Disappointments

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

xmen 3 andddddd spider-man the movie game etc,

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Halo
I had heard so much hype about this first person shooter, I figured it'd be phenomenal. Not the case, the level design was repititious, one level had about 4 of the same looking hallways and rooms. The A.I. was unintelligent, the story didn't keep me interested, and it was overall too easy (unless you play on Legendary and in some cases Heroic), it just wasn't fun for me. There was little enemy variety as well, mostly just some elites and a pack of grunts all the time usually carrying the same weapons. I suppose the hype helped kill it for me as well.

I agree with you here, though I started on Halo 2, and yes, for all of the hype, Halo 1 and 2 are not that great.

Beyond Good and Evil

When Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island (he's actually renowned of being very critical of games in general) said this game kept him interested through-out, I knew I needed to buy this soon. I got it for the great price of 15$ secondhand. Here I was, all ready for a great story and gameplay (didn't really care about graphics, I was waiting for a good game, not a good-looking game) and I sat down, played a bit, and, though somewhat pleased with the game, I was expecting something far better in terms of story and gameplay.

[escobert]

yeah halo sucks for thos of us special enough to have played Marathon.

[Slothy]

People make too big a deal out of the Triforce quest. It's one part of the game. It doesn't make the rest of the game any less amazing.

Don't get me wrong, I still loved the rest of the game, but that little quest was long and boring enough that I almost stopped playing the game right there. I did suffer through for the ending, but to be honest I doubt I'd ever do it again. When I really do hate it that much, I'd have a hard time not holding it against it. Quests like that are just lazy game design meant to artificially lengthen a game. They could have easily given us another dungeon or two instead, and that would have been infinitely preferable.

My main beef with the game has always been that when you get right down to it, there's less to do than in previous instalments. Considering it was a next gen Zelda title, I think we should have been getting more dungeons and places to explore, not less.

[Roto13]

My main beef with the game has always been that when you get right down to it, there's less to do than in previous instalments.

There may have been fewer dungeons, but they were longer than previous dungeons, and there's a hell of a lot more to do in the overworld. Pretty much every single one of the islands has at least one thing to do in it.

[Rusty]

FF9 - I stopped playing it before I even passing Lindblum for the first time. I hated the battle and leveling up. I couldn't level up. It was too hard to get to new levels. It was taking me forever. I hated it. Plus the Medieval thing just didn't do it for me - seemed way too cheesy.

[KentaRawr!]

They could have easily given us another dungeon or two instead, and that would have been infinitely preferable.

There were 2 dungeons being worked on, but Nintendo for one reason or another had to release the game before they could be finished. Notice how you get the bombs and the third jewel for free.