Biggest Disappointments of the Decade

[rspencer86]

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I am stunned no one has brought back the VMU concept. That thing was WAY ahead of its time.

[mgoblue]

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Seeing Xbox Live turn into a place for racist, fascist, whining hate mongers that only have balls because they are on mics.

It is very hard to find mature people on xbox live now. And what is up with always having a 7 year old saying he is going to f my mother. Where are their parents at? Thank god they put mute options on these *******s.

That's online gaming in general...hell, that's online interaction (forums, etc) in general. You get some cool guys, but you also get the tools that are complete idiots because it's relatively "anonymous"...

[b1gwolt]

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That's online gaming in general...hell, that's online interaction (forums, etc) in general. You get some cool guys, but you also get the tools that are complete idiots because it's relatively "anonymous"...

Good point. It is just frustrating.

[Sancheezy]

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I get you mean B1g. Before you and i played last night i had to mute my entire team, because all they could do was spew racial slurs, and sing what sounded like Klan songs for the whole round.

[spankdatazz22]

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That's online gaming in general...hell, that's online interaction (forums, etc) in general. You get some cool guys, but you also get the tools that are complete idiots because it's relatively "anonymous"...

True. See it everywhere from youtube to washingtonpost.com to porn sites (uhhh... or so I've heard), etc. It'd likely be rampant here if such talk was allowed. Sad there are so many closet racists.

[b1gwolt]

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Oh well, as I said before glad there is a mute button.

On to my biggest disappointments:
Empire Total War being a total rush job and coming out broken and without features.

No more age of empires games.

No more flight simulator games, at least there will be add ons.

Potential fall of 2k sports, bye bye need for innovation being necessary

Licencing agreements for sports games.

I am sure there are a ton others. However, my goodness the innovation. The simple fact that I can play a game online with someone in Kansas, New York and down the street at the same time boggles the mind. This decade has been a wonderful step forward.

[Rassklot]

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After reading that other thread... i gotta say.. duke nukem forever not coming out is kinda sad

[xprodigy89]

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fallout 3 was defiantly the biggest disappointment, every1 says its amazing but your obviously not a fan of the series or the first 2 games if you love fallout 3, all the graphics don't mean anything to me

[Flightwhite24]

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The RROD and Patches for games.

[jmood88]

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Gamers themselves. The rise of the fan boy over these past 10 years has just been ridiculous. Whether they're battling between 360 and PS3, sim or arcade/hardcore or casual, or exclusivity deals.

I completely understand why developers want to avoid forums because they're mostly just endless complaints. It's not even limited to sports games either, if you go to the Bioware forums you have people constantly whining about almost everything.

[jmood88]

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Seeing Xbox Live turn into a place for racist, fascist, whining hate mongers that only have balls because they are on mics.

That's the internet for ya.

[eDotd]

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Yo Mo, what made LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2 disappointing? I think those games are fantastic.

Matter of opinions. KZ2 was just another overhyped shooter to me. Just like Halo, GoW, and CoD were/are.

Not sure why LBP was disappointing to me. I think I had such high expectations for it that I set it up to fail from the start.

[thecougarbear]

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Next (meaning "current") gen:

I only have a 360, so sports games have been utterly, entirely, and completely disappointing. The fact that we have jacked up stat engines, shoddy gameplay, and features that suddenly went missing (IN GAME SAVES) from "last" gen has pushed me to the brink of entirely abandoning my sports-game obsession. I have taken to playing Madden and NCAA 2007... for my XBOX...

P.C. gaming:

The general decline of the industry because of piracy and the subsequent copyright protection measure. I HATE steam, I hate Creative Assembly's current and blatant neglect of their consumers and the modding community, and I hate having to rely on increasingly digital media. Call me old fashioned, but I want a damn disc, box, and instruction manual.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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These are in no paticular order:

1.Madden and NCAA Series on next-gen (except for Madden 10) Huge dissapointment for me. I love football video games and has always bought both games every year and dedicated countless hours to dynasty/franchise but on the next-gen EA really took a huge step back for both series. Horrible presentation and both series taking strides back on next-gen was and still is a huge disspointment.

2.College Hoops and ESPN football getting the axe. ESPN 2k5 is my favorite football game and one of the best games overall I have ever played. Presentation was ahead of its time. College hoops 2k8 was the deepest legacy mode ever in a sports game and is still better then the current EA title. If 2k were still making these games they would blow us away.

3. GTA IV-I loved San Andreas and this was the 1st game I bought for the PS3 and I just couldn't get into it. The city was beautiful but the lack of customization and IMO the lame storyline just couldnt get me intrigued in it. I enjoyed Saints Row 2 much more.

4. MGS 4-First Metal Gear game I did not finish. I know people might not agree with me but I got tired of cutscene after cutscene and lost interest in it fast.

[judgejudy]

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4. MGS 4-First Metal Gear game I did not finish. I know people might not agree with me but I got tired of cutscene after cutscene and lost interest in it fast.

I gotta agree. Although I did finish it, and I really enjoyed the final fight in the game. I didn't find any of the story very intriguing, I kept playing hoping for the same kind of intensity as mgs 1 and snakeeater had, but I was let down.