Games (from this gen) that had wasted potential.

There's a common pattern I see in this gen of gaming, then I've noticed with almost every other gen while I was alive, that a lot games bring a lot of unique and interesting ideas to the table, but the end result of the experiment is quite underwhelming. A lot of games try to be ambitious and be innovative, but never execute it well in the process and becomes a failure. 
 
What games from this gen do you think had wasted potential? 
 
Here are my choices: 
 

• Spore
• Assassin's Creed
• Far Cry 2
• Alone in the Dark
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (It was basically the "Assassin's Creed" of 2008)
• Dark Void

Lair

Mirror's Edge.

The Saboteur T.T

Crackdown 2. Never have i seen a series piss away potential by not evolving their formula so much.

God of War 3 - It was too much GOW 2 + HD graphics - The cool parts of GOW2.  Wish they had expanded the gameplay more.

Heavy Rain and Brutal Legend.

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" @mosdl:  God of War is God of War. It's not so much about expanding, then it is about refining.  Anyways Assassin's Creed didn't have wasted potential in my opinion. It was a good game in its own right, and it led to the significantly better Assassin's Creed 2. "

I doubt that many games can have more wasted potential than Spore did. 

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• Far Cry 2

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I loved Dark Void, despite it being a heaping pile of faeces containing many bugs, and Far Cry 2 was one of the most dull games i've ever played. That game had no flow to it.  

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I'm rooting for Brütal Legend, that game should've been a competitor for GOTY, not complete badness.
 
Runner-ups include ProtoType, Lost Planet (the first one, I haven't played the second outside of the co-op demo and that was fun), Metal Gear Solid 4 (albeit maybe MGS2 had screwed MGS4 from the start,) ModNation Racers, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, and Guitar Hero Aerosmith. There are more I can't think of at the moment, but oh well. 
 
(I'll provide reasons for any game somebody thinks reached its potential.)

APB... there's still time, and I really hope they pull something amazing out of that. But at the moment... it's very bland.

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• Far Cry 2

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I'm gonna go ahead and say Dragon Quest IX, even though I've currently got over 100 hours on it and I still haven't beaten the story.
 
I really love the series and I love a lot of the ideas they have going on here for a portable MMO-lite, but the multiplayer leaves so much to be desired.  I hope when the 3DS drops its technology increase proves to be sufficient to facilitate getting games like this online and full featured.  It's a shame really with both the DS and the PSP that the wi-fi online options rarely pan out or are even worthwhile when present.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. It just wasn't as fun as the first.
 
Assassin's Creed II. I know I'll catch shit for this, but it just wasn't as fun as the first.
 
SOCOM Confrontation. It's a decent shooter, but still not as fun as SOCOM 3. And the over-the-shoulder view pisses me off.
 
Any local co-op RPG, like (I think) Sacred II and such, was wasted potential. I'd be so ecstatic if they even just re-released Champions of Norrath. There's currently nothing to do when you have friends over to your house but Rock Band, NBA, Madden, and fighting.
 
Guitar Hero 5. It's just pretty boring. There are maybe 10 good songs on-disc, and there's no reason to play through the story mode. Plus the calibration system sucks hard. 
 
I'm sure I can come up with others.

I'm sick of saying it but... Spore was just so poor.

Spore was fun...for the first five minutes

Too Human

Too Human
 
The concept is cool, the execution was very poor.

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