What's the absolute worst game you paid money for in the 7th generation?
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Hey now, the question was worse game I *bought* for 7th gen
. I've played worse than Infinite. Infinite was an ok (but I really would say it's no better than ok honestly) game because of story and now knowing what people are discussing I'm even glad I played it. It just was the worst one I bought (though due to fatigue of the series AC IV would have been the one listed if I had bought it for PS3 instead of PS4). Honestly, I don't tend to get far with really bad games, I don't have the patience for that (I don't find them fun, I don't want to play them. Therefore I generally tend to stop playing them pretty soon if I'm not impressed).
TriAceJP
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Dark Sector.
blankempathy
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It used to be final fantasy xiv for the longest time but then they got their shit together and that 80 dollar collectors edition wasn't a total waste.
SillyEskimo
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My immediate reaction was to post Too Human, but I realized I actually beat that game. And the next game in my mind, by all accounts, was easily the worst game I bought in the 7th gen by a long shot.
What a piece of shit game. Just thinking about it makes me fume.
What a piece of shit game. Just thinking about it makes me fume.
Retail game: Resonance of Fate. I'm not going to say the game is bad (in fact i like some things about it), but i was expecting something of value and not that grinding and boring shittfest with no story whatsoever. What a disappointment (funny thing, this game was a recommendation).
Digital game: Outland. I like metroidvania games a lot, but this one didn't click with me at all, probably because of the combat system. Meh.
Digital game: Outland. I like metroidvania games a lot, but this one didn't click with me at all, probably because of the combat system. Meh.
Beating the campaign is about 20 min and you just have to shake the wiimote. Good exercise. It's a really awful game.
From what I can remember right now, totally agreed.
The only game I played last gen that fell far below my expectations. A zombie game that doesn't take itself seriously seems like a great idea in theory, but then when it's combined with a shitty 3 day time limit, ridiculous time constraints for story mission, the possibility to fail the entire game and have to start back from the beginning, the worst companion AI I've ever had to deal with, and the most stupid and tedious completion requirements ever, it turns out really poorly.
If there's ever a Dead Rising without Time Limits with less "drag idiotic AI across the map" missions that's not on XB1, then I might come back to the series.
IOnEI Falcon
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AC3 by a long shot. Turned me off to the whole franchise. That first 3 hours are so boring and the lack of Polish was unbelievable.
Didn't buy many games I didn't like... so I'd say the worst would be:
I think it's probably the only game I paid for (although I got it on sale) that I didn't even care to finish.
Visually it's great I just found it to be a truly mediocre platformer. And everything is presented in such a tedious way. A platformer needs to be fast and challenging... this was easy and incredibly slow and tedious. Not to mention the whole head swapping which they advertised so much is nothing more than gimmick.
I know it released for $40 so it's not a full priced game nor a PSN game.
But there are MUCH better full priced games (Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends, Most Mario games, Donkey Kong, even Little big planet) and MUCH better PSN games (Outland, Guacamelee, super meat boy, etc)
You. Me...Outside. Some one hold my drink.
My biggest disappointment was this:
That was at least playable, though. It wasn't worth playing, but it could be done. This wasn't:
What a piece of shit. I had never actually hated a game until I played Kane & Lynch 2. The fact that it's stuck in my Steam library forever just pisses me off.
That was at least playable, though. It wasn't worth playing, but it could be done. This wasn't:
What a piece of shit. I had never actually hated a game until I played Kane & Lynch 2. The fact that it's stuck in my Steam library forever just pisses me off.
The Freeman
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LA Noire.
Was really pumped when I bought it, but after two hours of playing it I was incredibly bored. Don't think I ever got any achievement points for playing it.
Was really pumped when I bought it, but after two hours of playing it I was incredibly bored. Don't think I ever got any achievement points for playing it.
PsihoPerihelion
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FF XIII is the only game I have sold after a week of release. It was impossible for me to enjoy anything but the soundtrack and visuals.
Oh, poor people that doesn't agree with metacritic scores as everyone should. We should kick them out of the country, rite mate lol lmao?
Oh, poor people that doesn't agree with metacritic scores as everyone should. We should kick them out of the country, rite mate lol lmao?
BouncyFrag
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The dlc for Castlevania Lords of Shadow.
Silent Hill : Homecoming (What a fucking dissapointment - did not touch downpour)
Even more so , Little Big Planet.
Its creative and therse some cool stuff to DL but the game itself is just awful.
Did not pay full price , i think half price , traded it in a few weeks later.
Some of the maps were really cool like contra but man..the game itself is just weak for a platformer.
Socom 4 as well , another huge dissapointment.
Even more so , Little Big Planet.
Its creative and therse some cool stuff to DL but the game itself is just awful.
Did not pay full price , i think half price , traded it in a few weeks later.
Some of the maps were really cool like contra but man..the game itself is just weak for a platformer.
Socom 4 as well , another huge dissapointment.
E_Darkness
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El Shaddai. I bought it on an impulse because I remember seeing good reviews and it looked pretty and something something Okami. I just couldn't finish it, the combat felt really shallow and the story and the presentation of it didn't catch me at all.
I can't list one, so it will be 3.
1: Aliens: CM - Was super hyped for this game, what a piece of shit.
2: Dead Space 3 - Loved 1 and 2, this is an abomination to the series.
3: Resident Evil 6 - I actually didn't mind RE5, it had it's flaws but it was playable. 6 is just whoah. Capcom what happened?
1: Aliens: CM - Was super hyped for this game, what a piece of shit.
2: Dead Space 3 - Loved 1 and 2, this is an abomination to the series.
3: Resident Evil 6 - I actually didn't mind RE5, it had it's flaws but it was playable. 6 is just whoah. Capcom what happened?
Mass Effect 1
It's garbage in more ways than most games even have ways.
*worst side quest rewards in any RPG ever (none! not even a shitty "congrats" message for completing quests)
*worst use of minigames in any RPG ever (the same stupid four-face-button QTE for basically every object interaction in the game, lockpicking, hacking, salvaging, surveying etc pp, everything)
*horrendous enemy AI
*horrendous friendly AI
*completely busted economy
*level-scaled loot only; killing a story boss has the same chance of yielding a useful item as opening a random shoe box
*all dat Mako garbage (hilarious physics, glitched and busted Mako combat, extensive use as garbage padding even on story planets)
*no evidence of human involvment in off-story planet layouts
*excessive reuse of a grand total of three "dungeons" for every goddamn cave, building or ship in the entire universe.
*atrocious inventory (highlight: converting weapon attachments to omnigel)
*busted, finicky cover system
*bad controls -- and it doesn't even have the customary control layout display in game ffs
*technical amateur hour total:
**picking working in camera space instead of character space. No teammate guy behind me I don't want to talk now I just want to open that goddamn door right in front of my face.
**audio/animation skips on the fucking load screen loop
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One of these days I'll write a detailed post about this. Though fitting the complete rundown of Mass Effect's 36 chambers of suck into the character limit will be a challenge. It's a whole universe full of shit mountains. One of these days...
It's garbage in more ways than most games even have ways.
*worst side quest rewards in any RPG ever (none! not even a shitty "congrats" message for completing quests)
*worst use of minigames in any RPG ever (the same stupid four-face-button QTE for basically every object interaction in the game, lockpicking, hacking, salvaging, surveying etc pp, everything)
*horrendous enemy AI
*horrendous friendly AI
*completely busted economy
*level-scaled loot only; killing a story boss has the same chance of yielding a useful item as opening a random shoe box
*all dat Mako garbage (hilarious physics, glitched and busted Mako combat, extensive use as garbage padding even on story planets)
*no evidence of human involvment in off-story planet layouts
*excessive reuse of a grand total of three "dungeons" for every goddamn cave, building or ship in the entire universe.
*atrocious inventory (highlight: converting weapon attachments to omnigel)
*busted, finicky cover system
*bad controls -- and it doesn't even have the customary control layout display in game ffs
*technical amateur hour total:
**picking working in camera space instead of character space. No teammate guy behind me I don't want to talk now I just want to open that goddamn door right in front of my face.
**audio/animation skips on the fucking load screen loop
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One of these days I'll write a detailed post about this. Though fitting the complete rundown of Mass Effect's 36 chambers of suck into the character limit will be a challenge. It's a whole universe full of shit mountains. One of these days...
Not only did i waste my money it's my biggest disappointment of last generation. I have absolutely 0 faith in 343 and have no interest in any more Halo games if they are made by them. I can't support a team that released a button pushing simulator and tried to pass it off as Halo.
Gotta go with Halo 4 aswell. Reasons have been discussed to death, in the Halo threads.
SpecialAgentZ
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War Z, Battlefield 3 are in the same spot for me.
WarZ comes first. And it's not only because the game was incomplete and with tons of bugs. It was because of the cheat festival and lack of professionalism of the devs, promises they never accomplished, lack of anti cheat measures, high entry price only to be heavily discounted later allowing any banned cheater to buy the game again for a few bucks.
Battlefield 3 because it didn't had things that even BC2 had like ingame server browser and non-scripted destruction (they first promoted the game as having heavy destruction). And the expensive DLC carnival EA created isn't for me. Plus, I hate that browser based battlelog/server browser. Unacceptable. I like to open the game and choose servers and do everything within the game. Too many kids playing too, as result of their focus on casual players like their main competitor (I expected they would use BC for this, not BF main series).
And the game was promoted with emphasis on graphics, but I left underwhelmed.
WarZ comes first. And it's not only because the game was incomplete and with tons of bugs. It was because of the cheat festival and lack of professionalism of the devs, promises they never accomplished, lack of anti cheat measures, high entry price only to be heavily discounted later allowing any banned cheater to buy the game again for a few bucks.
Battlefield 3 because it didn't had things that even BC2 had like ingame server browser and non-scripted destruction (they first promoted the game as having heavy destruction). And the expensive DLC carnival EA created isn't for me. Plus, I hate that browser based battlelog/server browser. Unacceptable. I like to open the game and choose servers and do everything within the game. Too many kids playing too, as result of their focus on casual players like their main competitor (I expected they would use BC for this, not BF main series).
And the game was promoted with emphasis on graphics, but I left underwhelmed.
This thread is filled almost entirely of people who:
A.) Did no research before purchasing a title.
B.) Purchased a game that just didn't appeal to them.
C.) Are just trolling.
B & C doesn't make a game terrible. I dislike Shenmue, Dark Souls, and The Last of Us, but that doesn't mean they're terrible games.
Anyway, my shame has to be Sonic 2006. I stayed away until it hit bargain bin pricing, and then bought it out of curiosity. I've tried to play it twice and can't even beat the first (second?) level. What absolute garbage. Ignoring the lack of fun I was having, it was just broken beyond belief.
I did like the title music though.
A.) Did no research before purchasing a title.
B.) Purchased a game that just didn't appeal to them.
C.) Are just trolling.
B & C doesn't make a game terrible. I dislike Shenmue, Dark Souls, and The Last of Us, but that doesn't mean they're terrible games.
Anyway, my shame has to be Sonic 2006. I stayed away until it hit bargain bin pricing, and then bought it out of curiosity. I've tried to play it twice and can't even beat the first (second?) level. What absolute garbage. Ignoring the lack of fun I was having, it was just broken beyond belief.
I did like the title music though.
DidntKnowJack
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I have to go with old Mercenaries 2. Had that sucker pre-ordered, was so psyched to play it, then found a glitchy, ugly mess of a game which I sold back the same day.
This garbage. I bought this because I enjoyed the original Black Ops.
The characters are annoying, it's boring, the graphics are ass, guns barely have recoil, and the guns sound like I'm kicking a box. The only decent thing about this is zombies, but that didn't make me feel better about spending $60 for this trash.
The characters are annoying, it's boring, the graphics are ass, guns barely have recoil, and the guns sound like I'm kicking a box. The only decent thing about this is zombies, but that didn't make me feel better about spending $60 for this trash.
Booker Dewitt
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Bought it for ten dollars because I was jonesing for a hack and slash, only thing I can remember about my thirty minutes with it was the thought that I shouldn't go on amazon while drunk.
Again, only ten dollars, but this is the first fps I can remember since Goldenye that gave me motion sickness, so I had a negative physical reaction to playing it, on top of game being terrible. Bought it used though, so the one time I didn't feel bad that the developer didn't get a dime from me getting their game.
Chinpoko_Master
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Bayonetta.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Rhythmn Heaven Wii. This is the kind of game I'd expect to download to my phone for $1 and then delete after seeing how boring it was.
Played the PC demo on a friend's computer and thoroughly enjoyed the original on PC. The X360 version had gotten a significant visual downgrade in the transition, and the animations were very clunky. Never looked like my character's weapon connected with the enemy.
I traded it in 2 days later for $38 after paying $60. The worst part was seeing it back on the shelf at GameStop being sold for $57.99. That marked the point where I began whittling down my launch title purchases to maybe 1-2 a year.