Most recent gaming disappointment?

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Assassin's Creed - really wish I hadn't paid to play this game. Supposedly it gets better, but the initial sci-fi concept, the repetition, the fight mechanics, the AI, the list just keeps going on and on. It's just not fun to play at all. Visually, it looked better in still screen shots than in motion.

GTAIV - won't say it's a big disappointment as I still like the presentation better than the previous chapters I never bothered to finish, but the point is, I still haven't finished this one either, and frankly, I have little desire to keep playing mission to mission and will unlikely ever finish this one either unless it's on a strange whim.

Halo 3 - Not bad by any means, but even after playing through the campaign and fooling around online, I still don't see what the huge allure is.

Metroid Prime 3 - Vastly improved controls over previous MP games thanks to the IR camera aiming, but lock on feature (lock screen view) and shifting aim controls (point of aim controls point of view) did not feel as natural as they could have without having to rely upon an analog stick. The game play was not sharp enough to keep me playing unlike the 2D versions.

I think I need to give this one another chance, but it was genuinely beginning to feel like a chore to play, which is usually the best reason to stop playing, especially for a title I was really looking forward to playing (enough to buy on opening day which I rarely ever do).

Twilight Princess - Loved the art direction and was hoping for an Ocarina like quest with brilliant motion controls. This was one of the reasons I bought a Wii and I played about ten hours through before putting it aside after losing interest in the story, with the firm, but as of yet unrealized intention to continue playing.
Lots of text and few voices, which may never change for a Zelda game.
Motion controls added nothing for me. Random remote waves for the same sword swinging sequence felt very tacked on.

Like MP3, this is a game that deserves a full play through, but it has failed to captivate me in a way I had hoped.

This list was not about games I thought were poor, in keeping with the OP, but games I felt ultimately disappointed with after the anticipation and wait. Halo 3/GTAIV were not on my anticipated list, but hyped as "must buy" and IMO, weren't.