>ITT: Games that SHOULD have been amazing but just failed to hit their mark
I'll start with the most obvious one in the past decade...
At least the story and dialogue branching was great.
Far better than Telltale, who's supposed to be THE "dialogue" company.
It should have been great. It just needed another year of development and it would have been amazing.
Instead it got fucking rushed for Christmas. It could have been the greatest Sonic 3D game ever, but instead it's a fucking joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWiPAdftD8k
>>322090593
The individual dialogue isn't better, but the whole "choices actually change things", yes, AP does that better.
>>322090413
But it *was* amazing. Yeah, the gameplay was kinda shit but you could say the same thing about virtually every game out there. And angry Thorton was absolutely delicious. Never has it been so satisfying to be such a magnificent, insufferable cunt.
Xenoblade Chronicles X
It's not bad by any means, its pretty good.
But damn those trailers made it look like it was going to be a masterpiece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWTJMyM4qg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2PTVi7fl8
>>322091917
Those trailers look awful
>>322090886
>Seeing that trailer with all the CGI cutscenes for the first time in Best Buy
Angsty teen me couldn't contain himself, I was like "Fuck yeah! Sonic's serious now! It looks like Final fantasy!"
Then I actually got the game and my heart was heart was destoryed
XCX. It's a good game, but fuck me are there many flaws that make me want to quit. Both the story and the gameplay tell you nothing. Where are items/monsters you need to kill? Who the fuck knows, look it up on the internet. It's retarded. The combat is worse than the first aswell, I've always defended FF12 and XB from fags who say "offline mmo", but that is what XCX is.
>>322092916
The game itself isn't actually that bad.
Buggy as hell and repetitive, but what set-pieces there are are actually quite interesting.
It's an amazing proof-of-concept that could have been amazing had they actually bothered to develop the game past the closed alpha.
>>322093221
I thought the combat was better in X.
The original to me its was just "The enemie's weak! but don't drop you're guar- I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR SMALLFRY, this won't take long!"
*dead*
X wasn't afraid to throw more dangerous enemies at you, and there's a lot more to focus on during combat, making it more deep and challenging.
Everything else you said sure but the combat?
>>322090413
>SHOULD have been
What kind of implication is that exactly?
I'm sure every game is developed with the intent of it being amazing. If it turns out to NOT be amazing, it's only for a lack of effort.
>>322091507
I would say Telltale does funnier moments better but Alpha Protocol does serious moments better
>>322094748
>X wasn't afraid to throw more dangerous enemies at you, and there's a lot more to focus on during combat, making it more deep and challenging.
I find it to be the complete opposite. I don't need to put any thought into X's combat. It's boring responding to soul voices, not to mention annoying because when you need a heal nobody yells out shit so if you aren't dying to being one shotted by a high level guy it's because you are just standing there and you literally cannot heal, and attacking is just spamming a "rotation" like a mmo. I had more fun with XB, felt more strategic and characters were unique and effective.
The first game was paced better aswell. Post game you are still just gradually getting stronger and the enemies, quests reflect that. XCX post game, you go from zero to hero by making an ares 90 and one shotting everything.
>>322090413
the problem with this game is the combat is probably the most dogshit piece of garbage out of all the "Action" RPG games.
Like fucking hell, you STILL have a responsibility to make the gameplay fun if you call yourself a fucking ARPG.
ACTION. Theres ACTION in it. Make the ACTION actually fun.
They should have just made it a turn based game or something and gave a fuck you to the mainstream audience.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUydx57te9s
>>322094887
>I'm sure every game is developed with the intent of it being amazing
Except for the various Simulator games out there, sure.
>>322095013
Mate...come on now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUydx57te9s
>>322096428
God this is psst nothing personal kid in a nutshell
>>322095490
>>322096428
This looks awful...
>>322096428
Yeah, and it's still better than Telltale's shit writing
>>322090413
That E3 trailer tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAoL4TI_i24
>>322097141
You look awful, now go find AP on sale or download it for free somewhere and enjoy one of the only games ever where choices actually fucking matter
>>322090413
Remember me
>>322097145
Is that some Avellone cum on your lips anon?
i wonder how different AP would have been at the start if sneak/pistols didn't turn the game into a press x to win snorefest.
>>322097272
No actually I hate KOTOR 2's writing
>>322097360
is someone forcing you to play that way? Should I call the police?
royally fuck up ciris voice acting so that people lose all interest in the game
>>322096428
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhOTRug0U1E
>>322097961
Why is he so pink?
>>322098168
Best line in the whole game tbqh
>>322098321
blood is red
>>322098432
Difficult to get on a first try though, less because of Brayko but more cuz of Surkov since generally people don't insult/threaten "friendly" characters on the first go around
>Mass Effect 3
I will be angry about this for my entire fucking life.
When I die, my last words will be "Fuck EA"
>>322099161
>>322099161
>>322099301
Fallout 3 the Second
MGSV
>>322090413
Just beat this last night. It was a solid game. Given the skills you could unlock the AI needed work, but I don't mind a fun romp now and again.
>you can't romance Sis
whyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>>322099161
my biggest problem is that the replay value of the series is so low after experiencing me3 ending, whenever I think about replaying all 3 games its "but the ending will be anal cancer so maybe not"
>>322100357
>whyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I know this feel
I guess the reason is that it's possible she's beneath the age of consent
I'm still disappointed with this shit. Honorable mention is Rome 2. 2013 was just a disappointing year for me.
>>322090413
>I'll start with the most obvious one in the past decade...
>Not Spore
Nigger you fucked up
Though yeah, Alpha Protocol fell way short of the mark too. Worthless assault rifles and shotguns.
>>322101079
Anyone who actually thought Spore was going to be good is a fucking retard.
>>322101154
This fampai
>>322097767
>is someone forcing you to play that way?
The other options control like shit, so basically, yes.
>>322100928
She was the only character I wanted to fuck. Why'd they have to make her a mute? If she talked you know she'd be some dumb sassy bitch and then I wouldn't have to care. But I care, oh I care.
>>322101079
The AI didn't have troubles with shotguns. If you didn't notice a shotgun faggot sneak up on you they would take you down so fucking hard, happened to me in the Taipei finale. TWICE. I felt like such a fucking retard.
Cooldown rates on stealth and the chain shot for the pistol would radically alter the ezmode. It would have been fair enough to have you have to "equip" it somehow, where more chain shot shots meant a longer cooldown time so you could adjust this skill. It recharged so fast, and was so powerful, and then if you unlocked brilliance there was basically nothing the AI could do, even bosses shit the bed.
>>322101154
>>322101241
If that's how you cope with being roped like a dope, keep it up desu
>>322096428
That's right, Susan!
>>322101079
>Worthless assault rifles and shotguns
But anon those were usable
It was the SMGs that were useless
>>322101362
But anon I didn't buy Spore
>>322096684
>>322096428
good thing you have to be an edgelord to pick this dialogue and you have a bunch of other choices to avoid this bullshit
>play like an edgelord
>gets mad when the game presents itself as edgy
>>322091917
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWTJMyM4qg
This trailer was no joke the most hype I've ever been for a game.
Shame the actual game didn't have the same feeling of adventure.
Evolve anyone?
>>322090413
"Insert any popular game here" am I cool yet mom ?
>>322102149
It delivered what it promise, no more, no less.
>>322102173
I'm not sure how HalfLife could have been any better.
>>322090413
Loved it. My first through was a pistol/stealth/melee build, which is apparently the only truely usable build
>no shitty combat, just sneaking and knockouts
>no frustration with the boss battles, due to pistols being OP
>never encountered any major bugs
Ended up being one of my favorites. Guess I was just lucky, but it's a shame so many people got burned for picking one of the unusable builds and ended up hating the game.
>>322102690
How was the 80's fight with pistols?
>>322103003
ezpz
So easy, I didn't even notice what spiking the cocaine was supposed to do on my first playthrough. Had to make an AR build to see what a pain Brayko was.
I think he dies in two or three uses of the pistol's special ability which is to slow time and let you choose a certain number of shots. I think the devs intended for you to be able to clear out rooms by lining up headshots on six different guys at the same time.
Of course, with bosses there was literally nothing stopping you from lining up six headshots on the same guy and taking a huge slice of his health bar.
>>322090413
Ratch and Clank: Deadlock
Goddamn
I can still taste the disappointment
>>322103950
>Ratch and Clank: Deadlock
Was made for people who played the fuck out of R&C3 multiplayer
>>322104039
Naw, it was made for people who were ratchet and clank fanboys who were willing to pay for more of the same thing with only texture differences.
Deadlock needed atleast another 6 months development if it wanted to be anything more than RC3 dlc
>>322104039
Ratchet had multiplayer?
>>322104912
I played the fuck out of it
>>322100774
Just play up to Arrival in ME2 and then assume ME3 is just an illusion Shepard is in while under effect of Object Rho (or whatever was that shit called) and ending decides if you get indoctrinated(control), break free(destroy), perish while fighting indoctrination(tell kid to fuck off) or go Saren route and actually believe reapers(synthesis).
>>322105760
I still like to believe in the indoctrination theory, and think Bioware is still embarrassed that fans came up with a much better plot than they did.
>>322105861
I don't, I picked up to be a god.
>>322106009
Son, green was the worst fucking filter of ME3
