Opinion Disappointing Game(s)
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Fallout 4 wasn't unexpected. Why did you find MGS V to be disappointing?
Disappointing story, utterly repetitive side content and god awful open world design.
Definitely Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
I so love the original from 2000. Never played Invisible War.
Human Revolution was OK as a reboot. Not perfect but better than I expected.
But Mankind Divided is so much different than HR. The setting doesn't do it for me.
The pacing is waaaay too slow and gone is the globetrotting great adventure.
It feels much more confined and thus, my actions feel insignificant.
I so love the original from 2000. Never played Invisible War.
Human Revolution was OK as a reboot. Not perfect but better than I expected.
But Mankind Divided is so much different than HR. The setting doesn't do it for me.
The pacing is waaaay too slow and gone is the globetrotting great adventure.
It feels much more confined and thus, my actions feel insignificant.
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I didn't mind MGS V, disliked the game after the first chapter. I haven't played any previous MG games except Ground Zeroes so I cannot be as critical as fans of the series
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Human Revolution was really good, the mandatory boss battles let it down quite a bit. Along with some of the story missions.
Didn't play Mankind Divided and have no intention of doing so as I have heard it's nothing more than medicore, at best
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The hospital introduction mission isn't exactly a fantastic way to introduce the game. The pacing is terrible, cutscenes every minute and you are constantly staring at Ishmael crack..
I was coming in to drop my hot take of the day with MGSV and it looks as though I was beaten multiple times. There is nothing inherently wrong with it per say but growing up with MGS and MGS2 this game really was way off direction for me as a player. A lot of people love it and I am glad but it could not be further from my cup of tea. To make matters worse I found Quiet to be the worst fanservice character and that is saying a lot as I am a huge Disgaea fan (character design in that series is abysmal).
I would have picked NMS or Diablo 3 but those games rose from the graves they came out in like a wonderful phoenix to be better than originally released.
I would have picked NMS or Diablo 3 but those games rose from the graves they came out in like a wonderful phoenix to be better than originally released.
I was disappointed with Murdered: Soul Suspect. I really like detective stories & paranormal, but the way that was executed wasn't as interesting as I hoped it would be.
This year alone:
Pillars of Eternity 2 & Ni No Kuni 2, I was so looking forward to them. Both of them are sequels, interestingly. Pillars 2 was so good for the first few hours, but it all goes downhill the further I progress. The story never gets interesting and I encounter more bugs. NNK 2 was a beautiful, yet very shallow, JRPG. Everything is soooo repetitive and predictable.
Pillars of Eternity 2 & Ni No Kuni 2, I was so looking forward to them. Both of them are sequels, interestingly. Pillars 2 was so good for the first few hours, but it all goes downhill the further I progress. The story never gets interesting and I encounter more bugs. NNK 2 was a beautiful, yet very shallow, JRPG. Everything is soooo repetitive and predictable.
Recently? Mirror's Edge Catalyst. The open world was much more boring that it seemed at first. I got tired of traversing the same areas over and over to get to the mission markers. The missions themselves had worse level design than the first game. It wasn't a bad game, just not as good as I expected.
Of all time it's probably Epic Mickey. Don't think there was ever a game I wanted to play as bad as that one, and that ended up being that bad. I even had the wonderful concept art as my wallpaper for a while (still have it on rotation, but it isn't the same). Ended up dropping the game less than 3 hours in, after an eternal tutorial that was a drag to play.
Of all time it's probably Epic Mickey. Don't think there was ever a game I wanted to play as bad as that one, and that ended up being that bad. I even had the wonderful concept art as my wallpaper for a while (still have it on rotation, but it isn't the same). Ended up dropping the game less than 3 hours in, after an eternal tutorial that was a drag to play.
Shadow Warrior 2.
It's not exactly a new game, but I only played it recently on account of the GOG giveaway.
Unfortunately I found to be a massive step down compared to the first game. Weapons felt unsatisfying (due to the loot system?), upgrades felt insignificant, and the second stage (the Zilla building) suffered from a poorly executed neon aesthetic and equally bad looking enemies. I was playing it with a friend and we both completely lost interest during that the second stage and ended up dropping it as a result.
It's not exactly a new game, but I only played it recently on account of the GOG giveaway.
Unfortunately I found to be a massive step down compared to the first game. Weapons felt unsatisfying (due to the loot system?), upgrades felt insignificant, and the second stage (the Zilla building) suffered from a poorly executed neon aesthetic and equally bad looking enemies. I was playing it with a friend and we both completely lost interest during that the second stage and ended up dropping it as a result.
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I can understand MGS fans saying that, it's nothing compared to any of the other MG games. As a standalone game, I find it enjoyable to some degree. But I have not played any other MG games except Ground Zeroes
Oh man, I just remembered F.E.A.R. 3. As a huge fan of the series, that game hurted me deep. At first I couldn't accept how bad it was, and forced myself to play it twice (once with each character, and on the highest possible difficulty each time). In time I grew to hate it, and it was only a few years later that I tried the co-op mode with a friend and had some fun when playing it as a brainless shooter. As a shooter it's decent (even though the cover feature makes no sense in an FPS), but as a F.E.A.R. title it's terrible. Every jump scare is predictable, the story is a mess, and the levels are nothing more than a bunch of arenas one after the other. It was so bad that I couldn't even get mad when the next, and final, entry in the series ended up being a multiplayer-only F2P shooter.
The first 2 games will live forever in my heart, especially the first one. The expansions and DLC are nice, they are more of the same so I can't fault them. The third game, as far as I'm concerned, is a perpetual stain in the history of gaming.
The first 2 games will live forever in my heart, especially the first one. The expansions and DLC are nice, they are more of the same so I can't fault them. The third game, as far as I'm concerned, is a perpetual stain in the history of gaming.
Infamous Second Son.
Spider-man.
Dragonball FighterZ.
Wolf New Colossus.
Ordering in most disappointing to least disappointing lol
Spider-man.
Dragonball FighterZ.
Wolf New Colossus.
Ordering in most disappointing to least disappointing lol
Quantum Break and Uncharted 4. Both for the same reason.
Poor pacing and too much walk and talk.
Poor pacing and too much walk and talk.
A lot of reasons;
1) Narrative does nothing for 2/3s of the game. Centers around a character that gets largely pushed aside for a plot twist/larger villain reveal.
2) Recycled side content, and general repetition
3) Combat failed in larger fights, and never really felt as satisfying to me as other Arkham-style combat games.
4) Too many forced stealth missions.
5) 4 of the 6 "primary" villains in the game were underutilized and felt like padding, despite being rushed into the final chapter of the game.
6) City becomes to busy in the later portions, because of the recycled annoying side content, which takes away from the best part of the game... which was web swinging.
2) Recycled side content, and general repetition
3) Combat failed in larger fights, and never really felt as satisfying to me as other Arkham-style combat games.
4) Too many forced stealth missions.
5) 4 of the 6 "primary" villains in the game were underutilized and felt like padding, despite being rushed into the final chapter of the game.
6) City becomes to busy in the later portions, because of the recycled annoying side content, which takes away from the best part of the game... which was web swinging.
so basically: because it's an open-world game then
More that it's a poorly executed open world game, that sort of trips over itself thanks to kind of questionable design and narrative choices.
I almost never use the word repetitive for a video game. In fact, I generally argue with those that do.
But Spider-man is pretty much the first time I’ve played a game that felt repetitive.
Watch_Dogs 1, without a doubt.
I watched every single promo and news and interviews.
When I started playing, it really felt underwhelming, but still not to the disappointed level.
The climax was quite good, but then they shoved in an epilogue that made no sense, abruptly ended and "teased" a sequel. That was the worst thing I experienced in a 20+ hour game.
To add insult to the injury, I "pre-ordered" it, which came with a bonus mission that was just a slightly harder 15 mintue version of one of the existing activities.
And I'm the sort of person who rarely gets disappointed with media.
Watch_Dogs 2, however, is really good and the kind of revamp needed in the base of the original game.
I watched every single promo and news and interviews.
When I started playing, it really felt underwhelming, but still not to the disappointed level.
The climax was quite good, but then they shoved in an epilogue that made no sense, abruptly ended and "teased" a sequel. That was the worst thing I experienced in a 20+ hour game.
To add insult to the injury, I "pre-ordered" it, which came with a bonus mission that was just a slightly harder 15 mintue version of one of the existing activities.
And I'm the sort of person who rarely gets disappointed with media.
Watch_Dogs 2, however, is really good and the kind of revamp needed in the base of the original game.
I loved Skyrim....loved it, and poured over 2o0 hours into it. So, having missed out on Fallout 3 I thought I'd love that too...after all, open world, post apocalyptic setting, interesting plot, Liam Neeson....what's not to like? But for some reason it really didn't click for me. I got lost early on and messed up the plot trigger points which did me no favours, but I really hated the metro system, the loot/mission reward structure was really boring and I found most of the companions boring. World traversal just felt horrible in comparison to Skyrim too.
I'm still going to try New Vegas at some point, and possibly even Fallout 4 in the distant future (I own the former but not the latter), but I'm just not sure it's going to click.
Of course there's also the more obvious first experience with an Assassin's Creed game, but I expect most people had a similar experience with that.
I'm still going to try New Vegas at some point, and possibly even Fallout 4 in the distant future (I own the former but not the latter), but I'm just not sure it's going to click.
Of course there's also the more obvious first experience with an Assassin's Creed game, but I expect most people had a similar experience with that.
If you can stick with New Vegas for its quest and writing, it's worth it. I recommend following the "tutorial" quest that is in the starting location. Be sure to grab some stability mods and bug fix patches.
Otherwise, I think you'll enjoy Fallout 4 as it is a much better "game" if that makes sense.
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Some of Piper's lines sound like they were recorded in a bathroom, suc
Completely forgot about the original Watch Dogs. But who can forget the iconic protagonist, what was his name again?
I will admit, the Alone digital trip was brilliant. Really enjoyed that!
ahh, you see - that's where you're making a mistake ... he wasn't iconic, his cap was!
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ahh, you see - that's where you're making a mistake ... he wasn't iconic, his cap was!
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Oh yeah.. the iconic cap.. very iconic.. Ubisoft..
I remember the iconic mod that lets you access the area of the iconic trailer before the iconic downgrade.
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Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Lost interest in it maybe halfway through the game? Loved the first two reboot, played them on release from start to finish but this one. eh. Unengaging story, puzzles, and combat. Feels like the game focus very much on the story and sometimes can feel a bit more like a walking simulator for me. Amazing graphics though, even on ps4 pro. But yeah, pretty meh for me. Maybe the change of main developer from Crystal Dynamics to the Mankind Divided devs makes it too much of a slow game for me. I also left Mankind Divided halfway for the same reason, too slow and unengaging.