How Do YOU Deal with a Bad Game?

I've been thinking about this since I began playing "Space Siege," one of the absolute worst games I've had the misfortune of buying.

It's so bad, I've had a way too much fun playing it and finding new ways to get killed by the game's numerous flaws.

It has inspired me to write an editorial in the near-future about my experiences, but it would be too one-sided. I'd like some input from as many people as I can find.

So... the question is: What do you do when you get a bad game? Do you try to get your money's worth out of it, then trade it away? Do you even bother trading it in (preferring, instead, to turn to into a coaster/Frisbee/anti-zombie weapon)?

Thoughts?

usually I just play the heck out of it to get my moneys worth. And as long as its not like a 50 hour RPG and if its really bad,I will get together a bunch of my legal gameplaying freinds and turn it into a drinking game,the same as people do with anything thats really horrible in media.

Like Conflict:desert storm. that game was horrible,but its amazing how fun it can be with 3or 4 freinds,a couple of 30 racks and a capone and noriega custom soundtrack. Ended up getting more of my moneys worth out of that than I have a lot of "good"games.

...turn it into a drinking game,the same as people do with anything thats really horrible in media.

mattykovax

I do my research before I make a game purchase, so I rarely end up buying a "bad" game anyway.UT_Wrestler

Lately I've been doing a lot more research before I buy a game, but if it's bad I'll just ignore it for awhile and play something else. When I come back to it, and it's still bad after giving it a fair chance is when I ebay the sucker.yokofox33

agreed! I have the fortune of working at one of this city's few games stores and I get to loan titles for a week to tryout, so that's handy on deciding if I should invest or not in a game. (can I just note, in my view, the majority of games out on the market aint worth buying, especially at the prices for new)

if I ever have the miss-judgment of ending up with a game that I 'hate' then I just trade it ASAP. value drops so fast, especially on the 'sucky' titles.

I kind of also agree with garathe_den, having a range of titles in your collection lets you appreciate games more as a whole. aint nothing like a quick bash on a title that kinda sucks. obviously there are titles that you should never own because they suck so SO bad they don't even register on my games radar - lol

so to conclude, if you don't like it, trade it. if you get little for it as trade then it's probably a representation of the games quality and popularity.

Dont know if its luck, informed decisions or im just easy to please but I honestly dont remember the last time I bought a game I didnt enjoy! I imagine id probably beat it anyway and then forget about it.

Genia

If the game is really bad I would probably remove it and give it to someone, but if its mediocre bad then I would

at least give it a chance and try play throught it once, then I'd never play it again!!!8)

Oblivion was the last game I bought that I truly hated. I tried multiple times to trudge through it and I could never get more than a few hours into it. I ended up trading it in for a loss...but I was still happy that it was gone.Canvas_Of_Flesh

I sell them.

I have no room in my collection for bad games.

I play bad games all the time, it helps me to appreciate the good ones. Like right now im playing Rise Of The Argonauts which is about as fun as waking up beside that pretty girl you took home last night only to find out she is hairy and not so much a girl (it happens). Then again I am a mascochistic degenerate so take that as you will.GodModeEnabled

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]I play bad games all the time, it helps me to appreciate the good ones. Like right now im playing Rise Of The Argonauts which is about as fun as waking up beside that pretty girl you took home last night only to find out she is hairy and not so much a girl (it happens). Then again I am a mascochistic degenerate so take that as you will.SteelAttack

[QUOTE="SteelAttack"][QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]I play bad games all the time, it helps me to appreciate the good ones. Like right now im playing Rise Of The Argonauts which is about as fun as waking up beside that pretty girl you took home last night only to find out she is hairy and not so much a girl (it happens). Then again I am a mascochistic degenerate so take that as you will.GodModeEnabled

Depends. If I got the game as a gift, I do my best to get through it to honour the sentiment of it. If I bought it, and it really got on my nerves, I would just resell it. I've only done that with a few games though. Most games I buy I keep, but I'm also pretty easy to please.ebbderelict

Wow, I like that. I'm the same way.

When I'm browsing around on craigslist.com for fun and see ads like "PS3 game for sale, unopened blablabla" (or even a PS3, Wii, 360 system itself) and within the ad the seller says he/she got it as a gift I get so angry haha.

Well, First of all I'll regret ever buying it for 5 minutes, unless it was agift, that's another case =D

Some examples: one of the worst, The bouncer on ps2....that was such a bad game.

However, I end up finishing 'em....sad, isn't it?

My rejected list of games is quite high, since I'm REALLY hard to please. If the game is of the liking of friends or relatives, I tend to keep it (for some rare ocassions). Some examples (in my case) are: Mario & Sonic @ Olympics, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports. Other games that I rather buy to myself and that don't give me a decent first impression HAVE to go away IMMEDIATELY (trade in). In my case, the best example would be Civilization Revolution (it doesn't have the things I like from the PC version!).

I don't care from where it came from, it just has to be a near-total pleaser in order to stay with me.