War is the biggest let down.  Don't get me wrong, I play it and like it.  But the game initially sold 1.2 million copies and at the end of last year only had about 300,000 subscribers. I don't know the current numbers, but that was a let down no matter how many people play the game now.

AoC or War.. Both robbed me of my 50$

Was sad about war cause it was made by  mythic and they owned the mmo market with daoc.

Dont see why so many people think DF was a letdown.. The only thing that attracted people in the first place was the ffa pvp full loott, massive world, and sandbox genre, it still has it.

Originally posted by Sneakers05

I have to go with Vanguard, it was supposed to be the WoW killer

VG was never supposed to be a WoW-killer. It was aimed at a niche market of hardcore EQ1ers.

Biggest let down? hmmm how bout World of Warcraft End Game lol. (^_^)V

Originally posted by Beatnik59

 

The SWG NGE wasn't a letdown, it was a kick in the balls.

Right before they cut them off!

Id have to do 3. First would be UO's Age of Shadows, and 2nd would be NGE for SWG. and third cancling Ultima X: Odyssey.

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I have to go with Vanguard, it was supposed to be the WoW killer I know that term is used a lot but thats what we all thought it  was, we thought it would return us to the glory days of EQ. Exploration, fun, grouping, etc. it was supposed to be THE pve game.I think it turned out to be the biggest flop in mmo history.

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NONSENSE. THe proof is the amount of sold boxes right at release. WOW killer was supposed to be WAR and AoC.
Vanguard had 120k sold boxes first month.
AoC had 750k first days
WAR had 550k first days.
There was no marketing of Vanguard that it should be a wow-killer, there were no adds, it was just you people who jump to every bandwagon that's going on.

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Um no we thought it was a WoW killer from the description and leaks and the developers blogs etc, not how many boxes it sold.

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Show me the description, a description on a box? Someone said it in the interview? If so show me the link, do something. VG WAS never supposed to be a wow-killer. They were glad they managed to release the game and not close the whole studio after microsoft cut the funding.
 

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VG was supposed to be the WoW killer. The game was the most hyped game ever on mmorpg.com. It was the game that was supposed to bring back the good ol EQ days.You obviously were not around then.

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Never, ever have I heard VG being called a WoW killer, maybe in your own mind.

I don't like all the big MMO, Blizzard and NCsoft pushing little developers out of the way is very bad for innovation.

We are still playing WoW clones because the small innovative companies get ignored.

Originally posted by danieyes

Vanugard

Vanugard? That must have been one I missed

Tabula Rasa, Hellgate London, and Lineage 2

Originally posted by neonwire

Originally posted by danieyes

Vanugard

 

Vanugard? That must have been one I missed

Vanugard is still in beta, just because we can't spell our game correctly doesn't mean it won't be fixed on release. Everything will be fine, our game is awesome, spread the word.

Originally posted by shamus252

... cancling [sic] Ultima X: Odyssey.

This.  Collosal let down there.

Originally posted by andmiller

Dark & Light - Warhammer - Darkfall

 

For me personally anyway.

This is exactly the same as mine, but I had the highest hopes for Warhammer of the 3 so my difference if they were in order of letdown would be Warhammer - Dark & Light - Darkfall

For me it was Horizons followed by DDO.

Originally posted by Bastioni

Originally posted by neonwire

Originally posted by danieyes

Vanugard

 

Vanugard? That must have been one I missed

 

Vanugard is still in beta, just because we can't spell our game correctly doesn't mean it won't be fixed on release. Everything will be fine, our game is awesome, spread the word.

Excellent post

Vanguard without a doubt.

For me, yes, it was Vanguard. From what they promised (the hype), to what they delivered (the fail). The whole thing was just a gigantic let down.

DDO was the second largest letdown for me.

Everquest 2 really. A chance to build on the first and improve the 'crap' parts of the original(ie melee classes) - instead the result was throw the whole game out the window, starting new with vague similiarities. I know how AC fans must feel, though AC2 could actually have been good.

NC cancelling Tabula Rasa when it could of been fixed in my opinion. It had a dedicated group of players that liked that game, and should of put more of an effort in fixing the game.

Personally, it was Warhammer.  What a stinker that turned out to be.  It was the perfect example of Big Mouth(tm) PR then the game was a fucking disaster.  Still is.  It's like gaming in mud, RvR is retarded, every class is so generic and nerfed to shit it doesn't matter what you play.  Of course, it's more complex than that but that's basically it.    A lot of the disappointment for me though was the let down in the game because it was Warhammer, I love the Warhammer world.  The lore is awesome.  It's gritty and dark and evil.  The game is NONE of those things.  Watered down like everything else.

Industry-wise, I'd say Vanguard was the biggest shocker and the poster child for NOT building your game listening to forum trolls and the so called "hardcore" forum members.  It also showed something I already knew, the Brad McQuaid was not a God of MMOs but just a shmuck that just happened to have ONE good idea once and be in the right place at the right time.

I'd have to say Vanguard.  If only it had been given the time and work that it deserved.  The game is fine now, but it's too little too late.  First impressions are hard to overcome.

HellGate London

Originally posted by Sainthood

Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising . I waited for this game forever participated in beta and was crushed when SOE canceled it.

LOL, SOE didn't cancel it.  SOE didn't own it.  SOE was the distributor and had boxes on the store shelf.  It isn't SoE's fault that PE/P2 were shady and got caught trying to use one capital group to pay off another capital group and defaulting on loans.  PE/P2 disappeared overnight when their scam got exposed.  If you lived thru the adventure, you know the truth.

Oh, back on topic, definately Age of Conan.  They really had the community going and delivered about 1/8 of what was promised at launch.  A close second would be DFO, then Vanguard.

Originally posted by kiersteadmo

Darkfall

 

 

I am sry but i was soo hyped for this game and when they did nto deliver and had alot of problems getting out the door it was bad, the 1st 2 weeks they aloud peopel to use exploits and ruin the game , they originally said they did nto want toi stagger players into the game so everyone had a fair advantage but it was the opposite. the lack of customer support i think drove the nail in the coffin, but like any mmo it couls turn things around

Originally posted by Binny45

I'd have to say Vanguard.  If only it had been given the time and work that it deserved.  The game is fine now, but it's too little too late.  First impressions are hard to overcome.

Had my 3 earlier and completely forgot about Vanguard.  Like a bad memory wiped from existence I never looked back after that mess of a MMO, hearing it's still alive and fine almost boggles the mind at this point.