How many of us actually check reviews before buying a game.. Recently I picked up Tom Clancys EndWAR (having never heard of it) going really cheap. The cover details were really interesting. I thought wow what a great bargain. Came home played it on my console.. 5 mins ....zzzzz...zzzzzz..zzzzzz...zzzzz.zzzzzz...zzzzzz....zzzzz....zzzzz...zzzz The game is safely back in its case and ready for resale.
I never buy games without doing research, so I wouldn't know about stuff like this. I guess the worst game I've played with awesome box art would be....I don't know.
the only game i've ever bought like that for the ps3 was probably Far Cry 2. the cover looked real legit, and it seemed interesting. while a visually impressive game (like most of Crytek's, Crysis, anyone?) there wasn't much substance to it. i played probably about 10-15 hours and then sold it on ebay for 11 bucks.
yeah tc, i have a wal mart and kmart that are right across the street from one another. so theyre always competing. i got Dark Sector for ten dollars at wal mart and NBA Street Homecourt for seven dollars! at kmart. (mind you this was over a year ago) Darke Sector is a fun game with great use of the sixaxis. The Street game was not the best in their series...by far. i also bought the Simpsons game on impulse cuz it was only ten dollars. another great game bought solely for its pretty pictures and friendly price tag.
Haven't done it since the PS2 days, myself. And it was less the box art, and more the name on the box, Square Enix, the game being Unlimited Saga. I knew nothing of the game, saw Square Enix and figured I couldn't go wrong, and I ended up returning it the same night. The only Squaresoft/Square EA/Square Enix game I've ever disliked.
Uncharted 2... Not trolling,but ND killed the game when i found out that i got ripped off with the DLC (Different BLES code..WTF!!!!!!!!) and the online community is pretty terrible..blah,i loved it soooo much in 2009,thanks ND..thanks ..
Yeah, I haven't done it lately cause games are really expensive nowadays, but I remember buying Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter when I saw it at the store because I remembered loving Breath of Fire 4. One of the worst games ever.
I never buy games based on cover alone, I always look into it at least a bit before buying it.
However I do remember one time back in the N64 days I went in looking for a game to rent, I was obsessed with racing games at the time, and I guess I never even read the backs of the cases I looked at... (I was only like, probably 5 at the time) I saw a game with just a car on the cover, so I thought, "cool a racing game." Turned out to be a first person shooter. That was kinda dissapointing, lol....
Idon't rememberwhat the game was called, nor do I remember anything about it.
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