I'm curious what you guys wanted to play and disappointed. For instance I hate BG3 but I expected it to be exactly how it turned out so I can't be disappointed in it.
My top disappointment was Dark Envoy, it's an RPG made by Event Horizon the guys that did Tower of Time, I like Tower of Time and I recommend it but Dark Envoy is just boring. The story is uninteresting and predictable, dialogue is just awful, it's the equivalent of punishing high school students to do a play they don't want to and are given the barebones of a play. Combat is repetitive and the game is very easy on hard. Except graphics Tower of Time is miles ahead Dark Envoy. The pros, the game is not woke.
Another disappointment was Total War: Warhammer 3, It came out in 2022 but I only played it last year. I did not complete the main campaign and I can't say I like the new factions or the new siege combat. I think is a step down from 2.
It was probably more disappointing as I didn't really BUY any games last year, mostly stuck with the games I had that kept getting updated
I would personally say, even though I never bought or played it, Starfield just because it represented the full fall of Bethesda. Thanks to that game I have NO HOPE of ES6 being good...
They had about 250 people working on Starfield and 0 talent, why did they need so many people for 1 game? Unless something changes and they come up front and showcase something amazing ES6 will be trash. I still want ES6 to be good but I'm guessing it will be an ugly feminist simulator with swords.
I look forward to the upcoming "nexus mods takes down all dewoking mods" headlines.
And people being shocked about it
I tried it on gamepass. It played like a stripped down fallout 4 that kept their worst ideas and cut a lot of the quality of life features. The characters, setting and story couldn't carry it either. The only interesting part was the ship building, but that had issues with labyrinthine interiors, and a lot of the modules were pointless anyway. I can't even recommend trying it, since it's just a waste of time and you'd be better off playing something else.
I just go by the comparison that any future Bethesda game has to AT LEAST be half as good as Fallout 4/Skyrim with mods at launch. Can't do that ain't buying it.
I do the same with Battlefield since I used to love that series, benchmark there is Battlefield 4 but may comprise with 1
Assassin's Creed, at least as fun as Black Flag but if they bring back Revelations multiplayer then I might be tempted.
I'd settle for launch Skyrim without mods at this point. At least the world was interesting to explore.
Only reason I go a bit further is I want them to actually PLAY their game to improve it as it's really obvious a lot of these devs don't play the games they are making.
Some of the games I play have at least one dev that is playing their game so they notice if something isn't working or not fun and will log it to be fixed. These guys it takes months if not years to fix basic shit.