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What game do you regret buying!!!!
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ChaosZeroX
Banned
Watch Dogs. I wish I didn't let the hype get to me.
It hasn't happened to me since lol
It hasn't happened to me since lol
GeordieMark
Member
NHL 15. I should have waited for 16, which is really good. 15 was a shell of a NHL game really.
IndieJones
Member
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon and Hammerfight are, without hyperbole, the least fun games I've played in over 30 years of gaming. They have their own Steam folder named "Trash", made just for them to sit and stink in.
The people who made them should be ashamed.
The people who made them should be ashamed.
DrowsyJungle
Member
Halo MCC digital pre order...what did it take for it to work, 3-4 months of bug fixes?
Wired All Wrong
Member
My most recent regret was Undertale. Just didn't like it at all really besides the music. The game was just really average to me. The dodging mechanic in battles got old real quick and the humor was rarely ever funny. Only spent about $7.50 on it I believe, so it isn't that much of a regret.
lun49gameon
Neo Member
I regret buying Sim City and The Crew.
ebullientprism
Member
Bought both TR2013 and Hitman Absolution full price since I was a massive fan of the last games of both of those franchises. Regretted them both immensely.
Aside from that, its some minor Steam sale stuff here and there but you cant really regret dropping 5-10$.
Edit Holy moly I forgot MCC. Bought the X1 for that. What a goddamn disaster.
Aside from that, its some minor Steam sale stuff here and there but you cant really regret dropping 5-10$.
Edit Holy moly I forgot MCC. Bought the X1 for that. What a goddamn disaster.
MythicReclaimer
Member
Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I guess I'm 50% through it and maybe my opinion will change once I finish it but so far it does absolutely nothing for me. I never throw this word around but this game feels highly "generic" in just about every way for me.
I guess I'm 50% through it and maybe my opinion will change once I finish it but so far it does absolutely nothing for me. I never throw this word around but this game feels highly "generic" in just about every way for me.
You do a strong disservice to character action games by calling Shadow of Mordor one. It's a generic, button-mash until the counter-prompt appears hack-n-slash around an even more generic Ubisoft-template open-world.
Whompa02
Member
yeap...hated it...I felt braindead playing it.
My list:
No More Heroes
Okami
Zack and Wiki
Wonderful 101
Fantasy Life
Luigi's Mansion 3DS
Bayonetta 1 & 2
I know there's probably people thinking "YOU BASTARD!" but I'd like to add that I'm not saying these are bad games. But I've noticed a trend... you get enough people on the internet saying, "Oh, poor (game x)! It's such a good game but nobody's buying it! People should buy it!" If I go against my better judgement and buy those games, I almost always regret it.
But if I already had a little spark of interest in the game beforehand, like Ghost Trick, Hotel Dusk, or Pikmin 3, I usually end up really enjoying the game.
My lesson has been to not let "game mourners" affect my purchasing habits. There are a LOT of game mourners here on Neogaf.
No More Heroes
Okami
Zack and Wiki
Wonderful 101
Fantasy Life
Luigi's Mansion 3DS
Bayonetta 1 & 2
I know there's probably people thinking "YOU BASTARD!" but I'd like to add that I'm not saying these are bad games. But I've noticed a trend... you get enough people on the internet saying, "Oh, poor (game x)! It's such a good game but nobody's buying it! People should buy it!" If I go against my better judgement and buy those games, I almost always regret it.
But if I already had a little spark of interest in the game beforehand, like Ghost Trick, Hotel Dusk, or Pikmin 3, I usually end up really enjoying the game.
My lesson has been to not let "game mourners" affect my purchasing habits. There are a LOT of game mourners here on Neogaf.
robertlebrone
Member
Battfield Hard-line full price w/ the season pass. I've played it 2 hours total.
Nightmare452
Member
My entire (300+) Steam library. I have probably played 2 games out of all of them. Not really a PC player, but in my defense, more were from heavily discounted Steam sales years ago and a bunch from all the Humble Bundles, so none were financial hits.
Recently, probably Just Cause 3. Have no real interest, but my bro wanted to play it. Tried it for 30 minutes, was bored and stopped. Street Fighter 5 might also be there as a wasted buy, but can't judge it fully yet. I expect I'll stop playing it forever by this week.
Recently, probably Just Cause 3. Have no real interest, but my bro wanted to play it. Tried it for 30 minutes, was bored and stopped. Street Fighter 5 might also be there as a wasted buy, but can't judge it fully yet. I expect I'll stop playing it forever by this week.
Chû Totoro
Member
More than I thought I would be capable to buy before learning but the most recent is Tomb Raider GO. See the game being praised in mobile gaming thread and since I haven't bought a mobile game since a long time I've decided to go for it and trust mobile GAF. Well what a disappointment. Game is boring, puzzles are uninspired and gameplay is not the best it could be imo. I don't know what could make me enjoy the game more, maybe it's just not for me :/
But I like a lot of other puzzle games, even only looking on mobile so yeah, big deception. Not for the money but more for the fact that I'm not for mobile gaming and I'll sadly keep seing it as the platform that brought us most of the bad practices gaming industry has now.
But I like a lot of other puzzle games, even only looking on mobile so yeah, big deception. Not for the money but more for the fact that I'm not for mobile gaming and I'll sadly keep seing it as the platform that brought us most of the bad practices gaming industry has now.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Battlefront. Lost total interest after maybe 10 hours of play. Boring unlocks, average gameplay, very pretty though of course. I blame my friends for pressuring me into it.
A Grizzly Bear
Member
The Stomping Land. Valve should have refunded everyone that purchased the game once they removed it from the store.
There's nothing more self-indulgent, vacuous, and shock-baiting than the Treyarch campaigns.
I mean, MW2 is what you say it is, but the Treyarch games even take that to the next level.
Melchiah
Member
It's also the only PS2 game that crashed on me, twice.
Muffdraul
Member
FFXI. I had zero interest in playing an MMO, but I fell right into their marketing trap and bought it anyway, thinking since it was FF maybe it would be an MMO I could actually get into. I forced myself to play it for about 80 hours before I eventually came to my senses and realized it was exactly what I had originally assumed it would be and wasn't going to suddenly go through some paradigm shift that transformed it into my cup of tea.
Normally I don't get particularly butthurt on the odd occasion when I pick up a game I end up not caring for, but in this case I also had to buy the PS2 HDD, and they weren't exactly giving them away.
Normally I don't get particularly butthurt on the odd occasion when I pick up a game I end up not caring for, but in this case I also had to buy the PS2 HDD, and they weren't exactly giving them away.
LinkMaster111
Member
I went to the midnight release for Final Fantasy XIII, never even bothered finishing it. Assassin's Creed III was the first and last AC game I ever bought, what a steaming pile of garbage.
RealityCheque
Banned
Just Cause 3. It's a wasted opportunity.
And ubiquitous shout out to Bioshock Infinite.
And ubiquitous shout out to Bioshock Infinite.
shotgunbob04
Member
Arkham Knight was a total snooze fest for me. Glad I only payed like $18 for it.
40% shooting tanks, 40% Batman talking to people through his wrist hologram (even though he has a display in his mask), 10% Arkham Knight butt-hurt monologuing, 10% pretty rain effects.
Red Dead Redemption. The story wasn't my cup of tea, and not a fan of the gameplay. Stopped playing after I was introduced to the slow-mo aiming ability.
AssCreed III was soooo boring. I kept chipping away at the intro levels for a week after I bought it and just felt like I was doing a bunch of chores. The story in this game is the worst one in the AC series.
40% shooting tanks, 40% Batman talking to people through his wrist hologram (even though he has a display in his mask), 10% Arkham Knight butt-hurt monologuing, 10% pretty rain effects.
Red Dead Redemption. The story wasn't my cup of tea, and not a fan of the gameplay. Stopped playing after I was introduced to the slow-mo aiming ability.
AssCreed III was soooo boring. I kept chipping away at the intro levels for a week after I bought it and just felt like I was doing a bunch of chores. The story in this game is the worst one in the AC series.
randomengine
Banned
Bioshock Infinite the Thread
Theanine3D
Member
Paper Mario Sticker Star...
I preordered it and bought it full price like an idiot. Never again....
It used to be that you could buy a Mario RPG and feel confident in your purchase, even if the game ended up being weirder than the previous one it would usually still be fun. This game changed that forever.
I preordered it and bought it full price like an idiot. Never again....
It used to be that you could buy a Mario RPG and feel confident in your purchase, even if the game ended up being weirder than the previous one it would usually still be fun. This game changed that forever.
lord_of_flood
Member
As of recently, only a few:
Gravity Rush Remastered
The Wonderful 101
Hyrule Warriors
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl
Other purchases I didn't care for were generally cheap enough that I didn't get to the point of regretting it, or I had enough fun with it before stopping for various reasons (Bravely Default, I'm looking at you).
Gravity Rush Remastered
The Wonderful 101
Hyrule Warriors
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl
Other purchases I didn't care for were generally cheap enough that I didn't get to the point of regretting it, or I had enough fun with it before stopping for various reasons (Bravely Default, I'm looking at you).
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for the GameCube. I got it there 'cause my PC couldn't run it. Turns out it was a gimped version of the game that was missing content and had simplified level design.
I had a "friend" who destroyed the discs, and I learned to never trust another human being ever again in my life, so I suppose there was a silver lining.
I had a "friend" who destroyed the discs, and I learned to never trust another human being ever again in my life, so I suppose there was a silver lining.
Goldenroad
Member
Lots. Like...way too many to list. Topping the list in the last couple years would be Watch Dogs, Destiny, Killzone ShadowFall, DKC: Tropical Freeze, and Telltale's Game of Thrones, but I'm sure for every 10 games I buy, there is at least one regret in there.
Caayn
Member
The last of us.
I got pulled in by all the extremely positive comments about it on the internet. I kinda doubted as I didn't like Uncharted but decided to take the dive and bought it. Played it for a few hours but never did I had the feeling that I was actually enjoying what I was doing nor did I care about the story. So there was nothing for me to keep going.
When the PS4 remaster came around I though: What the heck, lets give it another shot. Nothing changed, the game played better that's for sure but I still didn't get joy out of the game. Bought the same game twice and disliked it both times.
I got pulled in by all the extremely positive comments about it on the internet. I kinda doubted as I didn't like Uncharted but decided to take the dive and bought it. Played it for a few hours but never did I had the feeling that I was actually enjoying what I was doing nor did I care about the story. So there was nothing for me to keep going.
When the PS4 remaster came around I though: What the heck, lets give it another shot. Nothing changed, the game played better that's for sure but I still didn't get joy out of the game. Bought the same game twice and disliked it both times.
joecanada
Member
Legendary edition for me, not a complete loss but yes buyers regret.
Advanced Warfare, played probably less than 10 hours, just horrendous. Can't believe people weren't outraged at those servers but I've come to realize this is just the norm now, no one cares about lag , rubberbanding, glitching, etc anymore except me apparently.
p.s. - this is also the source of my major regret on destiny. of all the things they could have fixed, pvp lag would have at least salvaged the game somewhat.
For the "wouldn't have purchased except good sale price makes me feel okay" there's even more:
R6
TW3
SWBF
Madrugador
Member
I recently bought Modern Warfare 3 just because I wanted to finish the Single Player.
It was shit, nowhere near the other two campaigns. Barely enjoyed it and felt I wasted my time.
It was shit, nowhere near the other two campaigns. Barely enjoyed it and felt I wasted my time.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
GTA V...twice.
PuppetMaster
Member
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