Your Most Regretted Game Purchase
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Phantasy Star Online. I loved it at first, but as I played it more and more, everything wrong with the game became way too much of an annoyance to ignore. The combat system overall is utter garbage.
Recent: Brutal Legend or Borderlands. I had fun with them both for about an hour and a half, then realized that they weren't nearly as good as everyone hyped them up to be.
Of all time: Final Fantasy XI. It is literally the only Final Fantasy game I haven't at least enjoyed a little bit. Hell, I enjoyed the garbage that was X-2 more than that pile of crap. Its because of that game that I won't even bat an eye at Final Fantasy XIV, and refuse to trust any MMO other than World of Warcraft (and maybe The Old Republic).
Of all time: Final Fantasy XI. It is literally the only Final Fantasy game I haven't at least enjoyed a little bit. Hell, I enjoyed the garbage that was X-2 more than that pile of crap. Its because of that game that I won't even bat an eye at Final Fantasy XIV, and refuse to trust any MMO other than World of Warcraft (and maybe The Old Republic).
I don't get all the hate either. I personally put XIII up in my top 5 Final Fantasy games (at number 4, being beaten out by X, VIII and VI while just barely nosing out IV), and I thought Dragon Age II was another shining example of Bioware at its finest. But to each their own I guess.CrossLOPER said:
Feckin' ODST, thinking it would be awesome, I traded in like 10 games for it. Stupidest fucking thing I've ever done...
Usually I rent games before I buy them, so I almost never buy something I regret.
I did buy the Orange Box though, knowing full well that I didn't like Half Life 2. I thought Portal would be something amazing like everyone kept saying, but all it was to me was a decent puzzle game that got boring after one play through. I hadn't tried Team Fortress 2, so I hoped that might be fun. After playing a couple matches I went back to CS:Source and Halo 3, it wasn't over the top enough to be better than Halo, and it wasn't realistic enough to be better than CS:Source.
I did buy the Orange Box though, knowing full well that I didn't like Half Life 2. I thought Portal would be something amazing like everyone kept saying, but all it was to me was a decent puzzle game that got boring after one play through. I hadn't tried Team Fortress 2, so I hoped that might be fun. After playing a couple matches I went back to CS:Source and Halo 3, it wasn't over the top enough to be better than Halo, and it wasn't realistic enough to be better than CS:Source.
It's a decent RPG, just not nearly Bioware standards, the entire game made me want to cry and replay the original.Naama said:
Hellgate: London. OH THE HORROR.
Little big planet cost:70 euro
It was OK couldn't get into it but then it went missing
(i have a suspicion one of my friends stole it)the that's about $98.7 in the bin
my local store normally over price stuff but they came up with the idea 2 year ago to charge about 10 euro more for ps3 games.
Rainbow six Vegas 2:30 euro.
Bought it a few years after release because i remembered having fun with it and at my south African friends house who is gone now.
It was outdated and really crap its one of
those game that are only good when they come out.
FF13:21 euro
rented it liked it(only a little) bought it.
Played it once.I just got 50 euros at the time and was eager to spend.
Waste of money could have bought a 1/8 ounce bag instead.
It was OK couldn't get into it but then it went missing
(i have a suspicion one of my friends stole it)the that's about $98.7 in the bin
my local store normally over price stuff but they came up with the idea 2 year ago to charge about 10 euro more for ps3 games.
Rainbow six Vegas 2:30 euro.
Bought it a few years after release because i remembered having fun with it and at my south African friends house who is gone now.
It was outdated and really crap its one of
those game that are only good when they come out.
FF13:21 euro
rented it liked it(only a little) bought it.
Played it once.I just got 50 euros at the time and was eager to spend.
Waste of money could have bought a 1/8 ounce bag instead.
Now I love a good JRPG. The Tales series is probably my favorite RPG series of all time just beating out Mass Effect. But when I had some spare cash around and decided to pick up an RPG and decided on The Last Remnant... I regretted that BADLY.
I played it for like 5-6 hours and still didn't care about anything going on and the combat system had such potential too but was just total BULLCRAP.
Instead of party members you have these little squads of guys composed of party members. But you can't tell them what to do. Only vaguely suggest it and hope they heal who needs it or cast what spell you wanted.
That and each group has a leader you designate. And if that leader goes down... The entire group acted as if they all had just been lobotomised. You couldn't issue them orders anymore so they were just picked off one by one. And which person in the squad the monsters attacked was completely random. The leader could be hit by an "insta-kill" attack that would be a quick revive and heal for anyone else but nope. Everybody became retarded until their inevitible death 30 seconds later.
Anywho... /rage.
I played it for like 5-6 hours and still didn't care about anything going on and the combat system had such potential too but was just total BULLCRAP.
Instead of party members you have these little squads of guys composed of party members. But you can't tell them what to do. Only vaguely suggest it and hope they heal who needs it or cast what spell you wanted.
That and each group has a leader you designate. And if that leader goes down... The entire group acted as if they all had just been lobotomised. You couldn't issue them orders anymore so they were just picked off one by one. And which person in the squad the monsters attacked was completely random. The leader could be hit by an "insta-kill" attack that would be a quick revive and heal for anyone else but nope. Everybody became retarded until their inevitible death 30 seconds later.
Anywho... /rage.
I definately regret buying MW2 on release, i was expecting it to have the excellent quality story of the first one and up the action. Up the action YES, but completely lacklustre story compared with the first, completely over the top. Not only that but it just finished, it has to be one of the poorest endings and possible cliffhangers ever.
As for the online it was just more of the same, at least BlackOps did something new, and better. The only decent part of the game was Spec Ops. It's a shame because the opening few levels where quiet good, unfortunately it just got worse.
As for the online it was just more of the same, at least BlackOps did something new, and better. The only decent part of the game was Spec Ops. It's a shame because the opening few levels where quiet good, unfortunately it just got worse.
The Elder Scroll 4: Oblivion and Borderlands. Both games are very dull to me and never really pull me into them. Borderlands, while it has it's moments, depresses me so much with it's setting and bores me with its length. The game actually should have been shorter or better paced.
The other one I regret is Farcry 2 on its repetitive-ness. Luckily I did NOT buy it for gameplay reasons so good save for me that I came in with my mind set on one thing and not another.
EDIT: Wait there is one more on my plate, Black and White 2. Technically Fable 2 and 3 as well but I wasn't the one who bought them. I oddly enough liked The Movies more. I wish a sequel was made with more polished mechanics such as how your hire employees and interactions between stars. Unluckily it will probably never happen as they seem focused on the Fable series and maybe Black and White 3. (I did not feel like a god in B&W2.)
The other one I regret is Farcry 2 on its repetitive-ness. Luckily I did NOT buy it for gameplay reasons so good save for me that I came in with my mind set on one thing and not another.
Oh how much I agree with you man. I would like to note that I was close to not buying Duke Nukem: Forever when they announced Gearbox would be handling its final touches. A recent trailer COMPLETELY changed my mind. Unluckily this is not the case where I look forward to more games from the developers.blizzaradragon said:
EDIT: Wait there is one more on my plate, Black and White 2. Technically Fable 2 and 3 as well but I wasn't the one who bought them. I oddly enough liked The Movies more. I wish a sequel was made with more polished mechanics such as how your hire employees and interactions between stars. Unluckily it will probably never happen as they seem focused on the Fable series and maybe Black and White 3. (I did not feel like a god in B&W2.)
Yeah =/GeorgW said:
I enjoy fighting games, but simple kind of fighting games like Super Smash bros, lol...
Buttonmashers are not really my thing. I'm good at Soul Calibre, but nowhere near as good as I am at other genres.
I also made the mistake of buying it for 3DS, but its still fun.
And Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has a simple button setting which makes me not terrible, lol
Also:
FF XIII, Bad Oops, Cataclysm, and... Bulletstorm.
Bulletstorm is fun, but buy-worthy? Nahhhhh
inFamous. So horrible. Everything about that game was basically an example of what NOT to put in your game.
And Again for the DS. Holy crap Cing, what happened? How could you guys make something so boring that it's a chore to play? You guys made Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk, you are so better than this.
And Again for the DS. Holy crap Cing, what happened? How could you guys make something so boring that it's a chore to play? You guys made Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk, you are so better than this.
I bought A Godzilla game once. I don't remember what it was called, but It's a Godzilla game, that explains it all.
