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MrDwhitey wrote:It didn't suprise me, didn't stop it being hyped though.

I think one of the only ones to suprise me was a FPS I can't even remember the name of. I do remember PCGamer and various mags having a go, getting fed tidbits etc and they were all thinking "This game will revolutionise FPS".

Then the company released a demo just before the game came out. I paraphrase as I don't recall the exact quote but one Magazine said:

"It was as if they took everything good, took it out back, and shot it. Then released this demo."

I'm actually curious about what game it was now, it was so very long ago.

Edit: And Goldeneye aged like wine. It turned to vinegar. Great game back then though.

Really I find Goldneye still an enjoyable experience unless you're talking about the graphics and N64 controller.

I liked the controller back then. Still not sure why.

And no, it's not the graphics, I just find the game unplayable now.

metallifan wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Mario brand games and lonely, bored old people are the only thing keeping Nintendo above water for the time being.

Fix'd

EDIT: And I agree.

metallifan wrote:Goldeneye being the exception. However, if that game didn't have invincibilty, paintball mode, dual RPGs, and sticky mines (And the combination thereof), it wouldn't have stood a chance even back then.

Golden Eye had the benefit of being a groundbreaking game that was genuinely awesome Surprised I hadn't thought of it. Only movie game I know that actually pioneered new game mechanics.

Yea... Goldeneye. Back when you could cover your buddy in remote mines and send him running into a group of AIs, then detonate him. And it was totally okay, because it wasn't an issue of "political correctness" back then.

Good times...

So, some of the biggest selling games are seen by most of you as poor games.... That's interesting, just goes to show that the majority of people buy into the hype surrounding the 'next big thing', regardless of how bad the game actually is

Nice to see so many of you have good taste though!

Fallout 3 was a bit of a disappointment to me. Fallout 1 and 2 were such great games and Fallout 3 felt more like a generic SciFi shooter than a true Fallout game. Also ridiculous amount of bugs were an unpleasant experience (especially the XBox players who experienced the RRoD bug )

Well, I'd say I found Duke Nukem to be a tremendous disappointment but frankly I had little in the way of expectations for that.

I was a little disappointed by Dragon Age 2. I found the mechanics to be sort of dumbed-down. The whole game in general was a little too easy, compared with Dragon Age 1. On the other hand, I liked the companions significantly more, so it's not that I disliked the game, just I had higher hopes for it. I was also dismayed by the large population of game-breaking bugs and quests that fired in the wrong order. To be frank, that game made me wonder more then once why Bioware has such a fine reputation as a developer, when so many of their AAA games are so bug riddled; I can't count the times I was playing Mass Effect or ME2 and suddenly, say, fell through the floor or something.

I was very excited by the though of Dungeon Siege 3, and sadly disappointed to see that the decrease in quality that Dungeon Siege 2 delivered has continued, nay, accelerated.

I was also fairly let down by Supreme Commander 2. I liked the first one a great deal, but the second one, while having more polished mechanics, went in kinda a weird graphical direction. Everything looked too clean and shiny.

sarpedons-right-hand wrote:So, some of the biggest selling games are seen by most of you as poor games.... That's interesting, just goes to show that the majority of people buy into the hype surrounding the 'next big thing', regardless of how bad the game actually is

Nice to see so many of you have good taste though!

Its not a trope technically.....but!

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle6cd1cskka05i

I liked Fallout and Xcom before it went mainstream

metallifan wrote:

MrDwhitey wrote:Enter the Matrix was pretty hyped when it was coming out, but then people actually played it and well.. it was crap.

And this... Suprised you? To even the slightest extent?

Movie-to-game adaptations (And vice versa), as a rule, tend to suck so hard that even Wii games are like "Damn, that game sucks!"

I can think of one.
Spiderman 2
Literally had the best web swinging mechanics ever made, had some cool bosses and well.... nothing else really.
But those swing mechanics were amazing, seriously I used to just swing throughout the city diving as low as I can, nearly hitting the pavement and then swinging up with a furious burst of speed.

The ones in the latest Spiderman games suck to put it lightly.
Other than that, no, there are no good movie games at all

Brink and Call of Juarez:The Cartel :(

Viersche wrote:Brink and Call of Juarez:The Cartel :(

Brink definately. Can't believe I almost bought that over Crysis 2. Thank you demos!

Checkmate gentlemen.

Necroshea wrote:

Checkmate gentlemen.

How dare you mock the greatest flying through rings simulator ever made!

sarpedons-right-hand wrote:So, some of the biggest selling games are seen by most of you as poor games.... That's interesting, just goes to show that the majority of people buy into the hype surrounding the 'next big thing', regardless of how bad the game actually is

Nice to see so many of you have good taste though!

Is it odd that most of these biggest selling games happen to be some of the most played and critically acclaimed? Halo 3 for example? All the hated Call of Duty titles? In fact, all of these 'biggest selling games' proved to very popular.

Master of Orion 3?

The most disappointed I have ever been was after playing through Spore. I had that game on pre-order for almost 2 years only to have them rip out most of the content and deliver a game that was just poor in the extreme.

Halo ODST was really let down by lack of multiplayer support.

Brink also looked awesome and was pretty much the first game I got really excited about since Spore. Felt very let down with what was delivered.

I guess I'll mention Duke Nukem too. Then again I didn't expect it to be good with the lifeless games the industry is churning out these days. Man I hope they don't remake blood, I've got nothing but good memories of that game and I don't want them sullied.

iproxtaco wrote:Is it odd that most of these biggest selling games happen to be some of the most played and critically acclaimed? Halo 3 for example? All the hated Call of Duty titles? In fact, all of these 'biggest selling games' proved to very popular.

Not really that odd. Game reviewers have to give fairly favourable reviews to major titles, or developers will cut their sponsorship. It's why I use sites like Metacritic, that gather the three best written independant reviews from site users and post them along side the 'official' reviews from site staff.

A lot of mainstream developers know that dimwitted fanboys of their major franchise titles will buy into any old turd that they put out if it's advertised and hyped enough. Not only that, but most companies know that after buying the game and discovering it actually stinks like week-old soiled ginch, fans will still buy the next title in the series based entirely on blind loyalty and a hope that "The next one will be better!" Prime, and probably the most obvious, examples being Halo and -MOST- of the CoD franchise. I say 'most' because LordOfHats is right, 1 and 2 weren't -bad-, and were still solid WWII shooters. They just didn't feel all that groundbreaking to me. However, they're only two titles out of a very, very long list of titles, most of which I would take off someone's hands for free.

Locclo wrote:

For me, personally, I have to count City of Heroes. All of my friends who played the game told me it was this amazing, innovative MMO with all kinds of character options, an incredible character builder, and a great world to play in. And I agree, it would have been, seven years ago when it came out. Now the graphics look like , the interface is awful, and the controls are amazingly awkward. After 7 months away from WoW (brought on by total lethargy towards MMOs in general), City of Heroes was what made me realize how much I used to love WoW, and I reactivated my account.

You're entitled to your opinion, but you should know that your opinion is completely wrong.








I would say quite a lot of MMORPGs post-WoW meet the critera of "Hyped games that failed", especially Vanguard and Warhammer Online.


Also, how has no one mentioned this yet? Because it's basically the original Duke Nukem Forever:




I mean, /thread, right here. We can all go home now.

RatBot wrote:Also, how has no one mentioned this yet? Because it's basically the original Duke Nukem Forever:




I mean, /thread, right here. We can all go home now.

The first post of this thread mentioned it.

I somehow read every post in the thread except the first one.


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Still, it bears repeating, I think it's safe to say Daikatana is one of the worst games of all time, especially considering the hype surrounding it.

RatBot wrote:I somehow read every post in the thread except the first one.


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Still, it bears repeating, I think it's safe to say Daikatana is one of the worst games of all time, especially considering the hype surrounding it.

I played it, and while It wasn't the greatest game in the world, I could still get pretty far into the game before I gave up in frustration. I couldn't even get past the first 30 minutes of superman 64. I think the worst games of all time would either be superman 64 or E.T. for atari.

I've never had the, uh, pleasure of playing Superman 64 or ET, but I've seen videos. They're definitely worse then Daikatana, though I still think Daikatana ranks pretty highly.

From what I can gather, I don't see how they could've thought ET would be would've been any fun at all. I mean, I know they released it to make a quick buck off the movie, but it's like they didn't even pretend to try.

SilverMK2 wrote:The most disappointed I have ever been was after playing through Spore. I had that game on pre-order for almost 2 years only to have them rip out most of the content and deliver a game that was just poor in the extreme.

Very true. And I don't think Spore sold that well after the initial reviews.

Necroshea wrote:I think the worst games of all time would either be superman 64 or E.T. for atari.

Obviously a man who has never played Custer's Revenge.

biccat wrote:Obviously a man who has never played Custer's Revenge.

...Isn't that the game where the whole point was to rape a native girl tied to a post while dodging arrows?

I would LOVE to see a video of the brainstorming session that led to that idea

biccat wrote:Obviously a man who has never played Custer's Revenge.

You best be jestin'. At least custards revenge had a clear...erm...goal to it.

Custer's Revenge. Lol saw that on AVGN............. Just like you did

Perkustin wrote:Custer's Revenge. Lol saw that on AVGN............. Just like you did

Au contraire. I actually played this game it on my original (unfortunately now long-departed) Atari.

edit: and I wasn't aware of AVGN...although now I am, so thanks

I had to google Custer's Revenge.... I have no words. Just... lolwut.

kenshin620 wrote:I liked Fallout and Xcom before it went mainstream

Fallout always was mainstream... winning RPG of the year and high ratings across the board...

That said, new fallouts aren't fallout, but they are fun.