Returning a bad game?

[alexb111]

We've all had that feeling after buying a game, the I paid for this feeling?
Well I'm interested, has anyone ever taken a game back to the shop and complained and asked for their money back?

Im just running on the theory, if you buy a car advertised with 4 seats and it has 2 you can take it back for a refund. If your cheeseburger is mouldy you can complain and get another for free.

Well what if the game promises an action packed adventure (for lack of better examples) and it doesn't deliver, or it doesn't match your expectations.
Anyone ever tried taking a game back because somehow I can't see shops or developers giving you your money back even though you have the right to.



* Note, I'm not talking about scratched disks or bugs, I'm talking about a genuinely bad game.

 

[Ariyura]

The problem with media is that once it's opened you can't return it because you could have already made mass copies of it and now you're just trying to cheat the system. So even if it was bad you can't return it just for that reason.

Working in a book store a while ago an older lady tried to return a dvd because it had sex in it. She kindly explained that she was christian and that she did not view movies like these and she wanted to pick out something else. In the end I felt for her but I had to turn her away.

 

[alexb111]

Despite knowing almost nothing about dvds and cds can't they put something similar to the DRM (for music) on them so the data can be used but not copied or burnt?

I know their doing lots of copy protection and people keep getting round it and such but DRM seems to work well enough for music, people are still buying off I-tunes and such.

 

[the spud]

Well, even if you think the game didn't live up to its expectations, that is just your opinion. Matters of opinion are null and void in a contract, because their is no such thing as a wrong opinion. People can get away with advertising the worlds greatest pizza, so why not with video games?

 

[Korahn 27]

Never done this for a purchased game, but I have once when I rented one. I had rented Beyonetta and after the first few levels, really disliked it. Not a bad game, it's just not my thing. I brought it back to the rental place the same day and haggled with the cashier enough that she finally let me exchange it for a different one. This time I grabbed Red Dead Redemption. I think I returned that one a day late, lol.

 

[Mafoobula]

A Wii game called "Baroque" came across as having a deep, haunting, slightly disturbing story, with dungeon-crawler gameplay. I like a deep , haunting, slightly disturbing story every now and again, and I love a good dungeon-crawler. Not only did I get neither a good story or very good gameplay, the atmosphere and overall feel of the game was downright BOOOORRRINNNG.
Returned that crap within 48 hours.

Metroid: Zero Mission for the GBA. I thought it'd be a fun one-off Metroid story like Metroid Fusion, a GBA game I enjoyed from start to finish. It turned out to be a remake of the original Metroid (this was maybe 4 or more years ago, apologies if I'm getting details wrong). I remember being hopelessly lost and confused by the original and Zero Mission didn't seem to improve things a bit.
Maybe it was a case of me being unfair to a game just because it wasn't what I was expecting, and yeah, having Gamefaqs would've likely made things easier. On the other hand, I don't care, it was a long, LONG time ago. Returned that game inside of day.

 

[Bloedhoest]

Yes, I have returned a game that sucked big floppy donkey dicks. The only thing they checked if there was a online code. No questions asked.
It was Lost Planet 2, traded it for Halo Reach.