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The Top 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2010

2010 has been one of the most exciting and most disappointing years for gaming. For every Starcraft 2 and Halo: Reach, there's been a Final Fantasy XIII or a Singularity. This list chronicles the top ten video gaming disasters of the past year.

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Optical_Matrix5018d ago

"This was the longest anime I’ve ever watched. The story was boring, the voice actors were horrendous, and the production values were through the roof. Yep, must be a Final Fantasy title."

Sounds like he's just an FF hater. He acts as if those qualities are common in Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy 1-12 beg to differ. FFXII had some of the best voice acting I've ever experienced in an RPG. And how on earth is FFXIII put in the same league as Iron Man. It was disappointing but not a piece of shit like the 9 other games he listed. There's been much worse games this year

Seijoru5018d ago (Edited 5018d ago )

Yeah I got that he just plain doesn't like FF from his comments, or anime for that matter. He even had the gall to show 360 boxart instead of PS3.

RageAgainstTheMShine5017d ago

What is the the biggest disappointment concerning FF XIII is a jealous & shameless American monster corporation Microshaft on a STEALING SPREE, taking advantage & bribing financially strapped Japanese companies like SquareEnix, to give in its soul, honor and reputation to its market grabbing terms resulting in the shameless stripping down of a historic flagship title's artistic integrity and legacy. Indeed one of the saddest and most disappointing events ever to happen in the history of gaming.

ExplosionSauce5017d ago

Regardless of what the author said, FF13 was disappointing to a certain degree.

thorstein5018d ago (Edited 5018d ago )

Just another whiner looking for hits on his page. Whaaaaa! Forget that we are in the Golden Age of gaming. What is available out there is just ridiculously amazing. Compare the library of Xbox or PS2's AAA titles to X360 Or PS3's and it is a no brainer.

Chris_Hansen_Rocks5018d ago (Edited 5018d ago )

people who like FF13 are just sex offenders who position the camera so that they could see lightning and vanille' panties

and I fear that vanille is underage

nickjkl5018d ago

but i dont do that so why do i like final fantasy 13 must be a good game

BannedForNineYears5018d ago

ROFL! That made me lol hard.

But really, FF13 was not a disappointment in my books.
I enjoyed it. It was a great FF. So what if it wasn't a FF7 clone? They tried something new.

xavier-tooth5018d ago

don't be surprised he played the 360 version.

SonyPS3605018d ago

A slight resolution difference in cut scenes isn't going to make much difference to anyone's opinion of a game.

crzyjackbauer5017d ago

actually the 360 version is better since it dosent freeze
like ps3

DeeZee5018d ago

Yeah, FF13 wasn't a bad game.

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pert255018d ago

It's not anime that I don't like. I love anime. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Shin-Chan...
It's trite stories I don't like.

PS FFVI and VII were amazing.

HereticDan5018d ago

Even for an opinion piece that was shallow. Just when you think the opinion articles on this site cannot get any worse there you are to show me the world can still surprise me.

P.S
Please improve all our lives and never write a blog post again.

clank5435018d ago

I would have to put alan wake and white knight chronicles on this list. Both of those were totally overhyped (especially alan wake) and both had incredibly long development cycles. While Alan wake was at least decent, it was no where near what it should have been. Heavy Rain was a much more emotional and psycholically thrilling experience and it had a much smaller budget.

BornToKill5018d ago

i enjoyed Singularity.

not a buy. but rent it for sure.

MeatAbstract5018d ago

Iron Man 2!? Yeah, a cheap game to cash in on the movie. Gee, I was SO suprised and dissapointed when it turned out to be shit.

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15 Underrated FPS Games You May Want to Try

Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.

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Jiub608d ago

Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.

MadLad608d ago

Lol

All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.

Venoxn4g608d ago (Edited 608d ago )

XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games

gurp8d ago

I played them all, they are all good in their own way
I used to be obsessed with FPS games

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Six Activision Games I’d Like to See Revived Under Microsoft

As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.

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MadLad838d ago

Another Prototype would be awesome.

As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.

That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.

Crows90837d ago

As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.

LWOGaming837d ago

I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.

TallDarknWavy837d ago

Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol

That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.

gamer7804837d ago

I want to see new IPs. Not a bunch of forced renovations of old franchises.

Gamer75837d ago

Why not a combination of both

gamer7804837d ago

@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft

King_Noctis837d ago

Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).

porkChop837d ago

I'd love to see Raven take another crack at Heretic and Hexen.

MadLad837d ago

That's one I see being tossed around a lot to bring back, even if not from Raven themselves.

Put so many hours into those games over the years.

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Knightofelemia838d ago

I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.

jaymacx837d ago

You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.

wolf581837d ago (Edited 837d ago )

Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.

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rlow1837d ago (Edited 837d ago )

Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.

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Remembering Singularity, Raven Software's forgotten shooter

You may remember Singularity as the game Activision wanted to forget. Developed by Raven Software - formerly the creators of Heretic and Soldier of Fortune.
It was a truly bizarre sequences of events, almost as if Activision wanted the game to do badly. The tragic irony is that Singularity is a more interesting singleplayer FPS than every Call of Duty Activision has released since Modern Warfare, combining a high-concept, time-hopping story with oodles of clever mechanics, and a weapon-roster to rival Bulletstorm and Titanfall 2. | Rick Lane

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-Foxtrot2118d ago

This game was fantastic and it was the only Activision published game last gen I really enjoyed.

I loved the TMD gameplay as it reminded me of the Gravity Gun in Half Life, if they did a sequel they could have really added onto the game. I loved how despite being scripted the time era would change and you'd suddenly be in the past, if they did a sequel they could have tried to do these non scripted so they could happen at any time while you were walking around.

Fist4achin2117d ago

This game received little to no love. I enjoyed it and recommend if tour looking for a solid fps for probably dirt cheap that dared to be different by tying together a lot of ideas.

Yui_Suzumiya2117d ago

One of my favorite first person shooters. I wish Activision would finally allow them to make the sequel we've all been waiting for!

Venoxn4g2117d ago

great game..they should do at least a remaster

OhMyGandhi2116d ago

loved this game. rented it on a whim at blockbuster, and had way too much with it. A pleasant, self-contained title, no massive franchise, just a nice little story and interesting gameplay. Definitely a hidden gem from lest gen.