Your video game regrets.

Josey Wales · 16-09-2012 5:40pm #1

So a lot of us here have probably had an interest in video games for a number of years now. I got my first console, a Mega Drive at Christmas 1992 I think. Over the years we must all have made some decisions that we later regretted. These are mine.

32X
I remember seeing this for the first time on Gamesmaster and thought it was going to be amazing. I got it for Christmas and Doom was my launch game. I only ever got two other games for it, Virtua Racing Deluxe and Star Wars Arcade. It really was a terrible piece of hardware and I regret asking my mam to get it for me. I guess it must have been expensive back then.

3DS
I got my 3DS at launch. I think it is the first console I've bought at launch and it will be the last. Thinking back I don't know why I got one as none of the launch games interested me. Then there was the massive price cut shortly after buying it. It was only with the release of Mario Kart 7 and Mario 3D Land in Nov/Dec that game me something to play on it. Then there was an 8 month gap till the next game, NSMB2. I like the device but there just doesn't seem to be enough games that interest me on it.

Another regret I have is that I let my mam give away my Mega Drive, 32X and my games when I had stopped playing it. Also I'm sorry I ever traded in any games in the past for the pennies you get at places like Gamestop. I haven't traded in anything in years and feel better for it.

As for individual games I would mention Alien Trilogy on the PSOne. That game would make me nauseous after five minutes.

deathrider · 16-09-2012 5:56pm

When I was about 16 or so, I realised that girls were actually starting to talk to me. This menat that the old Playstation suddenly became obsolete as I began chasing skirt as best I could. So I sold off my playstation, along with all the games I had acquired for it, because I felt I had no need for it any more. When I hit 18, the girl I was seeing at the time bought me one of those little baby PSOnes, because she noticed me taking an interest in my friend's one. I started remembering all the great games I used to play, and got heavier into gaming than I ever was before. Now, just over ten years later, I'm a big collector of games, but I'm still searching for copies of those old games I stupidly sold.

SeantheMan · 16-09-2012 5:56pm

Nintendo Wii

Sold it 3 days after release

98q76e12hrflnk · 16-09-2012 6:01pm

Ps3 waste of money when online was laggy as he'll on most games. Constant updating taking forever and the god dam game install then to top it off I got ylod back to xbox360 no regrets

MitchKoobski · 16-09-2012 6:22pm

Naughty Bear.

It was the first time in aaaaages that I had bought a game without looking up a review (should have set off alarm bells that there were no review by launch day). Played it for 4 hours and it was just awful.

SpannerMonkey · 16-09-2012 6:26pm

gizmo · 16-09-2012 6:31pm

Every single second I wasted pining for the release of Ultima IX: Ascension. I've yet to feel a similar level of disappointment in all my years of gaming.

cloud493 · 16-09-2012 6:33pm

I had a bunch of the GBA pokemon games, emerald, firered/leafgreen, ruby/sapphire, and gamestation was giving a fiver a cartridge, I sold all of them for a copy of metroid prime hunters

nyarlothothep · 16-09-2012 7:14pm

Only one, the X box, I played Halo, Halo2, Doom 3 and a bit of Time Snipers but not much more than that. I had migrated over to the PC and wanted to engage in my console nostalgia. I don't regret the 32x or Saturn though, they provided priceless memories.

Josey Wales · 16-09-2012 7:21pm

nyarlothothep wrote: »

I don't regret the 32x or Saturn though, they provided priceless memories.

What game did you like on the 32X?

degrassinoel · 16-09-2012 7:29pm

No regrets in hardware purchases yet..

Plenty of games left me unfulfilled over the years though, usually the most hyped ones were the biggest letdowns, in particular, Aion and every other mmo i've bought that wasnt Wow. Command and Conquer 4 was probably the biggest regret i've ever had, lucky for me i was in the beta and made my decision for the first time in ten years i would not be buying a C&C game. Disgusted with it.

cloud493 · 16-09-2012 7:29pm

Oh, too human. £42.99 :mad:

Gunmonkey · 16-09-2012 7:45pm

Sega Saturn: sold my copies of Guardian Heroes. Also lent my neighbour the SS and several of my games, never got the games back

Gamecube: sold my copies of Ikaruga and Skies of Arcadia Legends. You can form an orderly queue over there to horse-whip me for doing that.

SpannerMonkey · 16-09-2012 7:49pm

degrassinoel wrote: »

No regrets in hardware purchases yet..

Plenty of games left me unfulfilled over the years though, usually the most hyped ones were the biggest letdowns, in particular, Aion and every other mmo i've bought that wasnt Wow. Command and Conquer 4 was probably the biggest regret i've ever had, lucky for me i was in the beta and made my decision for the first time in ten years i would not be buying a C&C game. Disgusted with it.

Command and conquer hit its peak with red alert although i did enjoy C&C Generals aswell :cool:

deathrider · 16-09-2012 7:52pm

Sheesh, this thread's awfully depressing.

the groutch · 16-09-2012 7:59pm

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Sega Saturn: sold my copies of Guardian Heroes. Also lent my neighbour the SS and several of my games, never got the games back

I did worse, selling a saturn plus 23 games (including Guardian Heroes & Shining The Holy Ark) for about €60 in a car boot sale

16-09-2012 8:00pm

Dead Rising 2. Enjoyed the first one, and even got through case zero, but found DR2 to be lazy and just more of the same. Pretty stressful too, with all of those time limits and tough bosses.

Riesen_Meal · 16-09-2012 8:12pm

Traded the Orange Box and Ninja Gaiden 2 for cash when I was stuck, regretted it ever since...

Even though both can be got easily enough nowadays....

Zomg Okay · 16-09-2012 8:21pm

The main two that come to mind are:

-Trading in my copies of the two Rainbow Six: Vegas games. Two of the best tactical shooters I've played.

-Trading in my copy of Black Ops for Homefront. Wasn't a fan of Black Ops' multiplayer but the Nazi Zombies mode was fantastic, at least until the maps started to become over-complicated.

wnolan1992 · 16-09-2012 8:21pm

I sold of a load of PS1 games, including the original GTA, GTA: London, Grudge Warriors, Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, Wild 9, Overblood 2 and a whole bunch more.

£1 each.

One. Pound. Each.

WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING? :mad:

Made the same mistake with some PS2 games, including The Urbs: Sims in the City and a few others.

Selling games is the only thing I regret in my gaming history. I haven't traded in a game since I got the 360 in '08. I still have my copies of FIFA 10 and FIFA 11 for example, with no intention of selling them.

I never regret buying a bad game. I bought Alan Wake, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Saints Row: The Third and wouldn't be mad about any of them, but at least I can have a discussion about the games with someone and know what I'm talking about.

YouSavedMyLife · 16-09-2012 8:25pm

Buying a Wii and a Kinect.

Most recently i guess would be buying Halo 3 and MW2. Probably loads more purchases i regret but these two stick out the most.

dr.bollocko · 16-09-2012 8:41pm

My biggest regret is BF3.

Multiplayer only. Bought it on launch day and it only ever leaves the disc tray for whatever disappointing DVD is rented.

Love the game.

So my regret?

In that whole time I've never got into a jet.

Intimidating.

I got into a helicopter once and crashed it after 15 seconds.

Never again.

So much time with my passive aggressive javelin staring enviously at those beautiful jets flying through the air bringing death from above with such grace.

Maybe one day.

ShadowHearth · 16-09-2012 9:12pm

So let's start.

Wii - where was my brain.... Traded it in or phat ps3. Best thing that came out of that thing.

Spore - what a stinky pile of poo. Was deleted same day and 50eu I will never get back!

Still got 2 installs though!!! Cool!!!

Buying duke nuken balls of steel edition - I am really embarrassed of this... I haven't even finished Allen ship part, which is prety much beginning of the game. 80eu for the damn thing!

3ds - on the fence here. I am just not using it. Wasted money. Even bigger wasted money, because I would prefer the 3ds XL now as its just more comfortable. Even so I am using my ps vita a lot more then 3ds. Regret buying it.

I regret watching info on Nintendo wii U - because I fecking want it now!!!!

. I should learn at this stage that Nintendo is a wasted product on me, but ability to play console games in the palm of your hand, while misses watching tv is like a perfection for me. I don't care about wii u gimmick bull****. I would buy it purely as handheld for home. Well I guess more money wasted by me on Nintendo again.

Hallyington · 16-09-2012 9:15pm

Sold red dead revolver....biggest mistake i ever made.

GarH · 16-09-2012 9:26pm

My biggest regret in gaming was getting rid of my Amiga and game collection to invest in a SNES.
Not the purchase of the SNES mind you, just getting rid of an awesome gaming computer with many favourite games. I'll still never find a better version of Elite anywhere.

johnny_ultimate · 16-09-2012 9:27pm

Always amazed at the level of vitriol and misperceptions leveled at the Wii. Frankly if you didn't use the console you only have yourself to blame, and you've missed out. It is home to many of this generation's most adventurous, innovative, unusual, quirky and downright entertaining games.

ShadowHearth · 16-09-2012 9:32pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Always amazed at the level of vitriol and misperceptions leveled at the Wii. Frankly if you didn't use the console you only have yourself to blame, and you've missed out. It is home to many of this generation's most adventurous, innovative, unusual, quirky and downright entertaining games.

It's a regret thread, not bashing thread. No need to defend it. Some products don't work for some people, that does not make they arebad, but that does not make they great too. It's a matter of needs and preferences.

johnny_ultimate · 16-09-2012 9:35pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

It's a regret thread, not bashing thread. No need to defend it. Some products don't work for some people, that does not make they arebad, but that does not make they great too. It's a matter of needs and preferences.

I've just seen it pop up in a lot of threads recently - that the Wii was worthless, a failure of a console or - heaven forbid - a 'kiddies' console. Just felt like countering what I feel is a very unfair generalisation.

And hey - what is the benefit of a discussion forum where you can't discuss something

ShadowHearth · 16-09-2012 9:48pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I've just seen it pop up in a lot of threads recently - that the Wii was worthless, a failure of a console or - heaven forbid - a 'kiddies' console. Just felt like countering what I feel is a very unfair generalisation?

And hey - what is the benefit of a discussion forum where you can't discuss something

Aye, I know what you mean. Wii does get a lot of bashing, but you can't blame people on forums not liking it. It has a few jewel games, but majority of stuff is not for gamers, who would be in gaming forums ( age group ).
I personally was disappointed by it. I don't like motion controls and scart cable. I was never mario, zelda gamer, so not much games that apeal to me. So my regret was spending money on item I don't make any use off. It's like wasted on me, if that makes any sense.

Mr.Saturn · 16-09-2012 9:49pm

I dunno if this counts, but the number of conversations I've sucked the fun out of in response to someone jokingly dismissing the Wii. I tend to hi-jack4 affairs 'til everyone in a five mile radius has a conversational equivalent of 4 A4 sheets (both sides, of course) on why the Wii is a valid console, why it made sense business-wise and a series of games that don't rely on motion-controls to enjoy. My other-half stopped inviting me out for a while.....

Oh, and on an actual regret, not playing the Mother trilogy when I was younger. I can only imagine how much it would've blown my mind as young'un, considering its impact on me later in life.

wnolan1992 · 16-09-2012 9:59pm

I also regret not looking after the Commodore 64 we got for free when one of our neighbours moved house in the late 90's early 00's. Worked perfectly, with a bag full of games, joysticks and the tape deck.

Came home from college one weekend and got a craving to break it out and play it.

Found it in the garage, keyboard smashed. Devastating. Would nearly pay to buy another one right now.

Kinski · 16-09-2012 10:09pm

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Gamecube: sold my copies of Ikaruga and Skies of Arcadia Legends. You can form an orderly queue over there to horse-whip me for doing that.

You have suffered enough already...but why are you people nowhere to be found when I'm looking for a copy of these things!;)

Don't regret any hardware purchases, but then I haven't owned that many consoles (post NES I was mostly into PCs, only migrated back to consoles this gen.) Though I reckon so long as it's not an N-Gage or Gizmondo or something, then every "proper" format is worth owning just for the sake of collecting. Don't regret choosing the Dreamcast over the PS2, or GameGear over the Gameboy! Hell the VirtualBoy, surely the worst format ever made by a major games company, is a real collector's item these days.

Actual regret: buying The Sims, and discovering it was an affront to everything I believed in as a gamer (at the time I didn't actually realise I believed in anything as a gamer:p).

A more minor one: buying a smartphone, then discovering that the various emulators for Android supported the Sony Xperia Play controls. That would have made for a neat portable, but I'm not getting a new phone just for that.

richymcdermott · 16-09-2012 10:20pm

My biggest regret was selling 13 games for the special edition for killzone 3

One of the biggest cash in titles i ever experienced

Adyx · 16-09-2012 10:33pm

I don't regret buying a Wii at all and I don't even get to use it any more because it's 40 miles away in Kilkenny. It's great for having a laugh when I'm home with Mario Kart and it makes a nice little media centre with the Homebrew Channel.

I do regret buying my Xbox 360. I only got it because I had about €200 in One4All vouchers that were about to expire. I could nearly count on one hand the amount of times I've used it. I also regret buying Fallout 3 and Mass Effect 1 with it but only because they're so much better on PC.

TPD · 16-09-2012 11:07pm

I gave away a Sega Master System. That one still hurts.

dr.bollocko · 16-09-2012 11:13pm

TPD wrote: »

I gave away a Sega Master System. That one still hurts.

I had the one with alex kidd in miracle world pre loaded on it. So you turn it on with no cartridge and alex kidd started playing. Still works too.

richymcdermott · 16-09-2012 11:31pm

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I had the one with alex kidd in miracle world pre loaded on it. So you turn it on with no cartridge and alex kidd started playing. Still works too.

alex kidd classic

rock paper sissors boss battle :pac:

Celly Smunt · 16-09-2012 11:33pm

kinect.need i say more?

dr.bollocko · 16-09-2012 11:40pm

richymcdermott wrote: »

alex kidd classic

rock paper sissors boss battle :pac:

Never cleared it.

So I just googled it.

However, the game did have an undocumented "continue" feature, where the player could continue the game with three lives from the beginning of the level where Alex had died, by holding the up button and pressing the 2 button eight times during the GAME OVER screen. This feature would cost the player 400 Baums (the in-game currency).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kidd_in_Miracle_World

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Retr0gamer · 16-09-2012 11:44pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Aye, I know what you mean. Wii does get a lot of bashing, but you can't blame people on forums not liking it. It has a few jewel games, but majority of stuff is not for gamers, who would be in gaming forums ( age group ).

Have to disagree with you there. Some one that actually does know games would know that the Wii has an amazing selection of titles, many of which are experiences you won't get on any other system. If you don't like the Wii its your own fault you haven't been buying the right games.

As for my regrets, mostly just not buying games that turned out to be rarities latter on. I left a copy of Rule of Rose on the shelf. Turns out it's now worth a pretty penny and it's one of my favourite games.

richymcdermott · 17-09-2012 12:01am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Never cleared it.

So I just googled it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kidd_in_Miracle_World

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never played the master system version but the sega heritage port on psn couple months ago

i would of shot my ballz off playing through rock paper scissors moments as they are random segments

great platformer though

corcaigh07 · 17-09-2012 12:02am

deathrider wrote: »

When I was about 16 or so, I realised that girls were actually starting to talk to me. This menat that the old Playstation suddenly became obsolete as I began chasing skirt as best I could. So I sold off my playstation, along with all the games I had acquired for it, because I felt I had no need for it any more. When I hit 18, the girl I was seeing at the time bought me one of those little baby PSOnes, because she noticed me taking an interest in my friend's one. I started remembering all the great games I used to play, and got heavier into gaming than I ever was before. Now, just over ten years later, I'm a big collector of games, but I'm still searching for copies of those old games I stupidly sold.

did you marry this girl?! im guessing not with the 'at the time' but that was a cool thing to do

deathrider · 17-09-2012 1:10am

corcaigh07 wrote: »

did you marry this girl?! im guessing not with the 'at the time' but that was a cool thing to do

Not, sure didn't. Almost married that Playstation though, lol. Yeah, it was a sweet move on her behalf, and if that never happened, I probably wouldn't have fallen back in love with video games the way I did. Which would mean I wouldn't be the big gamer I am today.

J. Marston · 17-09-2012 1:18am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I had the one with alex kidd in miracle world pre loaded on it. So you turn it on with no cartridge and alex kidd started playing. Still works too.

I still have that Master System, doesn't work though. Still not getting rid of it.

richymcdermott wrote: »

alex kidd classic

rock paper sissors boss battle :pac:

Janken! I was 5 or 6, I hadn't a clue what was going on during those parts of the game.

Sarky · 17-09-2012 1:46am

I paid money for D&D Online. Not just a lousy game, but a disgraceful abuse of the Eberron setting, which was the best thing to come out of WOTC in many, many years.

Adyx · 17-09-2012 2:59am

Actually that reminds me: I was in a shop in Dublin years ago that sold SNES games (but it was around Playstation era) and they had a boxed copy of Super Metroid. I passed it up for Illusion of Time. Which is not a bad game by any means, but still.

TPD · 17-09-2012 9:17am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I had the one with alex kidd in miracle world pre loaded on it. So you turn it on with no cartridge and alex kidd started playing. Still works too.

Same, don't think I ever actually owned any games for it. Did borrow Sonic and Tails Chaos and an Aladdin game almost constantly though.

BizzyC · 17-09-2012 9:41am

Wii - Monster Hunter 3
When it came out I thought the concept was amazing.
Turned out to just be repetative crap.

Xbox - New Vegas
F3 was one of my favourite games, so I thought NV would keep the experience going. I just had none of the same feel to it. Walking for miles through a desert isn't as interesting as the city.

NES - Zelda II
When I was a kid Zelda was my favourite game. In Zelda II they just changed the whole thing around completely. Could never get that far into it.

PC - Supreme Commander 2
My god this was crap compared to the original!!

ShadowHearth · 17-09-2012 10:41am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Have to disagree with you there. Some one that actually does know games would know that the Wii has an amazing selection of titles, many of which are experiences you won't get on any other system. If you don't like the Wii its your own fault you haven't been buying the right games.

As for my regrets, mostly just not buying games that turned out to be rarities latter on. I left a copy of Rule of Rose on the shelf. Turns out it's now worth a pretty penny and it's one of my favourite games.

Just because YOU like some games on wii, does not make it a great console. There are few good games and there is a sea of shiet and puke on it too.
I don't blame people buying wii and being disappointed by it. Other gaming platforms of same age have a lot more good games, then wii. So just because they don't enjoy those games, it's their fault for regretting buying wii?

There are people who like wii, and people who don't. Easy. Same way someone mentioned here buying Xbox 360. They have right to regret that for their own reasons.

balkieb2002 · 17-09-2012 10:45am

My biggest regret was selling my SNES when I was younger. Still not sure why I did considering I kept onto my other consoles from that time and before. Shameful to say it was also the last Nintendo device I had bought.

Also regret leaving my PS3 in another country. Decided that it was too heavy to ship/carry so just sold it cheaply to a mate. It was around the time Uncharted 3 was released so gutted I never got to play that.

Cienciano · 17-09-2012 10:52am

I was thinking I didn't have any till I was reminded of the Wii! At least it didn't cost too much and I went halfs on it too.

Your video game regrets.

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