'Amazing' games that disappointed you
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So I went back and played Ocarina over the past week. I concede the game does sag in the final portions, with the Spirit Temple section (including getting to it) and the final tower feeling very uninspired compared to the rest of the game. Still a masterpiece as a whole though.
I can also confirm the best dungeons are definitely the forest temple and the water temple. Any 'where the fudge do I go' dungeon is a winner in my eyes compared to the relative bore tests of 'follow this linear path'.
I can see why I got stuck on the forest temple as a kid - solid!
I can also confirm the best dungeons are definitely the forest temple and the water temple. Any 'where the fudge do I go' dungeon is a winner in my eyes compared to the relative bore tests of 'follow this linear path'.
I can see why I got stuck on the forest temple as a kid - solid!
I don't remember ever needing blood echoes to progress. Are you sure about that?
You don't have to grind for blood vials tbh, it just helps
I'm starting to think this but I'm only half way through it. I loved the first 3 and when I replayed 2 a couple of years ago, I was glued to it all over again.
I know it's the same format as the first 3 but I'm finding the small pockets of open world really tedious in that I want to go all the wrong ways first in case I miss anything before triggering a cut scene
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The first 3 Uncharted games for me. To be fair I only played them on the PS4, so they are pretty dated by now, but for such hugely popular games I found them to be really quite poor in places, worse than the Tomb Raider games. The story was great, but the gameplay was downright awful at times, and the boss battle in Uncharted 2 ranks as one of the worst I have ever played.
Not a console game, but I am playing Half Life 2 properly for the first time, and boy the game feels like a massive anti climax based on everything I had come to expect, in general terms and compared to everything else it's brilliant, but as a follow up to Half Life? Nah, not even in the same ball park.
The physics and graphics are nice, Ravenholm is full of atmosphere, but it just doesn't seem to have the same atmosphere of the first game, my opinion may change when I complete it and the two episodes though.
Those vehicle sections last forever as well.
The physics and graphics are nice, Ravenholm is full of atmosphere, but it just doesn't seem to have the same atmosphere of the first game, my opinion may change when I complete it and the two episodes though.
Those vehicle sections last forever as well.
Fallout 4. Thought 3 (and new Vegas) were great, atmospheric, progressive, graphically good. The whole package, especially as I love post apocalyptic style stuff. I just didn't gel with 4, still can't put my finger entirely on it, tried revisiting it a few times too.
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I'm now adding Journey to this list after the PS Plus release
Beautiful, but ultimately borderline walking simulator
I've waited years to play it, very underwhelming
Beautiful, but ultimately borderline walking simulator
I've waited years to play it, very underwhelming
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mass effect 2
after playing fallout 3, this game felt short and got disappointed with lack of continuous side quests
after playing fallout 3, this game felt short and got disappointed with lack of continuous side quests
I'm with you on that one, was pleased to see it free this month as I had heard a lot of good things. Dull as dishwater.
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Try Halo: Reach, if you get bitten then you can start the series aftwerwards.
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I remember the same feeling when I played it on release. By the end I did love it, in fact I haven't done any of the additional content so will be playing through it again!
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Yeah I've never finished any of them.
1 I got about half way through but frankly it's terrible. The constant spawning enemies (a lot of the time behind you) and dull as dishwater combat just killed it for me. The second is much better, bits of it I absolutely loved but again the combat is so dull I just couldn't get past it. Bioshock Infinite is the same, great setting and interesting story but the gameplay is atrocious.
I really enjoyed the first Uncharted at the time, although there was sod all to play on PS3 back then, so I don't know how much that factored into it as I haven't touched it since then. I got bored halfway through the sequel though and still haven't finished it. Have a copy of the third one still sealed too. The Tomb Raider reboot and its sequel left me feeling the same way. There's just so little actual gameplay there beyond the fixed shooting galleries.
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Not an amazing game but biggest disappointment for me was probably Brink. I remember everyone going mad about that the hype was real, went to Eurogamer and the queue was at like 2 hours wait to play it, then come release, it was like a wet fart.
Same, Uncharted 4 bored the life out of me, was my first Uncharted and was expecting a lot but after 4 or 5 chapters of watching cutscenes I pretty much gave up.
I don't have a lot of time to game these days so when I do I'd actually like to have a game to play.
Nooooo!
I love Journey, I only picked it up about 6 months ago and won't probably ever play it again but was an amazing experience.