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Your Most Disappointing Purchase Ever?

Post by GovanGer » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:29 am

What game have you been really looking forward to, only to discover that it really really sucked?

I got an Amiga CD32 when it came out.

I was only about 13 at the time and all my mates tried to talk me out of it, but I thought it was great at the time (and the Man Utd game for it is the greatest football game EVER!)

I remember waiting for months for Rise of The Robots to be released for the CD32. It looked absolutely amazing. I would sit looking at magazine screenshots for ages.

I finally got it for a birthday or a christmas, can't remember which, and I remember that it cost £59.99 from Virgin.

I popped the cd in, and all looked well as the intro, etc loaded up.

Then I pressed START.

WTF?!?!?! What do you mean I can only go the crappy nude blue guy??

aaaaaarrrrrgh!

I REALLY looked forward to that game as well :(

A notable mention also goes to Showdown: Legends of Wrestling on the PS2. All seemed well until one of the many MANY glitches meant that the Ultimate Warrior DIDN'T HAVE A FACE!!!.

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Post by yethboth » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:34 am

The Atari Jaguar, all my friends laughed at me BIG TIME when I told them I purchased one with 5 games. :cry: :evil:
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Post by Type2XS » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:42 am

yethboth wrote:The Atari Jaguar, all my friends laughed at me BIG TIME when I told them I purchased one with 5 games. :cry: :evil:
You are not the only one :( At least Alien vs. Predator was pretty fun :D
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Post by Spiff » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:51 am

Imhotep for the C64. Could be 'cos I was crap at it but...
And Staff of Karnath -- Ultimate were never much cop on the C64!
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Post by Bub&Bob » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:53 am

Not retro but Lego Star Wars II for the DS - the sons of bitc.....
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Post by sleeper77 » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:14 am

Gameboy Advance still remains my no.1 disappointed purchase for a gaming device. For a game, it must be Ferrari 355 Challenge for the Dreamcast & Dangerous Streets for the CD32. F355 I found very arcadey with no thrills & Dangerous Streets was worse than the Amiga version of Street Fighter 2.
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Post by Limbrooke » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:25 am

Auto Modellista for PS2... man that game was hyped up so much and turned out to be rubbish. Thankfully the import copy proves to be worth it's weight with proper handling.

XII for PS2 also. Felt much like GoldenEye and frankly, I am no fan of that game. The funny thing here is both these games are cel-shaded, guess I've no luck with those types.
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Post by fordie020376 » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:31 am

sleeper77 wrote:Gameboy Advance still remains my no.1 disappointed purchase for a gaming device. For a game, it must be Ferrari 355 Challenge for the Dreamcast & Dangerous Streets for the CD32. F355 I found very arcadey with no thrills & Dangerous Streets was worse than the Amiga version of Street Fighter 2.
Can you explain why please cos in my humble opinion F355 on Dreamcast was an amazing game!!!!!
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Post by fordie020376 » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:33 am

Limbrooke wrote:Auto Modellista for PS2... man that game was hyped up so much and turned out to be rubbish. Thankfully the import copy proves to be worth it's weight with proper handling.

XII for PS2 also. Felt much like GoldenEye and frankly, I am no fan of that game. The funny thing here is both these games are cel-shaded, guess I've no luck with those types.
You wanna give Jet Set Radio a try for a cell shaded game ( AWESOME!)
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Post by Spiff » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:34 am

sleeper77 wrote:Gameboy Advance still remains my no.1 disappointed purchase for a gaming device. For a game, it must be Ferrari 355 Challenge for the Dreamcast & Dangerous Streets for the CD32. F355 I found very arcadey with no thrills & Dangerous Streets was worse than the Amiga version of Street Fighter 2.
Can you explain why please cos in my humble opinion the Gameboy Advance was an amazing console!!!!! :wink: Although obviously a pain screen-wise until the SP version came out.
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Post by Limbrooke » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:48 am

fordie020376 wrote:You wanna give Jet Set Radio a try for a cell shaded game ( AWESOME!)
Perhaps, there's always Cel Damage too although was only released on the systems I didn't own over here (GC/XB). I have tried JSR Future on XB, but I wasn't really into that at the time.
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sleeper77 wrote:F355 I found very arcadey with no thrills..
Can you explain why please cos in my humble opinion F355 on Dreamcast was an amazing game!!!!!
I agree, although he points out the 'arcade' aspect, although it is an arcade game in the first place. Otherwise, for what it does, it does well (pardon the fact there aren't...*cough*... many cars) and I think it's one of the best racers availible on Dreamcast.
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Post by cruachan » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:14 pm

I agree about Rise of the Robots, my biggest dissapointment. I too remember reading the articles and droolling at the screenshots. I got it for the A1200, I remember picking it up and walking 2 miles back home, soooo excited.....then i loaded it up and waited for this over-hyped A.I. that the enemy robots have.
I completed the game on my first attempt....I held my amiga joystick to the top left and kept pressing the fire button.

....graphics looked great though at the time...cannot possibly take that away
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Post by SirClive » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:45 pm

GBA SP, just thought all the games I tried were meh!
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Post by forestville » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:57 pm

gangs of london on the psp

it's crap
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Post by Wil » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:13 pm

Spiff wrote:Imhotep for the C64. Could be 'cos I was crap at it but...
I can't believe anyone was good at Imhotep. Bloody thing was impossible. I wasn't so much disappointed as :x
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