Gamer Euphoria writes:
''With 2012 over half way done we decided to look at some of the games that left us disappointed. While these may not be terrible they were never the less disappointing for various reasons. If you disagree, agree or want to submit your own choices then feel free to comment!''
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare- There's a reason why the retail Alan Wake game flopped after sooooo much hype and that's because the game just wasn't good so a watered down downloadable Alan Wake was doomed to fail.
Prototype 2- The first Prototype was terrible and a certain group had the nerve to compare it to the great and awesome Infamous franchise and they all look stupid now.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier- Another hyped game that failed to live up to the hype. Changing gun attachments buy flailing you arms around like an idiot didn't help the game.
They forgot Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor which sits at a whopping 38 metacritic score and a measly 25k in sales. That's the lowest score and the lowest sales I've ever seen for a game in my life. This was supposed to be yet another game to save the Kinect and get the hardcore on board but it was the most epic fail of all time with that score and those sales.
A sales flop would be more like The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings for the 360. One of the -highest rated- AAA budget games of the year on meta and it sold less than Twisted Metal. Now THAT'S a sales flop.
Dark Souls on the 360 sold less than Twisted Metal as well. Hell, Kinect Star Wars, one of the worst reviewed games of the year outsold all of them! Food for thought. The sales card can backfire.
Starhawk got bashed mainly for it's uninspired single player which was mainly large tutorial. It's a great multiplayer game that should be tried by everyone. My brother who isn't much of a gamer has been playing it for ages and the single player actually managed to make him a better player.
You can't use sales as an indication of whether a game lived up to expectations. People who played Warhawk got exactly what they were expecting.
I have a future prediction, Dust 514 will suck just as much as Starhawk does now.
Guess you wont stop till you get banned for good, hope I can help with that.
It's funny when you see people try to take a shot at another console every opportunity. His criticism of Alan Wake isn't a console slam, it's a criticism of Alan Wake and he's not alone in it. Personally, I rather liked Alan Wake but because someone doesn't I don't automatically assume they must love the PS3 and hate the 360.
It's telling to look at StrongMan's posting history. He's got a number of trolling posts but when you read them, is there anything really inflammatory there? He questions the value of XBL. That simply act is trolling now? He thinks MS should have known about the 360's hardware issues. Again, he's not alone in that. He's critical of MS's sudden focus on casuals. Again, many people are, 360 gamers and non gamers alike.
It's sad to me that gamers just can't share their opinions on this site without instantly being labelled and attacked. This article has nothing to do with your ridiculous console war BS. How about instead of trying to hijack the conversation, you participate? For me, Diablo 3 was a tremendous disappointment. It was ok, but based on it's pedigree I expected more. See what I did there? I added to the conversation by sharing an opinion without attacking gamers for sharing their thoughts. You should try it.
How naive are you? He is an obvious troll. Look at his comment history. He's blatantly set out to pick these exclusives when you know the guy has probably 1) never played the games and 2) never even had a 360
Anyone with an ounce of intellect can discern that Strongman has an ulterior motive behind his posts. I suspect that, even you, deep down know this.
More will come , my favourite game of 2012 so far , so addictive , but I would really like some more game modes rather than doing acts 1 - 4.
The best PC titles are like a fine wine , they only get better with age.
See what happened when someone mentioned Twisted Metal and Starhawk? Lets cherry pick a list of PS3 games like StrongMan did with 360.
How long do you think it would take for an anti PS3 troll list to be removed?
Fact is Sony hasn't done anything in 2012 accept lose money and copy SSB.
I've never played the Prototype series myself.
*I took out something that I was afraid would be misconstrued as rude. You all know how it is when you read text. You can never tell the tone of the individual. Anyway, have a blessed night all.
And you say it was doomed to fail? Well considering the first Alan Wake has over 2 million sales now, i doubt that makes it "doomed".
It was a downloadable title, most downloadable titles do struggle, but the fact of the matter is FOR A DOWNLOADABLE TITLE it was still more decent than a lot of the crap spewed on XBL
Guess it all depends on what you are looking for in a game right?
Alan Wake had an amazing plot, good story-telling, great atmosphere and fantastic music scores to back all of that up. It's only downside is gameplay and it wasn't that bad, I tell you. In fact, I enjoyed it's gameplay.
It gets 9.5/10 in my book.
Alan Wake. You chose that because it's a MS exclusive (PS3 owners secretly want)
Steel Battalion (crap game) you chose that because of Kinect.
Ghost Recon. Again Kinect and it's obvious (How is Sorcery?)
Prototype 2. You chose that for the same reasons you PS3 fanboys chose the first one. (all about Infamous)
If you had made your comment about the PS3 and Move, it would be removed in about 5 minutes. Everyone knows you hate Kinect/MS, because you are there in every news article.
This is N4G
STFU. You complain about console slamming, and here you are doing the same.
"If you had made your comment about the PS3 and Move, it would be removed in about 5 minutes"
Are you implying that N4G backs PS3 motives? Haha with all the Xbot dribble on here I doubt it. The fact is AWAN, GRFS, and those he said are disappointments. I own GRFS on PS3, although the MP is fun, it was overhyped and the first three months were bug infested. Its so funny. A troll calling another troll a troll. Ha, the word is irony, correct? Lol.
Personally, I can only list Mass Effect 3 and Diablo 3 as disappointing because those were the only two I wanted so far this year, and both disappointed deeply. Hopefully Borderlands 2 doesn't let me down.
One shot kills every time, (killed a guy with an ankle shot once, and what the hells with that bullet hit sound effect?). Stupid always on when crouched camouflage, dumbarsed teammates that run off, leave you behind making you sprint across the map to catch up to them, (seriously, sometimes they are 100's of meters away), walk in your line of fire constantly, and you cant even give orders other than Kill that guy....now.
Such a shame, I was really looking forward to this, and I rarely regret spending money on games, but I wish I could have got my cash back for this one.
And the media just heaped praise on it, totally ignoring all the faults and the complete lack of regard it paid to the previous titles. It took all the stategic and tactical element out of it.
You better not do the same thing to Rainbow 6 Ubisoft.
If they add kill streaks I will never forgive them.
2011 was awesome and 2013 looks to possibly even top that.
The only big game this year is Halo 4. (IMO)
I'm glad i have PS+ otherwise I probably wouldn't be gaming much at all this year (aside from Twisted Metal and Starhawk)
Plus I think their was worst games then those that came out their year.
Jesus, I am so pissed to what they have done to that game....
I'm also not sure about Prototype 2, but I know Ninja Gaiden 3 was horrible. Lollipop Chainsaw, Starhawk and Twisted Metal were all much, much better games in all areas.
Something which activision rarely does.
But it is a fantastic idea for the next Ninja Gaiden. Free flow combat(with proper smooth animation flow), gadgets and stealth would do that game well.
Remember, this was a beloved franchise that was kick ass on the ps2. Twisted Metal Black was rated a high 91% and one of my favorite games last gen. I went nuts when they showed Sweet Tooth at that E3 a few years ago.
Unfortunately, the graphics suck, the gameplay sucks, and the online sucks. This game not only is the most disappointing of this year, but possibly this whole gen for me.
Twisted Metal is my favourite game to release this year. But i'd agree it is probably more for an acquired taste as it is quite different to anything else out there.
So do EyePet2 and Start the Party 2 but those came up in 2011. First episodes were so much fun but these 2 sequels killed it for me. What a waste.
However, for me, the list would read:
1) Mass Effect 3
2) Ninja Gaiden 3
3) Yakuza: Dead Souls
Thanks a lot for checking out the piece but mostly thanks fro commenting and taking with each other. Also enjoy seeing people talk about their points of views and if they agree with the piece or not. Thanks!
disappointing:
ninja gaiden 3 ( no explanation needed )
kingdom of amalur ( too easy, story was average, too much loot to name a few )
dragons dogma ( mediocre in every way )
armored core 5 ( too much emphasis on multiplayer )
i wouldnt say any of my disappointments are bad games, just good or average and i expected great
lived up to or surpassed expectations:
the witcher 2 ( 360 )
darksiders 2
the walking dead
mass effect 3 ( yes i thought the ending was great )
Spec Ops:The Line suffered from Homefront syndrome: plenty of promise on paper, but the actual game failed to execute.