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What game purchases have you recently regretted?
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ibu
Member
Mass Effect 2: Directors Cut (PS3) - I really have tried playing the game, but I cannot get into it so have given up.
Mass Effect 3: N7 Edition (Xbox 360) - I was going to jump into this after playing the 2nd, but I really do not feel inclined to play the game now. So I have a sealed Collectors Edition sat on my shelf that will probably never be played.
Final Fantasy XIII - I really wanted to like this game, but it just didn't grab me like the other games did. Gave up and never went back. I will do one day, I suppose.
Mass Effect 3: N7 Edition (Xbox 360) - I was going to jump into this after playing the 2nd, but I really do not feel inclined to play the game now. So I have a sealed Collectors Edition sat on my shelf that will probably never be played.
Final Fantasy XIII - I really wanted to like this game, but it just didn't grab me like the other games did. Gave up and never went back. I will do one day, I suppose.
Byronic Hero
Member
Deadly Preminitions. Hated it
Hah, I thought it was mediocre even back when I was a kid. I just played it a lot because... well because my family owned it : p
NullPointer
Member
The only game I've regretted buying was Battlefield 3.
Same here, great game tho.
So funny how much hate this game gets and how hyped it was. As soon as I heard there is a system that changes your character level depending on the zone, I knew to stay away. Did we learn nothing from Oblivion?? An RPG where your character never feels powerful is a shit RPG.
PS. I regret Diablo 3. Boring as shit with a worse story than Diablo 1. Talk about a step back.
polyh3dron
Banned
RE6
I was in disbelief that it could be that much of a piece of shit and everyone shit on RE5 which I enjoyed.
But right from the really badly done screen calibration thing which made me fuck up my screen settings and made me unable to see ANYTHING when I started the game, RE6 continued to infuriate and underwhelm.
Once I got into the first segment of the Leon campaign the graphics looked so shitty and choppy to me, nowhere near as good as RE5.
Max Payne 3
Storyline was so contrived, felt like just one excuse after another to set up another firefight. You know whenever you go somewhere, bad guys with guns will somehow ambush you.
I was in disbelief that it could be that much of a piece of shit and everyone shit on RE5 which I enjoyed.
But right from the really badly done screen calibration thing which made me fuck up my screen settings and made me unable to see ANYTHING when I started the game, RE6 continued to infuriate and underwhelm.
Once I got into the first segment of the Leon campaign the graphics looked so shitty and choppy to me, nowhere near as good as RE5.
Max Payne 3
Storyline was so contrived, felt like just one excuse after another to set up another firefight. You know whenever you go somewhere, bad guys with guns will somehow ambush you.
Randolph Freelander
Member
SSX Reboot.
I never sell games, but that one went back to the store. What a horrible, horrible extension to the franchise.
I never sell games, but that one went back to the store. What a horrible, horrible extension to the franchise.
friskykillface
Banned
hmmmmmmm haven't bought many games lately, just renting til next month but in July i bought the Max Payne 3 special edition for $40 and i haven't even opened it
I might just return it
I might just return it
inanutshell
Member
Derrick the Deathfin
I bought it since I wanted to support the lower price point on PSN and the game looked decent. The initial story cinematic turned me off. Controls just do not click with me and I think this would make a better iOS game if the controls were simplified a bit.
I bought it since I wanted to support the lower price point on PSN and the game looked decent. The initial story cinematic turned me off. Controls just do not click with me and I think this would make a better iOS game if the controls were simplified a bit.
JimboJones
Member
Dark Souls, it's ok but it wears thin after a while and I'm kinda fed up with it.
Demos and PS+ have prevented any possible accidents this year. Sure, I would have regretted spending money on DXHR, but I didn't even have to.
Last regretted purchase to any degree is probably Alpha Protocol. I just don't like being hit over the head with moral choices, and none of the shooting was actually fun. So there, that's one.
edit: Dragon Age: Origins was a huge ball of suck as well.
The mostest, absolutestly abrasive purchased game this gen award goes to Cross Edge. I've never flipped anything faster. Not even Blane.
Biggest contrast between expectation and result (involving money spent) goes to Bioshock 2. Not worth playing at all. Nothing about it is good. And I loved Bioshock 1. Fuck you, internet.
Last regretted purchase to any degree is probably Alpha Protocol. I just don't like being hit over the head with moral choices, and none of the shooting was actually fun. So there, that's one.
edit: Dragon Age: Origins was a huge ball of suck as well.
The mostest, absolutestly abrasive purchased game this gen award goes to Cross Edge. I've never flipped anything faster. Not even Blane.
Biggest contrast between expectation and result (involving money spent) goes to Bioshock 2. Not worth playing at all. Nothing about it is good. And I loved Bioshock 1. Fuck you, internet.
Same here. Also kind of regret getting Dishonored since I don't have time to play it. XCOM has my spare time.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
That's funny, those were the last two games I bought and I really enjoyed them both.
I would say the last game I bought and regretted would have to be Uncharted 3. I found it very disappointing compared to the perfection that was Uncharted 2.
So you died a bunch and gave up?
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for me. What an awful, awful game that tries way too hard to be dramatic.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Not much cos I rent most of my games nowadays, saves so much hassle :lol
Then again... Mass Effect 3 =/
Yeah I will say I think I need a demo for that one. Looked cool but the gameplay itself seems kinda flat.
Then again... Mass Effect 3 =/
Yeah I will say I think I need a demo for that one. Looked cool but the gameplay itself seems kinda flat.
Mr. Perfect
Member
Costume Quest. Seems fun, but apparently my basic computer can't handle it.
Frankenstrat
Member
Skate 2. Turns out nostalgia for playing this at my cousin's place only does so much when you've been playing its better-controlling sequel.
It's $15. Completely worth it, I have no idea what people were expecting.
$15 is practically free in 2012, anyway. I spend that at a fast food drive-through window.
Skip Taco Bell once next week and get Retro City Rampage instead.
bigace33
Member
Do yourself a favor and play that amazing game. My regret is NBA 2K13. The game feels like a step back from 2k12.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
Borderlands 2 because it's painfully unfunny and Dishonored because I don't have time to play it.
Interesting, I found Borderlands 2 to actually be laugh out loud funny at parts, but found the gameplay dull, repetitive, uninteresting, time-consuming, and tedious.
TheApatheticOne
Member
Pretty much what I was going to say word for word. Loved 4, adored 5, and have zero interest in touching 6 again. IMO, just feels sloppy. And yes, I understand the controls.
To keep following the beat of the thread, Guild Wars 2 as well. Doesn't help that my account has been the victim of multiple hack attempts and GW's keeps locking down my account due to suspicious behavior. Dont really want to play anymore, so haven't even tried to regain access. They can have my tutorial character.
That said, Ive been a bit more selective (not by much lol) this year, and most of my gaming purchases have been hits this year -- looking at you XCOM and Dishonored!
Ya... but it's got the Jigga Man, man.
Any game I got at full price, didn't need the support, and plummeted in price before I seriously dug into it. I also imagine if I skipped all the Steam sales for games I ultimately didn't play or care for I'd have WAY more (to waste on something else). But who knows, maybe the worst case scenarios people envision for the game industry really WILL happen and it'll be worth having that huge collection.
However, for a more recent example? Borderlands 2 I guess, softened CONSIDERABLY by the fact I got it for $34. Annoyingly enough spending about twice as much on 360 probably would've netted more people to reliably play with, but maybe I just need to push them more for a game. If I seriously do some multiplayer maybe that'll flip around.
However, for a more recent example? Borderlands 2 I guess, softened CONSIDERABLY by the fact I got it for $34. Annoyingly enough spending about twice as much on 360 probably would've netted more people to reliably play with, but maybe I just need to push them more for a game. If I seriously do some multiplayer maybe that'll flip around.
Crash Station
Member
Xenoblade and quite possibly Last Story (refuse to play it on my loud Wii, so waiting for Wii U). Sorry Operation Rainfall 
. I'll still support you if you do that for Baten Kaitos 3!
. I'll still support you if you do that for Baten Kaitos 3!Versipellis
Member
Atelier Totori
Never tried an Atelier game before, now I know it should had stayed that way.
At least I got it for cheap.
Never tried an Atelier game before, now I know it should had stayed that way.
At least I got it for cheap.
Borderlands 2 for me. Felt like I died far too often in the game and not in any sort of fun way. I don't mind dying or losing if the game feels like it's doling out tough love fairly (something like Super Meat Boy comes to mind), but so many times I'd get just mowed down far too fast. If I wanted to go in close with a shotty or something else, I'd end up fairly often in a constant Second Wind-knockdown-Second Wind-rinse repeat cycle til the game decided to punish me for using the mechanic too much and shorten the timer on it. Which hell, that whole Second Wind bit confused me/drove me nuts. It was a neat "second chance" mechanic in the first, but in this one I got knocked down 100x more than the first, and in this one so many times as soon as they'd kill me enemies would run the fuck away so I couldn't have a chance to kill em again! Well wtf! Why even have that in there if your AI is gonna be a dick? I even started noticing, granted this is anecdotal, that they'd run away and not expose themselves to me until like 1/2 a second before I'd respawn and they'd always jump right back out then, just kinda pouring salt in the wound!
The AI in general seems kinda idiotic...too many suicide-type enemies (seriously, between these and escort missions I don't know what oft-reoccurring elements in games I hate the most), so many enemies like basic Psychos and whatnot that just come right at you with little regard for their own safety. Just rush up to you most of the time, then run away when you're down half the time. If I didn't just stand back with a corrosive sniper for the last half of the game I would have lost my mind. In general, this entire game seems designed to reward people for just bitching out, sniping behind rocks. Well that's fine and good if there's a limited number of enemies...but when I fight the same enemies again and again and again and again, I just can't be bothered...I just want to mow them down to speed up the monotony. Could completely have been just bad luck with what weapons I ended up getting, since I do know there were many times I'd get a gun that just outclassed my current one by 3-5x and would make a section much easier. Guess that's kind of a potential hiccup with games that have random/semi-random elements.
I probably just wasn't ready for another Borderlands experience anyhow, having played through the game and all the DLC recently for a second time on PC. Can't say Blands 2 is objectively bad, just not for me at the time and lots of elements to it seem half baked. Which is a weird complaint considering how many little neat bits there are that show a great attention to detail overall.
The AI in general seems kinda idiotic...too many suicide-type enemies (seriously, between these and escort missions I don't know what oft-reoccurring elements in games I hate the most), so many enemies like basic Psychos and whatnot that just come right at you with little regard for their own safety. Just rush up to you most of the time, then run away when you're down half the time. If I didn't just stand back with a corrosive sniper for the last half of the game I would have lost my mind. In general, this entire game seems designed to reward people for just bitching out, sniping behind rocks. Well that's fine and good if there's a limited number of enemies...but when I fight the same enemies again and again and again and again, I just can't be bothered...I just want to mow them down to speed up the monotony. Could completely have been just bad luck with what weapons I ended up getting, since I do know there were many times I'd get a gun that just outclassed my current one by 3-5x and would make a section much easier. Guess that's kind of a potential hiccup with games that have random/semi-random elements.
I probably just wasn't ready for another Borderlands experience anyhow, having played through the game and all the DLC recently for a second time on PC. Can't say Blands 2 is objectively bad, just not for me at the time and lots of elements to it seem half baked. Which is a weird complaint considering how many little neat bits there are that show a great attention to detail overall.
CorySchmitz
Junior Member
Ridge Racer Vita
Skyrim (never ended up playing it)
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (never ended up playing it)
Skyrim (never ended up playing it)
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (never ended up playing it)
CorySchmitz
Junior Member
<3 u.
AHA-Lambda
Member
It's nothing to do with the money, it's my impression of the gameplay against my love of the concept. Price isn't the issue.
Fox Mulder
Member
spelunky
Got it due to hype, and it ain't my kind of game. Haven't even got past the 2nd world.
Got it due to hype, and it ain't my kind of game. Haven't even got past the 2nd world.
Ragnarok Odyssey- it's not that I don't like it, I just haven't had time to figure out if I like it or not. I have yet to get past the second mission. Probably should have just waited 6 or so months after the US release to buy it.
This is now a serious problem for me. I have a Wii U Deluxe on preorder plus NSMB U and Zombie U. I know I'm not gonna have time to play both of those game (not to mention NibtendoLand) and that I should probably cancel atleast one title....but I want both games at launch.
Oh, and Dyad......I love games like it but found it boring.
This is now a serious problem for me. I have a Wii U Deluxe on preorder plus NSMB U and Zombie U. I know I'm not gonna have time to play both of those game (not to mention NibtendoLand) and that I should probably cancel atleast one title....but I want both games at launch.
Oh, and Dyad......I love games like it but found it boring.
Mario Tennis for the 3DS.
Mario Tennis 64 is one of my all-time favorite games. Its beauty lies in its simplicity. Two buttons and an analog stick allow the player to hit hard, flat shots, topspin shots, slices, drop shots, and lobs, directed to almost anywhere on the court from any position. As a huge tennis fan, it was and still is the best-controlling tennis game by FAR. A shockingly accurate depiction of the sport.
Didn't play the GCN Mario Tennis. The 3DS version is such a huge disappointment. The controls have been mapped to more buttons, the spin on the ball went from reasonable to ridiculous and not at all fun, and the reliance on the "special shots" is the final nail in the coffin for me. Someone on GAF told me to put more time into the game, and I haven't done that yet, so maybe I'll enjoy it more eventually.
Mario Tennis 64 is one of my all-time favorite games. Its beauty lies in its simplicity. Two buttons and an analog stick allow the player to hit hard, flat shots, topspin shots, slices, drop shots, and lobs, directed to almost anywhere on the court from any position. As a huge tennis fan, it was and still is the best-controlling tennis game by FAR. A shockingly accurate depiction of the sport.
Didn't play the GCN Mario Tennis. The 3DS version is such a huge disappointment. The controls have been mapped to more buttons, the spin on the ball went from reasonable to ridiculous and not at all fun, and the reliance on the "special shots" is the final nail in the coffin for me. Someone on GAF told me to put more time into the game, and I haven't done that yet, so maybe I'll enjoy it more eventually.