Was talking to Hasse earlier about disappointing games, and I said Final Fantasy XII was my biggest ever disappointment.
It's the game that I had hyped up myself more than any, it had all this awesome design work and it just looked like a real, 21st century Final Fantasy game. Then I played it and hated the MC, had no investment in its dull plot, and thought the gameplay (particularly the combat system) was utter shite. I remember finishing it and wanting to scream because it just didn't feel like an FF game in any respect, it had none of the magic, both literally (because every other FF game had a large magical aspect as part of the plot), and figuratively. And goddamn was it a slog to get through.
Anyone else want to weigh in?