What is your biggest regret about buying videogames? And what is your view of Facebook?
Aside from the money that I've spent, my biggest regret is that most of them have very little repayable value.
Personally, if I could, I would return every videogame I've ever owned, save for maybe one or two, and get my money back.
Same thing with all the movies I've ever bought. I find that most of them end up sitting on the shelf, and hardly ever get watched.
In regards to my views on Facebook, I think that Facebook does put out some interesting articles on things you can read and educate yourself about. And it's also a good way to be able to follow the news - like NBC News, ABC News, and whatnot - especially if you do not have a TV set.
Unfortunately, I also end up seeing all the negative comments that people post on it. It seems like on every one of these news articles that you read, somebody somewhere is always complaining about the actions of another person.
And the truth is is that it doesn't do any good. All it does is to further upset the one complaining, as well as everyone else who reads the comment, and yet the problem still remains the same.
Also, and I don't know why this is, but people seem to lose all common sense when they're on Facebook, and they end up posting things about their personal lives. Whether they be a disagreement that they had with the particular somebody or something or other, things that really are nobody else's business.
And oftentimes how they say things in their comments, especially when it comes to things like politics, they resort to insults, and alike.
Like I said I think Facebook has some very nice features about it, and that you can read certain articles to further educate yourself on certain things. But other than that, I really don't think it's all that great.
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I bought Call of Duty: Ghosts. Biggest mistake of my life. In my opinion, it's the worst Call of Duty ever made and it's 50 bucks I'll never get back. Complete. GARBAGE.
I'm a Facebook addict but deep down I wish I never made an account. It's sucked up so much of my free time.
I 100% agree. The story of Ghosts was garbage. Sorry you won't get your 50 bucks back.
Haha, thanks bud. And no worries, one bad game vs. a lot of good ones to make up for it.
I've always been a huge fan of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series and it only seemed logical to purchase Super Mystery Dungeon once it released. I did zero research on it beforehand to avoid spoilers and presumed that it would the same as the others in the franchise. Big mistake. The game is insanely difficult and has some of the worst mechanics I have ever seen. I considered taking it back to Gamestop for a refund, but I ended up keeping it anyway. I really regret not getting my money back. Ugh. Too late now.
As for Facebook, I have an account and I use it to keep in touch with family. In reality, I'm not a fan of the site. It's filled with stupid picture memes of "Can we get this guy 4,000 likes?", edgy teenagers who seem to know better than the rest of us in regards to politics and social events, and insane censoring that doesn't even make sense sometimes. But oh well. I'll still use it to keep in touch with family and friends anyway.
This describes 90% of my gaming experiences.
I found renting games in most cases is the way to go. That's only if I know the replay value is low probability. Example: Uncharted 4 costs $59.99 on PS4. I rented it from a Red Box and complete the game for around $12. I have also tried games and feel like I dodged a bullet by only spending $3 on an awful game. Sometimes, renting is the way to go.
My biggest regret is either Rome Total War 2 or Final Fantasy XIV (The original version).
I regret buying Watch Dogs. The saddest part about it is that I didn't even pay full price for it. I bought it off my cousin for like twenty dollars.
I like Facebook. I'm pretty much addicted to it, but I do lead a healthy social life at the same time.
The ones I really regret buying:
And a whole lot more.
The Ghosts ending didn't make sense. The guy got shot and lost blood underwater. Then somehow he randomly survives it and has the strength after losing all that blood to pull the playable character away from his brother. If you want I can tell you what Call of Duty should have.
Ghosts is my 2nd favourite CoD and I've been playing since CoD 3. I will never for the life of me understand the hate that game got. An easy 9.5/10 for me.
Omega quintet, what a pile of shit. And tales of zestiria sucked.
Are there any decent open world jrpgs on the ps4? Please tell me if there is
Steam sales/Humble Bundles. I've played about 1/3 of the games I own.
Facebook: I have a favourable view of it. You'll find a lot of people between 30 and 40 do too. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family whom you only get to actually visit with once a year(if that. Some of my friends now live over seas).
Most of the games I buy have a lot of replay value, and the ones that don't have long stories.
Ugh facebook.
Liek this comment and ur crush will kiss u tomorrows
Ignore and I'll com to ur house and stab u to death
I actually felt the ghosts story had a lot of potential, too bad it looks like they're abandoning it.
I very rarely purchase a game I don't like.
The thing about games is that they often follow very similar structures, so it's not as challenging to perceive a game as a loss of investment as with a film or novel that can do more with their narratives.
I mean, games will most likely never have subject matter as obtuse as Gummo or SlaughterhouseFive. Mostly it's cover-based shooters or stealth action games with the narratives revolving around the gameplay as opposed to the gameplay revolving around the narrative.
In any regard, Crysis 3 was straight garbage. Other than that, most games don't need to have amazing replay value for me to love it (Max Payne 3 being my favorite Rockstar game of the 7th generation and Uncharted 4 being my second favorite of the series).
The biggest regret I've ever had purchasing a video game was Slender: The Arrival. I fucking hate that game. With the millions they had to work on it, and the creators of Marble Hornets assisting in the creation, you think they'd come up with some kind of original idea and something scary. But it's somehow worse than 60% of the Slender fan games out there.
As for Facebook, there are things to love and things to hate. I've met some really good people on there in which I've formed a close bond with, but I've also seen some scummy and obnoxious (like for jesus posts anyone?) shit on there that's 3,000,000 times worse than any YouTube comment section.
Whoa, there are some pretty amazing games on there dude. One of which is not subjectively amazing but factually amazing, so I'll ask about that one, why didn't you like Dishonored or at least why did you regret purchasing it?
Not to me. It's fine if you like them, but I personally don't.
Because I played through the whole game myself, and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't quite get into the characters, story, or the game in general. I also hated that the game gives you a bad ending for going lethal.
Again, it's fine if you like it, but I don't.
I don't really have any regrets if I'm honest, I bought what I knew I would like and I spent ample time on the things I have bought. The only regret I really have is buying some games at full price/outside of bundles since I feel I've missed out on great deals and there are some games I want to get but come in Bundles now but I already have the other games in those bundles :x
Facebook is great regardless in my opinion, you can connect with friends(including friends you might not be able to connect with often), you can even make new friends, there are an array of games and features to use at your disposal and it's a good place to check out news and have some nice banter with people. Comments don't ruin it for me despite how much I dislike people insulting one another and talking about something completely off-topic but you can't do much about it, you can ignore it or try to set people on the right track. In terms of posting things about their personal lives, they have every right to do so - you may not care about what a person posts but their friends might love what they post or take their posts as indication if their friend needs comforting, plus not everyone has the same mindset when it comes to what is personal and what is not. At the end of the day, it's just another thing you can ignore. I'm pretty sure there's a feature you can use to prevent Facebook from showing you posts from any particular person or page?
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Ah, alrighty I guess. Idk, while I couldn't get into the characters, I also really loved the gameplay, thought it was fantastic and a truly amazing stealth experience, which is a feeling I hadn't felt since playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. As for the "Bad ending for going lethal" thing, it's not really a bad ending, and the good ending isn't necessarily a good ending either. The reason the land became worse is because Emily witnessed your killings and thought it was morally right to do the same, which led to a bad land. But even so, in the good ending, the world isn't much better. The plague is still going on, only they've found a way to subdue it, people are still in poverty, and as evident from Dishonored 2's story, Dunwall is still pretty fucked up. The only thing that makes the bad ending bad is that your bloodlust has tainted a little girl, if we're talking symbolism that is. But after all, it's all opinion as you stated.
EDIT: Also, if I may add, you don't get the bad ending for going lethal. You get the bad ending for having a high chaos rate. You can still kill people with a low chaos rating and get a good ending, but it's harder to kill if you're going for low chaos, which makes it more sensible to be non-lethal, which I do by default anyway (considering I spent 5 years of my life trying to complete Splinter Cell CT on a non-lethal Expert mode run.) so the game wasn't too tedious for me.
I tend to research the games before I buy, I usually stick to established companies such as Bethesda, they never let me down. Gears of War series, although Judgement was piss poor.
I was unsure on DOOM but I played the demo and I may buy it!
Oh I got Rainbow Six Seige this year, that was dissapointing, sold that.
This obscure game I bought for the ps2 called "Battle For The Pacific", I was really into WW2 games so I thought "Hey this looks cool why not!". That was until I found out how crap the controls were along with it being Inverted and not an option to change them in the settings I couldn't even get past the first 10 minutes.
Pretty random couple of questions but, Ok.
I mostly just use it for Dank memes and Pug videos...aannd occasionally talking with family or at least attempt to...I suck writing in Spanish.
Facebook is a fine site if you mind your own business and keep your emotions in check. My mom always told me, "Keep your personal life offline and try to resolve your issues before you blare them out to the world." (Especially with posts with ZERO context whatsoever!)
Games I regret buying are Destiny and Bound by Flame. As for Facebook, don't use it, so don't care.
As far as whether games are worth the money, it's just a question of if you hadn't bought the game and spent the same amount of money on some other entertainment, would you have enjoyed it more? Usually for me, the game wins, but I don't tend to buy really expensive ones or the shoot-whatever-moves kind. And of course, there are some games with really stupid endings which make you annoyed that you bothered with them in the first place.
I don't use Facebook.
Recently with video games, I think I dedicated too much of my time hunting for achievements. It got me good at playing games, but a lot of my time could've been spent doing other things like enjoying real life or enjoying the actual game lol.
With Facebook, I've never participated on it. So no opinion.
I can totally relate to what you're saying about Facebook. Like I said it's got some interesting articles that you can read, but you have to be selective on what you read, and for me personally the biggest mistakes I ever made was stating my political views on Facebook. And not just so much in stating them, but more how I stated them.
Unfortunately, tact is not one of my strong suits. And when I get passionate about something, well then it's even worse.
I wish to God I had never got involved in politics - period! I never used to be interested in politics before, but unfortunately because I did, I ended up alienating a lot of people.
Sometimes it's better just to keep your opinions to yourself, and when it comes to politics, I would tend to agree. Even when everyone else is stating their ideas on the subject, it is better to just keep your feelings on the subject to yourself.
That game is godawful.
What, Slender: The Arrival? Oh I whole-heartedly agree. Fuck Slender: The Arrival so much, it makes my fucking blood boil.
Yeah
So glad we can bond as friends over furiously shitting on somebody elses work. Although to be fair, it's not hard to do when the work is shit.
True
I don't have any regrets about anything.
Your mom is a very wise woman. And you're lucky to have a mother like that, so be sure to treat her well.
My inability to be content with managing the amount of time I spend on games and schoolwork. It's not that I'm addicted or anything; when I do get my schoolwork done, I actually find it's pretty easy. The problem is that I'm just too damn lazy and I still can't seem to acknowledge what's clearly in front of me even after shaky grades in high school.
I think we too often try to blame inanimate objects or people for our problems, instead of looking at ourselves and learning to live with our flaws.
Thanks Man X)
She's an amazing woman.:)
My main regret is getting new games while I still have a backlog of unbeaten ones (although it is a manageable one.) Another regret is playing the mediocre sequels, prequels, etc. from otherwise good franchises when there are much better alternatives.
As for Facebook, I would like to delete my account because I would rather keep my personal life off the internet, but I can't really do that because it is pretty much the only way I can communicate and coordinate with friends outside of being in person. So, but it has its merits.