[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]Gta4 was the worst game I played this gen and thus my most regretful purchase... I bought it at full price too, thinking how could I go wrong with a game that has received a 10 and 9.5...corrupt interviewing bastards. :( the review scores for that game made me lose a lot of faith in reviewers across the board... not that I dont agree/disagree with a lot of reviewers but there were so many glaring and undeniable flaws mechanically in that game, not to mention that fact that it was largely cut and paste missions that had been rehashed from previous gta games and as a package it was insanely dull... the cell phone was the worst addition to the formula with nonsensical ringing while IN A MISSION because some watery fart of a "friend" wants to bowl (another truly boring addition, darts, drinking, etc...) The only thing worse than the boredom was the controls which some reviewers had the balls to actually praise! even though controlling Nikko was nothing short of trying to lead a blind mentally retarded person around on ice skates. Simply there is no reviewer with any industry cred at all that could look me straight in the eye and support the notion that GTA4 was anything close to a 10... I'd say more like an interesting tech demo wrapped beneath an insanely boring game.
And then a couple of games I was given but just didn't like:
Fallout 3
Bayonetta
There are plenty of people who have said, "I don't buy games I won't like, I research all the games I purchase," but I really don't buy that. Look at the games on my list: some are regarded as fantastic titles that have great review scores across the board and yet... they didn't click with me. Killzone 2's aiming felt off and the story was lackluster. I could never get into DE: HR no matter how hard I tried. LA Noire was dull and had a lot of poor design choices. And MadWorld had poor gameplay.
Fallout 3 was the same as DE: HR, I wanted to like the game because I love Oblivion and Skryrim but the two franchises are very different. I just found myself not having a good itme. Bayonetta... yeah... I just didn't like it.
With my first PS3 I regretted buying Burnout Paradise. What crappy game that turned out to be and Assassin's Creed. With my current PS3 I regret buying the game I let my oldest daughter pick out that never wants to play the PS3 (just wants to sit on her mom's phone all day on facebook) and that is Dead Rising 2. I would rather watch golf be played on TV than play that crapfest again.
[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]Gta4 was the worst game I played this gen and thus my most regretful purchase... I bought it at full price too, thinking how could I go wrong with a game that has received a 10 and 9.5...corrupt interviewing bastards. :( the review scores for that game made me lose a lot of faith in reviewers across the board... not that I dont agree/disagree with a lot of reviewers but there were so many glaring and undeniable flaws mechanically in that game, not to mention that fact that it was largely cut and paste missions that had been rehashed from previous gta games and as a package it was insanely dull... the cell phone was the worst addition to the formula with nonsensical ringing while IN A MISSION because some watery fart of a "friend" wants to bowl (another truly boring addition, darts, drinking, etc...) The only thing worse than the boredom was the controls which some reviewers had the balls to actually praise! even though controlling Nikko was nothing short of trying to lead a blind mentally retarded person around on ice skates. Simply there is no reviewer with any industry cred at all that could look me straight in the eye and support the notion that GTA4 was anything close to a 10... I'd say more like an interesting tech demo wrapped beneath an insanely boring game. Yup the whole game felt like a tech demo sold at full price. I made the same mistake of thinking RDR would be fun...it's a whole lot better but still goddamn boring. Thank god I purchased the GOTY edition at very discounted price. Reviewers always buy into this Rockstar hype while for a fact their same goddamn aweful engine has not changed over 3 games this gen. For all the flak CoD is getting for using a rehashed engine, Rock* is doing the same yet everyone hypes it as the second coming. I bet they ruined the Max Payne franchie with 3 too.
Most of the games I had for 360 and Wii, a bunch of IPod App games, premium content for a Facebook game, a whole lot of DLC, some DS games, all of the 3DS games I had pretty much, some PC games I bought that didn't work on my computer or worked very slowly, PC games I just didn't get into, games that I sold and decided to buy again later on, Age of Empires Online premium content, and definately WOW because I went and bought all of those expansions and paid $15 a month so many times but never had anything to show for it and the game was a huge waste of time.
Oh, and some mobile phone games. Still dunno why I had to buy a couple of those.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
Ovirew
Sounds like you should be letting somebody else puck your games out for you because clearly based on that post, you have no clue in hell what kinds of games you like.
And then a couple of games I was given but just didn't like:
Fallout 3
Bayonetta
There are plenty of people who have said, "I don't buy games I won't like, I research all the games I purchase," but I really don't buy that. Look at the games on my list: some are regarded as fantastic titles that have great review scores across the board and yet... they didn't click with me. Killzone 2's aiming felt off and the story was lackluster. I could never get into DE: HR no matter how hard I tried. LA Noire was dull and had a lot of poor design choices. And MadWorld had poor gameplay.
Zassimick
Research also includes playing the game with someone else who owns it. Lucky me, I have that option. Most of my friends are family guys. If my friends don't have a particular game, their kids most likely do. Access to games on their consoles or PCs isn't a problem.
Modern Warfare 3 - I didn't even like Black Ops that much and the only reason I even got this one was to play with friends, and like none my friends bought it for PS3.
GoldenEye 007 (Wii version) - What a disappointment.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Ripoff and I have the superior Tatsunoko vs. Capcom already.
Monster Hunter Tri - Just couldn't get into the game for some reason.
RAGE, SSX (PS3 because it was so short), and almost Diablo 3 I just cant get into it. It will be one of those games to play when I run out of stuff to play.
Star Trek Legacy (360) The Amazing Spider-man (360) Diablo III (I regret getting the Annual pass from WoW because of this) WarHammer Online Guild Wars 1
cross edge. only game I've returned this generation. I kinda want to say marvel vs capcom and forza 4 too, but that's just cause I don't play either... they aren't bad games. cross edge was though.
UFC Undisputed 2009. Decent game just not my thing. Not many others that I fully regret buying but I regret buying many games at full price like Crackdown 2 and Fable III. Would be okay for $10 but definitely not worth the full $60.
All of my games TBH. After playing Pushmo, I have realized that it's all I need and I wasted hundreds of dollars on other games. It's actually kind of a devastating feeling, but as long as I get to play Pushmo, I think I'll be okay.
All of my games TBH. After playing Pushmo, I have realized that it's all I need and I wasted hundreds of dollars on other games. It's actually kind of a devastating feeling, but as long as I get to play Pushmo, I think I'll be okay.
Conduit 2 - The glitchiest game I have ever played.It doesn't feel finished in most areas.I could've bought another game or two for the same price that actually worked properly.
Fable 3, Crackdown 2, Max Payne 3 (kind of), Killzone 3. I'm actually pretty good at getting stuff I know I would like, but these games really pissed me off in one way or another..
I don't regret buying it, per se, but I found Bioshock to be overrated to the max and I needed to force myself to finish it. That is one of the only times this has ever happened. At all.
Unreal Tournament 3. I was still playing UT2004 when it came out and simply couldn't believe how horrible it was.
Hellgate: London...it was so incredibly bad. I bought these two games together and was so sorely disappointed. They taught me not to fall for the hype no matter what.
Then there's Garshasp and Naval Warfare. They looked good on paper in the Steam store and I bought them for a grand total of 4 euros, but holy sh!t they both suck.
Fable 3, Crackdown 2, Max Payne 3 (kind of), Killzone 3. I'm actually pretty good at getting stuff I know I would like, but these games really pissed me off in one way or another..
heretrix
Call me crazy but i rather enjoyed fable 3... in fact it was my favorite of the series... though it was flawed in a lot of areas... Crackdown 2 went from a purchase to a no way after i played the demo... yuk! Still waiting to try mp3... one of these days when i dig my xbox out of storage... im still in mid move.
Blue Dragon - only paid $20 for it but what a piece of ****
nothing else really comes to mind. dont get me wrong... I don't like everything.... but these are the worst ones imo. Heck even Too Human was worth a play through.
TheEroica
ohhhh god, dont even talk of Too human . . . .. . . . . . Too Human was a wreck on several fronts but I kinda agree that it was entertaining for a playthrough and some co-op... I sunk over 40+ hours into the game, but yeah it has a lot of shortcomings.Too Human's coop was a blast. The game was incredibly flawed but I got my moneys worth. I beat it twice in coop..The saddest thing about the game is most of the problems could have been fixed with an update. At it's core it was a pretty good loot game.
Fable 3, Crackdown 2, Max Payne 3 (kind of), Killzone 3. I'm actually pretty good at getting stuff I know I would like, but these games really pissed me off in one way or another..
TheEroica
Call me crazy but i rather enjoyed fable 3... in fact it was my favorite of the series... though it was flawed in a lot of areas... Crackdown 2 went from a purchase to a no way after i played the demo... yuk! Still waiting to try mp3... one of these days when i dig my xbox out of storage... im still in mid move.Dude. Crackdown 2 was like a kick to the nuts with a steel toed boot. I LOVED the first game (still one of my favorite coop experiences this gen). But the sequel was just uninspired trash.I almost wanted to cry. Easily my most disappointing game this gen. It's like they gave the game the game to a group of people that didn't understand it.:(
[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="MW2ismygame"] ohhhh god, dont even talk of Too human . . . .. . . . . . heretrix
Too Human was a wreck on several fronts but I kinda agree that it was entertaining for a playthrough and some co-op... I sunk over 40+ hours into the game, but yeah it has a lot of shortcomings.Too Human's coop was a blast. The game was incredibly flawed but I got my moneys worth. I beat it twice in coop..The saddest thing about the game is most of the problems could have been fixed with an update. At it's core it was a pretty good loot game. Oh agreed... the looting is what always had me going back and the coop was especially fun because of the loot sharing. The lack of balance in a fight is where it blew up...it felt like constantly knowing u were gonna die and trying to get those last few hits in before yet another death sequence... all in all i agree. Really good ideas executed really weakly.
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