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[aerts1js]

Jurassic Park: Trespasser



That friggen arm and hand... omg it was brutal

Without a doubt this

 

[Evil Calvin]

Star Citizen. If you can even call it a game.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Not a failure, but Dragon's Dogma sure was too much of an ambition, almost like a dream game.

The final result was really cool tho, specially with it's DLC.

It's director seems to have finished with DMC V so... A man can dream. :^)

 

[RaZoR No1]

Project Cars?
Started as a Sim and receveid a lot of feedback in the development time. Was planned to be a racing game for car fans, but I think they never met their targets and for me, the game wasnt fun etc.
PC2 was IMO just an update and with PC3 they completly lost their original vision.

 

[UnNamed]

Jurassic Park: Trespasser

The funny thing is Trespasser did not fail because it didn't reach it's ambitions, but because it did everything developers had in mind but it was too much and the technology was not there.

 

[pullcounter]

DayZ
And I say that as someone who really enjoyed it. I can admit it's way too fucking ambitious though

individually loading single bullets and hunting for car parts like spark plugs that you can barely see in game
most people don't find enjoyment in playing games like that

 

[pullcounter]

Not a failure, but Dragon's Dogma sure was too much of an ambition, almost like a dream game.

The final result was really cool tho, specially with it's DLC.

It's director seems to have finished with DMC V so... A man can dream. :^)

can you explain why you thought it was too ambitious? everyone I know who played it longer than 2 hours loved it, what a great game

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Granblue Fantasy Relink

 

[Danjin44]

Granblue Fantasy Relink

Is not even out yet to fail and we are going get news from it this December.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink Details Coming in December

gamingbolt.com

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Is not even out yet to fail and we are going get news from this December.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink Details Coming in December

gamingbolt.com

Look when it comes out and I can use Magisa I'll take it back but until then I'll just consider it wind in the air.

 

[lingpanda]

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Duke Nukem Forever
Lair

 

[TintoConCasera]

can you explain why you thought it was too ambitious? everyone I know who played it longer than 2 hours loved it, what a great game

The original vision for the game was much bigger in size and content.

In the final game we only got like 1/4 of that, and no Moon, which was planned as a late game scenario.

There where also going to be more races, even for the pawns, and the Everfall was supossed to an endless tower shared by all players.

 

[Inviusx]

That was just a run of the mill failure. I dont think Bioware had any ambitions aside from wanting to just copy the success of Destiny and cash in on post launch cosmetics and seasonal bullshit.

 

[Dargor]

I would say it was Ambitious of them to think what they put out would keep people playing longer then 2 weeks let alone as long as a proper GaaS game.

You're thinking of greed, not ambition.

 

[Bonsaibäumchen]

Gothic 3

 

[mcz117chief]

Gothic 3.

A sequel to one of the most popular RPGs in central/eastern Europe. They had high aspirations for a huge world, but they bit off way more than they could handle. And ended up with an open world RPG that had a huge, but fairly lifeless, boring world without any meaningful story at all, and bugs so plentiful and huge that even Starship Troopers wouldn't have been able to eradicate those.

You underestimate the Mobile Infantry, but it is true that Gothic 3's bug ridden state is legendary. I myself, being a HUGE fan of the second game (played through it 10+ times), was very much looking forward to Gothic 3. It wasn't terrible by itself, the graphics were amazing, as well as the music and combat was pretty fun but the massive amount of bugs resulted in me being unable to finish the game 3 times. Two times I started over in hopes of beating the game but I would always hit a massive glitch that would prevent me from completing a story quest and the worst part was that the chain of events that led to me getting stuck started hours earlier, long before my backup saves. I never did finish it, but I did enjoy Risen a few years later.

 

[Bonsaibäumchen]

You underestimate the Mobile Infantry, but it is true that Gothic 3's bug ridden state is legendary. I myself, being a HUGE fan of the second game (played through it 10+ times), was very much looking forward to Gothic 3. It wasn't terrible by itself, the graphics were amazing, as well as the music and combat was pretty fun but the massive amount of bugs resulted in me being unable to finish the game 3 times. Two times I started over in hopes of beating the game but I would always hit a massive glitch that would prevent me from completing a story quest and the worst part was that the chain of events that led to me getting stuck started hours earlier, long before my backup saves. I never did finish it, but I did enjoy Risen a few years later.

Sounds exactly how I went for me. But I also have to add that I didn't like how they had designed the quests in that game. It was just not what I expected and wanted.
Enjoyed Risen 1 though, Risen 2 was yet a failure for me again, didn't bother with Risen 3. But played and enjoyed Elex.

 

[Mhmmm 2077]

No Man's Sky comes to mind.

 

[mcz117chief]

Sounds exactly how I went for me. But I also have to add that I didn't like how they had designed the quests in that game. It was just not what I expected and wanted.
Enjoyed Risen 1 though, Risen 2 was yet a failure for me again, didn't bother with Risen 3. But played and enjoyed Elex.

I'll try Elex one day, thanks for the unintentional recommendation.

 

[AV]

Dying Light 2.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Bioshock Infinite

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

*Inaba thread

The two specific games of his that come to mind are Wonderful 101 and God Hand. The latter allowed you to mix and match hundreds of different moves and I think that ALONE made it too overwhelming. Players were expected to learn the ins and outs of the system and to apply that knowledge to their choices. W101 is infamous for Kamiya saying that the "first playthrough is a tutorial", which is true since you aren't likely to unlock most/all of the moves within the first play.

I think both of these games shine when someone gives them a chance, but otherwise they are too impenetrable for the avg action game button-mashing player.

 

[TranscendentDee]

I wana say MGSV.

 

[Vae_Victis]

They just hugely over-promised while behind the curtains they were struggling to put anything together at all.

If you already know what you are promising is impossible that's not ambition, it's called lying.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Too Human?

 

[Sonic The Fighters]

Shenmue 3

Star Citizen

MGSV

Halo Infinite

 

[theclaw135]

Metroid Other M
Epic Mickey 2
Showdown Legends of Wrestling

 

[quickwhips]

Probably too human. Gaf wasn't ready. Game was amazing.

 

[The_Mike]

Peter Molyneux: The Thread.

Damn exactly 24 hours too late.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Too. Human.

Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects.

Lair.

 

[iHaunter]

Star Citizen

As a backer of SC. It has to be released to fail.

Gottem.

 

[dave_d]

Well to go old school "Alternate Reality" on the old 8-bit computers. Way too ambitious, they only got 2 of the games out and they didn't even integrate with each other.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Too Human

 

[wolywood]

No mention of Anthem (aka the "Bob Dylan of videogames") yet?

 

[iHaunter]

Yeah Metal Gear 5, I don't give a $*** about free-roam, I'd rather have a deep immersive story/setting, instead of a barren waste-land of Afghanistan to roam around...

I mean the game was forced to be released... I'm sure Kojima had other stuff in mind.

 

[RAIDEN1]

I mean the game was forced to be released... I'm sure Kojima had other stuff in mind.

He might as well have put out Policenauts 2

 

[CatLady]

RDR2. Focussed too much on inane shit and not enough on the meat of the game. I fear CP2077 will suffer the same fate.

I agree about RDR2, but I hope you're wrong about CP2077 although I do see how that could end up being true.

 

[Tschumi]

Daikatana.

Too Human.

Halo Infinite.

 

[Piku_Ringo]

 

[reforen]

Too Human was one of the games that tried to do much but it failed to deliver

 

[Omali]

Sin Episodes - An ambitious idea to have the game world be shaped based on the majority action of players, but Ritual was banking on sales from EP1 fueling the series and it died.

CitiesXL - Online Sim City before that became a thing but with a mandatory subscription to play online.

 

[JCK75]

Peter Molyneux: The Thread.

The first thing that popped into my head.

 

[bitbydeath]

Starhawk.

The whole build and battle system was extremely ambitious but it ultimately failed.

 

[Krappadizzle]

No Man's Sky comes to mind.

The fact that they've release like 3 major updates and a substantial amount of smaller ones for free over the last 3 years or so kinda goes counter to this. It started as a failure but actually cocooned into a beautiful butterfly. They've made their money back many times over and have released tons of free substantial content in that time.

The first thing that popped into my head.

Other than that mobile game, I don't think he's put out a financial failure at all. He's definitely ambitious and spouts bullshit, but his games are all successful by just about every metric.

 

[JCK75]

The fact that they've release like 3 major updates and a substantial amount of smaller ones for free over the last 3 years or so kinda goes counter to this. It started as a failure but actually cocooned into a beautiful butterfly. They've made their money back many times over and have released tons of free substantial content in that time.



Other than that mobile game, I don't think he's put out a financial failure at all. He's definitely ambitious and spouts bullshit, but his games are all successful by just about every metric.

His games are not bad, just end up a fraction of what is promised.
Personally I loved the Movies, I'd love to see him tackle the idea again with modern technology and expand the creation experience.

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

MAG, Anthem to name a few!

 

[ThaMonkeyClaw]

Duke Nukem Forever. There was a 3d Realms forum and people would suggest insane features that escalated out of control. "You should be able to use the urinals" became "You should be able to piss on ANYTHING!" And the devs were always like, "It's already partially implemented. You can piss in vehicles too." And that just went on for 2 decades.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Shenmue 3

Star Citizen

MGSV

Halo Infinite

Daikatana.

Too Human.

Halo Infinite.

WTF!? How can Halo Infinite already be considered a fail if it isn't even released yet? (and I am pretty sure most of Xbox owners will want to play it)

Some of you are completely delusional.

 

[Tschumi]

WTF!? How can Halo Infinite already be considered a fail if it isn't even released yet? (and I am pretty sure most of Xbox owners will want to play it)

Considering that they've ultimately pushed the release back until the following year, i think it's fair to say that failed to meet their own firm targets.