Biggest Gaming dissapointments?
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So then what game after all the build-up, hype, development teasers and magazine hands on tests was your biggest let down?
For me it has to be Grand Theft Auto 4, after playing GTA since the first top down outing on PC and loving very version since, I bought a 360 specifically for GTA4 and I was utterly crushed, I can't quite pin point exactly what is wrong but it was just so utterly devoid of player enjoyment, atmospere and anticipation.
Even as an unemployed bum with nothing better to do I [i[still[/i] felt like I was wasting my time playing it.
A technically brilliant but terribly executed game.
Close second? Perfect Dark.
After the genius of Goldeneye, the N64 magazine build-up, even forking out for the 'Ram Pack' it turned out to be unplayable dross.
Third? Gran Tourismo 4
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k me I actually fell asleep during one race it is so dull, yawn yawn and yawn again.
For me it has to be Grand Theft Auto 4, after playing GTA since the first top down outing on PC and loving very version since, I bought a 360 specifically for GTA4 and I was utterly crushed, I can't quite pin point exactly what is wrong but it was just so utterly devoid of player enjoyment, atmospere and anticipation.
Even as an unemployed bum with nothing better to do I [i[still[/i] felt like I was wasting my time playing it.
A technically brilliant but terribly executed game.
Close second? Perfect Dark.
After the genius of Goldeneye, the N64 magazine build-up, even forking out for the 'Ram Pack' it turned out to be unplayable dross.
Third? Gran Tourismo 4
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k me I actually fell asleep during one race it is so dull, yawn yawn and yawn again.I dont know why COD WaW gets so much abuse... I think its very good.. It just has to live in the shadow of COD4 Modern warfare - thats its problem.
HALO 3 on the other hand got so much hype then turned out to be on the wrong side of appalling.
Agree GTA4 just became tedious...though it did retain the challenge of completeing missions through ludicrous stunts - Often towards the end of a long and difficult mission I'd give in to temptation and try something needlessly daft that got me killed/arrested.
And no I dont want to take you bowling for the millionth time. I'm playing GTA not the f'in Sims!
HALO 3 on the other hand got so much hype then turned out to be on the wrong side of appalling.
Agree GTA4 just became tedious...though it did retain the challenge of completeing missions through ludicrous stunts - Often towards the end of a long and difficult mission I'd give in to temptation and try something needlessly daft that got me killed/arrested.
And no I dont want to take you bowling for the millionth time. I'm playing GTA not the f'in Sims!
Edited by MoleVision on Wednesday 30th September 23:30
gran turismo 4 for me aswell.
bought a ps2 especially for this game only to find other than nice graphics the rest of the game hadnt moved on.... Still the same rubbish tyre screeching sound, rubbish engine sounds and the physics were awful. every car just seemed to understeer with the exception of the nsx-r. I had a tvr which i had tuned and with all the aids of bang the throttle down mid corner and it would just understeer..... YAWN
bought a ps2 especially for this game only to find other than nice graphics the rest of the game hadnt moved on.... Still the same rubbish tyre screeching sound, rubbish engine sounds and the physics were awful. every car just seemed to understeer with the exception of the nsx-r. I had a tvr which i had tuned and with all the aids of bang the throttle down mid corner and it would just understeer..... YAWN
T89 Callan said:
North West Tom said:
GTA4 is immense.
Technically yes, as an enjoyable game no.Most disapointing game for me was Mass Effect. Wanted it as soon as I heard about its development. Bought it, started to play and 10 minutes later it was back on the shelf collecting dust, which is where it stayed until I traded it in.
If you don't like the drift mode, don't use it.I quite like the Halo games - 2 seemed to have the play balance all wrong on Legendary, but I've played them all and am currently working through ODST. Having said that, I've only ever played them Split Screen Co-op - never touched the single player on any of them.
Most disappointing for me was Splinter Cell: Double Agent - a step backward from Chaos Theory
Most disappointing for me was Splinter Cell: Double Agent - a step backward from Chaos Theory
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