Biggest game that never lived up to it's hype...

[Gravity]

Tribes

 

[yourdeardaniel]

halo

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
NPR had a week long special on flops. Daikatana was featured on day two or three, it got owned for at least 30 minutes of airtime. I believe it was the only videogame that made the list.

what other kinds of flops were there?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: yourdeardaniel
halo PC

fixed.

I thought Halo on xbox was fun....but purely for the co-op mode. I can't understand why they weren't able to implement that for the PC version.

 

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
I don't remember the name of the game, but it was built into real life. You had to solve a murder or something like that, but you received actual phone calls, emails, etc that REALLY put you in the game. This was about 4-5 years ago and it only lasted 1 chapter.

Majestic, someone I know was in the beta. Said it was very cool.

Cool until you become the next victim.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Mario Kart 64 ... what a fvcking disaster next to Super Mario Kart. That game left me more disappointed than any other game ever.

What?!

I thought both were pretty good.

At first I felt that way about Double Dash (the battle stages are so basic and simplistic its almost pathetic). Racing was fun though. Played through it with my roomate.

There was hype for 4x4 Evo?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Total Annihilation: Kingdoms.

Total Annihilation is one of the best games I have ever played. I have played it close to 1000 times, and even though it's 8 or 9 years old, I still have fun playing it. It is still more fun then any other RTS game out there for me.

Then Kingdoms came out, I figured it would take the ideas from Total Annihilation to the next level, but instead they scaled down the game, made it less complex, they ruined the whole idea of it. It was very depressing when it came out and sucked so horribly. I tried to play kingdoms a couple more times, however, I just didn't like it at all.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
NPR had a week long special on flops. Daikatana was featured on day two or three, it got owned for at least 30 minutes of airtime. I believe it was the only videogame that made the list.

what other kinds of flops were there?

Here's a link, I think you can actually listen to them...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4804032

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms.

Total Annihilation is one of the best games I have ever played. I have played it close to 1000 times, and even though it's 8 or 9 years old, I still have fun playing it. It is still more fun then any other RTS game out there for me.

Then Kingdoms came out, I figured it would take the ideas from Total Annihilation to the next level, but instead they scaled down the game, made it less complex, they ruined the whole idea of it. It was very depressing when it came out and sucked so horribly. I tried to play kingdoms a couple more times, however, I just didn't like it at all.

someone from FS/t sold me that for 5 bucks shipped

wasnt worth it. TA is still awesomeish

 

[Turkish]

halflife 2 and halo (both xbox and pc)

 

[sao123]

C&C Generals

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: The Boss
halflife 2 and halo (both xbox and pc)

HL2 never came out for the xbox.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. I was so excited about this as a kid, and I remember even at age 10 trying to convince myself that it didn't completely suck. That was the worst.

 

[Jeeper94]

Anyone remember Shenmu for Dreamcast? I bought that game(still have it BTW) and I played it, but I never got into it. I thought it sucked, although going into the arcade and playing old Sega games was kinda fun for a bit until I ran out of money.

 

[crypticlogin]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: The Boss
halflife 2 and halo (both xbox and pc)

HL2 never came out for the xbox.

Tell me you're kidding....

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
isn't there a vaporware duke nukem game?

Yes, but it's not out yet, so it IS possible that it will in fact live up to the hype. Not that there ever has been any hype.

 

[TallBill]

Daikatana wins to easily.

 

[Veramocor]

Originally posted by: Icopoli
Ultima 9.

Definately a dissapointment. I waited for it for a long time (as you may be able to tell from my screen name).

Part of the problem was gameplay. It was damn slow. I wonder if a booted it up on a current computer how it would run.

 

[MadPeriot]

Shattered Galaxy

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: The Boss
halflife 2 and halo (both xbox and pc)

HL2 never came out for the xbox.

doesn't matter, both games sucked for whatever versions

 

[knyghtbyte]

i'd say Daikatana for the OPs poser....

i'd also say Black & White split the gaming world the most as to it being a good or bad game....

however in console land, Mariokart Doubledash sucked the most rotton eggs....i loved Mariokart and Mariokart64.....doubledash was just pointless :-(

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Rudee
Red Alert 2
Doom 3

Bullsh1t. Red Alert 2 + Yuri's revenge is the most awesome game ever made for the PC.

 

[IAteYourMother]

DOOM III

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: The Boss

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: The Boss
halflife 2 and halo (both xbox and pc)

HL2 never came out for the xbox.

doesn't matter, both games sucked for whatever versions

Half-Life 2 XBOX 11/15/2005

 

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