Stay tuned all this week as we reveal the our nominees for the very best games of 2007. Winners will be declared on December 27th.
Every year, no matter what console you own, there are a few games that fall to the market with such a thud you feel your reputation for playing video games drop a little. Yes, these games damage everything we've come to support and whether the game itself is bad or suffered from a gigantic hype machine that everybody jumped on for no apparent reason, the games simply didn't do what we wanted. This award isn't for "worst" game of the year, no, but the biggest disappointment. The games that could have been something, but weren't. For all intents and purposes, this award could actually be construed as "worse" than the "worst".
300
Collision Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive
Why wouldn't such an awesome movie about the manliest of men yield an awesome video game about manly men doing manly things? It just wasn't meant to be, it seems, and the lumberjacks, pirates, and ninjas of the world cried out for their Spartan brethren when they played this game. It's basically
Dynasty Warriors with crappy stealth and a crappy Phalanx formation to slow you down. It could have been a bloody mess, but instead, was a ... hmm ... actually, bloody mess works here, too.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Square Enix | Square Enix
Can we just say first how awesome
Final Fantasy Tactics is? Because it is awesome. We can't even remember how many times we've played the PlayStation original. Imagine our ecstasy upon hearing a PSP port with enhanced cutscenes and added jobs and what the hell is this? Why is everyone slowing down when I'm trying to cast Ice? Wait, why don't any of the sound effects match the action anymore? The slowdown in this PSP port is
ridiculous. It's horrid. It's the same game, but really, Square Enix should have at least tried to play it before releasing it.
SWAT: Target Liberty
3G Studios | Sierra
A haphazardly constructed story and shaky battle mechanics bring this game to its knees, which is most regrettable as the PC entries in the franchise are overwhelmingly superior to this handheld mess. It's basic, it's linear, it's short, it's easy, the strategy is basically not present ... it's just a disappointing game that could have been something special.
Stay tuned to PSP Fanboy on December 27th for the winners. Best of 2007 image based off of work from
Studio469.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
12-23-2007 @ 5:55AM
Don said...
Totally. I really hate the way it was quietly swept under the rug; the PSP cancellation was completely ignored while the added PS2 port was being hailed (and since been panned in the reviews)
12-22-2007 @ 3:59PM
KaliKot said...
The sports games were disappointing:
Smackdown 2008 and NBA Live 08 both just utterly disappointed
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12-23-2007 @ 8:52PM
Martin said...
FFT wins this category, hands down. After loving the original and playing it forever, this port is just unacceptable. I give them due credit for fixing the dialogue in the story (which is outstanding, by the way).
But after playing the popstation version on the PSP, they should have just kept their hands off it so a new generation could enjoy the game.
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12-24-2007 @ 9:32AM
TheWarden said...
My biggest disappointment was the removal of skirmish mode from Medal of Honor: 2. Seriously.
I loved the first game (even with its faults) and was 100% going to buy the second. I played the hell out of skirmish, it was so pick up and play.
I will not buy the second without skirmish mode. I was hoping they would improve it with better gameplay or AI, and they remove it instead.
Ridiculous.
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