The Most Disappointing Games of 2007

[stanley porkchop]

Yes, but by that logic you could say Crysis and Half-Life 2 also weren't hyped. I don't agree with his opinion, but Bioshock was hyped in the press and by gamers.

The review scores were high and a lot of people liked it, yes. I guess I view hype as seeing a game's release as an event. Bioshock wasn't like that, at least not with anything I saw. There weren't many extensive previews of it (although it made a big splash at E3 for a couple years). It was a (sorta) new IP that impressed a lot of people on its release.

Either way, not a big deal. It's his opinion (Y)

[jamend]

Games that sucked:

- Halo 2 PC (same old crap)

- Supreme Commander (lacking gameplay)

- Command & Conquer 3

- Crysis

Games that were OK:

- Unreal Tournament 3 (same old game with better graphics, can't complain)

- Oblivion (too much grinding, boring items)

- Gears of War PC (it's fun, but poorly adapted to the PC)

Games that were awesome:

- Bioshock

- Half-Life 2: Episode 2

- Team Fortress 2

- Portal

- Call of Duty 4

[MightyJordan]

But Bioshock wasn't hyped. Halo 3 had a huge marketing campaign behind it. Bioshock had a single TV spot (at least in the States). I'm confused here. What hype are you talking about?

Sorry, it's this site I'm a part of called Xbox360Leagues.net. One of the admins (Stevie D 1969) were excited to death about Bioshock, he even created a special page on the site for the countdown to the game, and included content each day (wallpapers, trailers, etc.).

Let's just say on the site, most of the staff have an obsession with a game that the others usually disagree with. Stevie is currently obsessed with Call of Duty 4, I'm obsessed with Guitar Hero III (that will change to Rock Band come March 8).

[spenser.d]

So to those that's saying Crysis is disappointing, is it because you guys are playing in low/medium quality? :|

Even if they were playing on low/medium quality, changing the settings to high wouldn't change the fact that the gameplay apparently blows (that's the vibe I'm getting from them).

-Spenser

[darkz]

nfs prostreet --not even gonna play it, saw enough in the screenshots

test drive unlimited (or was that 2006?)

crysis

sof3 -- saw the screens aswell :]

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cod4 is quite awesome

except for the last, hollywood-style level. it just felt unreal, that's it.

[Gfunk4life]

Bioshock , 5 mins. on the demo was all i need.

Halo 3 didn't let me down(i didn't like the 1st halo)( i think 3 best 2 good 1 ok) but halo 3 was my 1st one to play online. and i don't like the halo gameplay much ever (run and gun grrr). i just love the story :)

well i didn't like the ending because *we didn't finish the fight.*

[PiracyX]

Bioshock , 5 mins. on the demo was all i need.

Halo 3 didn't let me down(i didn't like the 1st halo)( i think 3 best 2 good 1 ok) but halo 3 was my 1st one to play online. and i don't like the halo gameplay much ever (run and gun grrr). i just love the story :)

well i didn't like the ending because *we didn't finish the fight.*

Each to their own. BioShock was simply class.

[monkey13]

Bioshock. I like it is a good game but I was disappointed because it wasn't a true successor to System Shock 2.

I think they came quite close to doing a Deus Ex: Invisible War.

[dauma]

Unreal Tournament 3

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Need For Speed: ProStreet

[Harlem39s Finest]

Crysis. Had all the graphics but no gameplay. And the ending just sucked seriously.

+1

bioshock was really overhyped as well...

[Wilhelmus]

Crysis.

Hellgate London.

[HellboundIRL]

Crysis <-- Damn bulletproof Koreans, America has no chance!

Bioshock

Kayne & Lynch

Need for Speed: Prostreet

SimCity: Societies

I never got what the fuss was all about regarding Bioshock, I played around half way through the game and I was bored of it, I didn't go back to it again.

[d3bruts1d]

Two Worlds.

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

Kane and Lynch

Pro Street

SoF3

Crysis - Somewhat the zero-gravity spaceship level on high graphics was just... mind blowingly good

Airborne

Timeshift - slightly

To the article, Shadowrun should not be in there. It is the most fun multiplayer game I have ever played on a console! So so so fun, great twist on the whole shoot em up MP genre.

[vipwoody]

Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars.

[Phantom Limb]

It's really crazy to me that so many people dislike Crysis.

[TheDreamX]

It's really crazy to me that so many people dislike Crysis.

It's not that we hate it; it's just this thread is about the most disappointing game this year. Sometimes, I like to look at pretty graphics and be bored absolutely out of my mind.

[Symbiotic Hat]

Crysis

Timeshift

Unreal III

Soldier of Fortune: Payback (this was a HUGE pile of ****)

Area 51: Blacksite (game was ok but the voice acting was sooooo bad I just had to stop)

[Acceleration]

I considered playing The Elder Scolls IV: Obvilion. I thought it has been around for a while but it was good? I guess the classics are good. Something to depend on when dissapointed by other games. It's kinda like playing Civ IV, Battlefield 2 and COD4 to me.

[Master Ryu]

I would say Heavenly Sword is a a dissappointing game. It's very good and very disappointing at the same time. The levels are epic, with so many enemies on screen and the flashy moves, but they feel so linear. The levels don't seem cohesive to convey one big storyline. The graphics is very nice, but it's disappointing that the movement space is so limited (hallways, bridges, predefined paths); plus there is no 3D camera. That just sucks. Other than that, it is a very great game.

Halo 3 is also dissappointing. I didn't feel the graphics, and gameplay improve all that much. It feels more like an expansion.

So is Oblivion. Granted, I didn't play much, but the environments don't seem varied enough. All I see is trees. Hah. It just doesn't have the same charm as Morrowind.

[Galley]

I've only played the demo, but Need For Speed: ProStreet is getting horrible reviews. :(

[Ayepecks]

Games that sucked:

- Halo 2 PC (same old crap)

- Supreme Commander (lacking gameplay)

- Crysis

Games that were OK:

- Unreal Tournament 3 (same old game with better graphics, can't complain)

- Gears of War PC (it's fun, but poorly adapted to the PC)

Games that were awesome:

- Bioshock

- Half-Life 2: Episode 2

- Team Fortress 2

- Portal

- Call of Duty 4

Agreed with quoted. Removed Oblivion because I didn't play it and liked C&C 3 :)

Crysis - Somewhat the zero-gravity spaceship level on high graphics was just... mind blowingly good

Funny, that was one of the parts I hated.

[RedFlow]

In my opinion Need for Speed Pro Street should be up there aswell!

Nah I think Carbon was a worse disappointment.

[Kupo-Cheer]

1) Halo 3, to an extent. Everyone complains that the graphics weren't great, but i think they were just fine. They weren't the greatest, but they were in line with the rest of the series while still being a whole lot better with the obvious boost in power. My problem with the game mostly is the length and the story. I just think the stories for Halo 2 and subsequently 3 feel so tacked on, and distant from the first game. And for a final installment to a (somewhat undeservingly) hyped game series, it really should have been a whole lot longer. That and the fricking flood! My least favorite parts of any of the halo games were parts that involved the flood. They go from wonderful and dynamic AI firefights to one mindless creature after another running straight at you; and unless you have that shotgun, they aren't going down without a bazillion shots.

2) Mass Effect, to an extent, although I can't say that quite yet until I've played a whole lot more of the game. Don't get me wrong; it *is* a great game and all, and the voice acting/dialog system is top-notch; it just isn't quite what i was expecting; not open-ended enough (thus far). I wasn't expecting planetary visits involving only one key building filled with maze-like, small passageways that make no structural sense.

3) Lair. I don't even own a PS3, nor did I really notice anything about the game until it was released; but it looks like the kind of game I would have loved to play were it not riddled with terrible problems.

[Vortex566]

1) Halo 3, to an extent. Everyone complains that the graphics weren't great, but i think they were just fine. They weren't the greatest, but they were in line with the rest of the series while still being a whole lot better with the obvious boost in power. My problem with the game mostly is the length and the story. I just think the stories for Halo 2 and subsequently 3 feel so tacked on, and distant from the first game. And for a final instalment to a (somewhat undeserving) hyped game series, it really should have been a whole lot longer. That and the fricking flood! My least favourite parts of any of the halo games were parts that involved the flood. They go from wonderful and dynamic AI firefights to one mindless creature after another running straight at you; and unless you have that shotgun, they aren't going down without a bazillion shots.

Could not agree with you more Halo 3 was a massive disappointment, well the single player was. Bioshock was much better however that was only single player so maybe that is why.