Games you regret / wish you didn't buy

[rusty_shackleford]

Lunacid: I was interested in Kangz Fieldlikes, but I didn't look deep enough. Then the mutoid dev did the pronoun ******** after the fact.

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[Stack of Turtles]

It's possible to buy video games?


...Why?

[Tweed]

Lunacid: I was interested in Kangz Fieldlikes, but I didn't look deep enough. Then the mutoid dev did the pronoun ******** after the fact.

Don't have to be a ****** about it.

[Faceless_Sentinel]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3.

I paid for cyberpunk and dlc 40$ and deeply regret it. It was worth waiting for the updated version on the torrent tracker, even if it took over a month. Good parts of this game don't outweigh bad parts enough to pay for it.

Thankfully, I didn't repeat this mistake with Baldur's Gate 3.

[DecadeRiptide]

Re9

[Algol]

Lunacid: I was interested in Kangz Fieldlikes, but I didn't look deep enough. Then the mutoid dev did the pronoun ******** after the fact.

This entire ******* game is ****** ******** because it was made by a ******. Surprise surprise given the color scheme.

Comet + Earth = Suffering = Algol Happy

[rusty_shackleford]

This entire ******* game is ****** ******** because it was made by a ******. Surprise surprise given the color scheme.

It's also very fast-paced from what I can tell, I don't think ****** can actually make slow games.

[Algol]

This entire ******* game is ****** ******** because it was made by a ******. Surprise surprise given the color scheme.

It's also very fast-paced from what I can tell, I don't think ****** can actually make slow games.

It has a worse sin: it's boring.

[Kalarion]

Legend of Dragoon. The only game I ever ended up deliberately, irreparably damaging the physical media, so that I would never consider playing it again.

[enisey]

I'm still mad about buying Brink

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[rusty_shackleford]

Legend of Dragoon. The only game I ever ended up deliberately, irreparably damaging the physical media, so that I would never consider playing it again.

Why tho?

[Kalarion]

Legend of Dragoon. The only game I ever ended up deliberately, irreparably damaging the physical media, so that I would never consider playing it again.

Why tho?

It took all the potentially degenerate aspects of JRPGs and turned them up to 11.

Abominably bad script and story. Zero-thought itemization and inventory management. Character advancement that consisted of the most unbelievably tedious QTE grinding possible, with the cherry on top being one of the main characters' combo grind being completely nullified about halfway through the game.

It also just looked bad. Art direction was ****, clunky PS1-era 3D character sprites. At least the Dragoon designs were pretty cool.

Special shout-out to the incredibly ******** decision to make one of the main characters' Dragoon spheres an entirely missable item, handicapping him for the entire game if you didn't happen to stumble across it (it was being sold in some market somewhere, if I recall correctly).

Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad.

[J1M]

The Switch open world Pokemon game
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Diablo 3

[sheet]

Probably half my library

[Kolgrim]

I'm still mad about buying Brink

Brink had so much potential but the devs fumbled hard. I got suckered in by that cool CG trailer and the art style. I was shocked they brought it to PC as free to play a few years back.

[SoLong]

Pathfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous.

Former was kinda alright, but I hate having the time limit looming over my head the entire time. The kingdom management part got in the way of the actual roleplaying. I realized going in that it very much wasn't DnD, but if I enjoy planning my character build more than actually playing the game, something went wrong.

Got Wrath on a steep discount, thinking I'd give it another try (had a few nice tabletop sessions and felt nostalgic). All of the mythic paths felt too railroading to me, the good ones were boring (save for perhaps the gold dragon, ironically) while the evil ones forced you to be a self-destructive jackass who only makes it through the game due to plot armor.

[Tweed]

I'm still mad about buying Brink

**** you for reminding me.

[SpellSword]

I shall impart my cautionary tale, so that others do not suffer a similar fate.

► Dex

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GOG's version never received the final update patch. (Steam's version has the update. Get it there if you're interested.)

I didn't even bother installing it after I found out. What's the point if it is forever left in a substandard state.

GOG Version: 6.0.0.0
Steam Version: 7.0.0.0

► Missing features:

• New FMV player
• FMV resolutions increased to Full-HD
• Fixed missing sprite and animations
• New text layout system
• Trading bugs fixed
• Added dialog scrolling with the right stick of gamepads
• Performance improvements
• Small GUI improvements
• Small map improvements
• Add missing "next level" markers
• Other small GUI issues
• Minor bugfixes
• Update end credits
• Added missing translations
• First-play language autoselect fixed
• Chinese language
• Japanese language
• Improvements of Italian localization
• Improvements of Czech localization
• Improvements of Brazil-Portugal localization

► Cryptark

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Got this one for the co-op and ended up not playing it due to a pretty terrible bug. The second player's "Shields, Teleport and cloak just don't work. Also sometimes doors only open for player 1 or for player 2. The console and PC versions have the same bug, if it is multiplayer you want avoid this one.

And Alientrap Games knows about the bug, they just don't care and went on to build a a sequel called Gunhead instead of fixing it. Which I won't be buying because, why trust it to work either?

I haven't played the single player, but from the sounds of it there are problems with it slowing down to a point of being unplayable in the final missions. Makes me wonder if that problem would be magnified in two player mode had we managed to force our way through the bugs that far...

► The Nightmare of Druaga - Fushigino dungeon

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The game is great, couldn't be happier with it... except:

This works like classic roguelike, no manual saving & permadeath, nothing wrong with that. However, the game itself is buggy and crashes. This is a huge problem because if you load a save file after a crash, the game knows it and treats this as if you powered off the system to try and avoid death.

The first time this happens an NPC appears and makes you swear not to try to cheat again. The second time is the same, but the the dialogue is longer winded. The third time it deletes all your equipment from your save file.

► It also tries to fake you out and make you choose the wrong option:

The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon Video 2 When You Cheat

If you're interested in trying this game, it's not worth playing in this state on original hardware, perhaps try using an emulator with save states to get around the bug. Maybe there is a rom hack that patches it available?

It's a shame. I didn't get far but was enjoying it.

► Outward

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A 3rd person openworld game with two player co-op through the entire campaign!? Sounds great!

Barely got through the tutorial when me and the second player dropped it. There's a bug right at the start where the guard at the gate bestows an attack skill... except, even though player 1 spoke with the guard and accepted the skill, it was the second player that suddenly gained that skill instead.

Neither of us was in the mood to put up with a 100 hour game if it was going to be glitching right from the start.

► Assassin's Creed II

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Glitched and deleted the save file!?

After the cliffhanger unfinished state of the original's story, I wasn't going to put up Ubisoft's buggy incompetence just to fight my way to another dead end. Never finished it and haven't bought anything from their company since.

► They'd lost me long before Yasuke.

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At least something of value was created.

► Alone in the Dark

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► I knew it would be a step down from the PC and stronger console versions, but this is just crap:

R\u0026B\u0027s Retro Reviews - Alone in the Dark 2008 PS2

If you want to play this, I've read that the PS3 version Alone in the Dark: Inferno has an expansion pack that finishes the story. The weaker consoles are missing levels and the graphics have been badly downgraded, specifically best avoid the PlayStation 2 and Wii releases.

Good soundtrack though!

► Fable 3

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Fished it out of a bargain bin. I'd heard the series name before and for the price, why not?

► Before installing I looked it up online to see if I needed to play the rest of the series first and noticed whatever this is:

Fable 3 Fart 4

Didn't bother even opening the package. Waste of 5$

► Fallen Haven

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This is an interesting strategy game. I actually tried the demo first, and that's the source of my pain. I went through the hassle of tracking down two boxed copies and happily set about setting everything up for some LAN based multiplayer!

The problem is, this game is actually single player. The multiplayer button only existed in the demo's advertisement. I felt pretty ripped off, and it still sits on my shelf unplayed.

Interestingly from what I've read, the expansion pack Fallen Haven: Liberation Day actually does include the mutliplayer option that the original game's demo promised.

► Tracer

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► So I open the box, and the first thing that falls out is a funny little paper card:

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We were unable to complete the multi-player
component before shipping this version of Tracer.

For your FREE Tracer multi-player add-on, send
in your registration card or call 214/498-8067.

For more information, visit the 7th Level/Tracer
web site at www.7thlevel.com/tracer; on AOL, use
keyword: Seventh and on MSN, use Go Seventh.

Despite the claims of multiplayer on the box, sorry the shipped version just doesn't have it!

I'm pretty sure 7th Level had already merged or been acquired by another company by the time I bought the game, so even if I wanted to go after patch, I was out of luck.

[rusty_shackleford]

Guild Wars 2

Didn't like it.

[Tweed]

► Outward

A 3rd person openworld game with two player co-op through the entire campaign!? Sounds great!

Barely got through the tutorial when me and the second player dropped it. There's a bug right at the start where the guard at the gate bestows an attack skill... except, even though player 1 spoke with the guard and accepted the skill, it was the second player that suddenly gained that skill instead.

Neither of us was in the mood to put up with a 100 hour game if it was going to be glitching right from the start.

Oh yes, Outward. The game that taught me not to play Co-Op with Rusty.

[Kolgrim]

I mainly rented games back in the day because I was poor but here are a few purchases that left me with some regret.

► Lost Via Domus

I was a big Lost fan back when this game came out and it seemed quite promising given the graphics and premise. It's actually one of the better licensed games out there but it's very short, around five hours, and none of the original actors reprise their roles. The new MC that's unique to the game is interesting though and there is a good amount of fanservice. My regret comes from paying almost full price when it would have been a good bargain bin game instead.

► Dragon Age 2

The game that featured "the awesome button" and none of the charm of the original. A story that felt like multiple first drafts stapled together with the only decent character being Varric. This was the first time I realized how gay Bioware really was considering every man you cross paths with hits on you. I remember joking with friends back in the day that if I was the MC I wouldn't be sleeping around this group of guys.

► Mass Effect 3

Buying this game was like purchasing a kick to the balls. None of our choices mattered, the ME2 crew got shafted hard, and we got c-listers like freddie prinze jr and Jessica Chobot forced on us. You know a game is bad when the best thing about it is the tacked on MP horde mode. It also indirectly was responsible for the "gamers are entitled" narrative coined by that ****** Colin Moriarty.

► Cyberpunk 2077

First off I didn't know about the gog pirate site so purchasing this unpolished turd was a mistake no matter what. I spent 30 bucks from a key site and it wasn't even worth that. Zero RPG elements, degenerate *** **** everywhere, empty world, etc. Like ME3 it was a game sold on promises and failed to deliver on every one. It's also responsible for that brief time period where ******* thought Cyberpunk slang was cool and calling each other choom in real life wasn't cringe.

► Watch Dogs

Another game, another downgrade. Watch Dogs was carried hard by the initial E3 presentation and touted the "next gen" party line but ultimately got downgraded hard. Turns out the set pieces were all ******** and the story was beyond forgettable. If you held a gun to my head I couldn't tell you the plot if I tried.

► Atomic Shart... I mean Heart

I'm cheating here by including this but I spent a dollar to play this on Goy Pass and I want my dollar back. Pretty much the definition of all style and no substance this game blew harder then the gooners did when the twins model got ripped. The stealth mechanics brought the open world aspect down, the fact you could miss guns and never be able to purchase them again was ********, and the writing left a lot to be desired. The devs should have just made a film or anime instead.

[Mikeal]

Fallout 3 and Thiaf 2014

[mynameismortis]

Pathfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous.

Former was kinda alright, but I hate having the time limit looming over my head the entire time. The kingdom management part got in the way of the actual roleplaying. I realized going in that it very much wasn't DnD, but if I enjoy planning my character build more than actually playing the game, something went wrong.

Got Wrath on a steep discount, thinking I'd give it another try (had a few nice tabletop sessions and felt nostalgic). All of the mythic paths felt too railroading to me, the good ones were boring (save for perhaps the gold dragon, ironically) while the evil ones forced you to be a self-destructive jackass who only makes it through the game due to plot armor.

I feel Kingmaker was a try for an crpg that got left and WOTR was the final product, also i hate myself for finishing this game by doing the secret ending

[rusty_shackleford]

Pathfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous.

Former was kinda alright, but I hate having the time limit looming over my head the entire time. The kingdom management part got in the way of the actual roleplaying. I realized going in that it very much wasn't DnD, but if I enjoy planning my character build more than actually playing the game, something went wrong.

Got Wrath on a steep discount, thinking I'd give it another try (had a few nice tabletop sessions and felt nostalgic). All of the mythic paths felt too railroading to me, the good ones were boring (save for perhaps the gold dragon, ironically) while the evil ones forced you to be a self-destructive jackass who only makes it through the game due to plot armor.

I feel Kingmaker was a try for an crpg that got left and WOTR was the final product, also i hate myself for finishing this game by doing the secret ending

You played gay matchmaker?

[The_Mask]

Planescape: Tides of Numenera.

I got the most obscure achievements in the hopes that I will find *something* good in that game. Yes, I even got to be a Memovira. Nope. The game is trash. Every pixel is wasted.

The only "decent" part is the Inifere part, but I wouldn't recommend wading a sea of **** for something that doesn't give you a headache.

[mynameismortis]

Pathfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous.

Former was kinda alright, but I hate having the time limit looming over my head the entire time. The kingdom management part got in the way of the actual roleplaying. I realized going in that it very much wasn't DnD, but if I enjoy planning my character build more than actually playing the game, something went wrong.

Got Wrath on a steep discount, thinking I'd give it another try (had a few nice tabletop sessions and felt nostalgic). All of the mythic paths felt too railroading to me, the good ones were boring (save for perhaps the gold dragon, ironically) while the evil ones forced you to be a self-destructive jackass who only makes it through the game due to plot armor.

I feel Kingmaker was a try for an crpg that got left and WOTR was the final product, also i hate myself for finishing this game by doing the secret ending

You played gay matchmaker?

yeah "lawful" angelic, should have went lich and killed them all. I dragged myself to the end thinking "its ending soon, don't quit yet!"

[Bertram_Tung]

regret is a pointless feeling. every game you "regret" has contributed to making you the person you are today. you bought a game you didn't like? good. then learn from it. don't make that mistake again. learn from it. grow. better yourself. don't hate yourself.

[sheet]

My issue is I have an autistic need to collect things. I used to collect comics and action figure as a kid, but now it's filling in and extending my games catalog. But the whole push for DEI since 2014/GamerGate was a good signal to wind the hobby down and just reinforce being able to play stuff from the 80s to 00s. I don't latch onto new IPs outside of a few indies and old IPs all seem to go bad eventually so I can jump off them at some point.

Lucky I don't care so much about movies, books and TV.

[Nemesis]

I bought and refunded Dark Souls multiple times before something clicked in my most recent playthrough — years ago, at this point — and I enjoyed it enough to beat the trilogy.

[Irenaeus]

Planescape: Tides of Numenera.

I got the most obscure achievements in the hopes that I will find *something* good in that game. Yes, I even got to be a Memovira. Nope. The game is trash. Every pixel is wasted.

The only "decent" part is the Inifere part, but I wouldn't recommend wading a sea of **** for something that doesn't give you a headache.

Numanera is probably the greatest regret I have with games, I spent a lot of money on the kickstarter and the game sucks, particularly the supposedly best part: the writing. God, was I naive back then.