Most shameful game purchase

Tootsie Bear said:
I don't recall the title of the game but it was a Mary-Kate and Ashley video game for the PlayStation. In my defense it was only a $1 at the flea market.
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I've bought Mary Kate & Ashley: Crush Course under similar circuumstances, it had surprising difficult carnival games in it that were probably beyond the intended audience's skill levels. The mini-golf portion and beach mazes were good though, can't lie.

My most shameful purchase was probably a Gamecube when I already had one, just to get the Master Quest 4 in 1 Zelda disc that was a limited time promotion, taking it out of the box at the cashier, and immediately doing a trade-in on the hardware itself(this was a gamestop) and getting $50 store credit to buy Disgaea at the time.
 
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It's a tie between the following two: Starcraft 2 at 60$ each for the first two thirds, I don't need to explain why in detail that was both both shameful and makes me mad since I already have said why I hate it but tl;Dr I was a big fan of Starcraft for years before it came out and we know out that turned out.

Less expensive was Gal*Gun Double Peace, in my defense i then recently played some fun visual novels (3 of them were hybrids with puzzle game section and adventure sections) so I thought it was a hybrid visual novels/shoot'em up and then the tutorial started. I have been that mortified seen then when playing a game
 
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For me it's Metroid: Other M. I'd heard that people weren't very happy with it and that it was pretty bad (understatement), but against my better judgement I decided I should formulate my own opinion and got it anyways. I mean, I thought the first Metroid Prime game looked awesome before release when a lot of people were pissing and moaning that Metroid was ruined, even though Other M had me feeling hesitant from the first trailer while a lot of people seemed to talk about how great it looked. I am never going to do something that stupid ever again.

Sonic Heroes occupies a very close second however (and was in that shameful number 1 spot for a long-ass time). At the time I was actually eyeing Mario Kart: Double Dash because I have a soft spot for the Mario Kart series. But a good friend of mine insisted Double Dash was pure shit and convinced me to get Sonic Heroes. How? Because we enjoyed dicking around in Sonic Adventure 2 and he insisted Sonic Heroes was SA2 on crack (also Double Dash was the only interesting game out that I didn't have at that time). More like asscrack if you ask me. I didn't bother completing any of the stories, let alone the true ending because fuck that shit. Oh and I didn't trust his opinion anymore after that.
 
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Oh boy, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly is a big one for me. I loved the original trilogy and assumed that it would be a wonder romp with that loveable purple dragon again.

I was wrong. Oh so terribly, terribly wrong. It was a glitchy mess of stalled models, long loading times, wonky animation, uncollectable collectables, and crushed dreams on the Gamecube. And it was all due to Universal wanting the game out by Christmas due to greed. At least the music was produced by Stewart Copeland so that makes one GOOD thing on this shit sundae of a game.
 
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Let's see...

Hitman: Absolution, Alekhine's Gun, Star Fox Adventures, Dynasty Warriors 9, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Syndicate (the EA remake), Splatterhouse (2010 remake), Thief (2014 edition/remake/whatever), Life is Strange (albeit, just the first episode), the TellTale Batman titles (which honestly weren't terrible), Resident Evil 5 & 6, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Soul Calibur 5, and I also bought DmC: Devil May Cry. Twice.

I'm why you can't have nice things in video games.

Sable said:
I bought Gone Home.

I wasn't paying attention so I sort of thought it was a horror game. It's not the worst thing I've ever played, but it was definitely the most disappointing.
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Aye. I bought that back in the day when I was getting back into PC gaming (I tend to com and go every 5-6 years it seems), and I remember nearly every reviewer raving about how amazing the game was, and how they couldn't give away too much because it'd spoil the story, etc.

...Gone Home is why I stopped trusting game reviewing websites.

Martys_not_smarty said:
Elder Scrolls Online, I've heard they really cleaned up that game but when I played it it was a cluster fuck of ADD and micromanagement.
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Well, yeah. My GF got me into playing it back when it first released and to its credit compared to how it was back in 2014-2015, it is better... technically. But I can wholeheartedly agree that your mileage may vary, esp. if you're big into previous Elder Scrolls games.

This has all the trappings of an MMORPG, so if you're hoping to get the most out of the game, you will have to expect basically every day to spend 20-30 minutes working on dailies, checking armor, making repairs, checking over your character's stats, making sure you got enough consumables, checking your guilds, doing some inventory management, if you're in a trading guild, making sure to keep your storefront supplied... once you got that all done, THEN you can get to the fun part of the game. Oh, but don't think you can do Cyrodiil or any of the more unique dungeons on your own, you will need to make friends or prepare to die many many many cheap deaths.
 
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Oh shit. I spent money on Hitman Absolution (which wasn't bad just deeply, deeply, mediocre), and Dear Esther (which really is utter shite.)

When I was a wee squealer I spent money on a blank disk to copy a friend of a friend's copy of Artworx Strip Poker for the Atari ST. He had offered it to me and back then to refuse an offer of a copy of some electronic fapfuel would get you branded gay. Does that count?

I also spent money on Kinetic Void back in 2012 because it was a space flight game with the ability to build your own spaceships. Unfortunately it was in Early Access and busted as utter fuck and basically kicked out the door once enough people had spent money on it.
 
Bioshock Infinite: incredibly preachy and bad gameplay on top of that. Guess I deserved that for buying into the out of control hype at the time.

Orkeosaurus said:
Warhammer Online not long before the server shut down but too long to get a refund.
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Same here, I feel your pain. :(
 
Have two; both bought second hand but still regretful.

Dragon Quarter aka Breath of Fire 5 for PS2. The opening bit was so godawful to play I stopped playing and then a year or so later sold it at a yard sale for like 50 cents.

Second one is The Sims 3, only because it has no activation code so I have a useless CD sitting around.
 
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Rome Total War 2 was probably my worst purchase, but I think that the subsequent updates improved the game bit by bit.
 
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Alfons Schmitler said:
I actually have 3.
No mans sky on release.
DayZ early access.
Not sure if this counts but I bought a fuckton of Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis DLCs before I realized you could just unlock them for free.
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Wait what? Free unlocking?
 
Huniepop for the boobs. Then I played it and realized it was great and the shame left.


Game I'm still ashamed I bought? Some shitty "visual novel" called "Frisky Business" it looked bad, the story is bad, the game was bad. Never buy games high is the moral friends.
 
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