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The Most Disappointing Game You've Ever Played
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Correct_Carlo
Arcane
Disappointment is more a question of a game not living up to its hype than a game being outright terrible. In that sense, the most disappointing game I've played in the past year or so was System Shock 2.
However, "Dragon Age 2" would be on my all time list. I liked Dragon Age Origins and the early reviews for DA2 were great, so I was really excited to play, but then playing the game I realized that those early reviewers probably didn't actually play the game.
However, "Dragon Age 2" would be on my all time list. I liked Dragon Age Origins and the early reviews for DA2 were great, so I was really excited to play, but then playing the game I realized that those early reviewers probably didn't actually play the game.
deuxhero
Arcane
I'm going to be weird and say Pokemon Diamond.
It's a special something to be tediously slow even if you play it with a speed multiplier on an emualtor, but gen 4 Pokemon somehow managed that and more. Even aside from being a 30 FPS game in a 60 FPS series (and slow even for a 30 FPS game), there are a TON of gameplay problems in it: most of the new stuff can only be obtained late or post game, the stuff you can obtain in-game is worthless (you know how fire types are one of the signitures of the series? There are TWO fire families in the entire game, and one sucks while the other 2/3 players won't get) and as I found out more about the game latter, there were even MORE reasons to hate it (one of the new additions has a 102 speed, just to fuck over the common 100 speeds) Only good part was the translation (for example at one point there's a stupid puzzle where you have to solve a basic math problem, you even have a calculator in-game you can use, or you will get into a fight. The English dialog for every fight acknowledges you got it wrong on purpose for experience) and that can't save it.
It's a special something to be tediously slow even if you play it with a speed multiplier on an emualtor, but gen 4 Pokemon somehow managed that and more. Even aside from being a 30 FPS game in a 60 FPS series (and slow even for a 30 FPS game), there are a TON of gameplay problems in it: most of the new stuff can only be obtained late or post game, the stuff you can obtain in-game is worthless (you know how fire types are one of the signitures of the series? There are TWO fire families in the entire game, and one sucks while the other 2/3 players won't get) and as I found out more about the game latter, there were even MORE reasons to hate it (one of the new additions has a 102 speed, just to fuck over the common 100 speeds) Only good part was the translation (for example at one point there's a stupid puzzle where you have to solve a basic math problem, you even have a calculator in-game you can use, or you will get into a fight. The English dialog for every fight acknowledges you got it wrong on purpose for experience) and that can't save it.
Only two things are infinite; the universe and corporate greed, and I'm not sure about the former.
I didn't play the Ultimas, but I feel for you guys. I looked at an Ultima 9 LP, and holy fuck. It's hard to believe that someone looked at that and said "Yes. This is a game that should be released."
Same with 8
It was?
Gurkog
Erudite
Dead Space 2
It was from EA so I knew better than to expect improvements over the original, but they really fucked it up. The game was turned into a stupid corridor shooter with shitty script, shitty cutscenes, shitty level design, shitty shit shit everywhere shit. Fuck you EA. Fuck you.
It was from EA so I knew better than to expect improvements over the original, but they really fucked it up. The game was turned into a stupid corridor shooter with shitty script, shitty cutscenes, shitty level design, shitty shit shit everywhere shit. Fuck you EA. Fuck you.
Space Satan
Arcane
Dragon Age 2 - wordscannot express how many expectations were ruined after initial herpderp combat demonstration.
Heroes of Might and Magic 4 and 6 - dumbfucks in developement crippled it.
Fallout 3 - obviously
Mass Effect 3 - fuck ending, gameplay was awful with the exception of combat
Diablo III - auction killed it.
Dawn of War II - combat was a mercyless and boring grind.
Bioshock Infinite - so much hype and so much disappointment.
Heroes of Might and Magic 4 and 6 - dumbfucks in developement crippled it.
Fallout 3 - obviously
Mass Effect 3 - fuck ending, gameplay was awful with the exception of combat
Diablo III - auction killed it.
Dawn of War II - combat was a mercyless and boring grind.
Bioshock Infinite - so much hype and so much disappointment.
AlexOfSpades
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Morrowind. I know a lot of people are going to hate me for this but w/e
I'll be honest, i started with TES: Oblivion, heavily modded too. I had never played a sandbox with that level of exploration and beauty, so needless to say i was stunned. I loved every bit of it, well, at least loved it enough to ignore the flaws. But everywhere i went on the internet, fans were circlejerking about how Oblivion (the game i so dearly liked) was actually shit,how i should feel sorry for liking it, and how it will never top the Absolute 10/10 Masterpiece previous game... MORROWIND. From /v/ to the Eidos forums, from Reddit to Facebook, even in MMO chats i saw people praising Morrowind, describing how much they loved that game and how no other game EVER will be better than TES III, the beautiful and flawless Citizen Kane of Gaming. Needless to say, my expectations were off the charts. I expected nothing short of a diamond of a game - a perfect, incredible, immersive experience with the most minutiously detailed world exploration ever created and a storyline good enough to make me cry manly tears when i finished its hundreds of hours of gameplay. So i torrented it, installed it, put on my headphones and prepared for the best gaming experience of my life. Boy, how wrong i was...
I rolled a Breton, a knight-esque character. Not sure how i ended up in Morrowind, but i'll think of that later. The world was very.. well, gray. Very unappealing, divided between gray ground and strange, pale-yellow buildings. How depressing and melancholic. And wait, what? My character... when he walks, jesus christ he walks with his legs wide open as if he was a cowboy that shat himself or something. M-maybe this torrented version is glitchy? Whatever, lets not be a graphics whore. I'm sure the storyline is going to blow me away! Lets join, uh... the Fighters Guild. Because i'm a knight, right? And within a single minute i was already issued a quest to kill a few rats. Pfft, i'm a FUCKING KNIGHT BITCH i can destroy rats anytime i want! My mighty Breton warrior, clad in heavy armor, stormed down the street off to the place infested with rats. "Begone, foul beasts!" - he exclaimed, as... wait jesus they hit pretty hard wait why am i missing i'm pointing right at the fucking rat jesus my sword is going through him what the fuck what the fuck wait I'M GOING TO DIE HOLY SHIT! I managed to finish off two of them, but with the heavy wounds (somehow those fucking rats pierced my armor? How the fuck?) i had to retreat. Were those vorpal rats or something? By the nine fucking divines, i should rest a bit until my wounds are better... Whoa, big surprise! Resting doesnt help. Your wounds are permanent. VORPAL RATS NIGGA! THE BITES NEVER HEAL! Well then time to get SERIOUS. Time to use A HEALING SPELL! (Actually, a healing ring i think) Anyways, with my deadly rat-bites healed i kicked down the door, swords blazing. TIME TO DIE YOU FILTHY BEAST except that he absolutely kicked my ass. I swinged the sword but nothing happened, the sword just going through the fucking rat! This is the worst fucking combat system i ever saw, wow. And the rat killed me. I loaded the game, offended as fuck, and decided to just leave (still wounded). Wait... my magicka doesnt regenerate? Magic use is permanent too? WHAT? Oh god. Maybe at least it regenerates if i rest? OH WAIT, RESTING IS A CRIME NIGGA! WELCOME TO MORROWIND WHERE A NICE TIME IS FORBIDDEN BY FUCKING LAW. I should have closed the game then. But i didnt. It gets better right?
I decided to leave fighting for a while, maybe i should level up a bit before i try fighting rats (??). Maybe i shuold talk to some people and level up with speechcraft? Maybe i should just talk around and see if i can learn a bit of the lore. But for every guard i talked, or place i entered... i was shunned and called an "Outsidah". Hell, why did i roll a fucking Breton? Now this Dark Elves will treat me like shit. And not like anyone said anything interesting, either, it was just the usual "Ask About: ___" conversation topic. Damn, i was promised good writing! Maybe i'm on the wrong city. Maybe i should explore the world! Which obviously is a terrible idea since i cant even fight a house-rat, imagine whatever monstruosity i'll find out there in the wilderness. But lets try it out anyways! So, embarrassed with his defeat, the Breton Knight left the city in shame, but positive that there are better adventures ahead. So i walked and walked... through gray wastelands. They never seemed to end - the world was terribly bland, just a single color all over the screen. Am i playing The Void? And i'm not even going to mention the endless rain of these pterodactyl-things, Cliff Riders or something? Oh my god... swinging my sword seemed like forever, woosh woosh woosh woosh woosh until finally i hit it for something. Why is my character so blind? Did i accidentally pick "Wimpy Faggot" as birthsign by mistake? Shit. Maybe i should just quit this horrible game. Or i could reroll! And i did.
And there i was, now a beautiful and mysterious Dark Elf lass with a knack for stealth. Certainly, rolling as a Dark Elf will at least get me some better treatment among my fellow Dunmer. Right? WRONG! They still call me AN OUTSIDAH. Couldnt they just change the fucking text? Were they that lazy to include a simple check to see your race and change the text? Its seriously five seconds of coding. Ugh. Maybe its because i came from a ship, so they automatically assume i'm OUTSIDAH. How do they know anwyays? Its definitely not written on my forehead. Bah fuck it, i need to finish some guild quests before i can advance in the main quest, so lets join.. uh... THE THIEVES GUILD! But how? The Thieves Guild, as the name says, is probably an unknown organization of pickpockets and shadowy figures, never seen, never heard. How can i even contact them? To thrive right under the nose of the guards, they must be well-hidden... Perhaps the local tavern knows more. So, the Dunmer lass enters the bar... there's a khajiit literally a few feet next to a FUCKING GUARD. Her first line (i'm not kidding) is an invitation to the THIEVES GUILD. YEAH, THE SECRET ORGANIZATION OF MUGGERS. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET? Why didnt the Khajiit even say, you know, HI? She had to go straight to the quest? Why didnt i at least have to, you know, talk to her and convince her that i'm trustworthy? They just accept random people like that? And the Guards do nothing? This game is absolute shit, this is the worst writing i ever saw. FUCK OKAY lets do this quest. So, apparently i had to steal something from a chest inside a merchant's store. I went over there, except that the merchant stood on the same place 24/7 staring towards the chest - there was literally nothing i could do to distract him like in, you know, Thief: The Dark Project or any other stealth game. Are they even trying? I couldnt steal the damn thing with him staring me down like that. (Apparently, according to the wiki, i'm supposed to stealth and clip through a pole or something and steal it unseen. Oh, that's great.)
I gave up with the Thieves Guild altogether, tired of the Guards swarming around me before i even touched the chest's lock. Fucking rude guards and their rude conversation topics. Fuck this! I'm leaving town, to explore. (Again). And so i did, until i found an assassin with a really cool armor, who... obviously tried to murder me. ME, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE! I tried to run away, but he chased me. Why is he doing this? I just started the game, what did i do wrong? There's no chance i can defeat a professional assassin in close combat.. how am i supposed to survive!? OH I HAVE AN IDEA! THE GUARDS!! I ran back to the city with a spunky, daring smirk as the poor assassin chased me down right into my trap. There, i'm inside the city walls! GUARDS, I'M BEING ATTACKED! HELP ME! The guards just stood there and watched as i was mercilessly pummeled to death. Because killing you is not a crime, everyone knows that! (Resting is illegal, though.)
With the worst, most un-appealing world to explore, horrible animations that i swear to god i can do better in Maya3d before my CupNoodles are done, the most unpolished, clunky and out-right retarded combat system i ever witnessed, Morrowind was uninstalled faster than you can say Saint Nerevar. (And turns out the story is just the classic Bethesda - hey you're the chosen one, go save the world, wohoo no plot twists).
To this day, i still hold the firm belief that Morrowind is a bad game and everyone knows it - they just pretend its a good game - like in a meme - to lure idiots like me to try it out. It was a joke all along eh, you smartasses?
I'll be honest, i started with TES: Oblivion, heavily modded too. I had never played a sandbox with that level of exploration and beauty, so needless to say i was stunned. I loved every bit of it, well, at least loved it enough to ignore the flaws. But everywhere i went on the internet, fans were circlejerking about how Oblivion (the game i so dearly liked) was actually shit,how i should feel sorry for liking it, and how it will never top the Absolute 10/10 Masterpiece previous game... MORROWIND. From /v/ to the Eidos forums, from Reddit to Facebook, even in MMO chats i saw people praising Morrowind, describing how much they loved that game and how no other game EVER will be better than TES III, the beautiful and flawless Citizen Kane of Gaming. Needless to say, my expectations were off the charts. I expected nothing short of a diamond of a game - a perfect, incredible, immersive experience with the most minutiously detailed world exploration ever created and a storyline good enough to make me cry manly tears when i finished its hundreds of hours of gameplay. So i torrented it, installed it, put on my headphones and prepared for the best gaming experience of my life. Boy, how wrong i was...
I rolled a Breton, a knight-esque character. Not sure how i ended up in Morrowind, but i'll think of that later. The world was very.. well, gray. Very unappealing, divided between gray ground and strange, pale-yellow buildings. How depressing and melancholic. And wait, what? My character... when he walks, jesus christ he walks with his legs wide open as if he was a cowboy that shat himself or something. M-maybe this torrented version is glitchy? Whatever, lets not be a graphics whore. I'm sure the storyline is going to blow me away! Lets join, uh... the Fighters Guild. Because i'm a knight, right? And within a single minute i was already issued a quest to kill a few rats. Pfft, i'm a FUCKING KNIGHT BITCH i can destroy rats anytime i want! My mighty Breton warrior, clad in heavy armor, stormed down the street off to the place infested with rats. "Begone, foul beasts!" - he exclaimed, as... wait jesus they hit pretty hard wait why am i missing i'm pointing right at the fucking rat jesus my sword is going through him what the fuck what the fuck wait I'M GOING TO DIE HOLY SHIT! I managed to finish off two of them, but with the heavy wounds (somehow those fucking rats pierced my armor? How the fuck?) i had to retreat. Were those vorpal rats or something? By the nine fucking divines, i should rest a bit until my wounds are better... Whoa, big surprise! Resting doesnt help. Your wounds are permanent. VORPAL RATS NIGGA! THE BITES NEVER HEAL! Well then time to get SERIOUS. Time to use A HEALING SPELL! (Actually, a healing ring i think) Anyways, with my deadly rat-bites healed i kicked down the door, swords blazing. TIME TO DIE YOU FILTHY BEAST except that he absolutely kicked my ass. I swinged the sword but nothing happened, the sword just going through the fucking rat! This is the worst fucking combat system i ever saw, wow. And the rat killed me. I loaded the game, offended as fuck, and decided to just leave (still wounded). Wait... my magicka doesnt regenerate? Magic use is permanent too? WHAT? Oh god. Maybe at least it regenerates if i rest? OH WAIT, RESTING IS A CRIME NIGGA! WELCOME TO MORROWIND WHERE A NICE TIME IS FORBIDDEN BY FUCKING LAW. I should have closed the game then. But i didnt. It gets better right?
I decided to leave fighting for a while, maybe i should level up a bit before i try fighting rats (??). Maybe i shuold talk to some people and level up with speechcraft? Maybe i should just talk around and see if i can learn a bit of the lore. But for every guard i talked, or place i entered... i was shunned and called an "Outsidah". Hell, why did i roll a fucking Breton? Now this Dark Elves will treat me like shit. And not like anyone said anything interesting, either, it was just the usual "Ask About: ___" conversation topic. Damn, i was promised good writing! Maybe i'm on the wrong city. Maybe i should explore the world! Which obviously is a terrible idea since i cant even fight a house-rat, imagine whatever monstruosity i'll find out there in the wilderness. But lets try it out anyways! So, embarrassed with his defeat, the Breton Knight left the city in shame, but positive that there are better adventures ahead. So i walked and walked... through gray wastelands. They never seemed to end - the world was terribly bland, just a single color all over the screen. Am i playing The Void? And i'm not even going to mention the endless rain of these pterodactyl-things, Cliff Riders or something? Oh my god... swinging my sword seemed like forever, woosh woosh woosh woosh woosh until finally i hit it for something. Why is my character so blind? Did i accidentally pick "Wimpy Faggot" as birthsign by mistake? Shit. Maybe i should just quit this horrible game. Or i could reroll! And i did.
And there i was, now a beautiful and mysterious Dark Elf lass with a knack for stealth. Certainly, rolling as a Dark Elf will at least get me some better treatment among my fellow Dunmer. Right? WRONG! They still call me AN OUTSIDAH. Couldnt they just change the fucking text? Were they that lazy to include a simple check to see your race and change the text? Its seriously five seconds of coding. Ugh. Maybe its because i came from a ship, so they automatically assume i'm OUTSIDAH. How do they know anwyays? Its definitely not written on my forehead. Bah fuck it, i need to finish some guild quests before i can advance in the main quest, so lets join.. uh... THE THIEVES GUILD! But how? The Thieves Guild, as the name says, is probably an unknown organization of pickpockets and shadowy figures, never seen, never heard. How can i even contact them? To thrive right under the nose of the guards, they must be well-hidden... Perhaps the local tavern knows more. So, the Dunmer lass enters the bar... there's a khajiit literally a few feet next to a FUCKING GUARD. Her first line (i'm not kidding) is an invitation to the THIEVES GUILD. YEAH, THE SECRET ORGANIZATION OF MUGGERS. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET? Why didnt the Khajiit even say, you know, HI? She had to go straight to the quest? Why didnt i at least have to, you know, talk to her and convince her that i'm trustworthy? They just accept random people like that? And the Guards do nothing? This game is absolute shit, this is the worst writing i ever saw. FUCK OKAY lets do this quest. So, apparently i had to steal something from a chest inside a merchant's store. I went over there, except that the merchant stood on the same place 24/7 staring towards the chest - there was literally nothing i could do to distract him like in, you know, Thief: The Dark Project or any other stealth game. Are they even trying? I couldnt steal the damn thing with him staring me down like that. (Apparently, according to the wiki, i'm supposed to stealth and clip through a pole or something and steal it unseen. Oh, that's great.)
I gave up with the Thieves Guild altogether, tired of the Guards swarming around me before i even touched the chest's lock. Fucking rude guards and their rude conversation topics. Fuck this! I'm leaving town, to explore. (Again). And so i did, until i found an assassin with a really cool armor, who... obviously tried to murder me. ME, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE! I tried to run away, but he chased me. Why is he doing this? I just started the game, what did i do wrong? There's no chance i can defeat a professional assassin in close combat.. how am i supposed to survive!? OH I HAVE AN IDEA! THE GUARDS!! I ran back to the city with a spunky, daring smirk as the poor assassin chased me down right into my trap. There, i'm inside the city walls! GUARDS, I'M BEING ATTACKED! HELP ME! The guards just stood there and watched as i was mercilessly pummeled to death. Because killing you is not a crime, everyone knows that! (Resting is illegal, though.)
With the worst, most un-appealing world to explore, horrible animations that i swear to god i can do better in Maya3d before my CupNoodles are done, the most unpolished, clunky and out-right retarded combat system i ever witnessed, Morrowind was uninstalled faster than you can say Saint Nerevar. (And turns out the story is just the classic Bethesda - hey you're the chosen one, go save the world, wohoo no plot twists).
To this day, i still hold the firm belief that Morrowind is a bad game and everyone knows it - they just pretend its a good game - like in a meme - to lure idiots like me to try it out. It was a joke all along eh, you smartasses?
zwanzig_zwoelf
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Ha-ha, look at this dumbass, he cannot into incline.
Morrowind is actually a shitty game, so is Oblivion and Skyrim. It's just some codexers have shitty taste in games or just liked it.
oddech_wymarlych_swiatow
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Starcraft / Warcraft 3 / Diablo 2 - waaaaaay below expectations
Red Alert 3 - doesn't feel like true C&C game
Mortal Kombat 4 - after perfection MK3/UMK3/MKT were Midway released this masterpiss of shit with ugly colours, awful animation, useless weapons, crippled combat mechanics, boring new characters (with few exception), tons of bugs, ridiculous sounds etc. One of the worst game ever
Half Life 2, Unreal 2, Blood 2 - just another 'false' sequels that hadn't too much common with their predecessor (but B2 is still a nice geam, not above 6/10 though)
Necrovison - WW1 fps with occult touch like Wolf3D? Great idea, far worse execution (hell levels were pure abomination)
Postal 2 - .....................................................................
Civ3 / Commandos 2(3) - don't fix what ain't broken
Red Alert 3 - doesn't feel like true C&C game
Mortal Kombat 4 - after perfection MK3/UMK3/MKT were Midway released this masterpiss of shit with ugly colours, awful animation, useless weapons, crippled combat mechanics, boring new characters (with few exception), tons of bugs, ridiculous sounds etc. One of the worst game ever
Half Life 2, Unreal 2, Blood 2 - just another 'false' sequels that hadn't too much common with their predecessor (but B2 is still a nice geam, not above 6/10 though)
Necrovison - WW1 fps with occult touch like Wolf3D? Great idea, far worse execution (hell levels were pure abomination)
Postal 2 - .....................................................................
Civ3 / Commandos 2(3) - don't fix what ain't broken
Morrowind is considered a classic because the landscape is not generic, the monsters are not level scaled and the main quest is actually very good for a "you are the chosen" story line.
But apart from that you need to seriously handicap your character, and not abuse potion making and the level system, to get any challenge out of the game. And as you noticed, unlike Oblivion the game world is totally static; every fucking thing revolves around your player character. Guards will only react to what NPCs do if one NPC hurts another NPCs (usually by a stray spell). And they react by attacking the fucking player character!
Probably Fable. Yeah, I know, Molyneux, etc. but it sounded so cool. Open world RPG, plant a tree and it'll grow over time, etc. Instead I got a run on the linear corridor game filled with button mashing hack'n'slash and world interactivity via farting on people.
I assumed some of the features would be overhyped whatever, but such a huge reversal in concept from what was hyped to what was delivered is mindboggling.
I assumed some of the features would be overhyped whatever, but such a huge reversal in concept from what was hyped to what was delivered is mindboggling.
Very good point! Ultima IX was indeed a massive BETRAYAL!!! as Spoony puts it - good thing we don't have to worry about that kind of history repeating with modern franchises because they'll die off long before they reach that point. I don't think we'll be raging over Dragon Age 9 some 15 years from now.
A user named cat
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I remember begging my parents to get it for me, thinking how badass it'd be judging from the box art and that I'd found some relatively unknown gem. So anyone who knows this piece of shit can imagine a kid's dreadful surprise once he got home and popped it in.
Might&Magic 8&9
I have many other dissapointments too but those 2 are the greatest by far. Especially the ninth one...
I have many other dissapointments too but those 2 are the greatest by far. Especially the ninth one...
Unleash DraQ on him for more gruesome fate
zwanzig_zwoelf
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But hey, they forgot to delete the source content from rez files, so you can try to mod and rebuild the maps by yourself... if you've got balls to deal with the engine, of course. It took me more than 5 years to get used to the interface, and then some to forget about it.
His post is obvious trolling, which becomes apparent as soon as he mentions the combat. This can only be trolling.
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I never understood what is supposed to be so bad about Ultima 8. It may be a fair bit different from the other Ultimas, but it's a good game.
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