Maybe it's just me, but it seems a lot of games this year are falling well short of the hype; whether it be critically, commercially or both. I mean, more than usual. While some games have managed to exceed expectations *Red Dead Redemption waves* here is my list of games that have disappointed in one way or another.

 Dark Void
59 Metascore, 0.35 million copies sold
Massive bomba on all fronts.

Final Fantasy XIII
83 Metascore, 5.7 million copies sold
Final Fantasy games consistently divide opinion among fans, but the critics always seem to love them. This one... not so much. (Un)fortunately, due to its multiplatform status, the shitstorm that could have followed this relatively low score was avoided. Sold well though!

White Knight Chronicles
64 Metascore, 0.64 million copies sold
O_o freaky.

MAG
76 Metascore, 0.90 million  copies sold
Scored okay... sold okay. But I expect more than okay from a first party Sony title.

Dante's Inferno
73 Metascore, 1.2 million copies sold
If you're gonna do a crappy job of ripping off God of War, DON'T release a month before the real deal. Disappointing from the people behind the brilliant Dead Space.

Alpha Protocol
63 Metascore, 0.32 million copies sold
Saw a fair amount of hype throughout this game's long development. Apparently, it didn't deliver.

Crackdown 2
70 Metascore, 0.60 million copies sold
Quietly released to a resounding "meh".

Blur
82 Metascore, 0.40 million copies sold
I'd like to say this tanked due to competition from the also great Split/Second, but that game flopped just as hard.

Split/Second
84 Metascore, 0.46 million copies sold
See above.

ModNation Racers
82 Metacritic, 0.46 million copies sold
Probably the best Mario Kart clone of them all but it failed to capture the market's imagination.

Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days
64 Metacritic, 0.19 million copies sold
Saw that one coming.

Mafia II
74 Metacritic
Down 12 Metapoints on the orginal. It's not looking good at the moment.

Alan Wake
83 Metascore, 0.68 million copies sold
After 5 years of hype... that's it? Didn't help that it released the same day as the breakout hit of the year (Red Dead Redemption).

Lost Planet 2
68 Metascore, 0.89 million copies sold
To be fair, the first one wasn't much good either. But I personally had high expectations for this sequel.

Resonnance of Fate
72 Metascore, 0.55 million
And the JRPG genre continues its spiral into irrelevancy.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
89 Metascore, 1.13 million copies sold
Take the 770,000 Japanese sales out of the equation and that's a pretty pathetic number for "Metal Gear Solid 5".

Valkyria Chronicles 2
84 Metascore, 0.17 million copies sold
VC managed to carve a niche on the PS3 but if other recent PSP titles are anything to go by, this game will struggle reach even half the audience of the original. Bad move, SEGA.

Y'know what, it might just be easier to say every PSP game released this year flopped :P

Metro 2033
77 Metascore, 0.29 million copies sold
Probably fared a little better on PC.

Metroid: Other M
79 Metascore
A blemish in an otherwise spotless line of classics. It remains to be seen if it can expand the Metroid fanbase.

Arc Rise Fantasia
63 Metascore, 0.10 million copies sold
Well, I knew it was going to suck...

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
75 Metacritic, 0.60 million copies sold
More like "The Forgotten Franchise" amirite?!

No More Herpes 2: Desperate Struggle
84 Metascore, 0.17 million copies sold
Desperately struggling to hit 200k. I blame the lack of promotional toilet rolls.

Red Steel 2
80 Metascore, 0.27 million copies sold
The first sucked, but was a commercial success. The sequel was good and flopped like a fish out of water. Ubisoft just can't win with this franchise.

Singularity
78 Metascore, 0.16 million copies sold
A 78 just doesn't cut it in the crowded shooter market.

Naughty Bear
44 Metascore, 0.24 million copies sold
I don't think anyone expecting this to be amazing. But it's just plain BAD.

Transformers: War For Cybertron
77 Metascore, 0.48 million copies sold
Strong brand name and a decent game to boot. Why wasn't it a bigger hit?

There are probably a few I missed, but I seriously underestimated the amount of time it would take to list them and I can't be bothered typing anymore. There's THAT many.

Discuss! Predict future flops if you like.

Resonance of Fate has told over 500k copies? thats actually a pretty good number for a jrpg. color me surprised

Nice thread and good thoughts. It's true that other than Heavy Rain and RDR this has been a year of flops ... so far. Halo Reach, GT5, LBP2, and CoD still need to hit.

Oh and forgot GoW3 which probably sold according to predictions :)

in december i thought that 2010 was going to be the greatest year for games. until know i enjoyed 2 of its titles. gow 3 and read dead.

hopefully 2011 wont hurt my heart.

I love it how PSP games have flopped even before their release.

Me too. This year is a big let down apart from a few games.

If Metal Gear Solid can't sell on the PSP what hope does Valkyria Chronicles have? Ghost of Sparta is the only game I'd put money on passing 500k this year.

Calling Other M a flop is pretty premature, at this point. Come back in nine months.

I'm surprised Tatsunoko vs Capcom wasn't mentioned, that game deserved 4x the sales it got

 "Here's my list of games that have disappointed in one way or another"

 I use the word 'flop' loosely.