Games you regret buying

Anna · 02 April 2012, 17:25

This topic has probably been done before, but are there any games that you regret buying? I didn't have a lot of pocket money growing up, so every time I made a mistake buying a game it hurt. Here's my list:

Brainiac - ZX Spectrum. I had loved the Codies budget titles, but had basically played them all at this point. I spotted this piece of trash in my local game shop, and got sucked in with the quotes on the back (never again, can't believe I fell for that). David Darling said it was brilliant. One of the few games that I got exactly zero enjoyment from. Zero. And I tried, because I had just spent 1.99 on it.

Twin Turbo v8 - Appalling Spectrum racer. Looked quite nice on the back of the cassette cover. Thought to myself, well, Chase HQ is really good, this might be fun. It wasn't. Worst graphics of any Spectrum racer.

Killing Game Show - Amiga. Nice Intro. Rubbish graphics. Rubbish gameplay. No fun. More fun than Brainiac though!

Over to you!

Adrian Browne · 02 April 2012, 17:33

Bad company on amiga by logotron a poor game.Night breed on amiga bad game.
Sometimes if a game i bought was crap i would swap it in the store for another one.I did this with roadblasters.
The advantages of being a kid was you could sometimes get away with this.

robinsonb5 · 02 April 2012, 19:39

Chase HQ on the C64 when I was a kid. Man, what a turkey that was!

Gordon · 02 April 2012, 19:41

World Cup 94 USA by US gold. Awful

desiv · 02 April 2012, 20:21

I can't remember which one, but there was a Basketball game I purchased for the Amiga..
I seem to remember the play was OK, but the crown sound was this cheering "loop" that just kept going and going.. and going...
I eventually started playing with the sound off, and then I stopped playing all together...

I also remember being upset with Neuromancer, which was really disappointing..
Not that the game was "bad to play," but it kept crashing on me... No idea what the problem was, but I never finished it because of that...

desiv

prowler · 02 April 2012, 23:44

Beyond Good & Evil (PS2).

Just didn't live up to all the hype...

mombasajoe · 03 April 2012, 08:30

None. "A game worth playing is a game worth bying"

So I only have bought games I've played "somehow/somewhere" before.

gimbal · 03 April 2012, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by mombasajoe

None. "A game worth playing is a game worth bying"

So I only have bought games I've played "somehow/somewhere" before.

I extend that to "a game worth playing at least twice"

Bamiga2002 · 03 April 2012, 10:06

Warzone (paradox), utter shite!
Also, Flight Path 737 was on the edge, but still slightly better than Warzone. "Luckily" both were budget priced games, so no severe loss there.

Offtopic: a game I don't regret buying was Night Breed - the Action game

zipper · 03 April 2012, 10:38

Touring Car Challenge. Waisted 10 minutes with it. Never got back afterwards.

lilalurl · 03 April 2012, 11:27

More a "bad choice" than "full regret": I was given some money to buy a game (for Christmas or something like that).
I wanted an AGA game since the only one I had at that time was Zool.

In the shop, there were two AGA games that stood out on the shelves, Alien Breed 2 and Body Blows Galactic. I quite liked both original games, but had not read reviews about the new ones.

I thought that BBG would have had a lot of improvements compared to BB. So I chose this one.

Once at home, I played it. Looked nice. Some interesting characters and moves. I enjoyed a few single player sessions and had a few matches with friends. But in the end, it was a bit too much of more of the same.

Alien Breed II would probably have been a better choice.

That and some previous purchases (notably some CPC games) have led me to adopt the same attitude as mombasajoe and now I always wait to have played a game somehow/somewhere before deciding to buy it.

mombasajoe · 03 April 2012, 11:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

I extend that to "a game worth playing at least twice"

Indeed

Photon · 03 April 2012, 21:00

I remember a lot of the late stuff on NES and SNES was terrible, almost every single one. Didn't buy those, rented them, but still.

viddi · 03 April 2012, 21:21

Rise of the Robots!!

rare_j · 03 April 2012, 22:36

Assasin. First level, looked nice, quite fun, like the demo.
Second level, huge, boring, stupidly hard maze nonsense.
Never made it through.
25 bills i dropped on that turd! Thanks team 17!

mikele · 03 April 2012, 23:42

do paid disk copies in pre 1994-no copryrights-"no holds barred"-Central Europe still count? If then I wasted plenty of milk money on Sierra games, which turned out to be atrocious conversions. Oh and The Rise of The Robots, the hype was massive.

gimbal · 04 April 2012, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by viddi

Rise of the Robots!!

Oh you poor, poor man. What did you do with it? Bury it? Send it back to the devs with a huge turd in the box?

Christian · 05 April 2012, 02:28

Outrun, Amstrad CPC. Soooo shite.

s2325 · 05 April 2012, 07:45

I thought it's the best version for 8-bit computers. [ Show youtube player ]

mombasajoe · 05 April 2012, 08:00

C64 is worse.

02 April 2012, 17:25	#1
Anna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: USA Posts: 27	Games you regret buying This topic has probably been done before, but are there any games that you regret buying? I didn't have a lot of pocket money growing up, so every time I made a mistake buying a game it hurt. Here's my list: Brainiac - ZX Spectrum. I had loved the Codies budget titles, but had basically played them all at this point. I spotted this piece of trash in my local game shop, and got sucked in with the quotes on the back (never again, can't believe I fell for that). David Darling said it was brilliant. One of the few games that I got exactly zero enjoyment from. Zero. And I tried, because I had just spent 1.99 on it. Twin Turbo v8 - Appalling Spectrum racer. Looked quite nice on the back of the cassette cover. Thought to myself, well, Chase HQ is really good, this might be fun. It wasn't. Worst graphics of any Spectrum racer. Killing Game Show - Amiga. Nice Intro. Rubbish graphics. Rubbish gameplay. No fun. More fun than Brainiac though! Over to you!

03 April 2012, 23:42	#16
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	do paid disk copies in pre 1994-no copryrights-"no holds barred"-Central Europe still count? If then I wasted plenty of milk money on Sierra games, which turned out to be atrocious conversions. Oh and The Rise of The Robots, the hype was massive. Last edited by mikele; 06 April 2012 at 07:48.

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02 April 2012, 17:33	#2
Adrian Browne Jackie Chan Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ireland Age: 46 Posts: 986	Bad company on amiga by logotron a poor game.Night breed on amiga bad game. Sometimes if a game i bought was crap i would swap it in the store for another one.I did this with roadblasters. The advantages of being a kid was you could sometimes get away with this.

02 April 2012, 19:39	#3
robinsonb5 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 1,154	Chase HQ on the C64 when I was a kid. Man, what a turkey that was!

02 April 2012, 19:41	#4
Gordon Settler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Serf City Posts: 1,760	World Cup 94 USA by US gold. Awful

02 April 2012, 20:21	#5
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	I can't remember which one, but there was a Basketball game I purchased for the Amiga.. I seem to remember the play was OK, but the crown sound was this cheering "loop" that just kept going and going.. and going... I eventually started playing with the sound off, and then I stopped playing all together... I also remember being upset with Neuromancer, which was really disappointing.. Not that the game was "bad to play," but it kept crashing on me... No idea what the problem was, but I never finished it because of that... desiv

02 April 2012, 23:44	#6
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Beyond Good & Evil (PS2). Just didn't live up to all the hype...

03 April 2012, 08:30	#7
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	None. "A game worth playing is a game worth bying" So I only have bought games I've played "somehow/somewhere" before.

03 April 2012, 10:06	#9
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Warzone (paradox), utter shite! Also, Flight Path 737 was on the edge, but still slightly better than Warzone. "Luckily" both were budget priced games, so no severe loss there. Offtopic: a game I don't regret buying was Night Breed - the Action game

03 April 2012, 10:38	#10
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,838	Touring Car Challenge. Waisted 10 minutes with it. Never got back afterwards.

03 April 2012, 11:27	#11
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	More a "bad choice" than "full regret": I was given some money to buy a game (for Christmas or something like that). I wanted an AGA game since the only one I had at that time was Zool. In the shop, there were two AGA games that stood out on the shelves, Alien Breed 2 and Body Blows Galactic. I quite liked both original games, but had not read reviews about the new ones. I thought that BBG would have had a lot of improvements compared to BB. So I chose this one. Once at home, I played it. Looked nice. Some interesting characters and moves. I enjoyed a few single player sessions and had a few matches with friends. But in the end, it was a bit too much of more of the same. Alien Breed II would probably have been a better choice. That and some previous purchases (notably some CPC games) have led me to adopt the same attitude as mombasajoe and now I always wait to have played a game somehow/somewhere before deciding to buy it.

03 April 2012, 21:00	#13
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,604	I remember a lot of the late stuff on NES and SNES was terrible, almost every single one. Didn't buy those, rented them, but still.

03 April 2012, 21:21	#14
viddi Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 4,007	Rise of the Robots!!

03 April 2012, 22:36	#15
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Assasin. First level, looked nice, quite fun, like the demo. Second level, huge, boring, stupidly hard maze nonsense. Never made it through. 25 bills i dropped on that turd! Thanks team 17!

05 April 2012, 02:28	#18
Christian Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gloucestershire Age: 51 Posts: 218	Outrun, Amstrad CPC. Soooo shite.

05 April 2012, 07:45	#19
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I thought it's the best version for 8-bit computers. [ Show youtube player ]

05 April 2012, 08:00	#20
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	C64 is worse.

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