Enpatsu No Shakugan
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Could've sworn I made this already, but I guess not.
What are some video games that you wanted to try and were so excited for that not only let you down, but then utterly irritated you beyond simple mediocrity? And why?
I generally enjoy third person and open world games the most, so thus I'm a big fan of Rockstar games, who all but created the genre.
Tonality is less important to me, but in general, I have a dark sensibility to me in terms of interests. Darker stories generally carry more drama and have more weight.
So thus my two main entries both have elements of these.
1. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for PS3.
I had heard nothing but praise for the story, characters, setting and everything. To the point, it's actually even getting an upcoming movie starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx as the titular characters (really).
It's a very unpleasantly dark tale of two murdering thieves out for revenge; two men you'd never want to know personally and two men who are both violent, intense, damaged, and bordering on psychotic.
It wasn't open world, but it was a third person linear action game. And with all that going on, what could possibly go wrong?
Well... I got fair warning. Amidst the constant praise of story and all that, the last thing always brought up was "It's a terrible game". So much so, there's even article on it called "Kane & Lynch, the best game that sucks."
I knew this going in. I was optimistic though that the story could carry it....
And initially, it seemed I was right. The first/second stage didn't feel like a PS3 game (more like a launch game for the PS2) but it had its own style and I'd played worse. I was kinda getting into it. Kinda had to adjust your brain a little into bad game mode, but not bad. I was intrigued by the story and characters too.
And..... then you get to stage 3, in the pitch darkness trying to shoot with those controls. Unclear targets, cheap AI, undefined definitions, etc. I don't even know how I beat it. And continue with more stages and eventually I got to a part that required precise aiming in a finite timespan, and every failure FORCED you to rewatch the preceding cutscene.... and that was it.
No more.
If you want something really funny, I had to list it on Ebay just to hope to get rid of it, and only after months did I get a buy. A couple of days later, the buyer attempted to return it to me under the guise of it not working, yet couldn't provide when I asked for proof. IE, he found out the game sucked too and wanted to return it, like I was Blockbuster.
2. LA Noire
When I first got a PS3, this was one of the first games I sought out. Rockstar again, hell yeah. This was their spin on a cop game vs the usual kind of open world crime things they established with GTA. That was all I ever heard.
And boy was that ever skewered.
Rockstar had almost nothing to do with it past releasing it and slapping their name on it, and boy was that ever apparent when you play it.
Poorly designed came to mind in terms of controls, awkward and tedious gameplay. I generally had absolutely no clue what I was expecting from this game, but the last thing I wanted was a mystery, note taking kind of game. (I legit never would've wasted my money). Add on top of it the boring story, sleep inducing gameplay, atrocious acting and writing and yeah, I was done so fast.
I actually saw a background video on the making of the game... and it made quite a lot of my issues with the game really make too much sense.
Props to anyone who could actually get into this game, but wow, I couldn't stand it. Just goes to show you that a brand label on something really doesn't amount to much.
I have more, but that's it for now. These are my top two. Share yours.
What are some video games that you wanted to try and were so excited for that not only let you down, but then utterly irritated you beyond simple mediocrity? And why?
I generally enjoy third person and open world games the most, so thus I'm a big fan of Rockstar games, who all but created the genre.
Tonality is less important to me, but in general, I have a dark sensibility to me in terms of interests. Darker stories generally carry more drama and have more weight.
So thus my two main entries both have elements of these.
1. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for PS3.
I had heard nothing but praise for the story, characters, setting and everything. To the point, it's actually even getting an upcoming movie starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx as the titular characters (really).
It's a very unpleasantly dark tale of two murdering thieves out for revenge; two men you'd never want to know personally and two men who are both violent, intense, damaged, and bordering on psychotic.
It wasn't open world, but it was a third person linear action game. And with all that going on, what could possibly go wrong?
Well... I got fair warning. Amidst the constant praise of story and all that, the last thing always brought up was "It's a terrible game". So much so, there's even article on it called "Kane & Lynch, the best game that sucks."
I knew this going in. I was optimistic though that the story could carry it....
And initially, it seemed I was right. The first/second stage didn't feel like a PS3 game (more like a launch game for the PS2) but it had its own style and I'd played worse. I was kinda getting into it. Kinda had to adjust your brain a little into bad game mode, but not bad. I was intrigued by the story and characters too.
And..... then you get to stage 3, in the pitch darkness trying to shoot with those controls. Unclear targets, cheap AI, undefined definitions, etc. I don't even know how I beat it. And continue with more stages and eventually I got to a part that required precise aiming in a finite timespan, and every failure FORCED you to rewatch the preceding cutscene.... and that was it.
No more.
If you want something really funny, I had to list it on Ebay just to hope to get rid of it, and only after months did I get a buy. A couple of days later, the buyer attempted to return it to me under the guise of it not working, yet couldn't provide when I asked for proof. IE, he found out the game sucked too and wanted to return it, like I was Blockbuster.
2. LA Noire
When I first got a PS3, this was one of the first games I sought out. Rockstar again, hell yeah. This was their spin on a cop game vs the usual kind of open world crime things they established with GTA. That was all I ever heard.
And boy was that ever skewered.
Rockstar had almost nothing to do with it past releasing it and slapping their name on it, and boy was that ever apparent when you play it.
Poorly designed came to mind in terms of controls, awkward and tedious gameplay. I generally had absolutely no clue what I was expecting from this game, but the last thing I wanted was a mystery, note taking kind of game. (I legit never would've wasted my money). Add on top of it the boring story, sleep inducing gameplay, atrocious acting and writing and yeah, I was done so fast.
I actually saw a background video on the making of the game... and it made quite a lot of my issues with the game really make too much sense.
Props to anyone who could actually get into this game, but wow, I couldn't stand it. Just goes to show you that a brand label on something really doesn't amount to much.
I have more, but that's it for now. These are my top two. Share yours.
