Games that failed to live up to the hype

Kinect? Really? (I'm asking, not being sarcastic)... I thought it was such a great hit.
I myself have the PS Move which works awesome with Heavy Rain and a couple of other games.
 
I'm with Viper on this, I think Kinect is a great party accessory to use when you're drinking with friends and decide to add to the enjoyment. I'm pretty sure Wenz will also agree with me :p, getting pissed and playing Kinect just makes it even that more enjoyable. :)
 
I was really disappointed with Spore.
I bought the game after all the hype around it, and it seemed so cool, but then just fell flat.

Thinking about it I'm getting angry, I so wanted that game to be amazing.
 
sycogrim said:
I'm with Viper on this, I think Kinect is a great party accessory to use when you're drinking with friends and decide to add to the enjoyment. I'm pretty sure Wenz will also agree with me :p, getting pissed and playing Kinect just makes it even that more enjoyable. :)
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And that's the thing. It's only great for kids or for when you're goofing off with friends. There aren't really any good games on it, like we see on the other platforms. It's dominated by casual games.

It pretty much became the PS2's EyeToy.
 
Pooky said:
I was really disappointed with Spore.
I bought the game after all the hype around it, and it seemed so cool, but then just fell flat.

Thinking about it I'm getting angry, I so wanted that game to be amazing.
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Same here dude, the idea was there. All the elements just didn't fit together and once your past the creature stage its all downhill from there. Still haven't finished it :(
 
Graal said:
And that's the thing. It's only great for kids or for when you're goofing off with friends. There aren't really any good games on it, like we see on the other platforms. It's dominated by casual games.

It pretty much became the PS2's EyeToy.
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So its like the wii then? only better "whistling:
 
Graal said:
And that's the thing. It's only great for kids or for when you're goofing off with friends. There aren't really any good games on it, like we see on the other platforms. It's dominated by casual games.

It pretty much became the PS2's EyeToy.
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ACTUALLY. To be completely fair, Dance Central is superb. It's not for everybody, sure, but it's a very impressive game.
 
Murph said:
Same, It was epic.

But I totally agree with Far Cry 2...god I hate that game.
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I liked FC2 right until the time I realised how badly broken the militia checkpoints were; that mechanic alone ruined the game for me.
 
Isengard said:
I loved Brutal Legend! :D
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I rather liked it too, actually. I'm a bit of a metalhead, so there was enormous appeal for me in terms of aesthetics. But the actual gameplay was mostly rubbish, and the strategy stuff was completely broken. It could have been so much better.
 
Kinect is just plain kak. I tried it with a few different games and it just doesn't seem very good at picking up movement with any accuracy.

The Move is way better in terms of getting it to do exactly what you want, but then again you're forced to dance around with what is ostensibly a large, glowing dildo.
 
I own(ed) Far Cry 2. Love it even. But having to pop pills or die ... Or checkpoints resetting enemy AI every 5 minutes was a MAJOR pain.
Also, Emptying an entire clip into an enemy (headshots) before he dies was just the cherry on the cake :(
 
Dan said:
Kinect is just plain kak. I tried it with a few different games and it just doesn't seem very good at picking up movement with any accuracy.

The Move is way better in terms of getting it to do exactly what you want, but then again you're forced to dance around with what is ostensibly a large, glowing dildo.
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Good to know. I remember that some people favoured the Kinect over the Move because you had no need for controls in hand, which is why I was surprised to find kinect on the list.
I am however very happy with the PS Move. I just need to get more games designed for it. Would have been great if they made the Uncharted series compatible with it cause the PS3 controller is a bitch to get used to (coming from a Mouse + Keyboard background).
 
http://www.destructoid.com/review-fable-the-journey-236153.phtml

Peter Molynuex : "It's definitely not on rails"

Game arrives

It's on-rails.

...and no-one was surprised.

Add another one to the 'far, far, far worse with kinect' pile. Like the review says, kinect is still just a tech demo which only basically works for one type of game, the dance/party game. That's isn't really something that a company should be promoting so heavily as to be almost the definition of their console experience. As for the rest of the list a totally agree with all those games being disappointments, although I might add Rage to the list, at least personally I had high hopes for the game.
 
I agree with everything except Far Cry 2. The checkpoints were annoying sure but the game wasn't a let down, I think every reviewer loved it at the time too.
Had many a good LAN with it. ah LAN's......
 
I know Diablo 3 is still a good game, but wasn't anybody also just a bit disappointed with it? Played it for 1 month and then just not so much anymore.. Diablo 2 I still played till last year in comparison "whistling:
 
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