What is your biggest DAY ONE purchase regret?

[dharmapolice]

For me, it's gotta be Ni No Kuni 2. I loved the original a lot so I was confident the game would scratch and itch for me, but 10 hours in I realized the game was wasting my time in an interlocking set of annoying ways. The story was extremely flat and had no interest in developing characters, battles were so simple I felt like I was cutting butter with a lightsaber.

What game do you most regret paying full price or even deluxe edition for on DAY ONE ?

 

[Panthalassic]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

 

[JazzmanZ]

Metroid Other M

 

[KujoJosuke]

Persona 5

Biggest disappointment in my gaming life.

 

[Transistor]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

I even have the collectors edition of that shit. That art book mocks me to this day.

No Man's Sky is up there, too. The game was just not in a great state at launch. However, unlike Xenoblade Chronicles 2, they fixed No Man's Sky

 

[TheIdiot]

Mario Tennis on the Switch, off the top of my head. It took like 15 minutes for me to realize that I basically paid for the demo

 

[Loud Wrong]

Little Big Planet 3

 

[xxracerxx]

State of Emergency for the PS2.

 

[demu]

I came into this thread thinking that I don't have a Day One purchase regret. But yeah, it's Ni No Kuni II. lmao

 

[EJS]

Day 1? Hm...Gears of War 2 was a letdown for me. That stands out so vividly.

 

[SteviaRelievingYa]

Destiny

 

[Fat4all]

brink

 

[Era Uma Vez]

Modern Warfare 3.
Bland campaign, terrible multiplayer.

 

[Ariesfirebomb]

As of right now, Resident Evil 3.
Grossly disappointed

 

[Sayers]

Destiny

 

[nsilvias]

re 6, i played it for 2 maybe 3 hours and never felt like going back

 

[Betty]

Viva Pinata, bought it when a friend recommended it.

One of the worst games ever.

 

[Wyatt+]

Sonic and the Secret Rings. I didn't even have high standards as a Sonic fan. I loved Shadow the Hedgehog. But man, I just did not like that game.

Runner-up goes to Mafia III.

 

[Transistor]

re 6, i played it for 2 maybe 3 hours and never felt like going back

Click to shrink...

It only gets worse, so you're probably better off

 

[Ashdroid]

Dragon Age II

 

[RingoGaSuki]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Click to shrink...

One and done.

I had the 3D trailer downloaded, was following the build-up as close as I could back in those days, then I got the game and jumped in. I hated it right away, it looked great (for an early 3DS game) but the battles were absolutely horrifyingly bad and the story may as well not have existed it was so paper-thin. Absolute rubbish.

Super Mario Party is a close second. I played a round on each board and got bored out of my brains with them. Then tried to play with my SO and she was bored by turn 4, even though we've loved MP4 & 5 together.

 

[CRIMSON-XIII]

i regret spending my birthday money one year when I was a kid on Guild Wars , on some random expansions collectors edition. blah

 

[Starlatine]

pre-ordered andromeda and ffxv in a short space of time. an one-two punch i will never recover from

 

[finalflame]

 

[Le Dude]

Mount and Blade II Bannerlord

Great game, but I have Steam family sharing on.

My brother-in-law has hit 120 hours since it came out.

He has a wife and kid.

Please, if you're reading this, come back to reality . . .

JK, of course. I don't buy a ton of games day one so it is tough to say. Maybe Mario Maker 2? It's a great game, but I just don't have interest in pouring in the time to make stuff myself and I don't really feel like sifting through all the user made levels to find stuff I actually like. I'd much prefer levels designed by the developers at Nintendo.

 

[Strings]

There's a fair few, but Dragon Age 2 might be the most visceral downer for me. The ridiculous mage animations from the very first bit of combat instantly keyed me into knowing I wouldn't like what came next :(

 

[Muitnorts]

Red Dead Redemption 2. I let the hype get to me and bought it off the PS store for the full (ridiculous) £60 after work day one.
I wish I liked the damn thing it's gorgeous and intricately detailed but it plays like shit and every aspect of the game design frustrated me. It was like picking up a second job to do when I got home.

 

[Deleted member 45765]

Doom 32X

 

[More_Badass]

Hitman Absolution

 

[Real]

Red Dead Redemption 2. I let the hype get to me and bought it off the PS store for the full (ridiculous) £60 after work day one.
I wish I liked the damn thing it's gorgeous and intricately detailed but it plays like shit and every aspect of the game design frustrated me. It was like picking up a second job to do when I got home.

Click to shrink...

Words right out my mouth.

 

[Pendas]

Yoshi's Story

 

[Plushie Friend]

Tokyo Mirage is the most recent.

 

[BadWolf]

Street Fighter V.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Pokemon XY. I hated it so much that I feel it significantly changed my outlook on the series from then on.

 

[KanameYuuki]

Final Fantasy XV, I could have bought so many other great games that day and went home with that one.

Dragon Marked for Death, the game isn't bad by any means but I was looking for something to fill my need of another Dragon's Crown, unfortunately it isn't.

 

[Xeteh]

Dragon Age II

Click to shrink...

Had to see if someone mentioned it first. I've never been so disappointed going from one game to another than I was playing Dragon Age 2 after Origins. What a monumental disappointment.

 

[ronabs]

Red Dead Redemption 2.

Loved the first one, but dropped RDR2 at the start of chapter three and I don't feel like going back to it anytime soon.

 

[RelaxItsJustMe]

Mafia 3. I was really excited for more Mafia so I bought it and while I liked the story ( from what little I've played obviously), the mission structure was very disappointing and just killed any desire for me to finish the game. Also I vaguely remember some performance issues ( on PC at least ) as well.

 

[Oreoleo]

Super Paper Mario Wii

Literally the single most disappointing game I've ever played.

 

[PspLikeANut]

Panzer Dragoon Remake on Switch... The game feels very outdated... also the game felt off technically speaking. movement, hitboxes, and framerate were all over the place.

 

[nss]

Ni No Kuni 2
- what a gigantic bummer and absolute bore compared to the first, also didn't realize how much Drippy just propelled me in the first game

LA Noire
- another chore and bore

Call of Duty Ghosts
- wanted games at launch for my new PS4, but boy I should have just skipped that one

There are probably a lot more that I've suppressed my memories of

 

[Flevance]

Must be Driver 76 on PSP, why the hell did I bought that shit is beyond me. I ran out of money for the rest of that month and felt like dumb

 

[Aaron D.]

Anticipation vs. Day One Regret: Pac-Man 2600 takes the cake.

Game is retro-cool now, but back in 1982?

Broke my gd heart.

 

[Chopin the Third]

Anthem. It's the only day one purchase I've ever regretted. I should've waited until it was cheaper. Was fun to play, but it wasn't worth $60.

 

[NickatNite]

brink

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[Savinowned]

Hate to admit... Fallout 76

 

[Mechaplum]

There are some day ones where I managed to trade them in for equal or more value so won't count them(RDR2 etc)

Then there are absolutely games I pre-ordered and did not end up playing. The most notable one is MWO, was so excited but the gameplay was incredibly boring so much so it bled into Mechwarrior 5 which was my most recent disappointment even though I only paid $1 to play it. I also paid full price for Elite: Dangerous and did not end up playing as much as I would like.

 

[Piscus]

This gen? Probably Mario Tennis.

 

[R.T Straker]

Wolf 2 TNC.

What a terrible game and huge step down from TNO and TOB.

 

[Jamie]

Thinking of this console generation? (i can't remembered pass ones), I'll say Fallout 4. It wasn't a bad game overall, just nowhere near the game Fallout 3 and Vegas were. Also, great idea in giving you the power armor so early in the game.