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Not instant, cuz I bought it long before playing it, but I was one of the dumbasses who preordered No Man’s Sky.
After hours of “maybe this is just a dud planet” I finally accepted that 90% of what they advertised was a massive and very deliberate lie.
They’ve come a long way to make it right since then, but that doesn’t excuse their initial deception.
Lesson learned: do not pre-order, ever. Wait for at least a month or so post-release and make a purchasing decision based on reviews.
Spore
nothing like advertised
Damn, same for me. The game was kind of okay for a few hours I guess, but really nothing like it should have been.
yea i played off and on for a few weeks or months, than completely stopped, it was on the 3ds.
It started off ok but then just quickly became a grindy strategy game
The first stage is the only good one.
I had the luxury of knowing nothing about the game when I played it and had a blast. 🤷
Spore Creatures for the DS was awesome because it’s nothing like Spore.
i played that one.
Spore Hero for the Wii wasn’t bad either. I wouldn’t buy it, but I played it at my cousin’s house.
I wanted to play but never got to
It was way ahead of its time, especially with Galactic Adventures.
MS Pac-Man on Atari 2600
Spent 2 weeks’ allowance. Game was crap.
YES I AM STILL SALTY
Holy crap what kind of big baller allowance were you getting Richie rich?
RDR2
This was actually my first thought too! Every time I buy a Rockstar game, I am immediately reminded how big the hype is compared to how bad the core game mechanics are.
I regretted buying RDR2, GTAV, and GTA4 when I first played them. I think I liked Vice City, but I expected it to be more of a visual upgrade than it was.
For RDR2, you get to slowly slog through snow… then play 40+ hours of poorly-designed quests and waves of dozens of enemies to slow you down so you can move the story forward.
The core gameplay mechanics are designed as a way to slow the story down rather than making the game fun. I would rather skip every single stupid gunfight. It’s so pointlessly repetitive.
None of these games really need 40 hours of padded story content, but people think they’re getting a “value” by spending their time playing mediocre things.
For GTAV, it’s honestly hilarious how bad the first driving mission is. People are straight-up delusional about these games.
Me too, which is crazy because RDR is an absolute blast. I know understand how rockstar screw up the pacing so badly
Explain
The exploration part was ok for me, they’re some interesting points to find but that was it. When I’ve tour the map one time every biome start to look blend.
Shooting (which is the most part of the main story) is blend, unimaginative and frankly easy as opposed to hunting a squirrel that you need for a satchel.
Arthur didn’t resonate with me, he’s blind of Dutch who is clearly the bad guy at the start of the game. Playing 10h (iirc) a guy who follow blindly a fucking asshole wasn’t a great gaming experience
Dutch basically raised Arthur, but in a way that made Arthur believe that the world would always be against him. They were outlaws, and outlaws they would always be. They were treated poorly wherever they went, so they have no trouble doing bad things, which made people treat them poorly. So yeah, Arthur blindly followed an asshole.
But when the game starts we meet them at an infection point in society. Outlaws are less tolerated than they’ve ever been, their way of life is disappearing, and Arthur is forced to examine whether he really is a bad man, or whether circumstances have made him that way. And whether there’s a difference anyway.
I watched my son play it, and thought it is on Sony’s game pass, i will snag that. Deleted it the same day.
Cyberpunk 2077 only because it was busted as fuck on PS4.
Now it’s a great game that I have over 1000 hours in but when it released holy fucking broken, batman. It’s the only game I ever refunded in the PS store.
This is mine except I’ve not played it since launch. I know it’s fixed now but I was vibing for it then. It took me a few hours to give up due to so many bugs. It also bugged me that I paid full and then it was busted, without any real non-corpo apology. I really think launch buyers should have just been handed the expansion. I just don’t like that company anymore. Which is hard because I think they own GOG.
I got a $30 PS4 slim with a bad power supply I fixed myself, and I got cyber punk day one and other than one fixer side quest where the apartment resident didn’t talk to me and kept walking forward, I had almost no bugs. No T poses, nothing more than some minor graphical glitches like a stretched model and maybe a half dozen crashes for my first play through.
I bought it on gog… refunded it because the gameplay was dull af. The bugs was the only entertainment.
A fantastic story campaign, squeezed pointlessly into an incredibly dull open world.
It’s the exact polar opposite of Breath of the Wild.
Starbound, it’s Terraria but made with unpaid labor.
I remember regretting asking for Black & White as a gift.
I did like it, but they made it seem more complex than it was so I was disappointed.
I think even at the time I had heard about Peter Molyneux’s penchant for overpromising, but that was when he had still made some games people liked.
I remember playing that game for hours, expecting something interesting to show up but it was just more of the same.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Loved the graphics in the trailer and intro. Then hated it immediately after the first battle.
Payday 3.
I just read about how much of a mess its release was, that’s quite something
Elden Ring. I knew I shouldn’t have. I already knew from playing DS1 that I did not like these games. But it was different, they said. It’s the most accessible yet they said. The lore is great, they said. And that’s mostly true except for the last one, it’s lore and story is dogshit. Hell, they couldn’t even translate correctly what very little was there in regards to Ranni, and she has the best ending. Speaking of endings, holy fuck, what a shit show those short and recycled endings are. Anyways, I paid full price for this… thing, and that’s what I really regret. Slap a 50% off sale on it, and, sure, it’s totally worth it. But I won’t ever be buying the DLC or doing another playthrough.
I felt exactly the same way. I played DS1 and stopped after a while. But at least Elden Ring has nice graphics lol
Not a game specifically, but Seekers of the Storm DLC for Risk of Rain 2.
They didnt haven’t to break Loader like that. :( I still miss that game. Refunded and stopped playing it. Gearbox sucks.
It’s been fixed since the disasterously buggy release, and there’s a very strong modding scene. I’m sure there’s something to “fix” loader for you.
That’s what I’ve read and I’ve considered getting it again, especially with Alloyed Collective coming here soon. I’m just still a bit hesitant. I guess just afraid of being disappointed by my old favorite game again? I’m not sure honestly. I’ll probably wait for reviews of the new DLC before I decide to trust Gearbox again.
RoR2 used to be one of my favorites. I have not touched it since Gearbox took over and it’s incredibly disappointing to see that my hunch about them taking over was correct. They completely broke what wasn’t broken and soured an incredible indie game and its legacy with one shitty update.
They’ve fixed the issues since, and there’s easy to install mods to revert all the questionable tweaks they made. I’m not a particular fan of giving my money to slime incarnate Randy Pitchford, but to pretend the entire game is ruined is silly.
Honestly, the QoL improvement from auto-sprinting alone is worth the modding scene. I’m still having a blast and can easily lose 3 hours whenever I boot it up.
I was super hopeful RORR would scratch that itch, and while it’s fun in it’s own way, it’s just not the same as ROR2. Chef is an absolute baddie at least!
It was fun while it lasted.
RV There Yet.
Not because it’s bad. I just get motion sickness badly. Twin bought it for us to play together, I play for 15 minutes go “oh no” and refund time it was!
Skyrim VR for me for the same reasons. Can’t get through the opening cart scene without getting violently ill.
Just about all mod packs swap out the cart ride for an alternative start, which makes the game a lot more enjoyable. If you’re willing to give it another try, get the FUS modpack on Wabbajack (and set it to Ro Dah for more quality of life improvements).
It’s on console, so I can’t do any of those things.
And I honestly have zero plans of getting a more expensive vr system knowing how this has gone.
Thanks for the info though :) it’s not just the start. Visually it looks like the ground is right under your face and it’s just nauseating to have it whiz by.
PSVR I guess? If so, I feel you. Was super stoked to play Skyrim, and had a similar experience.
Managed to pick up a cheap PC vr headset and Skyrim VR on A Steam sale a bit later and gave it another shot. It’s now one of my favourite VR worlds to just hang out in and walk around, chop some wood, etc.
The vanilla console experience was just very Bethesda. I swear they forgot how to make a good game right after Skyrim came out. Everything since then is them stumbling on even the most banal things like a UI that doesn’t hate you.
Yeah, psvr.
Thing about getting a pc setup is that every vr game I’ve tried makes me somewhat nauseated, even ones like Rick and Morty where you stand in place, or half life alyx played on an index (played part of that at a VR arcade) are slightly nauseating. Anything that has more movement than those is downright not great. So I just think vr is not for me… I could spend the money (that I really don’t have) for a better setup, but I suspect it wouldn’t be a whole lot better in reality.
Which is wildly depressing because I am desperate to like it. The used and very cheap psvr purchase was a trial to see if a nicer one would be worth it. I also have access to a psvr2, but I don’t really have much interest in trying it, honestly…
Killzone. Teenage me bought into the “Halo-killer” hype and spent $50 on it (money that had taken me months to gather), only to get a mediocre shooter with a forgettable story, boring characters, and gameplay reminiscent of budget titles from the previous gen. The only good part was the enemy art design, and it turns out that was lifted straight from a famous anime.
Killzone is actually an interesting take on the shooter genre, but it was marketed to be something it isn’t. Here’s a great video that breaks down how well the gameplay and story aligned: https://youtu.be/Ko8WgF0XVLc
Weirdly enough, Halo: Master Chief Edition
I’d only ever played the demo for the original Halo and a few multiplayer games on other peoples’ consoles, but I’ve absorbed enough of the Halo lore from various sci-fi YouTube channels, trailers, cinematics, etc., that I found it pretty fascinating.
But the gameplay? Extremely not my cup of tea. I found the weapons very unsatisfying to use, (I grew up around Unreal Tournament’s rocket launcher) the enemies too bullet-spongey, and the environments and encounters too samey and uninteresting.
Honestly, I just want a walking simulator that takes me through the story lol
Overwatch. Not a huge fan of fps, but even less of a fan of pvp team games. Someone told me it had a single player story mode, at least I got digital rewards from it for WoW.
