Polygon's Friends List tackled the subject of AAA titles disappointing this year. They extended the disappointment into late 2013, as it is still only the second month of 2014. Arthus Gies and Phil Kollar go over their list of grievances, but I'm not sure that they are really hitting the nail on the head here.

Their top three contenders of disappointment are Thief, Final Fantasy 13: Lightning Returns and Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2. I think it's pretty clear that if your expectations were high on either Final Fantasy or Castlevania you were probably a bit out to lunch. Both games averaged around the low 80s on metacritic for their previous instalments and it's not particularly unbelievable that their divisive scores would only become more polarized over time. As for Thief, I think there is an argument to be made that it's disappointing (though I've been enjoying more than most reviews seem to be scoring it). In general the feeling is that the last 8 months have been full of sequels and too much of the same.

This leaves me baffled by their list of games they're feeling bullish on: Titanfall, Dark Souls 2 and Infamous: Second Son. I'm convinced that these games are going to be good and I'm definitely very excited for all of them, but these are more sequels and games in very well trodden genres.