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Your Most-Regretful Steam Purchase
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CosmicQueso
Member
Don't look back. Don't ever look back.
I don't remember the games I've never played. That's the beauty.
I don't remember the games I've never played. That's the beauty.
Magicka 4-pack - such a broken game. Didn't work on 2 Win XP machines and caused a lot headaches on the 2 win 7 machines it did work on. It was damn disgrace of game.
I don't regret buying games when they are bad or unenjoyable, I can handle that. Out right broken games piss me off though.
I don't regret buying games when they are bad or unenjoyable, I can handle that. Out right broken games piss me off though.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3. Really hated that game and I even bought it's expansion.
Crysis. Boring game, bought expansions too.
Evochron Mercenary. Was expecting a X-Wing Alliance kind of game, completely disappointed me.
Binding of Isaac. Awful game. At least it was cheap.
Mirror's Edge. Great idea, terrible execution.
Sonic Generations. Gets boring really quickly.
Trine. Nothing special about it.
Audiosurf. Beat Hazard is a yearlight better game.
Crysis. Boring game, bought expansions too.
Evochron Mercenary. Was expecting a X-Wing Alliance kind of game, completely disappointed me.
Binding of Isaac. Awful game. At least it was cheap.
Mirror's Edge. Great idea, terrible execution.
Sonic Generations. Gets boring really quickly.
Trine. Nothing special about it.
Audiosurf. Beat Hazard is a yearlight better game.
DJ_Lae
Member
I drunk bought that, figured my daughter would enjoy playing it with me.
I'm still trying to figure out the part where it's a game. Feels like an Excel spreadsheet with some horse paint on top.
Imp the Dimp
Member
I never regretted purchasing a single Steam game. I love seeing my Steam library gradually increase regardless of its contents.
CrazedProfessional
Member
Prototype 2
Game crashes when keyboard is plugged in.
Seriously, this is a bug in the PC port
It literally forces you to use a 360 controller.
Game crashes when keyboard is plugged in.
Seriously, this is a bug in the PC port
It literally forces you to use a 360 controller.
Lord British
Member
Oh, can I change mine to Dead Island? One of the worst games ever.
Green Card
Member
Torchlight or Alpha Protocol from a steam sale and Fallout New Vegas from retail. At least Torchlight and AP weren't very expensive.
I enjoyed it despite it's numerous flaws until dudes with guns started showing up. Pro tip for developers making a CQC/melee focused game: don't add dudes with guns. That shit is never fun. I pretty much bailed on Dead Island at that point.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Binding of Isaac probably... After all the GAF hype i was sad that i couldn't get into it 
might just not be my genre not sure, at least it was pretty cheap.
might just not be my genre not sure, at least it was pretty cheap.Dog Problems
Banned
Quite a bit, I can't even pick a single game. I hope one day Valve allows us to give away games or trade them in. I'd love to cut my library down by a significant amount.
Green Card
Member
Had I bought that on steam that would be my choice as well. Lucky for me I bought it for 360 and sold it on Amazon immediately after playing it.
Its kind of the same problem with Deadrising. Zombies, Zombies, Zombies, SNIPER WITH NEAR PERFECT AIM, VEHICULE WITH A MOUNTED GATLING GUN, SHOTGUN GUY, Zombies Zombies, Zombies.
Got it free, still regret using the bandwidth.
thechristoph
Sir!
I bought this nifty solar system simulator on Steam a couple years ago. It's not in my library anymore. I don't remember its name and can't redownload it, so I guess it wins by default.
TaroYamada
Member
Space Channel 5 Part 2, supposedly the music isn't synced up with the game so it's 100% impossible to play it. Trash port, needs to be pulled until SEGA patches it.
TheDarkStark
Member
Not many I truely regret, but definitely a few that I regret paying full price, or nearly full price for: New Prince of Persia and the first Borderlands being 2 that stick out.
PapaEmeritus
Member
nothing i only buy 2$ indie bundles or games under 10$
This.
I don't really buy too many games on Steam, but I regret spending $2.50 on Dear Esther. It's a pittance but the game itself was a total slog. The whole concept may be somewhat unique but the slow movement speed meant I couldn't even enjoy the beautiful graphics (which is the only thing the "game" has going for it, there is no gameplay whatsoever to speak of).
Dark Octave
Banned
I only have three games on my Steam account.
World of Goo, Portal and Sequence. Sequence doesn't work for some reason and I haven't tried Portal (already played the XBLA version). World of Goo is the only one I paid for and I think it was $5 at the time.
Now that I have an awesome PC I will be buying more Steam games but I will not be buying everything under the sun just to never play them like most of you dumb asses do.
World of Goo, Portal and Sequence. Sequence doesn't work for some reason and I haven't tried Portal (already played the XBLA version). World of Goo is the only one I paid for and I think it was $5 at the time.
Now that I have an awesome PC I will be buying more Steam games but I will not be buying everything under the sun just to never play them like most of you dumb asses do.
I H8 Memes
Member
Did you not even do the dungeon tutorial? The games are pretty easy combat wise, the difficulty is in being sure to pick and choose only fights you can win on the world map and coming back later when you are stronger to fight the enemies you avoid earlier.
The tutorial is where I couldn't figure out what to do!! It wasn't clear at all.
At this point I'm beyond caring about the games.
Civ IV, because of this.
Other than that, Gal Civ II was a pain in the arse to get working and is more spreadsheets in space than I was hoping for.
This pisses me off so much. I really wish you could remove games from your account.
I put 50 hours into dead island. Turn on analog controls and play with a 360 pad. It's awesome.