Board 8 > What is your most recent regretted vg purchase?

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Mine is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.

it's just so just-below-average in every single way...
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valk chronicles
momiji dlc
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GranzonEx posted...

valk chronicles
momiji dlc

so you're satan.
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Snrkiko posted...

GranzonEx posted...

valk chronicles
momiji dlc

so you're satan.

worse

a troll
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The original Scribblenauts.

Or many of my unplayed steam games
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Hey! Pikmin

Before that Star Fox Zero
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Spyro Enter the Dragonfly was my first vg regret

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Monster Hunter Tri. Wretched game.
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Superbeat Xonic. Neither control scheme seemed very usable and there's a bunch of underexplained RPG junk that's there for some reason. That said it was under a buck so "regret" might be a little strong.
I regret not buying the Switch version of Deemo during the same sale. It expired unexpectedly before I went to buy it.
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Nothing recent. Probaboy still GTA V
It was a double dip for the PC version because I expected single player DLCs and enjoy the online
Then my firat game of online had a cheater that bombed the entire map so I never looked at it again
And of course, we never had single player DLC

Make this topic again in 3 months and it will probably be Pokemon Sword

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Nights of Azure 2

Bought it because Gust music frequently impresses me in VGMC also lesbians but my god that game was a wreck
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Mario Tennis Ultra Smash
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Raka_Putra posted...

Monster Hunter Tri. Wretched game.

Fuck you.
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Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission

thought the deckbuilding would be a lot deeper and the battles got way too repetitive
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Mass Effect Andromeda

Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove

not much fun and also the day after I bought it I found out a dude who was well known for being a piece of shit at his previous company was the Producer on this game
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Star Fox Zero is my most recent regret as well. Usually, when people are bitching about an unusual control scheme, I can adapt or even enjoy it. Unfortunately, the bitching was justified in this case.
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Super Neptunia RPG. I was hoping the reviews were exaggerating on how bad it was but man. Lag on menu screens is just unacceptable and such braindead combat with so many unnecessary restrictions. Only the art and dialogue gave some relief.
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Hmm. I get a lot of mediocre games through humble bundles, but I don't regret any of the actual bundles.

I do, however, regret most 4x game purchases. I end up getting suckered into buying one every other year or so. Most recent one was stellaris. They always feel like they're just about to become fun, but never actually get there for me. I don't think they're bad games, they're just not for me
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The e-reader.

I was a kid back then. I didn't have that many big video game purchases in a year. What a waste of allowance.

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Joining the chorus of Star Fox Zero. So unfortunate on so many levels.
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Not that recent but Umbrella Corps for me. It was on sale and I only bought it for RE completionist sakes and hoped to at least maybe have a little fun killing zombies and crap in classic locations. However, even as just that it was absolutely despicable and a totally miserable time. One of the worst games I've ever played.

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Animal Crossing GCN
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pjbasis posted...

Spyro Enter the Dragonfly was my first vg regret

This was mine too. The Spyro series was so damn good and the formula so simple I figured even changing hands they couldn't screw it up.

I was so sad.
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Hitman Absolution at launch after years and years of waiting for a follow up to Blood Money.

That was probably the most disappointed I've ever been with a new release, probably because I had such high expectations from the last game and this one was not only wildly different, but way less interesting and somehow clunkier and less dynamic AND smaller than before with terrible AI and annoying mechanics.

The first mission, I was able to literally walk up to the target while he was in an alley with his back turned with both his guards right beside him, and I was able to garrote wire him and drag him away without them noticing without any resistance just minutes into the mission.

And by the time the hotel mission came around, I was already so underwhelmed I dropped it with the obnoxious mechanic where anyone with your uniform will suspect you, which defeats the whole purpose of the mechanic (even though it does admittedly make sense, it's much less fun and intuitive.)

And then there's the perpetual arcadey points counter that punishes you for virtually anything you do and pressures you play certain ways.

I'd consider giving it another try now that I understand that it's more Splinter Cell than Hitman in that you just can't really be seen at all, but the modern sequels are SO good!
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If some of you guys are picking 15+ year old games as your most "recent" regretted purchase then every single game you've bought since then must have been a fucking masterpiece.
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probably most of my switch games

I mean, nothing against the games themselves, and I even got them at amazing deals (80 bucks for 3 First party Nintendo games X2)

but I just simply haven't been playing any of them

instead I always go back to Free ass Tetris
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Mario Maker 2

Not because it's a bad game, it's fine, but because if you don't want to get the switch online thing then you might as well buy anything else
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Shonen_Bat posted...

Mario Maker 2

Not because it's a bad game, it's fine, but because if you don't want to get the switch online thing then you might as well buy anything else

It's 20 dollars a year man, not even 2 dollars a month. You could skip 1 soda a month and pay for it.
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Octopath Trasheller

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Splatoon 2
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I don't regret buying DQ11, but I do regret spending $40 on it during a Humble sale when Steam discounted it to $30 a month later, and I still haven't played it since.
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Ico
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Trails in the Sky

WhiteLens posted...

If some of you guys are picking 15+ year old games as your most "recent" regretted purchase then every single game you've bought since then must have been a fucking masterpiece.

You realize it's possible to buy games after release day right >_>
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j-stars

spent $60 on it too
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Uhhh...It's been a while. I usually have a good idea of whether I'll like a game or not before I buy it, and I don't buy a ton of games to begin with.

I'll always regret paying full price for Sonic 2006 though.
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I'll likely get some push back for this, but most recently it's probably Octopath Traveler, however it has less to do with the quality of the game itself and more to do with me realizing that I wasn't interested in that type of game at the time.

I actually pre-ordered it when I got my Switch in June 2018 just because I wanted games, played an enjoyed the demo, and then let it sit for an entire year as I never wanted to invest time into it. Eventually I realized it wasn't a "time" issue and more of me just not wanting to play the game.

A solid runner up is Middle Earth: Shadow of War. I loved the first game, and even waited until this one was $20 but I still regret it after playing it for an hour and realizing, "oh, maybe one of these was enough".

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This gen, the only one that really stands out for me was Elder Scrolls Online. Took about 15 minutes to realize I absolutely could not stand other people running around being idiots in an Elder Scrolls game. Thought I might be able to ignore it, but no. Money wasted, but lesson learned: MMOs, not for me. Bouncing so hard off ESO meant I wasn't at all tempted by the Fallout equivalent, so I count myself as lucky overall :)

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Fuck that game
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I don't really buy many games these days due to how much of a backlog I've amassed. I ensure any I purchase are ones I don't regret.

That said, I do regret spending $40 on Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. I remembered the plot being subpar, but it was just plain horrendous. The clunky gameplay certainly didn't help matters. Inevitable aging is why a JRPG absolutely needs a good plot, and this is the worst plot in any JRPG I've played so...
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KingButz posted...

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Fuck that game

Terrible opinion.
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__LeiaRolando__ posted...

I don't really buy many games these days due to how much of a backlog I've amassed. I ensure any I purchase are ones I don't regret.

That said, I do regret spending $40 on Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. I remembered the plot being subpar, but it was just plain horrendous. The clunky gameplay certainly didn't help matters. Inevitable aging is why a JRPG absolutely needs a good plot, and this is the worst plot in any JRPG I've played so...

oh god yeah

vesperia sucks
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Also, I don't buy enough games to be disappointed by them. But the closest recently was the PS4 Kingdom Hearts collection. I can't be too mad since it's definitely good value, but I had forgotten how lackluster those games actually are. Some of the level design is inexcusably bad.
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Sekiro
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Control.

I think part of that comes from people saying it was the bee's knees. I liked it fine, story is great but the combat is meh and the ending left me disappointed. I'd still recommend it though.
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Offhand main one that comes to mind is LA Noire. Looked nice of course but that was about it and didn't do anything for me.
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MZero11 posted...

You realize it's possible to buy games after release day right >_>

Yeah but some people (see Ulti), were clearly from over a decade ago.
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Uhhhhh....probably Danganronpa V3 I guess. I usually buy games Im like 99% sure Ill like so its rare I have purchase regrets