Splurges, bad game buys, impulse buys.
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Guild Wars 2. Bought it on impulse and pretty much hated it. It was just so boring, and the combat system was frankly terrible. The art style was rather nice though.
On the other hand I bought Vanquish randomly for $10 and it was fantastic.
On the other hand I bought Vanquish randomly for $10 and it was fantastic.
Oh God yes, Sacred 2. Friend of mine pushed me to buy it. Niggled me about it for an entire freaking month, because that piece of crap was supposedly better than Diablo II. Seriously.Karoshi said:Sacred 2. I remember the first one to be fairly good and Diablo-like, so I didn't give the purchase much thought.
The opening cinematic left me literally with this expression:Cheesy storytelling? Check. Shitty boring fantasy? Check. A horrible rock-tune which degrades its whole genre? Check. One of the most awful trailers I have ever seen.
The gameplay was shit too, so I never touched it again.
Better than Diablo II.
The mind boggles.
And yeah, Blind Guardian's in there, but the game is just so freaking cheesy and horrible I can't take squat about it seriously! You've got humans, elves and, what, robotic... Anubis... Thingies...?
Someone's making a cheap-ass Eberron rip-off, here.
both versions of two worlds, because the first one on xbox was buggy as hell and the second was downright re-fucking-tarded.
New Vegas at launch. (Now its ok and since I only paid 8 bucks on steam for the full game+DLC...)
Vampire's Kiss, Bayonetta (sorry I hate that game), Force Unleashed 2 for the horrible CANON ending and short ass gameplay... FFXIII
New Vegas at launch. (Now its ok and since I only paid 8 bucks on steam for the full game+DLC...)
Vampire's Kiss, Bayonetta (sorry I hate that game), Force Unleashed 2 for the horrible CANON ending and short ass gameplay... FFXIII
I bought Mirrors Edge for a whole 70p from HMV during a crazy sale. I didn't actually mind Mirrors Edge and enjoyed the game and probably would have paid a smidge more than the mediocre 70p for it (with the exception of not being able to jump absolutely everywhere I wanted and dealing with gun battles when there was no such way to fight back...hmm)
But yes, for 70p, it was one of the cheapest and actually good impulse buys I've had.
Impulse buys I didn't like? Infinite Undiscovery. I couldn't connect to the game at all, was way over complicated from the start (or just frankly, didn't really explain what to do at the next point and I'd only been playing 20 minutes). I kept it only for the sake of trying to give it another go on a rainy day because I hate wasting money!
But yes, for 70p, it was one of the cheapest and actually good impulse buys I've had.
Impulse buys I didn't like? Infinite Undiscovery. I couldn't connect to the game at all, was way over complicated from the start (or just frankly, didn't really explain what to do at the next point and I'd only been playing 20 minutes). I kept it only for the sake of trying to give it another go on a rainy day because I hate wasting money!
Been there man...I think I also got the Collector's Ed of Fable 3 but a far greater disappointment for me was the Signature Edition of Dragon Age 2 which I bought on day 1. I hated that game so very, very hard...
On the flip side, I spent...ya know what, screw how much I dropped on it but I found and grabbed Ocarina of Time (grey cart sadly) and, Rayman 2 on the N64 complete with the original boxes and everything. My total that day was roughly $200 but I also picked up other games (I think Paper Mario 64 was the bulk of the expense).
After the ZP-critique of Dishonored I'm going to wait for a GotY edition of it before I buy it (unless it's gifted to me).
I spent less than $10 on Duke Nukem Forever, new and with an employee discount (Target) and that was totally worth it to me. I rented Tekken 6 for free (working at Blockbuster) and I concluded that it was the worst game I ever put into a console before the 5 minute mark. Not even worth the price of 'Free'.
When it comes to spending money, I actually get some moderate anxiety about spending money on food. I love to eat but I just have a lot of trouble convincing myself to buy food.
Captcha: More Cowbell...I gotta have more cowbell!
On the flip side, I spent...ya know what, screw how much I dropped on it but I found and grabbed Ocarina of Time (grey cart sadly) and, Rayman 2 on the N64 complete with the original boxes and everything. My total that day was roughly $200 but I also picked up other games (I think Paper Mario 64 was the bulk of the expense).
After the ZP-critique of Dishonored I'm going to wait for a GotY edition of it before I buy it (unless it's gifted to me).
I spent less than $10 on Duke Nukem Forever, new and with an employee discount (Target) and that was totally worth it to me. I rented Tekken 6 for free (working at Blockbuster) and I concluded that it was the worst game I ever put into a console before the 5 minute mark. Not even worth the price of 'Free'.
When it comes to spending money, I actually get some moderate anxiety about spending money on food. I love to eat but I just have a lot of trouble convincing myself to buy food.
Captcha: More Cowbell...I gotta have more cowbell!
Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition, because the regular edition was sold out. Battlefield 3, before I realised that EA was simply aping the worst aspects of the competition. The Sims 3, Red Alert 3. I'll have to stop listing atrocities there because there is a developing theme and I don't want to start something.
The best decision I've made was probably picking up an unfamiliar game called Dragon Age Origins and its Awakening expansion together because they looked like the sort of thing I might enjoy.
I regret not picking up Morrowind and Oblivion in the latest sale on Steam, even though I have a copy of each already. I can't stop dreaming of the towering mushrooms of the Bitter Coast.
The best decision I've made was probably picking up an unfamiliar game called Dragon Age Origins and its Awakening expansion together because they looked like the sort of thing I might enjoy.
I regret not picking up Morrowind and Oblivion in the latest sale on Steam, even though I have a copy of each already. I can't stop dreaming of the towering mushrooms of the Bitter Coast.
Oh right, Modern Warfare 2! I forgot about that one. What a hideous-looking game. I think I picked that one up because I knew Sweet Fanny Adams about the Call of Duty and Battlefield series and mistook its cover for that of Bad Company 2.Proeliator said:
Inversion was the last impulse buy I made - 50 shades of meh
Ooh, actually I bought Doom3 BFG from Game last night, I did want to play it again but the fact it cam with Rage free swung it, I loved the combat in Rage and fancy playing through it one more time on Nightmare
I also bought Xcom on a whim, I heard it was good and funnily enough the stories of people's playthroughs and losing friends made me go "what the hell". It's my GOTY now and the reason I've only played the first mission in Dishonored
Ooh, actually I bought Doom3 BFG from Game last night, I did want to play it again but the fact it cam with Rage free swung it, I loved the combat in Rage and fancy playing through it one more time on Nightmare
I also bought Xcom on a whim, I heard it was good and funnily enough the stories of people's playthroughs and losing friends made me go "what the hell". It's my GOTY now and the reason I've only played the first mission in Dishonored
I really liked this game actually, found it really fun, got it for like 10 bucks.Akalabeth said:
I 100% that game, I found it fun as hell.ForgottenPr0digy said:
Another bad buy I did? Well a couple years back, I had the urge to play DBZ Tenkaichi 3 because it had future gohan, well I bought a ps2 just to get that game. That was an impulse buy. Totally worth it.
Oh yes, infinite undiscovery is terrible, I couldn't get passed the first stage, like wtf is this. In fact, any other JRPG besides the Tales series is absolute crap and a bad buy.EmzOLV said:
I bought X-Blades and DoA: Beach Volleyball 2 on the same morning. That was a depressing afternoon.
I've never bought a game that I just completely regretted. Sometimes I might regret it for an hour or two, but then I get used to the controls/mechanics/etc. and realize that I like the game.
Closest one to complete regret is Guild Wars 2. It was fun, but it wasn't what I wanted or expected it to be at all. My main only made it to level 16. I'll probably pick it back up here in awhile, but for now, I regret buying it slightly.
Closest one to complete regret is Guild Wars 2. It was fun, but it wasn't what I wanted or expected it to be at all. My main only made it to level 16. I'll probably pick it back up here in awhile, but for now, I regret buying it slightly.
Bought a PSVita for just under 180$ on impulse. Great buy so far. I spend a lot of time moving about so portable gaming is a must for me.
Worst impulse buy was probably Brink. Pre-ordered and all, and was a total disappointment.
Worst impulse buy was probably Brink. Pre-ordered and all, and was a total disappointment.
By far the worst impulse buy was Legends of Pegasus. 40 dollars for a broken, buggy game when I was hoping for a revitalization of Master of Orion 2. And look where it got the developer... [http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=15885]
Ever since I started renting from GameFly, I don't have impulse buys anymore. But before...I guess my worst impulse buy was Lost Kingdoms II. Utterly crappy card-based combat game with no plot I can recall. Ugh. Horrible.
The Matrix game was also crap.
The Matrix game was also crap.