games you anticipated feverishly that were big letdowns

Dark Forces?

OTM! I dont get it... I loved Doom. But Ive never yet gotten ANYTHING like into any other FPS since. maybe now they're all too complex with their controls and weapons or something. Maybe it was new then, and now it's boring? Also I think I feel easier playing slower strategy/sim type games and maybe it just took noodling around to find this out.

Doom 3=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. nice graphics, though.

That said, I just got a new snazzy LCD and nice new mouse and kbd so now finally I can get into the more mem-intensive games with gusto. I hope.

The biggest letdown ever was Xenosaga.

Gran Turismo - the so called ultimate realistic driving sim. If it was realistic I wouldn't have to unlock 90% of the fucking game only to discover it's all the fucking same.

Black & White. I believed the hype. The hype LIED. Dull as dishwater.

Halo for PC. Holy shit how badly did they fuck up the conversion? You'd think anything that ran smoothly on a cut down budget pc (i.e. a X-Box) would be half decent on a £1000 PC.

Silent Hill 3 - what have they done to my beautiful game?? suddently i'm in a shopping precinct, but whats this I'm now in a subway? but why? so not anywhere near as good as the original.

grand turismo 3 on ps2, wow it's just exactly the same as the ps1 game but somehow it sucks more.

outrun on the speccy, my dad got me this for xmas. i felt really bad as i'd mivered him for it for ages and when i loaded it up on xmas day i just hated it. i had to pretend to love it though. sorry dad.

I liked Manhunt, but then again I scare easily. I couldn't play it on my own until I completed it. I had to get my friend Jack over for level or life.

Thief was the same. You're standing with a guard 6 inches from your face and you're thinking "good job my character doesn't breathe!"

You ever get those freaky "I've been playing too long and too late" moments? I was playing Thief well into the wee small hours and I was doing the old "stand in shadow and let the guard walk past" bit when the guard stopped right in front of me and STARED INTO MY REAL LIFE EYES. Save and fucking exit!

I see it's being reissued on the DS

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I'd rather have them port Xenogears.

This was when I realised Eidos were doomed.

because it was the quasi-sequel to sega rally, and they really nailed this weirdly intense aesthetic (german touring cars, throbby japanese trance soundtrack, red LED to flash in your line of sight when you needed to change gear)... then you played it and the handling was just junk. totally unplayable. such a shame, it coulda been a classic.

So OTM it hurts.

is it worth it? tom?

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Chrono Cross almost made me give up video games. Good fucking God was that game horrible.

Also:
Final Fantasy X
Phantasy Star II
Nobunaga's Ambition
Super Bomberman 2
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Tecmo Super Bowl 2 and 3
Burning Force
M.U.L.E.
every post-NES-era baseball video game

i heard that MLB The Show '07 was good?? no? still not out in the UK though

wow, u hate fun snrub. good luck with that.

Phantasy Star II!?

hahaha re-reading this makes you realize that even a relative disappointment like the last third of dark cloud 2 (or whatever is applicable in yr life, dear reader) is still an emotional walk in the park compared to loading up the latest promising new release you've just paid full retail for and realizing within an hour or less that it could never, ever, possibly be worth your time.

SERIOUSLY WHEN IS PHANTASY STARS AND EARTHBOUND ETC COMING TO WIIVC

(madden 07 for wii)

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madden 07 for wii OTM

madden 08 for wii is fun.

ok here's the thing, is it fun in the first ten minutes for a person who isn't used to all the madden menu minutiae, or fun after 2 hours of tutorials and fiddling?

I don't know, but as a Madden fan, I would be furious if the game felt oversimplified to bring in the casual fan. The depth of the game is really the main selling point when compared to arcade-style football titles.

argh.
I want wii sports NFL edition, I guess. All a bunch of Miis in pads and helmets plowing into each other. Can it be that hard to code?

NFL rights are an EA exclusive and they benefit in no way from diluting a juggernaut brand, Tombot; you know this.
I'll admit I haven't played Madden in five years, but this is fairly deep so far.

I can't get over how HARD Madden 08 is. I'm accustomed to wiping the floor with the All-Pro setting, and I'm getting my ass handed to me on Pro. And it's not like the computer is doing cheap shit like intercepting a pass out of nowhere or etc. The computer is beating me fair and square, capitalizing on every dumb little mistake I make (forcing passes into traffic, not protecting the ball, taking risks on punts when I should be fair catching, etc.).

Also, the fact that the XBOX controller has the same buttons as the PS2 (B, A, X, Y) but in different locations is driving me insane.

Wha? PS2 is triangle, square, X, O. The X is in a different spot though, it's true.

Oh I think I mostly meant the X. But also, on the PS2 Madden the bottom-most button isn't a throwing button, usually, but for the 360 version it is: it's the tight end button or slot receiver. Also, the Y button is used for the running back pretty constantly, which is confusing too since I'm used to using L1 or R1 for my backfield. It's just real frustrating, and something I could easily fix by rearranging my buttons, but I'm trying to get used to it.

Multiplatform games are going to be better on 360 for the time being, so better keep practicing. :D

EA in particular has been bitching about PS3 being a lot harder to develop for, and a lot of PS3 versions have frame rate issues and such. As such, a lot of developers making third party games are making the 360 version first since it's easier, and shoehorning that into a PS3 port creates more problems than they're ready to deal with.

The stuff developed specifically for PS3 seems to be fine, though. Maybe if they start biting the bullet and making the PS3 versions first and then making the easier to code 360 version, the situation would resolve itself, but unless the PS3 scores a respectable user base after more of the big exclusives hit, I don't know that the motivation would be there.

Yeah, that's why I bought a 360 instead of a PS3. Well, also because I heard XBOX Live/Marketplace was much better developed than whatever Sony's come up with so far.

twilight princess

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NEVER FORGET

2nd DS advance wars, couldn't get with the art style after a while, even if the mechanic was still solid

all post-SWOS iterations of sensible soccer

anyone brave enough to say fallout 3?

Ultima 8 fucking sucked, especially after both Ultima 7's were awesome.

although i haven't played it, the new Animal Crossing game. lazy lazy lazy.

anyone brave enough to say fallout 3?

No, because it's false. I actually think F3 might be my favorite of the series.

some people must be disappointed though? probably only lorelollers, mind

OBLIVION

Also, from this link:

Halo/Halo 2 - There's no doubt that both of these sci-fi shooters looked and sounded lovely and there was a lot to admire. But the blanket praise given to these games is ridiculous. What about the incredibly repetitive sections that blight both games? Yes, the AI was very impressive but ultimately it came down to shooting stuff. Fun yes, but not the Second Coming that reviews would suggest.

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Okami

^^^

That unskippable opening sequence that went for six hours killed it for me.

Yeah, but Super Mario Galaxy has (a considerably lamer) one as well, but from then on it's all good. I kind of think Okami would have done better if there'd been no Twilight Princess.

Warriors, and I know a lot of people liked it but I was expecting a lot more free roaming gameplay. Also things like having to unscrew screws to get stereos etc etc just become tiresome.

I was really *really* looking forward to it too.

FIFA 64.

dear god.

halo 2, yeah. it was hard and repetitive and i didn't even get far enough to see if there were any awesome set pieces before i gave up.

No More Heroes, which i still liked but jesus christ the driving sections AAAAggggghhh

Yeah, but Super Mario Galaxy has (a considerably lamer) one as well

Rubbish. Mario Galaxy's introduction isn't ridiculously long, and the pause menu doesn't trick you into sitting through the whole thing twice.

Soul Calibur 3
Soul Calibur 4
City of Secrets

Warriors, and I know a lot of people liked it but I was expecting a lot more free roaming gameplay. Also things like having to unscrew screws to get stereos etc etc just become tiresome.

Maybe it's because I only paid 10 bucks for it, but I enjoyed Warriors well enough. I didn't have high hopes, so I enjoyed it as a simple beat-em-up.

another late vote for black and white.

I thought twilight princess ruled the school

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joke post?

first one was so much better imo