[General Discussion] Games you regret buying.

Originally Posted by Mortuary

The title of the topic is pretty self-explanatory. What games did you regret buying either when you were young or just recently.

I had one experience where I regretted buying a game over another one. When I was younger, I had the choice to pick either Vagrant Story or Valkyrie Profile. I went with Vagrant Story and I realized, after a couple of hours of play, the mistake I had just made. It wasn't the typical style of RPG I was looking for. I was looking for more of a turn-based battle system ala Final Fantasy or Breath Of Fire. But alas, my grasp of the english language was not very good when I was younger so I couldn't read anything that was written behind the game case. It was a blind pick that I regret making.

Let's hear your story (Let's hope you have one or else this topic is pointless) .

You know, I just lost my copy of Vagrant Story and it is absolutely tearing me up inside. Your story has made it worse, I hope you're happy.


On topic, what game do I regret owning? Xenosaga. That has to be one of the worst series in the history of RPGs. It is so heavily hyped and the gameplay is just atrocious, I can hardly even tolerate playing it for more than twenty minutes straight. The second one is even worse, and I've no hope for the third.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

Vagrant Story: I was expecting an RPG straight-up. Gain levels and such. Folks said it was in-depth. Fantastic. But I got into it and found out the RPG element was weak. I got to weapon-crafting stations to find it was tricky. So I looked to a FAQ. And this guy was all, like, on his bazillionth playthrough and made it sound like he was making a thesis paper on this. It was ridiculous. I love in-depth stuff but this just threw you to the damn wolves.

SALT IN WOUNDS. STOP HURTING DENI.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mortuary

Sorry dude. You know what? If I hadn't sold my copy, I would gladly mail it to you because I wouldn't have played it again anyway.

And, about Xenosaga, this game falls in the "I'm glad I just rented this instead of buying" category along with FFX, which was disastrous and a couple of other games.

Thanks for the thought, mate. But yea, Xenosaga is a painful little experience. It makes me really unhappy every time I look over and see it there.

How ya doing, buddy?

All you people that hate on Vagrant Story so much need to send me an NTSC copy to replace mine, which has disappeared at some point. That game's story was lovely.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.