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8. The Bouncer

"OMG, are those in-game graphics?" is pretty close to what everyone said when they laid eyes on Square's PS2 exclusive brawler. At the time The Bouncer was shown off for the first time we were all being brainwashed into believing that the PS2 would deliver movie-like visuals, and the early footage had us convinced. The final game looked great too, but the gameplay simply wasn't up to much. We were promised that the game would move video games forward, with true branching storylines and more. In the end what we got was a very good looking fighting game that will only be remembered for what it was meant to be.

7. Perfect Dark Zero

OK, so we scored the game quite highly back in late 2005, but that doesn't mean Perfect Dark Zero wasn't a huge disappointment. As the follow-up to one of the greatest console first-person shooters of all time, great things were expected from Rare, in terms of both gameplay and technical prowess. As a launch title the game didn't look too bad, if a little too shiny, but the gameplay proved to be a short of what was expected. The main culprit was the twitchy controls, which could only be made semi-decent after a prolonged session in the options menu. By no means terrible, but not the sequel to Perfect Dark everyone wanted.

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