Personally I blame myself. We see it all the time: a new game is hotly anticipated, the fanboys tear every naysayer to shreds leading all the way up until release, when suddenly, said fanboys realise the game they have been so vehemently supporting, is in fact utter shite.
People usually react in one of several ways to this. They will either blame themselves for falling for the Molyneux hype machine yet again. They may continue to defend the game from the naysayers who are actually making valid points. They may tell themselves that perhaps they have yet to 'get into it'. Or perhaps they curse the developers and vow never to buy one of their games again.
The one example I have that has stuck in my mind ever since I made the disastrous mistake, is purchasing Lord of The Rings: Conquest. I'd been following the game for a LONG time, being a hardcore SW: Battlefront fan, I thought there was no way a lotr equivalent could fail. When the demo was released I played it, and loved it, thinking the full game could only improve upon the fun I had in that demo. It was a sure buy for me.
So on the coming release day I travelled to my nearest retailer and purchased the game with my friend who was also buying it (incidentally there was a mixup at the store, in which they managed to give me completely the wrong game inside the case). We were both discussing the negative reviews the game had received, but told ourselves that since we both adored the demo, the game would be worth it, for us at least. Well on that weekend, we soon realised how wrong we were, and how much we both actually hated the game. We had ourselves convinced we still liked it for maybe a couple of days before the remorse set in.
At the end of that ordeal, I only blame myself for being stupid enough to ignore all the warnings and dire reviews, but it still haunts me, that game sat on the floor, taunting me with its £39.99 price tag that I paid every penny of. Never again. NEVER. AGAIN.
People usually react in one of several ways to this. They will either blame themselves for falling for the Molyneux hype machine yet again. They may continue to defend the game from the naysayers who are actually making valid points. They may tell themselves that perhaps they have yet to 'get into it'. Or perhaps they curse the developers and vow never to buy one of their games again.
The one example I have that has stuck in my mind ever since I made the disastrous mistake, is purchasing Lord of The Rings: Conquest. I'd been following the game for a LONG time, being a hardcore SW: Battlefront fan, I thought there was no way a lotr equivalent could fail. When the demo was released I played it, and loved it, thinking the full game could only improve upon the fun I had in that demo. It was a sure buy for me.
So on the coming release day I travelled to my nearest retailer and purchased the game with my friend who was also buying it (incidentally there was a mixup at the store, in which they managed to give me completely the wrong game inside the case). We were both discussing the negative reviews the game had received, but told ourselves that since we both adored the demo, the game would be worth it, for us at least. Well on that weekend, we soon realised how wrong we were, and how much we both actually hated the game. We had ourselves convinced we still liked it for maybe a couple of days before the remorse set in.
At the end of that ordeal, I only blame myself for being stupid enough to ignore all the warnings and dire reviews, but it still haunts me, that game sat on the floor, taunting me with its £39.99 price tag that I paid every penny of. Never again. NEVER. AGAIN.
