Bomb of the Year
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ArcadeStickMonk
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I'll depress you!pollo said:
Ok then, stuff I did enjoy this year.
GTA:SA
MGS3
Halo 2 multi.
Bloodrayne 2 (I knew what I was getting into)
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorow
Katamari Damacy
UT2K4
Vampire Bloodlines
No dissapointment in any of that. Probably more I can't remember too.
ArcadeStickMonk
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It was a fakeout. It was a lie. It was some blue fucking balls.pollo said:
We don't have to go into this again. It's been talked to death, and the haters won.
Do The Mario
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ArcadeStickMonk said:
I take it back Monk I will go out with you if it means that much!
I Am about to get SF:AC have any links to good sites with Tips etc.. ??
Or is gamefaqs the go? If I want an official guide I would have to import one, cuz I dont think they will make Australia.
ArcadeStickMonk
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Start with Gamefaqs until super cancels come naturally to you. You'll know when you need to head to Shoryuken. There's no substitute for competition, that's why I suck.Do The Mario said:
The SF:AC guide is sposed to be pretty good if you want to drop money, but I can't imagine that there's anything in there you can't find online.
Oh, and Symphonia blows. That's what this guy told me.
Staying on topic, what games completely dissapointed me?
Ghost Recon 2: Console ruin of a fabulous PC game. Depressing.
Halo 2: The ending. No online co-op. Great in many other ways, but those were big for me.
I think an easier question would be 'what games didn't live up to your expectations'. In that case...Halo 2, Doom 3, and Half Life 2 take the cake. With honorable mention going to Fable: for some reason, I really enjoyed it, despite the linearity and whatnot. Probably never play it again, though.
Ghost Recon 2: Console ruin of a fabulous PC game. Depressing.
Halo 2: The ending. No online co-op. Great in many other ways, but those were big for me.
I think an easier question would be 'what games didn't live up to your expectations'. In that case...Halo 2, Doom 3, and Half Life 2 take the cake. With honorable mention going to Fable: for some reason, I really enjoyed it, despite the linearity and whatnot. Probably never play it again, though.
AndoCalrissian
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As far as 'what games didn't live up to your expectations', the three games you mentioned had ridiculous levels of hype and unrealistic expectations built up. I don't think there's any way they could have lived up to what the fans wanted.
Doom 3 is the only one of the three I've played extensively, and I never really expected more than a basic shooter with some good technology behind it, that lent itself to creating really atmospheric environments. And I wouldn't want it any other way.
Doom 3 is the only one of the three I've played extensively, and I never really expected more than a basic shooter with some good technology behind it, that lent itself to creating really atmospheric environments. And I wouldn't want it any other way.
hooded pitohui
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DOOM 3 - Anyone saying this game was a disappointment must not have understood that it was a sequel to a game called DOOM. I'd say that the game is too long for its own good, but it's a great shooter with amazing atmosphere.
Killzone - Comparing this game to Halo is like comparing Crash Bandicoot to Mario--yeah, they're in the same genre, but the games are totally different. Killzone is a pretty solid game with some technical problems, but isn't a bomb by any means.
Halo 2 - I think complaints about the game's single player are pretty silly. But maybe that's because I play Halo for multiplayer. And that's where I say Halo 2 fails--its multiplayer isn't as balanced and awesome as the original's. I still wouldn't call it a bomb.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - The game has some problems (new voice actors stink, old level design and new play mechanics make the game a tad easy, some cut scenes are ridiculous), but this is no way a bomb. The game plays well, and the addition of dog tags offers a great new challenge. Again, I don't understand the nominations of this.
With all that said, I knew which games would suck before they came out, so I wasn't super disappointed with anything. As for games that everyone else thought would be good but actually sucked, I offer: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, X-Men Legends, KOTOR 2, Mortal Kombat: Deception, Driv3r, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Ninja Gaiden.
Killzone - Comparing this game to Halo is like comparing Crash Bandicoot to Mario--yeah, they're in the same genre, but the games are totally different. Killzone is a pretty solid game with some technical problems, but isn't a bomb by any means.
Halo 2 - I think complaints about the game's single player are pretty silly. But maybe that's because I play Halo for multiplayer. And that's where I say Halo 2 fails--its multiplayer isn't as balanced and awesome as the original's. I still wouldn't call it a bomb.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - The game has some problems (new voice actors stink, old level design and new play mechanics make the game a tad easy, some cut scenes are ridiculous), but this is no way a bomb. The game plays well, and the addition of dog tags offers a great new challenge. Again, I don't understand the nominations of this.
With all that said, I knew which games would suck before they came out, so I wasn't super disappointed with anything. As for games that everyone else thought would be good but actually sucked, I offer: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, X-Men Legends, KOTOR 2, Mortal Kombat: Deception, Driv3r, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Ninja Gaiden.