The game you most regret paying for?

[QUOTE="404-not-found"]Mass Effect.gillri

woah probably the best story in a video game and you regret playing it?

Oh, most definitely Daikatana

World Of Warcraft.

i bought it at 2006 (i think) and played it the first 7-8 months, first many hours per day and then only a few hours per day.

then i read so many horror stories about the game's victims and MMO's victims in general, then i SAW this horror with my own eyes LOL (my girlfriend got into WoW because of me and then the horror begun) !! since then i played it 10-15 hours in 2007, 5-6 hours in 2008 and 0 hours in 2009 till now lol. my account is frozen for almost 10-12 months.

of course i never bought the expansions but my girlfriend is still a WoW victim, not at the same awful level like before, she's in much better condition now.

well yea, i really really regret bying WoW :P

I guess I can also mention Star Wars Force Commander. Other than the command point system you used to get reinforcements the game was pretty bad, I didn't even finish the single player campaign. Also what the hell were they thinking mixing techno and rock into the Star Wars music? :lol:

I've been duped by positive reviews quite a few times: Bioshock, Deus Ex Invisible War, Doom 3, and Black and White come to mind.

Supreme Commander

More like Supreme El Gigantor Turd

Scarface

Bet on a Soldier

Worst game ever bought and I stupidly paid full price for this monumental turd via pre-order from gamestop.

Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

World Of Warcraft.

i bought it at 2006 (i think) and played it the first 7-8 months, first many hours per day and then only a few hours per day.

then i read so many horror stories about the game's victims and MMO's victims in general, then i SAW this horror with my own eyes LOL (my girlfriend got into WoW because of me and then the horror begun) !! since then i played it 10-15 hours in 2007, 5-6 hours in 2008 and 0 hours in 2009 till now lol. my account is frozen for almost 10-12 months.

of course i never bought the expansions but my girlfriend is still a WoW victim, not at the same awful level like before, she's in much better condition now.

well yea, i really really regret bying WoW :P

Krasnur

something tells me you could find a game that you got less than 7 months of entertainment out of

could you re-phrase that? i honestly understood absolutely nothing lol (i'm greek)

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biltros

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[QUOTE="404-not-found"]Mass Effect.404-not-found

woah probably the best story in a video game and you regret playing it?

Hehe, yeah, the story/writing/characters are probably the things I disliked most about Mass Effect.
It was all just so...uninspired, and borrowed far too heavily from Bioware's previous games (*cough*NWN*cough*).

As for mine, Oblivion, easily. I actually lent my copy to a friend over a year ago, and I don't intend to ask him to return it.

Call of Duty 2

Half Life 2

Master of Orion III

Star Wars: Rebellion

Homeworld (First game I ever bought that I stopped playing within an hour.)

bogaty

[QUOTE="404-not-found"][QUOTE="gillri"]

woah probably the best story in a video game and you regret playing it?

Planeforger

Hehe, yeah, the story/writing/characters are probably the things I disliked most about Mass Effect.
It was all just so...uninspired, and borrowed far too heavily from Bioware's previous games (*cough*NWN*cough*).

As for mine, Oblivion, easily. I actually lent my copy to a friend over a year ago, and I don't intend to ask him to return it.

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[QUOTE="404-not-found"][QUOTE="gillri"]

woah probably the best story in a video game and you regret playing it?

SkyWard20

Hehe, yeah, the story/writing/characters are probably the things I disliked most about Mass Effect.
It was all just so...uninspired, and borrowed far too heavily from Bioware's previous games (*cough*NWN*cough*).

But even if the story was unoriginal, does that really make it bad? I enjoyed Mass Effect not necessarily because of a profound story 'on paper', but because of the cinematic quality of its presentation and realistic character interaction.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I loved the presentation, but the story isn't exactly "the best story in a video game", like that other poster said.

Red Orchestra.

I bought it on a steam sale a while ago for $5 USD but it has absolutely no aussie players or servers which sucks, i can imagine it wouldn't be half bad with a populated, lag-free server.

sammysalsa

I know what you mean, I've that game for a year, NEVER EVER met an aussie player. Been playing on unplayable american servers for like a week, that was IT. Though I did buy it during a sale, so it wasn't that bad....

SPORE or Lotr Conquest....Wow those are bad

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rli1486

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Call of Duty 2

Half Life 2

Master of Orion III

Star Wars: Rebellion

Homeworld (First game I ever bought that I stopped playing within an hour.)

Krssmn96

I dislike Steam as it means I cannot sell on or trade in games I no longer want. Half Life 2 was, in my opinion, a by-the-numbers shooter with nothing to recommend it other than a new graphics engine (which didn't hold a candle to Far Cry at the time). It wasn't a terrible game, but after playing through it once, I had no interest at ever looking at it again.

Speaking of dull games with nothing other than a graphics engine to make them stand out, I really should add Morrowind to my list.

Warhammer online! what a piece of crap!

Without question: GTA IV.

When the announcement of the game was set to release back in November 2008 I was extremely excited. San Andreas was well optimized, which put the X-Box version to complete shame. It was a no brainer to me that Rockstar will release a great pc port that will make the 360 version look Last Generation.

Wow, was I dead wrong.

First it was the delay til December, which didn't bother me. But, I finally got the game, and I had to go through the trouble of installing two on-line accounts(one account had trouble accepting my CD Key), that alone frustrated me for a hour or two. Then the game itself had constant drops in frame rates even though my computer exceeds the recommended requirements. After two patches later, the game still looks disappointing.

Granted, I'm fairly new to the PC gaming world, so I'm not very familiar with DX9 or DX10, but if I can play Crysis, Assassins Creed and the 2k9 sports games that two me, looks much better graphically by default, then why not GTA IV. I managed to set the game in high settings, yet it still pales in comparison to any of the Current Gen Consoles, as far as no rigid lines outlining the textures. I believe there is a solution for this called Anti aliasing. For Public Relations to call this boated piece of crap "future ready" is ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.

Bottom line is I purchased the game at $50 and to this very moment I feel like I've been ripped off.

..............Forgive me for the rant.

Orange Box, because I got banned.Immortalica

got banned? I wouldn't regret the purchase there but your shady activities that led to your disbarment.

Madden '98 Madden '99 Madden '00 Madden '01 Madden '02 Madden '03 Madden '04 Madden '05 Madden '06 Madden '07 Madden '08 Madden '09 I'm an idiot for trusting EA each year.BloodyAnalCrust

:lol:

Best list here. You'd think the dude would learn after 3... maybe 4.

Day Of Defeat: Source and a little of Garry's Mod. They both were $9.99, so I wished I spent $20 in a better way.

Left 4 Dead.

I like how some people say "WoW, after playing it for 2 years I stopped and regret it...", hey, if u got 1-2 years of enjoyment out of it....it DID IT"S JOB. No game will last forever, all games get boring...some come back later on cause u feel like playing them again.FelipeInside

Prince of Persia 4. £35 on that game...£35!!!!!!!!! I could have bought 2 excellent games for that, yet I got one sub-par piece ofpoo with a dreadful ending and rubbish gameplay.

Clive Barker's Jericho.

Spore was the worst!

SPORE

World of Warcraft... I had a fair character and i was having fun when all of the sudden WotLK comes out, and my lappy cant handle the freaking game! what a waste of around $100 (I didn't get to play for all that long).ciannix

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. That was $35 that could of been spent so much better.

Jade_Monkey

FarCry 2.

Kane and Lynch was pretty bad