[General Discussion] Games you regret buying.

In my NES and SNES days, few games disappointed me. We rented most, bought very few. PS1 was the same deal largely.

BUT...

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.

Guild Wars: Oh Christ. I've been strict on cash lately but I bought this expecting it to be better. Really. But it was just horrible. Everything repeated. Shitloads of the spells were worthless. It was such a bass-ackwards game that I enjoyed playing as a SPELLCASTER. I never enjoy Spellcasters. But WoW was just far superior to this. I really wish I didn't buy this.

Blazing Dragons: I didn't buy this stinker. My brother did. Early PS1 adventure-game title. He made it sound like a badass sorta action or RPG game. "YOU'RE A DRAGON AND YOU INVENT STUFF" oh, really. Got into it and was all "the fuck is this." We beat it eventually, but Rob wasted about $40 on the game. I laughed at that, since the game was a horrible mockery of the genre. Wasn't very funny at all. AT ALL.

There are many, many disappointments, I assure you. But these three come to memory the quickest. Typically I research games a good deal before making a purchase. Lately I've been downloading games (I think Guild Wars was karma striking back lol) as opposed to buying. Back-in-the-day, when researching wasn't easy (internet was in its infancy long ago, you know), I would simply wait for the game to come to a rental store. I'd rent & try it before buying. I was a pretty smart kid as far as money-sense goes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.