Worst gaming mistake
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While not entirely a gaming mistake I bought two Nvidia 8600GTS cards only to find out that less than three weeks later the 8800GT released and were being offered at the exact same price that I payed for the 8600GT model.
Then come to find out after having bought Windows Vista Ultimate to shelf until at least the first service pack was released; the Nvidia drivers for 64bit systems were even more unstable than the 32bit versions and were still incredibly prone to the (Error NVKDLM display driver has stopped responding) problem.
I still have a nice gaming system but it's running XP64 instead of the overpriced Vista I decided to "adopt" early.
Then come to find out after having bought Windows Vista Ultimate to shelf until at least the first service pack was released; the Nvidia drivers for 64bit systems were even more unstable than the 32bit versions and were still incredibly prone to the (Error NVKDLM display driver has stopped responding) problem.
I still have a nice gaming system but it's running XP64 instead of the overpriced Vista I decided to "adopt" early.
Black & White
I was a total fan of the old-school game Populous... an absolutely awsome "god" simulator. When Molineux announced B&W he repeattedly touted it as the next-gen Populous... I definitely fell for the marketting only to end up playing this horrible mess...
Then Molineux did Fable... and again hyped himself up to excessiveness before release only to be disappointed with the product yet again...
I'm sorry, but Molineux is dead to me. DEAD TO ME!! I HAVE NO SON!
I was a total fan of the old-school game Populous... an absolutely awsome "god" simulator. When Molineux announced B&W he repeattedly touted it as the next-gen Populous... I definitely fell for the marketting only to end up playing this horrible mess...
Then Molineux did Fable... and again hyped himself up to excessiveness before release only to be disappointed with the product yet again...
I'm sorry, but Molineux is dead to me. DEAD TO ME!! I HAVE NO SON!
I sold an N64 with ten games, a Saturn with 20 and a Megadrive with 40 to get some money to go on holiday once. Some great games and consoles gone for the sake of spending a couple of weeks in Spain with my Dad and bloody Stepmum. What a waste. Got it all back in the end though I guess.
Buying WoW, out of the thought that it would be better playing it with friends...
Nope, initial impression was on the dot...
I lost contact with a few friends... but I'll stick with my kind of MMO from now on...
Here's the kicker, my girlfriend wants me to play WoW with her now >.<.
Nope, initial impression was on the dot...
I lost contact with a few friends... but I'll stick with my kind of MMO from now on...
Here's the kicker, my girlfriend wants me to play WoW with her now >.<.
Buying a Gamecube while all my friends got Xbox and were playing online while I got stuck with super mario sunshine.. "sobs quietly"
Though to be fair Metroid Prime was beast
Though to be fair Metroid Prime was beast
I always rent games before I buy them, but I have to say, that I hated my self for renting the Spiderman 3 game, it surprised me, because the Spiderman 2 video game was actually good, I got blindsided by that one.
Oh oh oh! Lousy's comment makes me remember a great videogaming mistake I made.
So back when I was a teenager, I got my first summer job and saved up money to buy my first console. At the time it was between the Sega Genesis and the Turbographix 16... I don't remember wth I was thinking but I went with the turbographix and just hated myself as it slowly died and all the great games came out for Sega... bah.
So back when I was a teenager, I got my first summer job and saved up money to buy my first console. At the time it was between the Sega Genesis and the Turbographix 16... I don't remember wth I was thinking but I went with the turbographix and just hated myself as it slowly died and all the great games came out for Sega... bah.
I stupidly sold my N64 just before Goldeneye came out. As a result I never got to play the game along with many other classics.
I still wait in vain hope that someday it will appear either on XBL or Virtual Console, but I am not holding my breath.
I still wait in vain hope that someday it will appear either on XBL or Virtual Console, but I am not holding my breath.
Buying Theme Park for the DS.
I was blinded by the nostalgia of the old SNES one I played, instead I got a game where despite there being signposts EVERYWHERE, people still got lost, and that annoying help guy/gal popped up every 5 seconds to tell me they were lost.
Most of my gaming mistakes have actually been buying GBA or DS versions of old games I liked, only to find time has not handled them well, or they just aren't like I remember. Damn you rose tinted specs!
I was blinded by the nostalgia of the old SNES one I played, instead I got a game where despite there being signposts EVERYWHERE, people still got lost, and that annoying help guy/gal popped up every 5 seconds to tell me they were lost.
Most of my gaming mistakes have actually been buying GBA or DS versions of old games I liked, only to find time has not handled them well, or they just aren't like I remember. Damn you rose tinted specs!
This is a toughie, because it combines one of the worst decisions with one of the best...
I sold my Genesis with a ton of games and accessories for $32 to go towards an N64. Buying an N64 was one of my best gaming decisions, but I still miss the Genesis...
I sold my Genesis with a ton of games and accessories for $32 to go towards an N64. Buying an N64 was one of my best gaming decisions, but I still miss the Genesis...
I bought a dreamcast VERY close to the end of its life when I didn't have the money, based on the fact that I could borrow games from my friend. It was a massive mistake, I sold it 5 months later.
Choosing Hidden and Dangerous over Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. I bought the "H&D is Commandos in 3D and therefor better" argument, even though I enjoyed the demo of Commandos immensely. H&D wasn't really really bad, but the millions of game breaking bugs that never got fixed kinda dampened the experience. The freeware edition of H&D is still riddled with bugs...