biggest letdown in 15 years
352296
when five iron frenzy got back together I was more excited than words can describe. The uniqueness of their sound, their intelligent and funny lyrics, their just over-all positive feel and vibe. And then they release THIS..... a cookie cutter rock and roll [yes not ska] album that made me, in one day, hate a band I have loved since I was little.
2723947
I'm sure I have been more disappointed before but I can't remember when. I loved "Bared." I was okay with "Reflected" but I am downright insulted with "Entwined." This was the worst of the series and that's really saying something when you consider how mediocre "Reflected" was.

This, I don't even want to call it a book; letters on paper lacked a plot, progression, romance, or even drama. It read like a porn script with little, meaningless, boring conversation thrown in the middle of who cares sex scenes. There wasn't anything romantic about Gideon and Eva's relationship in this book. Eva appears to have reverted back to a teenage nympho and Gideon has become nothing more than a spoiled little rich kid wanting what he wants when he wants it.

Every character in this book lack communication skills and used raunchy, uninspired sex to compensate. By the 50% mark I couldn't have cared less if Eva and Gideon got together or not because I had grown to not like either of them. This was so much filler and trying to create problems for the series to continue and it all came off very contrived. Not to mention, this was supposed to be Gideon's story.. the man who has been having violent nightmares for the past two books and then the big reveal of the who and what happened is so meh inducing even the characters didn't spend more than a couple of sentences talking about it.

Where was the drama, the excitement, the romance, the complexity that made these characters so great in "Bared?"  I can't believe a book that was delayed six months ended up reading so rushed and phoned in. I cannot in all honesty recommend this book and to be perfectly honest I also returned it like many other reviewers. There's no way I'm giving up my hard earned $10 bucks for a low budget porn script. I'm done with this series.
1791060
I have read all of the SVMs and this latest was the most predictable and boring to date. It was a waste of $15 and a waste of time. I agree it is almost a filler and with the way it was left, she should have just wrapped up the entire series and ended the charade. I guess another year of the gravy train? I won't be purchasing the next and hopefully last of this series until I see reviews and spoilers. As Sookie says "Fool me once shame on you...." I guess I have just grown tired of the development or lack of development you might say, of our heroine. She just seems spoiled, bratty, and contradictory.
3953201
Words can't even describe the let down with this situation
2380331
I didn't even know they released another album until it popped up on my launch cast station on yahoo. I feel like I've been let down. I mean, the last few LP's they have released have been hot!!! It seems like they fumbled the ball on the 2 yard line with this one. The beats are whack and I found myself getting bored listening to it. Im an avid Limp Bizkit fan but this is one album I wouldn't get even if it was on bootleg for $1.50
3060082
1987. One of the worst years for movies. There were a string of losers that came out what seemed like all at once. There was the remake of "Wanted: Dead Or Alive", "Stakeout", "Adventures In Babysitting", and then this one. These were all losers because they had a shallow plot, a lack of talented actors/actresses, and no moral fiber to them whatsoever. With "Wanted" every 2 seconds there was swearing, "Stakeout" was just plain stupid, "Adventures In Babysitting" showed me that the young were starting to yell back at authority, and this one what people will do to be noticed and accepted in the popular group. I just feel that the world has come to this, and it wants to go even further until there are absolutely no moral absolutes. I witnessed this in my late teens early 20's, and now as I'm pushing 40, and have a child of my own I look back on this, and want to grab him, and run to hide. I know my outlook on life has been altered a bit....maybe a little anyway, but I have to still deal with what my son learns out in the world, and if it's not of strong moral fiber then it must be rid of; this goes for me too. It's still terrible after almost 20 years.
1121147
After viewing this 3 episode DVD, I was saddened to see the apparent decline of what was once a great series. I grew up in the 80s and was a rabid Transformers fan (and still am) but these three installments were terrible. The story was much too convenient and the characters used were perhaps the weakest of both factions. While to be a true fan, you must take the good with the bad. this compilation was truly the worst. I can't wait until the box sets debut!
2889346
Yeah it does nothing more than what it did 15 years ago. Even the graphics are kind of old looking. Same gameplay with same old as controls!! Man fix this crap. All you get is 3 endings which are like 3 mins long of slowness. Although the endings where kind of intense i'll give them that but no i wanted the classic endings with all the other people as well. This is the PS3 i'm sure it's capable of having 3 min long endings with all characters. and speaking of characters who the hell are 75% of these nobodies? Wow they went wrong with this game because we were really begging for a old classic from PS1 days. atlease you get TM:Black when you buy it. Other than that it should be a 29.99 at best. I eat nachos bigger than this game foo.
2259298
I don't regret my purchase as the LE itself is "okay" and I couldn't buy a LE of the first two games (I really wanted to have one as I'm that big of a fan), but this game, for a big devoted fan of the first ones, is a huge letdown and just cemented my decision to stop buying Bioware/EA games. Also please stop calling this an rpg, cause in this game Bioware stopped pretending they still make rpgs.

No details from me as I've written elsewhere about it dozens of times (read the review and the comments on gamebanshee), but I have to stress a few things: IT'S NOT JUST THE ENDING, the whole thing is filled with problems. It's a glorified war movie with no internal logic and filled with plot holes from minute 1. Auto dialogue everywhere (hated this so much). Plot armor. On rails gaming. Complete linearity. Characters changing personality suddenly from the last game. Illogical thinking. Some characters were just ruined. Also some technical faults like the most impractical journal/quest system ever and a stupid galaxy map mini game.

I'm not even going to go into the ending, but think of LOST. It's more disappointing.

As a game by today's standards I'd give it one more star (an okay or good game if you really like shooting things, think a 6 out of 10) but if you're coming from the first two games (and you should), or if you remember what a good rpgs were like (think Baldur's Gate) 2 stars is a "nice" score.

If you did buy it and the war drama bored you, get the last DLC (The Citadel), it's a fun change that doesn't take itself seriously and says a more proper goodbye to the characters.
4404353
Ok, I have loved this series from the start and was excitedly anticipating this addition to the series.  While people have said the last book was a disappointment to the series as well, it still was acceptable, especially compared to this installment.

While many of the books in the series suffered form a plethora of technical errors, i.e. misnaming several ammunition calibers.  I was able to overlook many of them.  However, this last addition to the series was definitely a let down.  There are multiple continuity errors namely calling "Grey fox" from the earlier books "Black fox" and so on.  also it seems to be missing half the book.  I was listening to it and looked at the time remaining and nothing exciting had happened yet.  Infact, I felt 45-50% of the book was a rehash of the backstory with many many plot inconsistencies.

All in all I am thankful I didn't pay anything for this work and doubt I will read any future installments, especially if this is the caliber of work I can expect.  Very Disappointing!
4301109
I have LOVED the Resident Evil series since they began. Not a gamer, just a sci-fi buff and I have faithfully watched and enjoyed every single one of them until this one. Geesh, what were they thinking?

There was no plot, no building of characters...nothing. Actually, it also would not stream (did not let that affect the rating). It cut out so many times we gave up even trying to watch it. The husband said, "That was so bad I feel Amazon's bad streaming tonight saved us from the worst movie we have watched in years." I can watch almost anything sci-fi and I always finish a movie, even just so I can whine about it. Not this one. Did not even try to stream it the next day. I am sooo disappointed in what has been a fun thrill ride with Alice.
434184
Like everyone else, I waited for the final instalment of this series. I don't think disappointment begins to describe the feeling I was left with. Also, that it sounded like bad fan fiction. It really bugs me. Books 1-4 of this series felt like well-written novels. But this one, was not.

*Might contain spoilers*

1. The book completely lost focus and half way through the book you will hit the WTF moment. I lost interest. I finished it because I had already wasted the $9.99.

2. Unnecessary details that don't go with the rest of the story. The Monica storyline is what I'm talking about. If you wanted this to be a way of understanding Monica, it should have been building up from Book 1 or a separate book altogether. It had no business in Book 5.

3. As a result of Monica's story, a lot of important loose ends weren't addressed. I can give  you examples but there are so many to pick from like Cary, Tatiana, Gideon's mom (where is she?! Seriously)...

4. Eva and Gideon were still married and were going to work together. This was a big assumption after she quits her freaking job.

5. The most horrendous part was no one was really emotional about Monica. You want to announce a big event? Follow through. I would've been more shocked if Ms. Day had killed Cary. That would've made more sense. Eva loved him like a brother.

6. There's a few pages of a new series...I didn't even bothered reading. I was so disappointed that I just couldn't.

I'm giving this book only one star for the editor/publisher that actually thought this book was ready to be published. It lacked focus. Like an essay written the day before it was due.
3420325
After having spent alot of fun hours playing Stronghold Crusader with my friends on a LAN, we were really looking forward to the 'improved' version 3 after the version 2 disaster. The promise of taking into account user feedback over the years to make a peoples game sounded very promising. After all, is been 10 years since the original release.
Amazon ROCKS with the quick delivery and the game (along with Steam) installed smoothly with no glitches. There was already an update via Steam which took an additional 10~15 minutes on a 6mb DSL line so all in all, install was about 25 minutes long.
Being the first in my group to get it, I must say that it's a huge let down and will advise my friends against buying it. The gameplay is extremely slooooooow (and game speed is no longer adjustable), the graphics don't really add to the fun and there is no skirmish mode. There is really no point in spending the money for this game unless Firefly makes significant improvements via a patch - and that is questionable at this stage of the game (pardon the pun). 10 years in the making.... I find it very hard to believe that this is what the faithful wanted. Its no longer fun or as customizable as before. Extremely disappointing m'Lord.
1731658
If you're one of those people who still looks forward to new episodes of "The Office" after all these years, you'll probably like this film. If not, don't waste your time. I turned it off after 30 minutes. So this is what passes for a "smart, well written comedy" these days? Seriously? How sad. The plot and characters were stale, contrived, and over-the-top stupid. Like when Jeff's brother crashed his new Porshe into a big tree, while supposedly trying to impress or scare the pants off him. I couldn't take it anymore after that.
2814619
I have waited anxiously for a year for this book and for what? It was an utter disappointment. I cannot believe I wasted money on this. There was no story development other than Grandma adopting a dog. Nothing was resolved with Stephanie/Morelli/Ranger and you would think after 24 books there would be something different to the storyline. Sadly, I think the series needs to be put to an end.
1137924
This was one of the MOST disappointing letdowns I've had about a game in a LONG time.  There was practically no game to play; it was really just a series of whichever character walking from one conversation to the next.  I do NOT consider a puzzle to be finding a single object for 5 different people who need the SAME thing simply to give it to one another.  I ALSO do not consider a puzzle running into an obstacle and overcoming it simply by touching a few matching symbols.

I hear people talk of the wondrous graphics of this game.  All I seemed to notice were boxy, repetetive 3-D renderings that were fairly dull.

The original game on which this farce was based blows it out of the water.  DON'T waste your money or time on this piece of garbage.
2768284
As an avid reader of this series, which I deem as one of the very best fantasy series going. I felt very let down, not only after reading this book but during the course of the read. Goodkind who usually keeps me in utter awe by his daring and cutting-edge "don't hold back" approach to adult fantasy, really blew it in Pillars of Creation.
In introducing two new characters, he spent 500 pp. detailing the most boring journey (and I literally mean journey) of a half-brother and sister of Richard who share the seed of Darken Rahl. This book is about these two people on the road, traveling through deserts and swamps; and really not doing a whole lot.
Goodkind cheats us of a story line with any depth, characters who matter, and the twisted violence that the cruelties of D'Hara vs. the Old World which has really trademarked this series for me.
I mean the main characters Richard and Khalan don't even show up until the last 50 pp. The Emperor has a personality change and now has a conscience and is willing to tell Jennsen all his secrets and let him into his inner circle. Come on! He would have put the ring through her lip, tossed her to the soldiers and enslaved her, teaching her barbaric obedience.
And how come nobody ever tells Jennsen that she's (troubled)-in-the-head, in regards to her hate against Richard; which could have, and should have, happened on numerous occasions (i.e Tom, both witches, the healer, anybody at the People's Palace). It's just ridiculous.
This book is an aweful addition to this series, and doesn't even come close to standing up with the other books. This is the most disappointing sequel I have ever read, and should never have been released. I can't believe Terry Goodkind would even let us down, with this horrible piece of (work).