The Two Most Disappointing Console Exclusives of 2008

GrieverSoul - 322 days 3 hours ago

There is no guessing!
Its HAZE and TOO HUMAN! - FACT!!!
I tried to make a surprised look... but couldnt! To obvious!

Where´s Captain Obvious on this one?! XD

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jadenkorri - 322 days 2 hours ago

2 games both fanboys raved about then, their foots in their mouths.lol

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ericnellie - 322 days 2 hours ago

You took the words right out of my mouth. The funny thing is - even when fanboys on each side played the demos before the games released, they were still saying both games were awesome....fanboy delusions and fanboy denial (FD/FD). But then...all the reviews started coming in and they could no longer hide from the truth;) It's a sad, sad thing...LOL!

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will11 - 322 days 1 hour ago

Halo 3 and Left for dead

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Jamegohanssj5 - 322 days ago

What?

TGSI

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kevoncox - 322 days ago

I think mos tpeople don't understand how good Too human is.
I played the demo the first time through and thought...this game sucks. THen something made me play it again and it got better. So i played it again and I started understandng just how good this game really is. It's kinda tough to understand but I fear that the media don't have the time to invest in a game like too human to really like it. All I can say is it is a game that most everyone will feel is bad when they first play it but once you learn how to play it, you will like it. It's one of my favorite xbox games this gen.

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sticky doja - 322 days ago

Ok dude you obviously haven't played Left 4 Dead or you wouldn't say that. Not to mention Halo 3 didn't come out in '08.

I hope you were joking.

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Caso - 322 days ago

whats up with these sh*tty articles. I guessed the same thing, haze and too human. Why do we need to read stuff we already know?

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Magic_The_Celt - 321 days 23 hours ago

Dont worry

that huge pile of games for both consoles
40 inch LCD 1080p TV
60GB PS3 with 320GB HDD
Xbox 360 Elite
numerous add ons

are all paid for by me ;) glad we could clear it up kid.

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BlackTar187 - 321 days 22 hours ago

Haze sucked : (

Too Human is tight give it a chance before you talk crap about it. It needed some stuff that was obv. and needed some tweaks but I want too human 2 and would be sad if i didnt get it.

Play the game before you hate otherwise you look like a fool. Reviews are reviews what is wrong with people who use reviews as gospel. Game was tight I know you can flame me or whatever but I liked it and think you should have no room to even say the slightest of anything good or bad until you played it.

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BlackTar187 - 321 days 22 hours ago

befor eyou attack me hear me out.

I absoulutley loved the game I was excited tilll i played the demo and after couldnt wait got it on launch but after I beat the game I had no need to play it again and why you ask not becuase it wasn't dope or anything it was becasue there are so little weapons and in a game about killing things i need more weopons like a chainsaw a Mp5 ak47 .44 or .50 anyof these a sword maybe any of that a taser. So you may be confused becasuei actually loved this game the lack of content drives me nuts and I have to put it as overratted becasue to me the reply value is what thiose games are about and I didnt get the feeling of caring after I used all the guns in level 1

please be constructive when replying to me and it will all be like baby jesus

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prowiew - 321 days 22 hours ago

To me, neither of those games were disappointing. I knew that I wouldnt like them from the first time I saw both games.

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Lord Vader - 321 days 21 hours ago

Haze takes the cake , the "Halo Killer" as their arrogant developers made the game out to be = LMAO

Too Human I enjoyed, but I am in the minority here on N4G as it did not live up to expectations, but some ppl do like it. I rented it & didnt go in with mega expectations is maybe the difference.

But R2 was my biggest disappointment by far because I bought it. I bought into the Hype & preordered R2. The campaign was so boring, i had to force myself to finish the game. The MP is okay, & the best part of this mediocre shooter.

Also, looking at sales, for all the *Hype* around R2 & the fact that it was supposed to compete with Gears 2 ...but dont misunderstand, Im not saying it was "trash" or on a level with Haze, it was a mediocre mega hyped game that I paid $60 for, so it's my biggest disappointment.

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callahan09 - 321 days 20 hours ago

I have one response to this article. This quote in particular:

"[Haze's] controls [are] clunky and awkward."

FALSE! How are they clunky OR awkward? They're your standard FPS controls and they work perfectly fine for what they are. My guess is that these critics didn't even PLAY Haze, they are just hating on it because it got mediocre reviews. I actually played Haze, and the controls are fine.

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N4360G - 321 days 17 hours ago

Too Human was a disaster.HAZE was decent but Too Human was just terrible...

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Thugbot187 - 321 days 16 hours ago

Too Human for sure not deserving of the hype but not a horrible game. If you like games like Dynasty Warriors, Diablo or any titles like that you would enjoy this game.

Basically not for everyone and over hyped as something it wasn't.

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BlackTar187 - 321 days 15 hours ago

and someone took it from me. Come on why de bubble me disagree im not going against anyone in here or calling others names or anything like that why debubble me if you were not attacked for a differnce of opnion. I know Im a newb kinda to posting but comeone i like my bubbles and try and remain fair on all my comparision and posts. sorry if i ruffled feathers but since I didnt attack anything really except telling people not to judge before you play then come on. Be fair people disagree not steal bubbles I liked them

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snoopgg - 321 days 3 hours ago

That game was in development so long, and still sucked major arse!!! Gears 2 online was also a very big dissappointment!!! The story was the same old shat and didn't compare to Resistance 2 online!!!!! Gears 2 wasn't worth the $60 I paid for it, I expected so much more out of this game this time around. Sold it after story mode was done, cause multiplayer sucked so bad. Unbalanced gameplay and glitch city on this one!! Big disappointment.

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bgrundman - 322 days ago

Good work Brit, I'm proud of ya! :)

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theEnemy - 322 days 1 hour ago

The tale of Dennis and the gaffers.

:D

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skagrerrrr - 321 days 12 hours ago

Dennis Dyack deserved what he got, tee hee!

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Gambit07 - 321 days 5 hours ago

Console exclusives, Legendary is multi.

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Bazookajoe_83 - 322 days 1 hour ago

I loved the idé of the game, but the camera made it impossible to play. I bought it played it for an hour and then went and returned it..

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dachiefsman - 322 days 1 hour ago

to many damn glitches.

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Filet of Children - 322 days 1 hour ago

I really enjoyed Too Human too.

I mean, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but what is? It's certainly not GOTY material, but I still play it.

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P4KY B - 322 days ago

Yes, the camera took some getting used to. But if every game was to stick to rigid rules we would never see any innovation.

The story was the best in a game last year. It was a re-telling of Ragnarok mixed with robots. If they stay true to the old myths then the next game should be awesome with some seriously big robots and battles.

And its was a better exclusive game than that Viva Piniata spin-off.

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Nevers - 321 days 21 hours ago

I found it rather enjoyable ... it didn't live up to it's expectations however.

I'll still check out the sequels.

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Action Bastard - 322 days 1 hour ago

Mine were L4 and Gears 2. L4D is too light on content. Not saying it's not fun at times, but damn...short game is short. Gears 2 was Gears with new maps. While the Worm level was my favorite (and a nice change), too much of the game felt like been there, done that.

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Bazookajoe_83 - 322 days 1 hour ago

L4D was the one i was thinking about, i really want to like it, but i cant. I have been playing for two hours today and i still dont get whats fun. The concept is one of the best i ever heard of, but the gameplay ruins it. I can live with the not so stellar graphics but the to fast pace, no physics gameplay really annoys me. Feels like an really old pc fps...

Gears 2 was one of my topgames in 2008, i really enjoyed the single player/coop. One thorn in it´s side is the online, the first one was fantastic and i still play it. But in gears 2 they decided to balance out the shotgun and make it weaker, which to me was a really bad choice. And the lag it´s constantly having make even harder to use. And whats up with the matchmaking, it takes forever. Not being able to leave a game without going to the dashboard is allso something that is a pain in the ass.

Except from those things i really love it.

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Action Bastard - 322 days 1 hour ago

I have totally left Gear multiplayer alone. There just isn't the same desire to play online as there was with Gears (mainly because online in 2 is, as you know, awful). I completely agree with your thoughts on L4D. The concept is STELLAR. The execution...not so much.

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YonasJonas - 321 days 23 hours ago

Ability to use people as meat shields, ability to plant mines, ability to shoot people through chainsaw, chainsaw duels, five new weapons plus a shield, a bunch of new executions for each weapon, environment destructibility, ghost camera, a whole new rank system with up to date leader boards, four new modes plus a horde mode.

Doesn't sound to me like you played the game.

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Action Bastard - 321 days 22 hours ago

Take everything online related and scrap it. Don't use components of a broken online mode as a platform for debate. And really, meat shields and chainsaw duels wow'd you that much? New weapons are expected, executions add nothing to the game (same goes to for the Ghost camera) and the ability to shoot people through the chainsaw was in Gears 1! Unless of course you are talking about the ability to take shots while revving the chainsaw, which is a bug.

Sound to me like you are easily impressed. Let me guess, COD:WaW was AMAZING with all it's innovation, huh?

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YonasJonas - 321 days 21 hours ago

For starters no you couldn't shoot someone while they were chainsawing Gears 1 until after they had already sawed the other person in half. Anyone who played the game would know that. Since you were talking maps I'd just assume you were talking about the online mode, which is a HUGE part of Gears so yes I can use it as a debate. If were talking about the single player it was much more enjoyable than the first imo since the scope of everything was kicked up a notch, and the scale was huge. Either way most games don't give you even close to the amount of content that Gears gives.

As for the online it's not broken, and just something people on here like to say who haven't played it, and don't even own an xbox. It works just fine although you had more of a choice when selecting the type of game you'd like to play in the first game. As for the add ons that's a lot so don't even try to deny it. All of it changes the way you play in a big way. I wouldn't expect you to notice though since you already admitted to leaving it alone. And btw I'll be the first to admit the one thing Epic failed hard at was not having dedicated servers by now.

And for the record CoD is not my cup of tea.

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BlackTar187 - 321 days 17 hours ago

sorry i have played a bunch and it is indeed broken and the gltiches are used all the time by the competetion.

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Firstkn1ghT - 322 days 1 hour ago

So many fanboys writing articles now. Ugh! No wonder we get a crap load of random unknown sites giving out 10's to exclusives.

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goflyakite - 321 days 19 hours ago

Oh, knight I didn't know you wrote articles.

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caffman - 321 days 19 hours ago

both sides of the fanboy war, very even handed, but shame they didn't list wii and PC disappointments

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AngryTypingGuy - 321 days 17 hours ago

The premise of each game is pretty cool. They should do the same thing that they did with the Incredible Hulk and Batman...just start the franchises over and pretend the originals don't exist.

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gabeh1018 - 321 days 21 hours ago

yea, i don't understand why anyone would care for or hype DLC for a game that's a year old now.... and mediocre at best...

If that supposed to be used as a marketing ploy to play GTA on the 360, it should've been released the month of or a month after. Not a year later.

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kodiak - 321 days 21 hours ago

Cry me a river fanboy
Haze sucked, lair sucked, Socom sucked, Naruto UNS sucked, resintace 2 flop,

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caffman - 321 days 19 hours ago

slimy the g8ter

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