Fidgit: 10 most disappointing games of 2008

Fidgit writes: "For the most part, it was a very good year. I ended up with twenty candidates for my top ten slots (to be posted Wednesday). But first, the disappointments. The following aren't necessarily terrible games. In fact, some of them I quite liked. But all of them should have been considerably better than they actually are."

[jack who]

Haze the halo killer....oh wait

[Magic_The_Celt]

Too Human AAA...oh wait

[pshizle]

halo killer

LMFAO

[pupu]

oh wait

[Lykon]

I am a ps3 fanboy I love my console but Haze was a joke, and after such a homosexually lubricated hype machine build up. I tried the demo and couldn't believe how bad it was, how hilarious. I do like to see a good public Fail every now and then, it makes my nipples hard.

[Homicide]

No MGS4 and Gears 2 = fail list. Why are No More Heroes, Motorstorm 2 and Siren up there?

[Solid_Dawg]

why would mgs4 be up there? it definitely was not dissappointing. amazing story and nice online. i hear its better with patch now. still yet to try it after patch.

[Timesplitter14]

dude read the title again plz

[Graphics Whore]

Homicide is just being a little girl, let him flush it down the toilet.

He doesn't like any GOOD games.

[Danja]

Motorstorm 2
No More Heroes
Siren : Blood Curse

dont deserve to be on this list I enjoyed all 3 of these games..

No more Heroes is actually my fave Wii game of the year.

Too Human should have been #1 , with Haze coming in at #2

Haze wasn't as terrible as ppl made it out to be , The Media once again ripped it to shreds because it was a hyped PS3 exclusives labeled as a Halo killer but failed to deliver on what they were expecting , same thing they did to the 1st Killzone which was rather good also

[Fallen_Angel]

Why is force unleashed on there and why no mgs4 , lbp or r2

[darkdoom3000]

dude. MGS4 rocked! its my GOTY!

and Gears is ment to be good too! (i only have PS3)

[cayal]

Siren - Blood Curse should not be in there. Very stupid.

GTA4 *should* be in most over-rated game.

[PS3 FTW]

"Why no mgs4 , lbp or r2?"

MGS4 has a higher MetaCritic than anything on 360 this year, LBP has a higher MetaCritic than any Xbox or Xbox 360 game ever, most R2 reviews were in the 9ish area.

Why do you only have 2 bubbles? Oh wait, never mind.

[jammy_70]

tomorrow most overated games this year...... 1) GTA4!

was good but overated so much!
i only went back because of the trophies, i love trophies =]

[theEnemy]

The only thing I can think of MGS4 and disappointment on a the same line is that MGS4 makes other games a disappointment.

[shovelbum]

Haze is certainly in the right spot on that list. I can see Mercs 2 also but I did enjoy it but more polish would have been nice. I begrudgingly agree with MS2 also. I like the looks and gameplay but the damn track design is broken. You can barely tell where your heading but I also memorization has always been part of racing so I understand it as well. Can't comment on To Human because I haven't played it yet but plan on it.

[stevenhiggster]

I half agree with the Haze positioning. I did like the game but it wasn't nearly as good as I expected. Hype for that game was what killed it, I reckon if it hadn't been so hyped then it wouldn't have recieved quite as bad scores.

No wait it would have, it was pretty poor. But strangely I still liked it, I would never reccomend it though LOL.

[prowiew]

The only game I disagree that ive played is motorstorm. Is not an extremely good game but is not meant to be. Is just pure fun. Too human is definitely my disappinting game of the year (it just plain sucks!). And as for haze, I always knew that game would suck, so is not a disappointment for me.

[PopEmUp]

the flops counting begins....

[acedoh]

At least number 9 and 10. Motorstorm is a great game and much better than the original. I don't understand what this writer was thinking. Civ. Rev. was also a great game. I can't really comment on the other games but I think GTAIV deserves the top spot on that list. Haze was terrible but I think many got the feeling that was the case months before it released considering the low sales.

[Sickr]

"Why are No More Heroes, Motorstorm 2 and Siren up there?"

Ditto

[psman012]

Motorstorm 2 should also not be on there. That game is great!

[JUSTICEFORALL]

dumbest line i've seen on N4G "No MGS4 and Gears 2 = fail list" dude sounds like you dont know a REALLY good game when you see it, i for one am glad i didnt spend any money on those games

[TheColbertinator]

I thought SPOGS on the Wiiware was horrendous.It was not even funny,that game is broken

[Solid_Dawg]

but...i feel that too human should be 1st since it has been in work for so long and turned out a bigger flop then most of the games there. but gotta admit, even though i know ill get a lot of disagrees, i really liked Haze. sure it didnt have great graphics but i see where they were going. if they really touched it up, it could have been one helluva game. online and the story i thought were really good. once again, completely my opinions...

[GrandTheftZamboni]

... seems very decent to me too. I wasn't considering it because of the bad reviews. I might pick it up when I have the time.

[stevenhiggster]

Like I said i did like it too, but there was too many broken elements. Like uber bad pop up on the suits of your compadres, and the character acting was terrible! But the actual gameplay side of it was spot on and the story was pretty good too.

[dachiefsman]

lists like this are stupid. Crap is crap.

Too Human and Haze are both crap.

It would be like saying I prefer dog crap over cat crap. It doesn't change the fact that it is crap.

[JHUX]

The voice acting in Haze kills me, there's more to add to the list, but man is that bad. Only reason I picked it up was because it was 20bucks, and for that it's not to bad, but I could have done better if I looked harder in the low price used games. I always like to see things for myself before I judge them to be terrible or not, one day I will do the same with LAIR, when it knocks itself down the price more though. I hear with the updated controls it's not so bad anymore, but haven't played it myself.

[SlyGuy]

I also picked it up for $20 on ebay as a gift for my brother in law for Christmas.

I liked the demo, so now I can see if the game was good.

[Nathan Drake]

You mean the game that has a higher Metacritic rating than Gears of War 2?

[N4PS3G]

so does GTA IV and it blows..so?

anyway ..MGS4 its an awesome game!

[TheColbertinator]

I agree with N4PS3G.GTA4 blew chunks

[Nathan Drake]

And MGS4 still has a higher rating than Gears 2.

[Arnon]

It also has a higher score than Little Big Planet and MGS4.. which are the only 2 exclusives on metacritic for the PS3 with a score higher than a 90.

[gamfreak]

be on the list..? It is the best game on the PS3 imo.

[Nathan Drake]

It only makes sense that MGS4 wouldn't be on this list

[Forbidden_Darkness]

Whys No More Heros on there? Wasnt that a hyped Wii game and alot of people enjoyed it?

[ikiru3385]

yup. i have no idea either. i enjoyed the hell out of No More Heroes.

My pick for most disappointing would be Mirror's Edge since it was a tad short, level design look a little too uniform, and controls were kinda iffy. The demo was kinda promising but the end product fell short of it's lofty expectations.

Haze and Too Human looked kinda crappy to begin with so I wasn't too surprised that they'd bomb after I got the chance to play them.

[Mahr]

"Whys No More Heros on there?"

Evidently, it made the article creator feel like a loser. And if he wanted that, he could have saved himself fifty dollars and just bought a mirror.

[austere]

lol wow. I saw number 10 and stopped there. Wut a terrible post. Sorry buddy...

no way that game should be on any list when saying "disappointing" or "bad" or anything.

[CrippleH]

Why is Motorstorm there when it averages in the 80s and Civilization Revolution

Replace those 2 with Infinite undiscovery and Last Remnant. 2 games with actual below average scores in the 60s.

[PikkonX]

I think Assassin's Creed should be on this list and every other "most disappointing game" list until the end of time, even though it came out in 2007.

[callahan09]

hahaha. I actually agree.

I finally bought it this year for 20 bucks after hearing how great it was from a lot of friends and people online, and with some hype brewing for a sequel.

Man, that game's a stinker (in my opinion).

[Danja]

Assassins Creed wasn't a bad game , other than the repetitive missions and shallow fighting systems , and less than stellar boss battles it wasn't that bad and im looking forward to the sequel the story is quite intriguing

[JHUX]

Assassins Creed was iffy for me, I enjoyed the story line it had, and the freedom to go around, and climb around like a crazy person, But it was way to repetitive, and the guards were so dumb... **STAB** ***BOWS DOWN and prays while he walks over the dead bod*** <-- well obviously he couldn't have killed him he is praying!

But there is definitely room for improvement, and since I enjoyed the story, I will buy the next one to continue where I left off, but hopefully the game play is tweaked and improved for the next one.

[Shnazzyone]

Wow, fidget sucks! Why in the world is no more heroes on their?!? who was overhyped by that game? I really thought it was a top notch game. Whoever wrote this is a moron!

the only thing he got right was Haze as number 1. That was a pile o' crap!

[LokMessier]

I'm wondering the same thing NMH was actually pretty nice [ from some of the videos I have seen I'll actually be picking it up probably later this month ]. I don't see why they don't like it [ the site ] they really need to elaborate as to why the game is put on the list and why it was chosen for that spot.

I'll also be adding this to my list of 'take with a grain of sand'

[sak500]

Agree with the list like to add and remove some

Remove: SW:FU one of the best games of Star wars universe in years after Tie Fighter.

Add: Scocom, LBP, Golden Axe

[Graphics Whore]

Ahah, Go play with your Xbox fanboy.

[Shadow Man]

man I already sold my copy, I was expecting more.

Also Saints Row 2 graphics look worst than the first one. I came up a theory,the reason SR2 graphics suck was because it went multiplat and thq had problems developing for the ps3 and they had to downgrade the 360 version so nobody would complain.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Saints row 2 looks better then the first.And has less screen tearing & jaggies.Nice spin,but overall you failed.

[mesh1]

saints row 1 had better physica ,better polygons than saint row 2 this is fact

[stevenhiggster]

Seriously though, I played GTA4 again today and I really don't get what people are moaning about!? Everyone liked it at first, and as far as I can see it's still the same great game it was then! Everyone has just decided to jump on this 'lets all hate GTA4' bandwagaon! Well I aint on it, it's still a great game and anyone who says otherwise is a numbnuts!!! The only bad thing about it is your annoying friends but you can ignore them!!

[Lykon]

the thing that totally smelt of fresh fecal matter for me was the stupid minigames like darts, pool, and bowling, and the keeping your homosexual friendships happy stuff, it ruined the game for me. what a waste.

[sinny]

Why ???
-No More Heroes its the best game on the WII by far, it's a breeze of fresh air in a console full of casual games. And the characters rock!
-Siren ? a PSN game wich every person who played it says its amazing and it's one of the last real horror games don't deserve to be on that list
-Motorstorm PD ... it's a great game with great graphics and it's really fun , wtf this guy was expecting? Gran Turismo? The game it's supposed to be FUN and it delivered.

Retarded list...

[Baba1906]

i loved siren curse. one of the best games this year in my eyes. and by far the scariest.

[Aclay]

I definantly don't think that Motorstorm Pacific Rift should be on the list because it's a solid racing game and I like it.

I agree that Haze and Too Human should definantly be up their, as well as Mercenaries 2 and possibly Star Wars The Force Unleashed, but I don't really agree with most of everything else on that list.

Something tells me that for their "Most Overrated" games of 2008 coming tommorrow, they are going to list either MGS4 and/or LBP.... even though I don't think that either game was overrated, I have a hunch that they will.

Most of the games on that list are soley based on opinions alone and they don't really give any really good reasons why certain games were "disappointing".

[darkdoom3000]

only thing right on that list was Haze.

MGS4 is so awesome!!!

[Magic_The_Celt]

Sorry but even with Too Human that was a very baised list

Motorstorm had, and still has good reviews, jesus since when is an 8 disapointing.

and siren still owns =D

[Eiffel]

Yeah Clit..everyone knows reviews are the all knowing judge if a game reaks of ass...maybe players just hate the game..*shurg*...NAAAAHH

</sarcasm>

[callahan09]

All the Haze bashing that goes on (here, now, elsewhere, before, etc, blahblahblah) really seems off to me. Most people who bash it probably read some reviews and then relegated themselves to the forums where they would henceforth talk trash about the game for all eternity, but never play the game to find out first hand. The game was good, it's as simple as that.

It wasn't perfect, it didn't have great graphics, and it had some annoyances, true, but the core gameplay was tight and the controls were good, the weapons worked nicely, the gimmicks actually added some interesting gameplay options, and the entire world was seamless and you could turn it on for the first time and play through to the very end without one single blip in the frame-rate or any loading screens.

Some good level designs and a pretty interesting story, all-told, and some fresh perspectives on multiplayer all added up to a game worth playing. I can understand the game's mediocre reviews, I suppose, but the way people make the game out to be some kind of disaster is just ridiculous. It isn't buggy, it isn't ugly (though also not particularly pretty), it doesn't have bad controls, and it IS fun and has the ability to impress with some cool scenarios and the seamlessness of its world.

This is just my opinion on the game, of course, and some people probably did hate it just like any other thing, but I really suspect that a lot of people that spew hate on Haze never really played it.

[GrandTheftZamboni]

and if I remember correctly, graphics were at least on par with GTA4 if not better.

[Danja]

you speak the truth , bubbles for ur comment.

[40cal]

I bought Haze on launch day- even after reading the reviews- had it pre-ordered and everything. Got it home, played the hell out of it, beat it, and traded it in. Turned out to be one of the worst if not the worst game I have played this gen.

Now Haze was a great idea, had a ton of potential, the Mantel/ Nectar story could have and should have been awesome, but sadly it was not. The game didn't look to bad either.

[Bazookajoe_83]

I would give it 7.5, the story is one of the thing that push up the score a little bit. I think the hate come from that it wasnt as good as it´s hype and it got alot of delays. And you get MS fanboys screaming it is garbage without playing it, but that goes to all exclusives.

[JHUX]

Although I did give haze a negative comment already on this, I will have to agree. It didn't deserve as rough of scores as it got, I my self wouldn't have given it higher than an 8, but it was scoring in the 50's which shouldn't have been the case. It really should have been delayed more than it was, and they should have done more, because it was a good idea, and had potential. It's biggest problem was the amount of hype it was receiving, it must have been due to who was making the game, and there past work (goldeneye for example), but when this game came to reviewers they had there bars raised to high, and then were so disappointed, it reflected in there scores they gave it. If it wasn't so hyped up as being the "greatest fps ever!!!!", then it would have gotten better reviews.

It was also hyped to be a halo killer, and in all honesty it did that. Haze may be a pathetic game, but damn is halo a bad game, I still don't understand why people love that game so much. Goin off topic now! /end.

[hulud86]

These are opinions that i don't agree with. I would add Shawn White Snowboarding to this list and remove Star Wars The Force Unleashed.

[40cal]

Force Unleashed, No More Heroes, Siren: Blood Curse- this game scared the $h!t outta me, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift- is just as good as the first one.

All these games needed to be on this list though. Haze-crap, Too Human-crap, Red Alert 3-crap, Age of Conan-crap, Mercenaries 2- my biggest disappointment behind Haze, Civilization Revolution-crap.

[shamv]

Is it me or does this guy hate on ps3? Lol, so obvious.

[Astromage]

Thank god i only bought 1 of the games on that list - Haze...

No wait, what the hell am I saying?! I bought Haze?! For £40?! Arghh!!

[caffman]

you make up for it with "the trooper" avatar

[EvilCackle]

If it's any consolation, Haze isn't close to being the worst game on the list.

[moja]

Aww crap boss.. I just bought Too Human on Black Friday for $20. Is it really that bad?

[caffman]

for $20 no, you may like it. Give it a try and make up your own opinion

[Shane Kim]

They can't actually be real that Haze was more dissapointing than Too Human.

[Kill Crow]

denial (plural denials) de⋅ni⋅al 

1.The negation in logic, The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."

[Eiffel]

Play Haze you will see why.

[Amnesiac]

Try actually using a real definition, when you try to make your own, you fail.

Plural of denial? lulz

[Rhoic]

Games that did bad in general:

Disgaea 3
Haze
SOCOM
Too Human
The Last Remnant
aaaaannnd.. I cant remember now lol.

[Gamer6056]

No TOO HUMAN= Failure

[Host Samurai_]

No More Heroes? Siren? This guy clearly has zero taste in games. I would bet $1,000,000 that his fav games are crap like CoD 5, R6V2 and generic racing games

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

I agree with some of the points, but like his other article stating the most over hyped games, he is an IDIOT. He doesn't give a reason that is longer than 1 line as to why he thought it's over hyped. He's writing style is horrible too.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

This is a poor article with little explanation of why they chose each game. I also disagree with some of the choices, MR:PR was hardly dissapointing, it simply expanded on the 1st like it was supposed to. Haze and Too Human were undoubtably bad games, but Civilization Revolution and Red Alert 3? those games both earned respectable review scores.

Perhaps the creator of this article lacks the mental agility to succesfully play a strategy game, as this article clearly shows he/she doesn't think before they write.

[Jacobite]

Haze may have been a dissappointment but it was'nt that bad ,average yes, poor no, for a bargain price now its ok.Motorstorm 2 I find this game fun and alot better than the first.

[Dragunov]

I find No More Heroes and Motorstorm pretty good games, very far from dissapointing. This guy has no taste in gaming

[zodiac909]

sorry motorstorm doesn't belong there

[green-cigarettes]

i dont get why motorstorm pacific rift is on the list, the game is awesome!

[GWAVE]

Fable II, GTA4, and Ninja Gaiden II not being on that list is a laugh.

[Eiffel]

I really don't see how Fable 2 is disappointing, its sure to be a classic.

[BigSwede]

this list makes me want to beat someone over the head with a dried herring.

[SinnedNogara]

How the heck did No More Heroes end up on the list. This game is awesome. Everyone thinks so. Have you guys even played it, or just looked at it. Haze wasn't a complete dissapointment. I thought the graphics were OK, and the plot was interesting. The problem was the game is glitchier than trying to run CRYSIS on a Apple II.

[she00win99]

i think too human should be #1 because it was in development for 10 years and it's still flop big time in sales and reviews...

[SAiOSiN]

CoD WaW's single player really...disappointed me. and i hated rsv2!

[Amnesiac]

"Tomorrow: the 10 most overrated games of 2008"

10.GTA4
9.GTA4
8.GTA4
7.GTA4
6.GTA4
5.GTA4
4.GTA4
3.GeOW2
2.GTA4
1.GTA4

[Darkseider]

is fail to the nTH degree. M2, No More Heroes and Siren are excellent games. Too Human, Haze and Star Wars:TFU were slightly disappointing yes but not nearly as disappointing as GTA IV.