Biggest Let Down Ever!

[Kirkatronics]

What game has been he biggest let down to you?
For me it is 50 Cent Bullet Proof... The people at school were saying how amazing it is, then when i got i i felt like making them eat it.
The hype out did the game =[

[Daft]

Enter the Matrix

[chairdriver]

Standing In The Way Of Control by The Gossip.

I loved the single, it had such energy, and such a voice, but then the rest of the album is so dull and boring (apart from Yr Mangled Heart, which has some sort of life).

[Roostophe]

Perfect Dark Zero.

How was it that the original PD was so brilliant, yet Zero was absolutely horrendous? :shakehead

[Daft]

Standing In The Way Of Control by The Gossip.

I loved the single, it had such energy, and such a voice, but then the rest of the album is so dull and boring (apart from Yr Mangled Heart, which has some sort of life).

That's a game?! DAMN! Missed out on that one. :heh:

[chairdriver]

That's a game?! DAMN! Missed out on that one. :heh:

It would help if I actually read the thread, lol.

[Letty]

ICO... *sob*

[Dante]

Donkey Kong 64.

[MoogleViper]

ICO... *sob*

Get out! .

[kyletherobot]

Assassins Creed for me. That game should have been AMAZING, and it looked it until I played it. :(

[Dante]

ICO... *sob*

What!

Like Shadow of the Colossus?

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

ICO

... Is one of the best video games of the last ten years. :p

Mario Sunshine.

[gaggle64]

Does it have to be a game? Because the new Star Wars trilogy is inordinately worse then what I think we all expected. Also New Labour, The Wachowski brothers, and life.

[Letty]

What!

Like Shadow of the Colossus?

SotC was awesome on the other hand.

I didn't like ICO at all! I think it was the girl that put me off. She was too much of an idiot, and I didn't feel compelled to save her in the slightest.

The art style of both games was epic though ;_;

[Cube]

Donkey Kong 64.

Donkey Kong 64 > Super Mario 64 (But Banko-Kazooie/Tooie >> Donkey Kong 64...so in a way it was disappointing).

[ipaul]

Star Fox Adventures possibly, or Perfect Dark Zero.

[Dante]

SotC was awesome on the other hand.

I didn't like ICO at all! I think it was the girl that put me off. She was too much of an idiot.

The art style of both games was epic though ;_;

Your forgotten Letty :yay:

But if someone says Killer 7. :cry:

[EEVILMURRAY]

Wind Waker

[gaggle64]

Star Fox Adventures possibly.

Oh yes, certainly that one for me. Also Star Fox Assault. Not awful, but so very poor compared to Lylat Wars and Starwing. From Namco too.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Geist possibly. The first videos looked promising but then it went all downhill.

[Babooo]

Mario Sunshine
Zelda: Windwaker
Mario Kart double dash
Perfect Dark (64 version - was good but I think I was WAY too over hyped for it)

[Jordan]

Anyone who says Wind Waker will feel my wrath... Sure, its nothing new but its still one of the nicest looking games ever.

Mine? No More Heroes. Bland. Bland. Shitty combat system. Boring. Couldn't stand playing it. Since Killer7 was basically one of my favourite games in all of creation, it fucking sucked.

Oh, Assassin's Creed sucked. And Sonic the Hedgehog 2006... that REALLY sucked.

[Noodleman]

Twilight Princess

[MoogleViper]

But if someone says Killer 7. :cry:

Killer 7.

It was shit.

[Sanchez]

phantasy star universe is the only game that comes to mind.

EDIT: Oh, assassins creed as well, it's amusing because they could have made it vastly better simply by not pointing out where everything was, just the guideline you get when you talk to the guild guy would have done.

[gaggle64]

Perfect Dark (64 version - was good but I think I was WAY too over hyped for it)

How did you manage to get so hyped that PD64 was a let down? You must have been having heart attacks and waking up screaming and drenched in sweat from violently sexual dreams about Elvis.

[McMad]

Bioshock. Escape from Monkey Island. Killzone. Metroid Prime 3

[Dante]

Killer 7.

It was shit.

http://i31.tinypic.com/16l9z06.gif

[Babooo]

How did you manage to get so hyped that PD64 was a let down? You must have been having heart attacks and waking up screaming and drenched in sweat from violently sexual dreams about Elvis.

You don't understand....I was young, lots of spare time, spent practically every minute looking at my copy of NOM (lol) with the huge PD preview over and over and over again. I even pre ordered the damn game and got my older sister to buy it for me whilst I was at school. I was THAT hyped for it.

I admit, I got so hyped for the game that it would be nothing but a let down. :smile:

[Sanchez]

I on the other hand knew nothing of perfect dark until well after release and when I played it I loved it even more than goldeneye, which I played to death.

[Eenuh]

42 all time classics (or whatever). Sold it cause I thought it was pretty crap.
Also not a big fan of Kingdom Hearts for the GBA.
(and I'm a tiny bit let down by Brawl, but that's cause I lack multiplayer)

[ShadowV7]

The internet is a huge let down...

No i'm not serious here folk

[Daft]

The Wii. It is currently sitting unplugged behind a pile of PS3 games...who would have thunk it?!

[Gizmo]

All the Guild Wars expansions. The PvP scene was great until they messed up the balance and mechanics with the new games, letting it slowly die until it got to the stage that it was no longer fun.

Also Halo 3, Black and White 2 and that GC Starfox game come to mind.

[Jonnas]

Super Mario Sunshine, since I expected it to be less linear, and more varied in terms of ambience. I thought it was fun, until I noticed how linear and repetitive it became.

Twilight Princess, since it was...pretty bland, and it seemed to lack effort (despite the ginormous amount of time in development).

Baten Kaitos, not as good as I thought it could be. Bad voices, bad story and ridiculous names quickly became tiring, and annoying.

Starfox Adventures, because it has ZERO side-quests. Are side-quests too much to ask for in an adventure game?

[EEVILMURRAY]

Anyone who says Wind Waker will feel my wrath... Sure, its nothing new but its still one of the nicest looking games ever.
Bollocks to Da Grafix, it was a shit game. New or otherwise.

[Hellfire]

What game has been he biggest let down to you?
For me it is 50 Cent Bullet Proof... The people at school were saying how amazing it is, then when i got i i felt like making them eat it.
The hype out did the game =[

You're kidding right? Please tell me you're kidding. If I believed in God and he told me "Hey, Don, 50 Cent Bullet Proof is fucking awesome", I wouldn't believe him.
I dunno, I'm pretty down to earth I usually know what to expect so I usually don't get very disapointed, although I expected more from Odin SPhere. But I'm gonna steer clear of this thread.

[AeroScap]

Fruit striped chewing gum (family guy reference!)

mmm biggest let down? my local sushi place.. said they had my order 1.5 hours later i rang up.. they forgot... newbs..

TP was my biggest letdown! Hyrule again! no explaination about how the twilight world exists why who or what... terrible and i am usually a fanboy!

[Chuck]

Bioshock. Escape from Monkey Island. Killzone. Metroid Prime 3

Bioshock? Erm... What?

And everyone who said Perfect Dark Zero get ready to be beheaded. Caris mames anyone who shames it.

Assassins Creed for me. The shittest, most annoying game. EVER.

[Dante]

Whats wrong with Metroid Prime 3 McMad?

[BeerMonkey]

twlight princess

wrost zelda game ive ever played :(

Forza 2 - prob the most boring game ive ever played this gen anyway
assassins creed - one of the wrost games ive ever played full stop.

also the fact that cadburys wispa came back :D but only for a short time :(

[Jonnas]

Bollocks to Da Grafix, it was a shit game. New or otherwise.

Bollocks to Da Grafix, it was an awesome game! :grin: No, I'm not being sarcastic.

Gotta love how Wind Waker still divides opinions.

[gmac]

Assasins Creed, fun for about the first 30 minutes then you realise you're reliving the first 30 minutes over and over

[ViPeR]

Star Wars: Rebel Strike (Rogue Squadron 3).

[Eenuh]

Wind Waker was great! And so was Twilight Princess! =3

But then again I even liked Phantom Hourglass (though it's not one of my favourites). =P

Wario Ware for the Wii was a disappointment for me as well though. Barely played it.

[dan-likes-trees]

I also vote for the wii in general

And no more heroes... maan i so wanted to love that game...

[Emasher]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. My friend told me it was an amazing RPG almost as good as TOS. I bought it and hated it. It turned out he never even owned the game. Lets just say he isn't my friend anymore.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Phantasy Star Online, didn't actually play it online, was trying to get a feel for it first, but you pretty much had to start from the beginning of the level every time, which took the piss when having to do a nice hard boss again and again.

[ShadowV7]

PSO is amazing though, though it's so much better online.

But in the levels, you have to work through it to reach the boss :heh: One of my favorite games aswell.

[LazyBoy]

GTAIV, COD4, Starfox adventures

and ICO.....because NO ONE INSULTS KILLER7

AHHHHHHHH

[EEVILMURRAY]

PSO is amazing though, though it's so much better online.

But in the levels, you have to work through it to reach the boss :heh: One of my favorite games aswell.
I know, but for some reason I had to take on that piss annoying water snake thing twice, and I'm fairly sure I saved it.

[Marshmellow]

Uhh Wii in general after the first hour...

Twilight Princess...sucked
No More Heroes...I wanted to love the game, but it was horrendous imo.
DMC4...Loved the game, but my god you do the same thing twice in the same playthrough, then you have to beat the game like 4 times to get all the achievements.

[Dyson]

The Wii I suppose :/

[weeyellowbloke]

Pac-man, I had heard good things but when I played it I found the graphics to be blocky, the gameplay to be repetitive and there to be very little in the way of plot or character development. Same thing goes for Tetris (especially the blocky graphics).

[Chris the great]

well mario & luigi partners in time was a let down, good but aint got shit on the origional.

mario part 8. god that was dull.

cant see where the no more heros hate is from, its a very fun, silly game.

i see the TP problem, its a bit slow but compaired to oot, it dosent do alot wrong. imo, people compaire it to a nostalgic veiw off oot. its a better game when compaired, but lacks the impact or the rose tinted vision.

mario galexy was a very slight let down, some of the missions were dog shit, but 99% were atleast good.

apollo justice hasnt got hold of me in the same way PW (specificaly 3) did. so a little let down.

outside of games, the transformers movie. i expected an awsome action packed blast down memory lane via kick arse ally. instead i got a trip to bad film town.

[soag]

Any mario party game, starfox adventures, buck bumble, dk64, smackdown vs raw 2008 wii (2009 has more match types so hopefully that will be a huge improvment)

[bluey]

yeah... the wii.
specifically realizing that after finishing kororinpa and twilight princess, i had nothing to play on the wii.

then...
- selling my wii before getting a chance to play mario galaxy, and
- being too far away to tea-leaf jamba's wii so i can play mario galaxy
are my 2nd and 3rd biggest let downs respectively. *is sad*

:smile:

[Olympic Gamer]

Probably the Wii, bought it on release..then 6 months later realised it had gathered ALOT of dust. Sold it.

Buying it at launch was a big mistake, all the big titles got delayed, 3rd party developers were shifting out party game crap, and I'm not a fan of Zelda.

[Daft]

GTAIV - A bit boring and too easy.

Mario Galaxy - Fun but essentially nothing new. Peach can go save herself next time.

Twilight Princess - Soulless.

Warhawk - Just couldn't get into it.

[Dog-amoto]

Super Smash Bros Melee

[ReZourceman]

I have two that I cannot decide between.

LEGO Star Wars 2 - DS - I made a vowe when I got my DS to never sell or trade in any DS game, so that I had a formidable onslaught of titles to play when I got bored/reminising. God this game was so fucking buggy, glitchy and horribly controlled that it made me break my vowe. Ugh.

Spectrobes - Had potential to be amazing. And aspects of it were. The whole fossil bit is soooo good and soooo cool, and it has physical cards which is an awesome Idea. About 1 hour and a half in I realised how awful the combat system was and it ruined the game. You do all this really awesome stuff building up to a really crap thing. Also think the graphics would look better cel-shaded. Sequel looks to be keeping the battle system, so that sucks.

[Olympic Gamer]

Super Smash Bros Melee

*wipes eyes in amazement*

You..cant be serious..

Im convinced your off your rocker.. didnt I tell you that your now too old for the internet?

[Eenuh]

Super Smash Bros Melee

Ah, Melee was amazing for me. Probably one of the games I spent most hours on ever. I even got my sisters to play it with me from time to time (mainly coin battles for some reason).

Now Brawl on the other hand.... *runs away*

[Jordan]

Mario Galaxy - Fun but essentially nothing new. Peach can go save herself next time.


:(
Mario Galaxy has been my favourite game in years, it wasn't a suprise that it was so good. Hell, I expected it to be good and man did it deliver. I don't think i've ever played a game when i've had a constant smile on my face. That is what makes Mario Galaxy pure fucking gold.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

I agree. I had high hopes for Mario Galaxy and it actually managed to surpass them. Easily one of the best games in years.

I was smiling like a buffoon the entire time.

[Babooo]

Super Smash Bros Melee

you crazy bastard! :)

SSBM was one of the best games on GC for me. Spent many hours on the multiplayer with my bro and sis. Good times.

Another of my letdowns has to be the current PES games. They're still awesome for multiplayer but haven't progressed. Still got the same old cheesy music, crap menu's and graphics don't look anywhere near next gen standard.

[Shorty]

Enter The Matrix
Final Fantasy VIII
Nintendogs
Twilight Princess (loved it in many ways but... it was too small a world and just didn't feel good enough to be the latest generation successor to OoT/MM/WW)
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Blue Dragon
FEAR
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
SSX On Tour
GTA San Andreas

[Jordan]

Enter The Matrix


That game was great... if you didn't mind its numerous gameplay flaws, graphical shit, bollocks characters, generic levels, terrible voice acting, square wheels on cars, gameplay that made you want to bleed from your eyes oh and the fact that it was about as fun as a piece of toast.

[Shorty]

You missed out that when you pressed "jump" standing still they performed the worst/lowest/most pathetic video game character jump since Yogi's Great Escape on the commodore 64. They basically swung their arms forward and stood on tiptoes. It didn't even deserve to be called a jump.

[Babooo]

Matrix game looked awesome but did you not read reviews etc? Thats what put me off tbh. Looked good but that about it.

[weeyellowbloke]

oh and the fact that it was about as fun as a piece of toast.

Woah, easy there. I think you are being overly critical of toast, especially in comparison to Enter the Matrix.

I think the most disappointment I've had was from Harvest Moon-A Wonderful Life. I was looking forward to it for months, but when I got it something just wasn't right. It wasn't a bad game, I just felt it lacked something.

[Wesley]

Mario Kart Double Dash.

[Kirkatronics]

Every one jump over to Blueys thread for a bit more optimistic version of this thread :D

[Monopolyman]

Goldeneye, ten years after it's release.

I hate to be the controversial prick here, but that game has not aged well at all.

[nightwolf]

- My sims on ds actually it's nothing like the others and very very boring..
- most recent sonic games, I feel like I've been smoking crack everytime I play one
- Agreed with shorty on american wasteland, I waited ages to get that game and it was a huge letdown.
- final fantasy 12 was THE biggest letdown I've had, the game was hyped for ages and I was really looking forward to it, I've been on the game for an hour and gave up, not played it since.

[Chris the great]

Goldeneye, ten years after it's release.

I hate to be the controversial prick here, but that game has not aged well at all.

id diss agree, i played two years ago, and graphical issues asside, it was still a very good game.

[Cube]

Ocarina of Time. I was new to Nintendo, and N64 magazine were saying that it was the best game ever. So I got it.

Lets just say that after playing half of the game it ended up gathering dust for a few years. Until I borrowed Majora's Mask of someone. Which I loved. I then after I completed MM I went and finished off OoT.

Edit:

Recent let-downs include Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Jet Force Gemini, found it for a fiver at a car boot sale, played it. Really got bored of it quickly. Managed to get a trade in value of £6 for a GBC/GBA [I forget which] carry case.

Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil. Wasn't a bad game if it wasn't the fact that the save points were put 90% through the level.

[Jav_NE]

Mario Galaxy is awesome, so is Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass and Wind Waker.

I personally hate Metroid Prime. All 3 of them. I've bought them becuase they get recieved so well, but i play them and get bored ever so quickly. FPS/exploration doesn't work for me. And i always fall for it! Metroid Prime sucks, i should just stick with my opinion and stop believing i might actually like the crappy thing.

[soag]

Goldeneye, ten years after it's release.

I hate to be the controversial prick here, but that game has not aged well at all.

I played goldeneye about 2 months ago and it was as fun for me as it ever was :yay:

[Gizmo]

Ocarina of Time. I was new to Nintendo, and N64 magazine were saying that it was the best game ever. So I got it.

Lets just say that after playing half of the game it ended up gathering dust for a few years. Until I borrowed Majora's Mask of someone. Which I loved. I then after I completed MM I went and finished off OoT.

Edit:

Recent let-downs include Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect.

I can see how AC was, but how is Mass Effect a let down? I loved it personally:smile:

[Daft]

:(
Mario Galaxy has been my favourite game in years, it wasn't a suprise that it was so good. Hell, I expected it to be good and man did it deliver. I don't think i've ever played a game when i've had a constant smile on my face. That is what makes Mario Galaxy pure fucking gold.

I was expecting it to be fun and it was for a bit. I might as well have been playing Mario 64 in Space and since I slaughtered Mario 64 this was just exactly the same game except 10 years later.

Matrix game looked awesome but did you not read reviews etc? Thats what put me off tbh. Looked good but that about it.

I got it on PC (Which can run Doom 3 flawlessly)....the wheels on the cars were square. No joke.

I can see how AC was, but how is Mass Effect a let down? I loved it personally:smile:

Play KOTOR.

[DanielTimothy]

Wind Waker

GTFO

Sexual Intercourse - Oh, where we talking about games?

Erm . . . I agree with Jav and have had the same experiance about Metroid, until I played three and finally got into it.

[Shorty]

Mario Galaxy is awesome, so is Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass and Wind Waker.

I personally hate Metroid Prime. All 3 of them. I've bought them becuase they get recieved so well, but i play them and get bored ever so quickly. FPS/exploration doesn't work for me. And i always fall for it! Metroid Prime sucks, i should just stick with my opinion and stop believing i might actually like the crappy thing.You hate all 3 MP games, yet you bought them all? Now here's an example of a slow learner :heh:

[EEVILMURRAY]

Metroid Prime 2 was a letdown for me. After the bullshit 'Clue' scavenger hunt they had at the end of Prime, they had it again in Echoes which really bored me to tears.

[Jordan]

Prime = awesome
Echoes = bull shit.
Corruption = great, but not quite as good as Prime.

[Dante]

I was expecting it to be fun and it was for a bit. I might as well have been playing Mario 64 in Space and since I slaughtered Mario 64 this was just exactly the same game except 10 years later.

So you dont play games much because exactly the same game except years later?

[Cube]

I can see how AC was, but how is Mass Effect a let down? I loved it personally:smile:

It's a good game. I just wish that they had managed to finish making the game before they released it. It feels like an early beta.

[Daft]

So you dont play games much because exactly the same game except years later?

Well I got incredibly bored of GTAIV as well. Twilight Princess was uninspiring. There has to be something to hook me and Mario being in space was entertaining for about an hour.

[Hellfire]

Well I got incredibly bored of GTAIV as well. Twilight Princess was uninspiring. There has to be something to hook me and Mario being in space was entertaining for about an hour.

Awesome stuff here.

[EEVILMURRAY]

There has to be something to hook me and Mario being in space was entertaining for about an hour.
What I loved was people were really bumming the fact that "Mario could walk round entire planets!" Yay. If they weren't as big as my house I could get behind it.

[Hellfire]

Biggest let down: you.
Yes, you.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Prime = awesome
Echoes = bull shit.
Corruption = great, but not quite as good as Prime.

This is pretty much my opinion as well. The original Prime is the best game on the Gamecube and one of the best games of the PS2 generation.

I forgot about Twilight Princess, mainly because it was so forgettable. Add that my list. Wind Waker was a really good game, everything went wrong with Twilight Princess.

[EEVILMURRAY]

I forgot about Twilight Princess, mainly because it was so forgettable. Add that my list. Wind Waker was a really good game, everything went wrong with Twilight Princess.
How so?

.

[Strider]

I personally hate Metroid Prime. All 3 of them. I've bought them becuase they get recieved so well, but i play them and get bored ever so quickly. FPS/exploration doesn't work for me. And i always fall for it! Metroid Prime sucks, i should just stick with my opinion and stop believing i might actually like the crappy thing.

I've done the same (As in buying all 3) I keep buying them because i think they'd be better than the previous, although that doesn't seem to be the case. I usually get about 2/3 hour in and then become bored.

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

Biggest let down: you.
Yes, you.

:'( x lots.

[Dante]

Did people that played Metroid Prime series play Super Metroid first?

The Metroid series was alway about exploration thats why Metroid Prime series is known as FPA.

[Jonnas]

Oh yeah, Metroid Prime 2. Why, oh why, did they decide to spell the whole plot as if it was some generic game? And how come every single section of the planet involved doing the same thing? Couldn't we at least explore the area before already knowing there were 3 important keys there?
MP2 is a good game, but damn, it totally pales in comparison with the original.

And how come people bought the 3 Metroid Prime games when they didn't like the first one? I didn't like Mario Kart: DD, and I ain't buying another Mario Kart anytime soon.

What I loved was people were really bumming the fact that "Mario could walk round entire planets!" Yay. If they weren't as big as my house I could get behind it.

The question is: Can you walk round your house as if it were a small planet? Can you do this in other games? :heh:

Now seriously, I haven't played Mario Galaxy, but that is a very weak argument. You certainly didn't convince me that what you said is a flaw.

How so?

.

See, just as you think WW is crap, some people also think TP is crap.

WW Haters: "The game is too short, too easy and the sailing/triforce quest is boring."
TP Haters: "The game is bland, empty, unoriginal and feels rushed, despite the ginormous time in development."

Opinions, you know? :wink:

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

How so?

.

What? Why is Wind Waker good or was is Twilight Princess bad?

Wind Waker was a solid, fun title that occasionally showed a little bit of genius. The dungeons were too small, easy and there weren't enough of them, but they were pretty fun and well designed for the most part.

Everything in Twilight Princess is uninspired and dull.

[Daft]

What I loved was people were really bumming the fact that "Mario could walk round entire planets!" Yay. If they weren't as big as my house I could get behind it.

I know. It was fun but it only was only a minor twist on the whole thing.

Biggest let down: you.
Yes, you.

I tell myself that every day.

The question is: Can you walk round your house as if it were a small planet? Can you do this in other games? :heh:

Now seriously, I haven't played Mario Galaxy, but that is a very weak argument. You certainly didn't convince me that what you said is a flaw.

I can't do a lot of things I do in video games, doesn't mean I want to. The whole gravity mechanic isn't a flaw, it's just not that amazing.


See, just as you think WW is crap, some people also think TP is crap.

WW Haters: "The game is too short, too easy and the sailing/triforce quest is boring."
TP Haters: "The game is bland, empty, unoriginal and feels rushed, despite the ginormous time in development."

Opinions, you know? :wink:

If you look at the earlier screenshots and video and read early previews you can see that with the delay they actually took stuff out. That isn't an opinion, that's fact

[Dog-amoto]

Goldeneye, ten years after it's release.

I hate to be the controversial prick here, but that game has not aged well at all.

Agree x 100

Dual analogue and Wii first person shooters FTW. Goldeneye and Perfect Dark feel clunky now.

As for SSBM, I dunno - I just heard some great things about it but found it to be massively overrated. Watch Zero Punctuation review of Brawl and you'll see how I feel about it

[EEVILMURRAY]

The question is: Can you walk round your house as if it were a small planet? Can you do this in other games? :heh:

Now seriously, I haven't played Mario Galaxy, but that is a very weak argument. You certainly didn't convince me that what you said is a flaw.

When they said you could bum planets all the way around I was expecting something large, not shit the size of my house. I'm not sure how more clear to make this.


See, just as you think WW is crap, some people also think TP is crap.
No shit.
Opinions, you know? :wink:
You make it sound as if I'm saying they are wrong, you know? The lovely responses such as "GTFO" etc. I know they are opinions, and you've done a delightful job of rounding the general consensus, but I'm asking them for their personal opinion, not some smartass telling me it's their opinion.

[darksnowman]

I can list a few.

DK 64 is probably the biggest I can think of. From the heady heights of the DKC's to this rot?? How did they do it? Well, they used Banjo Kazooie as the template basically, which ruined it all. For the record, I didn't love B-K before DK 64, but I've come to loathe it since.

Others are Forsaken on the N64, all Metroid games except Fusion... and maybe Prime 3 but my expectations of it were so low it probably could do nothing but be better than I anticipated.

There was something else, but I can't think of it now. I'll leave you with news that Kid Icarus is overrated. :)

[Jav_NE]

Donkey Kong 64 was immense! What's the matter with you people?!

[EEVILMURRAY]

Only one let down I have about Donkey Kong 64 [Which I also agree was sexy] is the fact that I only need 10 more bananas on the Creepy Castle level to have 100% everything. I can see it, but I can't reach it.

[Haver]

Mario Galaxy
Everything Nintendo Post-N64, with TP as the big one
Clerks
Girls

[Ellmeister]

Biggest let down ever?

Probably the just ended day of Fish's and Domjcg's Game =[ Didn't give us a chance :p

Anyway, I don't know any games that I find incredibly atrocious since I haven't played that many old games but if my most recent memory of being let down was probably Pokemon Revolution. That game was shocking :(

[Nintendohnut]

Don't know if anyone has said it...but F-Zero GX I frankly found pretty dull. I know it was incredibly fast, and I read several reviews giving it 90%+...And I loved the idea when I was reading about it (and seeing it on Smash Brothers...) but I just didn't get it at all. What was the appeal of it? I tried so hard to get into it, but I found that basically all it included was holding down A and trying desperately to avoid falling off the edge. There seemed to be no excitement in the game until you crossed the line, and only then was it to see if you had managed to boost past people. The whole race was just dullness leading to three seconds of excitement.

And not only that but nobody else that I know can play it and stay on the track. Even friends who play more games than me find the whole thing incredibly hard. I wanted a game that would give me lasting appeal and then when it started to get dull would keep me amused in multiplayer. Sadly it did neither. Once you get past the fact that the game is really fast and very pretty, there just isn't much else going on.

[Jonnas]

I can't do a lot of things I do in video games, doesn't mean I want to. The whole gravity mechanic isn't a flaw, it's just not that amazing.

Fair enough.


If you look at the earlier screenshots and video and read early previews you can see that with the delay they actually took stuff out. That isn't an opinion, that's fact

I'm not talking about stuff they took out (Enemies, rooms, etc.), I'm talking how they didn't seem to have time to properly beta-test the game.

Those great new items, like the Chain Ball and the Spinner, they're used for one dungeon, and barely anything more. It's like it was the last thing they added.

The excess of rupees. Your wallet is small as hell, and there's so few things you can actually spend them on. I can't believe they didn't notice this huge imbalance.

Plus, those last dungeons were horrible. And don't tell me it's because they took out some rooms. If they really took a few rooms out of those dungeons, then they were bad to begin with.


No shit.

You make it sound as if I'm saying they are wrong, you know? The lovely responses such as "GTFO" etc. I know they are opinions, and you've done a delightful job of rounding the general consensus, but I'm asking them for their personal opinion, not some smartass telling me it's their opinion.

Well, you looked surprised at that post. I just thought you hadn't noticed the TP hate (seriously :heh:). I misunderstood.
I actually skipped the posts with GTFO. They really were despicable.

[Dante]

What with Zelda:TP and SMG hate?

[The fish]

Biggest let down ever?

Probably the just ended day of Fish's and Domjcg's Game =[ Didn't give us a chance :p

I've gave you an extra hour and you did abso-fucking-lutely nothing!

[Ellmeister]

Ha I was just kidding! Besides I tried!!! Think I made a few enemies by trying so hard >_> I realised I shall never try in the future.

[chairdriver]

Realistically, it felt a bit pointless. If you wanted to see if I died or not, why not just lynch me?

[Daft]

I'm not talking about stuff they took out (Enemies, rooms, etc.), I'm talking how they didn't seem to have time to properly beta-test the game.

Those great new items, like the Chain Ball and the Spinner, they're used for one dungeon, and barely anything more. It's like it was the last thing they added.

The excess of rupees. Your wallet is small as hell, and there's so few things you can actually spend them on. I can't believe they didn't notice this huge imbalance.

Plus, those last dungeons were horrible. And don't tell me it's because they took out some rooms. If they really took a few rooms out of those dungeons, then they were bad to begin with.


I'm really suspicious about TP. They had loads of stuff planned like a fully realised forest, the ability to talk to animals and such. The game we got was a pail imitation of what was shown and promised. They delayed it, took stuff out and I think that is what ruined the structure.

The game feels like potential good bits of a game really awfully put together.

I don't believe it was the testing that went wrong. Nintendo's testers are very good at their job. This is the first major Nintendo title I can remember that has fallen so flat.

What with Zelda:TP and SMG hate?

Are people not allowed to dislike them? I'd think hate is a bit strong.

[Shorty]

What with Zelda:TP and SMG hate?I'm sure almost anyone can appreciate that Zelda:TP did very little for the series. The only way it really detached from teh previous titles was graphically. I know my biggest annoyance with the game was that the world didn't feel real. You were out in some unrealistic field that apparently nobody else used, there were no carts or travellers, nobody moved into Kakariko village or anything, there was only one little town in the whole 'Kingdom'. Frankly it was just too small and there was too little going on.

The gameplay itself was great fun to play, like any Zelda, I just needed it to do a little more.

As for SMG, I have no clue, I thought that game was inspired and brilliant :) it was basically what Zelda:TP was not, in terms of innovation.

[Pancake]

I know my biggest annoyance with the game was that the world didn't feel real. You were out in some unrealistic field that apparently nobody else used, there were no carts or travellers, nobody moved into Kakariko village or anything, there was only one little town in the whole 'Kingdom'.

Do you not remember Hyrule field from OOT?? There was absolutely no one in that field either. And it was lush.
I didn't like the TP field either, but that particular complaint is just off.

[Maase]

Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption

Super Mario Galaxy felt bad to me, too easy, too boring.

About Metroid Prime 3, the game is pretty good, but FPA simply doesn't work with me.

I've felt dissapointed with many games for my Wii, but i will not give up, there are good games arriving, and some i will buy for the Wii that are already out and seem pretty good :)

[EEVILMURRAY]

I thought the Hyrule Field in Twilight Princess was larger than Ocarina.

Either way, A Link To The Past makes every Zelda game in the future a let down.

[Daft]

Do you not remember Hyrule field from OOT?? There was absolutely no one in that field either. And it was lush.
I didn't like the TP field either, but that particular complaint is just off.

But it wasn't really that big. I think the layout was a lot better, with the ranch in the middle.

In TP it is virtually useless. It's function is almost to just be space.

Also, OOT was an N64 game, TP is one of the last games to be released on the GC. I'm not sure there is much more they could have done on OOT.

[Chris the great]

i dont think tp could ever win, it gets slated for not moving the serise on, but had it tried somthing new people would have moaned it forgot its roots.

[Daft]

i dont think tp could ever win, it gets slated for not moving the serise on, but had it tried somthing new people would have moaned it forgot its roots.

People always moan, Nintendo know not to listen. They didn't with WW when it was first shown and look how that turned out.

[Jordan]

The only way for them to best the Zelda series is to scrap it and do a do-over... but Nintendo would never do that.

Get rid of the Triforce story, ditch Zelda, ditch Ganon. Give it a stupid twisted story line and don't make it a third person collect items and go onwards-'em up. Make it something down right stupid.

But this is Nintendo. If a cheap buck can be found, they'll do it. Just like they'll bleed Pokémon to death.

Then again, I've adored every Zelda... So what can i say? My favourite is most peoples least though. Wind Waker is fucking lovely to play, even if it is as easy as a $2 whore.

[Jonnas]

The only way for them to best the Zelda series is to scrap it and do a do-over... but Nintendo would never do that.

Get rid of the Triforce story, ditch Zelda, ditch Ganon. Give it a stupid twisted story line and don't make it a third person collect items and go onwards-'em up. Make it something down right stupid.


Like the CDi games, but without Zelda and Ganon?

[Jordan]

Like the CDi games, but without Zelda and Ganon?

No... because those were utter tripe.

Thats right, lets give Philips... a company with NO development history two of our biggest franchises. What the CHRIST were Nintendo thinking? :D

[Shorty]

Like Majora's Mask? Which was awesome.

Do you not remember Hyrule field from OOT?? There was absolutely no one in that field either. And it was lush.
I didn't like the TP field either, but that particular complaint is just off.
OoT was a lot older... that's what I mean by advancement. TP should've vastly improved on OoT's Hyrule field.

[mcj metroid]

What game has been he biggest let down to you?
For me it is 50 Cent Bullet Proof... The people at school were saying how amazing it is, then when i got i i felt like making them eat it.
The hype out did the game =[

for it to be a letdown there at least had to be a shred of hope that it could potentially be good..

but that game would always be shite.

lets see game wise i'd say:super monkey ball banana blitz and sonic and the secret rings

Don't know if anyone has said it...but F-Zero GX I frankly found pretty dull. I know it was incredibly fast, and I read several reviews giving it 90%+...And I loved the idea when I was reading about it (and seeing it on Smash Brothers...) but I just didn't get it at all. What was the appeal of it? I tried so hard to get into it, but I found that basically all it included was holding down A and trying desperately to avoid falling off the edge. There seemed to be no excitement in the game until you crossed the line, and only then was it to see if you had managed to boost past people. The whole race was just dullness leading to three seconds of excitement.

And not only that but nobody else that I know can play it and stay on the track. Even friends who play more games than me find the whole thing incredibly hard. I wanted a game that would give me lasting appeal and then when it started to get dull would keep me amused in multiplayer. Sadly it did neither. Once you get past the fact that the game is really fast and very pretty, there just isn't much else going on.
again this can all be summarised with yoiu found the game too hard!

your right nobody could play the damn thing..its difficult to get tinto but its anything but dull.great music,graphics,speed...maybe youd prefer cheating powerups like mario kart sigh..it stands as one of the most skillful racers.

[Supergrunch]

The only way for them to best the Zelda series is to scrap it and do a do-over... but Nintendo would never do that.

Get rid of the Triforce story, ditch Zelda, ditch Ganon. Give it a stupid twisted story line and don't make it a third person collect items and go onwards-'em up. Make it something down right stupid.

But this is Nintendo. If a cheap buck can be found, they'll do it. Just like they'll bleed Pokémon to death.

Then again, I've adored every Zelda... So what can i say? My favourite is most peoples least though. Wind Waker is fucking lovely to play, even if it is as easy as a $2 whore.
I think they'd need to do three things to make it decent: give it an extremely good story (with Triforce etc. optional and if present used originally), and drastically alter the gameplay, yet make it clear that it's still a Zelda game. But most fans would complain, so yeah, it isn't going to happen.

As for letdowns... hmm, Starfox Adventures. That was rubbish.

[ipaul]

Actually, if it is allowed, the Wii. Twilight Princess was a let down as well I thought.

[darksnowman]

I just posted in the other complimentry thread about SSX 3 being one of the most pleasant suprises I've had with games, which reminded me...

SSX On Tour is one of the biggest let downs EVER. Honestly, SSX 3 was so much better and more fun than I ever expected which was why I got On Tour as soon as it came out. What a mistake!

[Deathjam]

Wow this thread is full of lulz. I don't really get disappointed by games as I think I enjoy most of them for what they are i.e. try to find something good about them, and most of the time I don't really take risks as I know what I like and what I can see past. That said, Drakengard was a bit of a let down as the graphics could be horrendous, the combos downright boring, and it made dynasty warriors look like the most varied game ever.

[Patch]

but I found that basically all (F-Zero GX) included was holding down A and trying desperately to avoid falling off the edge.

LOL! That about sums it up.
I loved the game. For exactly the same reasons. My seat edge was worn, my nails were bitten to their fleshy sources and great clumps of hair lay all around me.

I don't have many let downs, but I suppose Mario Kart: Double Dash!! qualifies. Crystal Kingdom Dizzy was another.

[MoogleViper]

Final Fantasy VIII

You sicken me.

[Jimbob]

Lets see for me, it would be Enter the Matrix, Star Fox Adventures, F-Zero GX. I would also add Forza 2 to this list, but it is ok i think. Gets a little repetitive when racing on the same track for the 4th time in a row mind.

The others however let me down in many ways. Graphically, they were good but Star Fox was let down by Rare adding Fox into the game and making it too easy. Enter the Matrix was plain boring after a short time playing it and as for F-Zero, don't get me started on that. I could rant all day about all three games, but alas time is not on my side.

[Haver]

See, I thought ETM was a blast. I mean it was shit, but it was fun shit.

[Pancake]

The Wii is the biggest let down. And i haven't even played it yet. That's part of the reason.

[Daniel]

Gets a little repetitive when racing on the same track for the 4th time in a row mind.

Any racing game would be boring racing on the same track multiple times in a row

[Daft]

Any racing game would be boring racing on the same track multiple times in a row

Not on PGR4.


Seriously, I never get bored of that game. :heh:

[Dan Dare]

F-Zero GX was one of the best racers of the last generation, possibly ever. It's fucking hardcore, but it provided me with some pure gold gaming.

One time, on one of those pipe levels, me and a friend were head to head in a mp race. I literally mean head to head too- our times were one 100th of a second apart, the win going to him. It was incredible.

[Jordan]

Not on PGR4.


Seriously, I never get bored of that game. :heh:

PGR3 left so fresh and amazing, PGR4 felt stale and boring from the get go and i could never put my finger down as to why...

[Cube]

PGR3 left so fresh and amazing, PGR4 felt stale and boring from the get go and i could never put my finger down as to why...

I put up with it until I got to 18th (in singlepalyer). Then the progress was just hideously slow so I just sold the game.

[MoogleViper]

F-Zero GX was one of the best racers of the last generation, possibly ever. It's fucking hardcore, but it provided me with some pure gold gaming.

One time, on one of those pipe levels, me and a friend were head to head in a mp race. I literally mean head to head too- our times were one 100th of a second apart, the win going to him. It was incredible.

Don't you mean neck and neck?

[Dan Dare]

shit. yes.

don't be angry. i was wracked by hunger!

[MoogleViper]

shit. yes.

don't be angry. i was wracked by hunger!

"Wracked by hunger"? What kind of saying is that?

[Monopolyman]

Why are people saying Enter the Matrix anyway. By that, I mean, didn't anyone read any reviews of it before playing it?

[EEVILMURRAY]

You sicken me.
I must agree with Shorty, but instead go for Final Fantasy VII instead. Everyone had their tongues wrapped around FFVII's sweaty balls and when I got around to playing it, I wasn't impressed.

[Kirkatronics]

I liked Enter The Matrix, was fun =]

[Dan Dare]

"Wracked by hunger"? What kind of saying is that?

It's a posher version of those old shreddies adverts with the hunger monster drumming on your stomach.


it means 'afflicted by. Also usable with 'guilt' and so on.

[mcj metroid]

F-Zero GX was one of the best racers of the last generation, possibly ever. It's fucking hardcore, but it provided me with some pure gold gaming.

One time, on one of those pipe levels, me and a friend were head to head in a mp race. I literally mean head to head too- our times were one 100th of a second apart, the win going to him. It was incredible.

but thats the thing... It's pure skill.. there is no luck in f-zero gx.. :)

[Daft]

PGR3 left so fresh and amazing, PGR4 felt stale and boring from the get go and i could never put my finger down as to why...

Yeah I can kind of understand that but PGR4 feels nice and polished. Plus whenever any of my friends are round that's what we play...well that and EDF 2017.

Having said that, I definitely spent way more time on PGR3. :hehe:

[MoogleViper]

It's a posher version of those old shreddies adverts with the hunger monster drumming on your stomach.


it means 'afflicted by. Also usable with 'guilt' and so on.

Never heard it before. I'll stick with "Fuckin' starving!"

[Nintendohnut]

again this can all be summarised with yoiu found the game too hard!

your right nobody could play the damn thing..its difficult to get tinto but its anything but dull.great music,graphics,speed...maybe youd prefer cheating powerups like mario kart sigh..it stands as one of the most skillful racers.

I didn't find it that difficult, I mean I completed the game (apart from the last few cups on expert which frankly were never meant to be won by any normal human - you needed some sort of genetically engineered fingers or something) and did the story mode and everything. It wasn't that I found it too hard, it was that nobody I knew could play it at all, and when I bought it I expected a single and multiplayer game, which was why it was a let-down.

I do enjoy mario kart, purely because when you get all your mates round and they've never played it before they can easily get into it, but with F-Zero they all got sick of falling off the edge within the first 30 seconds of a race.

Yes it was fast, and yes it looked great (as I said first time) but to me there just wasn't much about it that kept me wanting to come back after I had gotten all the ships and unlocked all the cups.

[Cube]

(apart from the last few cups on expert which frankly were never meant to be won by any normal human - you needed some sort of genetically engineered fingers or something)

The last few cups on expert were very easy compared to most of the story mode.

[Jordan]

Just because a game is difficult (or perhaps overly difficult) doesn't mean its a bad game. Lets distinguish that...

[Domstercool]

I never really thought F-Zero GX was hard in the main mode. I didn't really have much trouble finishing it all. Hardest story mode, now that was a little crazy. O_O

[Babooo]

Not a big fan of F Zero GX. But in saying that, I'm not a big fan of racing games in general. Wish I was though. Tried the PGR4 demo and just hated it. Was a let down.

[Jonnas]

but thats the thing... It's pure skill.. there is no luck in f-zero gx.. :)

Well, there was that one time, in one of the Master Cups, where I just needed to finish the final race (The second Big Blue one) in a decent place. I was in 7th, in that final narrow passage, and I used my last booster, to avoid being hit by the guy behind me.
The guy also used his booster, and poked me in the back, breaking my car. I cursed.
A few more cars passed me by, when suddenly one of them hit my dead carcass, propelling me with great force, surpassing several other cars, and crossing the line, finishing the race in 9th. My jaw dropped, as I managed to win the championship with such a lucky break.
It's still my favourite finish ever, though.

But yeah, it's mostly skill. :heh:

I didn't find it that difficult, I mean I completed the game (apart from the last few cups on expert which frankly were never meant to be won by any normal human - you needed some sort of genetically engineered fingers or something) and did the story mode and everything. It wasn't that I found it too hard, it was that nobody I knew could play it at all, and when I bought it I expected a single and multiplayer game, which was why it was a let-down.

I do enjoy mario kart, purely because when you get all your mates round and they've never played it before they can easily get into it, but with F-Zero they all got sick of falling off the edge within the first 30 seconds of a race.

Yes it was fast, and yes it looked great (as I said first time) but to me there just wasn't much about it that kept me wanting to come back after I had gotten all the ships and unlocked all the cups.

You got a point there. The single-player is awesome, but the multiplayer was poor, and should've been better.

But the whole "falling off the edges" thing is a bit odd. It happens in every racing game. If you go off the road, you get far behind. When you go off the road in F-Zero, it happens the same as in Mario Kart, except it's faster.
Also, most people I know could control their cars somewhat fine (as long as they didn't use the booster).

But yeah, I can see your point.

[Nintendohnut]

Oh no I totally agree with you Jonnas :) Seriously I'm not saying it was a bad game, and I imagine that if all my friends had the game too and could practice and stuff it would be really fun and a great multiplayer game. But sadly very few people actually have the game so nobody I knew could enjoy it.

I'm not saying it's a bad game, or a badly made game, just that for me I was expecting more from it. The hype was a bit too much for me.