i honestly think the biggest disappointment is going to be Mega Man 11. it feels like Im the only one not looking at this game through a nostalgia filter. the graphics and gameplay look tacky and unpolished, and i think once people actually get their hands on it, they will be able to see it in the same light that i do.

It honestly not about camp, its just nothing about both games look epic, pokemon looks a dumbed down version of old games,and smash just looks like a ultimate version of brawl, after playing and seeing spiderman, GOW, and those games look boring to me, unlike zelda and mario from last year which looked epic.

You’re comparing two adventure games to a fighting game and a JRPG. Though it’s more funny that you see Smash as becoming a disappointment than anything. Especially with the game doing well in preorders and showing that it’s more than an ultimate version of one game of its series. What do you expect it to sell and how do you think it will fare in reviews, if you’re gonna compare it to other games on the OP’s list?

I think sales wise either Fallout 76 (because it is a multiplayer focus) or Mega Man 11 will fall below expectations the most. MM11 I think will remind many people why they never liked the MM experience in the first place. I was not impressed by the demo, personally, though I could be in the minority and therefore wrong.

From what I have been hearing, Xbox fans are saying Fallout and Assassin's Creed, Nintendo fans are saying Pokemon, and Sony fans are saying Assassin's Creed and Battlefield...

Fallout and Battlefield will fail, I know that. Assassin's Creed has been popular for a long time with average to good and rarely top tier games, this one looks like it could be a good game. Assassin's Creed is fine. Pokemon... ugh... I don't like RPGs... Pokemon will do very well, for sure, It could possibly outsell Smash for a little while. Hardcore Pokemon Fans plus Some Pokemon Go Fans who bought the switch for some other games as well will make it a commercial success, I don't know about it being a critical success though...

Fallout for sure.

Fallout 4 was disappointing, and this one is going in an even worse direction

Pokemon Let's Go for sure. That game is a disgrace for hardcore fans like me.

And Fallout 76 too. I say this as someone who loves Fallout 4.

I'm talking about in terms of critical reception, not sales.

If we're talking in terms of critical reception Assassins Creed is off the table now.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/assassins-creed-odyssey
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/assassins-creed-odyssey

86/88 meta, a good step up from Origins. The thing reviewers agree on is that this is actually a pretty good wrpg.

I have to wonder if I can use the word "disappointing" to describe Battlefield V? Most people already considered it a travesty for a while now ... it will more so be meeting people's expectations rather than missing them, if anything. Confirmation bias. That being said ... I think you could still call it disappointing, from the perspective of "this could have been so great!"

Because so many (really ... most) of these games have the possibility to disappoint it's audience and critics, I'm going to segment them into different levels of disappointment. 

Very disappointing: 

Battlefield V: even though you could argue a technicality that this isn't really "disappointing", I think overall this kind of marks a point where all the good will towards Battlefield has finally more or less withered away. It doesn't disappoint me personally, because I've always found significant flaws with Battlefield, but I must admit I was hoping to give it a try this year ... now I have little interest.

Pretty disappointing:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Will Odyssey ruin all the good will built by it's predecessor? Maybe not completely, but for the most part, absolutely. Whereas I had a mild interest in Origins, I have none for Odyssey. I think people will still recognize the good in the major switching up of gameplay that Origins brought to the franchise, but that won't stop them from feeling tired. It's odd (heh) because I have not really seen resentment against Ubisoft for not learning their lesson ... more so sheer apathy. That's probably worse, honestly. 

SoulCaliber VI: Fighting fans have put up with so much shit this generation that I almost want to put this in a lower category of disappointment just because it seems like (keep in mind I'm not 100% up to date with this game) the bare essentials of what makes SoulCalibur good are there. However, with so much anti-consumer practices relating to it's DLC, I expect a lot of bad press, lackluster interest from casuals, and middling reviews from fans and critics. People saw this announcement as the return of an era, which seems to be true for the reveal of any fighting game nowadays ... expectations were very high. Even if this doesn't disappoint critically, it will most likely sales wise, if not for it's negative press than for it's crowded release schedule. 

Fairly disappointing:

Pokemon Let's Go: One of the strange cases where a fanbase which has every capability of being rabid and cynical has .... actually accepted what a game is going to be, and that it may not be for them? Still, I think that a lot of people will be disappointed in the mere existence of it, and the quality will definitely be lower than that of past Pokemon titles. If this "core" spin-off continues as it's own series, I actually think people will become more disappointed over time.

Mildly disappointing:

Fallout 76: Even more so than Pokemon Let's Go, I'm honestly surprised at how mature most of the community is being about the departure from the main game. Whereas that game will probably get very little acclaim though and won't appeal to hardcore gamers, I expect 76 to do well in both attracting a new audience and gaining support from big name sites. Honestly though ... I don't even really know what this game is besides being a multiplayer Fallout. Seems to me like the concept wasn't explained very well. This is the game that I'm the most likely to be wrong about.

Hitman 2: Even if this ends up having the best mission design in the Hitman series, the glitches, bugs, and online DRM (which will most likely affect certain parts of the game but not all of them) are setting it up for some beatings. It will almost certainly have mediocre sales. 

Super Mario Party: Will pretty much be the new Mario Tennis Aces, a game which people were hoping was excellent only to find out that it was just a good return to form. Although this game does have lower hype than Aces, which if anything will help it in the long run. 

Just Cause 4: Stagnation. But it knows what it is. 

As for games that will have almost no disappointment whatsoever ... Forza Horizon 4, Mega Man 11, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (surprisingly), Red Dead Redemption 2, and Smash Bros. Ultimate. That's not to say no one will be disappointed, but that their target audience and critics will most likely have their expectations met. Sales will also be what the publishers were probably anticipating. I almost put Mega Man 11 into the mildly disappointing category, because a lot of casuals probably won't get it, and some fans have crazy expectations. But that's not really fair ... that's just Mega Man. 

BFV followed by CoD.