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Released on: December 2, 2014
Current Metascore/User Score: 75/6.6 (PC)
In the midst of all the other Racing games that came out during the Fall/Holiday period of 2014, Ubisoft hoped to bring a unique Racing experience that focused heavily on the whole social interaction aspect of gaming with The Crew. It had great ambitions with the ability to travel through an entire representation of the United States, but its shoved-in, corny storyline, online integrations and repetitive gameplay prevented it of becoming a memorable racer. The Crew was another victim of Ubisoft’s 2014 curse, which simply underdelivered on its promise.
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Released on: April 4, 2014
Current Metascore/User Score: 71/5.7
It’s kind of amazing to think that The Elder Scrolls Online was in development for seven years and managed to ship with that many issues. Beyond its initial bugs and MMO limitations, The Elder Scrolls Online had a few interesting ideas that could’ve fleshed out the critically acclaimed RPG series in a whole new way, but it simply failed to innovate in any significant manner. Added to that, is the fact that a monthly subscription fee of $14.99 was – and still is – required to play the game, combined with the $60 you are already throwing away to buy the game. Maybe it will be a different story come its current gen console release, but the hype for ESO on console has completely vanished thus far.
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Released on: February 25, 2014
Current Metascore/User Score: 70/5.8 (PC)
Coming from the studio that brought us the amazing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Thief hoped to reboot its 16-year-old series in an interesting way, while bringing that same kind of First-Person stealth gameplay to an alternative dystopian setting. Unfortunately, beyond its occasionally thrilling stealth sequences, Thief was just a boring game involving a bland set of characters, an unexciting story, and was filled with numerous technical issues that completely ruined the experience. With so many better games in the genre, like Dishonored for instance, Thief felt like a poorly executed mash-up of those games without any personality or interesting elements.
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Released on: March 11, 2014
Current Metascore/User Score: 86/6.2 (XOne)
Titanfall was one of my most anticipated games of 2014 at the beginning of the year, and I completely enjoyed the time I spent with it throughout the initial days following its release. Titanfall is not the kind of game that was broken or bad in any way, it was just underwhelming because it didn’t offer enough beyond its extremely exciting gameplay that combined fast-paced First-Person shooting and wreaking havoc on board giant mechs. Titanfall came and went in a matter of days, and I probably won’t touch it again because of its lack of support, and I am certainly not the only one who thinks that way. In the end, we pretty much realized that Respawn Entertainment’s title was just another Shooter.
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Released on: May 27, 2014
Current Metascore/User Score: 80/6.2 (PS4)
For the most part, Watch Dogs’ ambitions were what led to it being a disappointment on many fronts. It doesn’t help that Ubisoft did not deliver the identical product as the one it showcased when the game was originally revealed at E3 2012, but it doesn’t overshadow the fact that the game was simply mediocre with its insipid main character, Aiden Pearce, who makes so many questionable decisions throughout the games’ weak plot. Being able to hack virtually anything in the massive city of Chicago sounded like a great idea, but it did not play as big of a role was we hoped it would’ve. In the end, Watch Dogs was a somewhat enjoyable Open-World experience, minus its dreadful story, with fresh and interesting ideas that were underdeveloped.
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