Games you regret to have bought ?
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Welcome to the club. My copy is a review copy and still this one's bad. It's not the horrible controls per sé, it's more like everything that made the first 2-3 games distinct from the rest of FPS is replaced by booooooredoooom...LCP said:
But my first place goes to 'Silent Hill: Homecoming'. Wow, just... wow. I'm one of the very rare specimen who enjoyed 'The Room', but after the horrible story-fuckup they made with 'Origins' the game's executives failed in every respect to create a Silent Hill game. That's what´s happening if you let people do the work who only researched the material by fast forwarding through the movie. Reading a book about subtility could have worked wonders. And congrats, the one coming out in a few months looks even more broken. Psychology instead of Combos, guys!
The games I regret the most:
FF 12, FF 11(the mmo), Oblivion(elder scrolls)
There are several games I don't really regret buying but in hindsight I probably shouldn't have bothered: Empire: Total War, GTA4, Guild Wars 1
FF 12, FF 11(the mmo), Oblivion(elder scrolls)
There are several games I don't really regret buying but in hindsight I probably shouldn't have bothered: Empire: Total War, GTA4, Guild Wars 1
portal 1.
but only because i later pre-ordered portal 2 and got a free copy of portal 1.
so now i have a free copy of portal 1 to give someone. and no one wants it.
also simcity societies
but only because i later pre-ordered portal 2 and got a free copy of portal 1.
so now i have a free copy of portal 1 to give someone. and no one wants it.
also simcity societies
I bought Fable: The lost Chapters. At first I was all ecstatic "Oh cool! I've wondered what everyone's been so excited about. I beat the game once and couldnt bring myself to do it again. Hell, I still play GUN over again from time to time but Fable is full of meh.
I've been pretty lucky with games, all my mates seem to buy the bad ones. But that said, I did buy Far Cry 2... Yay! Lets just play the same missions at different parts of the map...
Wait, I remember buying a Stargate game as a kid for Gameboy, which was probably the most disappointed I have ever been with a game.
Wait, I remember buying a Stargate game as a kid for Gameboy, which was probably the most disappointed I have ever been with a game.
Final Fantasy 13.
Just, FF XIII. At least X and X-2 were so bad they were funny, but this was just to horrid. Let's just let Square make movies now.
Just, FF XIII. At least X and X-2 were so bad they were funny, but this was just to horrid. Let's just let Square make movies now.
Do I get a hat or something?Xerosch said:
(If there was it would probably be a hat with a picture of a screw)Yeah, I would have honestly been better off spending those 2 dollars on bubble-wrap. That's actually how I decide if a game is good or not, would I have had more fun spending the money in bubble-wrap?
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Clocktower 3 for PS2.
Should have known something was up from the $4.99 price tag Gamestop was selling it for. In the first one for SNES (the second for PSX was just a remake/port), the antagonist would show up only in certain areas or at specific events, and had a random chance for appearing in certain rooms. Sometimes he would pop out of a box that suddenly shuffled. Sometimes it would shuffle, but then just be a cat that jumped out. Basically, he threatened you every now and then, but he did so sparingly so as to preserve the "Oh sh*t! It's him!" effect. Clocktower 3 on the other hand, has no such pacing.
In Clocktower 3 the antagonist (a new, different one) just will not leave you the f*ck alone for more than thirty seconds. The only way to get him off you is to run into a corner where he can't reach you then wait for him to go away, if he even decides to do so at all. (otherwise you're stuck because the game just doesn't register the fact that he can't reach you and should probably bugger the f*** off for awhile.)
This wouldn't be as bad if you didn't have to go through your normal survival horror regimen of "puzzle" exercises, by which I mean, trying to find where to go next, then figure out where the d*mn key/lever/switch/random object that unlocks it is. Keep in mind, you have about thirty seconds of freedom to explore and try and figure this stuff out before the antagonist shows back up YET AGAIN, forcing you to run for cover or die. So yeah, trying to be scary, but gets annoying REAL fast.
Should have known something was up from the $4.99 price tag Gamestop was selling it for. In the first one for SNES (the second for PSX was just a remake/port), the antagonist would show up only in certain areas or at specific events, and had a random chance for appearing in certain rooms. Sometimes he would pop out of a box that suddenly shuffled. Sometimes it would shuffle, but then just be a cat that jumped out. Basically, he threatened you every now and then, but he did so sparingly so as to preserve the "Oh sh*t! It's him!" effect. Clocktower 3 on the other hand, has no such pacing.
In Clocktower 3 the antagonist (a new, different one) just will not leave you the f*ck alone for more than thirty seconds. The only way to get him off you is to run into a corner where he can't reach you then wait for him to go away, if he even decides to do so at all. (otherwise you're stuck because the game just doesn't register the fact that he can't reach you and should probably bugger the f*** off for awhile.)
This wouldn't be as bad if you didn't have to go through your normal survival horror regimen of "puzzle" exercises, by which I mean, trying to find where to go next, then figure out where the d*mn key/lever/switch/random object that unlocks it is. Keep in mind, you have about thirty seconds of freedom to explore and try and figure this stuff out before the antagonist shows back up YET AGAIN, forcing you to run for cover or die. So yeah, trying to be scary, but gets annoying REAL fast.
I would say Brink, but honestly I'm starting to like it a bit more. Really, playing online makes that game. Just wish more people were playing the challenges co-op online....
Crackdown 2 was just a huge disappointing sequel to a game that I loved, and boy, did it REALLY suck. Literally re-using the exact same map from the first game, just making it look a little more decrepit, replacing all the fun gangs and boss battles with one boring gang and NO boss battles, and adding boring to fight zombies to the mix. Yea, good job there.
The Last Remnant for helping to kill JRPGs for me. I literally can't even go back and play the ones I once loved now, like the old golden sun games. That game has just ruined the genre for me.
And various games my friends and I buy for co-op and such, and either I end up hating (Monster Hunter) or that we just rarely/never play (Left 4 Dead, Lead and Gold, every Unreal Tournament...)..
I'd also like to just add the PSP in general. Not knocking it as a platform, but it was just too awkward for me to use. My hands cramped up constantly while playing it, and the one game I really bought it for I ended up hating with a fiery passion...fucking Monster Hunter.
That about covers it.
Crackdown 2 was just a huge disappointing sequel to a game that I loved, and boy, did it REALLY suck. Literally re-using the exact same map from the first game, just making it look a little more decrepit, replacing all the fun gangs and boss battles with one boring gang and NO boss battles, and adding boring to fight zombies to the mix. Yea, good job there.
The Last Remnant for helping to kill JRPGs for me. I literally can't even go back and play the ones I once loved now, like the old golden sun games. That game has just ruined the genre for me.
And various games my friends and I buy for co-op and such, and either I end up hating (Monster Hunter) or that we just rarely/never play (Left 4 Dead, Lead and Gold, every Unreal Tournament...)..
I'd also like to just add the PSP in general. Not knocking it as a platform, but it was just too awkward for me to use. My hands cramped up constantly while playing it, and the one game I really bought it for I ended up hating with a fiery passion...fucking Monster Hunter.
That about covers it.
Gears of War 2, I cant stand the unbearable plot holes that just seem to pop up everywhere and the multiplayer has two options, Shotgun or die.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, just boring and terrible gameplay. nothing worth playing for, no style to it at all
World of Warcraft, I dont know why I caved into playing this when my friends nagged me only to never help, pointless
Original Street Fighter 4, at the time, I couldnt understand the 2D fighting genre, but now I have SSF4 and I love fighters so my opinion changed since then
Thats all I can think of for now. I know I have more but Im too lazy to remember.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, just boring and terrible gameplay. nothing worth playing for, no style to it at all
World of Warcraft, I dont know why I caved into playing this when my friends nagged me only to never help, pointless
Original Street Fighter 4, at the time, I couldnt understand the 2D fighting genre, but now I have SSF4 and I love fighters so my opinion changed since then
Thats all I can think of for now. I know I have more but Im too lazy to remember.
Dragon Age 2,
I wish I had waited for reviews and suchlike but the demo really drew me in :<
Oh and the Last Remnant which I bought on a whim on steam it was awful. I think I played it for 2 hours and then got bored.
Final Fantasy 13 aswell some of the girls on our sims 3 site and I were really excited for it, It was a total let down :<
I wish I had waited for reviews and suchlike but the demo really drew me in :<
Oh and the Last Remnant which I bought on a whim on steam it was awful. I think I played it for 2 hours and then got bored.
Final Fantasy 13 aswell some of the girls on our sims 3 site and I were really excited for it, It was a total let down :<
Gears of War.
then again i got it for free when i bought Rock Band and Crackdown, so it wasn't TOO much of a loss
then again i got it for free when i bought Rock Band and Crackdown, so it wasn't TOO much of a loss