Games that failed to live up to the hype

Doom 3. It was just to powerful for me. All too often I had the feeling there were things crawling around behind me. 15 minutes and then I installed.
 
I thought Far Cry 2 was shit, simply because it was shit. There was nothing good about it. Ninja-respawning militia checkpoints aside, it's simply a very bad game. Gunplay is awful. Gameplay even worse. Spend hours driving to and from objectives for what basically amounts to 'shoot this' or fetch that. Ninja-AI that can spot you 1km away through a bush, a wall and a vehicle, and then shoot you from there as well.

On top of that, you've got shallow characters as supposed 'companions' and some arsehole got it into his head that it might be fun to cripple the player with malaria, removing a large part of his freedom seeing as he constantly has to do missions to ensure he doesn't run out of malaria pills. Add to that a remarkably shitty plot that nobody gives a crap about and you understand why I feel Far Cry 2 is one of my worst purchases in recent years.

McT said:
Doom 3. It was just to powerful for me. All too often I had the feeling there were things crawling around behind me. 15 minutes and then I installed.
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Nah, Doom 3's scare factor wore off about an hour or two into the game. Pretty soon you started to notice a pattern and started recognizing which doors and areas were monster closets even before the monsters popped out. The game also dragged on for way, way too long.
 
I don't think there was much hype for Brink, it was pretty low key. Also it didn't do so badly. It wasn't great but it was alright.
 
bradbear117 said:
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......
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Yep same here LAN was extremely fun
 
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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You have to stop shoving your face right in front of the Kinect, or else it won't work :p.






/runs
 
I honestly enjoyed Far Cry 2, it had it's problems, but all-in-all I really enjoyed it. I didn't even mind the pill popping.
It was the first game I played that required you to sleep, and that was shit for me back then, but now I could boot it up and have fun.
 
MOnk said:
I don't think there was much hype for Brink, it was pretty low key. Also it didn't do so badly. It wasn't great but it was alright.
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Yeah, I don't think many people were actually hyped for Brink. Most people knew it was going to be a B-grade game from the start.

The major let-down of Brink was the technical issues. I honestly haven't had as much issues playing a game as I've had with Brink. The technical issues render it unplayable for many people today still.
 
Graal said:
Yeah, I don't think many people were actually hyped for Brink. Most people knew it was going to be a B-grade game from the start.

The major let-down of Brink was the technical issues. I honestly haven't had as much issues playing a game as I've had with Brink. The technical issues render it unplayable for many people today still.
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There were ALLOT of issues but if you got lucky enough to get it working (and find a half full server they were scarce) then it actually was fun
 
I got mine up and running, but had endless sound issues. Never got to play with other people as the game was dead by the time I got it, which is a pity as it didn't look too bad despite the issues.
 
James said:
Games that failed to live up to the hype

When great expectations meet harsh reality
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Kinect

Basically, everything except Fruit Ninja, and Fruit Ninja is really only fun for about five minutes anyway.
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For mind in box this might seem as fail, but use kinect outside box then not so fail any more ;)

Isengard said:
I loved Brutal Legend! :D
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It was good, but not all that good.


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/suits up

I'd like to add GW2 and erm Borderlands2. Neither really brought something new, especially gw2 which is just the JKD*** of what currently is...


***google and applied thought is your friend ;)
 
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