And why? For me its definitely Warcraft 3 Reforged. They literally made a quick money grab AND you can’t even play online the old W3 without having to download 30gb of trash.
Do the DOS Mega Man games count?
Those were my first Mega Man games. Turned me off the franchise for years.
This is going to be a very unpopular opinion, but Elder Scrolls peaked at Morrowind. Oblivion was a pretty big step down in quality, and Skyrim was a completely washed out shell of former Elder Scrolls games. I absolutely hated Skyrim and I don’t understand why it gets such universal praise from gamers.
I enjoyed all 3 even though they were all very different. I will say that I spent countless hours in Morrowind, many hours in Skyrim, and less in Oblivion (but I beat that one on purpose just not to feel addicted to it).
100% agree.
Morrowind was the peak, oblivion burned me so bad I slept on fallout 3 until after new vegas came out.
I love Skyrim as a modding platform but I really feel you. So much has been lost on quest design from even Oblivion, much less Morrowind. I think Bethesda hedged their bets on exploration being the selling point way too much and it’s becoming more and more apparent this has resulted in their quest design and stories suffering. First it was Skyrim, then Fallout 4, and then 76. I am not looking forward to the writing of quests in Starfield.
I am sure that it will do well, because most people love the sandbox exploration of it but imo an rpg lives or dies by its quest and story and I honestly feel as if Bethesda just doesn’t have that in them any more.
Do you hate Skyrim in general? Or as an Elders Scrolls game?
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth. There are other less then stellar games in the Civ franchise that I haven’t played like Starships. Beyond Earth, though, was a day 1 purchase for me, and it wasn’t -terrible-, but it left a lot to be desired.
Lots of console titles in the comments here. Easy answer there is Zelda 2.
To answer the question as posed, though, Star Control 3 was a massive disappointment after its amazing predecessor.
i have watched zelda 2 playthrough and it actually looked really fun, even if it was very different!
Fuck the haters, Zelda 2 is the only game in the entire series I’ve played to completion.
All the other ones are super boring. I gave up on Zelda completely on Ocarina of Time.
I loved Zelda 2 as a kid. I loved the lore, reading the background story over and over and imagining what it would be like to be Link, fighting to keep your blood from being back Ganon. My brother and I would cheer each other on while taking on the dungeons. Dark Link had us horrifically surprised and it was the first RPG we beat. Great memories around that one.
Dark Souls 2: SotFS. I actually kinda like Dark Souls 2, but I think I’m upset the most at how it could’ve been potentially much better without making radical changes. When they announced the remaster (scholar of the first sin), I was excited that they’d go back and fix it. Hot take? They just made it worse.
They made enemy placements a lot worse and more spammy than ever. They hid the DLC keys in annoying areas. They changed a lot of item placements for no reason other than make the game feel fresh, and some of the new placements made little sense. They also didn’t remove adaptability or go for any low-hanging fruit fixes.
It was just a bummer. DS2 could’ve been a lot better.
Man so true, as decent of a game as it is, it hurts playing DS2 because of the untapped potential. It says something about the “bones” of the game that even with all of its issues it is still a memorable experience.
There is supposed to be some modder developing a total conversion that tries to deliver on that potential but as with any total conversion mod you never know whether it will release or not. But I hope it does so that the potential can finally be done justice.
