Its almost like a let down...
344379
The action of the 'Nagas' book makes you buy this book and then you sit and wonder what happened to the Authot- he has tried to now sit and strategise and give some action- which actually leaves you feeling- the heck.
The Sati fight is specatcularly written, and will be the highlight of the book. The rest is- well- pedestrian.
4915857
I'm really disappointed in this game.  The marketing made it look like it would be absolutely epic!  Unfortunately it's more of a snooze fest.  The fighting mechanics were pretty cool in the beginning but then it just got boring because it's constantly more of the same.  The worst part is that they have such amazing graphics but there are only 3-4 different bad guys.  Sometimes you're fighting 2-3 of the exact same bad guy. REALLY?!  Lame.

What I expected:  Great graphics, fun gameplay, good story and great upgrades with exciting weapon variation.

What I got:  Strong graphics (ding on lack of enemy faces), boring gameplay, story way too slow to be interesting, boring upgrades to character, little to no weapon variation.

Snooze fest.  Save your money for something else.  I've already traded it.
474044
After waiting so many years for Daria to be released on DVD, this set is kind of a let down. I realize that Daria can't be released with the orginal music, but watching the show is different without the music that went along with the time period. That said, I'm so glad to have a Daria DVD collection that it almost doesn't bother me. But what feels kind of insulting is the piece of paper inside the DVD case explaining that the show can't be released with its original soundtrack, and basically saying that we should just suck it up and be glad that we got a DVD collection at all. That's all that comes with the DVDs (which are packaged in a crappy case that keeps falling apart when I open it). No booklet, no episode guide, just a slip of paper telling us that the music is gone and we should just get over it. I feel like the fans who have waited so long deserve something more. It feels kind of like MTV throwing the DVD set at my head and saying, "Here it is! Happy now?!"  Um, thanks MTV...I guess it's better than nothing.
3021228
I feel this game although it was created by  people that have worked on Resident Evil in the past, however it lacks in something new.  I mean this game incorporates elements from Silent Hill, Resident Evil and the Last of us yet there is nothing new presented with the idea of the gameplay, I must say that the idea for the game was a disappointment.
1067835
I had really  high hopes for this title.  Turns out to be rather underwhelming, really.  The only real saving grace is Cammi and the two Runaways.
1657570
I am a huge fan of the Assassins Creed franchise, and have loved every installment except this one. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but when compared to other chapters of the AC saga, it's depressingly bad in almost every regard!

First, the game is without question the shortest Console based AC game released. When I finished the game, I was actually surprised because it FELT like I should only have been a little over halfway through. I mean, if the game was released on the PSP or Vita, then the length would have been acceptable, but for a console version? It just doesn't stack up!

The graphics are nice! However, they aren't really any better than Brotherhood. So, while I wasn't too disappointed with the graphics, I also wasn't thrilled. I did expect more from the game, because it was a sequel, and I just naturally assume the graphics will be better than the previous title in the franchise.

The story and setting was poor at best, and while it could have been worse, it could have also been so much better. It feels rushed, and because of that served as a disappointed. However AC3 made up for the lackluster performance of Revelations.
4210730
Boy was this movie a letdown...here I am waiting for a spring sci fi flick  to hold me off til may..thinking.."Hey Gary Sinise and Tim Robbins  don't make many bad movies"...after this I realized not everyone is  perfect....not much really happens in the movie..this movie should have  been called road trip..2020.  They spend the whole time getting there.  They get there and its a big letdown ending.  C'mon..--the tear??!!.  This  could have been so much more
2710994
I think it was great and exciting, it just kinda sucked at the end honestly. Kinda a let down over all.
4000904
I consider myself to be a pretty big down fan, and this thing isn't really anything of value. Down's live performance doesn't really translate well to the tv screen, and the video production is not good. Pepper said they were going for an old feel, but it comes across as low budget. The backstage stuff is really what I wanted to see, but the "Tyrades and shenanigans" is very short, and is mostly just phil laying on a couch rambling on about stuff already seen in numerous interviews. For the amount of time that they've been talking about this dvd, and now to see the end result is dissapointing. Save yourself the money, and watch some interviews with the band on youtube, there is more entertainment value in it.
3751920
I really wanted to love this movie, but it let me down in so many ways. The hype just made my expectations way to low. You never really come to any conclusion with the show. It just kind of goes on... maybe written that way for multiple sequels that just tell the same story with a different person. Regardless, I did like the idea, and wish we could have some darker moments. The music made me think it was filmed in the 80's. I could do the same on my computer. Also, The guys says to the girl "Don't let it touch you". But it does and nothing really happens. It just needs some more story and some more horror.
521900
I was so looking forward to this game.  I so wanted it to knock me off my feet.  It didn't.  (sigh)  It isn't a bad game, it just doesn't live up to my hopes and dreams of what it should have been.  So, what was done right:  graphics are amazing.  Super polished, downright breathtaking at times.  Battle system.  The battle system is fast paced and challenging.  It is good, but not good enough to carry PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE FREAKING GAME.  Almost the entire game is focused on the battle system.  A big problem.  The story is mildly interesting but overall turns out to be a bit insipid.  At the end I just didn't care that much about what happened.  Characters were underdeveloped.  So many aspects seem barely penciled in let alone polished in any way with the story.  (and incidentally **potential spoiler*** did anybody else give a big what the fudge about the end boss?  So the bad guy wants me to kill the end boss which will destroy cocoon, but we don't want that so we...kill the end boss which then results in cocoon not being destroyed...?  I guess Ragnarock was the one who was supposed to do the major destroying?  or something?  Am I the only one who feels angry at the stupidness of the whole scenario?  Can't they get some grownups to write the script?  Or at least children who aren't retarded?  Maybe too much to ask.  Anyways,***end spoiler***)  And finally, the infamous linearity.  The game and story is a straight as an arrow.  I didn't feel like I was exploring a world.  I didn't feel like I was having an adventure.  I felt like I was endlessly walking down a long hall and while the hall was very pretty and the battle system had lots of polish, I get kind of bored doing the same thing for the entire game.  I want some variety.  Any variety.  Please?  Just a little?

I guess what I am trying to say is this game has a couple very polished areas and the rest of the game was left to dry out in the sun, alone and dejected.  It would have been okay as another game, or even a spinoff of the final fantasy series (kind of like dirge of cerberus was) because at least then we could still hope they would release something good for ff xiii.  As it is, this is my least favorite of all the final fantasy games, and a horrible disappointment.  You should be ashamed square enix.  Ashamed.
1579030
I am offically let down by this game...I so wanted to love it, but after I got into and played through it, I just couldn't...The new battle system is wonderful..and some of the details in it are awesome as well...Like being able to see there weapons on them as there running around...But the story....There was no development of the story...I had no connection with the characters at all...I didn't care if they lived or died..And I actually stopped playing the game for a like a month cause I just lost interest...For me, I was hoping this one would top FF X...I thought that was the best game I had ever played..The music was wonderful..The music in FFXII was just ok..It sounded like they took music from every other FF game and just watered it down..The story on FFX was so capturing I couldn't stop playing it...I beat FFX in like a week cause I just couldn't get enough..Now, I don't want another FFX game just redone, but put some time into the story of the game...Thats what FF is all about...THE STORY and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT...Battle systems are awesome and the enviroment is awesome, but without a great story, all that stuff will just fall flat...But hey, thats just this gamers opinion....
4009561
I have confirmed that this game is so totally not worth its retail price tag ($49.99 last time I was at Best Buy, I think it might be about $5.00 cheaper on Amazon). I guess I'll start with the negatives because those are easier to remember.

-There are only 30 songs total, as opposed to the previous games' 58 tracks. There are no unlockable tracks that you can buy in the store. You get the set 30 and that's it.
-Way too many obscure songs. I recognized most of the bands, but some of the songs they chose from certain bands are most definitely not their recognizable hits. Even some of the encores (which are supposed to be the super secret awesome songs that everybody knows and loves) were disappointing. Who the heck is Limozeen, anyway?
-While it's great that they got master tracks for The Warrior and I Wanna Rock (two of the better songs on the game), the master tracks on those songs fade out. Live bands don't fade out. It kind of killed my Rock Star mood when I discovered those two songs faded out. Surely they could have managed decent covers of those two songs with creative endings to compensate for the fade-out.
-Speaking of covers, I understand that the original version of Ballroom Blitz by Sweet did not come out in the 80s, but trying to throw in a cover of a crappy cover by freakin' Krokus was lame. They should have just picked a different song.
-The extras are limited. As I said, there are no extra songs to buy in the store. All the guitars you can buy in the store are the same as the guitars you can buy in GH3, as are all the skins for those guitars. The only other thing you can buy in the stores besides guitars and skins is an extra character, the Grim Ripper. There are no extra styles or outfits to buy for the characters. They have one 80s style, and that's it.
-While the playable characters were altered into 80s style clothing and hair, the stock band members were not. They all look the same as the previous GH games.
-The venues are not noticeably different. The only main change I noticed was that the venue that was the Vans Warped Tour in previous games changed to something called Rock for Safety, or something like that.
-The gameplay seems easier, which makes the lower levels somewhat boring. The only song I didn't 5-star on the first try was Seventeen by Winger on Medium, and that was more because I was distracted by something rather than the difficulty of the song. Perhaps Hard will still be difficult enough for me, but the way things have gone so far, I wouldn't be surprised if I actually try to play Expert.
-Lack of songs with female vocalists, which may just be a testament to the state of rock bands in the 80s (or ever). But still, if I'm remembering correctly there were only 3 songs out of the 30 that had female vocalists.

Now for the positives. Yeah, this list will probably be shorter, but the game is still good overall. It's just overpriced.

-It's still fun. It's Guitar Hero. It's addictive and fun, and there is really only one song I dislike enough to only play in order to advance through the levels--Krokus's cover of Ballroom Blitz. I don't mind the other songs at all and would be fine playing them multiple times if I needed to in order to get 5 stars.
-The 80s styles for the characters are pretty fun. I like the Grim Ripper's 3-D glasses. :op

Okay, yeah, definitely a short list. The game is definitely worth playing. It's just not worth buying for $50. I would suggest renting it or if you absolutely must own it, wait until you can find a really cheap used copy.
830074
Sports Champions 2 is okay. They could have made this more complex in that the features at least on the high-end required more input response and accuracy. Could have made this 60FPS. IDK but Tennis here just isn't what I expected. There is less control than Table Tennis from 1. Moving is no longer totally independent. It should have gone the other way imo. We should be seeing more control in games like Tennis. Frisbee is gone. WEAK. Utterly disappointing. The removal of Bocce is ridiculous. On a Bluray disc there was surely space. Removing these other games is lame.

Their graphic engine is also pretty mediocre if you ask me. We should be seeing 60FPS in these games. I'm really just glad the PS4 supports the Move and with a better camera and tons of power; those games will be much more fluid and accurate if all goes well. It also kind of seems they went to a different audience with this one. I guess I am still happy with the first one I was just hoping this one would have more improvements across the board. Archery is great but not one of my favorite games and sadly the other ones are kind of like Volleyball from the first. Okay but.... I guess golf is fun its own way. Nothing great or fundamentally new though. Tiger Woods could add fantasy courses and be a much better product. Same with boxing. As soon as someone like EA makes a game for it than it is kind of redundant here. I am just waiting for the PS4 Tiger Woods to add disc golf and then these compilation games will be almost totally redundant. Nobody had completed a table tennis game though. They should have stuck with their strengths from the first one and made them better.

Frisbee, Table Tennis, and Bocce were stunning for their time. Could have been glorious in 60fps. I certainly hope we see them again on the PS4 and looking a tad prettier.

The cover art for this game is also truly laughable.
216106
I decided I was going to give this one a real listen before I hastily gave it some half assed review...after about twenty listens I have to sadly admit, its a bit of a letdown. Why? Well, being a die hard Nails fan and, after waiting six brutally long years, I had my(understandably lofty) expectations and they simply were not met. Dont get me wrong, as a stand alone piece, "With Teeth" is a tremendous effort. However, as part of the flawless NIN discography, it just doesnt hold up.
More specifically, its lacking many of the key ingredients that have made up 90% of all prior NIN works. First off, the songs are just too damn short. Youve written an incredible song, and now your gonna cut it short at 3 minutes!?...what a rip off. Secondly, where is the continuity between songs, giving the album its textbook NIN storybook feel? When listening to any good industrial artist, you look forward to the multiples of peaks and troughs which ultimately provide that complex layered sound. Unfortunately, on "With Teeth", that formula is virtually knowhere to be found. Its almost like Trent had some B-sides from all his prior works, and sloppily compiled them into one incohesive album. Lastly, your known as a true FORWARD THINKING pioneer in the electronic/industrial genre, so where the hell is the risk taking? Anyone that says this album pushes the envelope for a specific genre that Trent basically perfected, doesnt understand the impact that Nails has had in the past.
On the flip side, this is a very accesible album (especially for all the NIN virgins out there). Catchy tunes, solid lyrics and Grohl pounding away on drums all make for an enjoyable listen. Furthermore, theres a little something for everyone here; the slow and dark pace of "all the love in the world" is reminiscent of a classic Downward Spiral track. The faster paced more aggro-industrial sound of "You know What You Are" could easily be added to "Broken". The brilliant and addictive synthy sound of "Only" (the standout here) is straight out of the good old "Pretty Hate Machine" days. And last and definitely least..."The Hand That Feeds"-which is your typical radio-friendly pop song; a track which feels like it was politically forced onto the final track listing. Lastly, skip "With Teeth" all together, its downright annoying.
As negative as the afore-mentioned sounds, the album is still quite good. I guess I just feel somewhat cheated; Ive invested alot into NIN over the past 15 years, and after waiting such a ridiculously long time for new material, I expect to be simply blown away.
Bottom line-go buy the album, and decide for yourself.
4122501
actually if you had 1/2 a star thats what it would have been- not that good at all
1508942
It promised so much, they promised so much.. they forgot to tell us that they weren't going to deliver the goods.
+ Great Graphics + Good Sound
- Repetitive Gameplay - Shallow Storyline - Boring Characters
Simple summed up, I expected much better, the best game on the PS2.. but instead I get a boring, repetitive game that only lasts under 2hrs and I will probably never play again...