Thread 725779806

Let's have a vidya buyers remorse thread. Tell us your woes.

>>725779806 (OP)
Factorio. I didn't have fun.

>>725779806 (OP)
Cultist Simulator is the only game that Steam ever let me refund after 4 hours

>>725780109
Don't people constantly praise that game as one of the best ever?
>>725780181
What made it so bad?

>>725779806 (OP)
I bought the Switch 2 knowing that there would be no games I actually want on the thing until next week.
Mario Kart World was fine, but Nintendo's insistence on playing the game their way killed it.
I did not care for Donkey Kong Bananza.
I do not care for Hyrule Warriors.
I refuse to buy Pokemon Legends Z-A.
The only Switch 1 upgrade I actually have at the moment is Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

for me it's this one
don't know, it might be good at some point, but it's just feels slow and janky, thankfully I've only paid a few bucks when it was on sale

>>725779806 (OP)
Elden Shit at full price, got tricked by early limgrave at a friend's.
Finished the game out of mere spite, I will never pay full price for a game ever again.

Never buy Rust. It's worse than any moba or MMORPG in the world. You've been warned.

>>725779806 (OP)
BF6, shit was expensive and I'm only fighting bots. The game is also not very fun.

>>725780260
>Don't people constantly praise that game as one of the best ever?
Probably, but I don't have much fun with the gameplay loop, a lot of it is just waiting around for the research to be done and experimenting in a sandbox environment, I don't get much of a dopamine boost from working out how to make it work. Either that or I've played many games that I consider more fun than it.

>>725780260
most people will tell you it takes around 20 hours to begin the game.

>>725779806 (OP)
Starfield, even with a discount I still feel ripped off.

>>725779806 (OP)
sparking zero, I paid 80 SMACKERS AND THE SEASON PASS IS 35 ON TOP OF THAT
what a joke

>>725779806 (OP)
FNV massive letdown after I played FO3. I did have remorse on NMS for years but they fixed most issues I had for the game. I spent around 1000 on skins on league. I sold my account for 600 since I had rare beta skins and hard to obtain shit, genuinely hate myself for ever playing it. Honestly most remorse is just lessons. Haven't bought a game I felt bad about for years. Could be worse.

>>725779806 (OP)
I never pay more than $20 for a videogame unless I know that I will enjoy it and that it will be worth it to me to pay more than that. I have only had buyer's remorse once in my life and that was like 20 years ago.

Killing floor 3. I bought it to play with my brother even though I didn't think it was that fun. Then his marriage fell apart and he didn't really have time to play with me.

>GTA4
>GTA5
>Starfield
>Rage 2
>SvR2007/08
>Killzone 1/2
>Final FantasyX-2
>Final FantasyXV
>Dragons Dogma 2(only after unmoored world)

off the top of my head, probably a bit more

I bought Farcry Primal at full price while drunk and fucked around too long to get refunded. Now people are telling me it's actually good and to look past the copypaste map. True or not?

>>725780460
Yeah, that's pretty bad. I'm still waiting to see if it gets more support or if it will be completely abandoned. I might pick it up for $10-15 in a year or two if they add costumes and more stages and OG DB characters.

>>725780930
primal is kick ass man

>>725779806 (OP)
starbound

>>725779806 (OP)
Recently I bought Dying Light The Beast because my brother and I like playing coop games and we decently enjoyed the other two. I bought this piece of shit at full price and we completed in less than a week of 3 to 4 hour play sessions. I can't believe it was so bad it made me appreciate the second game more.
Similarly, Borderlands 4 was another recent disappoint, not as bad, but again it made me appreciate Borderlands 3 more, just the base game, not even including the DLCs.

>>725779806 (OP)
The switch. There really is fuckall to play.

Dragon's Dogma 2 was such a fucking let down. Fallout 4 was the last Shithesda game I will ever buy

>>725779806 (OP)
Active matter
I'm to old to continue getting roped by friends into buying Tarkov-likes that we wont play again and I wont play if solo.
Not even on Steam so no refunds

Tekken 8 destroyed my love for the series. I don't even want to play the old ones anymore. It should have been Harada, not Itagaki.

>>725780260
factorio is the best automation game that defined the genre
but you will very quickly find out if you like automation games after playing it for a few hours

The only two games I found bad enough to want to return were Metroid Other M and Animal Crossing New Horizons

Red Dead Redemption 2. Every action is unbelievably tedious and takes at least 3 business days to complete. It's almost as if they thought realism = fun. The setting also didn't interest me in the slightest, while the gameplay loop was the same repetitive shit that they've been doing in the GTA series since forever. Overall, the mission design is shit and I regret wasting several hours of my life on it.

>>725781195
ayy lmao

>>725779806 (OP)
I would have never bought Total War: Warhammer if I knew how many fucking factions were locked behind paywalls.

>>725781793
hard buyer’s remorse on this too after hearing everyone glaze the game. I dropped it hard after playing along for three hours with all of the scripted intro. I went down an alleyway in the first town because I thought an NPC was calling out to me and got a mission failure for wandering too far away from whoever I was supposed to be with. dogshit game.

Day 1 Artifact

>>725779806 (OP)
Etrian Odyssey HD collection. Not because they're bad games but I bought it at release, for full price, and assumed modding would be easy on PC so I could have custom portraits. I still haven't played any of them (on PC), and modding sucks.

For me, recently, it's Metaphor: ReFantazio. But at least it made me learn that JRPGs are stuck as an irredeemably shit tier genre barely sticking its head up above all the worst dark patterns seen in gaming over the past couple decades.

I bought Sonic Forces.

...

>>725779806 (OP)
Silksong. Not fun.

still can't believe i was excited for this shit

>>725779806 (OP)
Smt4.

>>725779806 (OP)
I boughted BF6.

>>725783160
I genuinely can't believe they made a sequel so soon after how badly they fucked up the first one

>all these heavily marketed normalfag games
You guys seriously need impulse control this is pathetic.

>>725779806 (OP)
Switch 2

>>725783335
catposters are ignored and hidden, mostly for being ultra retarded and being cat enjoyers in general.

>>725783471
>toxotransmosis hands wrote this post

>>725779806 (OP)
It's gay but I wanted to boost my game count so bought loads of games on steam.

Some of them are "Profile Limited" meaning they don't add to your game score count and that's the only reason I bought them.

This was when I didn't know this shit and no guides / videos talked about it, even the ones talking about scores and such.

>>725780764
Killzone 2 is great though and its online was very fun.

>>725779806 (OP)
PS4
Was a paperweight for years until I eventually hacked it

>>725780260
Personally I live Cultist Dimulator because I enjoy occult themes but the game has a lot if busywork you need to concern yourself with and it involves a lot of headbashing at roadblocks until you begin figuring out the trends of progression.

What's funny is that once you understand the process is very simple but to an outsider any explanation just sounds like the ravings of a lunatic, which is fitting.

Bf6, game doesn't even load for me anymore

>>725780262
Only game i'm looking forward to right now is Air Riders, partially because a friend is gifting it to me. With my current financial situation i'm really second guessing which games to get.
Metroid will be cool too i guess.

>>725779806 (OP)
ps vita

The only game I ever regretted, and I liked Billy Bob Hunt,n,Fish.

>>725779806 (OP)
Fire Emblem Engage, bonus points that I didn't like Three Houses and somehow thought this would've been any different, still can't bring myself to finish the last two stages.

>>725779806 (OP)
Super Mario Sunshine. Up to that point, I'd never been as deflated and disappointed in a game I wanted.

spyro year of the dragonfly made me cry as a kid and I got in trouble because I called ripto a bastard

>>725787216
Enter the dragonfly, my mistake*

>>725779806 (OP)
I didn't really like Sekiro. Realising how little expression there is in the combat was really disappointing. I wanted an action game not a rhythm game

>>725779806 (OP)
Ds3
Elden Ring

I just can't find another rpg with the same "matrix",such as pc movement and "combat"

Not many, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning always being the standout. I was pretty broke at the time and tried to tough it out but getting to the 40 hour mark and reading the same day that dev speed run was the same time I was done. Spent 60 bucks and whole work week on a shit game.

Rimworld one of the worst "popular" games I've ever bought. Watch PNGs slide around the world and get punished for doing a good job. I don't know how anyone likes that game. It's boring. It has genuine artificial difficulty. It's ugly.

>>725779806 (OP)
On the financial end of things:
- bought a Dreamcast right before they started slashing the price
- bought Snake Eater six days before Subsistence was announced

On the "let myself be hyped and paid the price for it" end:
Mega Man X5, >>725783216, and Tears of the Kingdom

And on the "expected nothing but was still disappointed" end (thankfully none of these were expensive):
Metagal, Pit Fighter, Secret of the Stars

Star Fox Zero. Goes without saying why I regretted it, but also because I thought Star Fox Guard was supposed to be included but apparently that was only in America or in the special edition or something. Nintendo of Europe's Directs got shuttered around that time so I got misled by thinking the American one applied to us as well.

>>725783163
Same. I probably got enough hours out of it in the end, but I did not enjoy them.

>>725779806 (OP)
>Expedition 33
>Baldurs Gate 3

unironically, I have only brought games on release 3 times, two are those and the other one was smtvv, but I loved that one.

>>725779806 (OP)
dead space I've tried all of them but the mobile game and rail shooter and couldn't get in to them just went back to re every time

Sacred 2. I’m just not a huge fan of ARPGs.

Ultima IX, too. I’m really saddened because it had so much damn soul, and I really tried to give it a chance but it was absolutely awful. If only they had more time to work out the kinks

>>725779806 (OP)
>Redditbob
Go bacj

>>725779806 (OP)
>look at my Steam library
>283 games
>finished around 20 of them
>some of those finished games I had already played on other platforms
Getting a Steam Deck was my enabler. Thankfully, I've calmed down on buying games, but my backlog remains untouched. Especially with my Switch 2.
>>725780930
Fuckin' love Primal! Really Oogas my Booga if you know what I mean.
>>725791149
One of the worst games I've ever played. What were they thinking?

>>725779806 (OP)
Got memed into buying Hollow Knight. I found it boring

Zero time dilemma is the last game I ever bought at full price

Steam deck. I actually love it a lot, but it holds a weird place for me. I can emulate much on my phone and it is more convenient for portability, while all the heavy-duty games are on my computer. I love the deck, but it has too much overlap with both of these other devices for me to call it an efficient use of money.

For games, probably the original version of doom 3 on steam, because I discovered all the improvements BFG edition had afterwards.

>>725792632
I like my Deck too, but I'm seeing more faults with it every day. It's too big and heavy for me and the battery is nonexistent. The games don't update themselves and have to manually tell it to update, despite always being on (and draining the battery further) Also, the screen seems to be getting dimmer and dimmer. At this point, I plugged it into my TV and use it as pseudo-console.

>>725779806 (OP)
Broken arrow. I’m mad that the devs decided to be absolutely retarded and not fix shit within a timely manner.

Rift. Nerfed pvp during closed beta
Spore. Because.

>>725781793
>>725782178
One of the worst things about RDR2 isn't even the "movie game" shit, nor is it the actions with ridiculously long animations for the sake of realism. It's the fact that RDR2 has so much time that is just like sitting in traffic in your car.
You know why traffic sucks? It's not because you're not doing anything. If traffic was "wait here for 5m, browse your phone, put your car in park, and relax, then go normal speed", no one would hate traffic. Traffic sucks because you're going nowhere, doing nothing, but cannot for a second look away or lose focus. Lose focus for one second and you'll get honked at, yelled at, or risk an accident.
And that's RDR2. There's so much time you're just riding from point A to point B while characters chat. So many times you're walking in a straight line. But you have to keep your hands on the controller every single second because leaping over a bush by accident can end the mission and set you back 10 minutes. I'd rather have a 30 minute cutscene than 5 minutes of "playing" but not doing anything.
Overall I still enjoy the game, but after a replay I definitely have a lesser opinion on it.

i bought monkey ball banana mania's digital deluxe for like 70 dollars because i love monkey ball 1/2/DX and was so fucking sick of the literal trash ever since


i did not once consider them completely fucking up the physics and music and sound effects.

>>725780109
>>725780181

The honest truth is you tried it, glazed over trying to understand it, then gave up on it. It's ok anons, I did too.

>>725783160
Some anons actually thought this would compete against Nintendo.

>>725780109
You're not the right gamer for it, dude. Factorio IS COCAINE for the right brain

>>725779806 (OP)
Everquest Next, fuck kickstarters

>>725779806 (OP)
Falling for the "signature edition" fomo last minute and preordering Dragon Age 2.

>>725779806 (OP)
I bought skyrim VR on sale, then refunded it and bought a key on a different site so Todd couldn't get my money

Kakarot Ultimate edition before the DLCs were announced

>>725779806 (OP)
Yakuza Infinite Wealth. I decided to ignore all the anons pointing out how bad the story was and still bought it full price, I will never distrust my fellow anon again

>>725779806 (OP)
Dragon's Dogma 2, loved Dark Arisen enough to buy it day one (like a retard.)
I will never stop being mad, at least playing a private server for Dragon's Dogma Online has made up for the disappointment.

>>725779806 (OP)
>Like a Dragon Ishin
>slow ass intro
>oh my god HE IS STILL TALKING
>wall of text
>adds NOTHING OF VALUE
>omg why wont the yellow paint ass red mark here not activate the quest?
>talk to NPC
>same exact wall of text again
>skip dialogue
>again
>again
>let my controller die waiting for this mf woman to shut up about her damsel in distress quicktime event.mov
>quest finally activates
Fuck my guncel katana chungus nigger life

>prince of persia two thrones pc
>jank ass controls
>rekey them
>one key off
>i remember this game from the wii where every key mattered in intense wiggle wand combat
>refund me now!
>sorry sir you waited 2 weeks exactly to file your refund
Raped again!

>>725779806 (OP)
Enter the Matrix. A broken game with a lackluster story that no one interested in the overall narrative would care about.

>>725779806 (OP)
EU5. Its so fucking boring.

>>725779806 (OP)
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

Any fucking game I buy

>buy game
>really enjoy it
>turn off game for the night
>look forward to playing it again tomorrow
>never luanch game game again
>still think about how much I enjoyed it
>still can't bring myself to start it

Every single fucking game. I don't even bother anymore.

>>725779806 (OP)
Kenshi. I dont understand why its has overwhelmingly positive reviews

I'm still mad

>>725796137
GSG may just not be for you. It's really satisfying seeing the map and your country working. Even though most of the game is just spent staring at the map waiting for shit to get done.

>>725779806 (OP)
When I started playing TF2 I didn't know the Mann Co. Store was a rip-off so I bought a bunch of overpriced weapons and hats from it
If I see new players I make sure to tell them so they don't make my same mistake

I have a lot of embarrassing purchases over the years. I played a lot of licensed garbage
>marvel nemesis rise of imperfects
>south park n64
>avengers 2020 (I love beat em ups and superheroes)
>last of us 2 (I love 1 and wanted to give it a shot)
>Lego star wars Skywalker Saga (got a steam refund for this at least)
>butt ugly martians: zoom or doom
>star wars super bombad racing
>simpsons skate boarding

>>725796336
Bro imperfects was better than SEX

>>725779806 (OP)
It was fine but younger me expected Dragon Age but at home.
Didn't get what I wanted at all.

>>725781793
Same, but I got it for cheap, so it's not a big deal.
I tried playing the story 5 times or so and it wasn't just fun.
I had more fun kidnapping a woman with a lasso and having the police chase me more than anything.

>>725779806 (OP)
I bought wulong because I thought it's be like wukong but I was wu-wrong.

Butcher's Creek, it was pretty repetitive but fun with a great atmosphere right up until the dogshit doo doo poop from a butt ending

>>725779806 (OP)
>Buy new 4x/strategy game
>Play it for 1-2 hours, get bored and never touch it again
>Continue to buy new strategy games anyway because I liked two strategy games enough to get 100+ hours in them and hope the next one will be the one
Why does my autism brain do this?

>>725796336
SOVLFUL list

>>725796294
Honestly all they need to do is they remake it is just take out the procedural generated bullshit and just do a cool Bioshock/Dishonored knockoff and keep the voice acting and writing.

It's not bad, it's just it was developed back when "muh procedural generation" was the hottest shit/buzzword.

>played Overwatch beta on fucking Xbox
>had mild fun, bought Origins Edition for PC
>never so much as installed installed it, let alone played it
>years later it gets killed for OW2 anyway
It's not really a "burning hatred" kind of disappointment but it's still $35 I might as well have just lit on fire instead. At least the porn's pretty good.

>>725796683
Was thinking about playing it, what's the ending?

Pokemon Sun was so terrible it made me finally take a look at other monster catchers.

>>725797458
You get an unbreakable pickaxe that 1shots everything you hit and then you spend a solid 3 minutes walking down a hallway while everything builds up like there's gonna be a big climactic boss battle, and then you just immediately die and the game ends

>>725779806 (OP)
Most recent was Blue Prince. That one ass blasted me not because of the money, but because of the hours I wasted on it.

>>725796294
Such an interesting plot and very similar to modern Britain, but I instantly get turned off when I see the gameplay

>>725796860
They all feel the same.

>walk around and fight some dudes for a bit
>15min cutscene
>walk around maybe play a mini game for 15min
>15min cutscene
>fight more dudes for 15min
>15min cutscene
>repeat
I made it to about when you get the chick party member and I got bored. Also Yakuzafags never mentioned the 2 hour intro cutscene when shilling this game.

>>725780930
my mom gave me far cry primal 1 year for my birthday, never even put the disc in my ps4

>>725779806 (OP)
In recent years the only ones I've wasted my own money on are deep rock galactic and helldivers 2. Friends wanted to play them and I find them both just offensively boring. Plus the first like month of helldivers 2 you couldn't play with your crossplay friends.

>>725792472
last game I bought at "full price" was mgs delta for 65 online even though its meant to be 80

this boring shit + tavern DLC
most Civilization VI DLC
too many Football Manager editions
20-30 Switch games I never touched