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I'm pretty sure with a lot of folks, there must have been a few impulse-bought games in their collection at some point - so list the best/worst of your purchases!
Have you randomly bought a game that you had not really heard about, only for you to be introduced to a great game series, e.g Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, etc?
Or have you picked up a game and purchase in cold, hard cash, played it for all of 5 mins, then curled up in a foetal position, crying and cursing the videogame industry for excreting something so dire?
My Best impulse Purchases:
Skies of Arcadia (GC) - One of my favourite JRPGs (shhh FF7, I love you too) and definitely a great, random purchase, considering the only information I knew about it was on the back of the case. I wished that this was continued as a series - you can't go wrong with a flying pirate ship-themed game :D.
Lost Odyssey (XBOX360) - Bought this one recently in the highstreet. I just wanted an RPG on the 360, and found this gem. Previously unknown to me, this was a real surprise.
Twisted Metal 2 World Tour (PSX) - I believe this game was one of my first ever Playstation purchases, and I had no idea at the time what the hell it was about (well, apart from the cars with guns theme on the cover art) - I just picked it up off the shelves of a( now non-existant) indie game shop, and thought it looked fun. It was for a time, one of my favourite games as it was great multiplayer-fodder with all my mates.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PSX) - Another Playstation game. Bought purely because the cover looked good!
Worst impulse-bought games:
Frontlines: Fuel of War (pc) - What a disapointment! A random impulse buy (unfortunately, this is INCREDIBLY easy to do on Steam :P), followed up by 'hmmm, ah, its by the folks who did that fab Desert Combat mod for Battle Field 1942 - must be great!. Then, 'Oh. Hang on, this is perhaps one of the worst games I've ever played.' I even had the thing where you try to convince yourself that its still a good game, but deep down you realise its an abomination.
Have you randomly bought a game that you had not really heard about, only for you to be introduced to a great game series, e.g Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, etc?
Or have you picked up a game and purchase in cold, hard cash, played it for all of 5 mins, then curled up in a foetal position, crying and cursing the videogame industry for excreting something so dire?
My Best impulse Purchases:
Skies of Arcadia (GC) - One of my favourite JRPGs (shhh FF7, I love you too) and definitely a great, random purchase, considering the only information I knew about it was on the back of the case. I wished that this was continued as a series - you can't go wrong with a flying pirate ship-themed game :D.
Lost Odyssey (XBOX360) - Bought this one recently in the highstreet. I just wanted an RPG on the 360, and found this gem. Previously unknown to me, this was a real surprise.
Twisted Metal 2 World Tour (PSX) - I believe this game was one of my first ever Playstation purchases, and I had no idea at the time what the hell it was about (well, apart from the cars with guns theme on the cover art) - I just picked it up off the shelves of a( now non-existant) indie game shop, and thought it looked fun. It was for a time, one of my favourite games as it was great multiplayer-fodder with all my mates.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PSX) - Another Playstation game. Bought purely because the cover looked good!
Worst impulse-bought games:
Frontlines: Fuel of War (pc) - What a disapointment! A random impulse buy (unfortunately, this is INCREDIBLY easy to do on Steam :P), followed up by 'hmmm, ah, its by the folks who did that fab Desert Combat mod for Battle Field 1942 - must be great!. Then, 'Oh. Hang on, this is perhaps one of the worst games I've ever played.' I even had the thing where you try to convince yourself that its still a good game, but deep down you realise its an abomination.
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The Reaper wrote:
> Burnout: Revenge - This is where the franchise fell into the crap
> pile in my opinion. An absolutly terrible game, with limited
> multiplayer and a God awful "story" line.
>
Agreed. For me Burnout 2 was the best - the days before EA's grasp on the series.
> Burnout: Revenge - This is where the franchise fell into the crap
> pile in my opinion. An absolutly terrible game, with limited
> multiplayer and a God awful "story" line.
>
Agreed. For me Burnout 2 was the best - the days before EA's grasp on the series.
hm, I thought Revenge was quite fun. The PSP Burnout Legends was the best, though, combining all the best from 1, 2 and 3.
I do like Burnout Paradise, but then it's a massive deviation from the standard format so it won't appeal to everyone.
I do like Burnout Paradise, but then it's a massive deviation from the standard format so it won't appeal to everyone.
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