(OT) Games That Have Dissapointed You

[Gryphin]

I guess my dissapointment has been more along the lines of games that have never been produced:
Empire Deluxe II
Battle Isle II, (had hex based movement)
Ballence of Power, (Cris Crawford). An outstanding simulation of Cold war. For those who know it I found a way to win every time.
Don't do Anything. You score will not be as high but the world will love you.

[Aloofi]

Bad Games that I didn't like:
-Deadlock
-Seven Kingdoms 2

Good games that I didn't like:
-Pharaoh (I love Caesar III)
-Age of Kings (my first RTS)
-Medieval {that awful strategy map)
-Call to Power

Games I like:
-SE4
-Civ3 (my own mod, with recruiting units from the actual population and only historicly neighbouring tribes)
-Shogun
-Lords of the Realm II (my first game, back in '96)
-Strategy Command

[raynor]

M.A.X.1 was a an awesome game for the first 100 turns or so. After that it, it was worse than MAX2 because it would frequently crash. MAX2 was released unfinished. IMHO, that is the same story with MOO3. I think they made some design decisions that resulted in a game that was even more unplayable than the current game. But they knew that if they released at least something that they could make some money off the name.

Even with the mid-to-late-game bugs and crashes in MAX1, I still load it up at least once a year and play around with it. There is and probably never will be a game that compares to it in terms of building a base with radar, anti-air defense, turrets, etc.

[klausD]

bad games
MOO3 (as already anticipated)
Max II
BOTF
CTP I (without patches)
Age of Wonders II
Steel Panters III
Pax Imperium (macintosh)
any realtime "strategy" game I came across in my long gaming career

good games
MAX
SE3 and SE4
MOO2
MOO
MOM
Age of Wonders I
Warlords I-III
RFTS (the original not the sequel)
CTP II
Panzer Campaign Series (HPS)
Steel Panters I-II
Westfront from Talongames

[Unknown_Enemy]

bad game :
warcraft3
every single RTS except Total Annihilation & warlord2
diablo 1234etc.....(I hate the conceipt)
neverwinter night

good games
SE4
Steel panther WAW
TA + expansions
fallout 1 & 2
warlord2
warcraft2
operational art of war 2
planetscape torment (best RPG storyline ever)

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by klausD:
Age of Wonders II

I really don't get why so many people seem to hate this excellent game. They seem to treat it as though the developers personally insulted them when they made a sequel.

[klausD]

Age of Wonders II

I really don't get why so many people seem to hate this excellent game. They seem to treat it as though the developers personally insulted them when they made a sequel.

Sorry I didnt like it. I think the main reason is that it has no movement grid(hexes) in strategic and tactical combat. (AoW I did have this) Therefore its difficult to calculate unit movement several turns in advance. And a second reason is that it has not really much flair for me. (no naming terrain or cities etc.) I have other problems with the game (like unbalanced spells etc.) but the above are the major ones.

BTW I am never insulted just because some developers make a game.