The Most Disappointing Game You've Ever Played

[oldmanpaco]

For those of you to young to remember they hyped the shit out of this game before release. Interviews were given about how they were using 'real' science to make the game a true simulation. And it was developed by Sierra which was just about the best developer at the time.

Anyways it turned out to be a colossal clusterfuck with features not implemented or broken and a manual which actually had the words: 'The best way to learn is to just play the game'. That might have been true if the game actually gave you any feedback about what your buildings or settings did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outpost_(video_game)

 

[skacky]

I remember my father bought Outpost when I was pretty young, can't remember when exactly. I don't think he played it very much so it must have been shit. :D

 

[Nael]

For those of you to young to remember they hyped the shit out of this game before release. Interviews were given about how they were using 'real' science to make the game a true simulation. And it was developed by Sierra which was just about the best developer at the time.

Anyways it turned out to be a colossal clusterfuck with features not implemented or broken and a manual which actually had the words: 'The best way to learn is to just play the game'. That might have been true if the game actually gave you any feedback about what your buildings or settings did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outpost_(video_game)

Yeah, I remember that one. I was too busy with Doom to care so I never wasted my time.

Initial reviews of Outpost were enthusiastic about the game. Most notoriously, the American version of PC Gamer rated the game at 93%, one of its highest ratings ever for the time. It was later made known that the reviewers had in fact played beta versions of the game, and had been promised certain features would be implemented, but never were.

And people think the decline in gaming journalism is a recent trend...

That's another thing I remember about the "Good old days." PC Gamer has always and will always be shit hack journalism.

 

[Silva]

Baldurs Gate 2.

I remember I had bought a new PC and heard all the fuss about this new and awesome RPG that was out and how it was the best RPG ever. Then I ran to the next store and bought it without even thinking and then... then... the shit wasnt even what I consider an RPG. It was a bizarre mix of fantasy soap-opera and boring tactical combat.

Since then I came to hate everything Bioware.

 

[VioletShadow]

There's quite a few games that have really disappointed me but mainly: Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age 2 (end of line here for BW), Dreamfall: TLJ, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Deus Ex: Invisible War.

 

[Lunac]

Morrowind...

Now in my 30s, I've learned to lower my expectations... no more disappointments.


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[Crispy]

Baldurs Gate 2.
the shit wasnt even what I consider an RPG.

Do go on. This ought to be good.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Ultima 8 and Oblivion.

 

[Ninjerk]

Fallout 3.

 

[DalekFlay]

Fallout 3.

That was almost impossible for me to be disappointed by, since Oblivion sucked so bad. If anything I was surprised it was slightly better.

 

[funkadelik]

Dragon Age. I knew it was too good to be true that a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate would be good and/or playable. Instead I got a pile of shit that I turned off and uninstalled a half-an-hour into it.

Black and White sucked, but Black and White 2 I enjoyed for many hours.

And really I could just start naming off every video game I've bought in the past 8-10 years as disappointments. I am beginning to wonder why I even try to play videogames anymore.

 

[CorpseZeb]

Recently played... Dead Island. Such a potential was wasted, was drowned into incoherent mess of everything. Wasted RPG elements (because of might foot kick and stomp combo you didn't need any other perks or weapons or modification), wasted FPS elements (because fire weapon was prohibited by "lack of resources" (you know, post zombie apocalyptic stuff) , albeit whole game world was littered by masses of various junk. Ironically DI had very good shooting mechanics as a DLC Ryder shows.), wasted story element (because of horrible seriousness (no, really horrible) and lack of any self awareness. Yes, they made game about zombies without any track of any context. Zombies! Zombies which are ideal vehicles for various cultural context and metaphor's, not to mention films, games. If someone ask, Dead Island 2 (Rapetile island or something) is more of the same, they learned nothing.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Nosgoth

Without even playing it... Damn those bloody fools!

 

[Surf Solar]

Baldurs Gate 2.

I remember I had bought a new PC and heard all the fuss about this new and awesome RPG that was out and how it was the best RPG ever. Then I ran to the next store and bought it without even thinking and then... then... the shit wasnt even what I consider an RPG. It was a bizarre mix of fantasy soap-opera and boring tactical combat.

Since then I came to hate everything Bioware.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Why the picture? Personally I like BG2 but I can totally understand that attitude. In fact, on the early Codex BG2 was almost universally scorned upon.

 

[Surf Solar]

I can understand the soap opera ( even if its massively exagarrated) but not the rest of his complaints.

 

[Coriolanus]

I can see how one could hate BG2, but I can't see how one could like BG1 at the same time. It's inferior in every way except exploration (which is mostly tedious, as well). Am I missing something?

(I played BG1 after BG2).

 

[flushfire]

Lionheart remains as one of the few games I've never been able to finish despite trying multiple times. It's just so terribly boring, and this is from someone who didn't mind the Deep Roads or VTMB sewers.

 

[CorpseZeb]

Same here, in fact, Lionheart was one of the very first game that I never finished. I keep my save flies somewhere in the dark corner of my hard drive, in case of... dunno, urgent and rather violent (I suppose) wish to continue...

 

[sexbad?]

I tend to be different from others in that I don't really have any hype for any games before I play them. All games have the potential to be shit, so I'm not sad when they turn out to be shit. I only get disappointed when a game is actually good and starts to take a turn for the worse.

Most recently I had that experience with Primordia. I like most of it a lot, and the story is just amazing, but the adventure mechanics started to falter by the end, relying sometimes on what felt to me like tangential connections and strange coincidences. MRY himself told me on Steam that there were few testers for the game, and I believe he was the only one who tested most of Metropol. I still want to see what Wormwood will do next, though. He said something about a space adventure, which makes me moist.

 

[Renegen]

Tiberium Sun, I waited years for that slightly better graphics identical copy of C&C.

 

[BaconAndEggs]

What a shitty game to waste birthday money on.

 

[octavius]

I can see how one could hate BG2, but I can't see how one could like BG1 at the same time. It's inferior in every way except exploration (which is mostly tedious, as well). Am I missing something?

No romances.
Less cheese.

 

[Zewp]

Has to be Hitman Absolution. I was expecting a declined Hitman experience, but it so completely and utterly missed everything I loved about the Hitman games. It wasn't the worst game I've ever played, but I haven't been as disappointed with a game in a long time.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

What a shitty game to waste birthday money on.

I've got a Collector's Edition of that, worst D1P ever .