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Most Disappointing Game 2019

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It could've been better, but it wasn't. Not necessarily the worst, but what game is the one that just let you down the most this year?
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I would say Google Stadia but I don't think it could be called disappointing if no-one was expecting it to be good

also it's not a game
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Yoshi's Crafted World

Woolly World was brilliant and had a great soundtrack. Crafted was okay in the end, but it tried to mix some 3D stuff in there that just didn't click while the game's music was very poor overall.
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Anthem.

Back in February or so, the game was mass-advertised to the point I saw it on billboards and bus stops. It's supposed to be open world exploration and combat in flying Javelin suits, which honestly looks fun and was praised. But once it was out, it was a bugfest, had structural problems with game mechanics (such as the loot system), and contained a sense of "not much to do". It showed clearly that it was released prematurely before it was ready. BioWare, the game company that created this, apparently didn't know what kind of game to make and later rushed much of its development.

It didn't help that its share of the spotlight was being teamkilled by a fellow EA game - everyone was busy playing Apex Legends - that after a month or two, people at large just stopped paying attention to Anthem. Admittedly, early on I saw side-by-side videos of both games get uploaded by streamers (and virtual youtubers), but it didn't take long for Anthem to fade from the public consciousness while the other game continued on in popularity.

Half a year after release, the playerbase for Anthem was so low that it was hard to find enough players for proper team experience. BioWare scrapped its roadmap for future content, more than once, and despite the EA CEO envisioning it on a "seven to ten year cycle", EA mostly stopped talking about the game shortly after that. The big upcoming event, Cataclysm, was delayed amid silence for a while, and when it did get presented and eventually released, the reception was that it didn't live up to expectations. Some good things about the event, but not enough to salvage the game.

Well, at least EA and BioWare recently seem to be planning a complete overhaul of the game, so we'll see.
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Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair

should've been a good game in concept but the level design just did not vibe with me at all and i ended up disliking it a fair bit
i'm apparently alone in this one though
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I will also vote for Yoshi's Crafted World.
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Probably a controversial opinion but: Kingdom Hearts 3

It really didn't do it for me. The worlds and story felt somewhat hollow to me and I didn't really get the experience I thought I'd get paying for this game full price when now it's been consistently on sale for like 15-20 bucks. Also the fact that I got the limited edition PS4 Pro for this game makes it especially sting more.

I hope the new DLC gives it something worthwhile.
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Oh yeah, me too about kingdom hearts 3. I still enjoyed it but it might be my least favorite in the series.
Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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Leet wrote: 4 years ago Oh yeah, me too about kingdom hearts 3. I still enjoyed it but it might be my least favorite in the series.
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Bean wrote: 4 years ago Yoshi's Crafted World

Woolly World was brilliant and had a great soundtrack. Crafted was okay in the end, but it tried to mix some 3D stuff in there that just didn't click while the game's music was very poor overall.
Maybe I'm being dramatic, but I remember the sense of sadness and dread that set in when I was partway through the first few levels. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I distinctly remember thinking "oh... is this all it's gonna be?"
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Kingdom Hearts 3

I still loved the game, it wasnt quite as good as I hoped it would be.
I don't know if I'd put it as my least favorite, because Dream Drop Distance exists.
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I have not played too many 2019 games but playing the Yoshi's Crafted World demo, while it was fine, heard not so great things about the full game. But on top of that, the game's resolution was god awful on handheld. But yeah, everything else I've played this year was not disappointing to me, so it defaults to Yoshi's Crafted World for me. The fact it doesn't even stack up to Woolly World, not even close, not even OST-wise, makes it more disappointing to me :(


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Arrietty wrote: 4 years agoEDIT: wtf happened to emotes?
This did. They used to be super huge, now they're super thin!
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On my end, all emotes have remained exactly the same as usual so I don't really know what this is
Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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Gonna have to go with Yoshi's Crafted World, it just didn't have the magic or focus that Woolly World had.
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