Games that you regret not getting

Sharpe · June 3, 2002, 23:02

I was recently recalling how my bad experience with the Overlord game almost led me to avoid buying the original Master of Orion classic.

That led me to think was there any games that I thought about getting, but for some reason decided not to - and now regretted that decision. I could only think of a couple (mind you I have nearly 60 games, so there can't be that many!):

Master of Magic
possibly Imperialism 2

And of course, Civilization 3 Regular Edition - I got the Limited Edition instead.

Anybody have any games that they now regret not getting or any games like Overlord that nearly made you avoid any other games in the same genre?

Zkribbler · June 3, 2002, 23:16

Oh, Sharpie, did you screw up royally!

Imperialism II and Masters of Magic are both wonderful games.

I wish I had gotten Fantasy General.

I regretted not getting Thief and Thief 2--but two weeks ago I came across Thief 2 and bought it. It's great! I started searching for Thief 1 and finally found it yesterday. (Yeah, just try finding a discontinued game made by a now-non-existent company.)

Apocalypse · June 3, 2002, 23:34

Star Control 2. I've heard so many good things about this, but I never got it when it was still in stores.

Mr. President · June 3, 2002, 23:38

Strange as it may sound, I regret never buying The Sims. It's still in stores here, though, so it might not be too late.

rwprice · June 3, 2002, 23:49

The two regrets that come to mind are the Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack and Imperialism II. I kept passing on the Planetary Pack, even though it was only $17! I was proud of my discipline, but later when I picked up SMAC and found out what a great game it was, I could have kicked myself for not getting the whole thing--now it's impossible to find for a reasonable price.

Urban Ranger · June 3, 2002, 23:56

MoM is petty bad IMO, so no big losses there.

You can try e-Bay or some auction site to see if people are willing to part with the games they own. Many are.

Imran Siddiqui · June 4, 2002, 01:05

Half-Life
System Shock 2

But I seem to be repenting for my error, since I think I'll get both at very cheap prices

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MrWhereItsAt · June 4, 2002, 01:08

MOO. I just don't understand MOO2 now that I try it. And this means MOO3 will be just as incomprehensible to me.

Sava · June 4, 2002, 09:17

hmmm... I dunno... maybe Jedi Knight 2

MBD · June 4, 2002, 10:18

There are a whole more games that I regret buying than games I regret not buying!

But I would agree about looking on auction websites like EBay for older games.

Rex Little · June 4, 2002, 10:47

My only regret is Alien Crossfire. Everything else I've put off buying, I was able to get later either used or from the bargain bin.

tniem · June 4, 2002, 11:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr. President
Strange as it may sound, I regret never buying The Sims. It's still in stores here, though, so it might not be too late.

Or Gateway is giving them away with a new computer if your in the market for that. I have regreted some purchases but normally if I regret a game long enough I can always purchase it later fo a cheaper price so it works out better for me!

SnowFire · June 4, 2002, 11:51

Yup, Alien Crossfire here too. How many copies did they print? 3?

On the bright side, I'm perfectly happy with the factions as they are, and the "required CD" thing would have been annoying (which is part of the reason why I didn't buy it right away). But I'd like to have tried it at least.

Fantasy General has been impossible to find for awhile and I got it off theunderdogs.com. I will warn you that the game gets impossibly hard toward the end, mainly due to the fact that the bad guy's experience just goes up linearly for no appearnt reason as the game goes on- so every single one of his units will be super-veterans ready to come kick your butt.

Don't feel too bad about missing Imperialism II, Colonization! is still better. There were some good ideas, but conquest & combat just didn't work that well, and the economy model sucked beyond suckitude. It's also a classic example of the class of games that are beyond hard at first (at high difficulty levels), and degenerate into beyond easy if you survive because the AI is stupid at building. And they don't scale the cheats as the game goes on, so you have to give a pretty massive bonus to the AI, which might mean they crush you when you're still building and have no hope. But once you're set-up, you're fine and nobody will be able to touch you no matter how many cheats the AI has.

Apocalypse · June 4, 2002, 11:56

There is no "!" in Colonization

MrWhereItsAt · June 4, 2002, 12:56

There is in Spaceward Ho! Now there is a game.

Cyclotron · June 4, 2002, 13:46

"Spaceward Ho!" was the first space game I played... around the same time as Civ1, right?

Dis · June 4, 2002, 15:13

I played the demo for alien crossfire. I just couldn't get into the new factions. And it didn't seem to fit with the story for me. Although it was a demo so it didn't really explain how the other factions came to be with Alpha Centauri's history.

Everquest. Actually despite people loving this game, it probably isn't my type of game. But I still would have liked to check it out for a bit.

Starcraft. I'm not really into RTS games, but this game is talked about so much, I kind of wish I knew what people were talking about

MOO, or MOO2. I'm not sure which one here. I'm not familiar with the series. But I kind of wish I was familiar with the games, especially since people still talk about them often.

Pirates. Another game people talk about I have never played. Although I had a C64 back then I think. But they probably made it for the C64.

M.U.L.E. I think that's the name. I have never played it. but people talk about it saying its good.

General Ludd · June 4, 2002, 15:20

There are no games I regret not geting.

If I want a game, I get it.

Apocalypse · June 4, 2002, 15:23

Dissident: Pirates was made for many systems. I still see the Conquer the World pack that it is bundled in now and then (works for windows). What might actually be easier would be to get an old Sega Genesis and buy it's version of Pirates. I've seen Pirates for $5 and the system for less than $15 so it wouldn't be that bad of a monetary hit. The Sega version is actually better than many of the computer versions.

Standup · June 4, 2002, 15:46

Alien Crossfire as well. Ignored it in the shops when it was released as SMAC hadn't really grabbed me. Played Civ 3, returned to SMAC and decided it was pretty good but no expansion pack.
I did see it the other day for £19.99 next to the orginal game for 9.99. Might have to bite the bullet on this one.

Sarxis · June 4, 2002, 15:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Osweld
There are no games I regret not geting.

If I want a game, I get it.

Same here. There have been games that I waited a long time to finally get, and once I did, I regretted not having gotten sooner.

But to date, I have every game I have ever 'really' wanted; all 250+ of them.. and a few I regret having gotten!

August Borms · June 4, 2002, 16:24

I regret not getting Europa Universalis 1...

Actually I downloaded it, but I deleted it after playing for 10 minutes....

Tuberski · June 4, 2002, 19:16

I regret not getting any of the X-COM games. And I regretted not get the Fallout games...until they came out in a jewel case for 9.99.

Mr. President · June 4, 2002, 19:23

I have Alien Crossfire, but I must say the novelty wore off for me after a while. Most of the new factions are irritating; the aliens are cool but hard to use; and the "resonance" technologies are stupid.

The games I don't regret not getting are the newer FIFA games.

Jethro83 · June 4, 2002, 19:55

I definitely regret not buying Alien Crossfire. I was thinking "no, no. Wait until it gets cheaper" and all of a sudden, its gone without a trace, and the people running the shops that should be selling it deny that it ever existed.

Father Beast · June 5, 2002, 06:32

I regret not keeping my 486/33 running dos 6.1 and windows 3.11.

I would be able to play a lot of games for which the slowdown programs don't work right.

I can still play them, but I have to go into bios setup and disable internal and external cache, and heavev help me if I accidentally load win98 while that is set!

I also regret not getting into Ultima while it was coming out. I have the Ultima collection, but I keep getting distracted by the oldness of it.

aaglo · June 5, 2002, 07:59

There are few games I wish I had, but never didn't.

Dark Forces (I played the demo and decided to get this game, but never found it in any store...

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Panzer General (I played Fantasy General...)
Heroes of Might and Magic (I know I would like this game, but I think I have no more spare time left)

RonHiler · June 5, 2002, 23:19

Bureaucracy by Infocom.

I *loved* the old Infocom games back in the day, and I always thought a bureaucratic nightmare was tailor made for a text puzzle game. Never got it, and now it's impossible to find.

Drew Dude · June 6, 2002, 07:16

Well I've only just got a PC so there are games that I won't buy now that I think I would like because of games to be released. BG2 for example. It appears to be too long that I'd buy it, get part of the way through it and then NeverWinter nights will appear. I figure I might as well play that and be in on it from the start.

Andemagne · June 7, 2002, 13:58

Master Of Magic
Imperialism 2
Fantasy General
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 (oh! wait, I got that one resently)
maybe Antiemtam