Ever have a game ruin another game for you?

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Terrik

Terrik

I had this happen not too long ago. I played through Mass Effect, finished the game as full renegade and went "HELLS YEAH!". I wanted to then move onto Fable 2, because I loved the first one but I as I started to go through it, I just couldn't get into it at all. After playing through Mass Effect, Fable 2 seemed so...so...I don't know...bland? I was so greatly disappointed because I had such anticipation, but Mass Effect set the bar so high for me, that I don't think Fable 2 had a chance of getting there.

I thought perhaps it was an issue of RPG overload, so I went through playing other games like Halo Wars, Bound in Blood (1 and 2) and so on, but going back to Fable, I still can't shake that feeling.
 
Terrik

Terrik

Actually I play an average of 1-2 hours a day max...It took me over a month to finish Mass Effect

EDIT: Although there WAS that period of nearly 2 months when the summer break was on and I wasn't teaching. Gave me a bit more time for gaming that I usually don't have, hence why I could get through so many other games
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Honestly that's not other games, that's just Fable 2. I was looking forward to it for a long time, but it was pretty underwhelming once I ran through it once.
 
Terrik

Terrik

I was looking forward to it for a long time too. Maybe thats why my brain can't accept its subpar-ness
 
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GeneralOrder24

Terrik said:
I had this happen not too long ago. I played through Mass Effect, finished the game as full renegade and went "HELLS YEAH!". I wanted to then move onto Fable 2, because I loved the first one but I as I started to go through it, I just couldn't get into it at all. After playing through Mass Effect, Fable 2 seemed so...so...I don't know...bland? I was so greatly disappointed because I had such anticipation, but Mass Effect set the bar so high for me, that I don't think Fable 2 had a chance of getting there.

I thought perhaps it was an issue of RPG overload, so I went through playing other games like Halo Wars, Bound in Blood (1 and 2) and so on, but going back to Fable, I still can't shake that feeling.
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I had the same exact thing, except I went from Fallout 3 to Fable 2. Gone are the dialog options, and the game almost seems to become way too kiddy and cartoony. I couldn't do it.

I came back a few months later and had a blast with Fable 2 though. You just have to be in the right mindset.
 
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Olorin

Fantastic contraption ruined World of Goo for me.
If I had played World of Goo first, I would have thought the mechanics were pretty interesting and original, but Fantastic contraption allows for so much more creativity, and it's free as well.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

The Ace Combat series has basically ruined arcade flight games for me. The only other flight series I can otherwise stand are Crimson Skies and Tie Fighter/X-Wing, but those are closer to simulators.
 
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JCM

GeneralOrder24;271956][quote=Terrik said:
I had this happen not too long ago. I played through Mass Effect, finished the game as full renegade and went "HELLS YEAH!". I wanted to then move onto Fable 2, because I loved the first one but I as I started to go through it, I just couldn't get into it at all. After playing through Mass Effect, Fable 2 seemed so...so...I don't know...bland? I was so greatly disappointed because I had such anticipation, but Mass Effect set the bar so high for me, that I don't think Fable 2 had a chance of getting there.

I thought perhaps it was an issue of RPG overload, so I went through playing other games like Halo Wars, Bound in Blood (1 and 2) and so on, but going back to Fable, I still can't shake that feeling.
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I had the same exact thing, except I went from Fallout 3 to Fable 2. Gone are the dialog options, and the game almost seems to become way too kiddy and cartoony. I couldn't do it.

I came back a few months later and had a blast with Fable 2 though. You just have to be in the right mindset.[/QUOTE]

Coming from PC fps and classics like UFO: Enemy Unknown, I just cant handle any console FPS without wondering why the hell cant Microsoft spend a few of those Halo advertising millions and make their AI as good as a 20-year old game, or why a spartan moves and turns slower than the Doom marine in Doom 1.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Metroid and Wii shooters.

System Shock/Deus Ex also spoiled Bioshock, as everything that was awesome about them was dumbed-down for the console crowd and I only managed to play it in short spurts to see the end of the story.

Gran Turismo 2 spoiled every other driving game for me, after spending a month unlocking almost a hundred cars, messing around with them and et al, it was hard to go back to the usual arcadey Forza/NFS
 
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ThatNickGuy

After playing Saints Row 2, I don't think I'll be able to enjoy GTA IV.
 
Jay

Jay

You're not the only one who was underwhelmed by Fable 2. It was inferior to the first.

The last boss fight... wow.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

No, coz i'm not buggered in the head...

If i could enjoy it once i can do so again, even if i experienced something superior...
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Fallout 3 ALMOST ruined S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for me. It redeemed itself with a nice storyline and some odd ways of just sucking me into the game like I would have never expected.
 
Gusto

Gusto

WoW ruined other MMOs for me. So far, at least. Not to say WoW is by any means perfect but I've dropped a ton of time into it and any other MMO I've tried hasn't quite captivated me in the same way...

And I still feel the pangs...
 
SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Gusto said:
WoW ruined other MMOs for me. So far, at least. Not to say WoW is by any means perfect but I've dropped a ton of time into it and any other MMO I've tried hasn't quite captivated me in the same way...
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This. The closest I've come to picking up another MMO was Champions, and I gotta say, I think that the character creator is more fun than the game itself.
 
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The Pumes

The original Dawn of War series ruined Starcraft, Dawn of War 2, and most other RTS games for me.
 
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The Pumes

AshburnerX;273423][quote=The Pumes said:
The original Dawn of War series ruined Starcraft, Dawn of War 2, and most other RTS games for me.
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I'm playing the hell out Dark Crusade. It's fun, even if the campaign mode is repetitive and the Tau are CHEATING SONS OF BITCHES.[/QUOTE]

This.

Also Chaos pimp-slap me whenever I play as Eldar or Imperial Guard, I just leave them alone on their two little islands.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

The problem is that the Tau XV88 and Elite Firewarriors can shoot farther than the end of the their sight range. This means they will ALWAYS destroy your defenses long before you can see them. It doesn't help they START with a stealth unit that is one of the beat vehicle killers in the game, long before anyone has access to Detectors.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Eh, I pwned all with the IG. It's one of the reasons I was so pissed when DoW 2 game out and the IG weren't one of the races. That is, of course, until I found out that DoW2 pretty much sucked.

I still think the Star/Warcraft games as well as the C&C games are superior, but that doesn't make DoW any less of an awsome game.
 
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Chibibar

UO and SWG pretty much ruin crafting for everyone else ;)

I do love the idea of getting materials and make stuff. UO crafting has change a lot and of course with the new hammers (well not so new since it was like 5 years ago) you can randomly create magical weapons with different level of hammers, materials and reagents. I love it.

I am a crafter in MMO by heart. I love to gather materials and create new stuff. I hope someday there is an MMO where players DO make all the new stuff (Fallen Earth looks interesting) I know EVE does something similar but they are "premade" as in you can't really make unique stuff.

It would be cool if you have all these components that can do different things, but you have to put them together. At least that way a person could have their unique item. A higher level crafter can put "more" into an item, but it would make an item higher level etc etc.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Bowielee said:
Eh, I pwned all with the IG. It's one of the reasons I was so pissed when DoW 2 game out and the IG weren't one of the races. That is, of course, until I found out that DoW2 pretty much sucked.

I still think the Star/Warcraft games as well as the C&C games are superior, but that doesn't make DoW any less of an awsome game.
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The Imperial Guard are easy mode. There really aren't too many problems you can't solve by throwing more Guardsmen or Hellhounds at. Not to mention they get the Baneblade, which can literally destroy entire cities on it's own.

I've completed the game with Tau and IG. I'm doing Necron right now and I'll probably try Chaos next.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

AshburnerX;273600][quote=Bowielee said:
Eh, I pwned all with the IG. It's one of the reasons I was so pissed when DoW 2 game out and the IG weren't one of the races. That is, of course, until I found out that DoW2 pretty much sucked.

I still think the Star/Warcraft games as well as the C&C games are superior, but that doesn't make DoW any less of an awsome game.
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The Imperial Guard are easy mode. There really aren't too many problems you can't solve by throwing more Guardsmen or Hellhounds at. Not to mention they get the Baneblade, which can literally destroy entire cities on it's own.

I've completed the game with Tau and IG. I'm doing Necron right now and I'll probably try Chaos next.[/QUOTE]

Now Necrons, THERE's easymode ;)

Actually, I found the races to be pretty well balanced. The only ones I didn't play much with were the sisters of battle and the dark eldar because the franchise was getting pretty long in the tooth by then.

Chaos is great if you can survive until you can start getting advanced units, up till you can build raptors you're pretty wide open to attacks.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

While we're talking about DoW, did anyone here finish Soulstorm with a race besides IG, SoB or DEldar?! I could use the saves for something (man, they so need to bring back cheat codes to games)...


Here's some incentive to give me them saves:

Territories









ORKZ




SPACE MARINES




TAU




NECRONS




ELDAR




CHAOS




IMPERIAL GUARD

 
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YAOMTC

Olorin said:
Fantastic contraption ruined World of Goo for me.
If I had played World of Goo first, I would have thought the mechanics were pretty interesting and original, but Fantastic contraption allows for so much more creativity, and it's free as well.
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I played Fantastic Contraption first, and I've gotta say... There's one thing keeping it from being the better game, in my opinion:

Flash.

:laser:
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Originality ran it's course some time during the long lives of Adam and Eve... at the moment originality = something you yourself haven't encountered yet.
 
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