On one hand, 2015 has been an incredible year for gaming, with some of the biggest, most hyped-up titles of recent years finally arriving, and several classic franchises getting interesting reboots. On the other, though, it's been one chock full of disappointments, where promising games didn't meet their full potential either due to a lack of diligence, laziness or outright greed on the part of money-hungry publishers. Now, this list won't include the likes of Battlefield Hardline, Alone in the Dark: Illumination, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, Mad Max, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, or Rainbow Six Siege, because it was pretty obvious from the get-go that all of these titles would be on the underwhelming side. Instead, we're concerned with games that looked great and boasted plenty of promise but failed to live up to that potential brilliance, in some cases getting inches away, but falling at the last hurdle.
15. The Order: 1886
Metacritic Score: 63 Widely hyped as the next big potential franchise for the PS4, The Order unquestionably boasted the spectacular graphics to back this claim up...but everything else? Not so much. Despite a fairly unique premise, this is a painfully familiar third-person shooter that's easily beatable in less than 6 hours, much of which is accounted for by cut-scenes and inaction. The game ends up feeling more like an interactive movie than a shooter, which combined with the brief length and lack of reason to replay made it a hard sell at day-one retail price. In addition, there's not enough werewolves and the abrupt ending is just terrible. It's maybe worth a rental at best, but even if you don't, you're missing nothing memorable.
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