Worst. Purchase. Ever.

**Sqoon** · 26 Jun 2005, 05:19 AM

Dark Savior. Unique game - and has that silly "Saturn game w/ jazz-fusion soundtrack" thing going on that weirdos like me get nostalgic for - but still a very pathetic, depressing followup to Landstalker.

I think Puyo Puyo Sun would be more accurate. I paid fucking $40 for it. I bet the greasy store owner didn't have to sleep in the back on the floor that night thanks to me.

**Master** · 26 Jun 2005, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sl1p

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2. Everyone kept telling me how great it looked and how I shouldn't just wait for the XBOX or PC release. I played it for 30 minutes and then rushed over to the Gamestop I used to work at for a refund. I ended up just putting down a second pre-order for Halo 2 with that $50 bucks since I could only get credit and bought it at Frys for $37. Advantage!

Half an hour? Was it that hideous? The PC and Xbox versions don't look much better. Did you pick up one of those?

**Diff-chan** · 26 Jun 2005, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Master

I just bought SP and played it for the first time tonight. I beat the game in about an hour, and I will never touch it again. The ideas were neat, but the execution was awful in every single way.

What ideas? Stretching? Thats not a neat idea. Its a sub-FLUDD gimmick. One of the worst games ever, easily.

I made so many bad purchases. 99% of them have come from the best 3 years, when I started listening to hardcore gamer's opinions on what is good or not. Thats why I ended up with like, 3 different Dreamcast fighting games and 2 versions of SF Alpha 3, because people were telling me theyre good and I ignored the fact that I suck at fighting games. Now Im selling virtually all this crap on eBay at a loss.

Yep, selling them indeed. Its a shame, but I gotta do it

I just gotta

**Master** · 26 Jun 2005, 05:51 PM

Maybe you should post a link. You know, to up the chances of them selling.

**RoleTroll** · 26 Jun 2005, 05:54 PM

Checkered Flag for the Jaguar (had terrible controls).
Beyond the Beyond (PSX).

**Master of 7s** · 26 Jun 2005, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by raystorm

Sword of Sodan (Genesis): My god.. what a horrendous game. I can't believe I paid 40 bucks for this piece of shit back in 1990. I was totally fooled by the back of the box with its large "detailed" characters, the blood, the decapitations..etc. The game is so beyond bad with ZERO music (the first stage alone just has birds chirping.. KILLING PEOPLE WHILE BIRDS CHIRP!), horrible control and dammit.. it was all bad. You actually had to hold down "B" and a direction to change directions. ugh.. I was 14 at the time and just didn't know any better.

Ah, dear God! I remember Sword of Sodan, I was sooooo glad I only rented that piece of shit. The lead characters walked like they had sticks shoved up their asses and the collision detection was laughable at best. I played this "game" for hours, determined to beat it despite how bad it was. After I fell through the trap floors in what I think was the final stage for the fiftieth time though I finally said "Fuck this shit" and took it back that same day.

Recently though the worst purchase I ever made was Morrowind: Elder Scrolls for the Xbox several years ago. This was the purchase that made me quit listening to people on this board about which games were good. Everyone was raving about how great the game was I went right out and bought it. Worst mistake ever! I think I forced myself to suffer through that horrid tripe for about 30 hours before I had to supress the urge to snap the disc in two.