Mario sunshine. just did not get on with it at all. Traded it in the end. Tend not to pre order now.
What was the worst game that you pre-ordered?
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I've got in the bad habit of pre-ordering more obscure titles which I worry about actually showing up in my area despite having no way to gauge their quality beforehand. My most recent examples being Killer is Dead and Murdered: Soul Suspect. While I enjoyed both of these titles for what they were, they are what common opinion would dictate to be the worst games I've ever pre-ordered. Even then, I should have probably stayed away from pre-ordering as both titles hit the bargain bin a few short months after being released.
collectors edition of mass effect 3. i opened the packet and was confronted by "teaser" items that were basically adverts, now you have seen this go buy the full thing !
i actually enjoyed the game for the most part apart from the odd issue (npc's being killed off by twitter for example), until i got to the end and i logged onto the net to see how to fix the glitch at the end, i honestly thought my game had bugged at the end and i was missing entire cut scenes, which after the directors cut was released, i realised it was
i actually enjoyed the game for the most part apart from the odd issue (npc's being killed off by twitter for example), until i got to the end and i logged onto the net to see how to fix the glitch at the end, i honestly thought my game had bugged at the end and i was missing entire cut scenes, which after the directors cut was released, i realised it was
I was so excited about Epic Mickey with its promise of darkness and creepy atmosphere.
Id wasn't anything even remotely close to what they promised.
Id wasn't anything even remotely close to what they promised.
Spore, yes there have been worse games since then that I have pre ordered, Watchdogs for example but Spore had SOOO much potential and failed to live up to any of it, the final game was dumbed down, didn't explore the idea of evolution as was shown in the initial videos, was basically four distinct types of game all of which where very very poor in their own rights with jarring switches from one state to the others, when instead it should have been smooth logically transitions between states. Oh and it came with activation limit DRM as well.
Watchdogs would be the other one but where as Spore had so much potential Watchdogs just turned out to be boring, I mean really boring, tedious character, tedious story, and boring game play and while it didn't bother me I know many complained about the performance and graphical issues.
Watchdogs would be the other one but where as Spore had so much potential Watchdogs just turned out to be boring, I mean really boring, tedious character, tedious story, and boring game play and while it didn't bother me I know many complained about the performance and graphical issues.
Rome total war 2 easily, by all accounts that piece of garbage should of never come out till 6-7 months later. Censorship of their forums from the mass complaints, and streamed videos to promote blindly the game like drones. Never cry about Alien Colonel Marines because this game was seriously the biggest media white-wash ive seen.
A word of warning, never pre-order anything from Sega ever. They are the biggest Liars and make EA look like champions.
P.S Alien Isolation was alright, but only because of the sheer backlash and disasters of 2 of their games in a row, do not expect two consecutive decent games from this greedy company.
A word of warning, never pre-order anything from Sega ever. They are the biggest Liars and make EA look like champions.
P.S Alien Isolation was alright, but only because of the sheer backlash and disasters of 2 of their games in a row, do not expect two consecutive decent games from this greedy company.
My experience with the digital version has been a *little* better, but there's teeny-tiny hitches in the overall flow of animations that almost cripple the Arkham-ish combat. I have to vault or roll away a lot more than I should have to.EscapeGoat said:
Past that, my only issue would be the length of the loading screens. Every menu change involves a LOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAADING SCREEEEEEEEEEEN.
I consider it as just another incentive to drop more cash into my "New PC" fund.
As far as my own experience with awful ports goes, I'd have to mention Enter the Matrix. I expected an awesome and engaging take on the series' universe; I got a "Press all the Buttons to Win" movie tie-in. Then again, I was young and foolish.
Spore. i had so many expectation for that game. i was waiting it since the first time it showed on E3, like 4 years before the launch date. i pre order that damn huge collector edition, and took a day off on launch day.... for that...
Also, Starcraft 2. well, the game turn out to be good, however, i pre-order a french edition (i live in Québec, so north america here, keep that in mind). The french edition shipped to stores in Québec turns out to be French european edition, that play only on european servers. Then you also had to open a battle.net account. an european battle.net account that doesnt accept my country, phone number, postal code, because they are not european, and the game refused to start at all because of that.
so i called support. but only the european support could help me, so i had to call oversea to speak to someone who had the power to listen to me...
finally, after i pre-ordered the thing, i ended up playing it two week after launch date.
Also, Starcraft 2. well, the game turn out to be good, however, i pre-order a french edition (i live in Québec, so north america here, keep that in mind). The french edition shipped to stores in Québec turns out to be French european edition, that play only on european servers. Then you also had to open a battle.net account. an european battle.net account that doesnt accept my country, phone number, postal code, because they are not european, and the game refused to start at all because of that.
so i called support. but only the european support could help me, so i had to call oversea to speak to someone who had the power to listen to me...
finally, after i pre-ordered the thing, i ended up playing it two week after launch date.
I've never been disappointed with a game I preordered since I only preorder stuff I'm really sure I'll like. However, I only had access to Battlefield 4 for about a month or two before EA fucked up my account. Haven't been able to get access to my account since, and I'm still pissed. Fuck EA.
Wow not 1 but 2 people with the same thing. Yeah the only game I've pre-orrdered was Portal 2 though I do regret preodering. Not that its a bad game, in fact it's a fantastic game it's just a bit short for what it cost and has little replay value.Suhi89 said:
yea if you preordered both games at any toyRus you got a plushie XD (best part my toysrus had extras and the worker let me buy a second so I have both x and y forms)soren7550 said:
*tries to psychicly strangle Pinkie Pyro through the internet*PinkiePyro said:yea if you preordered both games at any toyRus you got a plushie XD (best part my toysrus had extras and the worker let me buy a second so I have both x and y forms)soren7550 said:
Borderlands 2. I bought the goddamn loot chest and a season pass and haven't played beyond DLC2. That regret did teach me something though since I cancelled my A:CM special edition preorder just before release.
Master of Orion 3, which kept me from pre-ordering any other game until Dragon Age 2, which was okay but disappointing given my expectations based on its predecessor.
Sorry for belated reply...KingsGambit said:
Also sorry i cant help you, i didnt get much further than you did in 6. It had at least one passable puzzle that i found but the rest of it was pure misery and one bossfight in particular killed it for me, i forget what i was fighting, some fat guy, but it was in an enclosed space, the camera angles were torture and all i seemed to do was bump into him all the time...It was 5 i enjoyed not 6...
Dragon Age 2: I paid $30 too much for it, and the game that caused me to stop pre-ordering games altogether. FUCK.
I don't normaly preorder
I enjoyed Tropico 3, and Port Royal and everything I played from Kalpso up to this point.
Figued I would preorder Legends of Pegasus from them.
If you have never heard of it.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/legends-of-pegasus
At launch the camapin was broken in severl places with no victory conditions for a few misisons.
Multiplier was non functioning
AI for single quick play was not implemented and never built anything.
Several featues listed on the stem page showed no signs of implantation.
It also costed $30
Shortly after
http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=15885
Several features never made it into the game, and it's still a broken pile of crud now gone from the steam store
Now back to never pe-ordering again, and never buying a Kalapso game again, not because the game was bad but because it so blatantly lied to consumers.
I enjoyed Tropico 3, and Port Royal and everything I played from Kalpso up to this point.
Figued I would preorder Legends of Pegasus from them.
If you have never heard of it.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/legends-of-pegasus
At launch the camapin was broken in severl places with no victory conditions for a few misisons.
Multiplier was non functioning
AI for single quick play was not implemented and never built anything.
Several featues listed on the stem page showed no signs of implantation.
It also costed $30
Shortly after
http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=15885
Several features never made it into the game, and it's still a broken pile of crud now gone from the steam store
Now back to never pe-ordering again, and never buying a Kalapso game again, not because the game was bad but because it so blatantly lied to consumers.
I actually enjoyed RE5, but that may be because I played it exclusively splitscreen with a buddy.Jerrin Chambers said:
On Topic: Dead Space 3.
Just, man what a letdown. I loved the first two games, and I convinced a friend to preorder with me so we could play the Co-Op online. I woke up feeling absolutely terrible that day, but walked out to the store to get it regardless, because I was so pumped to play it. Then we played through the game and found out that it wasn't even trying to be scary anymore, and it felt like Gears of Deadspace. Do not regret trading that one in.