Games for which you had high hopes but got disappointed.....

for me its ff10, i bought the ps2 for rpgs, i thought the hype must be right, it felt hard at first and ok afterwards, i still haven't got traditional rpgs except suikoden 3 ,grandia 2, ff12, dragon quest 8, etc. for the ps2 but overall ff10 was a huge disappointment, currently i will be getting ffx-2 soon and hope its better.

so far its either ff12 or dragon quest 8 that gaved me the best next gen rpg experience, especially ff12 felt like it was a complete game, everything about it felt it had maxed out rpg gaming in general.

and this is a repeat topic for me, cause first i created it in off topic, then in asia topic and now where it belongs here, sorry.

I was disappointed in both ffx and ffx2. So yeah.PetJel

Final Fantasy 8

Got it a few months ago because so many of the fans would whine about the new FF being inferior. and that SE should bring it back to the "golden age" of Final Fantasy (6-10), so I picked it up when I saw it at a flea market. Its not bad, but the battle system is kind of irritating, and the story and characters aren't hooking me so far. I don't hate it but I don't really love it either. Honestly had more fun with X, X-2, and XII

Where to begin. Fable II, Call of Duty 3, LEGO Star Wars III, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Uncharted 3...

Where to begin. Fable II, Call of Duty 3, LEGO Star Wars III, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Uncharted 3...

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Dragon's Dogma.

Bioshock and RDR, although RDR to a much lesser extent. For both, I kept hearing how "amazing" each one was, some people saying "best games of all time." I was pretty hyped for both, and was let down a lot. Bioshock was just a mess after the big twist was revealed, and dragged on for too long. RDR was nothing special, although I can say I enjoyed (most) of the campaign. (The reason I say most being because there were a bunch of missions near the beggining and end that were boring enough to almsot make me stop playing it.) Both are overrated, and don't live up to the hype, although I can say RDR was a good game with a straight face. Can't say the same for Bioshock.

[QUOTE="PetJel"]I was disappointed in both ffx and ffx2. So yeah.JML897

A large list of these kinds of games, but I'll just mention a few:

• No More Heroes: Just an awful game I thought
• Smash Brothers Brawl: The idea of online gaming for this is great, the implementation was pathetic on Nintendo's part.
• Fable II & III: I really can't think of more dissapointing sequels to a game that was great.
• Alone in the Dark: Inferno: One of my favorite survival-horror franchises did not have a good modern outing

To name a few that really stand out:

Shadow of the Colossus, Gears of War, Viva Pinata, Halo Reach, Rock Band 3

Xenoblade Chronicles

GTA IV

FFXIII-2 (I actually liked FFXIII)

TLoZ: Skyward Sword

Uncharted 3: Drakes Fortune

Shadow of the Colossus: It had clunky controls and poor camera angles IMO

No More Heroes: It was too repetitive to me and I was disappointed with the city of Santa Destroy

God of War: I wasn't a fan of the QTEs and it felt like a button masher at times

I had a few burn me, Brutal Legend I got on day one but I ended up hating it. I hated the combat and how you had to order groups around. Didn't help the game dropped in price pretty fast. It's sad Tim Schaffer didn't do any more retail games. Same with Bionic Commando, I was so sure it was going to be a great action platformer. It was so bad and dropped in price too. Another disapointment was Matt Hazard, has such huge potential on parodying video games but ended up pretty darn average. GTA 4 is the biggest of all though, such a huge disapointment after San Andreas, has none of that feel. Definitly does not deserve a 10. DMC 4 is also a huge letdown after the very awesome DMC 3 which I think is one of the best action games ever.

So to sum up the short version: Brutal Legend, Bionic Commando, Matt Hazard, GTA IV, DMC 4. Assassins Creed was kind of a letdown too, but ACII made up for that.

Uncharted 3, AC Revelations and GTA 4.

Rage

GTA 4

Shift 2 Unleashed. Aside from improved graphics, everything else was poor compared to the first game, and it was very frustrating.

Brutal Legend, Bionic Commando, GTA IVimmortality20

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon comes to mind right away. The introduction of the DFM mechanic left a lot of long-time AC fans very unhappy. While I did prefer the gameplay style found in the previous games of the series, it wasn't the new mechanic that had me left me dissatisfied with the overall expierience. My issue was with the short length of the campaign. I had been expecting a longer one (and a better story to go alongside it), given that the AC games had traditionally always placed an emphasis on the single-player expierience.

I didn't think AH was neccessarily a bad game as such. In fact it's a relatively enjoyable game in its own right, but it wasn't exactly the next AC game I had been looking forward to after the release of AC6 and Joint Assault.

Fallout 3, I absolutely hated it. Everybody told me it was so good and when I got it I thought it was just awful. Dull and boring world mixed with boring gameplay overall just a bad game in my opinion.

I must be one of the few not dissapointed by GTAIV, Uncharted 3, and AC Revelations.

Killzone 2, killzone 3 (thought it was good improvement - boy was i wrong! again). Resistance 2, Final Fantasy 13 (the first FF for me, and i still haven't touched it's sequel). Empire Earth (seriously... fvck that strategy game, who on Earth can actually play that game).

those come to mind as the ones i had high hopes then were dashed.

there quite a few other games that i was looking forward to that i bought that ended up being disappointments. Game of Thrones RPG, Alpha Protocol, Dragon Age 2, Medal of Honor (the reboot).

that's all i can think of at the moment.

AC Revelations i still like, but i was a bit underwhelmed by the 'revelations' of the game.

Mass Effect 2, with enough hype and critical acclaim, I was expecting a masterpeice or at least something worth 9-9.5, instead I got a mediocre story driven game that pushed gaming even further into a downwards spiral complete with repetitive combat and awful level design.

Dragon age 2 and uncharted golden abyss

biggest flop for me was SWTOR

Gran Turismo 5. I pre-ordered that thing over a year before release, bought into all the hype, was expecting something truly spectacular. Then I got two-thirds of GT4 in hi-def. Good grief. Sony should have taken one look at the AI in that game and said "Sorry, this can't be released in this condition."

Uncharted 3 gets a mention too. Loved the first two games but the third was exactly the same thing, just in a different setting.

guild wars 2,age of conan

Dishonored. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but it doesn't have the replayability that has been touted so heavily.

Demon soul. The combat is just like all other WRPG which stay it is not good.

FFXIII insulted what little intelligence I have.Allicrombie

Exactly. FFXIII is a insult to the Final Fantasy series and should not exist. Why people are praising it is beyond me.

Borderlands 2, for me. I was so hyped up for this game, but the combat is just too repetitive. Fable III, too. I got that with my new Xbox last Christmas after my old one died, and it was a huge step-down from Fable II.GamerZem

Combat is too repetitve? It's the way the original was too, with friends or without it. How exactly can they make combat ANY DIFFERENT? I don't see how. If it not broke, don't fix it.

In order from most dissapointing (never said bad but dissapointing):

1. Mass Effect 3: I have no idea how they manage to make this game...well, the publicity of this game answers itself.

2. FFXIII: Made me wonder why I ever played FF. "Grow the F up" and "stop crying" bombarded my mind along with its "we made a movie" vibe insulted me off the charts.

3. Dragon Age 2: My first reaction after beating this game is still the same opinion I have of this game--how the hell did this series go backwards in quality?

Hellgate London (though not as bad as it is made out to be)

Skyward Sword (though a good game)

Borderlands 2. All the bullet sponge enemies and getting 2 shot through full shields by a random bandit made an otherwise awesome game a barely average one for me. The balancing didn't make it hard in a challenging fun way. It just made it super tedious for anyone who didn't want to spend a majority of their time in fight for your life mode.

Also the drop rates are absolutely terrible to the point where 9 out of every 10 items are duped versions of the one that someone managed to get.

Have really bad luck and still have terrible weapons? Here, go empty your entire supply of ammo into that thing that still won't be dead when you run out because it has approximately 10x more health than is reasonable and be careful doing it because you'll probably be subject to getting 2 shot because you also haven't seen a decent shield drop in the last 30 hours.

Still played it and the DLC to 100% platinum.