Dragon Age 2: Recycled areas (this cave looks SO familiar!), bland story not worthy of a huge, expansive game, very tiny world to explore, half-assed combat, and a lousy ending. And Fenris. He so pissed me off.

All 3 Fables: The usual stuff; insignificant alignment choices, promises made and broken, attempts to innovate gone south, lame-ass stories (first was passable), cheesy voice acting (the exception being John Cleese in the third one), and mostly, the overabundance of sim elements. I play fantasy games for the adventure, the thrills, the glory! If I want to play life simulator game, I’ll play any iteration of the Sims.

RE Gaiden/RE Survivor/ RE: Outbreak File2: First one was a dumbed down T rated disaster with crappy gameplay, second one was just too short, too shallow, and too easy, and the third…well, the final scenario is just too f#%^ing long!

Third Birthday: The long awaited sequel to Parasite Eve 2, part of a franchise that was only overlooked because the first one was released too close to FF7. Inconsistent gameplay difficulty, hard controls, main protaganist Aya Brea conveniently given amnesia so they don’t have to go too deep with her character, which resulted with her not only being shallow but also coming off as a battered housewife type, the story had NOTHING to do with anything that happened in the past two games, other than the inclusion of two characters from the last one. The plot was brain-fracturingly confusing, and finally, the ending. No spoiler alert here, I don’t want people playing this game period: AYA DIES! And it’s the player who kills her! That was just heartbreaking. Also, the clothing that deteriorated as she took more and more damage, came off as insulting.

Star Wars KotOR 2: The conversation/romance dialogues were complex and disorganized, and the ending felt rushed, a scrap-rush if you will. Give me a proper KotOR sequel for the Kinect that actually works, then I might be happy.

Spirit Camera: The story was too short and too simple, it lacked many of the elements that made the Fatal Frame series awesome, and while the AR elements of finding clues and fighting ghosts anywhere were interesting, I think the limitations of the hardware are also responsible for crippling what could have been something great.

One more thing: Final Fantasy + Skyrim = FFXV = WIN

“Hey You! Pikachu!”

I was overjoyed at the thought of being able to talk to Pikachu, JUST LIKE ASH! So I begged and begged and begged my dad to rent it for me, he finally caved. We went down to ‘Hodges’ Video, rented Hey You Pikachu, took it home, and was promptly disappointed. The voice recognition was terrible, (big surprise) and in order for the game to work well at all, you needed COMPLETE SILENCE. Fill a room full of 12 year olds and tell me how quiet it is. Now add the ability to yell at pikachu. ’nuff said.

Also, loved pokemon snap, was hard to catch pictures of some rarer pokemon.

This was the first game i remember FAILING to even RESEMBLE the hype. Hype wasnt a problem in pre N64 / PS One days for me. No interwebs / no hype. But Shenmue promise the most interactive world and awesome fighting and crazy gameplay…. UGH…
While it looked AMAZING at the time (as many dreamcast games did) it was a walk-and-talk affair. Walk here and talk. Walk there and talk. Only in the right order. Fighting was weak and the story was bland (I believe it was supposed to span 6 games originally). Only “awesome” part was the forklift race.

Also LA Noire. Although I loved the look & feel of solving crimes/stories, it was repetitive as hell.

LOL, I thought more people would have problems with me dissing Uncharted and Fallout 3.

Fallout 3 isn’t a bad game per se — it’s more a gameplay issue *I* had with it (as in, I didn’t like the gameplay). The setting and the story behind the whole Fallout series is very interesting, but not something I find particularly compelling (at least, not enough to keep me playing when the gameplay bothered me so much).

Uncharted, however, I found completely bland and uninteresting as far as story goes, and the gameplay (as I highlighted on my first comment) is utter crap. I seriously wanted someone to point out to me what they find so good about it, on both accounts. I played it until the end, and felt completely cheated. It wasn’t enjoyable, it was almost a chore.

@PenGriffeyJr

Mass Effect 2 is bad? Wow… I mean, I agree wholeheartedly with the armor/weapon thing, but those are just minor bothers next to the epicness of the story and everything else.

That’s IMO, of course. To each their own. But if you liked the first, especially the setting and the overarching story, I think you’re cheating yourself out of a very enjoyable storytelling experience.