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In the early to mid 90s blockbusters were clearancing all the Genesis and Sega CD stuff to make room for the PSX and SATURN revolution coming
I once (as a kid) had a choice between LUNAR SILVER STORY, and DOUBLE DRAGON, at the time being a beat em up fan and not even knowing LUNAR was an RPG, I bought Double Dragon sega version.
I cried for years when I found out just months later LUNAR was an RPG for the SEGA CD
I still cry
Lol...now we need one for "Video games you don't regret buying".
Anyways, I will go with Dragon Saber (too cheap), Sonic Spinball (drags on and on), and Sonic Rush (worst 2d in existence).
I picked up Legend of Legaia and Star Ocean Second Story for Playstation in the store.
I chose LoL and never laughed again. :(
As a kid, I went to the store to get Zelda 2 for NES but I left with Friday the 13th like a moron. :(
I foresee a counter-thread coming in the near future:
"Videogames you DIDN'T regret buying"
But... Working Designs... Anime... Great Graphics... I'm crying for you. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Validus
As for me:
I regret buying every loose cart Genesis and loose-to-shitty-condition disc-based games. I haven't bought that many of the latter, but the former still haunts me to this day, since I'm still trying to complete a mint CIB genny collection. After years of collecting, I've found it easier and cheaper to just buy the games mint CIB if the end goal is to be thus.
I generally regret buying any game new due to the half-assed games released today. One in particular I regret is buying Oblivion brand new. I should have just waited for the Game of the Year Edition. That is definitely what I'm doing with the newest installment.
how many games you got CIB? cause I believe I'm ahead of you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
I'm lucky, I didn't really have an experience like this when I was growing up. I bought games that I had researched on thoroughly, and never on impulse (My day 1 $400.00 in 1995 money Saturn purchase notwithstanding - I didn't even regret that). That's not to say I didn't try and make bad decisions; I distinctly remember seeing the U-Force on display at K-Mart not long after it's debut and I begged my mother to buy it. She of course told me no and that was that. Had things turned out differently, I'd have a different viewpoint on this post. :)
I was one of the four people who bought Daikatana way back when. 'Nuff said.
Sega Genesis = 220Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderblaze16
Overall CIB = 504
P.S.> I only buy mint
Technocop. I paid full retail price for it when it was released. Worst game purchase I have ever done. Well, that and Planet Joker (Saturn).
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D Revolution - Enjoyed PSO I&II, so I simply figured it would be as good. Really wish I had read the back of the box better! It's not a horrible game, but it doesn't play like I&II, which was what I was hoping for.
oh fuck, I'm not even close to that lol. I can see why you made a shelf now.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
I told you, man, Genesis CIBs are too easy. You have to go Jp Saturn and NES. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
Seriously, though, what are all those others? My confidence in your Sega fanhood is shaken.
@OP = Oddly, despite my talent for hatred, I don't regret many purchases at all. I do own a dismaying number of mahjongg and puzzle SS games, whereof Shutsudo Minisuka outsucks everything, but those are all mint CIB moments of collecting weakness. Ruri iro no yuki is the worst of anything I'd call an attempt to be an actual game on my Saturn, but it's dirt cheap, so I'd have to go with Burning Rangers. Yuck. No idea why I bought that after having played so many similar turds on Playstation.
edit = @hashiriya: Planet Joker? ouch.
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
I bought that the day it came out, swayed by the artwork and the some of the stuff I'd heard about it, plus it was Atlus and they had never steered me wrong. :roll:
I still have that turd of a game, and I keep it as a stigma/reminder to:
1)Do my homework before purchasing a game
2)Think about what the cost of the game will be in a couple months.
I think the lesson of your cautionary tale is "Never buy a game named after a historical document."Quote:
Originally Posted by xelement5x
CIB? I'll do you one better: Try Neo Geo AES and TG-16.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarMist
Actually, CIB AES is really easy, most people kept the boxes and never even took the manuals out of their baggies. The only reason it's hard is because 70% of the library is over $100, but in reality that's not really a difficulty. Collecting is only hard when it's rare AND expensive. ;)
Now I'd be impressed if you could amass a cart only AES collection without buying complete games and pitching the boxes and manuals.
You're thinking only cost, not completeness and condition. NES = no plastic, except the occasional unremoved shrinkwrap; otherwise it's cardboard left to the elements of eager or spiteful players. Duo and Saturn games are interchangable in both terms. What Hu Card packages should contain I don't know. Back to the point: I know of only one Genesis game whose inserts are as difficult to pick up as an NES RPG's, and it's PSII.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
I regret Dungeon Siege III. Didn't play the first one. Got tired of the second one. Really liked the PSP version so I thought (somehow) I'd be golden with III. I forgot to double check who actually developed D III and paid the price. Linear + short + meaningless loot = FAIL.
I should have learned after Castlevania 64 that a good brand name doesn't mean anything.
Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Assassins Creed ( this game was so bad that when i was working at gamestop I apologized to anyone that I hyped the game to )
Racing Evolution ( this is not anything i wanted in a ridge racer game, the new game unbound looks as shitty as this )
I really like the style of the lobbies when you're watching online. I feel like this game should of just been a floor in the pso ships. Like really its just a silly mini card game.Quote:
Originally Posted by eddiespruce
Here's another one.
Resident Evil Outbreak.
I have told this story more than once here but its been awhile. Around 96 when 16-bit was going out and silly cheap my bother and I would buy all sorts terrible games for pennies. We found Marky Mark Make My Own Video for $.99. We bought it thinking it was the funniest thing ever. Though buying it was pretty embarrassing. Then we left, opened up the box while waiting in the mall and of course the disc was missing. So my brother and I returned to the Software Etc asking where our Marky Mark CD was. Now Marky Mark is sorta funny but back then he was still toxic waste. Man that was embarrassing.
As a little shit, Rocky Rodent. One of those "Sonic had fast movement so we gots to do that too" games. UGHUGHH.
More recently, Unreal Gold. The maps / objectives are just a little too confusing, and the enemies are just a little lacking in personality.