Most Disappointing Games Of 2014
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Assassin's Creed Unity
Unfortunately,*Assassin's Creed Unity*never found stable footing -- and that's not only because the game's controls felt clunkier than ever. Reviewers and players slammed the game for its technical shortcomings that included terrible dips in frame rate, odd nonplayable character glitches, tons of graphical pop-ins and other general weirdness.
Perhaps this would have gone over better for an unestablished franchise, but for Assassin's Creed loyalists, this was way below par for the course.
NHL 15
Development controversy, missing features and a few gameplay oddities all lead to a new low point for the otherwise stellar NHL series from EA Sports.*NHL 15*on the PS4 and the Xbox One was missing a significant amount of game modes compared with the 2013 last-generation version of the game which drove fans crazy. And the fact that the development team chose to skip a new-gen debut in 2013 in favor of this year makes it sting that much more.
It's a shame though because there was a lot of potential with this year's iteration. Graphically, NHL 15 shined and the new announcers and presentation brought the franchise's production value to a new level. Unfortunately, the other pieces to the puzzle weren't fleshed out at all.
The Sims 4
The Sims franchise has become synonymous with groundbreaking innovation in game design, but The Sims 4 seemed to hold back on everything we've come to love about the series. It's not that The Sims 4 is a poorly designed game, it just feels like it's more of the same game we've been playing for the better part of a decade.
It seems like a deliberate decision was made to change the course of the game philosophically and*unfortunately*it's incongruent with what players have loved for all these years.
Thief
There seemed to be a lot riding on*Thief, or Thief 4 as it was originally pitched. A bumpy development period saw the game exchange hands many times, and the final result felt underwhelming and uninspired.
Blame the lackluster result on whatever you want, but the final product simply didn't move the needle enough for anyone to take notice
Watch Dogs
The years of hype leading up to the release of*Watch Dogs*frankly weren't fair. How could one game live up to so much buzz? Watch Dogs isn't a bad game, it just failed to deliver on some of the overblown drama that was created around it.
If anything, Watch Dogs taught us a few valuable lessons. Don't always buy into the hype; let the final version of a game do the talking. No demo or trailer is ever a true indicator of a game's quality, so for that, we thank you, Watch Dogs.
Destiny
If we're speaking about gameplay mechanics alone,*Destiny*was an above-average first-person-shooter. Beyond that, Destiny was redundant, trite and stale in almost every other category.
Destiny seemed like it had become a victim of its own hype, making players believe they were getting something they simply did not. Perhaps that void was a coherent story, level variation and a substantive campaign experience -- all of which were arguably nowhere to be found.
Unfortunately,*Assassin's Creed Unity*never found stable footing -- and that's not only because the game's controls felt clunkier than ever. Reviewers and players slammed the game for its technical shortcomings that included terrible dips in frame rate, odd nonplayable character glitches, tons of graphical pop-ins and other general weirdness.
Perhaps this would have gone over better for an unestablished franchise, but for Assassin's Creed loyalists, this was way below par for the course.
NHL 15
Development controversy, missing features and a few gameplay oddities all lead to a new low point for the otherwise stellar NHL series from EA Sports.*NHL 15*on the PS4 and the Xbox One was missing a significant amount of game modes compared with the 2013 last-generation version of the game which drove fans crazy. And the fact that the development team chose to skip a new-gen debut in 2013 in favor of this year makes it sting that much more.
It's a shame though because there was a lot of potential with this year's iteration. Graphically, NHL 15 shined and the new announcers and presentation brought the franchise's production value to a new level. Unfortunately, the other pieces to the puzzle weren't fleshed out at all.
The Sims 4
The Sims franchise has become synonymous with groundbreaking innovation in game design, but The Sims 4 seemed to hold back on everything we've come to love about the series. It's not that The Sims 4 is a poorly designed game, it just feels like it's more of the same game we've been playing for the better part of a decade.
It seems like a deliberate decision was made to change the course of the game philosophically and*unfortunately*it's incongruent with what players have loved for all these years.
Thief
There seemed to be a lot riding on*Thief, or Thief 4 as it was originally pitched. A bumpy development period saw the game exchange hands many times, and the final result felt underwhelming and uninspired.
Blame the lackluster result on whatever you want, but the final product simply didn't move the needle enough for anyone to take notice
Watch Dogs
The years of hype leading up to the release of*Watch Dogs*frankly weren't fair. How could one game live up to so much buzz? Watch Dogs isn't a bad game, it just failed to deliver on some of the overblown drama that was created around it.
If anything, Watch Dogs taught us a few valuable lessons. Don't always buy into the hype; let the final version of a game do the talking. No demo or trailer is ever a true indicator of a game's quality, so for that, we thank you, Watch Dogs.
Destiny
If we're speaking about gameplay mechanics alone,*Destiny*was an above-average first-person-shooter. Beyond that, Destiny was redundant, trite and stale in almost every other category.
Destiny seemed like it had become a victim of its own hype, making players believe they were getting something they simply did not. Perhaps that void was a coherent story, level variation and a substantive campaign experience -- all of which were arguably nowhere to be found.
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2 outta the first 3 games I got for ps4 was destiny and watch dogs
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Watch dogs!! glad i didnt buy it
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I regret getting watchdog digitally
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I didn't get burned too bad yet call of duty kinda socks though
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Peanut_205 wrote: »I regret getting watchdog digitally
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Peanut_205 wrote: »I regret getting watchdog digitally
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Co-sign Sims 4 on that list.
? took out features and tried to pass it as a new game.
Also the fact that it's backed by EA and their trash ass servers.
It was bound to brick but EA ain't even trying anymore.
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Destiny I don't have to explain that
Master chief collection only because matchmaking was turrible -
I liked Unity until my son fried my ps4 I didn't even run into the bugs that where present. And watchdogs was a waste life. I had to force myself to finish it and I couldnt even do that
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Hard to feel bad about Watch Dogs not living up to the hype when I swear they were advertising it as a gtav killer. NHL 15 was crushing.
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Amazing Spider-man 2.
They could have easily built off the last one and made something great, instead it was a bunch low budget, uninspired ? . Such great potential in this franchise ruined year after year. -
The evil within ...looked up the ending on YouTube then traded that ?
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Watch Dogs smh ...... I gave up on that
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didn't buy any ? games this year. feeling...
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Yup...
Watch_Dogs should have been better, but I still had some great moments invading people's games and running into fictional famous people...
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The Crew should've made that list.....that game is ass cheeks!!!! Took that ? back to Gamestop and traded it for Dragon Age: Inquisition
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i literally played like 3 missions in watch dogs...sold that ? real quick
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Watch Dogs smh ...... I gave up on that
Yup I got it for the 360 right before I got my PS4 at the end of the summer. I played through Act 1 and after that I traded it in and got all my money back (I only paid $25 for it) and got something else instead. 2 things that made Watch Dogs lame was the story & trying to hard to mimic GTA V. -
vagrant-718 wrote: »Peanut_205 wrote: »I regret getting watchdog digitally
Disc ftw
Exactly why I always get the physical copy the only way I go digital is if it's a game that I played and never got to finish all the way, if I had it on another console but got rid of the console, or if it's like a classic old school game (Resident Evil, GTA series, PS1/PS2 classic). -
Watch Dogs
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THEIF IS SUCH A POOR MAN'S DISHONORED
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »
This.....plus 1. Bought thief, watch dogs and destiny. At this point I can't be trusted to buy good games. -
Destiny is fun.
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No Titanfall?
