Top 3 WORST games that you bought in 2012?

[power_hour]

Mass Effect

 

[Tweak155]

Ok since they are bought games and not games released in 2012:

1. Dungeon Siege 3
2. LIMBO
3. Torchlight II

I did buy Diablo 3 but I didn't find it as bad as many here are saying. Yes I ran into the same stupid issue where I hit a wall and all I could do was go backward or go to AH to progress, but I probably put at least 40-60hrs into it before that happened. Most games nowadays don't keep my attention that long and as far as $/hr entertainment, Diablo 3 was well up there value wise.

Also once I hit that wall I quit for quite a few months and picked it up 2 weeks ago. I progressed a lot further but can tell I'm going to hit another wall soon. But in that time I found several of my own upgrades so I can tell they IMPROVED it, but it's still not perfect. Overall I'd still give the game an 8.5/10. They need to remove useless stats ONLY items. I.E a bow with intelligence is fine, but that can't be the ONLY +att on the item. You still find those occasionally.

 

[waggy]

Diablo 3. it was exactly worth what i paid! NOTHING.

teh story sucked, loot sucked. they pushed RMAH even though they claimed not to. IF you didn't use it you didn't get really epic loot. crafting fucking sucked ass. the last levels sucked ass.

though i heard they overhauled it with the last few patches buf fuck that i don't care to play.

pity blizzard did that.they were the one company i would buy nearly anything from.

 

[Harabec]

Same as waggy, only I paid the full price for D3...

 

[Dijeangenie]

I can't believe how many ME3s. I played all three in series in quick succession (had never touched them before) and the entire trip except for a few min at the end was awesome. Seeing all the hatred over it it's like getting married to a super model, having an awesome honey moon, and yet on the last day of your three week trip it rains so you're stuck indoors. It's amazing the lack of perspective people have over this.

I said elsewhere, ME3 was the best game I played last year.

Your metaphor is awful. The whole trilogy is building up to the ending, over 100 hours of decisions etc and then you find out none of it mattered at all. Can't you see why people are disappointed?

 

[CPA]

I have one that either no one has played or you all forgot how horrible it was and continues to be:

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North

Only one update has gone in since it's release in October and it still has game-ending crashes, bugs, achievement bugs, misspellings, horrible AI, missing sound effects, and a bunch of other crap.

I loved the other King Bounty games, one of the few games I've ever finished. This game was a sloppy, rushed, money-grab.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Need for Speed Most Wanted (I bought this)

I am a huge fan of the original NFS MW and thought this one was pretty much a remake with some new odds and ends. I could not have been any more wrong. This game has nothing to do with the original, the only thing in common is fancy cars, cop chases, and a most wanted list. There is literally no story in the remake, you start the game and are just told hey there is a list of the top ten most wanted drivers, go beat them, that is it, no fluff or anything that is really it. The game was basically Burnout Paradise with tweaks, and they couldn't even get that right it seems as most BO fans didn't like this remake either. There is very very limited tuning/customization of your cars. Each car has 6 races and when you win each race you unlock upgrades, once all 6 races are won that is it. The only cars you win in the game are the most wanted ones when you beat them and take them down, otherwise you just find cars parked around the world that you find and that is how you unlock them. You can change the limited amount of upgrades on your car at anytime, and I do mean anytime. In the middle of a race and cops join in? You can switch to your anti deflate tires so you don't have to worry about spike strips anymore. The cop chases, one of the most fun aspects of the original are boring as hell in this one, there is no penalty for getting busted by the cops, you simply respawn where your car is found and you don't get any of the points you accumulated while trying to get away from the cops. Until you get a higher end car getting rid of the cops is also a pain in the ass too, but it doesn't matter it is more often then not in your best interest just to get busted to avoid it all in the first place since there is no penalty. Fuck you EA and Fuck you Criterion

At first I thought you were talking about the 2005 NFS Most Wanted, then remembered they made a new one with the same name. I really enjoyed the 2005 version, I have heard the 2012 version was lackluster and based on what you shared sounds like they removed any form of difficulty or failure penalty.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Ok since they are bought games and not games released in 2012:

1. Dungeon Siege 3
2. LIMBO
3. Torchlight II

I'm surprised about #2. I really enjoyed that game, it had some fun puzzles and a creepy and interesting atmosphere, plus it was cheap. What did you not like about it?

 

[Tweak155]

I'm surprised about #2. I really enjoyed that game, it had some fun puzzles and a creepy and interesting atmosphere, plus it was cheap. What did you not like about it?

I wanted the atmosphere / puzzles, not so much "can you make this jump just right".

 

[supremor]

Diablo 3.

And got shafted for 60 euros on that not dollars

 

[JamesV]

Lego Lord of the Rings - usually I really enjoy the Lego games, but the characters and the expanded fantasy-game map both felt really generic. First Lego game I haven't gotten to 100%.

Max Payne 3 - So ultra-linear, with obvious spots where you are going to be attacked, and way too many cutscenes. Even the gun battles felt weak.

Fallen Enchantress - I usually love civ-like games, and anything with fantasy, but the game feels flat, and really missed the ball by combat strategy consisting of trying to get the first hit (no flanking, etc - flat gameplay).

Honorable mention - Diablo 3 - My most anticipated game of the decade turned out to be a money grab; combining all the worst of grinding and greed. What a dud.

 

[Doppel]

Your metaphor is awful. The whole trilogy is building up to the ending, over 100 hours of decisions etc and then you find out none of it mattered at all. Can't you see why people are disappointed?

I understand why they are disappointed, but the 1/5 reviews for example on Amazon are from people totally lacking perspective.

 

[MetalMat]

I was satisfied with everything I bought. FTL is kind of annoying but it was only 5 bucks.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Diablo 3 was bad enough to occupy the top 3 spots.

This. :thumbsup: That game was mind-numbingly disappointing.

 

[Dijeangenie]

I understand why they are disappointed, but the 1/5 reviews for example on Amazon are from people totally lacking perspective.

I agree that is better than 1/5 stars, however if someone only bought 7 or 8 games all year then it is easy to see how it could be in their bottom 3.

 

[StrangerGuy]

This. :thumbsup: That game was mind-numbingly disappointing.

The mind-boggling thing about D3 is the item system was more-of-less perfected ~10 years ago in D2 and Blizz can gain more in transactional revenue just by sticking to it compared to the boring uninspired WoW crap even after the overhaul patches.

 

[FallenHero]

Completely understandable.



I laugh at people who bought this game. It was apparent literally MONTHS before release that Diablo 3 would use abysmal DRM. You could see the warning signs from a mile away. You had ample time to do your homework. I don't see how anyone could have thought this would be a worthy successor to Diablo 2, with Activision now playing a part in it. I have no sympathy for you whatsoever.

I'm not an anti-DRM guy either; I'm a pretty big Steamfag. But requiring always-online DRM that adds lag to a singleplayer game? lol.

If the DRM was the only issue you had, you didn't play the game or just blindly ignored all the other problems. The DRM is the least of the problems this game has.

 

[Dumac]

I can't believe how many ME3s. I played all three in series in quick succession (had never touched them before) and the entire trip except for a few min at the end was awesome. Seeing all the hatred over it it's like getting married to a super model, having an awesome honey moon, and yet on the last day of your three week trip it rains so you're stuck indoors. It's amazing the lack of perspective people have over this.

I said elsewhere, ME3 was the best game I played last year.

Sorry, it wasn't just the ending for me. There were design choices throughout the entire game that pissed me off.

 

[sandorski]

SupCom2-only paid $7, but that's all it's worth
X Beyond the Frontier-doesn't work properly in Win7
Dead Island-fuskin Audio Issues with my G930s

 

[StinkyPinky]

I have one that either no one has played or you all forgot how horrible it was and continues to be:

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North

Only one update has gone in since it's release in October and it still has game-ending crashes, bugs, achievement bugs, misspellings, horrible AI, missing sound effects, and a bunch of other crap.

I loved the other King Bounty games, one of the few games I've ever finished. This game was a sloppy, rushed, money-grab.

Hmm...I played all of the KB games incl this one.

I'd agree it wasn't up to the standard of the others. I didn't have technical issues, but the game was sloppy with the grammar errors and misaligned text. Also it was way too easy compared to the other games. In fact it was so easy I stopped playing half way though.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Funnily enough the new Kings Bounty is 75% off at GMG

 

[Zenoth]

I just wanted to point at that article concerning ME3's "disappointments" (in this thread and pretty much everywhere else you can think of that relates even to the slightest to video gaming). The article, in my opinion, is one of the best ever writing about the "controversy" and why, overall, the game failed.

I'm pointing at it because - ultimately - I think that most players whom happen to be "satisfied" or literally whom happen to think that the game is just pure brilliance incarnate are most likely just blinded by perhaps the raw "action", but can't grasp nor notice how inconsistent, self-contradictory, illogical and confusing the game is. I know a lot of people (especially the ME3 "defenders") will just look at the article's first page at a glance and just shrug it off and think "TL;DR" right away.

But, I've just finished reading it moments ago and I can say that it just contributes to reinforce my disappointments and confusion regarding the overall mess that ME3 is.

 

[s44]

I said elsewhere, ME3 was the best game I played last year.

If you played them all back to back, then ME2 was the best game you played last year.

ME3 had some good stuff, but c'mon... Kai Leng!? Not to mention the ending.

Though it IS odd to see it and D3 rub shoulders here with the various "why the heck did you buy that?" titles.

 

[badb0y]

I think Titan's quest and it's expansion is one of the best games of this genre, everyone else seems to bet doing the cartoon look for some reason.

I agree. I've been playing a lot of Torchlight 2 lately, and it has been a LOT of fun, but after beating the game once each with an Engineer and an Embermage, I'm actually getting a little bored, and have been considering firing up TQ:IT again. I think I've liked that game (TQ) the most when it's come to ARPGs.

So, it turns out I own Titan Quest since it came with the Humble Bundle from a month ago.

OMFG, I can't believe I missed this game! It was released in 2006 so I was probably still on my Diablo 2 LOD/WoW koolaid but damn this game is pretty good. I just fired it up to check out how I was and boom 3 hours gone in a blink of an eye. I am looking forward to playing tomorrow.

 

[sourn]

Black OP 2 (my own fault I knew what it was gonna be but was hoping I could get back into fps).

I now refuse to buy another fps game period until they go back to being able to actually host (decide what I want the game to use not some predefined crap), and get back to the modding community. These DLC map packs are simply a way to scam money out of people when the modding community used to do so much better /rant off.

I consider it the worse one I bought because it's the only one I actually regret because I knew better in the first place.