I played F.E.A.R. at release back in 2005, I think it was from a boxed copy. Amazing game, still one of the best FPS ever. Then I played F.E.A.R. 2 on my Xbox 360. I played F.E.A.R. 3 for like 3 or 4 hours and thought it was just garbage.
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What game purchases have you recently regretted?
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Incendiary
Banned
Max Payne 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Got both at full price earlier this year, and both are more $20-$30 purchases at best.
Darksiders 2 ... not the game that it could have been. Traded for TTT2.
Deus Ex HR: I did wait for a price drop and bought it recently. I still don't know what's supposed to be "AAA" good about it... except the soundtrack. It feels dated for some reasons... It's like Crysis meeting MGS & Splinter Cell in a rather clumsy way. Too bad.
Donkey Kong Country Returns: I can't regret buying it since it was a gift, but I heard many good things about that one and I was a fan of DKC1-2. I just can't get into it. The magic is gone.
Mario Galaxy: Not feeling it. =( =( =(
Deus Ex HR: I did wait for a price drop and bought it recently. I still don't know what's supposed to be "AAA" good about it... except the soundtrack. It feels dated for some reasons... It's like Crysis meeting MGS & Splinter Cell in a rather clumsy way. Too bad.
Donkey Kong Country Returns: I can't regret buying it since it was a gift, but I heard many good things about that one and I was a fan of DKC1-2. I just can't get into it. The magic is gone.
Mario Galaxy: Not feeling it. =( =( =(
Ya, man. I didn't appreciate Skyrim either.
Wow, not feeling it at all, to the point where you regret the purchase?
Lord_Byron28
Member
Besides the music, I struggle to find positive things about DKC trilogy. DKCR is an amazing platformer, imo.
Mine as well, I regretted that the same day I bought it. Fuck that game was disappointing..it was like Shadowrun without the fun.
MrCookiepants
Member
You have no soul.
Good call on trading in Darksiders for Tekken. Hope you enjoy that one.
Right now, I'm not sure how I feel about Dishonored. It's sorta like Assassin's Creed 1. It just does a much better job at hiding its repetitive structure and increasingly less novel ideas. And the story is seriously pathetic.
Ya, you don't really do anything. Sort of in a similar way to Assassin's Creed, there's just no substance there. I don't know, they game didn't blow me away 9/10 style like IGN or some shit.
Ya, man. I couldn't get into that game either. Beat the first boss and gave it up.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
In the last 12 months, I purchased UMvC3 at release, a new graphics card for SWTOR, 2 copies of SWTOR, 2 copies of Diablo 3, 2 copies of Guild Wars 2, and 2 copies of Mists of Pandaria.
UMvC3 hasn't even gone into the console yet.
SWTOR I'd rather not even talk about, though F2P will put it briefly back on my radar.
The friend I bought Diablo to play with raced to max level in a week and quit before the weekend we were going to start. We've played it about 5 hours total.
The lady of the house couldn't get into GW2, but she sure tried. I can't stick with MMOs without friends and family to play with though.
Part of me feels like every design decision but the environmental art in MoP was done by a spare team at Blizzard with no real supervision. That said, it's the only thing we're actually playing.
Important lessons learned and applied. I've compensated for most of this by dodging about 7 other bullets this year. Still mostly embarrassing though.
UMvC3 hasn't even gone into the console yet.
SWTOR I'd rather not even talk about, though F2P will put it briefly back on my radar.
The friend I bought Diablo to play with raced to max level in a week and quit before the weekend we were going to start. We've played it about 5 hours total.
The lady of the house couldn't get into GW2, but she sure tried. I can't stick with MMOs without friends and family to play with though.
Part of me feels like every design decision but the environmental art in MoP was done by a spare team at Blizzard with no real supervision. That said, it's the only thing we're actually playing.
Important lessons learned and applied. I've compensated for most of this by dodging about 7 other bullets this year. Still mostly embarrassing though.
You're stabbing my childhood in the back.
Making me get all nostalgic and shit.
That game was hard as fuck. My gaming mettle was forged in the fires of Zelda II. I cut my teeth on that game. It was fucking brutal. So painful. The fucking Shadow Link. Oh, God. Iron fucking Kunckles and shit. That's what I'm talking about. Back when gaming meant something. Back when beating a game was an accomplishment that you earned and were not necessarily handed out frivolously.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Re-subbing to Ultima Online. The first month was fun, but for someone who is basically broke, I regret spending a second month with the game. The game has aged very badly and I don't mean graphics. I mean the game is a bore when compared to something like WoW. I got burnt out and one day literally just stopped logging in. Kept getting ICQ messages from my friends I met in-game who ask me to go on runs and sell things on my vendor and I never could get myself to log back in for more than 2 minutes.
I don't think I will be returning anytime soon which kinda sucks because I spent a lot of time and money, including building a rather nice little house.
I don't think I will be returning anytime soon which kinda sucks because I spent a lot of time and money, including building a rather nice little house.
Play the free PC version. You will feel better.
razgriz417
Member
Torchlight 2. Bought a 4 pack with Gaffers a few months back and completely forgot I bought it until a few days before release. Tried to get into but after playing so much of D3 back in the spring, I think I'm just burned out by ARPGs. I literally nodded off while holding shift and left click...
fluffydelusions
Member
I kind of feel the same. It is not even a bad game but d3 burnt me out.
Boy. I can't believe people still play WoW. It amazed me every time I hear it.
Probably Guild Wars 2. It got very boring very quickly and the game lacked a ton of depth. It had neat ideas, but none of it was executed well. I'm probably done with MMORPGs for a long time. For MMOs to get my interest these days, they gotta be somewhat innovative, like Planetside 2.
SFxTK (on PC) was my dumbest buy of the year.
I didn't inform myself enough on the suckage/backlash and paid full price on steam.
Then I played it... completely broken system and shit online. Afterward I read the relevant thread and felt like a complete dumbass. I just threw money away.
My second dumb decision was to buy Dark Souls twice, once on PS3 and once on steam. And I hate the game now.
There's also lots of steam sales that I don't like/wont ever play, and the latest Humble Bundle, when I have no interest at all in any of the games but still paid more than average -_-
All that wasted money I could really use now...
I didn't inform myself enough on the suckage/backlash and paid full price on steam.
Then I played it... completely broken system and shit online. Afterward I read the relevant thread and felt like a complete dumbass. I just threw money away.
My second dumb decision was to buy Dark Souls twice, once on PS3 and once on steam. And I hate the game now.
There's also lots of steam sales that I don't like/wont ever play, and the latest Humble Bundle, when I have no interest at all in any of the games but still paid more than average -_-
All that wasted money I could really use now...
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Downloaded Malicious off PSN a few months ago. I want my god damn money back. Now.
O.DOGG
Member
Exactly. I couldn't have said it better.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Radiata Stories (PS2). Bought after playing Radiant Historia because some of the same people worked on it. Turns out it kinda sucks.
But my regret is offset by the fact it was only like $20.
But my regret is offset by the fact it was only like $20.
ii Stryker
Banned
Borderlands 2 and Darksiders 2,
I was looking forward to both and when DS2 released I just got bored with it after about 5-6 hrs and with Borderlands2 I got to co-op with friends whom I cannot coordinate play time with(playing BL2 is dull and the game feels wrong as a single player experience).
I was looking forward to both and when DS2 released I just got bored with it after about 5-6 hrs and with Borderlands2 I got to co-op with friends whom I cannot coordinate play time with(playing BL2 is dull and the game feels wrong as a single player experience).
Embearded
Member
1) Skyrim PS3
Huge loading times, really HUGE! Everytime i want to visit the Thieves Guild base for a quest or something, i have to watch so many loading screens that last for soooo looooong... And the hype was so bad! "We created dynamic Dragons" they said! "dynamic" my ass i say...
2) Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
I liked the original one soooo much! But this one, pffff so boring...Only good thing it had was the free roam without time pressing you.
Huge loading times, really HUGE! Everytime i want to visit the Thieves Guild base for a quest or something, i have to watch so many loading screens that last for soooo looooong... And the hype was so bad! "We created dynamic Dragons" they said! "dynamic" my ass i say...
2) Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
I liked the original one soooo much! But this one, pffff so boring...Only good thing it had was the free roam without time pressing you.
I bought Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove on the 3DS over the summer
Wasnt expecting much, it was 8 bucks and I thought the art was cute. Figured itd be an okay enough Elite Beat Agents type game to tide me over during a trip to Miami.
The game is mostly reading text boxes and you occasionally play a bad EBA clone for about 40 seconds to some terrible music. Suffered through it for an hour and never went back.
Wasnt expecting much, it was 8 bucks and I thought the art was cute. Figured itd be an okay enough Elite Beat Agents type game to tide me over during a trip to Miami.
The game is mostly reading text boxes and you occasionally play a bad EBA clone for about 40 seconds to some terrible music. Suffered through it for an hour and never went back.
Lapidus' Beard
Member
The new SSX, I bought it and it was all downhill from there...
-Stranger-
Junior Member
The last one that i kinda regretted was Hawx 2, but usually i only buy games i know are good and that I'll enjoy.
brokenbeans
Banned
NBA 2K13 just not feeling it this year.
Canis lupus
Member
I couldve bought it 10 euros cheaper lol. There was a smilar thread on the OT side.
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
Dishonoured.
It's a very constricting world. I also am not a fan of the ''I cant move while some bloke talks to me whilst he's transporting me to some place.''-thing, why not make the whole thing just a cutscene I can skip? The stealth is terrible too, the controls really don't allow you to perform actual stealth moves, but just mask your normal moves.
I was expecting a sandbox type of world. With more focus on technology rather than magic.
Really ruined the atmosphere for me when they introduced the magic.
It's a very constricting world. I also am not a fan of the ''I cant move while some bloke talks to me whilst he's transporting me to some place.''-thing, why not make the whole thing just a cutscene I can skip? The stealth is terrible too, the controls really don't allow you to perform actual stealth moves, but just mask your normal moves.
I was expecting a sandbox type of world. With more focus on technology rather than magic.
Really ruined the atmosphere for me when they introduced the magic.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Rayman Origins, mostly because of GAF hype.
It's the only video game purchase that made me feel contempt.
It's the only video game purchase that made me feel contempt.
I usually regret pretty much every game I buy, except if it's something sensational that I want to play through again, which happens very rarely.
The last game I regret buying is the last game I bought - Max Payne 3. It wasn't bad, nor was it something I see myself playing through again. Too many cutscenes and the game itself wasn't anything special.
The last game I regret buying is the last game I bought - Max Payne 3. It wasn't bad, nor was it something I see myself playing through again. Too many cutscenes and the game itself wasn't anything special.
Axispowers
Member
Borderlands 2. I have no idea why but I just cant get into it.
FriedCalamari
Member
Borderlands 2. Not because I don't enjoy playing it, but I just don't have the time to play 20+ hours games like I used to. It doesn't help that the save system is a giant "Fuck you" to anyone who doesn't have more than a couple of hours a day to spare.
twentytwo22
Member
Dragon Quest X, I guess.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
This is me, I also haven't played it enough. I only payed £27 for it though so even if I don't end up liking it, I could easily trade it in towards Assassins Creed 3 when it launches.
For those of you curious about how I got it cheap, Game (UK) have a deal where you can trade in two games off a list and get the special edition of Dishonoured for a £2.99, I went to grainer games and picked up two of the games for £24 and traded them both in lol