Now that 2010 is over, anyone want to share their most disappointing game they have played in 2010?
For me it is easy: HAWX 2.
Technically I played most of it in 2011, but I started in 2010.
I paid $38 for it. I would have regretted it at $20.
Big rant here:
I looked at reviews, and people seemed to say it was as good, or better than HAWX 1. I enjoyed HAWX 1, it felt like a crappy version of Ace Combat. Nevertheless, I had fun with it. So I thought buying HAWX 2 early to play with others online would be a good idea...
But HAWX 2 is worse in every single way.
The enemy aircraft look extremely awkward when they fly. Much more so than in HAWX1. Looks like something out of Starwars Starfighter.
*spoilers*
It is a rip off of CoD MW1/2 in terms of the story. The same old Middle Eastern terrorists and Russian ultra-nationalist attacks the world with a nuke garbage. It is even dumber than HAWX 1's story - which I thought would be impossible.
*spoilers*
Not only is the story a near exact rip off of MW1/2, but so is the gameplay. In many missions, you control a UAV. These missions are the same as the "stealth" missions in CoD games. You do what the game tells you to, and you will automatically win.
These missions comprise of using 5 buttons on your keyboard. An arrow points to where you must slew your camera. You either hold your camera there, or it tells you to press the space bar. How utterly boring.
To make matters worse, the flight model is even more awkward than it was in HAWX 1. The flight model is almost as bad as BF2, and this is a game that is centered around flight.
The missions are often shorter and lamer. One mission has you shoot at a truck that is driving down a city. In a plane. Seems like a mission better suited for a game like CoD or MoH. Missions do not seem to be made with aerial combat in mind. Too many "escort the super spy to location X" type stuff.
There is also an AC-130 gunner mission.... that feels less authentic than the one in CoD 4.
To top it off, I would have expected some decent production values. Nicely rendered cutsenes and whatnot even if the game itself sucked. This is an Ubisoft game afterall. You'd think they would have thrown money into the presentation and cut scenes. However, the cutscenes are poorly done. It feels like a budget title.
Just about everything else is awful: the sounds, bad hit boxes that kill you 5x more than any enemy will, the music, the unresponsive controls.
The only thing better in HAWX 2 over 1 is that friendlies can kill enemies with decent proficiency.
I think I would have had more fun replaying HAWX 1.
So, that was my worst game of 2010. What was yours?
For me it is easy: HAWX 2.
Technically I played most of it in 2011, but I started in 2010.
I paid $38 for it. I would have regretted it at $20.
Big rant here:
I looked at reviews, and people seemed to say it was as good, or better than HAWX 1. I enjoyed HAWX 1, it felt like a crappy version of Ace Combat. Nevertheless, I had fun with it. So I thought buying HAWX 2 early to play with others online would be a good idea...
But HAWX 2 is worse in every single way.
The enemy aircraft look extremely awkward when they fly. Much more so than in HAWX1. Looks like something out of Starwars Starfighter.
*spoilers*
It is a rip off of CoD MW1/2 in terms of the story. The same old Middle Eastern terrorists and Russian ultra-nationalist attacks the world with a nuke garbage. It is even dumber than HAWX 1's story - which I thought would be impossible.
*spoilers*
Not only is the story a near exact rip off of MW1/2, but so is the gameplay. In many missions, you control a UAV. These missions are the same as the "stealth" missions in CoD games. You do what the game tells you to, and you will automatically win.
These missions comprise of using 5 buttons on your keyboard. An arrow points to where you must slew your camera. You either hold your camera there, or it tells you to press the space bar. How utterly boring.
To make matters worse, the flight model is even more awkward than it was in HAWX 1. The flight model is almost as bad as BF2, and this is a game that is centered around flight.
The missions are often shorter and lamer. One mission has you shoot at a truck that is driving down a city. In a plane. Seems like a mission better suited for a game like CoD or MoH. Missions do not seem to be made with aerial combat in mind. Too many "escort the super spy to location X" type stuff.
There is also an AC-130 gunner mission.... that feels less authentic than the one in CoD 4.
To top it off, I would have expected some decent production values. Nicely rendered cutsenes and whatnot even if the game itself sucked. This is an Ubisoft game afterall. You'd think they would have thrown money into the presentation and cut scenes. However, the cutscenes are poorly done. It feels like a budget title.
Just about everything else is awful: the sounds, bad hit boxes that kill you 5x more than any enemy will, the music, the unresponsive controls.
The only thing better in HAWX 2 over 1 is that friendlies can kill enemies with decent proficiency.
I think I would have had more fun replaying HAWX 1.
So, that was my worst game of 2010.
What was yours?
