"Sadly, this is all too common. And not just with standalone games either. This describes MMO launches almost to a T... and launches of MMO expansions as well. Really, this fits for almost any sort of media. I've even felt this way about releases of books in a series in many cases. The definitive lesson here though is as Mr. Soracoe states: you're better off recognizing the pattern early, and making a decision at that point, because simply put - if it's not fun for *you*, stop wasting your time. Play something else in the interim and check up on it again at some later date.
On n additional note, Dewan brought up the point of non-story based games needing to be different from their predecessors. While this is a good point, and I think one worthy of dicussion on its own, I would argue that Mr. Soracoe's point is that this game in question is not just different, but also broken. This is another common pitfall of developers. I would think that, given our (read: gamers) propensity to gobble up sequels or expansions for the games we love, that developers would be better suited - not only from a business standpoint - to produce "same and updated" versus "different and broken." One need only think about their favorite games of years past and how much we'd all love this title or that franchise to be re-released with modern graphics/engines/OS support to prove that point."
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On n additional note, Dewan brought up the point of non-story based games needing to be different from their predecessors. While this is a good point, and I think one worthy of dicussion on its own, I would argue that Mr. Soracoe's point is that this game in question is not just different, but also broken. This is another common pitfall of developers. I would think that, given our (read: gamers) propensity to gobble up sequels or expansions for the games we love, that developers would be better suited - not only from a business standpoint - to produce "same and updated" versus "different and broken." One need only think about their favorite games of years past and how much we'd all love this title or that franchise to be re-released with modern graphics/engines/OS support to prove that point."