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Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/patientgamers

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Personally there are a few games which left me very dissappointed, after hyping myself up for years in certain cases.

Divinity Original Sin: turns out I prefer more streamlined, less packed games (love Pillars of Eternity) and that coop play in a CRPG stresses me out.

Wasteland 2: I actually managed to finish this one but secretly I admit I was hoping for a better Fallout which I didn't really get. New Vegas did the cowboy theme much better.

INSIDE: while the design was cool, it was just a ton of boring, easy puzzles in comparison to LIMBO, its predecessor.

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[–] Aquila 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 CD project red was the golden boy after Witcher 3 and the dlcs. They could do no wrong. Of course their next game was gonna be critically acclaimed GOAT right? Nope. Dumpster fire. Couldn’t play it for more than 30mins without it crashing. Unimmersive and confusing. That’s when I learned corporate greed has no limits

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly the worst about CP2077 wasn’t even the bugs. I also pre ordered it and while the performance was kinda shit and there was a bug or two, it was still playable. Yes we shouldn’t let it slip but unfortunately it’s also kind of the standard these days.

However the game was shallow af and not at all matching what we had been told for years. The whole, create your own story from scratch? Yea you choose some background option, have a 1 min cutscene and then that’s basically it. We had been told that would be hours of gameplay depending on the option and it was a short cutscene.

The whole city was supposed to feel completely alive and you were told that you would be able to do whatever you wanted. That wasn’t close to true either. Plenty of stuff like that.

Luckily I had bought it on GOG to support CDPR because I had loved the Witcher games. Was able to refund it entirely and never locked back. Not even looking to play it anytime soon and maybe ever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I only played the beginning of the street kid and was so disappointed when the cutscene kicked in. Like that was it? 3 separate pathes that connect to themselves after what? Like 30 minutes? Was totally borked on Linux in the beginning anyways. I am waiting for the new patch. Hopefully this one is gonna be good

[–] Aquila 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God I hope I don’t add starfield to this list!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s a modern bethesda title. Not to be pessimistic, but you should probably lower expectations for it. It has a high chance to be 1. Buggy. 2. Shallow and derivative in both mechanics and story. 3. Full of DLC and shady monetary models. Bethesda succumbed to corporate greed and formulaic design principles a long time ago.

[–] h3rm17 2 points 1 year ago

See, that's the part that baffles me about Starfield. I'm hyped as fuck for it, since a bethesda space game is exactly what I want (and let's be honest, aside from the horse armor back in oblivion, their DLCs have been pretty solid with some misses)... but whenever I read people hype about it, it seems like they are expectont a completely different game, made by IDK, rockstar or something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know, if I'm honest, if there is one AAA developer out there that makes games that will keep me engaged for at least a couple of hundred hours, it's probably Bethesda. I think Starfield will be the same. Will there be bugs: yes. Will it be a variation on a well-known theme? Most definitely. Will it be less good than the hype: very likely. Will it be totally worth it nonetheless: probably yes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was hoping Cyberpunk 2077 would be an answer closer to Deus Ex than what we got with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. But the skill tree and upgrades weren't doing it for me. Not to mention the game running like shit and being rushed out the door.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Still salty that we lost out on the conclusion of the DeusEx trilogy because Eidos Montreal ended up doing the Avengers game that no one even remembers or talks about now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

To me it was immersive af, except the Johnny Silverhand levels, even though I played on a weaker rig that I have currently and the framerate wasn't great. What I did was focus on the story and largely ditch the open world aspect, since I hadn't been fond of this type of games for some time anyway. I played it almost a year ago and don't remember it notoriously crashing, or at all tbh, but maybe I was just lucky.

I'm very curious about Phantom Liberty, although being a patient gamer, I'll probably wait a bit before buying it to see if it's any good.