Fade68 Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Hey, I'd like to know how many of you have been reallly looking forward to a game because of all the hype, bought said game, and played it only to find out that it's junk. Some games of note would be Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, Wolfenstein (very short single player/basically the same ole stuff), C&C Renegade (decent multiplayer). etc Seems to me that beating the console gamers in graphics is more important than a decent game. Or maybe is it the hype of the game puts us all in the frame of mind to expect an insanely perfect game? Like to know what you all think on this subject. Fade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazerBack Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Dungeon Siege - An Awesome Experience in the land of Ehb Jedi Knight II - mmmmm Light Saber:evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeFace Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Max Payne -> awesome Soul Reaver 2 -> awesome Blood Omen 2 -> awesome Evil Twin -> good only 2 games that were dissapointing -> Unreal 1 -> Black & White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baphomet_irl Veteran Posted April 9, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2002 one game which really dissapointed me was Op Flashpoint, althou it really doesnt apply to this thread cos the graphics were ABSOLUTELY appaling aswelll.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 i wouldn' say content is at all time low. i'd say we'r more spoiled. look at older games. you could play most of 'em w/ 1 or 2 buttons and gameplay was very simple. maybe gfx play more important role today, but i don't think content is at all time low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crane Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 not a solution but a suggestion, download the demo first, then buy the game? i do that sometimes. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velocity3k Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Games these days all seem to be the same, at the end of every level there is a bad guy kill him and move on then the next level is the same thing. It all seems so repetitive. Max Payne was one of those games that was amazing, great story line and great visual effects one of my all time favourites. Can't wait for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Games are getting boring. Once in a while a kick-ass game comes along, like war craft or diablo, but most games suck. They are very ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Originally posted by baphomet_ie one game which really dissapointed me was Op Flashpoint, althou it really doesnt apply to this thread cos the graphics were ABSOLUTELY appaling aswelll.... ;) HEY !! I like Flashpoint. The graphics are ok... especailly when you consider how enormous the worlds are in which you can move about. I think its a very realistic game. multiplayer.. its alot of fun ;) Oh and so im on topic here... i just wanted to say that i think games place too much emphasis these days on pretty visuals and not enough on playability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 wizardy 8 = sucks. pool of poop = sucks. i gave up buying games after thoose 2 :p there are so many crappy games. only good game is deer hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLordSauron Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 I would have to agree. Most of the new games out there are made more for graphics. Which is y i have my SNES Emulater and my SNES RPGs all set up :) ChronoTrigger pwnz j00! :p hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 Originally posted by twist wizardy 8 = sucks. pool of poop = sucks. i gave up buying games after thoose 2 :p there are so many crappy games. only good game is deer hunter this is because ur drunk most likely:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobeh Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 black and white was a really really big dissapointment. 5 crummy levels which were pretty but just were not interesting at all. the idea of creatures would have been amazing if it was pulled off properly but it was really lame and all they do is sit down and eat people and training them is like pulling teeth. Project IGI was awful as well with it being buggy in places and graphics worse than delta force(the original) and a lame selection of weapons. It was so badly made they used all the buildings in each of the levels but changed the furniture around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPayne1357 Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 I would have to disagree, I have many new games that I have enjoyed playing: Max PAyne, Sacrifice, UT, RTCW, D2. Some old games that have been and still are really good: Driver, NOLF, Half-Life, The sims, SoF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessterw Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 I'd have to say as a whole the single players games (and the single player modes) are going down hill. I mean there is such an emphasis on multiplayer games that there really isn't an incentive to make involving story lines and gameplay. It also seems like we are seeing the same thing over and over again, and not anything really new or evolutionary. The last game I bought was Unreal Tournament, which was ok, nothing really spectacular. But it had a great multiplayer mode, or should I say the people that played it made it fun and addictive. I haven't played UT in forever, however I play the Tactical Ops mod more than I probably should. In that I find something somewhat funny, the mod is better than the original game (at least IMO). I also think we expect alot more realism in games these days, and thus can be let down pretty fast if a game fails to deliver on even one point. Nostalgia plays a part too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 some games that really got on my nervers were: age of sails 2 ( and i bought this pos:S ) diablo 2 the same of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted April 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2002 I agree. Nowadays we see more quality(esp in the gfx) but less quantity(the overall amount of the game itself). Max payne, even though it was not very long, i think it was one of the most awesome games i've ever played, i'm eagerly waiting for anything max-payne related. At first i thought Black & White was cool, even though i did not complete the whole game, but not after all the feedback from people. I liked the whole concept of the game, i think it was the firstof it's kind and the gfx were not bad too. RTCW..this was one game which kind of got me into itself in between the game..but it got a bitless interesting towards the end. the last boss was just too easy to beat, but the story i think was...so so. Right now i'm playing JK2 and waiting for the final version of SOF2 to be released. I never played much of unreal..but i played alot of quake3arena..which is still an awesoe game to date. And i am not a fan of any strategy games, so i'm not gonna rant on them :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCloud Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 i found red faction to be very dissapointing and its multiplayer wasent very good either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velocity3k Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 The only thing good about redfaction was the geo-mod feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 I liked Red Faction, too bad the 2nd version is PS2 only :( It was just too short, that is all. Disappointing Games: - StarCraft - Outlive - Mech Commander 2 - Empire Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StOnD Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 One big disappointment I had in a game was Half-Life. I downloaded the demo and loved it for the urban combat against US Special Forces, when I bought the game the level from the demo that I loved so much wasn't even in the game and it was all those dumb-assed aliens. What happened to those marines with the incredible AI?! Didn't see much of them. Half-Life and Opposing Force both had horrible endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Otto Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 yeah i beat red faction in one night and i was ****ed by the ending. friggin bomb codes ****....****ed me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duntez Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 black and white:S im happy i didnt pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 red faction is a pretty good game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrope Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 i dont know if i necessarily agree with that. there are two aspects to that. the single player of games seems to being going downward. in such games as renegade and jedi outcast, the AI is pretty bad. in renegade, you stand in front of people and dont get shot at, but when you walk really far back, they seem to be able to "snipe" you from really far.. makes no sense. i do think that the multiplayer has gotten a lot better. games like counterstrike, jedi outcast and renegade even have made multiplayer playing very fun. i enjoy playing multiplayer more now then ever before, so thats what i do think is better about games. Originally posted by duntez black and white:S im happy i didnt pay for it black and white had some of the best AI i have ever player with, but the game was hard to navigate and it got pretty boring after a while, but it did set the standard for AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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