Gaming Let Downs
<div class="IPBDescription">What should have been so good...</div> Inspired by the coolest moments, I bring you the evil version.
On FF6 (I think, always get the numbers confused) I had leveled up all my characters to stupidly high levels, they had learnt everything possible etc so decided to go for the boss. There I am, expecting an epic fight and wishing I could use all my characters when suddenly! OMG I can! I had to put them into groups and when one died the next jumped in, perfect!
So obviously I set my weakest party members in the first groups as the first part of the boss would be easiest, my fave characters with the best stuff all went at the end, couldn't wait. Plus I set it so all the ones I don't have control over (the cave boy, the yeti etc) would be at the start...
Unfortunately, those 3 weak guys survived the entire thing and destroyed the boss all on their own which meant that I didn't get to use my fave characters... was gutted! What is the point of leveling up as high as you can go when it turns out you could have defeated the boss 3 weeks ago!
Anyone else have any gaming memories that just make them want to cry?
On FF6 (I think, always get the numbers confused) I had leveled up all my characters to stupidly high levels, they had learnt everything possible etc so decided to go for the boss. There I am, expecting an epic fight and wishing I could use all my characters when suddenly! OMG I can! I had to put them into groups and when one died the next jumped in, perfect!
So obviously I set my weakest party members in the first groups as the first part of the boss would be easiest, my fave characters with the best stuff all went at the end, couldn't wait. Plus I set it so all the ones I don't have control over (the cave boy, the yeti etc) would be at the start...
Unfortunately, those 3 weak guys survived the entire thing and destroyed the boss all on their own which meant that I didn't get to use my fave characters... was gutted! What is the point of leveling up as high as you can go when it turns out you could have defeated the boss 3 weeks ago!
Anyone else have any gaming memories that just make them want to cry?
Comments
nuff said.
Need For Speed Underground (controller physics = bad)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Losing my level 38 character in PSO and never picking the game up again.
2: Far Cry.
nuff said.
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You bought Daikatana?
Battlefield 1942, still.
I was so excited over the game before it was released.
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Battlefield Vietnam: This game was entirely overrated by everyone who reviewed it. The game populous can be divided into two groups. Those who use the M-60/LAW and those who complain about it. Playing against bots is more fun than online play.
Civilization III: I just didn't enjoy it as much as Civ 2. Sure, it's pretty, but I wasn't impressed.
Final Fantasy VIII, X and X-2: They were all way too easy. FF8 was a joke. The story was atrocious, the characters shallow clones of FF7, and the villians were utterly forgettable. It's one redeeming quality was it's music, which I enjoyed and continue to do. FFX was even easier than 8. Lulu and Jecht were the most interesting characters, blitzball was annoying and Rikku seemed like little more than an excuse for people to make low-grade hentai. FFX-2 was even worse than FFX, with shorter shorts and cleavage for all. If I want to see boobies, I'll go hook up with a chick at a bar. Give me a plot, dammit.
Quake III: UT is just so much better.
Counter-Strike: Most overrated game of all time, especially with the perpetual noobification that all of Valve's games have undergone. The proliferation of h4x, the lack of quality maps (hello dust, dust2 and aztec cycle) and the addition of winning elements like the shield just make it utterly intolerable, especially if you get shot early and get to watch the rest of the players camp spots where nobody goes.
Tribes 1 & 2, I bought and returned both, it was just really laggy and most of the weapons were useless. And the controls sucked.
Age of Empires II, so repetative.
Morrowind, its like a MMORPG without any human interaction.
Neverwinter Nights, in comparison to Baldurs Gate II, absolute overrated tripe.
Splinter Cell, wait... I have the <i>right</i> to kill people but I'm supposed to try not to? The hell?
Hitman: Contracts, wheres the rest of my game? Oh wait, you mean this was just a huge rehash and only 1 level actually has anything to do with the non-exsistent storyline?
Zelda 64, I swear to God if I have to kill Gannon one more frikin time in one more frikin game...
nuff said.
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You bought Daikatana? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't think anyone who did would still be in a healthy mental state to be able to post here. If alive.
Whoever said FarCry sucked, I hate you more.
But it did! It was so frigging repetative. It was just a bunch of running around (with too many doors). I still have it installed, for some reason. Besides, I already know how it's going to end since my brother completed the game twice (evil and good) ... sooo, yeah.
Love the concept, hate the implementation, and god forbid you ever zoomed in on your guys.
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<b>Da***tana</b>
John Romero wasn't lying, he made me his b**ch for this one.
<b>Quake 3</b>
After the first two Quake games i was getting pretty bored of their single player games, then they removed it entirely so goodbye Quake. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Splinter Cell</b>
Extremely poor story, too many holes, boring action. Pales massively in comparison to MGS
<b>Metal Gear Solid 2</b>
Half-arsed story, lost some of the coolness factor and Raiden....
<b>Final Fantasy X-2</b>
I didn't want Charlie's Angels.
<b>Forbidden Siren</b>
Wasn't scary, the innovations were nothing but irritating, poor interface and voice acting.
<b>BF:1942</b>
No single player game to speak of and mostly populated by idiots.
<b>Halo</b>
I expected a half-decent FPS game, not whatever this piece of crap was.
<b>All C&C games since Red Alert</b>
Rushing masses of basic troops just got boring after this one.
<b>Dune 2000</b>
Just poor in comparison to it's predecessor.
<b>Warcraft 3</b>
Story dragged on, repetative missions, repetative gameplay, boring.... Didn't live up to the sheer awesomeness of Warcraft 2, to me.
<b>DX:IW</b>
Raped DX of all it's RPG elements and effectively making the entire game retarded.
<b>Morrowind: Tribunal</b>
Just wasn't different enough, still quite cool, but still disappointing too.
<b>Half-Life</b>
Was all good until the single player game got repetative and just boiled down to idiotic "jumping puzzles". I know i'm going to be hated for this one.
Neverwinter Nights: I bought it aftere hearing how great it was etc. Could only get chapter 2 before just giving up. It just doesn't seem to work in 3d and the multiplayer is horrible. Probably would be better with a group you know, but still...
Jedi Academy: I enjoyed JK2, despite some minor flaws. So I was hoping that JA would introduce a stronger storyline and and give you some more freedom as in choosing your missio and such. A bit let down. the amount of new content over JK2 barely qualifies as an expansion pack. Let alone a full game, that and the voice acting is still terrible and the cinematics with the in game engine just don't work at all, bring back live action FMV...
Quake 3...just not even fun on any level.
Science and industry: Noting wrong with the game, love it to bits. But finding only 2-3 servers....<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
For the PC, Warcraft 3. It just didnt grab me as much as Starcraft did and Rise of Nations does. Ut2004 wasn't that brilliant either. It just struck me as ut2003 with more bugs and some vehicles. I'll stick with XMP thanks.
<b>Da***tana</b>
John Romero wasn't lying, he made me his b**ch for this one.
<b>Quake 3</b>
After the first two Quake games i was getting pretty bored of their single player games, then they removed it entirely so goodbye Quake. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Splinter Cell</b>
Extremely poor story, too many holes, boring action. Pales massively in comparison to MGS
<b>Metal Gear Solid 2</b>
Half-arsed story, lost some of the coolness factor and Raiden....
<b>Final Fantasy X-2</b>
I didn't want Charlie's Angels.
<b>Forbidden Siren</b>
Wasn't scary, the innovations were nothing but irritating, poor interface and voice acting.
<b>BF:1942</b>
No single player game to speak of and mostly populated by idiots.
<b>Halo</b>
I expected a half-decent FPS game, not whatever this piece of crap was.
<b>All C&C games since Red Alert</b>
Rushing masses of basic troops just got boring after this one.
<b>Dune 2000</b>
Just poor in comparison to it's predecessor.
<b>Warcraft 3</b>
Story dragged on, repetative missions, repetative gameplay, boring.... Didn't live up to the sheer awesomeness of Warcraft 2, to me.
<b>DX:IW</b>
Raped DX of all it's RPG elements and effectively making the entire game retarded.
<b>Morrowind: Tribunal</b>
Just wasn't different enough, still quite cool, but still disappointing too.
<b>Half-Life</b>
Was all good until the single player game got repetative and just boiled down to idiotic "jumping puzzles". I know i'm going to be hated for this one. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Let downs? I dunno. Seems whatever game I think is gonna be good, ends up being good. I got luck <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Was all good until the single player game got repetative and just boiled down to idiotic "jumping puzzles". I know i'm going to be hated for this one. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you saying you didn't enjoy Half-Life when it came out? Of course the single-player game is a piece of trash compared to stuff that's been made since then, but my first impression of that game was 100% enjoyment the whole way through.
Was all good until the single player game got repetative and just boiled down to idiotic "jumping puzzles". I know i'm going to be hated for this one. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you saying you didn't enjoy Half-Life when it came out? Of course the single-player game is a piece of trash compared to stuff that's been made since then, but my first impression of that game was 100% enjoyment the whole way through. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nope, took me literally months to finish the single player game purely because i couldn't be bothered to play it for more than 10 minutes at a time.
The thing about new games is that they dont bring ANYTHING new in gameplay, and only have uber super good looking graphics (yay), AND the fact that you have to buy the proper equipment to be even able to see them at their best.
Extremely poor story, too many holes,<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->What holes? Seemed pretty straightforward to me.<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> boring action.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->That's because it's not an action game, you cretin.<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Halo</b>
I expected a half-decent FPS game, not whatever this piece of crap was.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->Ah, you're another one of those who actively ignored the story, the physics, the weapons, and the AI just because it was so horrible that they ran you through that map backwards.<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>All C&C games since Red Alert</b>
Rushing masses of basic troops just got boring after this one.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->Now that makes sense. I thought I was the only one who hated this crap. Starcraft is <i>just barely</i> better, as I've recently learned. Is there <i>any</i> RTS that doesn't have this brain damage?<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dune 2000</b>
Just poor in comparison to it's predecessor.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->Dune 2000? What?
Oh! You mean Command & Conquer: Arrakis. Gotcha.<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Half-Life</b>
Was all good until the single player game got repetative and just boiled down to idiotic "jumping puzzles". I know i'm going to be hated for this one. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, Xen was asinine. I think we all know that. We try not to think about it though, because the rest was so great.
Final Fantasy 7.
I've played 8, 10 and 7 in that order (although I haven't completed 7 yet) and I have to say, 7 disapoints me. I was told by all my mates to play 7 because it's the best, and after months of searching bargain bins and 2nd-hand game shops, I finally found it.
I booted it up and OH MY EYES THE GRAPHICS but I stuck with it because it was final fantasy, and because it <i>was</i> like the first game out on the PS so I had to give it some leeway. I was disapointed. I'm not saying it sucked, i'm just saying it didn't live up to all the hype. O.k, yes, the whole bike chase was packed with extreme amounts of awesome, but every time I start to get into the game I realise that Cloud is basically a triangle.
If you're interested i'm in the desert prison right now, so if it gets better after that, all will be forgiven. I probably should get round to completing it some day.
And yes, FFX-2. I now appreciate that FFX was actually pretty good having played X-2.
No, I played it, single player and coop and found it to be absolutely dire. Retarded enemies, mediocre environments, poor control system (Being on Xbox) and to top it all of, it had the worst level layout design i've ever witnessed in any game.
It's a console FPS, the bar isn't exactly that high. Put Halo up to the likes of Deus Ex, Call of Duty, hell, even Half-Life, and it's mediocre at best.
It's a console FPS, the bar isn't exactly that high. Put Halo up to the likes of Deus Ex, Call of Duty, hell, even Half-Life, and it's mediocre at best. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You played some crazy, bizarro HALO. The enemies were anything but retarded, the environments looked pretty-shiny, the control system worked fine, (since it was designed for a controller and all that) and the level design was...
Well, it was variable. There were ups and downs. But at least it all made sense.
None of this crap MATTERS, though. The main draw of HALO is the story. Have you looked into this stuff? Have you read all the theories tying HALO to Marathon? It's chock full of mysterious goodness, man. All epic and stuff.
Furthermore, the Master Chief himself is really, really cool, the physics are fun to play with, and the guns are neat.