Some say 2007 has been the greatest year ever in videogame history. We've had some top games spread generously throughout the year, a console launch and some pretty amazing headline-grabbing announcements. But not everything that made the news in 2007 has been blessed with brilliance. So in memory of this, VideoGamer.com have compiled their picks for 2007's biggest disappointments in a special VideoGamer.com Top 10. Strap yourself in, take a deep breath, and ready yourself for some truly shocking stuff.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
Notice they didn't mention the RROD? They seem to have no problem with sony's first 6 months but the 360's recent spring of bad luck all year isn't even mentioned.
RROD IS A TECHNICAL BLUNDER OF THE DECADE TAKE XBOTS !!!!
Microsoft's XBOX 360 console is considered by the masses to be a dissapointment in itself. Just by being released, XBOX 360 has fallen into being an eligible canidate of a dissapointment in 2005,2006 and 2007. Several news reports can be referenced to Dark Sniper's claim.
Sony's PLAYSTATION 3® gives the owner a sense of style and significant social value when displayed in the owner's living room. Combine this with a Sony 7.1 surround sound system and a Sony 1080p Bravia television set, and you will soon have the very best that electronics has to offer.
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i love my ps3 and its gonna gain alot of ground in 2008 just wonder what the xbox guys are gonna say when ps3 sells more then the xbox360 did in its 2yr mark. i picked the ps3 cause it offers alot of feature right out of the box that 360 does not plus 360 has like 33% falure rate i didnt wanna spend more time sending my 360 in for repairs then actully plaing it.
I'm so sick of hearing how bad Lair's controls are. I was pretty good at Lair and I never experienced the issues most people did. Saying Lair's controls are bad is incorrect, they are just different and for some people they are hard to grasp. That doesn't make them bad. If the controls were so bad then nobody would be able to control it, but some, myself included, can and do so quite effectively.
Every time I initiated a forward dash the game complied. Whenever I initiated a 180 turn the game complied. You have to find the sweet spot for the speed and force you have to apply to the controller. Not to mention how vital reflexes and timing are. The game requires more attention then most games, but that doesn't make the controls bad, just different and harder to master.
I'm not saying Lair is an excellent game, but I'm tired of hearing how bad the controls were. I totally understand how someone would be put off by the forced usage of motion controls but I also think people were way too hard on Lair.
I will say, though, that Factor 5 should have included analog controls for people who don't like motion controls. It's perfectly understandable why someone wouldn't want to use motion controls in a game.