Dissapointment Day

[Benji]

We've all had one, the game you got hyped about because you liked the look and sound of, you cradled that thirty odd pounds or forty dollars in your hands and less than begrudgingly handed it over for a game your pants might have been creamed over.

Then you got home, treated the disc/cartridge with the care of a holy accesory and played it, only to find it the most unimpressive spectactle you've felt since you realise Santa was fake.

For me, that game was probably Evergrace as well as Soul Calibur III, the former was just a self-hype thing, I'm a sucker for the fantasy world games, but Soul Calibur was everyone elses fault, I'm a Tekken boy and I was told the system wasn't THAT different, it is so different that I gave up after two hours thanks to frustration of barely hitting three hit combos and haven't touched it since.

The only other one was Vice City, okay, it wasn't a huge dissapointment, but I may as well just have played GTA3, it bored the living piss out of me to be doing almost the exact same thing. Eh, maybe it was me being picky.

[oldskool]

I'm like that all the time with games. I'm about to just buy Arena Football, but I keep finding reviews that say it sucks. I think I'll have my buddy rent it for me (Blockbuster employees get free rentals) and I'll try it out first.

The most recent two were Fable and a Baldur's Gate game. They seemed so awesome in previews, and in reviews, and now that I have both of them I haven't even opened the case....to be fair, I got 3 other games in that same day.

[Dan]

The Sims for Ps2.

I bought it on my birthday, then gave it to my neice because it was shite.

[Benji]

Oh thank Christ, I thought I was the only person to find The Sims dull as fuck, it's only fun in EWB diaries.

[SeanDMan]

Day of Reckoning.

[Liam]

Oh thank Christ, I thought I was the only person to find The Sims dull as fuck, it's only fun in EWB diaries.

The Sims is one of the most dire games I've played.

My girlfriend loves it though.... :pinch:

[Dan]

It's alright on PC, but the Ps2 version is wank.

[Farmer Reil]

Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.

After the awesomeness of the first game, I was all "OMG! I bought Deus Ex 2!! :D".

After about half an hour of playing it, I was all "OMG, I actually paid for Deus Ex 2 :'("

Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.

After the awesomeness of the first game, I was all "OMG! I bought Deus Ex 2!! :D".

After about half an hour of playing it, I was all "OMG, I actually paid for Deus Ex 2 :'("

That, and Manhunt. Why did everyone else like that game?

[Toe]

I was dissapointed by Blitz: The League. There isn't much depth at all in the story mode, and it just was the same old Blitz with flashy new graphics.

State Of Emergency blew chunks.

Conflict: Vietnam looked pretty cool, but I found the gameplay nearly unplayable.

[oldskool]

I liked Manhunt...for a while. It's on my list of "games to finish", because it's ridiculously hard and murdering people gets old once 20 of them are against you and it's not just you sneaking up behind them with bags.

[stokeriño]

Black & White

Maybe it's because I don't get some inherent joy from the random persecution of faceless sprites, but I found it became very dull, very quickly. Even so, a friend of mine kept going on about it for months as if it were the greatest thing on Earth.

Edited February 27, 2006 by stokeriño

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

State of Emergency. I read a handfull of previews... but no reviews. The previews would lead you to believe you could start riots, and other people in the game would riot, vandalize, ect. in reality, people ran around aimlessly while you ran around aimlessly shooting.

Devil May Cry 2 sucked as well.

[therockbox]

Pro Evo 5 - aside from a few small additions there wasn't really much difference to 4.

Black - I like it, but it's very repetative. Should've rented it instead.

[Number of the Breast]

Fantastic Four. What the fuck was I thinking?

[probablyoliver]

MGS2.

Raiden... is a cunt.

[Dan]

I disagree with PES5 and MGS2.

I think PES4 is hard to make better anyway.

And MGS2 as Raiden let you see Sanke through someone else's eyes, building snaked character a lot more.

[Kaney]

Max Payne 2 was a horrible let down after Max Payne I thought.

I don't know if it was just the change of the model actor, or the fact that it seemed to me to be a complete change from the first games character, but I just can't bring myself to finish it.

The Getaway is another one. Easily one of the crappiest games I've played, and the most frustrating driving in a game ever.

If we're counting games we didn't buy, but still didn't get the hype behind, throw in all the Gran Turismo games. To me they're little more than great graphics :\

Edited March 1, 2006 by Kaneanite

[Your Mom]

The Bouncer

[ROC]

I suppose I'll keep with the Sims theme and mention The Sims: Bustin' Out. Now, I'm a fan of the PC game stuff, but man...I just didn't like this one.

[YI]

MGS2.

Raiden... is a cunt.