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How do you handle buyer's remorse with games?
| 1. Be disappointed
2. Have mild ADHD
3. Have something else catch my attention and forget the remorse
4. Don't learn anything and do it again in a year
| I don't think i've ever really had buyers remorse for a game. Just never bothers me. Even for a game like mercs 2 which I was incredibly disappointed in gave me memories of how bad it was and laughing at how bad it was.
| Better plan your spending. Go watch/read reviews and LP, and if you think the game will hold your attention for more than 30 hours, then go buy it.
Find "the same" kind of game but older/cheaper. Go play the cheaper one first, then if you still carve for more after beating it, feel free to buy the newer/more expensive one.
Lastly, pirate it first if it has no demo. Only buy if you like the game.
| Also, don't follow the trend/fads. I'm sure you bought NMS because it got people speaking about it more after the update. It is almost always wiser to only buy games at sales. That way, the game is cheaper and majority opinion about the game is already formed.
| Hah, at least you didn't buy it at release for full price like I did.
| Pirate everything that isn't multiplayer, exept for the few games actually worth it of course
As for multiplayer, enter a few match, see how they are: if you like it then keep it, if you didn't then refound it
| The pains of purchasing games exclusively during the Steam Summer Sale... I can sympathize
| Just make better financial decisions. You should've known No Man's Sky is forever trash...
| Alright, but if it's on Steam just refund it?
| Pft, don't mind me. Being that idiot that doesn't read all of OP's post
| Refund when I can, get kinda sad each time I see it in my library if I can't.
| I don't have any. If I buy something that's shit, I can't really do anything about it, so why bother with thinking about it?
| tfw I bought NuBattlefront 2 on impulse from a key site because it was half price and couldnt return it when the shit hit the fan
My dumb ass bought MHW from the same place so I hope I actually end up enjoying that one...
| I refund it, if I can't I just hide the game from my library and forget I ever bought it.
| Move on...
| Buyers remorse isn't something you get rid of, it'll fade in a day or two but never forget what it felt like to prevent the same mistake
| >>379226 well, let me clarify that, because OP mentioned NMS as an example and it is around 30$, 30 hours is a fair deal. 1$ per hour is a reasonable requirement. I'm not saying not to buy the game if it has a short playtime, you can just wait for sale.
Also, It is not necessarily has to he long, a game like Va11halla can be short, but I like it so much that I 100% it and spent 20 hour-ish, so it was a good deal considering I paid 12$ for it.
| Key point: How long it can hold your attention.
Not: How long it takes to beat the game.
| lmfao
just research before you buy games
| >>379629
Am I being a rich white asshole when I say that I don't feel the need to calculate exactly how much money I spent compared to hours played? That I buy games that look good and just play them until I don't want to any more? If I spent 5$ or 60$ dollars doesn't matter if the game is good. If the 60$ game takes me 5 hours to beat, or if I play the 5$ one every day for a year, really doesn't matter to me. Sure, I have to wait longer to buy a knew one if I spend 60$, but yeah.
| >>380072 no you are not, you are just not the type who will get the buyer's remorse hence the suggestion is not for you to begin with.
| DOOM 2016. it was fine but i didn't need to play it and i paid too much for it.
| Just don't buy any recent game made by EA or Ubisoft. No matter how good it may seem, it's gonna be shit
| Kinda regret buying ME andromeda, quit it soon after prologue never played since, seems boring. Overpaid too cause in origin it's cheaper but is mutilated to not have English in it
| >>380900
This is true for everything except Rayman. I feel like Rayman is still pure. I also think Mario + Rabbids is brilliant, though that game's mostly Nintendo, and made by a third-party. I don't really have anything positive to say about EA. They are currently pure fucks.
| Honestly I just take street drugs and watch cartoons.
| I learn to enjoy and get the most out of bad games
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| Recently I bought No Man's Sky half off. It's better than when I tried it last year, but I still felt fatigued after being bored by the first dozen planets. I was hoping for more diverse planets. This is a digital PS4 copy, so no refund or resell is possible. :<
Now I'm trying to cope with it and say something like "30 bucks isn't a huge loss" or "It'll serve as an example for what I would be bored of playing".
So how do you cope with buyer's remorse, gamer gurls?