What is the worst computer game purchase you ever made?

[JohnT]

Age of Wonders. I'm sure its a great game, but the amount of time I spent on this one after shelling out $39.95 for it could be measured in nano-seconds. At least I spent more time at CtP...

Another big waste of $ was my brilliant purchase of the You Don't Know Jack series, bundled at $49.95 a year or two ago. I oughtta be *****-slapped for that one!

[Koyaanisqatsi]

CtP. Easily. CtP2 was better, but, CtP was the biggest waste of my money ever.

And this is coming from somebody who bought Outpost.

[Dis]

no civ3's yet. I suppose that is a good thing. But judging from what I see on the civ3 general forum it might not be much longer. I really don't think I will play much until they fix some things.

[tishco]

dont laugh...
pizza tycoon 1
it was only a fiver by solod out and it was one of the few things i could run well.
seconded by sim city classic for windows. same as above but £13, and the mods which came with it didnt work!

[Ken Hinds]

Originally posted by Juggler
Something I learned in the past 3 years: Play DEMOS before deciding whether to buy games or not. I made some pretty stupid decisions and bought games such as Civ:CTP1, Ring and Dark reign

I'm hoping the Ring and Dark Reign are not two different titles. I've been looking for Ring for quite a while. Would you mind detailing your objections to it. Either here or via Private Mail? Thanks,

Ken

[Moral Hazard]

I'll chime in and disagree with the criteria as well. I've got several games most picked up in the bargain bin, which I haven't had time to do justice, usually because I tend to buy two games at once and one is more appealing then the other. And even though I don't need new games I tend to purchase them any way. So games like Sea Dogs, Age of Wonders, SMAC take up hard disk space because their only decent games and not great games.

I rarely buy brand new games but occasionally get caught up in the hype (Civ3 and Ultima 9) luckily Civ is great, Ultima 9 however sucked and it wasn't just the bugs; it was an all around bad game IMO. So it gets my nomination for worst game.

[tishco]

sorry, DoublePost

[tishco]

black and white is one i got in the hype, a couple of weeks on and i'm on the last land, level 5, and i'm annoyed.
for all the good ai stuff how come the enemy god cheats stupidly, worse than any other game in noticablyness (?is that a word?) and stupidity. : eg: while i cant leave my sphere of influence for more than 2 secs, not far out , he spends ten minutes on the opposite side of the map as me flaming my temple!!!!!!!

[aderen]

recently there are more and more bad game. they look nice, but just play bad.

i bought tropico and played it maybe 1 hour. i got as a gift settlers4 (because that person knew i loved settlers3 and 2) but it was so bad i just installed it and played for 5 minutes.

next one has to be civIII. even though i spend 3 days playing it (once until 5AM), I don't like it anymore. I hope a patch will fix it.

[John-SJ]

I have to go back a ways for the worst games ever, but I'd have to say Outpost and Descent To Undermountain. These games were AWFUL!!!

More recently my picks would be Black & White and Europa Universalis.

John-SJ

[Juggler]

More recently my picks would be Black & White...

Black & White=after all those pozitive reviews it tourned out to be just another crappy game

[Keep Civin']

Worst purchase ever made?

That's a tough one - so many games that ended up in the cupboard after 5 mins.

I think I'd have to go with an old Robin Hood game I bought about a decade ago. Controls were as annoying as hell and the gameplay just sucked terribly.

[Colonâ„¢]

Worst purchase ever probably was Destiny "The Micromanagement Nightmare". (see the "whatever happened to Destiny" thread) Luckily, I didn't pay much for it.

[St Leo]

Caesar 3 that was a good game

No, Caesar 2 was a good game. Caesar 3 sucked, blew, and stunk.

[Qilue]

Originally posted by St Leo
Caesar 3 that was a good game

No, Caesar 2 was a good game. Caesar 3 sucked, blew, and stunk.

Caesar 2 was a very good game and Caesar 3 was clone crap to cash in on AoE.

Recently though, there have been so many. Starfleet Command 2, Civ:CTP and Railroad Tycoon 2 being notable for their crapiness.

But the award for "Waste of $90" goes to Ultima 9.