What's the worst game you ever bought, against all reviews/advice/sense?

Sins of A solar empire, would give anything to trade it for COD or the OBgamerguy845

Seems like alot of people took the thread and made it bash their poor judgment rant. If you bought a game because of good reviews and didn't like it too bad. I'm taking this post to mean what was the worst game you bought that even got poor reviews. Mine was Meat Puppets. Long time ago there was a game called Crusader No Remorse and this new game came out and looked just like it so without any regard to all that was written about it I bought it. What a MORON!

Age Of Conan was a serious waste of $50 for me. I canceled my account the same night I got the game cause it didn't seem very good, I played for about 5 days after that and haven't touched it since. From what people are saying on the offical forums and other forums. It hasen't gotten any better yet. Failcom not Funcom.

If I believed in god id be thanking him for slapping me to my senses, I almost bought the collectors edition..

I just bought the new adventure game Art of Murder - FBI Confidential and I am already wishing I had not. While I haven't it for long I am already getting that "there is something wrong with this vibe".

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. turned out to be a dud for me. Even when I had something to shoot at I was still bored.

Off topic a bit, games that got rave reviews I regret buying:

Bio-Shock. I honestly have no fun in this game, I wish I did.

The Witcher. Maybe I just don't 'get it', but I really don't see what all the fan-based hype was about. I didn't finish the game, I got as far as some swampy area and gave up. What was with all the loot you could find and carry that seemed to serve no purpose what so ever?

World of Warcraft. I played EQ since 1999, but it isn't bias that makes me hate WoW, I welcomed it with open arms (I bought every MMO that came out since Merridian 59) but didn't enjoy it.

Back on topic, horrible games I bought against better judgement, and ignored reviews:

Lords of EverQuest: urg, it hurts. make it stop.

EverQuest II: urg, this hurt too. make it stop.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Sigh, I had such high hopes. Such high hopes..

Silverfall: I wanted a brainless Dioablo 2 clone... it was that, only without the fun.

Rise of Legends: Sigh... I really wanted Brian Reynolds to make good RTS games, but I am not a fan of the Rise of Series at all, wish I were.

World or Warcraft: Burning Crusade.... okay I have only myself to blame for this one, since I didnt even like the original game.. I was hoping that since my wife was addicted to WoW this would bring us closer together and give me a new shot at liking it.. I was wrong.

OblivionWhiteblade999

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"]Crysis. It was a buggy overhyped mess of a game. fethehl

Crysis has no bugs? I don't think you an I played the same game. The bugs are so bad that Crytek literally abandoned the game.

This is probably one of the worst games Ive played. Really dissappointing for a game with a well known title on it, Simcity.

EASILY The Shield. Saw it for one dollar at Half Price Books and played the first level. Guess what? A STEALTH mission with AUTOMATIC FAIL if you're seen. Great way to absolutely destroy awesome source material. FAIL.

I want my dollar back. With interest.

EDIT: You can see how upset I was with this game because I'm not one for spamming the caps. It really is that bad.

half life series, oblivion, crysis , far cry , bioshock , unreal 3, STALKER, FAER, Nfs series, battlefield series, diablo 1 & 2 , starcraft, serious sam 1 & 2, hellgates : US , C&C series , C&C red alert series, dawn of war series, titan quset, call of duty series, quake series, hitman series , Pary, Starwars game, stronghold series, gothi series, Heroes of Might and Magic series, Clive Barker's Jericho, The sims series, medal of honor seris, doom series, supreme commander, the witcher, fable , timeshift, lost planet, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men , overlord, Area 51 , world in conflict, gear of war, Soldier of Fortune series, age of empire series, mass effect, silent hill series , alone in the dark series, turning point, Turok, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Brothers In Arms 1 & 2 , black and white 1& 2, painkiller series, Assassin's Creed, Avp series, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends , Civilization series, neverwinter night 1 & 2, dungeon siege 1 & 2, max payne 1 & 2..........the worst i ever buyed....T_Tcommander1122

someone needs to just sell their PC and get it over with...

Daikatana... I bought it because I waited and waited for it to come out... I read the reviews... bought it anyways and damn if it wasn't a coaster 2 hours later.weirjf

LOLcakes. I picked up the N64 version at Blockbuster on sale for something around $15. Waste of every penny.

[QUOTE="fethehl"][QUOTE="Jamex1987"]Crysis. It was a buggy overhyped mess of a game. Jamex1987

Crysis has no bugs? I don't think you an I played the same game. The bugs are so bad that Crytek literally abandoned the game.

Seems like alot of people took the thread and made it bash their poor judgment rant. If you bought a game because of good reviews and didn't like it too bad. I'm taking this post to mean what was the worst game you bought that even got poor reviews. Mine was Meat Puppets. Long time ago there was a game called Crusader No Remorse and this new game came out and looked just like it so without any regard to all that was written about it I bought it. What a MORON!

Rickylee

Well see, it's the same case here ;) you consider those games broken.

I love them especially Crusader, and i liked Meat Puppets a lot, and I hate, maybe, some of the games you like. That doesn't make you more right, or me, it's subjective.

[QUOTE="col_hannibal"]Bioshock, Oblivion and GRID.couly

hellagte london - everyone told me it was bad, reviews also told so and i also felt it was going to be bad, but i still bought itnaval

Lies! Hellgate is a great game! Unless you were expecting some kind of RPG. I mean, it was supposed to be a Diablo clone. That was the point.

bioshock

Big rigs no not really.

but i hated warcraft III.

Come on, own up.moognus

World in conflict, total wast of $50! (Worst RTS of all time,because it isn't a RTS!!)
The Unreal Anthology, total wast of $23! (I was so excited to get the anthology but it was so bad when i got it!)

Hello Kitty Island AdventureIMonKI

What..... did you though the CD it is on into a burning fire!?!?? If you didn't i am so sorry what is gonna happen to you.... :lol:

[QUOTE="naval"]hellagte london - everyone told me it was bad, reviews also told so and i also felt it was going to be bad, but i still bought itkrazyorange

Lies! Hellgate is a great game! Unless you were expecting some kind of RPG. I mean, it was supposed to be a Diablo clone. That was the point.

Oh god, please be trolling.

[QUOTE="naval"]hellagte london - everyone told me it was bad, reviews also told so and i also felt it was going to be bad, but i still bought itkrazyorange

Lies! Hellgate is a great game! Unless you were expecting some kind of RPG. I mean, it was supposed to be a Diablo clone. That was the point.

it was one of the lamest diablo clones. really reptitive quests- fetch this or kill x of y, bad character levelling, uninteresting items, uninteresting locations etc

starcrapped

This thread makes no sense - the question is the worst game you ever bought, against all advice - but many, perhaps most of the games listed in this thread had high scores and are extremely well respected. That would mean the reviews and general advice of the community would be to buy them, so you wouldn't be going against the reviews and advice.

We're talking about games that scored low and are generally disliked by the community that you went and bought anyway. For me, it's Starship Troopers (the FPS, not the RTS), and while it's as bad as the reviews say, I enjoyed it. There's something satisfying about slaughter giant arachnids, no matter how rough around the edges the game is.

I suggest this thread be fired out of a cannon into the sun.

COD4Artosa

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Unreal Tournament 3

biggest disappointment in my gaming career. a friend of mine told me not to buy it, but since I played all other Unreal games since the start, I bought it anyway

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.

I bought it for humor purposes... unfortunatly, it failed to deliver even that.