Most Disappointing Game of 2014 — Destiny

"If there is one thing that defined 2014 in gaming, it would be the countless disappointments. First we had Watch Dogs fail to meet expectations, Assassin’s Creed Unity had way too many glitches, LittleBigPlanet 3 simply wasn’t as good as the previous titles, many next-gen games became last-gen games and vice versa, but none of these things can quite match the disappointment that is Destiny." - JPS

[ArchangelMike]

Naa... it's not Destiny. It's Watchdogs. At the very least Destiny has a ton of replay value, even if it has a hollow centre. Watchdogs on the other hand... meh.

[frezhblunts]

I agree with the writer yet I do think they improved destiny a little bit I get bored trying to wait for the iron banner or something special to come my way. Still watchdogs was worse for me I actually got rid of the game.

[radler]

I think it says a lot that there's such a huge list of disappointing games to choose from this year. I mean really, when you stop and think about it, the vast majority of games that have been released were absolutely terrible. It would be much easier to put together a small list of games that ranged from being okay to decent.

[rdgneoz3]

At least Watchdogs was playable at launch. Unity was the most disappointing because of how broken it was and yet Ubi still pushed that crap out on unsuspecting gamers.

[xHeavYx]

Funny that many games released with broken MP (Driveclub, MCC) yet they go after the popular game

[radler]

@xHeavYx

Yeah, games like DriveClub and Master Chief Collection were embarrassing and disgraceful, but they can't really go after games that are exclusive to certain consoles because fanboys go bananas with rage. It's pathetic, but that's N4G for you.

[Blastoise]

People seem to forget how much Titanfall was hyped. Launched with the same problems as Destiny really, rubbish story & missing a ton of content. I do agree with Destiny though, shameless DLC money-grab.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Destiny is the best game of 2014, that it's a remaster.

[guitarded77]

I have no idea what some people were expecting from Destiny. The only disappointment I have is there wasn't more Destiny. I don't recall anyone playing it going "Oh this is horrible, I can't play this". More like... I want more, but there isn't more.

[MysticStrummer]

@radler - "when you stop and think about it, the vast majority of games that have been released were absolutely terrible."

You stopped, thought about it, and still came up with that ridiculous "fact"?

OT - Destiny is my Game of the Year easily.

@guitarded - "I have no idea what some people were expecting from Destiny."

I keep asking the same thing, along with "Why did you expect something different?". How did I know exactly what I was buying even though I never played the beta, and these people apparently expected a very different game? My feeling is that average shooter fans expected something much more typical.

[pompombrum]

I'd agree with Destiny personally, Watchdogs was disappointing in it's own way but I never expected it to be a genre changer... Destiny on the other hand was dubbed as the next big thing. Worse still, there are glimpses of the game everyone hyped it to be let down by some of the poorest storytelling I've seen in a game and other bad game mechanics. While I certainly got my money's worth and replay value from Destiny, I still consider it a huge disappointment because of what it could potentially have been.

[hankmoody]

I would actually agree with you on this. I got Watch Dogs for free and I was literally thankful I didn't pay a cent for it. It's got some stuff in it that makes it fun but all in all, Watch Dogs is insanely boring and repetitive. Destiny is at least somewhat fun even when you're grinding.

[UKmilitia]

i think Destiny has failed in the fact so much content is held back.

What amazed me with Destiny is the fact they announced it was a 10year plan and that devs was dedicated to new content constantly yet we have had nothing but weekly heroics(unless thats what the dedicated team works on 24/7)
then the DLC that comes is a ripp off but people buy it so the evil circle carrys on spinning.

It amazes me that when u compare Destiny to Borderlands ,it makes destiny look so small in size and missions.

I think the biggest dissapointment isnt the right word for Destiny as such.

Its the biggest missed oppertunity to basically create the biggest vasted game on consoles,held back by lazyness and greed.

i bought it on release for £40 and sold it for £40 after i had put say 20 hours into it,the lvl 24 grind was crap solo.
i have since picked iut back up for £20 and playing with broinlaw and we having fun but having just reached lvl 25 its gettin ga bit if a chore again with having to repeat everything.
When i told him thats it,we done everything he was shocked at how little content there was.

[khellendros1]

Destiny in not a disappointment. With the exception of Madden it's by far my most played game of 2014. Over 150 hrs and counting. I may have played a total of 5 hrs of Watchdogs before I was bored out of my mind.

[BiggerBoss]

I think Destiny can safely be considered a disappointment. While I dont consider it a bad game (had nearly 200 hours in it), but it was SUPPOSED to be an incredible game. It was supposed to make Halo look like childs play, but it just doesnt. Bungie dropped the ball on so many things (story, writing, etc) that the good parts like the actual gameplay just get overshadowed.

[khellendros1]

I don't understand how anyone who puts 200 hrs in a game can call it a disappointment. If you played for 200 hrs then Bungie did their job. I think gamers have unrealistic expectations. Sadly games have become like movies. People expect every game to groundbreaking or charge their perception. Could the story have been better, yes. Should there have been a lobby so that you can form raid parties? Yes. Those things in no way make it a disappointment.

[JimmyHACK]

The game we all love to bitch about but can't stop playing 2014!

[Audiggity]

That's not what the "Pre-Owned" sale trends seem to think. Haha, I sold Destiny faster than Watch Dogs!

Although, for the comments above, deciding which one was actually the bigger disappointment isn't easy...

Watch Dogs at least tried something new.

[pompombrum]

Pretty much what I was thinking about the pre-owned trend. You hear the defenders talk about "millions" still playing yet every pre-owned section of the game shops have loads of Destiny copies. Looking at the trade in values of destiny also shows that every man and his dog is trading the game in.

[kurruptor]

What trend do you speak of? You seeing used copies in your local store? I hardly think that qualifies as a trend. Do you have anything else to back that up?

3 million people playing daily. You can't argue against that.

[Ayunir]

I don't get why everyone hates Watch Dogs, I loved it, probably one of my fav games

[Hoffmann]

Its a good game but when we saw the first trailers we expected so much more. Thats all.

[dumahim]

What was it people were expecting besides better graphics? I don't get it. I got what I expected.

[1nsomniac]

If we're talking the most disappointing because of how obvious it is that content was purposely removed to sell back to you later then yes it is Destiny. It could of been an essential game without any criticism if they hadn't short changed us to the extent they did. Even removing features that they had already explained were already in the game during developer diaries.

I agree though that it is an addictive game that people have put many, many hours into but that in some cases only increases the disappointment. Watch_Dogs at least had a fully fleshed out story & gameplay despite it being quite dull & such a massive downgrade despite Ubi again lying that there had been no downgrade what-so-ever. Which was completely unacceptable so deserves the hate backlash it gets.

[Palitera]

100% agree.

As Diablo 3 was heavily designed around the RMAH (money money money) and it destroyed the vanilla game, Destiny's main concept is selling DLC.

Two more things wasted the opportunity of the game being excellent, since it has an almost perfect core gameplay (gunplay):

1. The worst loot system ever. It doesn't matter if you made 25-1 or 1-25 in the crucible. At all. Or if you carried your whole idle team during the raid or a nightfall strike.

2. The second worst mission design ever. Only escort missions can be below it. Every mission plays the same and are nothing more than excuses to make you move to the next room and "defend me while I hack another computer".

The raid, though... Those guys have my admiration. Superb moments, flawless balance, teamwork absolutely required. Too bad that most things apart from this and the gunplay screams meh.

[Hoffmann]

I like the headline and the article writer.

You're mah man!

[Tedakin]

I agree it's probably Destiny overall. I didn't personally have much hype for it tho.

[slappy508]

It was very disappointing, but had to play close to 100 hours just to make sure it was disappinting

[Grave]

No game was as big of a let down for me as Watch Dogs. It was way overhyped and Ubisoft really under-delivered. Then Titanfall as a very close second. 2015 will be my year of lowered expectations and no more damn pre-ordering!

[SuperbVillain]

GTAV is the only game ive been playing lately. I would like to get Alien Isolation though

[MilkMan]

Its a toss up, between Destiny and Watch Dogs that's for sure. I cant quite make up my mind. I'm inclined to say Destiny, simply because the SP DLC for Watch Dogs redeemed it quite a lot.

Destiny, I top off my character level 20, realized that the rest of the game exists in someones mind and farming was the name of the game, remembered how much fun Borderlands was (even with its share of problems) and never played Destiny again. There is simply nothing to do.

At least in WD there was an attempt at a story, gun-play, hacking, digital trips and so on. It just didn't gel properly. Destiny was built from the ground up on Halo good will and gun-play and Activisons eye on your wallet and piecemealing their games.

Thats is basically a tragedy, if they think that's gonna fly 10 years, I don't see it. Then again COD has been number 1 for ages.

[corroios]

Destiny works, its not broken, like so many big titles that came out this year....the multiplayer works, is good or bad is just an opinion and everyone has one, but it works, runs since the start.

Another point it did not suffer from any kind of downgrade, like so many others. it doenst run at 900p... at sub 30 frames... like others...

[OUROSMAG]

Sorry but Driveclub takes that title.

[bigboss20]

I hated destiny its just dlc bate and only sold so much because it was hyped up and there was no games really at the time..I sold my copy ages ago its so boring lol the only reason I got it was because I wanted the white ps4..I think the best games of this year really is far cry 4 and shadow of mordor and the last of us remastered and of course ground zeros :D

[desertpunk86]

driveclub,watchdogs,destiny and halo mcc.nintendo is the only one who gets away with murder.

[AstroCyborg]

destiny is not worse than ac unity

[ninsigma]

I think watchdogs is the most dissappointing of the year. I really enkoyed Destiny while I was playing it and sunk in a lot of hours. But watch dogs for me had no replayability after a lacklustre presentation.

[WeAreLegion]

Watch_Dogs was a letdown for me because the story sucked and the content was uninspired. It was such a big world, but I didn't actually enjoy doing any of the missions. :/

Mario Kart 8 was a letdown for me because I enjoy Battle Mode, but don't enjoy racing. They totally botched Battle Mode and everyone is apparently just fine with that for some reason.

Destiny was a letdown for me because...well...for the same reasons everyone else has stated millions of times.

inFamous: Second Son was a letdown, but only because it was so short. I absolutely love Second Son, but I wanted to play more!!!

[kstap33]

Watch dogs was not on my radar at all, so Destiny takes the cake. I was hyped for years for Destiny... and what a pile of garbage it turned out to be.

[DafunkyRebel]

Go jump off a bridge since you're too close minded as a writer