So the end of the year is almost here so I think this is a valid thread (though for some the worst purchase may come via the Steam Winter sale so in that case feel free to reference this thread at that time).

So what is the game you wish you didn't shell out the cash for this year?

For me the award goes to Guild Wars 2. That's probably shocking to some and even myself because I really wanted and thought
i'd fall in love with that game but it just won't grab me no matter how many times I try to get into it.

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Persona 4 Arena pre-order. It's not even out where I live yet, and postponed indefinitely... I'm heavily considering cancelling it.

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That sucks dude :|

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witcher 2 and sniper elite v2, not bad games, but i preorder them, never again!

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Ragnarok Odyssey really hit me... but thankfully Persona 4 Golden saved me

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Call of Duty black ops 2 because the game never changes and the game is way to easy especially online because the weapons have no recoil.

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Orcs Must Die. Even though I only payed $5 for full pack I still regret it. Such a bad game.

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No way. Great 3rd person defense.

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That's a hard one.
From the games I bought I didn't like The Witcher and Unstoppable Gorg. I also didn't like Dustforce so I'm not particularly happy that I got BTA HIB. Other than that maybe SS3 DLC that just plain sucks. All of this adds up to less than 10€ so I won't lose sleep over it, especially when I consider I found some games I never thought I'd like that much: Grid, Fallout 3, Saints Row 3, Just Cause 2, Rage. It was a good year all in all.

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I'm with you on Dustforce. But it's okay, some of the other games were good.

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Yeah I know, I didn't buy HIB for the Dustforce, I only payed BTA for it. And Dustforce isn't bad, it just has weird controls (my opinion) and the music killed it for me.

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The music is amazing, and the controls are very tight for a precision platformer. I've SS a couple a levels. Love that shit. Unstoppable Gorg was only good for like 10 levels then it got just plain silly.

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I guess it's a matter of taste. I loved Super Meat Boy so I thought I'm gonna like Dustforce, unfortunately I did not.
I agree about Unstoppable Gorg, I played few levels but got tired of it, it's probably not even games fault, I played Defense Grid too much and can't play TD games anymore..

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
aka
Call of Paste: Lag compensation 2

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Assassin's creed 3

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Diablo 3 and AC3

2 big disappointing purchases. But still not gonna stop me from POing stuff

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Nexuiz. Biggest waste of 5 bucks ever. 0 people on multiplayer, and ever since the last update, my pc can't even run it anymore and runs it at 25fps avg.

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Dungeons.

I'm usually very selective when it comes to game purchases, but I leapt before I looked on that one. Expected something closer to Dungeon Keeper.

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ORION: Dino Beatdown, devs took like 5 months to actually make the game playable, Afterfall Insanity is also in this category, bug fest avoid at all costs

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Arma Combined Ops

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I bought Spellforce platnium - didnt enjoy it one bit, but at least i got it when it was on sale

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  • Assassin's Creed III, way over-hyped. Ubisoft lied so much about that game.

  • Dragon age 2.

  • Hitman Absolution, prefered the older games. This wasn't worth my preorder and £30.

  • Mass Effect 3, don't get me started on that junk.

There are probably others that don't come to mind because they were so bad I've forgotten about ever purchasing them.

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bunch of heroes LOL

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Other than Pound of Ground, this is the worst game I've ever purchased (outside of bundles)

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Saints Row 3 and torchlight 2 probably. GW2 would have made the list but at least I could get a full refund with 0 issues. Another honorable mention is Natural Selection 2, not because it is a bad game but the servers in south america are shit. Few of them and all brazillian.

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Papo & Yo. The premise was excellent, but the execution was near-disaster. It has some BIG bugs that need to be fixed, and the game is pretty short. Still, the music and art style is pretty good.

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Diablo 3

FUCKING WORST GAME EVER. A SHAME FOR DIABLO 2

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I think D3 was a lot better than D2.

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No, it really isn't. Not even close. But D3 is a hell of a lot better now then it was, and I am enjoying it again.

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Risen. I bought it for 8 bucks at GameStop. Not worth it in my opinion

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Diablo 3. The first game I paid full price for in about 10 years to get it on release. Man, what a let down.

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+1

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Diablo III

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Starcraft 2. I'm not really into it anymore.

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Way better buy than D3.

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The War Z

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That bad?

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They released it on Steam in Alpha without stating it. People are being banned for no apparent reason. And the game is supposed to be extremely buggy.

Edit: They have removed it from Steam and are giving refunds. So yes it must be that bad.

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I'm going to get crucified for this one, but outside of campaign I'm really regretting Halo 4. I considered selling it to a buddy for $50 within the week it came out. Go figure I haven't touched the game since then and probably wouldn't have missed it.

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We all PC gamers here.

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I figure as much but I haven't regretted any PC purchases since I rarely make any besides sales. Halo 4 is Xbox exclusive and I paid full price for a few days of thrilling campaign followed by flaccid multiplayer.

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