Biggest video game disappointment?
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Blizzard does refunds, I believe, within a week of purchase even for things like "This sucks".
Vanilla D3 was pretty bad...they've kinda made up for it since then, so it does not sit in one's memory quite so poorly.
I usually buy games on the cheap, years after they are released/fixed, so it's hard for me to really be that disappointed with a game. I'd have to go with ME3's ending though. Had they even just done an OK job, I think the whole series would have been much more memorable.
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Chrono Cross by far. I've tried to go back to it a couple of times and give it an honest chance but I just hate the fucking thing. It was the tombstone that marked the death of my life as a console gamer. I had been reading about EQ in magazines and once I got to spend the night at a friends house playing it that was it for me.
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I love Chrono Cross, although I agree that the game is polarizing. It still regardless has some of the best music ever to come out of Square.
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Mafia 2. As a stand alone game it was good I guess, but as a sequel it was a major letdown since Mafia 1 is one of my all time favourite games.
MGS5 would be another.
MGS5 would be another.
The only game I ever wanted a refund on in my life was civ BE. I instantly regretted that purchase.
Caliane
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for reference, the other game I really regret wasting money on. (or more specifically my parents at the time..)
Kung-Fu Heroes on the NES.
I believe this game really cemented, rental first, from that point on. Just a mess of undecipherable gameplay and progress.
random punch blocks to get random powerups, many needed to kill immune npcs. Then a map system with no clear goals. you can't play because, you just have no idea what you the objective is.
Kung-Fu Heroes on the NES.
I believe this game really cemented, rental first, from that point on. Just a mess of undecipherable gameplay and progress.
random punch blocks to get random powerups, many needed to kill immune npcs. Then a map system with no clear goals. you can't play because, you just have no idea what you the objective is.
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Wantonsoup95
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Aliens: Colonial Marines. I'm a huge fan of the ip and this game was beyond fucking garbage.
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Mizake
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I would agree with OP. I put in hundreds of hours into the original Starcraft and it's expansions. The game and balance was perfection. Starcraft 2 was "ok", and I know it had big shoes to fill, but it didn't catch on with me like the original. The storyline was fine with me, but what it missed was engaging multiplayer and the compelling player-made maps. I remember how addicted I was to DOTA when I first played it.
Diablo 3 could have made the list, but once they patched it it became a lot more playable. I remember on the initial release how god-awful drop rates were, and how broken the auction house was. It became less about playing the game and more about camping the auction house so you could actually find useful items to upgrade your character enough to actually finish the game. Terrible design. But after they patched it and removed the real-money auction house the game improved immensely.
Wildstar MMO was also a huge disappointment. I got it just to play with some friends who were really into it, but it was very blase and just not interesting. I don't think I got my character even to level 20 before I uninstalled it. At least it was an easy process to cancel the subscription (before it went FTP).
Diablo 3 could have made the list, but once they patched it it became a lot more playable. I remember on the initial release how god-awful drop rates were, and how broken the auction house was. It became less about playing the game and more about camping the auction house so you could actually find useful items to upgrade your character enough to actually finish the game. Terrible design. But after they patched it and removed the real-money auction house the game improved immensely.
Wildstar MMO was also a huge disappointment. I got it just to play with some friends who were really into it, but it was very blase and just not interesting. I don't think I got my character even to level 20 before I uninstalled it. At least it was an easy process to cancel the subscription (before it went FTP).
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Diablo 3, and it isn't even close. HOWEVER, after they got their shit together, patched it a few times, and eventually ditched the AH it became a game that I poured like 400+ hours into and bought the expansion.
None of that changes the fact that I was so high on it and after it was released I played for 4 days, quit, then almost didn't go back.
None of that changes the fact that I was so high on it and after it was released I played for 4 days, quit, then almost didn't go back.
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nevergone
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Absolutely, Everquest 2 has been the biggest gaming disappointment for me.
There was so much potential and such a rich world to build upon; but SOE stupidly decided to scrap everything that made the original good in addition to having such a horrible sense of art direction it was almost unbearable to look at.
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elcaro1101
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You all loved XP debt, don't deny it!
Another vote for EQ2 from me.
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Siliconemelons
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EQ2 all in all, just because of the time and love invested in EQ and the hopes of what 2 could have been... full classic EQ2 had such potential the full voice acting... the combat skill related animations (when they worked? beta 2-3 I think and that's it)...but...oh.... I hated that everything EVERYTHING was a human with X head and + or - size
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pharmakos
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not my biggest disappointment (that would probably be EQ2), but PvZ 2 is a great example of how big money can ruin a beautiful thing...
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