"Triple A" games you wasted money on.
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The Division. In the space of three months I went from loving it to absolutely loathing it. I generally only buy games on release that I'm sure I'll like and usually only after consulting reviews, but I went rogue with that one. Fork you Ubisoft. Right in the eye.
wow, i think you should stay clear of triple a if ya didnt like all them.
You played it for 3 months? I wouldn't call that a waste of money.
It is when you consider the progressive nature of the game, the time investment in your character, duration to reach "end game" and the many hilarious ways in which the developers decided to erode all of the elements that made it fun, by slowly introducing mechanics that were counter-intuitive to a positive and enjoyable experience.
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Immediately come to mind are:-
Doom (2016) - rage quit/deleted after unable to defeat the mid-game boss (on the second round).
Sleeping Dogs - just got tarred trying to do the unarmed combat thing. I loved the atmosphere and Hong Kong surroundings but pointless if unable to get beyond the first few levels.
Thief - I completed a fair bit of this but got bogged down about half way, tired of stealth not really working, little reward for burglary and general lack of motivation.
The Game Of Thrones strategy game where you keep switching characters under-performed and ran out of steam for me.
Doom (2016) - rage quit/deleted after unable to defeat the mid-game boss (on the second round).
Sleeping Dogs - just got tarred trying to do the unarmed combat thing. I loved the atmosphere and Hong Kong surroundings but pointless if unable to get beyond the first few levels.
Thief - I completed a fair bit of this but got bogged down about half way, tired of stealth not really working, little reward for burglary and general lack of motivation.
The Game Of Thrones strategy game where you keep switching characters under-performed and ran out of steam for me.
Wow I love some of those games. I've got hundreds of hours clocked up on:
Company of Hereos 1/2
Total War series (before Total War Rome 2 - Rome 2 and after kinda sucked)
Dishonoured was also an awesome game
and I absolutely hated CoD: Ghosts, what an awful game.
Oh well different strokes for different folks. I can't think of any triple A games I've bought that I absolutely hated in recent memory but then I don't often buy games on release and my gaming time is much less than it used to be. Strategy games are my big thing. I love the depth involved in the really good ones especially Paradox games and other grand strategy games. I also enjoy MMOs which normally means I play one game for a long time only and don't really play any other games in the same period of time.
I've bolded all the ones I loved. Most of the others I haven't played so I can't comment. Just goes to show how different people's tastes are. Those bolded titles make up hundreds of hours of gameplay for me, probably even into 1000 if you consider that BF BC2 got over 400hrs from me.
I get the sentiment of the post though. I'm sure everyone has bought a game they were super hyped about and ended up disappointed. Like xcom2. I spent £40 on it because I loved the first one, but it just wasn't different enough for me so I've only put about 8hrs into it. It's a great game but I felt like I had already played it.
Yep, like as soon as you have access to all the weapons just cause as much mayhem as possible! Rocket launchers, shotguns to finish them off, fuel tanks, it is basically an adults fair ground ride. I actually thought the story was funny in many parts.
I guess some of the games listed I didn't pay full price for, but from now on it's just the humble bundle and extensive research for me. Least I know some of my money will go to charity and I'll have a good chance of playing a gem.
If you can use a gamepad I'd get one, xbox one pads are really good. Price of Deus Ex - Mankind divided, which cost me £50. I'm going to pirate the hell out of the next Deus Ex, believe me.
Mad Mad was like £14.99 at CDKeys.com on release, good job as I might not have time to complete that. Evil Within, another game I expected to grab me until I finished it, but it didn't. I will go back to that. MSS, just amazing the fact that I've owned this on PS4, X1 and now PC and think it's ********. I shouldn't of said that!
I was listening to a bit of the lavish Diablo 2 soundtrack earlier in the week and was reminded that Diablo 3 was my last big PC mistake. That lost £45 still hurts.
The jury will remain open on Total War: Warhammer and XCOM 2() for the time being. Then again I didn't pay Steam's extortionate asking price for either of them.
XCOM 2 is worth sticking with IF you enjoyed the first one?
I think I know what's wrong with me... I'm impulsive and love games way too much.
Wish I had your dodging skills.