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4 more PC games that gave the middle finger to PC gamers.

Whether or not the developers of these games voluntarily intended to enrage PC gamers, the world might never know, but one thing is for sure, they sure piss PC gamers off.

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Setekh5147d ago (Edited 5147d ago )

Agreed with all 4 titles.

Spore was hyped up to be this epic galactic life sim and ended up being a shallow sandbox with most of the promised features being ripped out.

GTA4 was a horrible horrible port that still needs a high end pc just to get acceptable performance out of.

As a long time C&C fan I am massively disappointed with Tib Twilight. You don't take a hugely popular and well-established franchise and use it as a test bed for experimentation, you create a new IP for that.
I know why they did it, they wanted to experiment with new ways of manipulating the RTS genre but didn't want to take the risk of creating a new IP so they just butchered C&C because they know it will sell because of the following that the franchise has.

As far as Duke Nukem goes, I stopped looking forward to that game 10 years ago. If it still does exist I think they should just can it otherwise it will only end up being an anti-climax and a disappointment.

Maybe add MW2 as #5 slot?
The removal of dedi servers from that title created more than a few firestorms across various gaming communities...

ShamsiOwnz5147d ago

check the original article. :)

Setekh5147d ago

I see it now, lol @ bigrigs, that game wins!!!

;)

champ215147d ago

GTA 4 Ran much better on PC then any console out there. It had its bugs initially, however once the patches were out there was no comparison between PC and console version.

Mods made it even more superior.

Chris_TC5147d ago

GTA IV is the biggest joke. My somewhat dated (4 years old) two-core rig with an updated graphics card runs Crysis and everything else but chokes on GTA IV.

GTA got its start on the PC, I even own the very first game. And now we're second-rate customers who don't even deserve a properly optimized port.

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gareno5147d ago

you could've also possibly added Left 4 Dead 2, that game pissed off a lot of gamers and had huge petitions on the internet and stuff

Tony P5147d ago

That was overreacting on the community's part.

People assumed they were leaving L4D high and dry, but that hasn't been the case at all. There's new stuff in the works for L4D right now in fact.

toaster5147d ago

Yep! Valve made good on their promise to keep the original L4D supported with new content even though L4D2 was coming up. They didn't want to piss off their loyal fanbase.

champ215147d ago

L4d2 has been my favorite multiplayer shooter to date.

PC version rocked. Check out Igns head to head. Being a console centric site even they admitted the xbox version has fps issues and runs at low res.

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kraze075147d ago

Man I'm glad I didn't buy C&C4. It's was gonna be a day1 purchase, but I changed my mind at the last minute.

sid4gamerfreak5147d ago

I am proud to be a boycotter of all these games, especially mw2. If developers cant respect the pc as a great gaming platform, then the I cant respect the devs too.

piroh5147d ago

spore is piece of crap for kids

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies12d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken12d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6913d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker13d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6913d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt12d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken12d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101154d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers154d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex372d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai372d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995372d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21371d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast