What's your biggest gaming disappointment this year?

Hello. Bought this game "Fallen Order", heard everyone fippy-fapping to it furiously as Starwars games back on point, up there with the best.

Upon playing it, been deeply underwhelming, choc-a-block full of bad design, poor engine optimization and more bugs than, something.

The story is Rebels, and doesn't actually equate to anything in the end, huge waste of time.

The Joker actor is good though.

Doom Eternal forced QTE kills, out of place platforming ect.. I miss old Doom without stupid glory kills.

Easily TLOU2, yikes.

RE3R. What a mess of a game. Literally unplayable garbage.

Probably Fallout 76 Wastelanders. Granted, the bar was very low but they still managed to deliver a subpar experience.

come on my friend, you were never a Doom fan. i never seen you praise older Dooms anyways.

anyways, my biggest disappointment this year is Half life alyx itself instead valve should have made traditional Half life 3 we fans have been waiting for it. Half life 2 still talked to this day and Alyx is forgotten.

Final Fantasy Dissidia NT.

No E3

Every game show apart from MS July show has been bang average

E3 getting cancelled. It just hasn’t been the same without it. 😞

XCOM: Chimera Squad. Wasn't really expecting much, being a budget game, but they stripped some of the best elements of XCOM out of it.

@Archangel3371: agreed. And the online only showcases are terrible. Give me a live crowd, live presentations, and the possibility for disaster or glory to occur...or don't bother.

@ghosts4ever: please your potato pc can’t run Alyx, so stop talking like you have played it...

As to the question, I will also have to go with doom... really don’t like the extreme ammo/health/armor management they introduce and yeah qte kills get old fast...

Guessing we're bound to see trolls bring up the likely GotY, TLoU2...

My personal biggest disappointment is all of the next-gen reveals. With every new gen, the leaps become less and less. It's understandable, but still sucks.

Facts. Mine is in my shelf on top of some cardboard boxes its not even hooked up right now get a game **** microsoft.

AAA industry tripping over themselves to find the next big 'gold mine'. They are no longer interested in making games fun, which really is the essence of video games.

Epic games going: "Hey, here is this free game, aren't we super cool guys?" and then a day after giving a free game they are back to taking games away from us.

How the hell was it unplayable???........Elaborate.

TLOU2, without a doubt.

Unplayable in a sense that its not Resident Evil, but RE6, which is CoD in third person.

1- The dodge mechanic does not belong in a RE game. It fucks up tension when you're surrounded, and that's not good.
2- You had so many bullets on Hardcore that it felt like playing Gears of War. Wtf happened there? RE2R on Hardcore was so much better in the inventory management.
3- Those frogs with claws that jump on you should be an enemy in Gears, not RE. Again, a spammy new enemy designed around the dodge mechanic.
4- All nemesis fights were trash. He was more annoying constantly attacking you when you're just exploring. Mr X was so much better to build tension, and he wasn't annoying.
5- Huge red barrels placed all over the game felt like Lost Planet. Another thing that doesn't make sense in a survivor horror series. Yes, i am aware that they went more action on this one, but here lies the problem.
6- Trash story, characters, bosses and environment.

Coming from RE2R which was my fav game of 2019, we have this abomination that i would rate in the same ballpark as Andromeda. I didn't enjoy a single thing from this game. All of it was a forgettable garbage that isn't even worth $10 on sale.

I cant really think of anything.

the few games I was looking forward to this year that already released met or exceeded my expectations.

Cant say i was disappointed, but i only stuck with my main games.

Are you f'en serious?.......the dodge mehanics is what made the game fresh and realistic at the same time. It was rewarding trying to successfully dogde a zombie/dog, while saving ammo, etc. As for the tension, it isn't always easy to dodge.

As for RE2:R.....i'm the complete opposite....i couldn't stand that game. Leons persona was completely ruined in the remake compared to the original, he was more of a pussy that just didn't take charge as a cop.....they ruined his looks too.

How badly some of the manchildren acted towards The Last of Us Part II leaks and some of the events in the game. You always expect a certain level of sexism , homophobia , anti-SJW , immaturity , toxicity , spoiler-culture , cancel-culture , death threats from gamers and internet dwellers sadly ..... but yikes ..... The Last of Us Part II really exposed a lot of dumbasses and crybabies to a great extent.

What happened to reason , logic , empathy , understanding , fair criticism , and civil discourse?

I mean , part of the fun of System Wars is seeing all the bad takes and immaturity to laugh at it ... but what happened on youtube and twitter and to people that worked on the game (or like the game) was absolutely ridiculous and really sad. It almost doesn't seem real.

Doom Eternal hands up and down. I couldn't force myself to finish this game.

There is something that is missing in virtual or pre-recorded presentations that is found in live presentations. It is just soul-crushing and I pray that things go back to normal by next year.

Modern technology at time can be dehumanizing and the coronavirus pandemic has multiplies it.

Damn it I just typed up some shit on two relatively disappointing games this gen, before realizing you said this year lol. This years been great for me, games either met or far exceeded expectations.

Anyways, my ramble.

Fresh? You must be kidding. In TLOU2 it was well done and an excellent addition. In RE3R it felt like playing an arcade game. What are they gonna bring next? Being able to ride zombies? This is dumb af. Has no place in anything RE. I hated this addition, but even if it wasn't present, the poor level design, so short that it felt like a dlc, no inventory management, etc completely ruined the game for me.

Haha, yep.

Someone legit left the forum over this, twice.

Mean, holy fucking shit. Get a grip.

Like, get it if legit think the game itself is shit, but yea, a lot of them are badly hiding the real reason they hate it hoping you'll be too thick to see through the facade and give them an ounce of credibility.

Having said that no one here, myself included, really had any to begin with, which is great.

Felt to me like a game that was made for phones, and then ported on consoles for some reason.

@ConanTheStoner: Eh, just a shitty thread man, wanna rant about MGSV/Odyssey knock yourself out.

@warmblur: you do realize you can turn glory kills off right? And doom has always had some platforming, how else would you traverse the level?

It was rushed....it only came out a year after RE2:R........I do agree with some of your points, but hey hopefully RE4:R turns out to be better....

Yea, but ask yourself this simple question, do we really need a RE4R? They have remastered this damn this one million times across multiple generations. Its perfectly playable as is. Its a waste of time and resources on the Capcom part. Of course its gonna be good. Of course it will sell and get high scores. Of course i'll get it. But its not a needed remake. I would take RE1R in third person any day, especially if they were to add new levels, enemies, bosses so the game doesn't feel too short.

I know i know...but RE4 is such a good game, who doesn't want it with better graphics and new additions, etc. Hopefully Capcom don't **** it up, since the original director isn't a part of the remake. I would kill for a RE1 remake in third person (have you seen the RE4 mod for it? so cool).

@hardwenzen:

Resident Evil 3 Remake was great in my opinion. The dodging mechanic was more than welcome and was a key mechanic in the original RE3. Sure, they powered it up a bit more but it actually made the game more fair to play. It might've been short but for the most part, it lived up to what made the original what it was. Which was basically an expansion of RE2 with ties that weave it into the RE2 storyline. I'd hardly put it in the same light as RE6. RE6 didn't just have dodge, you could literally run circles around zombies and do wrestling moves on them. Jill wasn't anywhere near as nimble.

Well said.

The multiple Cyberpunk delays

I never played the original, so i came in virgin. It was an abysmal experience from the second Jill leaves her appartment.

RE6 might've had dumbass looking moves, but in RE3R you slow down time after a successful dodge. I mean, how dumb is that for a survival horror game? To me this makes zero sense. Infected parts of TLOU2 (especially the ground zero level) made RE3R look like a low budget indie game with no direction.

Doom 1, 2, and 3 had minimal, if any, platforming.

Metro Exodus for me. Despite the early gameplay footage putting me off a bit I was still REALLY looking forward to it as I am a fan of the first two games. It turned out to be a very underwhelming game.

@hardwenzen:

The original RE3 reused alotta assets from RE2 but you could always tell that it wanted to be something more action-packed. But you know, (hardware limitations) yada, yada, yada.... The end result was something still great but mostly feeding off from RE2's content. Though despite reusing RE2's assets, RE3's story was pretty fast-paced for an old Resident Evil game. From the derailment of the train...to Jill getting infected....fighting Nemesis so many times and Nikolai blowing up the gas station... It was pretty hectic. And of course, Resident Evil was never really known for its storytelling. But there's just something very appealing about zombie games and Resident Evil was still great at building tension and being fun to play.

The new RE3 remake was an aggressive re-imagining and almost completely abandoned the original source material. For purists, it SOUNDS like a nightmare. But after playing the original, I honestly don't blame them for it. If it stayed more true to the original, it would've been more boring and even less memorable than before. You might've still liked it though but apparently current-day Capcom doesn't. When thinking about what direction RE3R took, keep in mind that Jill's storyline starts from the beginning of the Raccoon City crisis and jumps towards the end. So it's only natural that the final moments would end in a bang. Literally.. Sure it would've been scarier if it took its time to flesh out everything but it ultimately would've felt anti-climactic.

Resident Evil 3's remake was bad imo. When remaking a game, generally, at the very least, you want to match or exceed it. This done neither, in fact, it straight up is missing content on an alright tight game.

If anything argue this more so than 2 was deserving a remake.

I think you're being damn generous by just calling it bad. Its a damn abomination. I am so glad i skipped it at launch. Imagine paying $60 for THIS. Sweet Jesus.

Mean, subjective here, but if a game has replay value, and most RE games do, generally don't mind if it's 4-5 hours long.

Take that over some padded repetitive Ubisoft shit any day.

Well, of course, but nothing felt like that in a good Capcom game, so why can't they just make a quality long RE title? Hopefully RE8 will be just that.

What's your gamertag for the 17th time?

For me no Forza or E3 this year, the internet shows sucked the big one.

Lets see ...

Mario Odyssey. Mario has never ever controlled better but the cappy gimmicks ... i mean captures... do nothing for me.

Days Gone - what a tedious game. It's basically typical Ubi style game but with zombies and a bike that you can't drive more then 10 feet w/o having to repair/refuel it.

Trover Saves the Universe - it's funny but not very fun to play. I saw some people compare it to the greatness of Astrobot - they should be banned from the internet.

Gears 5 - disappointing on launch, feels like updates have made it worse.