WordsintheWater
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Recent memory I would say Persona 5 and No Man's Sky
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What game do you regret buying!!!!
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killatopak
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Rainbow Moon.
I hated that it's a grindfest and features micro-transactions as well which supports the grindy nature of the game.
I hated that it's a grindfest and features micro-transactions as well which supports the grindy nature of the game.
GoingToDelete
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Zelda BOTW, it got boring and very repetitive quickly.
iceblade997
Member
Shadow of Mordor
It feels like the Arkham games but without the fun and instead with lots of enemies who just surround you and overwhelm you even at the beginning. I'd bought it because I enjoyed the Arkham games and thought that the Nemesis system would make things interesting too. I also thought it might get me interested in the LoTR world as well. Took about an hour and I realized I don't enjoy the game at all.
It feels like the Arkham games but without the fun and instead with lots of enemies who just surround you and overwhelm you even at the beginning. I'd bought it because I enjoyed the Arkham games and thought that the Nemesis system would make things interesting too. I also thought it might get me interested in the LoTR world as well. Took about an hour and I realized I don't enjoy the game at all.
Breath of the Wild
I actually really liked the game by the end, but it's such a long, slow game and I just don't have that much time for games, it felt like a massive slog. I look back and think "man I could have played three games I really like in that time".
Disclaimer, I'm a bit compulsive about finishing the games I buy. So I couldn't just put it down.
I actually really liked the game by the end, but it's such a long, slow game and I just don't have that much time for games, it felt like a massive slog. I look back and think "man I could have played three games I really like in that time".
Disclaimer, I'm a bit compulsive about finishing the games I buy. So I couldn't just put it down.
yukimeans_snow
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Tales of the Abyss - Can't stand that protagonist
ARMs - too slow and deliberate. It's a shooter where you can see the bullets flying at you really
Fallout 4 - it's Fallout 4
Digimon Cyber Sleuth - too long. I could have beaten 2 other games, but instead I spent over 40 hours playing an overly long story that I didn't even finish
Crypt of the Necrodancer - wasn't really my thing. Awesome concept though
Rogue Legacy - the game that gave birth to my hatred of randomly generated rogue-likes. It's a fun game though, just not my thing
ARMs - too slow and deliberate. It's a shooter where you can see the bullets flying at you really
Fallout 4 - it's Fallout 4
Digimon Cyber Sleuth - too long. I could have beaten 2 other games, but instead I spent over 40 hours playing an overly long story that I didn't even finish
Crypt of the Necrodancer - wasn't really my thing. Awesome concept though
Rogue Legacy - the game that gave birth to my hatred of randomly generated rogue-likes. It's a fun game though, just not my thing
Ratchet and Clank PS4
I remember liking the PS2 games, but I had to stop this after like 3 hours. The combat is never satisfying and none of the guns are fun to shoot, and there is not much actual platforming. It also has some of the worst writing and hackiest jokes in gsmes. Poor writing isnusually easy for me to ignore in games, but here it would just would never shut up. It is pretty though.
Pokémon Moon
Also had to stop after 3 hours because of the writing and cutscenes.
I remember liking the PS2 games, but I had to stop this after like 3 hours. The combat is never satisfying and none of the guns are fun to shoot, and there is not much actual platforming. It also has some of the worst writing and hackiest jokes in gsmes. Poor writing isnusually easy for me to ignore in games, but here it would just would never shut up. It is pretty though.
Pokémon Moon
Also had to stop after 3 hours because of the writing and cutscenes.
FFXV for me. I've given it numerous chances over the past year, striking optimism to revisit it every couple months after reading some of the positive posts it receives by some fans. It never lasts more than 30 minutes per session as all the aspects that I loathe about it send up a quick reminder while playing. I am at the final chapter, but I have no desire any longer to just take the time to end it.
Fallout 4 as well. I have almost nothing kind to say about FO4.
Not that it matters since you went PC eventually, but PS4 Pro's boost mode made a huge impact on the game. Played it through on PS4 early this summer and was shocked at the difference when flipping Boost mode on and off to test.
I'll cosign. After adoring the PS2 games, I was shocked at how much I actually disliked this reboot. It looks spectacular, but that is it. The combat lacks any real tension, the story and characters went to shit, and the progression lacked the Metroid-esque flow that made revisiting planets for alternate routes, upgrades, and secrets, so fascinating. Actually disappointing so few were able to look beyond the shiny veneer.
Fallout 4 as well. I have almost nothing kind to say about FO4.
Not that it matters since you went PC eventually, but PS4 Pro's boost mode made a huge impact on the game. Played it through on PS4 early this summer and was shocked at the difference when flipping Boost mode on and off to test.
I'll cosign. After adoring the PS2 games, I was shocked at how much I actually disliked this reboot. It looks spectacular, but that is it. The combat lacks any real tension, the story and characters went to shit, and the progression lacked the Metroid-esque flow that made revisiting planets for alternate routes, upgrades, and secrets, so fascinating. Actually disappointing so few were able to look beyond the shiny veneer.
This was me with The Twilight Princess.
YearoftheWooster
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Digital copy of Paper Mario Sticker Star.
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Call of Duty Ghosts
Killzone Shadowfall
Warhawk
Order 1886
Killzone Shadowfall
Warhawk
Order 1886
The Order 1886 and FFXIII, day one both.
FFXIII its the only game I've ever bought at day one and haven't finished.
I tried so hard.
I played until Gran Pulse ( some friends told me game got better after that ) and then I just said : fuck it, I'm not having fun here and Im not going to keep torturing myself with this game just to justify my money.
FFXIII its the only game I've ever bought at day one and haven't finished.
I tried so hard.
I played until Gran Pulse ( some friends told me game got better after that ) and then I just said : fuck it, I'm not having fun here and Im not going to keep torturing myself with this game just to justify my money.
The Real Napsta
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Destiny
Professor Beef
Banned
Nier Automata
I can deal with a boring story, but not when the gameplay is boring too.
I can deal with a boring story, but not when the gameplay is boring too.
Radical Edward
Member
Persona 5 ( at full price) and Friday the 13th
Luke? I think Luke is hands down the best part of that game, and still the best Tales protag, thus far.
He is what Cloud ought to have been, if Square had any semblance of something even remotely testicular not cancer.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Even if we are to pretend he is the best JRPG protagonist of all time--which he's not, far from it--he is still surrounded by a bunch of terrible characters nonetheless.
My answer: Fallout 4. One of the biggest mistakes of my gaming history, pre-ordering full price the digital version of it. Still kinda sore to this day.
SoulUnison
Banned
Watch_Dogs.
I couldn't run it well on the computer I had at the time, but even after building a dedicated gaming rig at the end of 2016 and trying to revisit the game to finish it up I STILL can't get a stable 60 FPS out of it. It's just a terribly unoptimized piece of shit game.
For the record, I'm running:
i5 6600-K
GTX 1070
16 GB RAM
There's just no excuse for how the game performs.
I couldn't run it well on the computer I had at the time, but even after building a dedicated gaming rig at the end of 2016 and trying to revisit the game to finish it up I STILL can't get a stable 60 FPS out of it. It's just a terribly unoptimized piece of shit game.
For the record, I'm running:
i5 6600-K
GTX 1070
16 GB RAM
There's just no excuse for how the game performs.
ROUGE_BLOCK
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Destiny, but in a way regretting had me going out to them play through Witcher 2 which got me hooked on the series and leading into my love for the Witcher 3
Oh, I agree with all of your points, 100%. Fallout 4 included... the town building made me quit what was an otherwise fun if utterly braindead dumbed down stealth murder simulator.
Colossal Moo
Member
Really? I don't buy it because you played it for 80 hours. Why would you play a game for 80 hours if it was torture? This makes no sense.
TwistedFreeze
Member
Recently? Bloodborne. I wasn't into Demon Souls like at all but I thought the more fast paced combat and interesting setting of Bloodborne would keep me invested in the game. I ended up liking it a lot more but I still found it to be ultimately rather drab, slow, and boring. It has a lot going for it and I can see why others like it but it's one of my biggest purchase regrets, alongside Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Dragon Age Inquisition, Shadow the Hedgehog and Paper Mario: Sticker Star
DrLudgerBrink
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FF Explorers
Watch_Dogs
The Order 1886
No Mans Sky
Drive Club
Destiny
Watch_Dogs
The Order 1886
No Mans Sky
Drive Club
Destiny
Naked Snake
Member
Fast RMX on Switch.
I love Wipeout and F-Zero, but this one did not click for me.
I love Wipeout and F-Zero, but this one did not click for me.
Same with me for horizon. Gorgeous game, but moment to moment gameplay for me didn't really set itself apart from other open world games.
Neo Sentai Gafman
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Andromeda and SFV
SuperDowns
Banned
Do you see the irony?
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