What are your Top 5 biggest game purchase regrets of all time?

Everybody at one point or another has fallen victim to the traps of advertising and hype and, inadvertently, bought a crappy game.

What are the 5 absolute WORST games you've ever purchased / owned / found in a dumpster? All platforms, past and present are acceptable.

My List:
1) Assassin's Creed (PS3) - I played it initially on the 360 for a bit and enjoyed it. When I finally got a PS3, I picked it up. What started as a rather intriguing game quickly fell to the trap of being a repetitive "fetch quest" (it didn't even have a "fast travel" option, for Christ's sakes). Surprisingly, AC2 actually looks to rekindle my interest in this franchise. I'm still hocking the first one though.

2) Fester's Quest (NES) - Dear God, WHY?!? Seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. Couple this pick with the AVGN review and you can get a pretty good idea of how I feel about it.

3) Beavis and Butthead (SNES) - I liked B + B, so a game based on them couldn't possibly be bad, right? If only I knew now what I knew then...

4) Total Recall (NES) - Just like contracting an STD, I didn't ask for it, but someone gave it to me. I totally forgot about the game until now. I think I'm gonna go have a nightmare...

5) Captain America and the Avengers (SNES) - This game was terrible. But, it had 2 player, so at least when you said, "Man, this sucks" there could be someone there to say "Totally."

Everybody at one point or another has fallen victim to the traps of advertising and hype and, inadvertently, bought a crappy game.

What are the 5 absolute WORST games you've ever purchased / owned / found in a dumpster? All platforms, past and present are acceptable.

My List:
1) Assassin's Creed (PS3) - I played it initially on the 360 for a bit and enjoyed it. When I finally got a PS3, I picked it up. What started as a rather intriguing game quickly fell to the trap of being a repetitive "fetch quest" (it didn't even have a "fast travel" option, for Christ's sakes). Surprisingly, AC2 actually looks to rekindle my interest in this franchise. I'm still hocking the first one though.

2) Fester's Quest (NES) - Dear God, WHY?!? Seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. Couple this pick with the AVGN review and you can get a pretty good idea of how I feel about it.

3) Beavis and Butthead (SNES) - I liked B + B, so a game based on them couldn't possibly be bad, right? If only I knew now what I knew then...

4) Total Recall (NES) - Just like contracting an STD, I didn't ask for it, but someone gave it to me. I totally forgot about the game until now. I think I'm gonna go have a nightmare...

5) Captain America and the Avengers (SNES) - This game was terrible. But, it had 2 player, so at least when you said, "Man, this sucks" there could be someone there to say "Totally."Ryan_Som

Assassins Creed does have fast track options, but they are only unlocked after you have done a mission in each city. The only annoyance I found was leaving Maysaf after every mission briefing. You had to run down that hill, jump on a horse and ride out to the fast travel gate every time. That WAS annoying.

1. PSP 2000 - piece of crap, but lighter than the original.

2. Mass Defect 360 - PC version superior in every way, I got the PC version for £5, too. So much win.

3. Empire Total War - I love this game, but its half price now and all of the bugs are fixed.

4. Blast Corp. N64 - What a stupid game, this was back when games cost £60 too, and I had no money :(

5. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - everyone should play the original and stick with it. This "sequel" is a travesty.

Ahh, okay. I kinda got used to the fast travel option in Fallout 3. I'll have to check it out. Regardless, the trailer / gameplay for the second game actually has me interested in going back to play the first one.

I can only think of WoW. Oh and Castle Strike. That game only worked for 2 days before it got some strange bug which made it unplayable, even if i reinstalled it again or on another computer.

I'm probably going to be raped for this, but Shadow of the Colossus was one of the most disappointing games I bought in recent memory. I just found nothing to like about it. The art style was certainly unique, and while I thought the graphics were pretty good the frame rate was attrocious. Every time I approached one of the Colossii the framerate would slow to a crawl. Suffice to say I got bored after the 5th or 6th one, and never played it again.

None, really. I research the games I'm interested in and buy the ones I know I'll enjoy. Haven't regretted a purchase yet.

This is just for this gen only. Last gen I bought a few games I regretted mainly because I didn't play them....and ended up trading the games in...sometimes still in the wrapper :x

EDIT: Now that I think about it, SFII HD Remix.....only because I now own SFIV and will probably never play SFII HD again.

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie for the GBA

Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu for the GBA

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for the GBA

Wario Land 3

No More Heroes

All in that order

1-3. Scarface for the PSP. I was going on a cruise and I wanted something to entertain me on the plane, wow this game fails. I don't know why I even decided to buy this and what was even worse was that I traded in my PS2 games to get the money. I regret this so much it takes up 3 slots. Ever since then I have made myself a promise to never trade in a game no matter how bad or how little I play it. Just thinking about this makes me feel ashamed of myself..

3. SOCOM Confrontation. F*** you Slant Six, burn in hell with Epic. Way to screw up one of the Top 3 multiplayer franchises ever, even Nintendo made slight changes to Punchout Wii, all Slant Six did was make it a dumbed down SOCOM 2 with nice graphics. Us SOCOM fans aren't like COD fans, we don't want the same game over and over, but dumbed down after each entry.

5. Oblivion. Everyone was saying how it was the best RPG ever, I couldn't get into it. I didn't like the setting and the gameplay was boring.

-Almost made the list-

Halo Wars. I like the game, it's pretty fun when I'm playing with 5 other friends and we all build up our armies than have huge battles, aside from that it's not fun. It was my first RTS but I didn't think it would be that simplified. This is one of the times where not reading previews/reviews backfired. I usually don't because most of the time you know exactly how a game is going to be because previews tell you 90% of the game, that's whya lot of people are disappointed this gen.

Super Mario Galaxy. There is nothing wrong with this game, in fact, it was actually really good but I just can't play my Wii for more than 25 minutes.

GTA IV
Ty the Tasmanian tiger
Sonic The Hedgehog (the one on 360/PS3)
Resistance 1
Unreal Tournamen 3

1-3. Scarface for the PSP. I was going on a cruise and I wanted something to entertain me on the plane, wow this game fails. I don't know why I even decided to buy this and what was even worse was that I traded in my PS2 games to get the money. I regret this so much it takes up 3 slots. Ever since then I have made myself a promise to never trade in a game no matter how bad or how little I play it. Just thinking about this makes me feel ashamed of myself..

3. SOCOM Confrontation. F*** you Slant Six, burn in hell with Epic. Way to screw up one of the Top 3 multiplayer franchises ever, even Nintendo made slight changes to Punchout Wii, all Slant Six did was make it a dumbed down SOCOM 2 with nice graphics. Us SOCOM fans aren't like COD fans, we don't want the same game over and over, but dumbed down after each entry.

5. Oblivion. Everyone was saying how it was the best RPG ever, I couldn't get into it. I didn't like the setting and the gameplay was boring.

-Almost made the list-

Halo Wars. I like the game, it's pretty fun when I'm playing with 5 other friends and we all build up our armies than have huge battles, aside from that it's not fun. It was my first RTS but I didn't think it would be that simplified. This is one of the times where not reading previews/reviews backfired. I usually don't because most of the time you know exactly how a game is going to be because previews tell you 90% of the game, that's whya lot of people are disappointed this gen.

Super Mario Galaxy. There is nothing wrong with this game, in fact, it was actually really good but I just can't play my Wii for more than 25 minutes.

RobisGodly

1. Uncharted

2. Call of duty 4

3. CNC 3

that's it.

Crackdown

Dragon Ball Advance

Motor Storm Warhawk

Gears of War

Red Steel

There many others that are much older but those are the first ones that came to mind.

Only 2 games I bought I didn't like Red Steel and Spyro Orange (But Spyro Orange was bundled with Metroid Zero Mission so I enjoyed Zero Mission but I sold Spyro Orange.)

None really, I usually do research on a game before I buy, I never buy day 1, I wait a couple of weeks for gamepaly vids, recommandations etc..

Civilization: Revolution.(PS3) One of the greatest series of all time comes to next gen systems with an emphasis on multiplayer! Of course, it turned out to be a completely lobotomized version of the venerated classic, and lack all the customization that Civ titles are known for... but hey! It's all about multiplayer this time, and they needed to speed things up. Well, OK. Except first they omitted hotseat multiplayer (which had been in every release of Civ since at least Civ II:ToT) so you couldn't play with friends when they came over, you had to play online. Only, you couldn't PLAY online (PS3 version at least) unless you had the person on your friends list, and then it would take a miracle for it to hold connection for the duration. Customer support first outright denied the issue (even when they admitted only seeing a couple dozen games being played at any given time) and then didn't listen to what the problems were from the community leading to more wasted time. 3 months and two patches later, the original problems still existed, and the dev team basically said they were giving up. So did I, and I gotta say that was the absolute worst 60 bucks Ive ever had stolen from me. I only hope some day a "Lemon Law" for video games released in an unplayable fashion is put on the books.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2.(PS3) OK. So the First R6V had a multitude of issues that they swore they'd fix via patch... and flat-out lied. But all is forgiven! R6V2 has been built from the ground up to fix all the issues with the first and give groundbreaking new visuals. Except it released with every single online issue that plauged the first release, and the engine showed no improvement over the first. It also had a nasty tendency of crashing to the XMB during single player... roughly once an hour, and for no apparent reason. When the devs were hit up with a great big "WTF" from the community they flat out denied any issues whatsoever. When the gaming media got involved, they reluctantly admitted that they had tons of complaints and would look into them, but stressed they would not commit to fixing them even if any were found?!?!?! That was enough for me. As a collector, I very rarely sell a game I buy, but this one went to Gamestop one week after I bought it.

Smart Bomb.(PSP) OK, I shoulda seen this one coming. But I like puzzlers, and it sounded like a neat premise. It just utterly failed to deliver. Funnily enough, after getting the game and being so disappointed by it, I went online looking for other opinions about it. The GS review was so spot on with the way I felt I started coming here more often when looking for reviews. So I guess something good came of it. When a friend of mine got a PSP, he commented that he had always wanted to try the game, so I gave it to him. He and I aren't friends anymore. I wonder if he held this game against me.....

Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness.(PS2) Always a big fan of the Tomb Raider franchise, I couldn't wait for the long delayed, highly anticipated sequel that would move the series forward from its 32 bit origins and fix the minor nuisances that had been in the previous titles. Unfortunately, I'll likely never know how good a story the game had because I've never been very far past the tutorial section. The new control scheme and abolutely evil camera made the game almost completely unplayable. I've gone back a couple times since, not wanting a game to sit there unplyed, but by the time I refamiliarize myself with the controls, I've also refamiliarized myself with why it sits on the shelf. It's just a joyless experience, and I've got too many options to force myself to cuss at the screen that much.

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. (2600) Widely viewed as the beginning of the end of Atari's dominance, and often mentioned as the worst video game of all time, this game was made in five weeks... and it showed. Adapted from one of my favorite movies at the time, I couldn't wait for Xmas to come, knowing full well my parents wouldn't disappoint. And they didn't.... but the game did. When you have subpar graphics on the 2600, you're really skating on think ice. And slowing leveitating from endless pits with E.T.'s outstreched neck will haunt my dreams forever.... Created a lifelong disdain towards movie related games that (going by reviews) seems to have served me well.

1. Nintendo Gamecube - While there are no so much a horde of GC game regrets, (although Sunshine nearly made this list) the GC itselfis easily the most regretted purchase I've ever made, and in my opinion, the worst console I've ever owned. Only Metroid Prime 1+2 stand out to me as great exclusives, and even then, I still don't consider them AAA.

2. Far Cry 2 (PS3) - What I thought would be a great follow up to an awesome shooter with online level swapping being an amazing attraction, the campaign sucked and the online sucked even harder. Without a shadow of a doubt, the worst PS3 game out of the 23 that I currently own.

3. Ratchet: Gladiator (PS2) - WHY?! WHY?! Not a terrible game, but as a huge fan of the series, I was eagerly anticipating this 4th installment. My expectations were shot down almost immediately.

4. Maximo (PS2) - I bought this game because I heard it was really challenging. It isn't. It's really, reallyeasy, and the level design is almost to the atrocious level of Halo and Bubsy 3D. Yeah, that bad. Oh, and it has the worst opening movie ever + ending ever.

5. Doom 3 (Xbox) - Just plain didn't like it. The original Doom was more fun, and I've already played that on god knows how many platforms.

1. Nintendo Gamecube - While there are no so much a horde of GC game regrets, (although Sunshine nearly made this list) the GC itselfis easily the most regretted purchase I've ever made, and in my opinion, the worst console I've ever owned. Only Metroid Prime 1+2 stand out to me as great exclusives, and even then, I still don't consider them AAA.

TheLordHimself

I would say

Soul Calibur 4: It was good but too easy.

Sonic Unleashed: I don't even know why I bothered I should have known it was gonna be bad.

Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex: I thought it would be good because its Crash platforming after Crash Bash but no it was where it really went downhill.

Mario Strikers Charged: Too frustrating and difficult to win some matches

Mega CD: Apart from Sonic CD which was ace it was a rip off.

1. Orange Box

2. Oblivion

3. Warhawk

4. Any Madden Game since the PS2

5. Spore

Donkey Kong 64 - the quintessential fetchquest nightmare, it also had one of the most lame opening cutscenes of all time

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - I'm not going to into this again and I know the game has its fans so I'll just say it did nothing for me. Graphics whores will love it though.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - I wasn't aware of Subsistance. -_-

Daytona USA (Saturn) - The arcade version was a masterpiece, but the Saturn port was beyond shoddy with framerate problems, very few polygons and a draw distance of only a few yards.

Mass Effect - I'm sure it's a great game and everything, but I've hardly touched it since I first played it.

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1. Nintendo Gamecube - While there are no so much a horde of GC game regrets, (although Sunshine nearly made this list) the GC itselfis easily the most regretted purchase I've ever made, and in my opinion, the worst console I've ever owned. Only Metroid Prime 1+2 stand out to me as great exclusives, and even then, I still don't consider them AAA.

GunSmith1_basic

fallout 3 bore fest

gta 4 the framerate made gameplay horrible

shaq fu

cliff hanger the game, from that old sylvester stalone movie

halo 1

Haze. That game alone superceded any other bad buying choices I made in my gaming life, I cant believe I fell for the hype. I traded the game off less then a week after buying it.

1. The Wii

2. The Wii (gets a double for how horrible it was)

3. Two Worlds

4. Rainbow 6 Lockdown

5. The Gamecube

This gen =

1. Assassins Creed - 360 - Dont get me started on this game. Only had nice graphics and thats it, everything else was meh.

2. Oblivion - worst in the whole elderscrolls series imo. I still put in a alot of hours into the game, but overall it just didnt add up to as good of a game as the others in the series.

3. Kane And Lynch - yeah....

4. Haze - No Comment

1) BioShock: Collector's Edition (PC) ~ $80 ~ The only redeeming aspect of the game was the cool PVC figurine the CE came with. Everything else was just utter disappointment.

2) DJ MAX Portable Black Square (PSP) ~ $90 (import) ~ I paid a hefty sum for the game and when it turned up, it was far too easy and incredibly broken. It was nothing like P1 and P2 and felt like a major disappointment.

3) DJ MAX Fever (PSP) ~ $40 ~ It wouldn't have been a disappointment if it didn't have the "push any button to hit a note" feature that was in Black Square. Had it just been the straight remake of P1 + P2 without any BS features, it would have been the best DJ MAX.

4) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) ~ $30 ~ I bought it for the story, since I'm such a big Metal Gear fan... but the controls made the game unplayable. It was horrific. I do not know why the PSP is used for games DESIGNED to be on a console with a dual-analogue gamepad.

5) The Darkness (360) ~ $30 ~ Played the demo. Liked the demo. Started playing the game. Never finished. Just got boring, fast. I thought it was going to be good based on the demo and the fact its Starbreeze, but I was wrong.

1) The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (PC) - I hyped this crap ever since it was announced. It seemed too good to be true. When I first installed it, I had a blast and loved it. But as I got past the 5 hour mark, I kept getting more and more disappointed, up until 6 hours and I beat the main quest. The game is a complete disappointment and Bethesda lied about the game they were supposed to deliver.

2) Call of Duty 4 (360) - Overrated garbage. Beat the singleplayer in one sitting, and got bored of the multiplayer in 2 days.

3) World of Warcraft (PC) - Too repetitive. Got bored at level 20, so I botted to level 60 where all the fun was supposed to be. Level 60 was equally as boring so I sold my account.

4) Halo 2 - Friend made me buy it for $20 to play multiplayer with him. Every aspect of this game was a complete snoozefest.

5) The Wii - The Wiimote was cool, but the Wii as a system sucked. Especially for the first year. No multiplayer, terrible games, and it felt like a last-generation console.

Assasins creed - waste of christmas
Blast corps - 5minutes of mindless destruction then waste of my childhood
Warhawk - i got up to a very high rank and then all ranks were reset (never touched the game since it came out)
Flow - what was i thinking?
Ghost recon advanced warfighter - got it the day it came out! and moved out of the country the same day with my parents telling me that the ps2 is being shipped over and here i am in 2009 with no ps2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i do have the game lol