I think The Witcher 2, not because it's a bad game. I just regret buying it because I decided to pull a Vinny and actually get through the first game first. Turns out, that took too long so now I have a 49€ copy of The Witcher 2 I haven't even installed.
Biggest disappointment this year goes to Dragon Age 2, but I feel I got my money's worth back at least, so I am not really regretting the decision to buy it. I think I would have liked it more had I not played the first one first. Still though, that reuse of environments was almost criminal.
Ridiculously short, nowhere near worth the full price. It's also a Valve game, so the price will plummet on steam anyway, or steam sales. I'm pretty sure it was already down 10$ after a month or two. Shoulda held out.
Deus Ex and Mass Effect 2 (I should know better, I know that I don't like WRPGs, though I got ME2 pretty late). Then again, I actually like Skyrim so who can say.
@GunnBjorn: Isn't it 'what games do you regret buying in 2011' not 'what 2011 releases do you regret buying'? He could have bought XIII in 2011
I would say Arkham City. No doubt my biggest disappointment of the year. Probably had just too high expectations. Still good game, but regret pre-ordering and paying full price for it.
Brink is really the only one, though I got a decent review out of it. I'm even happy I played Duke, as it's been a long time since I've played a legitimately bad game.
Both games I knew going in that they probably weren't going to be for me, but wanted to try something new and it seemed as though there were enough people finding something to like in them. Oh well, like I said, just not for me.
Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Deus Ex: Human Rev and LA Noire.
Of those only Crysis and Duke did I finish, have no interest in ever playing any of them again or finishing the others. Fucking major let downs all of them.
I had a really bad habit of buying games this year and not playing them until I could have gotten them on a deal for much cheaper. The only games that I bought that I was truly unhappy with were Dragon Age 2 and EDF: Insect Armageddon. I should have known I would not like Dragon Age 2. Hell, I didn't like the first one too much. But, I was still riding high on the Mass Effect 2 train and I believed that Bioware could do no wrong. The game isn't awful. It is just not for me. In the battle between shotguns and loin cloths, I know where I side.
Oh yeah. EDF: IA was a real bummer. Trying to serious up the story and gameplay was a poor choice. Should have let the crazy Asian people that made the other games keep on being as weird as possible. Damn Canadians.
None for me, I more than got my moneys worth out of the games I bought this year. So glad I rented Arkham City though, otherwise I'd be seriously pissed off.
People saying they regret buying Dirt 3 breaks my heart , I´ve played a little bit of the game and it looks so fun I´ll like to know what broke it for some of you guys.
Probably Dead Island. After taking a step back and looking at it after several hours of play it turns out that the game was pretty repetitive and dull.
Rage. Like...I don't know what I was thinking; my excitement for that game was immense and after 3-4 hours I was completely bored with it and it's been a struggle to get myself to finish it.
The snoozefest that is Rage, Dragon Age II and the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 (I had already played it on 360 but wanted to play it on PS3 as well, it wasn't a good port to say the least)
Black Ops. I went through single player and had some fun, but when I got to the real meat of the game, the multiplayer, I realized that I was about 4 years too late to this party. If you're good at MW2 then you're good at CODBLOPS and MW3. Those skills transfer. I hadn't played any of the previous games and it became very apparent that I would have to spend countless hours trying to catch up to even the average player, something I have no interest in.
Nothing(thanks to Gamefly mainly). I don't really buy something without trying it in first. Plus, I rarely buy anything anymore. The only times I really buy without trying first is if something looks interesting and is super cheap/on sale on Steam or something, and I don't regret those because they are usually so cheap.
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