Games that could have been good but had fatal flaws

I would like players to tell about games that maybe had a good concept but didn't deliver as they could have. The one I would like to mention is Fight Night Round 3. This game is pretty good as far as boxing games go, but it has two major flaws that pretty much make it unplayable.
Flaws:
1. Created boxers will sudenly go from muscle bound to saggy and flabby. This can't be reversed so if you care about what your boxer looks like this can ruin a career.
2. The super punch is so far beyond any other punches power it makes the game unplayable online. You can land 100% of your jabs, hooks, and uppercuts for a number of rounds, or a super punch and get about the same effect. The makers of the game dropped the ball. Rather than being a boxing game of skill it is an arcade type button masher, or in this case analog stick swinger. Very lame, and a waste of money.

Huh I never knew that about the game. I have one of the older ones and I believe it is incredible I guess they went down hill.

[Acid Bunny]

id say soul cailbur 3 is a good game but the background and the text of the game wrecks it. it needs more fun things in it than just people fighting with swords or nunchucks ect... but the characters are really cool

All matrix games.

[Gamma]

I think a game that could have been about 20x better if the developers ever thought about players spending TIME in a videogame is Crackdown. OMG I had such high hopes for this game, and they continued for about 2 weeks after I got the game...but let me put this in perspective and explain why after 2 weeks, the game was dull.

The main storyline takes about 6 hours to complete. This includes the mindless orb hunting and jumping, which was fun, but really, how long can that entertain a true gamer.

Now, I realize that the game wasnt about the story - it kind of threw that to the side, as it focused more on gameplay. The gameplay is great, with great controls, and a huge place to run about in. But as I said before, how long can running around a city, blowing crap up with your friends last. Anyway. I'm going to sum up the problems into this.

A) The storyline (Or the lackthereof)
B) The repetition.

Meh. I dont know. I thought the game would be like GTA...there would always be something to do...but after 2 weeks, this game hasnt been removed from it's case since.

[Emarian]

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders. A truly spectacular game, the major flaw with it is that when using the mini-map (The most effective/fastest/easiest way to move your troops) if you moved the cursor down-left inside the mini-map, the game would freeze 50% of the time. I had to replay every map nearly 8 times to beat it. And, it was not because my CD was scratched. I've heard of it in guides, and I bought a brand new CD after my first one did that, and my brand new game did it too (And I take care of my games).