Worst Gaming-related Decision you've ever made?

[spinFX]

Buying AvP for $65 USD. What a mistake...

Also: buying a Wii (on release mind you, midnight release) full stop. I only bought it for Zelda and Mario type exclusives but they made shit all of those Hurry up new Zelda game!

 

[gunny god]

M.O.H rising sun

 

[Omikron009]

Probably selling Battlefront 2, James Bond Nightfire, and Cold Fear. I'd really like to play them again.

 

[unoleian]

Buying an nVidia FX 5500 graphics card. What a piece of....yeah, anyway, talk about a bad gaming-related decision
(That WAS several years ago....but DX9 compatible? HAHA yeah right! I mean, it DID run Half-Life 2 in full DX9, but only at 2fps at 1024x768!!!)

 

[twistedmic]

One was renting Fight Club (I ended up returning it a day later).
Using store credit (gamestop) and cash to buy Soldier of Fortune: Payback and AVP is another.
However, my biggest gaming related mistake was to buy Vampire Rain.

 

[Eliam_Dar]

Selling my PS2... and the 40 games I had with it. I really regret that choice until today.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

getting excited for and buying Too Human...

DON'T BUY IT!

 

[RootBrewski]

I preordered Two Worlds. I don't think I've played more than 3 hours of it.

 

[Gudrests]

Playing WoW...just starting that game..no ...even farther back..Playing EQ...that started it all..like 10 years ago..now..zomg..man

 

[Im Nightmare]

Buying Dark Sector day one... Not remotely near worth 60 bucks.

On the bright side, I have yet to buy a bad game since then; I've definitly learned my lesson.

I preordered it with next day delivery. So almost spent 75$ and I didn't even get my free hat.
But to top that buying MW2. Worst game I ever bought.

 

[Magnalian]

Playing Overlord 2, because the minions have exactly the intelligence they display in cutscenes, and somehow losing Mario Kart: Double Dash.

 

[Yureina]

Buying Hearts of Iron III even if everyone and their mother said it was a buggy unfinished game. I got it on a 50% off deal on Steam, and even with that I still regret it. Ah well, lessons learned I suppose. Sometimes reviewers and loud people on internet forums can actually be correct in their rants, reviews, and ravings.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Buying the Spore Galactic Edition.

Also, this is like the third or fourth thread in the last week that is exactly like this. I know that it's really annoying when people tell you to use the search bar, but seriously. There's no way you could miss these threads.

 

[thublihnk]

Spiderman 3. Sixty dollars, brand fucking new. I thought it was going to be like.. Well.. Spiderman 2.

 

[child of lileth]

Buying Silent Hill: Homecoming.

 

[Parshooter]

M.O.H rising sun

me too

that and getting a used copy of ODST 600km away from home that was damaged with a scratch that made the game unplayable

 

[Master10K]

Selling my SNES with Killer Instinct, Super Mario Bros & Super Mario World for my N64 with Goldeneye. If I just waited a couple weeks I could've got the N64 and kept my SNES.

 

[Mammon]

Worst game purchase I can remember was quite recent. I picked up the expansion for Dragon age, awakening, which I found endlessly boring, and to be frank, abit stupid. Ruined my impression of the game in total and will probably lead to me questioning the purchase for a most expected sequel.

Probably waiting so long to get Demon's Souls. It's a great game, and I waited months to get it.

Waiting was for me the most profitable option. I got the bargain edition first day it came out (in asia). There are times I wish I would have picked it up before tho, as you are totally right, it's a great game!

 

[MetricFurlong]

Pre-ordering Too Human. But just buying it, mark you, pre-ordering it. Don't think I'll ever live that one down.

 

[liljabba]

buying too human... that game was practically an insult to anyone with brain functions above that of a blade of grass. i played that "game" for about 15 minutes, and then cried myself to sleep