The month of December always seems to create a sort of "listmania" amongst the press. Top 10 lists of the events of the preceeding year can be found about every topic imaginable. We here at Geek-tastic shall do our best to weed out the typical lists and bring you only the most interesting and geek-related lists as the year 2008 comes to a close.
We shall begin with Wired's list titled The 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2008. Looking back at all of the game releases of the last year, the list picks out the top games that failed to meet with the public's expectations. These aren't necessarily bad games per se. The list isn't titled "The 10 Worst Games of 2008". No, these are the games that even though they may still be good, they were superhyped and greatly awaited, and upon arrival fell kind of flat.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360, PS3)
LucasArts sunk a bunch of development time into the physics and animation engines that powered what was supposed to be the awesomest Star Wars game ever. Throwing Stormtroopers off cliffs and destroying environments using Force power was supposed to be like living the movie, but instead it was an utterly pedestrian action game. The brief glimpses of fun that it offered were drowned out by a host of poor design decisions, and the ridiculous Imperial Star Destroyer segment was the very last straw. — Chris Kohler
Sadly, I have to agree with the above statement. As much as I loved Force Unleashed (and I really did), it wasn't the greatest game of all time. It was a fun, straightforward brawler with some amusing things you could do to Stormtroopers. But it was hyped up by Lucasarts as the greatest thing since sliced bread, and it just didn't live up to its own press.
Also on the list are games like Spore and Dead Space (another game I love a lot). Do you agree with Wired's choices? Think that there are any games that should be added to the list? Let us know in the comments.
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