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NJ5 on 23 May 2008

My disappointment in this generation is that I don't have enough time to play all the games I want to play.

On the Wii, I haven't finished Metroid Prime 3, Zack & Wiki, Battalion Wars 2 and REmake (GC). On the 360, I haven't finished GTA IV and Ninja Gaiden Black (XB).

If Mario Kart Wii wasn't so damn addictive, I probably would have finished some of these games already.



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Munkeh111 on 23 May 2008
 colonelstubbs said:
Pro evolution soccer 2008 ps3

What were konami thinking releasing a half finished piece of crap with an awful frame rate and comically abysmal online mode!?!?

The first fully next gen pro evo title and they mucked it up big time.

Lair wasnt a huge letdown for me as i had no knowledge of its pre-release hype, but because it was rubbish it was still a letdown in the end :@
The thing about it is that it is still amazing to play, and I played like 4 games this morning because it is just so fun

 



sinha on 23 May 2008
selnor said:
Avalach21 said:
Griffin said:
Onimusha12 said:

Orange Box for the PS3 sucked, but then again many ports for the PS3 have at least one problem or another.



Maybe you should play the game, it plays just about the exact same as the 360 one. There are less then 5 slowdowns during the 3 half lifes. And the loading time is not that much more, it is comparable to the extended load times that most 360 games have over the PS3 versions. TF2 and Portal also ran perfect.


LOL i've played Orange Box on PS3.

 

It's HORRENDOUS. Episode 2's framerate is juggling from the minute you start. Try using the gravity gun, shoot an explosive at the wall, wait 4 whole seconds as the PS3 calculates where all of the objects in the environment should go, then watch the framerate slowly rise from 0.5 FPS back to the 15-25 range.

 

Team Fortress 2 was absolutely terrible. It was lagging horrendously. I tried to play it for about 5 minutes or so, it kept lagging, and then I disconnected. The game wasn't even worth it using the dual analog.

 

Honestly. Before telling people to play the game, how about you play the PC version, and see how this is supposed to be?

This is coming from someone who extensively played the Orange box on PC, and then played it on PS3.

Finished Episode 2 not long ago. Didnt notice this on 360 version.

 


360 version = Valve

PS3 version = EA

Also, it's Griffin, what did you expect?



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Mummelmann on 23 May 2008

I'd add in Bioshock and Crysis, and definately GTA IV (I almost cried last night when I tried it for the first time, I wanted to love it so bad!).
NFS Pro Street should also be on my list (I didn't know that EA could f-up a racing game THAT badly).



Strategyking92 on 26 May 2008

this is the stupidest, and most biased list ever:

"personally I haven't played any of those games so far."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ says it all



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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Zucas on 26 May 2008

My biggest dissappointment is Wii's online.



Strategyking92 on 26 May 2008

But really, my biggest disapointment is Viking: battle for asgard.

It is still a good game, but I wished it could be so much more. (it was close to being a whole lot more also)



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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rocketpig on 26 May 2008
Zucas said:
My biggest dissappointment is Wii's online.

Definitely one of my biggest disappointments also. I would love to play some Wii games with fellow VGCers but frankly, with no voice chat and the obnoxious friends code system, it just ain't worth the hassle.




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Zucas on 26 May 2008

I mean all they had to do is give us voice chat, a universal friend's list, and of course free of charge. That was it. Of course they only get 1/3 of it right. Hell I don't even need all the special stuff that PS3 and 360 has. All I need is a way of talking and connecting easily to my friends. I really don't even care if they friend's list was friend codes, as long as it was universal. Nintendo seriously fucked that part up in my opinion.



mrstickball on 26 May 2008

Blue Dragon and LO? WTF?

And their suggestion is Eternal Sonata over Blue Dragon? DID THEY ACTUALLY PLAY BOTH GAMES AT LENGTH?

Jeez.

I think the issue with the list is that the idea of disappointment is merely relative to what some idiot thought a game would be.

Lair, Haze, Assassin's Creed (at the top of my head) were all immensely hyped games that were totally DOA in terms of what the promise was. What exactly did LO and BD promise? I can't really remember people saying they'd be some sort of re-invention of JRPGs, and no one said they'd be some sort of insanely ambitious projects either. LO was hailed as a FF-Killer, and by most accounts, the fans that have bought LO have compared it to a FFX sequel...Definitely not bad in my book.

Likewise, BD has some disappointments in it, but not relegated to actual content, but merely voice acting (Maro)...Hardly a knock against the game considering it's a cartoony JRPG.

Yes, I'm defending 360 games, but it's merely the idea that neither game was really hyped to all heaven (but definitely anticipated by the JRPG crowd). Eternal Sonata did NOT deliver as much as BD did. And why in God's name are they recommending Mass Effect for LO fans? That doesn't make a lick of sense, IMO.


My biggest letdown? Next Gen sports games...Madden and NCAA have seen no quantitative increase in features. Backbreaker is the TRUE next-gen evolution for Football...And it's taken 3-4 years!

Hmm. Other 360-focused letdowns: Two Worlds. Eternal Sonata (in a way. Story was the biggest fraud I've ever seen. Here I thought it'd involve Chopin's life in some sort of way, and it totally ruins the core idea behind why I bought the game)...Can't think of any others. I went into most games with very low expectations this generation, and either got blown away, or it met whatever standard I had.



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