Most Disappointing Games of 2018

[Teratus]

I did 100% it, It had a few problems though.. and I didn't like Lara's new design.. she looks like a totally different character from the last 2 games.. face is completely different and unrecognizable.
Voice acting was a bit lacking in parts too and it came across as a little cringy.

But honestly the thing that annoyed me most of all was that my 100% score was taken away on steam once the DLC came out and new achievements were added
I spent a good 52 hours 100%ing that game after buying it only to have it taken away about a week later XD
It's a small peeve but Grr lol

[Teratus]

I didn't buy many new games released this year but if any game disappointed me it was the Spyro remake trilogy.

That game performs like total ass on the PS4 Pro.. suffering from stutter and pretty severe framrate drops.
It's the only game me and my wife regret buying this year and we stopped playing it days after we got it to wait for the PC release.

[Hadley]

Battle for Azeroth and Fallout 76. I don't think I need to elaborate on either of these...

[ChurroBear]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Story sucked, dungeons sucked and there wasn't enough meaningful gameplay improvements from the previous two games. By the last dungeon, I was skipping through cutscenes because I just wanted it to be over.

I don't blame you. I was very disappointed with it myself.

[Blushing_Geisha]

I would normally stick God of War in here, but I'm going to be honest, I never had hope for that game in the first place for it to be disappointing.

However, Sea of Thieves legitimately looked cool. Unfortunately, the only thing that it did steal (Or should I say plunder?) was approximately 135 million dollars from customer wallets.

Really sad to see how far Rare has truly fallen. I remember back in the NES-N64 day’s where it was like they could do no wrong every game they put out was quality. From that awful Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts to Kinect games to now this. How times change.

[Doomie]

I would normally stick God of War in here, but I'm going to be honest, I never had hope for that game in the first place for it to be disappointing.

However, Sea of Thieves legitimately looked cool. Unfortunately, the only thing that it did steal (Or should I say plunder?) was approximately 135 million dollars from customer wallets.

[ciderPunk1877]

I've considered myself a big Fallout fan for a while. A couple years ago, a family member even made me six packs of Nuka Cola and Quantum (they took glass bottles of coke & Jones blue raspberry, and made logos and even some handwork for jokes).

So yeah, Fallout 76. I even had some upcoming merchandise items that I put in pre-orders for before the game came out.

I refunded them.

It's too bad. The idea of a Fallout game I could live in for years just made me so happy, but... this ain't it.

[RepentantSky]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Story sucked, dungeons sucked and there wasn't enough meaningful gameplay improvements from the previous two games. By the last dungeon, I was skipping through cutscenes because I just wanted it to be over.

I didn't really like Ni No Kuni 2, but I think that may just be a matter of preference.

I actually forgot about Shadow of the Tomb Raider, I guess it was just that underwhelming for me. Yikes.

As for Ni No Kuni II, my personal opinion is that it just failed to live up to the first game in any regard outside of atmosphere. The game was too easy, almost like it was going for a Western vibe in a JRPG setting which doesn't work, and all the fun of combat was sucked out of it as a result.

[Blushing_Geisha]

Just Cause 4, God of War. Can't believe they gave God of War GOTY but eh I don't really take the VGA's seriously anyways.

[JackofTears]

"Vampyr" was an incredibly disappointing release, though I hear they've at least fixed the grindy combat issue.

I never liked the concept material I heard about "Fallout 76" but I would have been wrong than this very right.

I've heard nothing but bad things about the new "Call of Cthulhu" game.

On the Table Top RPG Front, I was extremely disappointed in "Invisible Sun", an overhyped, over produced, flashy game designed to appeal to new trendy roleplayers with tons of excess cash. It's glitzy for the sake of being so, while few of the ideas are anything but a new coat of paint on concepts that have been around for decades. This was my last straw for Monte Cook and I will never again buy one of his products.

[RDClip]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Story sucked, dungeons sucked and there wasn't enough meaningful gameplay improvements from the previous two games. By the last dungeon, I was skipping through cutscenes because I just wanted it to be over.

I didn't really like Ni No Kuni 2, but I think that may just be a matter of preference.

[DarknessFX]

God Of War.

[True Sight]

I honestly enjoyed Ni No Kuni II but I never played the first so I'm not sure what to compare it to. My only issue I personally had with it was how easy the game was but I also assumed it was targeted to a younger crowd (might be completely wrong about this).

[Aimi]

Has to be Just Cause 4 for me, normally I don't get to excited but I really thought it turn out to be awesome but all it turned out to be is a buggy unfinished mess sold on false promises.

[Ethik]

Honestly, I don't play many different games but I was really disappointed with the map design in BO4. Just more of the three-lane design that makes me wish I could be back playing on maps like "Overgrown", "Crossfire", "Crash", and "Pipeline".