in the cutscenes/narrative (which weren't even good/a good direction to take).
MGS4 was so bad/disappointing to me that it actively hurt my interest in the IP, even to this day.
GTA V is a decent second. I think IV is still better than V, and I was ridiculously hyped for V. There were three things that primarily disappointed me with V: the focus on taking Grand Theft Auto into an MMO-esque/forever-engagement/monetization direction for the multiplayer, the game's single player story/characters, and the much hyped 3 protagonists and being able to swap between them (pre-release I thought you could have all three characters together and be able to swap between them pretty much effortlessly... nope).
MGS4 was so bad/disappointing to me that it actively hurt my interest in the IP, even to this day.
GTA V is a decent second. I think IV is still better than V, and I was ridiculously hyped for V. There were three things that primarily disappointed me with V: the focus on taking Grand Theft Auto into an MMO-esque/forever-engagement/monetization direction for the multiplayer, the game's single player story/characters, and the much hyped 3 protagonists and being able to swap between them (pre-release I thought you could have all three characters together and be able to swap between them pretty much effortlessly... nope).
BioShock Infinite is the big one for me. Nothing about that game is great besides the art direction (which is admittedly fantastic) and it really shit the bed in the last third or so. I was so excited for it, BioShock was my favorite game and I was expecting something that felt as fully realized.
Paper Mario Origami King
Thought we were finally going back to the series' RPG roots after certain "rumors ".
I've given up on the series now, it just isn't for me anymore.
Thought we were finally going back to the series' RPG roots after certain "rumors ".
I've given up on the series now, it just isn't for me anymore.
Top 3 most disappointing games ever for me were;
1. Resident Evil 3 remake
Good game, abysmal remake. It's like the developers had only a basic understanding of why people liked the original game and what it was memorable for and rushed it out so that they could get to remaking RE4 sooner. Raccoon City was missing a ton of areas, Nemesis was a joke, Brad was killed off-screen etc., just completely lacked the heart and soul of the original. I really thought the remake had the potential to be better than 2's but I've honestly never been more disappointed in a game in my life. I'll probably never play it again.
2. Batman Arkham Knight
Hey let's take every lose end we setup in the last game and just rush them to an unsatisfying conclusion, because why not. I don't think a single cliffhanger in Arkham City was carried on well in Knight. Add in the awful Bat-Tank, shitty recycled tank fights, a bad story and an awful 'twist' with Arkham Knight and you easily have the worst Arkham game. The only reason it's not first is because all the playable characters make it the definitive entry for Challenge Mode.
3. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
This is a weird mixture of an amazing game that was incredibly disappointing. I love playing TPP, but I hate replaying it. The story and characters in the game was the drizzling shits and were a slap in the face to anyone who had came through the series leading up to it. This was the game that made me start to hate the cult of personality around Kojima and consider him a man way past his prime with no one willing to tell him his ideas suck (Death Stranding solidified this). But that being said, man is the game just amazing to play. Even now I get that little itch to mess around with it, but then I think of the story and get sad again.
1. Resident Evil 3 remake
Good game, abysmal remake. It's like the developers had only a basic understanding of why people liked the original game and what it was memorable for and rushed it out so that they could get to remaking RE4 sooner. Raccoon City was missing a ton of areas, Nemesis was a joke, Brad was killed off-screen etc., just completely lacked the heart and soul of the original. I really thought the remake had the potential to be better than 2's but I've honestly never been more disappointed in a game in my life. I'll probably never play it again.
2. Batman Arkham Knight
Hey let's take every lose end we setup in the last game and just rush them to an unsatisfying conclusion, because why not. I don't think a single cliffhanger in Arkham City was carried on well in Knight. Add in the awful Bat-Tank, shitty recycled tank fights, a bad story and an awful 'twist' with Arkham Knight and you easily have the worst Arkham game. The only reason it's not first is because all the playable characters make it the definitive entry for Challenge Mode.
3. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
This is a weird mixture of an amazing game that was incredibly disappointing. I love playing TPP, but I hate replaying it. The story and characters in the game was the drizzling shits and were a slap in the face to anyone who had came through the series leading up to it. This was the game that made me start to hate the cult of personality around Kojima and consider him a man way past his prime with no one willing to tell him his ideas suck (Death Stranding solidified this). But that being said, man is the game just amazing to play. Even now I get that little itch to mess around with it, but then I think of the story and get sad again.
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Recently, Hades. I wasn't too excited about it, but prior history with Supergiant led me to believe I would enjoy it a lot. A few days after release, I lost all interest in what's trying to do.
Looking back a bit further, I'm tempted to say RDR 2 and Matterfall. Again, not releases I was ecstatic about, it's just they didn't reach my personal expectations or were impossible to find satisfying in later sections. For a few years now, I tend to replay rather than buying new stuff; RDR 2 in particular is one I can't do that with. To be honest, I don't know what pushed me into finishing it once.
And from my childhood, I remember some Turok for PS2 that was unplayable, nausea-inducing. I went back to the store and replace it for Onimusha 2, so all in all, it was a good deal.
Looking back a bit further, I'm tempted to say RDR 2 and Matterfall. Again, not releases I was ecstatic about, it's just they didn't reach my personal expectations or were impossible to find satisfying in later sections. For a few years now, I tend to replay rather than buying new stuff; RDR 2 in particular is one I can't do that with. To be honest, I don't know what pushed me into finishing it once.
And from my childhood, I remember some Turok for PS2 that was unplayable, nausea-inducing. I went back to the store and replace it for Onimusha 2, so all in all, it was a good deal.
MGSV is a pretty big one, though initially I wasn't very hyped for it. Then Kojima's volley of trailers started coming in close to release (the E3 red band one with Elegia comes to mind), and I was ready to dig into his final opus. Then after the halfway point a sinking feeling started to take hold.
Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney was also a bit of a let down for me. It felt like a really wasted opportunity for a crossover in a lot of ways, it mainly leaned on Layton-isms.
Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney was also a bit of a let down for me. It felt like a really wasted opportunity for a crossover in a lot of ways, it mainly leaned on Layton-isms.
I was excited to finally play Axiom Verge when it came to Switch, what with the superlatives lavished upon it by Mr Metroidvania himself JeremyParish. And it... kinda sucked? It had a few clever ideas but mostly was just a bog-standard Metroid clone that made the terrible decision to double down on the early Metroids' clunky and awkward combat.
FFXV and Type-0, though to a lesser extent.
I think they should have been more aggressive with FFXV's reboot and taken the L. Trying to live up to the trailers and salvage what was there even though it wasn't working was such an endeavour that I feel it cost us a truly great game. People blame FFXIII for FFXV, but there's a lot of signs that point to FFXV's failure taking a toll on SE's output as a whole. I don't think Lightning Returns would have happened if they didn't need more time to save FFXV from itself.
I think they should have been more aggressive with FFXV's reboot and taken the L. Trying to live up to the trailers and salvage what was there even though it wasn't working was such an endeavour that I feel it cost us a truly great game. People blame FFXIII for FFXV, but there's a lot of signs that point to FFXV's failure taking a toll on SE's output as a whole. I don't think Lightning Returns would have happened if they didn't need more time to save FFXV from itself.
Final Fantasy XV. Legendary hype cycle, terrible half-finished mess of a game. They've tried to add in some of the features the game should have started with in patches down the line, but no amount of patching can fix the slapdash story and the clunky animation-heavy combat. Worse, they tried to make you buy portions of the story they cut out of the game and even of these small slices only one of four was really worth a damn.
I came to write this pretty much.. I even bought the collectors edition for 200 euro. I literally can't even talk about the game with anyone because it upsets me so much.
I have had some disappointment in the last years...
Uncharted 3: I loved the first two games so much that I platinumed them, and it was hard, believe me. So, for the third game, I wanted to unlock a lot of things, like unlimited munition or the invincibility like in the first two games but I didn't find any of that after I finished it. There was no incentive for me to replay it. That's why I didn't buy the other games, I love secrets and I love to unlock things.
Horizon Zero Dawn: it was boring and bland, and the battles were a little too hard, too intense and too bow-focused for me. I wanted something more relaxing. Sure, it's a beautiful game, but after playing it for one or two hours, I found out that the map was empty, there were only herbs, machines and quests. No secrets, no funny easter eggs, no surprises, nothing interesting. In fact, it reminded me of the beginning of Morrowind and the guy who fell from the sky after using the spell of Icarus I think; there was nothing like that.
Street Fighter IV: I liked the game, but I was disappointed not because of the game itself but because of external problems. First of all, it found it hard to play, especially because of the focus mechanic. I might have tried for maybe 10 hours or more in training and in real play, but I never was able to do shoryuken > focus > ultra with Ryu when I wanted, and I always play with Ryu in all Street Fighter games. And also, because of where I live, the online was simply impossible for me. But that, I discovered it after buying the game. And because of all of that, SF4 is the game that made me stop playing fighting games.
The Witcher 3: the battles. I'm sure I don't have to elaborate.
Watch Dogs: what do you want me to say?
Uncharted 3: I loved the first two games so much that I platinumed them, and it was hard, believe me. So, for the third game, I wanted to unlock a lot of things, like unlimited munition or the invincibility like in the first two games but I didn't find any of that after I finished it. There was no incentive for me to replay it. That's why I didn't buy the other games, I love secrets and I love to unlock things.
Horizon Zero Dawn: it was boring and bland, and the battles were a little too hard, too intense and too bow-focused for me. I wanted something more relaxing. Sure, it's a beautiful game, but after playing it for one or two hours, I found out that the map was empty, there were only herbs, machines and quests. No secrets, no funny easter eggs, no surprises, nothing interesting. In fact, it reminded me of the beginning of Morrowind and the guy who fell from the sky after using the spell of Icarus I think; there was nothing like that.
Street Fighter IV: I liked the game, but I was disappointed not because of the game itself but because of external problems. First of all, it found it hard to play, especially because of the focus mechanic. I might have tried for maybe 10 hours or more in training and in real play, but I never was able to do shoryuken > focus > ultra with Ryu when I wanted, and I always play with Ryu in all Street Fighter games. And also, because of where I live, the online was simply impossible for me. But that, I discovered it after buying the game. And because of all of that, SF4 is the game that made me stop playing fighting games.
The Witcher 3: the battles. I'm sure I don't have to elaborate.
Watch Dogs: what do you want me to say?
Assassin's Creed 3
Cyberpunk 2077
D&D Dark Alliance
Biomutant
The ending of Mass Effect 3
The early days of Diablo 3 (I've since gone back during some the season and I really enjoyed it)
Cyberpunk 2077
D&D Dark Alliance
Biomutant
The ending of Mass Effect 3
The early days of Diablo 3 (I've since gone back during some the season and I really enjoyed it)
Persona 5 - really did no connect with the characters or overall narrative. Just so many things in the game's story and structure that annoyed me and just wore me out.
MGSV - Ultimately a really fun game to play, but drastically underwhelmed by the overall narrative and just kind of wasted open world that relied so much on recycled locations.
X: Rebirth - Just a colossal disappointment on all fronts really when at the time it was really one of the only singleplayer focused space combat sims around.
MGSV - Ultimately a really fun game to play, but drastically underwhelmed by the overall narrative and just kind of wasted open world that relied so much on recycled locations.
X: Rebirth - Just a colossal disappointment on all fronts really when at the time it was really one of the only singleplayer focused space combat sims around.
Final Fantasy XV.. I loved the trailers so much. Ended up being an unfinished and unfun mess.
TLOU2.. I loved the first game to death.. the narrative and characters were so unlikable that I had to force myself to finish it just to see if it was redeemable.. Nope.
TLOU2.. I loved the first game to death.. the narrative and characters were so unlikable that I had to force myself to finish it just to see if it was redeemable.. Nope.
Devil May Cry 5. I heard great things about it, but played it for about 4 hours and was just mostly bored.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Granted, I am still somewhat fond of Oblivion, but coming off the GOAT(Morrowind), and boasting a legit generational leap in terms of visuals & tech, my hype levels were uncontrollable. Imagine my surprise when I discover much of the design complexity, freedom, variety, and soul has been ripped from the experience in favor of streamlining & accessibility. Not only was my time with it short compared to other entries, it's not something I was compelled to revisit over the years as I'm wont to do with my most beloved RPGs.
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Few gaming companies meant more to me growing up than Squaresoft. OG FF7 was a big part of that, and I even had a surprisingly emotional response to reuniting with those characters in the 7R demo. But God Damn if the full game isn't one of the most painful, unbearable slogs I've ever encountered. Couldn't stomach to play beyond Ch.11 and dropped Intergrade almost immediately. Hearing that the padding & bloat become even more egregious in later levels means I will probably never finish the game, something that would've been unthinkable pre-release.
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Few gaming companies meant more to me growing up than Squaresoft. OG FF7 was a big part of that, and I even had a surprisingly emotional response to reuniting with those characters in the 7R demo. But God Damn if the full game isn't one of the most painful, unbearable slogs I've ever encountered. Couldn't stomach to play beyond Ch.11 and dropped Intergrade almost immediately. Hearing that the padding & bloat become even more egregious in later levels means I will probably never finish the game, something that would've been unthinkable pre-release.
cyberpunk 2077. it was one of my most hyped things ever until they started talking about the actual game. then my interest sank to the bottom of the ocean. then it came out and hooo wee.
final fantasy 15. i was on board with everything that was in the e3 2013 rebranding trailer. too bad none of that was anything that was ever made.
final fantasy 15. i was on board with everything that was in the e3 2013 rebranding trailer. too bad none of that was anything that was ever made.
Nothing will ever top Metal Gear Solid 2 for me.
I obsessed over MGS1. Played it so many damn times I lost count. I've played MGS2 once, and even reaching the end credits required monumental willpower on my part.
I recall an overlong cutscene reminiscent of a daytime soap opera, where Ocaton went off on a tangent about an affair he had with his stepmom, and I just burst out laughing hysterically. That was the point of no return for me. That was the moment I knew the game (and pretty much the franchise as a whole) had lost me and it was never pulling me back in.
I obsessed over MGS1. Played it so many damn times I lost count. I've played MGS2 once, and even reaching the end credits required monumental willpower on my part.
I recall an overlong cutscene reminiscent of a daytime soap opera, where Ocaton went off on a tangent about an affair he had with his stepmom, and I just burst out laughing hysterically. That was the point of no return for me. That was the moment I knew the game (and pretty much the franchise as a whole) had lost me and it was never pulling me back in.
Some truly horrible examples in this thread as always with the "shit on a popular game" threads.
Cyberpunk though. Just an immense waste of potential, talent and money.
Cyberpunk though. Just an immense waste of potential, talent and money.
Borderlands 3. I loved the first two and enjoyed the pre-sequel but the godawful humor and writing in 3 hit a new low that I just could not get past. Beat the game with Flak and only played the first DLC even though my dumb ass bought the deluxe version with the pass for all the DLC. That game turned me off the Borderlands franchise forever.
Metal Gear Solid 4: I consider MGS3 one of the best games and experiences I have ever played so my hype for this one could not be topped, I even pre-ordered the collector's edition and everything (my first pre-order ever). But no matter how much praise the game got or how much I tried to like it, it just didn't clicked with me, I was so disappointed that it even sour me from the MGS franchise (at that point my favorite ever) and from Kojima (whom today I think is a unbearable untalented hack)
There are others, like Yoshi Story and Yoshi's Island DS, The Darkness 2 etc. But the top one is MGS4 for sure and the one who "broke" most things.
There are others, like Yoshi Story and Yoshi's Island DS, The Darkness 2 etc. But the top one is MGS4 for sure and the one who "broke" most things.
Skyrim. I was hyped because I loved Oblivion back in the day. Turns out Oblivion 1.5 (it even regressed from Oblivion in many regards) didn't cut it anymore for me in 2011.
Bioshock Infinite. They replaced everything that made the first 2 work with a mediocre arena shooter. Plus a story that's more interested in blowing your mind than being good.
RDR2. The mission design is just so, so bad. Also, I wasn't nearly as enamored with the story as everyone else seemed to be.
Bioshock Infinite. They replaced everything that made the first 2 work with a mediocre arena shooter. Plus a story that's more interested in blowing your mind than being good.
RDR2. The mission design is just so, so bad. Also, I wasn't nearly as enamored with the story as everyone else seemed to be.
Halo MCC, Halo 4, and Halo 5. I should probably be less hyped for Infinite.
And of course, most recently, Cyberpunk 2077.
And of course, most recently, Cyberpunk 2077.
The first game that killed me was Heroes of Might and Magic 4. I hated almost everything about that game.
Perhaps my biggest disappointment was Quest 64. I was so starved for RPGs. I really wanted it too be good and interesting.
So true. It's especially striking when you go from 3 to 4 and take in just how much lesser of a game MGS4 is. I try to respect everyone's opinion on a product even if I sharply disagree, but this is the one game above all else where I just can't wrap my head around how highly-regarded it is. I just don't see what so many others see in it. I think it's a very middling game with rotten storytelling.
This one will always hurt. On paper, an RE3 remake had the potential to be the ultimate RE game. When you look at how much room for improvement there was, how much they could have expanded Raccoon City after 20 years, how awesome remake Mr. X was and how Nemesis could have been that on steroids, etc. It's amazing how badly they missed the mark after how great the first two RE remakes were.
I loved RE2 (1998) but I remember being properly shocked at how short it was.
I actually traded it back in for Gran Turismo (launched the same day) that same weekend.
I also remember being really let down by the pixelated graphics of FF8 once it released (I had hyped myself up on thumbnail videos for months/years prior and I had this extraordinary mental image). Thankfully, that feeling passed and the game turned out amazing.
I actually traded it back in for Gran Turismo (launched the same day) that same weekend.
I also remember being really let down by the pixelated graphics of FF8 once it released (I had hyped myself up on thumbnail videos for months/years prior and I had this extraordinary mental image). Thankfully, that feeling passed and the game turned out amazing.
Marvel vs Capcom infinite. It's not that the game disappointed me at launch, I was prepared for the lackluster elements of the game from what was shown pre release. I was disappointed by Capcom abandoning it immediately, because the gameplay and netcode surprised me and I was hoping for a turn around. To this day I believe there's a great game in there somewhere that never got a chance.
