Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

[Beantown]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

I just never got sucked into that, not like COD4 or other games. There's just so much circle strafing and jumping while running, along with the annoying people online (more than other games, at least from my experience)...for whatever reason just turned me off.

I guess I just expected Halo 3 to be amazingly awesome and to me it fell really short...

I can understand that. Though, in my personal experience (and this is only if you're playing with serious, skilled players - not the standard 10-13 year old idiots) it takes a lot more skill to be good and succeed in Halo than it does in COD4. But that is different for everyone.

[Hurricain]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

Football games.

What he said times 2. Hope this year is better.

[mgoblue]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

I can understand that. Though, in my personal experience (and this is only if you're playing with serious, skilled players - not the standard 10-13 year old idiots) it takes a lot more skill to be good and succeed in Halo than it does in COD4. But that is different for everyone.

Yeah...I don't know, maybe cause I'm not going to put in the time to be able to compete with those crazy good guys I don't get the full experience...Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, just didn't "hook" me, where I was playing COD4 with tons of guys from here for a month before I got bored. Halo 3 lasted a week with a lot of people here...

I just hear people always bitch about Madden being a roster update, and Halo 3 just seemed more like that level of a upgrade. I didn't get the "damn, this is next gen" feel from it. I'm probably just picky, and since I'm not a Halo nut in the first place, I wasn't the target audience...that's probably my problem. Bungie smartly targeted the game towards those playing 5+ hours a day. Those people just wanted Halo 2 on 360...

I understand your Mass Effect one though. For me it was one of the best games of the year, but if the story and all that didn't hook you then the game itself won't.

[Jistic]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

EASports is a let down.

MLB Series is a letdown.

Console sports in general is a let down.

Other than that, I've had mostly a great time this generation. I think there's some great games out.

[DTX3]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

Hands down Madden and the 360, also Halo 3.

[Altimus]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

Halo 2.5, I mean 3. It was a fun game, I just expected more I guess.

[Wheele8]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

In reverse order:
5. MLB 2K8
4. Madden 2007
3. Madden 2006
2. All Pro Football
1. MLB 2k6

[Cebby]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

The first 3 are actual disappointments (like, I want a refund), the other 2 are in the "great, but not quite the best" range.

1. NCAA-pretty obvious reasons

2. APF-again, obvious reasons

3. Halo 3-single player was just not good

4. GTA4-2 reasons, I only own a few games (pretty much NCAA/NBA2k every year and major titles) so if something is the 4th or 5th best game on the system for me, it's also about the 6th worst game I've played. The other thing is it wasn't quite as amazing as the reviews made it out to be. Great game, but I didn't like it as much as III or SA. I'd give it about a 9.2, but not a 10.

5. Portal-Fantastic game, but by the time I'd really figured out how to work the game, it was over

[callmetaternuts]

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Id have to go with NCAA and Madden for starters, all the first attempts of any sports game on next gen that ended up being dumbed down ports. I think other games ahvent lived up to the hype. The developers put so much time and hype itno the graphics and try to wow us with lighting and stuff, but the game play isnt as good as it used to be (hello Madden, hello NCAA, hello Halo). I want good graphics, but i want a game that isnt flawed and that doesnt require two patches after being out a week.

[DubTrey1]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

All sports titles with exception of CH2k7 & MLB the Show 08.

• Halo 3
• Kane & Lynch
• Assassin's Creed
• Burnout Paradise
• Army of Two

Thankfully, I rented or demoed these before buying.

[trobinson97]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

Madden easily fits the description for me. The same goes for Spider-Man 3.

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

Madden - for removing features from the Xbox version and not really stepping up the presentation on next-gen
Halo 3 - After playing the COD4 beta, I thought to myself that if COD4 came out at the same time, I wouldn't have bought Halo 3. After playing Halo 3, I was right. The single player was ok, but the multiplayer wasn't much of an upgrade over Halo 2.
MLB 2k8 - I was ready to buy this game after hearing all the good things from Ben Brinkman, then I heard everyone's 1st day reviews about the framerate issues. And then I played the demo. And now High Heat 2004 is still my baseball game.

[Altimus]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

All sports titles with exception of CH2k7 & MLB the Show 08.

• Halo 3
• Kane & Lynch
• Assassin's Creed
• Burnout Paradise
• Army of Two

Thankfully, I rented or demoed these before buying.

Yeah, I forget that one. Kane & Lynch was a major disappointment for me as well. I was expecting great things from that game since it was made by Eidos and they make one of my favorite games, Hitman; however, Kane & Lynch was pretty bad.

[thelwig14]

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Non sports games don't disappoint me because I am pretty thorough in my research and know what I will and won't like. That being said....


All sports games blow except for MLB. Never would have imagined what EA has done with its series'.

And by far the biggest disappointment....BURNOUT PARADISE. I really want to punch in the face whoever thought it was a good idea to make it an open world game and the sales reflect how bad of an idea it was. Please go back to Takedown where there are just a bunch of tracks in different locales (forwards and reverse) and get rid of car bumping.

[Kane182]

Re: Biggest dissapointments so far this generation?

And by far the biggest disappointment....BURNOUT PARADISE. I really want to punch in the face whoever thought it was a good idea to make it an open world game and the sales reflect how bad of an idea it was. Please go back to Takedown where there are just a bunch of tracks in different locales (forwards and reverse) and get rid of car bumping.

I'm glad I'm not the only one in the same boat. You pretty much summed the same gripes I had earlier in the thread.