What is the Most Disappointing Game Ever?

[Famidrive-16]

Kirby's Air Ride for the Gamecube really disappointed me. The controls were real awkward and the game was just too weird all around. It looked so good on the 64, too.

I thought Ico was a bit overhyped. I liked it but nowhere as much as the people who praised it for years after it's release.

And if we're talking about bad endings, Pac-In-Time's ending really sucked.

[Life of Brian]

Metal Gear. All of them. I bought Sons of Liberty, played it once, and haven't given it a go since.

[DJ Daishi]

Metal Gear. All of them. I bought Sons of Liberty, played it once, and haven't given it a go since.

:shameful:

[MachineGex]

I would have to say Perfect Dark is high on my list. I played Goldeneye with my friends almost every day for two years. We were really longing to play Perfect Dark, but after a 2-3 year wait, we all had just moved on.

Perfect Dark was the most anticipated game I ever wanted to play. Yet, by the time it came out, I never bought it or even played it. That is what happens when you push a game back so many times, you lose most players.

[tag274]

Few dissapointments ive had:

1) Anything on the Odyssey 2
2) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (PSX)
3) Most pack in games lol

[Greg2600]

For me personally:
Baseball Stars 2 (NES), which lacked the create a player feature.
Toe Jam and Earl 2 (GEN), what on Earth was this supposed to be?
Rush 2049 (N64), expecting Midway to follow up Rush 2 with more tracks modeled amazingly well from real cities, instead getting a load of crud.
Perfect Dark (N64) was a disappointment, because it was no longer a Bond game.

[FrakAttack]

Metal Gear. All of them. I bought Sons of Liberty, played it once, and haven't given it a go since.


:shameful:

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[Drakon]

ff7 was my biggest disappointment. I realize so many people love it. But I hate it. And I had been left in awe by ff6....so I got super hyped for absolutely nothing.

[Volcanon]

Final Fantasy 7 (its not -that- bad. but not as good as the snes games or 3j)
Master of Orion 3 (utter poo)
Super Robot Wars MX (so easy you could play it blind. plays too slowly too)
Super Robot Wars J (too easy)

[jb143]

For me it was probally Zelda 2. I'm sure it's a good game in it's own right but it's un-zeldaness killed it for me and I never really gave it a second chance.



1) Anything on the Odyssey 2

It's becasue of all those !'s isn't it?

[mercarian]

Simons quest (not terrible in its own, yet not as good as 1 and 3)
FF8- Just couldn't force myself into the game
Mario Galaxies- I really enjoyed Sunshine, yet can't really get into this game.

The above games aren't bad, but I was really bored with them. And there all based on good series.

[jedimind7]

One game that comes to mind for me is State of Emergency. Talk about a terrible game. I thought at worst it would be decent since Rockstar was doing it. Gamespot also had the nerve to give this game like an 8.5. I played it literally for 20 minutes and never played it again. Good thing I rented it first.

[thedeityofhardcore]

If I paid over $80 for a single game chances are it disapointed me.

DJ Max on PSP for one

[Kid Dracula]

Donkey Kong 64. Apparently some people are bashing the DK Country Series but I was a huge fan of them. I was so enormously disappointed with the game that I just gave up. Which was something I had never really done with any video game I had ever owned. Yes, there were nes games I owned when I was younger that I coudn't complete, but I would still play them every now and again. After more than half way through DK 64 I just couldn't handle any more monotonous 'quest's and just stopped. My brother finished the game and told me it was OK but didn't get much better. It's not like it was even a terrible game, I just didn't like the direction the series took.

Luigi's Mansion. This was the Mario sequel we got?!?! After Mario 64, Yoshi's Island, Super Mario World, Mario 3, Mario 2 and Mario 1?? Not to mention all of the great side games.That game somehow turned me off video games for a good 4 years between 2001-2005

[Arcade_Ness]

Ok here's my list:

FF 12-Went to get at the midnight launch. I put a few hours into it and just didn't care for the story at all.

Ghoul Patrol(SNES)-There should never of been a sequel to ZAMN. It would've never lived up to the greatness of the original. I just didn't like the attempt at giving the game a new direction and pathetic story.

Soul Calibur 4(PS3)-I loved the second game to death, the third game was decent, but I just got bored with the new one. The story mode was weak and there was less of the extras in previous incarnations. On top of that they made Cassandra serious, instead of being a goofy girl who taunts her opponents. I'm not going to even mention the ridiculousness of Ivy's character design getting worse as the series progresses.

Twisted Metal 3-4: They were watered down and bland entries in the series. Though it was done by a different design team so it's understandable.

The Matrix(PS2): I was really looking forward to this after all the hype. I picked up after watching Reloaded, of which I enjoyed for the most part. It just wasn't able to deliver the great experience I had thought was in store.

[k8track]

Most definitely Metroid Fusion. I finally got around to playing it several months ago, and had been enjoying it immensely. I thought there were too many bosses (some of which were way too tough), but other than that, I was really digging the exploration and acquisition, as I do in all Metroid games. I realized that it was very linear throughout the game; still, I was looking forward to going back and exploring everything and finding things I had missed after I had gotten the final weapon and was fully powered, as you can freely do in Super Metroid.

I was wrong. After I was fully powered and was ready to go back and do some exploring, all six habitat areas were permanently closed off. I mean, that's what I had really been looking forward to the entire game. At that point, you were forced to go back into the main part of the station and battle the SA-X (the "evil" Samus). When I finally came to that realization, I felt so gypped; I didn't even bother and switched it off.

[Nebagram]

Sonic on the Xbox 360. HOLY crap, now that's a lesson in how to turn a steady decline in quality into a freefall. :-(

[retro junkie]

Final Fantasy 7- I just couldn't get iinto it. I tried several times.
Perfect Dark for the N64- The frame rate is so bad it gave me motion sickness.

[Dr.Choices]

Unreal 2, i loved the first unreal, played it to death on the won.net co-op servers. Legend made a right hash of the sequel.

[BHvrd]

Sonic on the Xbox 360. HOLY crap, now that's a lesson in how to turn a steady decline in quality into a freefall. :-(

Yeah, without a parachute at that or erm, snowboard...yeah.

[Smashed Brother]

Tekken 4

I actually obtained the secret tape recording of the concept meeting for this game from Namco. Here's how it played out:

Executive: "Johnson, Tekken 3 was a huge improvement for the series and a major financial success. How should we follow that up?"

Johnson: "Uhhhh....let's cut the game speed in half, sir, and, uhhhh, let's have the players fight in exciting environments such as a shopping mall and an airport tarmac..."

Executive: "Excellent, Johnson. Have it on my desk by morning."

Creepy Janitor with a comb-over: "Heh. It'd be cool if Heihachi wore a diaper! Heh!"

[Xander]

There is a few, but I had one happening 2 weeks ago: Toejam & Earl.

A few of my friends and I are into retrogaming, we usually try to find good co-op games we missed when we were kids and play the hell out of them on weekends.

With the reviews found around the web regarding Toejam & Earl, we were expecting something really great. Holy shit we were disappointed. What a boring game.

[Verdadero Pecado Mark IV]

DK64- was basically a walk in the park. I mean the SNES games was far more challenging and made more sense. While the game is massive in it's own right.
I mean where do they get off making Zingers drop water bombs on you?

[Sabz5150]

Master of Orion 3. I'm a HUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of the first two, and I was in line the day MOO3 came out.

Biggest. Disappointment. EVER. Classic case of too many cooks.

[SegaAges]

WoW

don't flame, i don't like the game.

it was way too overhyped and is still way too overhyped for a mmo. there are some very good mmos out there much better than wow that get forgotten because somehow wow not only got overhyped, but it is out and still gets overhyped.

Case in Point:
People that stop playing WoW, stop playing WoW.

Other mmo's that have been out for forever and a day, people just play them on the weekends or whatever.

I got a buddy that still plays lineage 2. Hell, I got a friend that still plays EQ1.

WoW is still young, and since people do not realize that, they will get a good smack in the face when another mmo dethrones it.

the game is so f'ing overhyped that people become blind to that fact (see, I was ranting for a reason).

[Xander]

WoW

don't flame, i don't like the game.

it was way too overhyped and is still way too overhyped for a mmo. there are some very good mmos out there much better than wow that get forgotten because somehow wow not only got overhyped, but it is out and still gets overhyped.

Case in Point:
People that stop playing WoW, stop playing WoW.

Other mmo's that have been out for forever and a day, people just play them on the weekends or whatever.

I got a buddy that still plays lineage 2. Hell, I got a friend that still plays EQ1.

WoW is still young, and since people do not realize that, they will get a good smack in the face when another mmo dethrones it.

the game is so f'ing overhyped that people become blind to that fact (see, I was ranting for a reason).

Wow was innovative, it's better than most MMORPG out there.

I have a fairly lengthy MMO background. I played UO, EQ, T4C, DAoC, Lineage 2, AO and FFXI. And I am no Blizzard fanboy either.

From all the game I played, WoW was by far one of the most finished product on the market. It is also the only MMORPG which successfully appealed to both casual and hardcore players.

You are entitled to your opinion, no arguing with that. But I do think WoW is objectively one of the very best of its kind.

Oh and it's definitely not true that "People that stop playing WoW, stop playing WoW." I generally play for like a year then stop for 6 months, and go at it again. Almost everyone I met online in the game stopped for several months at some point and came back later.

[sebastiankirchoff]

Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles- The mansion level was awesome, but the other levels just sucked. Collecting the papers is close to impossible since the camera moves so fast (I know its a "On Rails" shooter, but why did they include documents to collect?). I am a huge RE fan and have been since 1999, but this game just dissapointed the hell out of me.

Halo 2 and 3- I don't want to offend people, but these games just didn't do it for me. Halo 1 was a decent game, but its sequels dissapointed me greatly.

PSP- Not a game, but still dissapointing. I was expecting this system to be great, and got it a couple of weeks after release after seeing my uncle play it. The games were too complex for portable play IMO and I should have gotten a DS. Even though it can play movies and you can surf the internet, I would rather watch a movie on a television and surf the internet on a computer, both of which are far superior to the PSP's abilities.

So yah, sorry if I offended anybody, but that is what I feel to be pretty dissapointing.

[Draven]

I can't remember what game it was, but it was on the NES. After beating it (seems like it was pretty challenging) it said "CONGRATUATION!" They couldn't even bother spelling it right! Total disappointment.

[WhatsMyUsername]

Yoshi's Island DS.

I LOVE Yoshi's Island and have played it to death beating it over 15 times (yet to do a 100% complete though =/). So when this came out I was extremely excited, i dknow what it was but something about it was disappointing. I think it had to do with all the gimmicks with different babies.

Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts

I love the Banjo games and have been excitedly waiting for the next game to come out. Now it looks like it could be a good game but it's not like the original 2 at all which bugs me.

[Famidrive-16]

Yoshi's Island DS.

I LOVE Yoshi's Island and have played it to death beating it over 15 times (yet to do a 100% complete though =/). So when this came out I was extremely excited, i dknow what it was but something about it was disappointing. I think it had to do with all the gimmicks with different babies.


If I could've just played as Peach the whole time without changing it would've been a lot better in my book.

[slip81]

Easily Midnight Club: Los Angeles for me. I'm a big fan of the MC games, and just all racing games in general, and I wanted this game like burning the minute it was announced, but I'm damn glad I rented it first. It is just way too hard, or rather, the difficulty is too random. For those who don't know, ther are 4 difficulty levels, green, yellow orange and red, green being the simplest. Now, for some reason the game scales the difficulty on story based races, meaning you could, albiet not easilty, win a red labeled freeway race with a car that's not totally up to snuff, but, still have a bitch of a time winning a yellow story race with a top level tuner with all modifications.

The AI in story races is just too good, and thus your driving in return has to be perfect in the races, and I'm not kidding. In some races if you do so much as even just take a turn too wide, they all blow past you and that's it, you're not catching up.

[darkslime]

Final Fantasy XII

I bought the collector's edition on release day. The battle system was terrible and the story was uninteresting.

[nintendoeats]

pokemon Colloseum. Only game that I ever pre-ordered. it sucked. damn.:frustrated:

runner up is Halo. which makes Halo 2 most surprisingly good game ever.

[Draven]

Myst and Taboo: The Sixth Sense are pretty high on the list of horrible games.

[The 1 2 P]

Hmmm....playing 7 hours straight to beat Loaded on the PS1 yielded very little to celebrate. If I recall correctly, there was a weak ass 6 second cut scene that played. Then the credits rolled. The Incredible Hulk, Spawn and The Crow City of Angels were all dissapointments as well, especially the Crow. So let me get this straight....I'm a walking undead badass that can't actually reach my enemies without being shot so many times that I lose two lives in the process? Thank Paul for cheat codes.

[CBXweb]

Sonic Jam on Saturn. Wow, thanks for the 3D stage reminding me of what maybe could of been, even though it was very sluggish, and weird versions of the 16 Bit games.

Sonic Advenutre 2. I preordered it. Went to pick it up when I had a fever, and it was just.. ugh. I did not want to walk around as a stupid robot or search for emerald chards. Plus Shadow is a windbag.

[sidnotcrazy]

Biggest letdown...for me that would have to be Actraiser 2 for the snes. The first game was mindblowing. The second was a dumbed down side scroller that was way to difficult. I wanted to like it, but just couldn't.

[Natty Bumppo]

For me it has to be Master of Monsters for the ps - the genesis game was marvelous and the ps one was a pile of festering maggots IMHO. They ruined pretty much everything about it - improved graphics was about all it had.

[TheGam3r]

I can't remember what game it was, but it was on the NES. After beating it (seems like it was pretty challenging) it said "CONGRATUATION!" They couldn't even bother spelling it right! Total disappointment.

The game you are talking about is: Ghostbusters (NES)

[CreamSoda]

-State of Emergency(PS2)

I love GTA, I love Midnight Club, as well as most of Rockstar's other franchises... With that said, SoE is one of the worst PS2 games I have ever played! I was pretty interested in the game, being a R* fan and all. I thought to myself "no worry's" and I picked up a copy from the discount bin for $5. And I was still dissapointed, terrible/mindless gameplay, super repetitive missions, levels were very linear, lack of anything really interesting. Even playing with the cheat codes on, I got maybe a half an hour or enjoyment out of this. And I usually enjoy cheesy action games(I even thought NARC(PS2) was ok).

-DRIV3R(PS2)

I loved the Driver series back in the day, and I still think that Driver was one of the best games on the PS1. I was dumb enough to pay full price for DRIV3R, back in 2004. And while D3 was a decent game, it had nothing on the first two games. Overall I got some decent enjoyment out of the game, but once GTA:SA came out I never touched DRIV3R again. :(

-Super Mario Sunshine(GCN)

What a shame, after the incredible Super Mario 64 we get this?! I could go on forever, about why I was dissapointed in SMS, but I will keep it short and just say this: The whole water pack idea, while original, was a total waste of time.

-Luigi's Mansion(GCN)

See above, only replace water pack with vacuume(sp?)

-True Crime: Streets of LA(PS2)

I was pretty hyped for this one as well, after the mega success of GTA3, needless to say I think we were all dissapointed in Nick Kang and the rest of TC:SoL.

I could continue, but these are some of the biggest letdowns that I've had in the past generation of gaming. :( :( :(

[PentiumMMX]

Here's a few for me:

- Glover (N64)
I remember reading about this online and being excited about it (The whole concept of playing as a giant animated glove was unique), but the place I rented games at never had a copy avaliable to rent until 2 years after it's release. The game was a total letdown; the controls where confusing on top of the game's unforgiving difficulty made me regret renting this (Thankfully, I didn't actually buy it at full price).

- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2)
I remember reading about people making Disgaea out to be the single greatest game ever made, and when I finally got to play it, I was left with a feeling of "When is this supposed to start getting interesting?". I sold my copy not long after.

- Diddy Kong Racing DS (DS)
One picture and an announcement that they are remaking Diddy Kong Racing (One of my favorite games of all time) was all it took for me to be hyped up 20x more than any Halo fan was over the 3rd installment in their series. Needless to say, the game was the single biggest letdown ever; everything was half-assed right down to the horrible remixed soundtrack. The only redeeming factor was that the 4 new tracks where actually fun, but that was it.

[retrocollectorguy]

Top 5 dissapointments:

5- Bubble Bobble (NES) - boring boring boring.
4- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii) - not even worth the $7 I paid for it new. I found it the least innovative racing game ive played since Cruisin USA.
3- Luigi's Mansion (Gamecube) - argueably the worst release title ive ever played.
2- GTA: Vice City (PS2) - complete dissapointment after GTA III. Small worlds. Quircky gameplay. Easy as hell missions. Just trash.
1- Yoshi's Story (N64) - can any game look gayer then this one? I felt so embarrassed to ask for it when it was released and had to have someone else buy it for me. It was the biggest let down ive had after an epic prequel in the series.

[Malon_Forever]

Top 5 dissapointments:

5- Bubble Bobble (NES) - boring boring boring.
4- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii) - not even worth the $7 I paid for it new. I found it the least innovative racing game ive played since Cruisin USA.
3- Luigi's Mansion (Gamecube) - argueably the worst release title ive ever played.
2- GTA: Vice City (PS2) - complete dissapointment after GTA III. Small worlds. Quircky gameplay. Easy as hell missions. Just trash.
1- Yoshi's Story (N64) - can any game look gayer then this one? I felt so embarrassed to ask for it when it was released and had to have someone else buy it for me. It was the biggest let down ive had after an epic prequel in the series.

We must have completely different opinions since I really liked 4 of those games.

My biggest let down has to be Wind Waker. I just could never get into it. The boring sailing had a lot to do with it. I've never finished, but I got pretty far. Maybe I'll finish it someday.

[jb143]

We must have completely different opinions since I really liked 4 of those games.


Same here. To each his own I guess...

My biggest letdown from a game was probally Back to the Future2/3 for the NES. It wasn't all bad, just not what I was expecting at all. I frustratingly played through it because I KNEW that part 3 had to be better, but nope, more of the same...only harder.

[p_b]

Top 5 dissapointments:

1- Yoshi's Story (N64) - can any game look gayer then this one? I felt so embarrassed to ask for it when it was released and had to have someone else buy it for me. It was the biggest let down ive had after an epic prequel in the series.

If you're embarrassed to ask for a colourful game, I personally wouldn't blame the game...

[retrocollectorguy]

well im sorry. This was supposed to be a dissapointments thread not the worst games of all time thread. I just felt letdown with each of those games as the prequels were all so much better. Usually the Final Fantasy VII haters get bashed...

[Game Freak]

i honestly loved luigi's mansion :\ and WW's impressive soundtrack makes me tolerable of the endless sailing :)

The two games that were complete letdowns for me were Pokemon Diamond and Phantom Hourglass. Diamond, they completely messed up the graphics. It would have been much better if they bothered to make the battles 3D and the map 2d, and PH was just way too short and going through the same dungeon a billion times was terrible. Also, the few battles that made use of both screens barely made up for these shortcomings considering I have a DS phat, which made it kind of hard to play.

[Therealqtip]

I really liked Luigi's Mansion not so sure why it gets so much hate, maybe it was cause I was young when I played it. but LoZ Wind Waker one thing: Boat Ride=20 minutes not my idea of fun but I think there was a teleporting system which I finally got and still found more problems just couldn't get into it like Ocarina of Time

[garagesaleking!!]

when i was kid, the first 2 new games i ever bought were rampage total destruction for game boy, and ready to rumble boxing for n64, i hated both of them and they were dissapointing for me

[Chemdawg]

final fanasty x, it was the first FF game I really ever gave a shot. My friend was a huge fan and told me i was crazy for not having played a FF yet. so I got FF X new expecting it to be amazing, it looked pretty but man i just didn't like it. Now the game wasn't bad, just not for me.... at all. I'm not gonnago on and hate on the series, I can see why people like it, but it just for me.

[sonic-boom]

Mario Kart Wii, I preordered it and I found it so unfair the minute I started playing. I should have waited for the reviews. I can't use the Wii Wheel for any other game and it's just a piece of plastic.

[hellfire]

resident evil 5, I beat the game and liked it. I started playing it again and hated it!!!

[Baloo]

Sonic Jam on Saturn. Wow, thanks for the 3D stage reminding me of what maybe could of been, even though it was very sluggish, and weird versions of the 16 Bit games.

Totally agree with you there. When I got this game inside a loose Saturn for $8 I expected more, but instead got a real disappointment. Iffy sound and graphics for the 16-bit games, and a useless 3D world that acted as a map.

[Sonicwolf]

Mario Kart Wii, I preordered it and I found it so unfair the minute I started playing. I should have waited for the reviews. I can't use the Wii Wheel for any other game and it's just a piece of plastic.

If you want unfair, try Mario Kart 64 with the highest engine class. Doesnt matter how far ahead you get, the enemies get a magical speed boost until the catch up.

[The 1 2 P]

This is a very hard question for me to answer. The ending of Halo 2 was disappointing because....um, there was no ending. But the multiplayer more than made up for it. And the Star Destroyer section of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was the single most disappointing piece of gameplay I have ever took part in. What the fuck where they thinking? The rest of the game was great though. So I don't have any single disappointing games all around, just disappointing moments.

[j1e]

By far, my biggest disappointment would have to be GTA IV. I bought the 360 solely for this game almost a year before the game came out. I put quite a bit of time into it and finally said fuggit. I guess I was expecting more of the same in the likes of San Andreas. I haven't played my 360 since then. In fact, I boxed it back up and prepared to sell it but never did. Maybe a game will come out that'll make me open it up again someday.

[Alexander]

Zelda II really let me down.

[celerystalker]

Zelda II really let me down.

It's my favorite Zelda by a long shot.:puppydogeyes:

I'll tell you what games disappointed me... freaking Space Football and Mecarobot Golf for SNES. Space Football conjures imagery of some crazy-ass futuristic battle sport, but instead you get a crummy 3D pong clone. Mecarobot Golf has the balls to put cover art of some Ultraman look-a-like on an alien landscape, only to be a crappy regular old golf game with almost zero robotic/futuristic elements. What a total waste.

[mercuryshadow09]

I expected a lot from Perfect Weapon for PS1, they touted it as a Street Fighter type adventure game where you would traverse each level and have an arsenal of fighting game type moves, it was nothing more than a modern Double Dragon clone, a HUGE pile of turd!

[stealthrush]

Blast Chamber for Saturn. What a let down!

[briana26]

devil may cry for me.