The fact that the world /creatures changed just because my character levelled up made me quit Oblivion withing a couple of hours. That is a concept only rivalled by "So you think you can dance" in stupidity.

I've never really regretted buying a game, but some just lost their charm:

Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars: Very cool at first, but after the campaigns (never even finished them), the skirmish mode stunk, and I really didn't want to go online to get my butt kicked.

Test Drive Unlimited: Got this a long time after it was released, didn't play the online version as I had no internet at the time. Again, I liked it at first, but it got boring.

Medieval II Total War: Thought this was incredible. The mods still are. Graphics are starting to show their age and the AI freaking sucks. Should probably go multiplayer but their is barely anyone online these days.

Edit: Well there is one. Tarr Chronicles. This looked cool, but it was kind of "eh".

In almost every case, the original is the best. This is true with the Sims series. After the original sims series, it just got horrible. The cost for expansions has ALWAYS been too high with maxis and EA games, but I got the Ultimate Sims1(has every expansion pack for sims1) package for $15.00 from a friend who couldn't run it on his comp. I recommend purchasing or bit torrenting it.

Yeah fuck EA, they'll never put it up for freeware. Thats like trying to keep the first galleon ever built out of a museum.

off topic, anyone know at the final thief quest where you need to shoot the arrow of extrication at the statue, there's 2 gates that i can't get into. There's a push plate in another room which i press but it doesnt make the gates open.  Anyone know what to do?

1) Assasin's Creed: Boaring

2) Command and conquer Tiberium War: Bad balance game pl;ay story telling ect.

3) Jericho: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz (suposed to eb horror)

Games that I actually bought (In no particular order):

1. Battlefield 2142.

Tried as I might, I could find no way to make this blatantly imbalanced shooter appeal to me, even back when I was more accepting. The only time it gets now is when I play bot matches with my one friend that has it. It was simply the most frustrating experience I've ever had in a shooter.

2. Mass Effect.

After getting over the new game excitement, I saw it for what it was; a repetitive 3PSRPG with a background style that made it feel like it was Star Trek with a different paint job. I haven't gone back since and won't be buying into the sequel.

3. Dawn of War II.

I appreciate the music. I appreciate the WH40K Universe. I appreciate that the Space Marines weren't just guardsmen with power armor in this sequel. But because of how empty the game felt, with its uninspired, repetitive campaign and hyperfast multiplayer, I feel really disappointed.

4. Here's a first: StarCraft.

I loved the game when I was a kid. But that was back when I didn't think. Almost literally, if my memory serves me right. Now that I look back at it, it feels like the game's ridden around on its map editor. The multiplayer was boring and dull for me, while the community UMS maps - the only maps I ever had fun in - always left something to be desired. And, speaking of the community, it'd gone to utter shit by the time I'd made my first online experience there. Nothing but Koreans, douchebags, and idiots. And it's gone further South over time. To be quite honest, I don't know what people see in this game anymore.

Games I don't actually own (Again, no order):

1. Civilization III/IV.

I like being at the head of a fictional nation. But only when it's actually enjoyable. With the uninvolving and, at times, ridiculous unit combat, the mind-numbing length of the TBS system, and the cheating AI, I can find little happiness in these games. Thank God I didn't waste any money on them.

2. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.

I loved Doom 3 to bits. But when I gave RoE an extended trial, the ending absolutely killed it for me. It was fun and different, then bam. A boss fight that's more frustration than it's worth. I may pick it up later to play through it with my friends, but I've no real reason as of now.

A game has to be pretty awful to get the "make it didn't happen" treatment in a sequel.  I don't think Fallout 3 was that bad, although it was not a worthy successor to the Fallout legacy.  Two games that do deserve it are in my list of gaming regrets.

1. Star Control 3.  Please God, make it didn't happen.  That a game this lame exists at all is a travesty, that it got the Star Control name is an abomination.

2. Master of Orion 3.  The game made me want to drop kick babies into crocodile pits.  A picture of the box of this game is in the dictionary under "disappointment."

3. Empire Total War.  This may not be an actively bad game, some people like it anyway.  I just couldn't get into it, probably because the era it covers doesn't interest me the way medieval europe and the ancient mediterranean civilizations do.  It's still a big regret, because I bought it, barely played it at all, and have no urge to pick it up again.

omfg it's like the thread that never dies.  PUT A NAIL IN THE COFFIN

Deus Ex 2

Wing Commander Prohecy

want to buy ff7 for pc?

I never heard the hype about spore, so I just bought it without any expectations, and I have to say it was a GOOD game. The gameplay was original (except for civ stage) and the creators were fun to play around in.  

The only games I've bought and never played were those that had no left handed controls. Such as heroes of mana. I tried for thirty minutes to use the interface, but it was impossible to do with your left hand.  

Missile shooters would get in this rut where they would just stand there and miss 100% of the time even though they were within range.  You had to constantly micro them and move them around, hoping eventually you would get lucky and they would start hitting what they were shooting at.   Towers did it, too, and then there was nothing you could do.   Made the game completely unplayable unless you used all melee units.   I ran through the campaign as humans (almost all melee units), but then played the fairies and just gave up.  Bummer, because I loved the fairies in BC2.