{"id":1935,"date":"2014-09-19T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2014-09-19T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T10:33:19","slug":"6-of-the-most-disappointing-games-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/6-of-the-most-disappointing-games-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"6 of the most disappointing games ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/08\/05\/xbox-one-trade-competition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" alt=\"Xbox Comp\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic.png 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic-300x67.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no worse feeling than picking up a game you\u2019ve been looking forward to for months, popping it your console and then realising it\u2019s a horrible mess of bugs, bad writing and poor gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, disappointment is a common emotion for gamers. The games in this list, while not necessarily terrible, let down gamers across the globe by not fulfilling their massive potential.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Fable III<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpR2Uy2VLMc\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Fable <\/i>and <i>Fable II <\/i>are genuine classics of the RPG genre, so why was <i>Fable III<\/i> \u201d\u201c a game where you actually get to become the king of Albion \u201d\u201c so disappointing?<\/p>\n<p>Three words: easy, short and rubbish. There was no challenge, there were barely any quests and being a king was way less fun than it should have been. Oh, and there were loads of bugs too<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Dead Island<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZqrG1bdGtg\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The trailer for <i>Dead Island<\/i> is easily one of the best videogame previews ever, which made the game that followed even more disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>From the trailer, it was reasonable to expect an intelligent game about a zombie outbreak \u201d\u201c perhaps something similar to <i>28 Days Later<\/i> in tone. What we got instead was <i>Fallout\u00ad<\/i>-meets<i>-Dead Rising<\/i>, with repetitive quests and a severely lacking plot.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it\u2019s not terrible but it\u2019s not what we expected either.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Mass Effect 3<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eBktyyaV9LY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Mass Effect 3<\/i> is a fantastic game in a fantastic trilogy. Unfortunately, it had an unforgivably terrible ending. EA and Bioware even had to release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2013\/06\/19\/mass-effects-original-writer-discusses-alternate-ending-plans\/\">alternative endings to appease fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Aliens: Colonial Marines<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3z2qVebxlUo\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Where do you even start with this one? <i>Colonial Marines<\/i> finally looked like the <i>Aliens<\/i> game fans have been waiting for (lest we forget the massive influence the film has had on gaming), with an incredible trailer shown at E3.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the finished product was a generic first person shooter where the deadly Aliens are reduced to cannon fodder and your main enemies are stupid human grunts. The story, apparently a continuation of <i>Aliens<\/i>, has more inconsistencies than a goldfish writing a witness report.<\/p>\n<p>The misleading nature of the trailer has led to <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/5986694\/from-dream-to-disaster-the-story-of-aliens-colonial-marines\">lawsuits and numerous disputes between creators SEGA and Gearbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Battlefield 4<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJ_F525yHVY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Battlefield 4<\/i> should have been the game to knock <i>Call of Duty<\/i> off the first person shooter throne. Instead, it was a total mess. From the off, numerous features were broken and \u201d\u02dcfixed\u2019 with updates that ended up breaking even more. Gamers experienced massive connection problems and online issues.<\/p>\n<p>So why was the game released when it was so clearly unfinished? Well, EA wanted to get the leap on <i>Call of Duty: Ghosts<\/i> by releasing the game a week early. That move backfired and the <i>Battlefield<\/i> franchise, which was so well served by the excellent <i>Battlefield 3<\/i>, has taken a massive blow.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Resident Evil 6<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sS_bGpe9qE8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There was a time when a <i>Resident Evil <\/i>game was guaranteed to be brilliant. <i>Resident Evil 2<\/i> remains one of the best survival horror games ever made, while <i>Resident Evil 4 <\/i>changed the formula and ended up influencing everything from <i>Dead Space<\/i> to <i>Gears of War<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Resident Evil 6<\/i>, however, is far from brilliant. Taking more or less every character from the franchise, <i>RE 6<\/i> removes the slow-burn horror and well-paced action of the previous games and replaces it with an endless array of gun-fights and explosions. It\u2019s more or less a Michael Bay film with zombies.<\/p>\n<p>There is a silver lining though; <i>RE 6<\/i> performed below commercial expectations and Capcom are now focusing their attention on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-revelations-2\">excellent <i>Revelations<\/i> series<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2014-08-05-resident-evil-1-getting-remastered-re-release-on-pc-ps3-ps4-xbox-360-and-xbox-one\">remake of the original <i>Resident Evil<\/i> game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got any of the games in this list, why not <a title=\"sell them with musicMagpie\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/trade-in-games\/\">sell them with musicMagpie<\/a>? It\u2019s as simple as price, box, send!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no worse feeling than picking up a game you\u2019ve been looking forward to for months, popping it your console and then realising it\u2019s a horrible mess of bugs, bad writing and poor gameplay. Unfortunately, disappointment is a common emotion for gamers. 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