Games that didn't live up to the hype... name yours! :)

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03 Jun 2008, 2:53 am

FF12... I was so disappointed how they turned combat into something out of an MMO fest where you babysit a robot and don't have to do anything hardly. :/



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03 Jun 2008, 2:56 am

spiderman 3 was not as good as i expected as the 2nd one was alright. shadowrun was also too much on the multiplayer side.


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03 Jun 2008, 7:57 am

am waiting to see if ninja gaiden II lives up to the series hype,have seen some reviews of it that say its terrible,and another gave it a biased review,dont know what to believe with this one.

as for already out games,probably GTAIV,it's not as good as the hype makes it out to be.


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03 Jun 2008, 9:31 am

- Unreal 2: After Unreal 1, I was really looking forward to what I thought would be a similarly excellent game with updated graphics and features. And what do I get? Mostly uninteresting missions (with a few exceptions), uninteresting story, mediocre gameplay, and endless hordes of evil spacemen. The Skaarj only make a minor appearance, and you're fighting the same friggin' space mercs over and over again. At least there were a few interesting weapons.
- Medal of Honor Pacific Assault: It was kind of boring, the gameplay wasn't too good, and it felt like a poorly-written war movie. IMO, it didn't live up to the standard of some of the early MOH games.
- Medal of Honor Airborne: This was actually a decent game, but again, it didn't live up to previous games in that series. Also, there weren't enough missions.



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03 Jun 2008, 9:52 am

Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wi-Fi is very laggy and you can't change the rules of the match when you play random people on Wi-Fi. The controls don't seem as good as Melee's either.



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03 Jun 2008, 11:57 am

Daikatana.

I mean even if it was good, it still wouldn'tve lived up to its hype.


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03 Jun 2008, 12:45 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:
am waiting to see if ninja gaiden II lives up to the series hype,have seen some reviews of it that say its terrible,and another gave it a biased review,dont know what to believe with this one.


that game came out in like the early 90's or something, i know because i used to be a fan of the series (there's 3 of em, the 3rd came out in 95 or 96) surely you must be thinking of another game?



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03 Jun 2008, 12:48 pm

Confused-Fish wrote:
KingdomOfRats wrote:
am waiting to see if ninja gaiden II lives up to the series hype,have seen some reviews of it that say its terrible,and another gave it a biased review,dont know what to believe with this one.


that game came out in like the early 90's or something, i know because i used to be a fan of the series (there's 3 of em, the 3rd came out in 95 or 96) surely you must be thinking of another game?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Gaid ... video_game)

There's a new Ninja Gaiden series on the 360.



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03 Jun 2008, 12:58 pm

oooh :oops: i feel a fool lol

I didn't even know they remade the first one! Looks cool. They should do that with more games.

Like.. Strider perhaps, that was cool or alien soldier or weapon lord << I never understood how it lost out to mk3, it deserves a reincarnation.



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03 Jun 2008, 2:18 pm

STALKER =/

While it's still a pretty good game, I can't help but think of how cool it could've been if they hadn't cut out so much before release.

Fable >_< Everyone was talking about how open-ended it was, so I was expecting something like Fallout, but it's not like that at all. Nothing you do has any real consequences...people forget what you did after you leave town for a while, and getting a good or bad ending depends on the final choice you make. Also, I've heard it's way too easy...it looked so dumb I didn't even bother trying to play it...but man, I'll die if I ever hear that crap again :x "Try to increase your attack multiplier!" "Use your stick!" "You have a new quest waiting for you at the adventure guild!" :x :x :x


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03 Jun 2008, 3:10 pm

<<Yeah fable was a big let down.



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03 Jun 2008, 3:24 pm

Quake III
Mercedes-Benz: World Racing
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario Sunshine
Carmageddon TDR 2000


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04 Jun 2008, 1:10 pm

Reodor_Felgen wrote:
Carmageddon TDR 2000


I never heard any hype for that game, I didn't even know it existed until a few years ago.


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04 Jun 2008, 1:38 pm

Bioshock

It's a good game but it's just another f*****g FPS game, its "RPG" elements are too minimal.



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04 Jun 2008, 1:42 pm

LePetitPrince wrote:
Bioshock

It's a good game but it's just another f***ing FPS game, its "RPG" elements are too minimal.

Oh, so it's not just another f***ing RPG after all?



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04 Jun 2008, 5:12 pm

Crysis and to a lesser extent Medieval 2: Total War,they weren't bad,but they weren't what i hoped.