Shame Of The Year 2011 • Gaming • General Gaming • Eurogamer.net

MiniAmin 6 Dec 2011 22:13:26 3,799 posts
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Greetings everybody,

This is the follow up to last year's thread.

It's been a tremendous past few months for gamers, which is why I've decided to create this thread a bit later than I did last year. There are plenty of polls/discussions and threads to determine GOTY, but what's been your biggest disappointment? What's your Shame of the year? Remember, it doesn't have to be the worst game you played this year - just your most disappointing.

Mine has to be: Bodycount.

No, I didn't play the retail version, only the demo, but that's all I needed to play. I had been looking forward to it since it had been announced, it was supposed to be the spiritual successor to Black! With Multiplayer! I was certain it'd be fantastic. It wasn't.

Dishonourable mention: The Nintendo 3DS.

Its launch price was far too high, its 3D effect isn't as immersive as I thought it would be, and it launched with a mediocre set of games. Despite Nintendo's insistence, I'm pretty sure there'll be a redesign within the next 18 months. Even though it's beginning to perform well now, I don't think it has lived up to its (admittedly lofty) expectations. It's definitely a good console, and i'll pick up the "lite" version when it's inevitably released, but it's definitely been a massive shame in my opinion...

Deleted user 6 December 2011 22:20:53

Did Fear 3 come out this year? If so that gets my vote. Just really poor. Red Faction Armegeddon is my runner up.

Syrette 6 Dec 2011 22:23:29 51,181 posts
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The shame of the year is that you're still posting after subjecting us to this vile statement in the opening post of your linked thread:

Dishonourable mention: Mafia II

Yes, it deserved that 4, admit it.

Edited by Syrette at 22:23:40 06-12-2011

Trowel 6 Dec 2011 22:24:31 24,512 posts
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Hands down LA Noire.

Deleted user 6 December 2011 22:26:04

Mafia II was shit though.

uiruki 6 Dec 2011 22:28:08 5,975 posts
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I think it has to be Duke Nukem Forever.

Syrette 6 Dec 2011 22:28:10 51,181 posts
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It wasn't a 2011 title (just a title I played in 2011) but I couldn't get on with Deadly Premonition, which was a shame because everyone else seems to rate it highly and I could see plenty of positive things during my short playtime.

One of only 2 titles that I've abandoned this generation.

sirtacos 6 Dec 2011 22:28:19 8,279 posts
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Trowel wrote:
Hands down LA Noire.

Syrette 6 Dec 2011 22:29:24 51,181 posts
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And yeah, the winner is only ever going to be Duke Nukem Forever.

Syrette 6 Dec 2011 22:30:54 51,181 posts
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iHAZaCHEEZ3burger wrote:
Mafia II was shit though.

I'm not even going to get into it. There was nothing shit about it, unless you're a PS3 owner and value your grass textures.

RedPanda87 6 Dec 2011 22:31:43 2,169 posts
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Yeah definitely LA Noire.

Dishonourable mention to Dragon Age 2, which I actually liked but it was lazy as all hell and a massive step down from the first (which in turn was a step down from BG2, but that's neither here nor there).

thedaveeyres 6 Dec 2011 22:33:04 13,925 posts
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Dragon Age II, closely followed by L.A. Noire.

Dirtbox 6 Dec 2011 22:34:49 92,595 posts
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puddleduck 6 Dec 2011 22:40:36 2,002 posts
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Civ 5. It's good, but I genuinely thought I wouldn't need to buy another game again this year yet lost interest within a couple of days which is a first for any CIV game ever.

Deleted user 6 December 2011 22:42:09

For me it was Uncharted 3.

I could list plenty of problems but will refrain from stirring a mutiny.

Lets just say I was left extremely dissatisfied.

Anthony_UK 6 Dec 2011 22:56:26 3,094 posts
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Test Drive Unlimited 2

Whoever was responsible for releasing it in that state should be ashamed.

Deleted user 6 December 2011 23:00:36

Brink

Closely followed with Red Orchestra 2.

ToonMonkey 6 Dec 2011 23:09:07 515 posts
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Deus Ex HR on PC - stuttering broken piece of shit. Game itself was alreet but nothing special and not a patch on the original. Yet to have a good PC not even be able to run it smoothly on the basic settings was rubbish.

Honourable mentions for failing to live up to the hype go to Battlefield 3, LA Noire and Brink.

MiniAmin 6 Dec 2011 23:09:08 3,799 posts
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TearYouAsunder wrote:
For me it was Uncharted 3.

I could list plenty of problems but will refrain from stirring a mutiny.

Lets just say I was left extremely dissatisfied.

Haven't seen you for a while! How are you?

And do share, what was wrong with it? Apparently it's far better than Uncharted 2.

richardiox 6 Dec 2011 23:11:38 10,097 posts
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For me it has to be Rage.

humanchu 6 Dec 2011 23:15:55 70 posts
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BF3 in view of expectations post excellent BFBC2 and in view of huge hyperbolic hype.

Articulate-Troll 6 Dec 2011 23:29:13 3,098 posts
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Definitely has to be Dragon Age 2 for me. Only played the demo but judging by my limited playtime and the review they removed everything that made the first game deep and enjoyable and turned it into a bland linear hack'n'slash.

Don't understand the hate for LA Noire. I found it pretty engrossing and it was nice to play something unique in a sea of samey shooters and sequels. But then, I didn't read many of the previews so I didn't really have high expectations. Perhaps people were expecting something it wasn't.

Tom_Servo 6 Dec 2011 23:38:09 18,079 posts
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LA Noire was trash. Could've been so much more.

DFawkes 6 Dec 2011 23:43:44 32,785 posts
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I'd go for Red Faction Armageddon. After the solid first step that was Guerilla, it could've been excellent. Instead, they disposed of almost everything I loved about that game and made a corridor shooter. Still alright, but uninspired and nowhere near as fun as I found Guerilla.

Deleted user 6 December 2011 23:51:12

Still waiting for a game on kinect - when did that come out again? Surely that is shit enough to be eligible for this year as well?

Deleted user 6 December 2011 23:58:48

Hmm, a tough one this. BF3 singleplayer I didn't expect to be good but still failed to quite live up to those expectations. The MP is alright though so I couldn't nominate it.

I could get behind either Uncharted 3 or TD:U 2 but really I think it has to be DNF. We knew it'd be bad but did anyone think it'd be quite that bad?

Also Deus Ex is easily one of, possibly the game of the year for me so seeing it in this thread is surprising.

Edit: Dfawkes makes a point Red Faction is definitely a contender.

Edited by Mr-Brett at 23:59:55 06-12-2011

Kosmoz 7 Dec 2011 00:04:19 8,184 posts
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Test drive unlimited 2 :'(