JT Ripton of TheKoalition writes:
Every generation of systems has their extremely hyped games that fail to meet expectations. With the next generation of consoles right around the corner, it would be fitting to take a look back at disappointment row and what were the 10 biggest flops of this generation. Hopefully, developers will learn from these misguided games for the next generation.
As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.
We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now
Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.
This site supposed to be for news.
These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.
There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?
Not really
Overrated
Boring
Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety
Lacked the GTA fun charm overall
Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor
Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.
Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.
I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV
It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.
It literally blows my mind that Too Human was not on this list. Too Human was one of the most hyped games of all-time and not only was it almost universally panned critically, but it essentially killed Silicon Knights. The game was expected to be the beginning of the next great series but it wound up being so bad, apparently this author forgot about it.
I bought a 360 for that game and ultimately sold it for the same reason.
I'm so angry at this list of top 10 games that flopped this gen in gaming.
I'll agree that Too Human most certainly deserves a spot on this list. It seems like most of the games on this list definitely qualify as flops too. I think with a game like God of War: Ascension, fans obviously have high standards for the series and thus were disappointed with the end result. I could say the exact same thing for Gears of War: Judgement which should have been DLC as opposed to a $60 retail release, yet it's also not on the list.
Oh, you mean the Top 10 Biggest Current Gen Flops That Aren't On The 360?
Beyond: Two Souls is actually on target to reach Heavy Rain numbers at some point.
Why is Too Human not here? Gears of War: Judgment?
What, no Alone in the Dark 2008/Inferno?
That game flopped harder than a fish.