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Biggest mistakes you've made as a Gamer
Squirminator2k
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Everybody makes mistakes. Nobody's perfect, after all - I just removed a typo in the word "nobody" - but sometimes we're do something which isn't so much imperfect as it is Bloody Stupid. I'm not talking about in-game, mind...
As an example, in 1995 I swapped a relatively new copy of Donkey Kong Country with a friend for another game. "Which game?" I hear you ask. Well, loathe as I am to admit it, I swapped DKC for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. The first one - the scrolling beat 'em up one. The shit one (although swapping DKC for either Power Rangers game is, being honest, Bloody Stupid).
Another occasion wasn't me, but a friend of mine in Canada - I was talking to him on MSN about two or three years ago about how bloody difficult it was to get hold of a boxed PC copy of Final Fantasy VIII. A few days later I received a copy in the post, practically brand new and sealed, with a letter saying he'd sent it. I dropped him an email to say thank you and it must've cost him a fortune. He responded by saying he had actually sent me his copy. He never really played it, he said, and it was just wasting space. So he sent it on to me.
I sold it on because, like him, I didn't play it much (largely because it was rubbish). I got quite a bit for it, I did. Ho ho, yes.
As an example, in 1995 I swapped a relatively new copy of Donkey Kong Country with a friend for another game. "Which game?" I hear you ask. Well, loathe as I am to admit it, I swapped DKC for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. The first one - the scrolling beat 'em up one. The shit one (although swapping DKC for either Power Rangers game is, being honest, Bloody Stupid).
Another occasion wasn't me, but a friend of mine in Canada - I was talking to him on MSN about two or three years ago about how bloody difficult it was to get hold of a boxed PC copy of Final Fantasy VIII. A few days later I received a copy in the post, practically brand new and sealed, with a letter saying he'd sent it. I dropped him an email to say thank you and it must've cost him a fortune. He responded by saying he had actually sent me his copy. He never really played it, he said, and it was just wasting space. So he sent it on to me.
I sold it on because, like him, I didn't play it much (largely because it was rubbish). I got quite a bit for it, I did. Ho ho, yes.
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At least you didn't swap it for the FMV one.
I once lent someone Rastan Saga 2 for Alex Kidd(Genesis), and months went by without me ever getting Rastan back. I persisted nonstop in getting Rastan back, and when I finally did, I realized I should've just kept Alex Kidd.
Or, more specifically, buying a Neo Geo Pocket and then never buying/playing any games on it.
Alternatively my best moment as a gamer was trading my spare Gamecube + Controller for a SNES and 10 games which included Final Fantasy II and Chrono Trigger. I think Chrono Trigger alone could've sold on ebay for enough to buy a Gamecube or at least a used Gamecube.
I dunno if either of those would have been a bigger mistake but when you get a Christmas present, with the receipt, I really should have thought about it for a second before opening it....
Oh well, you live and learn I guess....
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"Otacon, I'm getting really fucking sick of this fucking mission, let's go to KFC"
Bad purchases:
Vietcong
Bf 1942: Road To Rome
A used, scratched copy of Suikoden that I never could finish because of it.
I can still feel the pain of playing those games.
Since then I learned my lesson: NEVER sell any games/consoles. you'll always regret it.
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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers for the SNES is awesome.
It is only a money pit if you don't buy cheap used games and feel the need to buy every new console..
My original copy of Metal Gear Solid
Ico
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (the dreamcast AND PS2 version)
Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Thank God I still have my copy of Symphony of the Night.
Also, I sold FF3 to a friend in highschool for like 20 bucks, but he kept paying me with change from lunch over the course of a couple weeks. Fuck.
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It was, I will concede, not shit. But it wasn't fantastic and it certainly wasn't worth swapping DKC for.
Now I come to think of it, I don't even think that copy od DKC was actually mine... oh well.
Three times.
Ugh
How stupid was I?! And I have RE4 burning my shelf.
Not the cute little bubble popping game with the Bubble Bobble dinosaurs.
The dancing game with the boring, nowhere near as good as the first game, soundtrack and the panda cosplayer as the end boss.
Yeeeaaah...
Worse, we lived on a military base, and he moved away a few days later; leaving me to kick myself in the butt daily as he (probably) cackled about his great trade.
Me: "Durr okay!"
Thankfully, however, the Gamecube was a fucking awesome console.
Once I finally got an NES, I bought Hydlide.
For my DS, I bought Whac a Mole.
That game is fucking fantastic.
I have this feeling I'll writing in a thread like this about how I shouldn't have bought RE4 Wii when I already had the PS2 version, but I feel this pulling, an urge I simply can't fight. There's no free will here, I'm the victim. :P
My biggest mistakes are usually buying games I don't like or never play. Which is why I subscribe to GameFly to try those games I'm not sure about. Just looking at my entertainment center right now there are about seven games I played for about 5 minutes and never touched again. If you figure they cost on average $50 that's $350 worth of stuff that's collecting dust.
Crap I just scared myself. Why don't I trade them in? Because I might play them someday, right? Probably not...
Also I'm not sure I should've bought the 360. I hardly ever use it and a good share of those wasted games are for it. I'm not that into FPS or sports games and that seems to be the majority of what I see. I'm hoping it pays off in time though.
Dumping
I also kind of regret getting rid of my Dreamcast. At the time I hadn't played it for a year but somehow I still feel like I should've kept it for some reason, but it's kind of hard for someone my age constantly moving with limited space.
Cheating
I tend to cheat often with games, although I'm getting better. I'm sort of impatient but in the end after I've completed the game or solved the puzzle I regret it because I took some of the joy out of playing the game and also shorten its lifespan which also goes back to the money issue.
I'm especially notorious for this with Adventure games. Recently I played through the entire season of Sam & Max and there were a few times I looked up the answers and immedietly regretted it. If I had just invested a few more minutes investigating I probably would've figured it out.
-Louis C.K.
Bought lots of games new, only to play them through once and add them to the "collection". Now they're just sitting on my shelf, barely worth anything at all (especially the Xbox games). The few games I buy nowadays I buy used on forums, or import games cheap from Asia and Canada.
I wish parents were less retarded about that stuff.
At least we, as gamers, will know how to correctly aid our kids in their gaming hobbies. Well, unless those of us who are rabbid fanboys decide to have kids.
"Dad, I want a PS5."
"NO SON OF MINE is going to own a PS5. You'll have an Xbox 1080 like your brothers!!"
"I hate you! I'm going to move in with Uncle Bob! He imports JRPGS!"
"NOOOOOOOO Etc."
All the freaking time. Lately, Neverwinter Nights 2 has been sitting on my shelf, mocking me for having bought it even though I got bored with the previous game after the first chapter.
Anyone want an unopened copy of Oblivion for the PC?
Me: "No. Why?"
Friend: "Aw, man, it's sick! It has like, slo-mo, and, like, bullet trails, and, like, kung fu and shit!"
Me: "Oh, wow! I am so on that game right now!"
I have regretted it ever since.
I just thought of a specific example: The Matrix Online. Months after release.
I read the reviews, read the flames, saw the screenshots...still curiosity took over. Most expensive half-hour of my life.
Did the same thing with Jump Superstars. Still have the unopened copy. And no thank you.
-Louis C.K.
Losing my NES.
About a billion games I bought for full price and played for an hour or two.