What was 2011's most immediately forgotten game?

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#1  Edited By BisonHero

I don't mean "underappreciated" or anything of that sort. I mean a game that had medium/high amounts of buzz, then came out, then people immediately stopped talking about it, because those who bought it had hardly anything to say other than "It's alright, I guess" or "This sure is more of the same". They weren't good enough that they were considered for any positive GotY awards, nor were they bad enough to earn any negative GotY awards.

I didn't make this into a poll because due to the nature of the topic, I'm sure I'd forget at least a couple noteworthy options.

The games that come to mind for me were LittleBigPlanet 2, RAGE, and Assassin's Creed Revelations. What games do you guys think were most quickly forgotten this past year?

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#2  Edited By EuanDewar

Not Dead Space 2.

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#3  Edited By LastNinja

I don't remember

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#4  Edited By DeF

inFamous 2

Resistance 3

Bulletstorm

they all got very little love this year

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#5  Edited By Doctorchimp

Brink right?

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#6  Edited By hanktherapper

Alice: Madness Returns.

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#7  Edited By BulletproofMonk

LittleBigPlanet 2 came and went pretty quickly.

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#8  Edited By ArcLyte

Shadows of the Damned

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#9  Edited By matthias2437

Bulletstorm for me. I loved the game, but after the one day it took for me to beat it I completely forgot about it.

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#10  Edited By kingzetta

Bulletstorm

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#11  Edited By Video_Game_King

I love how nobody is saying El Shaddai.

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#12  Edited By ComradeKhan
@Video_Game_King said:

I love how nobody is saying El Shaddai.

Thats why it is the true answer to this question.
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#13  Edited By BeachThunder

@LastNinja said:

I don't remember

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#14  Edited By WickedFather

Rage. Absolutely Rage. About 10 days after finishing it I was looking through my achievement list and it was like 'OOooh, I played that, didn't I!' My friend said almost the same thing.

I finished Bulletstorm and still think about it. It had fun in it. Very rare nowadays in the first person shootingers.

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#15  Edited By nintendoeats

@Video_Game_King said:

I love how nobody is saying El Shaddai.

Fuck dude, I'll get to it. Sheesh, a lot of games came out last year you know...

I'ma put a word in for F.3.A.R.

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#16  Edited By WMWA

Crysis 2 or Resistance 3, in my opinion

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#17  Edited By Schmollian

Killzone 3. Damn good looking game. Bad ass trailer got me pumped for that game. Then meh. Forgot that game even existed until they mentioned it on the goty podcasts. Then I thought, "Oh yeah, I own that game.... Man"

That game had a terrible story. Was very disappointed.

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#18  Edited By Video_Game_King

@nintendoeats:

But it came out during the summer, when no games were coming out.

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#19  Edited By wjb

I would say Little Big Planet 2 or Infamous 2, but El Shaddai might be the winner if we're purely speaking on Giant Bomb terms. They had that Quick Look EX with Shane Bettenhausen in March, and then nothing. It came out in the middle of August, too, so it wasn't like GB was busy with other games, and I think it was only briefly mentioned in the Bombcast for New Releases.

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#20  Edited By BulletproofMonk
@Video_Game_King: Well, most people probably didn't even know that game happened.
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#21  Edited By crusader8463

I have an extremely bad memory when it comes to stuff like that. So for me it was all of them.

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#22  Edited By nintendoeats

@Video_Game_King: I was broke...but more importantly it didn't even occur to me that the game was out until about a month and a half ago. So I guess it has to win this thread.

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#23  Edited By Yummylee

@Video_Game_King said:

I love how nobody is saying El Shaddai.

Well I wouldn't say there was much ''buzz'' for that game to begin with. Also I bought that a week ago after reading your cultist-like tendencies to shout it out on the forums at any chance. I don't like it very much =/

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#24  Edited By SadPatrol

RAGE!!

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#25  Edited By Raven10

Sadly I think Resistance 3, while one of my top games of the year was virtually ignored in goty lists, and forgotten days after its release regardless of its high quality.

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#26  Edited By CaptainCody

@ComradeKhan said:

@Video_Game_King said:

I love how nobody is saying El Shaddai.

Thats why it is the true answer to this question.
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#27  Edited By Video_Game_King

@Abyssfull:

Well, at least you bought it. Also, it's still awesome.

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#29  Edited By MooseyMcMan

@BulletproofMonk said:

LittleBigPlanet 2 came and went pretty quickly.

Yeah. It was only me and a few other people who remembered it. But hey, it was in my top 10 list. That game was rad. Theoretically infinitely rad, what with the potential for infinite rad levels.

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#30  Edited By Sooty

Dead Space 2, that January release.

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#31  Edited By Yummylee

@Video_Game_King said:

@Abyssfull:

Well, at least you bought it. Also, it's still awesome.

Well does it just have a poor opener? So far after about 90 minutes, I think the story is a garbled mess and that Lucifer guy with the phone, which totally stands out for all the wrong reasons, is super-annoying. The combat feels really weak, the environments are all on flat land or shiny platforms which making for some boring battlegrounds, and so far all the enemies look bland as bland can get. Oh but it does all look stupendous. The graphical style is incredible and definitely something that should of at least been mentioned for GB's best graphics award.

But with that said... everything else I'm finding to be awful. Is that just because the game opens up slow, or am I invariably going to dislike the rest of my playtime with it as I attempt to get my monies worth?

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#32  Edited By MrFwankie

There's a pinch of irony in this question. Asking people to remember an immediately-forgettable game and whatnot.

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#33  Edited By Pinworm45

Fear 3.

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#34  Edited By Video_Game_King

@Abyssfull:

I've already written a blog and a review about it, and both are lengthy; if you can't find your answers there, I doubt you'll find them anywhere else. (Is it obvious how oddly lazy I am?)

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#35  Edited By coakroach

Tactics Ogre: LUCT

Not surprising considering it was an SRPG for the PSP and a remake of a game that was on the Super Famicom.

Its a shame though since it has probably one of the best stories of any game i've ever played.

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Catherine

I played it for like 6 hours straight in one sitting when I got it and i haven't touched it since.

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#37  Edited By MrFwankie

Child of Eden

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#38  Edited By Video_Game_King

@coakroach said:

Tactics Ogre: LUCT

Not surprising considering it was an SRPG for the PSP and a remake of a game that was on the Super Famicom.

Its a shame though since it has probably one of the best stories of any game i've ever played.

If it makes you feel any better, the game is probably one of the most influential games in the genre, and as far as I know, it's the definitive iteration of that game.

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#39  Edited By ThePickle

Little Big Planet 2.

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#40  Edited By Klei
@DeF said:


                   

inFamous 2

Resistance 3

Bulletstorm

they all got very little love this year


Add to this Dead Space 2. This game had little to no mention like, anywhere else but giantbomb's very own editors. It's a fucking crime. It's like they completely forgot about it.
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#41  Edited By Spoonman671

I'm going to say El Shaddai.  I don't even know when this game actually came out.

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#42  Edited By Yummylee

@Video_Game_King said:

@Abyssfull:

I've already written a blog and a review about it, and both are lengthy; if you can't find your answers there, I doubt you'll find them anywhere else. (Is it obvious how oddly lazy I am?)

OK, so it keeps that weird pacing across the entire game? Because so far I've only found it disorientating; like how you die at the start and then are whisked back to the title screen... or that 2D scroll chronicling the 300 years Enoch has spent on Earth that goes on for far too long. I won't deny that it's different or incomprehensible (which sums it up pretty well thus far), but the way it's presented appears more amateurish than it does clever or amusingly quirky or anything. Plus the combat is so unsatisfying! I think I last saved after getting the Gale weapon, which just feels so weak goddamn... I'll probably still attempt to complete it since I think it's unfair to judge so harshly after such a limited amount of time. But your review has only warded me away even further from it... I was actually relieved to see you write that it's around 7 hours long.

But I guess I'm stuck with it... and I paid £16 for it, so I better give it a little more time. I'm hoping that I'll just be able to settle into it's stupidity.

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#43  Edited By Video_Game_King

@Abyssfull:

Wait, you were relieved to see me write that? I was referencing something Lucifel says at the beginning of the Tower. Oh, and you have a bit more until you get all that the game has to offer. I'd say more, but again, it's all there in the blog, review, and comments of each. (Also, yay for using the recommendation system the way it was supposed to be, instead of as an "agree/disagree" button.)

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#44  Edited By Video_Game_King

@Spoonman671 said:

I'm going to say El Shaddai. I don't even know when this game actually came out.

I was saying that before it was cool.

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#45  Edited By theoldhouse

Goddamit I'm playing Rage right now and loving it. But I actually forgot it came out until I saw it cheap on Amazon

And you guys reminded me to get El Shaddai if I can find it :/

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#46  Edited By Deusoma
@hanktherapper said:

Alice: Madness Returns.

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@Abyssfull said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Abyssfull:

I've already written a blog and a review about it, and both are lengthy; if you can't find your answers there, I doubt you'll find them anywhere else. (Is it obvious how oddly lazy I am?)

OK, so it keeps that weird pacing across the entire game? Because so far I've only found it disorientating; like how you die at the start and then are whisked back to the title screen... or that 2D scroll chronicling the 300 years Enoch has spent on Earth that goes on for far too long. I won't deny that it's different or incomprehensible (which sums it up pretty well thus far), but the way it's presented appears more amateurish than it does clever or amusingly quirky or anything. Plus the combat is so unsatisfying! I think I last saved after getting the Gale weapon, which just feels so weak goddamn... I'll probably still attempt to complete it since I think it's unfair to judge so harshly after such a limited amount of time. But your review has only warded me away even further from it... I was actually relieved to see you write that it's around 7 hours long.

But I guess I'm stuck with it... and I paid £16 for it, so I better give it a little more time. I'm hoping that I'll just be able to settle into it's stupidity.

Well, the game is pretty much the same two trick pony from beginning to end.

I feel Dead Space 2 was forgotten with a good reason. It was an outstanding game, but a disappointing sequel to Dead Space.

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LittleBigPlanet 2

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#50  Edited By johnwaynegacy

I thought about it for a second, and I think my vote should go to DN:F. I was waiting for this game just as everybody else, but then I didn't give a shit about it. I know it was released last year, I know it's neither good or bad. But that's it.