{"id":30052,"date":"2012-01-04T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T08:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30052"},"modified":"2012-01-04T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T08:09:29","slug":"mygamings-most-disappointing-games-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/30052-mygamings-most-disappointing-games-of-2011","title":{"rendered":"MyGaming’s most disappointing games of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

2011 almost feels like a distant memory. Sure 2012 may only be 3 days old, but last year feels as forgotten as our recently packed-away Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n

It was a great year for gamers. We were spoiled rotten with the likes of Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3, The Witcher 2 and loads more.<\/p>\n

However, it was not all sunshine and butterflies, and 2011 came with more than its fair share of disappointments. MyGaming staff recently gathered around to deliberate on some of the year\u2019s highs and some of its lows. Using a top-secret and complex scoring system, we isolated the following titles as the most disappointing games of 2011.<\/p>\n

Duke Nukem Forever<\/h3>\n

It may be an obvious choice, but that\u2019s because it was without a doubt one of the year\u2019s most anticipated titles, as well as one of its worst.<\/p>\n

\"Duke<\/a>

Duke Nukem Forever<\/p><\/div>\n

RAGE<\/h3>\n

We had a lot riding on id\u2019s latest brainchild, and it failed momentously at living up to our expectations. The PC version was particularly buggy and poorly built, making it one of the year\u2019s absolute low points.<\/p>\n

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\"RAGE\"<\/a>

RAGE<\/p><\/div>\n

Modern Warfare 3<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m not sure what we were expecting from Activision\u2019s most recent cash-cow iteration, but somewhere between not having ranked dedicated servers and introducing nothing new, the game failed to impress any of us.<\/p>\n

\"Call<\/a>

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3<\/p><\/div>\n

Dead Island<\/h3>\n

One of the year\u2019s most promising new IPs was sadly also one of its most disappointing games. Dead Island is a sandbox survival horror game in which players must find their way off a tropical paradise overrun by zombie. Sounds amazing right? Despite its epic premise, Dead Island failed to capitalize on the hype leading up to its launch.<\/p>\n

\"Dead<\/a>

Dead Island<\/p><\/div>\n

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim<\/h3>\n

Although it was by no means an absolute failure, we found Skyrim\u2019s buggy release code a little jarring. By most accounts it\u2019s still a great game, but we\u2019re waiting for the modding community to make develop it into something truly special.<\/p>\n

\"Skyrim\"<\/a>

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim<\/p><\/div>\n

Dragon Age II<\/h3>\n

Easily one of 2011\u2019s most contentious games, Dragon Age II lost a lot of what made the first game so special by mixing up the combat system. A lacklustre story and lack of unique environments also left us wanting more from Dragon Age 2.<\/p>\n

\"Dragon<\/a>

Dragon Age 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 3<\/h3>\n

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 3 was the only game in 2011 that disappointed Tarryn. No one else at MyGaming played it, so read her review<\/a> to find out just why it broke her tiny black heart.<\/p>\n

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LEGO Star Wars III<\/p><\/div>\n

Need for Speed: The Run<\/h3>\n

Number 389 in the Need for Speed series (not really), The Run failed to establish itself as the high-octane arcade racer that it could have been, and instead adamantly sunk itself into a sea of mediocrity.<\/p>\n

\"Need<\/a>

Need For Speed The Run<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are 8 games that managed to break our hearts in 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":30062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,4],"tags":[1635,1739,21,1779,1699],"class_list":["post-30052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-xbox","tag-dragon-age-2","tag-duke-nukem-forever","tag-headline","tag-lego-star-wars-iii","tag-rage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30053,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30052\/revisions\/30053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}