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What's been the most disappointing RPG you can think of?
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Underrail's story, character building and world atmosphere may have been rather understated, but to characterize it as a hack 'n slash RPG is unfair imo.
Ryzer
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When you spend almost all of your time in the game killing shit, it ends up in the Hack and slash category.
Hack and slash is usually mindless action clicking "awesome buttons" mowing down hordes of enemies. You absolutely can't press X to win in Underrail.
Dr1f7
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#1 is DA2 I think that's the first game I ever pre-ordered, having liked DA:O so much, and totally avoided all spoilers before it released. Imagine my fucking surprise in the first 10 minutes of that game I'd been bait and switch'd
#2 is probably KOTOR 2. Not because it's bad, but because it has so much unrealized potential being released totally unfinished. Game still pisses me off, it should be a 10/10 but in its released state it's more like a 6/10
#3 is both the D:OS games they had so much hype I picked both up, tried multiple times, and I still don't see any redeeming qualities
Lots of people hating on NWN but I think it's really good and unique if you play it as intended (custom co-op campaigns), but I understand disappointment if that's not what you were expecting
#2 is probably KOTOR 2. Not because it's bad, but because it has so much unrealized potential being released totally unfinished. Game still pisses me off, it should be a 10/10 but in its released state it's more like a 6/10
#3 is both the D:OS games they had so much hype I picked both up, tried multiple times, and I still don't see any redeeming qualities
Lots of people hating on NWN but I think it's really good and unique if you play it as intended (custom co-op campaigns), but I understand disappointment if that's not what you were expecting
Erebus
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I've never played DA2, but it must be really shitty if it's left people disappointed compared to the previous game. Outside of the pretty cool Dwarf Noble origin, DA:O was average at best and often very boring. I'd rather replay NWN 1 OC than give it another try.
...Okay, maybe not NWN 1 OC. Let's say NWN 2 OC.
...Okay, maybe not NWN 1 OC. Let's say NWN 2 OC.
KörangarTheMighty
Scholar
Inquisitor.
Wanted to be Diablo, couldn't pull it off.
Wanted to be Diablo, couldn't pull it off.
Are you saying Fallout and BG games were bad?
Shaki
Arbiter
Pillars win easily, super hyped after a long time with nearly 0 RPGs, and we still thought Fagsidian can make decent games back then. It was a massive disappointment.
GloomFrost
Arcane
Pre community Patch Gothic 3, Risen 2, Elex 2, Dragon age 2, Witcher 2, Divine Divinity 2, Konung 2, Deus Ex Mankind Divided (what is it about disappointing sequels?),Diablo 3,4, NumaNuma (borderline scam), Pre White March PoE, Cyberpunk, last third of BG 3.
Oblivion - a huge step down after Morrowind. Exotic setting replaced with bland fantasy world contradicting earlier lore. I recall being very impressed with Morrowind dungeons featuring flooded areas. None of that in streamlined Oblivion.
Diablo 3 - purchased on release for a full European price (60 EUR IIRC). It was the end of Blizzard for me, a top down WOW.
Fallout 3 was bad but I was fully expecting Oblivion with guns.
Mass Effect - BioWare dropping all pretense of making RPG games.
Diablo 3 - purchased on release for a full European price (60 EUR IIRC). It was the end of Blizzard for me, a top down WOW.
Fallout 3 was bad but I was fully expecting Oblivion with guns.
Mass Effect - BioWare dropping all pretense of making RPG games.
I kind of liked Dragon Age Origins when I first played it because we were in an RPG drought.
But at the end, I felt drained.
It gave me trash mob PTSD.
So, so, so many trash mobs. The encounter design is utter shit. 99% of encounters are copypasted, just pure tedium to go through. And it doesn't even have a point - your HP and mana regenerate fully after the fight! It's not like the trash mobs actually drain your resources. They only drain your time, and your joy.
But at the end, I felt drained.
It gave me trash mob PTSD.
So, so, so many trash mobs. The encounter design is utter shit. 99% of encounters are copypasted, just pure tedium to go through. And it doesn't even have a point - your HP and mana regenerate fully after the fight! It's not like the trash mobs actually drain your resources. They only drain your time, and your joy.
That's a bit too harsh, at least the game could have been completed. I don't recall any game breaking bugs.
DA2 easily one of the worst things I ever wasted money on. Ultima 8 is a close runner up. I also remember feeling pretty cheated with Return to Krondor.
Beans00
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Cat Headed Eagle
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Ultima 7 is better than both tbh
Trojan_generic
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Ultimas 8-9 were disappointing. But by the time of Ultima 7 I had already realised that buying any game without reading some reviews first is useless. So I bought them at a sale later.
If we go back to really old but traumatising shit, Heroes of the Lance takes the cake. That was like WTF I thought this is an RPG? Green bars instead of numbers? I think it was also the first game after SSI had bought the rights to make AD&D computer games, and expectations were high. A bonus fact: Origin was bidding for the same rights but lost.
From the newer shit it's Oblivion and PoE which I backed on KS. I also backed Bard's Tale IV which sucks, so I haven't been backing much ever since.
If we go back to really old but traumatising shit, Heroes of the Lance takes the cake. That was like WTF I thought this is an RPG? Green bars instead of numbers? I think it was also the first game after SSI had bought the rights to make AD&D computer games, and expectations were high. A bonus fact: Origin was bidding for the same rights but lost.
From the newer shit it's Oblivion and PoE which I backed on KS. I also backed Bard's Tale IV which sucks, so I haven't been backing much ever since.
It has horrible real-time combat, a step down from U6. I'll take TB and RTwP over U7 combat any day.
Dungeon Lords did not turn out particularly good so Bradley was likely burned out at that point.
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