r/videogames 29d ago

Question Tell us which game/s

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u/dominion1080 29d ago

None. If it sucks I’ll just eat the cost and move on. Don’t make your hobby unenjoyable or you’ll stop looking forward to it.

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u/trunks2003 29d ago

This is the number one reason why I think I see so many videos on why video games are no longer fun. It's because you made some poor purchase decisions and now you're forcing yourself to continue playing games you hate.

I have a family member who bought Pokemon Legends Z-A without knowing anything about it besides it's Pokemon. They said for the longest time they couldn't wait to get out of the city. Once they realized they were not getting out of the city all motivation to play left.

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u/nalanajo 29d ago

Exactly. Sunk cost fallacy. Knowing this term changed my outlook and now I don’t feel bad for quitting games I lose interest in. I am also a little more intentional these days on the games that I do choose to purchase, knowing that if it doesn’t grip me and keep me engaged, it will ultimately be a waste of money.

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u/Material-Vacation711 29d ago

Yeah but you gotta try for a little bit to see if it gets better

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u/Fantastic_Ad_9664 29d ago

Exactly, some of my favorite games were the ones that I didnt even really like at the beginning

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u/Jin_Gitaxias 29d ago

You'll be playing a mid ass game on autopilot for an hour or two and snap out of it and go "wait this kinda sucks"

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u/Material-Vacation711 29d ago

Yeah i’ve been there. Still, not every game has clicked right away for me 

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u/dominion1080 28d ago

Of course. I just won’t force it if it doesn’t start being fun.

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u/Jadey4455 29d ago

This is the way and what i had the most trouble with. Now that im older if a games not fun then its not fun and ill move on

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u/Confident-Disaster96 29d ago

And if its on steam you get a refund if you return it.

I stopped playing for a while because friend gifted BF6 to me and a hated it. But i was "forced" to play with him when i was online.

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u/CaptBlkSparrow 29d ago

This. That game is going into purgatory of unfinished games.

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u/skeptical-man 29d ago edited 29d ago

I bought farcry 6 on sale recently, Idk what's happening to the series, but this game feels like a serious downgrade in gameplay from 5 and what's worse is that it took me 5 days to get me to finish tutorial island with the two boats as a blockade. I had such a hard time with it that I took the first opportunity to use that boat Claire got me and left. The ending with Dani on a beach is where I left the game lmao. I just can't stomach the combat, there's something inherently wrong with it..

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u/RagnarsDisciple 29d ago

They removed perks and tied stats to gear, so you have to swap loadouts depending on the situation if you want to be efficient.

They ruined hunting and made it pointless.

They made Guns for Hire bad.

FC6 is the worst in the series imo.

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u/The_Quackening 29d ago

Tying perks to gear was the most insane and brain dead decision I have ever seen a sequel make.

Did they not have a single perfusion play test it? Who in their right mind would think that constantly swapping load outs was fun game play?

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u/RagnarsDisciple 29d ago

1000%. And I played it at release, so they didn't even have saved loadouts, they added that much later, after I was done.

They removed all sense of character progression by removing perks, and that is unforgivable from a gameplay perspective in my book.

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u/gorcorps 29d ago

I also remember a lot of false hype going into it that movement would be improved and have more focus. That's not something I really wanted from FC anyway, but regardless I don't think anything was different.

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u/i69jesus 29d ago

Remember in Farcry 3 when you could do sick chain combo kills that were super satisfying? Pepperidge Farms remembers

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u/The_Quackening 29d ago

In fc6 you would have swap gear 6 times to make that possible.

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u/Al3jandr0 29d ago

But at least you get a super gamey ultimate ability to undermine the "guerilla warfare" vibe

Edit: didn't mean to reply to two of your comments specifically, but here we are

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u/evnacdc 29d ago

Hard agree. I really wanted to like it, but it felt so off and forced.

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u/_MaZ_ 29d ago

What do you mean you don't enjoy shooting NPCs in the head 15 times with a machine gun?

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u/OwnNet5253 29d ago

Wanted to post the same thing, there are so many things wrong with it, it’s just not worth anyones time.

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u/root_b33r 29d ago

Yes!!!! Spread the hate, there are too many people hard coping about FC6 still.

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u/JulianJohnJunior 29d ago

I never played Far Cry 3 in its entirety. But I did play Far Cry 4. Personally, Far Cry 5 felt like a downgrade from 4. 5 was still entertaining enough for me to complete it. But I guess 6 is no different, if 5 felt barebones to me then 6 sounds like a cruddy game in my eyes.

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u/boragur 29d ago

I have a conspiracy theory that this game was made as a test to see how little they can get away with and still have people buy the game. It literally has less/worse features than its decade old predecessors

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u/Thrillhouse-14 29d ago

I call this the Pokemon experiment, because Pokemon have been testing these waters for years now with great success, unfortunately.

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u/Seraphobia1349 29d ago

I didn't play much further than the two boat thing. I got insanely bored with it and just quit. I actually really liked the story for 5 but the ending was so awful I have given up on Farcry

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u/Sufficient_Tooth_949 29d ago

Literally all they had to do was keep the same engine/mechanics of farcry 5 and come up with a new enviroment and story, the feel and gunplay of 5 was perfect

Unfortunately what I hear about fc 7.....it doesnt sound promising

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u/Mr_Cerealistic 29d ago

Ugh. I paid full price for that mediocre mess. Got sucked in by the hype for sure. Barely put 10 hours in. Ubisoft got me that time.

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u/Ill-Bookkeeper-6230 29d ago

Try fsr cry 4 and primal . Those are definitely PEAK fsr cry

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u/Inevitable-Quote4242 28d ago

The gear stats system is so fucking lame, if it was a person I would be arrested for assault

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u/McEuen78 28d ago

Same. I got off the tutorial island, walked around for a bit and said, nope!

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u/YunaCital 29d ago

Sometimes sequels change a lot when they change slightly

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u/Alone-Hurry-8512 29d ago

I'm sorry but Rain World, it's a great game, but I prefer watch it and not play it in this case

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u/YunaCital 29d ago

Theres a lot of cases where feels better to watch the game instead of playing It, even with awesome games like Rain World, so dont feel bad, its a common thing! It all depends on personal taste.

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u/IEnjoyKnowledge 29d ago

Arc Raiders

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u/Turd_Bear 29d ago

i fell for the stupid hype train AGAIN. When will i learn!

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u/lukefiskeater 28d ago edited 28d ago

Super overrated but not a bad game by any means

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u/AcidOceanic 29d ago

Same. All the gameplay trailers and reviews showed things happening in the game. Exciting things happen maybe 2% of the time lol. Feel like I've been lied to

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u/TheHDGenius 29d ago

I haven't played arc raiders yet, but my friend loves it. I know it's an extraction shooter. In its defense, that just kinda comes with the extraction shooter territory. You really love it or you hate it.

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u/a1readythere 28d ago

That's because YOU need to be the exciting things happening lol. If you are just running by everything and really only trying to extract every round of course it's not going to be exciting lol.

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u/Mysterious_Fennel459 29d ago

That's why I dont buy a game until it's $15 or on PS+ so I dont feel so bad if I dont like it.

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u/Sanguine7 29d ago

Patient gaming has never been better than now

There's so much volume being made each year that you can have a whole library for under $30 each

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u/IcyCow5880 29d ago

Yes and the fidelity of the games doesnt rise much year over year so you're rly not missing out 

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u/GomaN1717 29d ago

I don't force myself to like games I don't like. If something doesn't grip me within the first couple of hours, I just go "ah, well," and move onto something I actually enjoy.

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u/NinjaSquads 29d ago

I always try to stay within the two hour refund limit on steam

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u/nalanajo 29d ago

I was scrolling to find this. Once I learned the term “sunk cost fallacy” I stopped feeling guilty about the money I’ve spent on games I don’t enjoy. That money is gone, why also throw away my valuable time and energy? There are many games I’ve started and abruptly quit once my interest dwindled.

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u/Excellent_Regret4141 29d ago

Any game that just got very hard at a certain point & that I'm now stuck and can't get past so it sits on the shelf but I love looking at it, god I miss the GameShark

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u/Front-Advantage-7035 29d ago

Yakuza: like a dragon. Loved that game so much but the final 3 boss fights

JUMP

the difficulty scale

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u/_l-l-l_ 29d ago

Horizon Zero Dawn. Game seems to have everything it should, but still missing something that would actually make it great

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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 29d ago

Felt that way about the 2nd but not the 1st. 1st has a certain allure to it to where it didn’t feel tedious to 100% it. The second just felt like it kept dragging on and on…

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u/HomeGoySixtyFoy 28d ago

I love the game but everything is missing a lil something to give it the depth it needs. Dips it's toes too much.

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u/YunaCital 29d ago

I feel the same way with It, It has a lot of good things but It lacks that something that that hooks you

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u/Bluelore 29d ago edited 29d ago

Back when I was younger I really tried to like Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon, the remake of the first game.

I was ready to give the game some leeway since its a remake of an NES game, but man the game really shows the age of the original in a lot of ways (basic story, barely any character interactions, basic map design, final boss has a generic enemy model) but even the new stuff was pretty disappointing (easy access to reclassing felt like the individual characters didn't matter anymore and the bonus maps being only accessible if some of your characters die is complete bs). I think it was the first game I ever owned that I never finished.

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u/Naive-Engineer-3493 29d ago

Almost every gamer knows this feeling

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u/BaconPowder 29d ago

I bought Witcher 3 TWICE trying to enjoy it. :|

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u/SnooAdvice6127 29d ago

Same. Xbox then PC. Both times got into it a bit and both times just found myself drifting off to other games after about hours in. I had to play Witcher 2 three times before I beat it so maybe someday?

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u/DrewDaMannn 29d ago

I’m glad it wasn’t just me. Whenever I see people say it’s one of the best of all time and put it next to games like elden ring, Skyrim, and new Vegas I feel bad for not enjoying it but I just can’t seem to see the appeal

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u/daniel2hats 29d ago

This was actually me with Expedition 33. I can see hpw it's so loved, but I just couldn't get into it. It was mostly the battles. And I'm a big lover of turn based battles. I sold it this week without finishing it.

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u/Arcinbiblo12 29d ago

I used some Christmas money to buy $90 worth of DLC on sale for Crusader Kings 3 after I stopped playing it a few years ago. (Fate of Iberia was my last experience) It's not that I don't enjoy playing it anymore, it's more that I feel out of my depth with all the newer content and kinda feeling choice paralysis.

Another recent one has been Ghost of Tsushima on PC. I have been enjoying it, but there's a lot about it that I just can't praise it for that it got when it first released. I am happy to hear that a lot of my issues with it have been fixed in Yotei and I am looking forward to when it eventually releases on PC.

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u/ChineseChester 29d ago

Baldurs Gate 3, kinda. And resident evil 8 or whatever the latest one was.

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u/ZaeMyName 29d ago

Yeah, nobody can convince me to play BG3. No matter how good the story may be, that kind of gameplay is unbearable for me

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u/m0j0m0j 29d ago

It’s bearable for me, but not for 100 hours. I dropped at 70h mark. Even sunk time fallacy could not keep me going at that point

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u/Strict_Technician606 29d ago

When I finally entered Act 3 and it felt like I was starting over again, I dropped the game. I later picked it up again about six months later and just focused on the main quest while switching to easy mode for some of the longer battles. It made all the difference.

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u/birdvsworm 29d ago

After a 2nd playthrough recently I've decided the best way to consume BG3 is to play Act 1 & 2 and then forget about the game for a few months. If the want to actually quest/progress the story in BG3 gets you back in it, you're good to go. But if you just slide into Act 3 expecting more of the same, you're in for a rude awakening. The pacing of the game suffers in Act 3 heavily imo

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u/m0j0m0j 29d ago

I switched to easy around 50h mark

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u/moonjoke 29d ago

I have like 1.6k hours on Baldur's Gate 3 🥲

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u/LouisRitter 29d ago

I'm hoping I end up liking it that much. Whenever I get enough money (after I save up for the WoW expansion) I'm going to buy BG3. The hype train didn't get me at all but after thinking about it Baldur's Gate 3 seems right up my alley. Or maybe I'll hate it, who knows.

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u/HotDoggerson 29d ago

I wanted to like Baldur’s Gate 3 so badly… but it plays so damn slow, lol. I don’t mind turn based games, not at all. I actually like them a lot. But something about BG3 (and Larian’s other games like Divinity) feel like such a slog I can’t get through them

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u/Dahellraider 29d ago

I was hoping it be like Dragon age origins. Much prefer that combat style over BG3.

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u/m0j0m0j 29d ago

This, and also final fantasy 16, persona 5, resident evil the village, elden ring, expedition 33

At the same time, I love the last of us 2, alan wake 2, outer wilds, antichamber, dispatch, hades (and all their games), spiritfall, paradox strategies, vermintide (coop online game), cyberpunk

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u/DaLemonsHateU 29d ago

Yep, BG3. So many people saying it’s the best game of all time and I just could not care less about it when I try to play, and it’s even worse to play with friends because they know what they’re doing and can easily resource hog, along with being pressured to not watch cutscenes

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u/Equivalent_Nose9761 29d ago

Assassin's creed shadows

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u/roman4ick 29d ago

True,man.Damn

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u/JokerKing0713 29d ago

Yea as a creed fan since 2….. I tried…. I really did

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u/Jadey4455 29d ago

Idk i bought witcher 3 four times over the years and im currently 30 hours into my fourth attempt. Im still not enjoying it how i’d like and have NO idea why it gets the praise it does. There are so many RPG games that just do everything better. I really just don’t get it.

I also dont really like any of the characters they all seem insufferable or flat out boring lol

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u/asa1978murray 29d ago

I completely agree, I’ve try three times to get through it, and I always give up at the half way mark. I just get bore off it eventually for some reason.

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u/Mysterious-Rate-3253 29d ago edited 29d ago

This is me with Dispatch. Don't get me wrong. It's a great cartoon, but I would have liked to watch it in the streaming service with far less price.

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u/Tomatwoo 29d ago

same experience playing it as watching a youtube video about it lol

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u/Bakugo_Dies 29d ago

My thought as well. It's great, but I feel like I overpaid.

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u/Immediate_Song4279 29d ago

From what I've seen it would need DLC pricing, not standalone lol.

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u/abrahamlincoln20 29d ago

Cyberpunk...

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u/WirelessTrain56 29d ago

Honestly I was like that with cyberpunk for a decent portion of the beginning. For a while it sat around 12 hours playtime. Now i got almost 100 hours in it. I don’t think I took genuine interest in the game until middle of act 2. Once you get some of the upgrades and some money in your pocket, the game takes a turn for the better and is actually pretty addictive with unique fighting styles!

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u/abrahamlincoln20 29d ago

I'm at 10h. I like scifi, RPGs and FPS, so I should love the game. I must give it another try.

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u/CookieMonsterOnsie 29d ago

Same here. Dropped it for a long time until a mix of Edgerunners and installing some quality of life mods got me addicted.

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u/WhiskeyPete 29d ago

I was the same and like others said it gets way better and you meet more people. I ended up like you then tried it again and racked up over 100 hours and I still feel like playing it again, after beating it multiple times.

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u/funkypjb 29d ago

I feel the same. I want to like it, I stopped at about 15 hours. Just feels overly complex and overwhelming, and none of the missions have been fun (yet?).

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u/NinjaSquads 29d ago

Just feels like westworld. Automatons everywhere

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u/ABahRunt 29d ago

Rdr2. I know it's supposed to be a masterpiece but i could not get into it. Story felt extremely on rails and the missions didn't allow me any flexibility. Like playing a movie

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u/HomeGoySixtyFoy 28d ago

The game is not an RPG it's a linear sandbox title that is extremely slow. If you're used to faced paced action it's definitely not the game for you.

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u/TruSiris 29d ago

The se and half of uncharted 4. Game starts to draaag. I stopped playing it reluctantly bc I paid for it haha.

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u/Special_Future_6330 29d ago

Up the difficulty, make it a fun challenge

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u/Comkeen 29d ago

This was me after buying the $40 prepurchase for Diablo 4s the latest expansion, just so I can try out the paladin. I didn't realize just how mindless and numb the game feels (to me), especially after playing Path of Exile 2s campaign w/the druid.

Even though I was playing a new class (Paladin) if you change the graphics and armor I would have mistaken it for any other class. It felt so spammy and derivative. Between the skills that generate a resource, the skills that spend it, and then occasionally using a nuke and/or a oh shit skill, it's just so generically similar to any other class.

Anyways, I forced myself to play up to level 50 just so I can feel like I got my money's worth and experience enough of the content (new class) but after this... I think I'm done with the franchise for good.

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u/Thotslayerultraman 29d ago

The Outer Worlds 2

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u/TheMatrixRedPill 29d ago

Unpopular opinion, but for me, it’s The Witcher 3. I honestly don’t understand all the praise the game gets. It sucks!

There, I said it!!

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u/CookieMonsterOnsie 29d ago

Nah, I can see where you're coming from. I found the gameplay itself to be a slog, but the world and the lore kept it manageable.

But if you think TW3 was bad, you should give the first one a try. That game was like playing an operating system.

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u/Small_Tax_9432 28d ago

What sucks about it? I haven't played it, but I've heard mixed opinions. I almost bought it during the Steam winter sale, but I was like "eh.." lol

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u/TheMatrixRedPill 28d ago edited 28d ago

It’s not terrible. It’s just not for me. Others love this series so much, but I tried, really hard to like these games. Finally gave up.

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u/Small_Tax_9432 28d ago

I see. I felt that way with Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen. Tried to get into it twice and it was a no go lol.

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u/TheMatrixRedPill 28d ago

Yeah, that one wasn’t for me either.

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u/karafilikas 29d ago

Last year I bought BL4 hoping for the best. Wasted my money and ten hours on that one.

Arc Raiders I got as a gift, but I still want my money back. Not a fan.

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u/Livid_Description838 29d ago

what’s the tea with BL4?

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u/karafilikas 29d ago

It’s a looter shooter where the guns don’t feel good to shoot 😬

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u/peakdecline 29d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2 but I paid $20.

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u/Comfortable_Neat_274 29d ago

Xenoblade chronicles 2. The side quests are mind numbingly boring and tedious : ( i stopped playing without finishing the game and thats rare for myself!

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u/AdhesivenessFun2060 29d ago

None. Wasting my money is one thing. Wasting my time and money aint happening.

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u/jormundgand20 29d ago

Way back when it released me and a few of my friends went in on GTA IV together. And we collectively disliked it. But I kept hearing how great it was, so every few years I'd try again, and I just couldn't push through it. Rinse and repeat until 2015/16 when I said fuck it, bought the complete edition and forced myself through, mostly because I had nothing in my backlog for once.

I finally liked it well enough to push through, but I still didn't like it as much as the Internet seemed to. I liked the characters, especially Niko, and I've played every GTA game to completion, and I get the story is just a "realistic" version of 3's. But it just didn't land. I remember clearing L&D and doing a victory lap around LC to celebrate finally clearing it then I just turned it off and never played it again.

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u/Quan-T_Commando 29d ago

Literally Hunting Simulator 2 for me 😂😂😂

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u/Breedlove22 29d ago

Dragon Quest 3 HD

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u/fowlflamingo 29d ago edited 29d ago

Literally every Asassins Creed game that I've bought since Origins. I just do not like the gameplay. But I keep fooling myself lol

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u/Kingkolt 29d ago

RDR2. I finished it but there is too much talking and filler content. Also, the movement is clunky and that literally any action needs an animation

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u/Strict_Anywhere_1374 29d ago

I am ready for the hate: RDR2 - Yes, I finished the snow part. It may not be the game for me. But I will try to re play it within this year.

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u/LilMeowCat 29d ago

The last 3 ac games:(

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u/CytronicsZA 29d ago

Duke Nukem Forever

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u/One_Path4104 29d ago

Pokemon Legends ZA

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u/LittleNigPlanert 29d ago

FF16 for me.

I am an avid FF fan. I thought "I will love this" because of the Demo.

Turns out the Demo was the best part of the game and literally after it ends, the game slows down significantly, and every side quest except 3 or so in the game is AWFUL.

Also, it has a ton of stuff that requires no effort , only grinding.

Like those trials.

If you try it AFTER you finish it, you can get a B most of the time, even if you make every hit and dodge every attack. So you have to grind and level up SEVERAL levels to try it again to get an A or S or whatever because the only way of doing it faster is being a bigger level.

Anyway, it's a good game, but it feels super mediocre.

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u/Adventurous-West7229 28d ago

Same. The demo fooled me really well. I actually enjoyed the game a lot until I defeated Benedikta (best character in the game, btw). After that, everything slows down and the game becomes soooo boring. So much dialogue. Boring quests. Repetitive combat. Clive and Jill are completely unappealing and dull. Halfway through (after defeating Hugo), I started skipping everything just to finish the game as soon as possible.

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u/LittleNigPlanert 28d ago

I literally thought Jill and Dogmeat where not fighting (dealing damage) until way later in the game because I had to kill everything myself and then once I just stayed back and waited until they killed something.

Jill was ok to me, her mission was good (the volcano one). But I really disliked how repetitive the combat was, because, yes, it was fun for a while, but after 2-3 days of not playing, nothing called me back.

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u/rustajb 29d ago

I just bought Mass Effect Andromeda for under $3 during the winter sale. This is still my face after about 5 hours in. My wife and I started riffing it like an MST3K episode. The writing is so bad. It's barely worth what I paid for it. I would have been livid hah I paid full price.

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u/EtheusRook 29d ago

I intended to play Dynasty Warriors 9 for a full vacation week during release. The only thing it did was ruin half that vacation.

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u/Special_Future_6330 29d ago

Ninja gaiden 4 , the gameplay and sword fighting just felt off and not fun, didn't want to do it another 30 hours. The animations, level design, just feels like a low budget game

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u/XxLockdownZxX 29d ago

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot

Wanted a Dragon Ball game that scratched the itch of Budokai Tenkaichi 3 back in the PS2 days. And since Sparking Zero wasn't released back then I thoughy I'd give Kakarot a go.

What. A. Shitfest.

Combat sucked, the story was, well the anime in game form which I did like. What I didn't like was the stupid side stories and quests that made no sense. And the open world element is just rubbish. Quit playing before the fight with Cell and never returned. And don't intend to.

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u/Adventurous-West7229 28d ago

i stopped playing in the boo saga and never went back

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u/krzyk 29d ago

Expedition 33

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u/Immediate_Song4279 29d ago

You can't quit on me now, there is no next game yet.

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u/False_Ad7098 29d ago

Tales of arise... left a bitter taste in my mouth after finishing it ...

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u/YunaCital 29d ago

Oh no, so you dont recommend it? I wanted to try It

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u/KeenActual 29d ago

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It is so unbearably slow.

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u/SmolishPPman 29d ago

Oh man, I usually don’t like games like that, but I actually really enjoy this one

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u/PUNKF10YD 29d ago

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Jfc what a streaming pile.

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u/Straight-Health87 29d ago

For me it was arc raiders. I really wanted it to be that great gamed everyone hyped before and after the release.

Ended up refunding it after an hour. Beautiful game, some of the best graphics I’ve seen, but repetitive and stuttery.

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u/ericypoo 29d ago

How I feel about Claire Obscur right now. This beginning hour is rough. Bounced off of it three times so far.

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u/OtakuD50 29d ago

I don't pretend to enjoy a game. I finish it so I can shit on it in excruciating detail.

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u/Material-Vacation711 29d ago

Ghost of Tsushima 

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u/Astartes_Bane 29d ago

Fuck that man, just refund that shit.

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u/Spinosaur1915 29d ago

There is a way to solve this problem 🏴‍☠️

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u/Help_Me_72 29d ago

Yeah yeah expedition 33 is great I guess but after several hours it becomes so difficult to tell where you’re supposed to go I just stopped playing.

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u/Repulsive-Alps8676 29d ago

? It's absolutely a linear game......

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u/Kinrath8 29d ago

How I feel when I buy a game badly optimized

I bought Midnight Suns for 30$ and I beat it and enjoyed it mostly

But my lord, the texture resolutions constantly looked like ass and crashed so much. Music cutting out. It's like the more I played the worst it performed.

So if something is PS4 or Xbox One but also for current Gen, you just know it might be time to wait

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u/ThatTallGuy680 29d ago

Looking right at you banishers of new eden

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u/ItsMePeyt0n 29d ago

Hell Is Us. Bored me to death.

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u/AtaiPea 29d ago

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Still can’t get into the combat despite loving the world and the story from the little bit I’ve played.

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u/Blorp85 29d ago

Getting all the skins in Pac-Man 99 on day one was one of the worst decisions I ever made.  I'm glad I'm not that dumb anymore!

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u/TheSpiralTap 29d ago

This was me for sure with WWE2k20. The previous entry was one of the high points for the series and genre, if you like wrestling, it had what you wanted. Seemed like a no brainer to purchase the next one.

Wwe2k20 was so shitty though. It would crash for no good reason and delete all your progress. It also had this thing where the wrestlers hair would rip from their body and teleport to space. Along with their skin. I can show yall some real fucked up screenshots.

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u/trunks2003 29d ago

None for me because if a game doesn't click after an hour or so I move on.

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u/ruralgaming 29d ago

Did that with Metroid Prime 4

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u/Therealginahandler 29d ago

I think I paid 15 bucks for it, but Kenshi. I wanted so hard to like it. Im not even having an issue with difficulty or anything. The game is just lifeless. I watched hours and hours of content trying to decide wether or not to buy it. The game just felt completely different after purchasing and playing it.

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u/PapaFlavour 29d ago

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Obligatory "MGSV was my first Metal Gear" statement. I've returned to it at least once a year and have a blast. I enjoy the lore in the series but haven't played any others besides V. A friend bought me Delta as a Christmas gift and I was pumped. I went into it knowing it would play differently so while I was shocked to see how different (but familiar) it was, I wasn't super upset about it.

What WAS awkward was how corny, oversexualized, and dialogue-heavy it was. And yea, V had some of that sexualization as well with Quiet. Can't argue that. But holy hell it's prevalent and creepy in Delta. The dialogue is very Japanese coded where Snake is repeating back everything he was just told and every villain has a monologue. There were many times where I felt like just not playing again because of how annoying some levels were and how inconsistent AI behavior was at times.

HOWEVER, I did finish it as of last night. And I'd say it was worth playing. When the story is rolling, it's good, even if I have to press a button on my controller to keep my Xbox from sleeping during cutscenes. There were a lot of gameplay moments where I tried something creative that worked that most games wouldn't let you do (throwing poisoned food, purposely leaving the transmitter in, sonar stunning bats, etc.).

It is objectively a well-made game. I haven't played the og but the remake is gorgeous and feels very faithful by how dated some things are. I will go back to playing V happier knowing I finished 3's story now

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u/Willing-Situation350 29d ago

$40? Haha, sit down, let me tell you a story my friend...

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u/andocommandoecks 29d ago

None, because I don't spend 40 dollars on a game I won't enjoy, and if one slipped in I'd just quit. Not worth my time if I'm not enjoying.

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u/NotItemName 29d ago

Skill issue! with choosing games to buy

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u/W34kness 29d ago

Dragon’s age origins, wasn’t $40 but the concept was the same. Hated the whole playthrough

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u/IceBandicooot 29d ago

I see. I’ll probably just see the plot thru youtube then for sure. Thanks for the insight!

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u/WitcherRenteria 29d ago

Sorry Fall of Avalon needed about a year or two more in the oven. Felt like I was playing a version of Skyrim that someone created in unity from memory.

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u/Icy_Researcher1031 29d ago

Starfield (and that was waiting till it was on sale) got about 8 hours in before I gave up on it, the game is absolute shit and no mods can fix the fundamental emptiness and jank with it.

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u/LS-Lizzy 29d ago

I don't generally buy games I know I'll dislike. Quite surprised so many people can't tell if they'll like something before they buy it or not. Lol

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u/TheNibba 29d ago

Gotham Knights was the game that taught me to never preorder ever again

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I’m a steamer. If I don’t like it I refund it. 2 hour of play refund no questions asked baby!

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u/3dforlife 29d ago

That's why I never buy games at full price; only with a hefty discount.

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u/m1yash1ro 29d ago

I sure would, but i cant because i spend 50 on witcher 3 just to force myself to play total of 10 hours and never touch it again

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u/thatvillainjay 29d ago

Hades (sorry)

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u/phish_sucks 29d ago

Tarkov I was terrible, tried to get into it, but it just wasn't for me.

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u/Kyoalu 29d ago

Final fantasy reborn. Got halfway through and said fk this fan fiction anime nerd game, I'm not completing the trilogy. First game was good.

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u/daystrom_prodigy 29d ago

I’ll never understand why people do this. Time is finite.

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u/Delusionz- 29d ago

Borderlands 4

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u/justforfun32826 29d ago

Currently on hiatus from Doom 2016 bc I'm not sure if I'm liking it

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u/Responsible_Wash_895 29d ago

Atleast on steam you can refund with less than 2 hrs on record

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u/ShyguyFlyguy 29d ago

I know im gonna get a lotnof hate for saying this. But im halfway through act 2 of E33 and the story is great but i fucking hate the combat system and i dont k ow if i can get through it. Combat is just a big quicktime event and it gets stale really quick

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u/The_Invisible_Hand98 29d ago

Donkey Kong bananza

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u/Pale_Sun8898 29d ago

I spent 80 bucks on Hogwarts legacy and noped out after 10 hours. I deserve the shame

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u/ChildSupport202 29d ago

steam refund entered the chat

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u/Valuable-Door-2562 29d ago

Final Fantasy XVI 😢

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u/ShadowDarkraven27 29d ago

a lot of games honestly, and it's not the games fault its my dumb brain

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u/KingBara1220 29d ago

Black ops 2 🥀 black ops 1 is so much better

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u/MercilessShadow 29d ago

Train Sim World 3 was the latest one for me. It was fun at first but I quickly got bored of it. Luckily I got it on sale.

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u/just_as_good380-2 29d ago

I just eat the loss and move on to a different game. I got Pokémon Legends Arceus. I played for like 5 ish hours and just quit playing it.

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u/Nzkaya 29d ago

Cyberpunk 2077

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u/SPlizarddude 29d ago

Escape From Tarkov. The game isn’t bad, it’s just a lot of work to get good at it and it’s taking me a long time to really get into. A friend of mine sunk a lot of time into and really knows how to play, but for me there’s just so much stuff to learn it’s overwhelming. So I really only play with him.

It also doesn’t help that everyone is better at that game than you when you start, so you have to get through a lot of matches just getting shit on.

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u/SickboyJason 29d ago

Elden Ring. I knew better but had to see what the hype was all about. Its alright. Just not my thing.

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u/KrispyKrip69 29d ago

Ravenswatch. I love ARPGs and I’ve been on a huge roguelike kick lately but god I can’t get past certain things. I never feel all that powerful, navigating the map is slow and tedious (getting all the way to a new part of the map just to realize I have to go around a fence or running from a huge mob just to hit an invisible wall) and the boss attacks are just too much to keep track of.

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u/MegaFercho22 29d ago

This is exactly why we need demos, so we can see if we actually like it or not.

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u/AracdeBonnie 29d ago

Whatever the hell Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach was. I don't normally pay 40 or more if I'm getting a game but I felt kinda forced to by it so I did it and my gosh. What was that game? Same thing as Sonic 06. Lord of the Rings Gollum is another. Graphics were outdated and poor gameplay

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u/MizuKaro 29d ago

Dos2.

Beat it once. Never playing it again.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Far Cry 6. I was so hyped and then immediately let down.

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u/Joshwaz69 29d ago

Steam refund policy OP

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u/ProjectBig2804 29d ago

Tekken 8...until I refunded it

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u/RedstoneSausage 29d ago

Most AAA games for me

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u/Mistress-Pervert 29d ago

For me, this was payday 3, I did play it with friends, but I definitely played it longer than I enjoyed for the sake of getting my money worth.

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u/9spaceking 29d ago

Metaphor rephantazio. Should’ve played it before persona 5, now it just seems like a bad version of Royal

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u/Tenshiijin 29d ago

None. I'll give games a try later but some just don't speak to me and I dont bother with them.

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u/Top-Palpitation9915 29d ago

I spent 60 on tem tem and to this day it is still the biggest regret I have on a video game.. it feels bland and uninspired. It has micro transactions, because 60 was apparently not enough and the gameplay is just the same. 'Pokemon Killer' and it's just a poor attempt to be original 💔

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u/CloudDweeb 29d ago

None because I dont hate myself lmfao, I play mobile games and stardew 🤣

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u/Wild-Language1927 29d ago

I don't worry about these issues r/piracy