18 Most Disappointing Games of All Time

From Spore to Cyberpunk, here are all the games that have flattered to deceive after huge amounts of hype.

[Knightofelemia]

So you're saying SH Downpour is the better game over SH Homecoming on your list? You must not have played it SH Downpour it made the studio that built it go tits up they are no more. Out of the two SH Homecoming is way better then SH Downpour.

[Dirty_Lemons]

I preferred Homecoming, my bro preferred Downpour. Just opinions dude.

[NRGuitarist]

Absolutely loved Downpour.

[whitbyfox]

How awkward when nobody agrees with your rant. Downpour was better.

The best Silent Hill games since 3 were Shattered Memories and Origins.

It was foretold by gyromancy.

[FreeckyCake]

Dead Space, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, and Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness.

[TheKingKratos]

Dead space ?!!

What ? You are joking ,right?

[FreeckyCake]

Dead space 3* typo.

[gobluesamg]

Dead Space huh!?! That is completely ridiculous. You may not enjoy it but there is no way you can justify its inclusion.

[FreeckyCake]

dead space 3 typo*
oops! triggered because of a typo xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[gobluesamg]

Meh.... Triggered? Naw just completely disagreed. 3 maybe...

[FreeckyCake]

meh. Sometimes I forget I'm in n4g

[TheKingKratos]

Oh i agree then DS3 turned into Gears of war ... which pissed me off

[Brutus83]

''Then we got the Keanu Reeves announcement and who doesn’t love Bill from Bill & Ted?'' Keanu was Ted, not Bill.

Does this idiot know what he is saying?

[staticall]

Yep, takes 2 second to check, shows how lazy the author is. And all he had to do is to write «Then we got the Keanu Reeves announcement and who doesn’t love his character from Bill & Ted?»

At least, author didn't call him Morpheus from that famous picture, the «The Matrics»

P. S.: At their website, he responded with «(that's the joke)». Not sure where the joke is though.

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Here's the whole list and, wow:
1. Death Stranding
2. Fallout 4
3. Shenmue 3
4. Spore
5. Aliens: Colonial Marines
6. Resident Evil 3 Remake
7. Duke Nukem Forever
8. No Man’s Sky
9. SIMCITY
10. Watch_Dogs
11. Daikatana
12. The Bouncer
13. D2
14. Jurassic Park: Trespasser
15. Silent Hill: Homecoming
16. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
17. Mighty No.9
18. Cyberpunk 2077

And of course he picked Cyberpunk for cover image, gotta get them clicks.

[Pyrofire95]

MGS is a G-dang master piece and I don't even like stealth.

[Chocoburger]

Holy shit, that's a terrible list. Ugh, remind me to avoid this author going forward.

[Brutus83]

@staticall Yeah, i didnt even respond to the 'Thats the joke' comment. Obvious bullshit

[Knushwood Butt]

Yeah, but Keanu was Ted Theodore Logan, and then they s*** on the series with that sequel they released last year.

[Artemidorus]

Just play Vamprie Rain you will soon see true disappointing games

[Chocoburger]

I just found out about this game yesterday. Is it really that bad? Like game breaking glitches type of awful?
Looks like a low-end version of Splinter Cell.

[Artemidorus]

You can't play it, just an all round stupid game

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

At the time, MGS2 really did disappoint a lot of people (MGS3 sold much less because of it) while others thought it was one of the best games ever made. It's sort of like TLOU2 in that way (switch to a different character, not what many expected - people thought it would end in some epic battle between Liquid and Solid Snake like in MGS4) except none of the reaction was political or performative.

It took a big swing and some despised the story and the switch to Raiden while others though it was clever ( https://www.ignboards.com/t... MGS3 delivered what most people wanted so I think it's easy for people now to appreciate MGS2 for what it was and not what most wanted it to be at the time (a certain level revisionist history has happened in the last 20 years if we're being honest).

I found it easier to appreciate when I was much older and played it in the HD Collection as well, and ended up loving it (the ending is amazing) but I still prefer the setting (Shadow Moses can't be beat), boss fights, main character and the soundtrack in the first game by a significant margin though. The use of the tranquilizer gun gets a bit repetitive as well (MGS3 and 4 have much better gameplay)

[talocaca]

We all probably have different lists based on personal expectations. I personally would say MGS5 is my biggest let down.

The story was a mess, it was incomplete and they open world really diluted the experience compared to 2,3 and 4 🤷‍♂️

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

I'd have to agree. It felt like 200 side missions sellotaped together with very dynamic gameplay. Not necessarily bad and I can see why many love it but it didn't meet many of the standards of previous entries.

Its lack of memorable missions (never felt like anything crazy or particularly scripted could actually happen during gameplay - each of the acts in MGS4 were extremely memorable), minimal voice acting for Venom Snake, mediocre boss fights, the forgettable main villain, the obvious plot twist, the incomplete story, the time wasted travelling from A to B and going back to Mother base ends up making it my least favourite MGS.

[EazyC]

Completely agree. Although I think a LOT of people didn't like MGS V, the critics loved it.

[Knushwood Butt]

Yeah, MGS5.

The only main entry I haven't completed, and I probably never will.

Peace Walker owns it, and it's a PSP game.

[Gatsu]

I'm glad parts of this list is only your shitty opinion.

[anast]

Add CP2077 for the clicks...Death Stranding is not one of the most disappointing games of all time. All time means the entire history of video games. Of course, this would mean more than 5 seconds of research.

note: I do get that there are older games on this list and my statement still stands.

[DivineHand125]

Time sure does fly fast. I even forgot about mighty no 9. The only thing disappointing about the mighty no 9 that I remembered from back then was that it had a huge funding but the game itself looks like it did not even cost anywhere near that. The game itself was good but some were complaining about the graphics while others believed it should have had more content.

[DivineHand125]

Why is Anthem not on that list. This is the game did significant of damage to bioware's reputation and we were talking about it for nearly a year after release.

[Kyizen]

Low hanging fruit eh. 18 worse all times game with a thumbnail of Cyberpunk 2077

[Dirty_Lemons]

...nah...

[DarthSocio]

Mafia 3

[Vaud-Villian]

Crackdown 3 says hi

[B68W]

Hits and misses with this guy's list. Mass Effect: Andromeda would have made my list.