What games ARE worth the money you paid for them?
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Fallout 3: im still playing the game (sandboxing) 2 years later, worth every penny
Quake 3 arena: I still play this now and again, and I had this installed for 10 years
Diablo1 and 2: I played and completed D2 at least 4-5 times, I love the barbarian and necromancer
Quake 3 arena: I still play this now and again, and I had this installed for 10 years
Diablo1 and 2: I played and completed D2 at least 4-5 times, I love the barbarian and necromancer
Ignoring games I bought in sales etc. GTAIV and COD4 are two games this gen (PS3) I don't regret paying full price for.
Last Gen: Manhunt, GTA Vice City and Black on the PS2.
Prior to that nothing springs to mind, mostly as I bought most my games second hand or in sales and thats a seperate point in my opinion.
Last Gen: Manhunt, GTA Vice City and Black on the PS2.
Prior to that nothing springs to mind, mostly as I bought most my games second hand or in sales and thats a seperate point in my opinion.
I always make absolutely sure I want a game before I purchase it.
My most recent purchases are:
Little Big Planet
Nintendo DSi (with Mario Kart DS, Suikoden Teirkries, Metroid Prime Hunters, Scribblenauts)
and Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes of Liberty City
My most recent purchases are:
Little Big Planet
Nintendo DSi (with Mario Kart DS, Suikoden Teirkries, Metroid Prime Hunters, Scribblenauts)
and Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes of Liberty City
Age of Empires (all of 'em!)
Lots of stuff from GoG...
Settlers 7 (but only because I paid just $20 for the thing)
Gothic 3
Risen (I've gotten practically a dollar-per-hour value out of this, and enjoyed 90% of it)
Most everything I've bought, actually.
Lots of stuff from GoG...
Settlers 7 (but only because I paid just $20 for the thing)
Gothic 3
Risen (I've gotten practically a dollar-per-hour value out of this, and enjoyed 90% of it)
Most everything I've bought, actually.
No game is worth 60$ IMO, so I only buy games on release day, since you get them way cheaper then, gonna pick up Fallout new vegas for 20$ on friday(woo)
The Orange Box, first and foremost, is the best deal I've ever gotten when I paid twenty quid for it. I've well over a thousand hours on tf2, and the rest is well, fucking awesome.
Next is when I recently bought Left 4 dead 2 for 7 euro.
For higher priced games, I recently got super mario galaxy 2 for 45, but it's worth every penny. It's ridiculously fun, and consistently inventive with its level design. A triumph.
Next is when I recently bought Left 4 dead 2 for 7 euro.
For higher priced games, I recently got super mario galaxy 2 for 45, but it's worth every penny. It's ridiculously fun, and consistently inventive with its level design. A triumph.
These 2 for sure. Also, Recettear cost me £11 (and has only gone up to £12 and is awesome) - I also paid full price (£30) for Bad Company 2 and that was definitely worth the price. Dragon age I likewise paid £30 for, and between me and my girlfriend, we've racked up something like 550 hours on that game, so that seems worth it.Outright Villainy said:
Since gamestop gouged all the prices in the used market, I started buying new so not a hell of a lot.
Saints Row 2
Fallout 3
Borderlands
...
Ummm
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Asscree 2
You could get a lot more value last gen. This gen they try to shore everything up with multiplayer and achievement trophies.
Saints Row 2
Fallout 3
Borderlands
...
Ummm
...
Asscree 2
You could get a lot more value last gen. This gen they try to shore everything up with multiplayer and achievement trophies.
Games worth the money:
- The Orange Box (every game separately too, but the collection even more so)
- Fallout 3
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Civilization V (and likely every one before it; though upgrading isn't really worth it)
- SimCity
- Altitude
- Machinarium
- World of Warcraft (if you're into that sort of thing)
- Minecraft
- Flower
- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
Games that aren't worth the money:
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Age of Conan
- Warhammer Online
- City of Heroes
- Spore
- many others whose names I can't remember anymore
As far as I am concerned, duration has little to do with the value of a game. Portal, Machinarium, and Flower are some of the best games I have ever played, even though they lasted less than 8 hours each. On the other hand, Age of Conan was the worst experience I have ever had and it probably had over 100 hours of gameplay. It's about quality, not quantity. Portal and Flower were wonderful experiences which were worth the $10-20 that they cost. In all of its hours, AoC never provided an enjoyable experience.
- The Orange Box (every game separately too, but the collection even more so)
- Fallout 3
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Civilization V (and likely every one before it; though upgrading isn't really worth it)
- SimCity
- Altitude
- Machinarium
- World of Warcraft (if you're into that sort of thing)
- Minecraft
- Flower
- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
Games that aren't worth the money:
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Age of Conan
- Warhammer Online
- City of Heroes
- Spore
- many others whose names I can't remember anymore
As far as I am concerned, duration has little to do with the value of a game. Portal, Machinarium, and Flower are some of the best games I have ever played, even though they lasted less than 8 hours each. On the other hand, Age of Conan was the worst experience I have ever had and it probably had over 100 hours of gameplay. It's about quality, not quantity. Portal and Flower were wonderful experiences which were worth the $10-20 that they cost. In all of its hours, AoC never provided an enjoyable experience.
games that are worth the full $60
Mass Effect
Dragon Age
Rock Band 2 (holy shit I've spent a lot on DLC)
and
Enslaved
mostly every game I bought last console generation for $50 was worth it
how was the PS2 so fucking awesome?
games that are worth what I payed
I had a free rental coupon so I got to play through Halo Reach for free that was worth it
I picked up the Beatles Rock Band used for $10
and my friend actually payed me $10 to play Modern Warfare 2
and when you think about it sitting down for 6 hours mechanically shooting the same terrorists in the head and occasionally stopping to go "holy crap those graphics are good" asking for more would have made me sound like a whiny *****
Mass Effect
Dragon Age
Rock Band 2 (holy shit I've spent a lot on DLC)
and
Enslaved
mostly every game I bought last console generation for $50 was worth it
how was the PS2 so fucking awesome?
games that are worth what I payed
I had a free rental coupon so I got to play through Halo Reach for free that was worth it
I picked up the Beatles Rock Band used for $10
and my friend actually payed me $10 to play Modern Warfare 2
and when you think about it sitting down for 6 hours mechanically shooting the same terrorists in the head and occasionally stopping to go "holy crap those graphics are good" asking for more would have made me sound like a whiny *****
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orange box definitely, with about 95% of that being TF2. Almost 600 hrs for $20? Hell yes! Fallout 3 GotYE is definitely worth full price, That $50 was the cost of all the DLC originally, plus I didn't have to go through Games for Xbo... er Windows Hell. So I bought it again and gave away my old one. GTA4 at $20 was worth it. Those are the ones that really stand out. Stalker SoC might be, but I play the game wrong and can't get past the first area. I only really regret a few though.
