Comments on: Siliconera Speaks Up: Disappointments of the Year

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:24:10 +0000

I don’t know, I felt Lost Odyssey was pretty solid. It certainly has some of the more interesting characters in recent Japanese RPG memory… Given some of the comments made in reviews for it, I’m not convinced many played much of it as it was.

By: jarrod

jarrod — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:12:45 +0000

I actually really enjoyed Away. It was weirdly compelling, probably my favorite of the Mistwalker efforts so far honestly.

By: SomeDude

SomeDude — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:45:45 +0000

I could just tell that Away was going to suck from the gameplay videos.

I keep telling people that Sakaguchi’s totally lost it, and this is just further proof. I expect Mistwalker to fold in under 3 years.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:43:01 +0000

@Andy,

I bought it on a whim because my friend (who grew up on his SNES) raved about ff4’s story and that i GOTTA PLAY IT, since i never played the 16-bit version… i bought FF4DS on a whim. Can’t go wrong with a classic game remake right?

Terrible pacing, and a bit hard where i can’t really enjoy the story any more. Biggest issue i had, which you may only hear from me- I Hated FF4DS’s 3D Graphics!! It made it fairly unenjoyable since the game played so slow, and we’ve basically reverted ourselves to a time when Cecil’s polygon hands are triangles, and the magic effects are something you saw from Shining Force III era.

You take this game, and compare it to a game like Dragon Quest IV DS where the graphics are BEAUTIFUL, and battles are fast, and just overall enjoyable. I just had to ask myself, where is Square going wrong here?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:50:45 +0000

I’m surprised to hear people put FF4DS as a big disappointment. I didn’t encounter the same problems with the game. It was harder than a lot of recent Final Fantasy games, and I found that refreshing. Challenges make game completion more of an achievement, one of effort, not just of time.

But of course, my view is colored by the fact that FF4 is one of my favorites from the series, and I have fond memories of beating it again and again on the SNES.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:59:37 +0000

@Scott
Oh yeah, I forgot abut Infinite Undiscovery. Maybe I was too sad about it to remember it. I had such high hopes from the same developers that brought us Valkyrie Profile.

As for the readers who are saying Nintendo was the disappointment of the year, I have to agree. While I was writing this feature up, I thought about writing about them being disapointing, but I couldn’t really pinpoint anything. I guess it just comes down to the fact that they didn’t release anything on the caliber of Super Mario Galaxy is disappointing.

By: matty

matty — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:36:14 +0000

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (DS). While some features were added in that the original PS game didn’t have, some were left or taken out. Not to mention hearing about all the glitches.
While it was a highlight of the games to come this year for me it was also a somber one. What hope I had for this series to make a long-awaited comeback remains in the dark.
It’s not the game itself since I’d still recommend it to new players, its just that what was considered a solid game just turned into a half-baked port for a longtime fan.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:36:26 +0000

whoops, i didnt mean to say “Top 10″. There wern’t too many stinkers in 2008 i guess

By: scott

scott — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:34:07 +0000

Top 10 Disappointments of 2008:
Infinite Undiscovery
Final Fantasy IV DS
Wario Land Shake It
C&C Red Alert 3

I probably would have hated The Last Remenent too based on what read about people playing it. I specifically didnt not buy it because i was so disgusted with Infinite Undiscovery.

By: Mazen

Mazen — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:19:21 +0000

In the opposite I didn’t think Sonic: The Dark Brotherhood going to be good because of Bioware.