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Rex Little
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I don't think I've ever paid full price for a game I didn't enjoy. (I very rarely pay full price for any game; I wait for them to hit the bargain bins or flea market tables at game conventions. By doing so, I often find out from the grapevine that a tantalizing-looking game actually sucks, and avoid paying even the bargain-bin price.) Of those I got cheap, I guess the worst was Outpost.
I don't quite agree with Dissident's way of evaluating how bad a game is. If I spend several hours on a game before realizing that it leads you inevitably to a dead-end situation, or that there's no way to actually get to the cool parts, that's worse than finding out it's unplayable in the first 30 minutes. That's why Outpost rates worse than, say, Outpost II.
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ColdWizard
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smac, played about 5 hours. it only cost me $10 or so
starcraft is second, 25 hours, $25
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Rex Little
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I would have to say the worst purchase would be Ultima 9... it was so bug ridden I could not get into it. |
A perfect example of what I was talking about before. I loved the Ultima series through 7, and would have bought 8 as soon as it came out if not for my policy of buying only from bargain bins. By the time Ultima 8 hit the bins, I'd heard enough about it to know it wasn't for me. Haven't seen a bargain on 9 yet, but I already know I don't want it either.
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Ecthy
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Zhonghuà Rénmín Gònghéguó
Mar 2000
time: 06:15
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I have never made a purchase that I later regretted... once I paid a big amount for a game, namely about $60, but that was pretty usual back then... nowadays, games don't cost more than $50 here, and that is usually the maximum I pay... and I have never bought a game that I don't like anymore nowadays, so I really have no answer to that question...
that expensive game was Caesar II, BTW
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The Rusty Gamer
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Christchurch, New Zealand
Apr 1999
time: 17:15
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I don't agree with the criteria given either. I've bought a lot of good games that I haven't played very much, but it's because I've got so many I have to divide my time up and a few of the better games obviously tend to grab my attention more. Working out value-for-money by dividing the number of hours into the price paid is not the same as saying that a game is bad. I've got some good games that I've hardly ever played or have yet to get into, I may have a game on the shelf for months before I get round to have a good go at it.
Perhaps a better way of categorising the following games would be Buyer's Regret.
The Third Millenium. Is it a game? A simulation? Just what is it? It looks really pretty but - what do you actually do with it?
Gene Wars. Fortunately I got it relatively cheaply. Still not worth the money. Notable, at least, for the corny dialogue.
"The aliens have landed".
"The aliens have left now".
There was one RTS I bought at full price that was so confusing that I sold it again to a second-hand shop after about a week at a big loss of course. I can't even remember the name of it, it was in the days when C&C was at a high, and all these clones were starting to appear.
Forumla 1 97. Thought it might be a bit like NFS. I was wrong.
Toca. Thought it might be a bit like NFS. I was wrong.
Mankind. An online space game that I played for maybe a couple of hours and didn't really enjoy it. Bought it at full price too. Damn!
Last edited by The Rusty Gamer on 06-11-2001 at 08:47
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31-10-2001 14:26
. I rarely take my dates to anything more expensive than taco bell.
that was a good game 
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