what was the biggest game letdown for u this year

[RevPokemon]

Smash Bros. For Wii U I'm really struggling with. Either I'm just getting old and shit or this really feels like a step back.... Can't put my finger on it it, it just doesn't feel right.

Are you using the GameCube controller?

 

[dontay0100]

Destiny hands down... Infinite activities my a**! More like do the same crap over and over..

 

[Escape]

Sonic Boom was a huge let down, but my expectations were pretty low after seeing the 1st trailer...
I'm glad the deal with Nintendo is over, maybe we can now get a decent 3D Sonic game on Vita. Or even a Generations port would be good.

In response to another post here, I personally was impressed with OR/AS, thought it was a great remake.

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

Are you using the GameCube controller?

No other way to play Smash Bros. since '64

 

[RevPokemon]

No other way to play Smash Bros. since '64

Then what didn't you like about ssb4?

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

It just doesn't "feel" right to me. Plus it seems to be fooking nails compared to previous installents....

 

[eriol33]

maybe you're just getting bored. I have been trying to play these games since N64 version and I never like it. probably because I never had friends to play it together though. it's must be much more fun to have few people in the room screaming yelling while playing SMB together. unfortunately most of my friends aren't hardcore gamers.

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

I hear that. I remember a funny comment when the 8-player functionality was touted.

"Great idea but it just reminds me that I dont have eight freinds"

 

[eriol33]

in an ideal world, our parents, grandparents, and siters/brothers can play smb with us, lol

 

[GameWinner]

Come on, guys, we all knew what Sonic Boom would be.

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

Luckily for me I have two kids just old enough to play and another on his way there. Still find it difficult to let them win so they keep playing though.

Big ol' Sonic fan here as well and I've only just heard about how bad it is from looking here, not even been following that at all! Maybe my sub-conscious is jusy telling me to give up waiting for the fabled good Sonic game.

 

[Trevor Belmont]

Ooooh, for me it was "the Evil Within".
What a sorry excuse for a horror game.
"Scary" for all the wrong reasons.:

- Horrible, basically non-existant story. ---> To y'know, keep you interested.

- Next to no character development. ---> to y'know, make you care about the characters and what you're doing.

- Shoddy, decade old style of play / ripoff of much better games. (I.E., RE4, Last of Us...) ---> But never really doing anything good with them. (read: pointless, blatent rip-off)

- Overly difficult in all the wrong ways. ---> I like a challenge, but after the 18th time getting slaughtered by a knockoff chainsaw guy or even "accidentally" by some dime-a-dozen, wandering like a lost dog zombie guy and forced, beginning of the level restarts (think megaman 1 minus a method to the madness) pretty much forced me to reconsider buying games without trying them before I buy, like ever again.

- And on, and on, and on.

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Reserved a copy and got the "fighting chance pack".
More like, the "something to blow your nose with pack" cause wow, an extra shotgun with 4 rounds, extra couple of viles of green liquid and whatever else, little thingies that basically become useless after you piss them away trying to figure out just what the hell you're supposed to be doing.

From the "Saw" movies inspired starting level (blegh!!) to the "fun" traps sprinkled in to give you something to do besides wander around and stumble on the next "objective", to, to, to the, uh, running around, sneaking up on zombies for a stealth kill...
Super cool! Whoops! They can do it too! Awesome!

There were a few good things about the game that I liked.
Collecting lots of goodies from smashing things, using traps to kill baddies chasing you, hiding from baddies under a bed or in a closet, torching bodies of baddies for uh, just because, uhm , uhm, stealth killing baddies for a uhm, "rush", some interesting, odd places you wind up in and uh, that's about it... :-/

Don't get me wrong, I really, really wanted and really, really tried to like this game.
BUT, it became very aparent after day after day trials and errors, that this was just not a well thought out game, nor worth sticking around for to find out if it actually did get any better after level 3 or 4...

Waste of valuable resources.
The graphics could have been something great, but felt (and looked) like a sub-par, last gen, bargain-bin title.
Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves.

Someone over there should be performing hara-kiri for such a travesty.

 

[Par39]

Are you using the GameCube controller?

I don't think what controller you use would ever make or break a game for anyone, that's just ridiculous. If someone says otherwise they just don't want to get used to new controls, nothing wrong with that if the option to use the old controls is available, but seeing people claiming GC controller as the only way to play Smash is getting a bit annoying. Personally, I've never liked the GameCube controller for Smash, I use Wiimote + Nunchuck. Sure, if you like using GC have fun with that, and I'll have fun not using it.

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

Fair point. But there is a reason that the GC adaptor has been made exclusively for that ONE game.....

 

[Par39]

Fair point. But there is a reason that the GC adaptor has been made exclusively for that ONE game.....

Yeah, I know. But at the same time, I think most of the people who like GC controller have played Smash since Melee (which I personally skipped because never owned a GC so I didn't get used to the weirdish button layout), stuck with the control scheme through Brawl and now stay with it for Smash WiiU. The only thing I find annoying about is the people who pretty much freak out when you suggest that you use some other controller (*gasp*) and claim that you're ruining your experience by using an "inferior" controller.

 

[Arras]

Yeah, I know. But at the same time, I think most of the people who like GC controller have played Smash since Melee (which I personally skipped because never owned a GC so I didn't get used to the weirdish button layout), stuck with the control scheme through Brawl and now stay with it for Smash WiiU. The only thing I find annoying about is the people who pretty much freak out when you suggest that you use some other controller (*gasp*) and claim that you're ruining your experience by using an "inferior" controller.

Well, you kind of are when you're using ONLY a Wiimote. I see no issues with Wiimote + nunchuk though.

 

[ilikegoldengrahams]

I think it boils down to jump preferences mainly.... Since the N64 I preferred to use a button to jump as pressing up on the stick just didn't feel right. The same goes for the GC controller as I use X to jump and you can also disable pressing up to jump on the stick which is actually lovely.

It all boils down to personal preference at the end of the day, I use inverted controls for all FPS's and no-one seems to do that any more but a freind and I both agreed that Goldeneye 64 had ruined us, but without inverting the pitch would just not work for me.

 

[Par39]

Well, you kind of are when you're using ONLY a Wiimote. I see no issues with Wiimote + nunchuk though.

Well that I have to admit is slightly inferior because it lacks analogue.

With Wiimote + Nunchuck you can also turn off tap to jump and assign a jump button, I have done that. Pretty much the only difference between a GC controller and Wiimote + Nunchuck is where each button is located (I have tried a GC controller for a couple of matches).

 

[stomp_442]

Any third party game that got a xbox/ps release and didn't get a Wii U release. I'll never get to play those games, what a let down.

 

[Trevor Belmont]

Any third party game that got a xbox/ps release and didn't get a Wii U release. I'll never get to play those games, what a let down.

Most of 'em, we've more than likely already played to death at this point, just in a different coat of paint.
'Aint missin' nothin' yet brotha. :-)