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jchastain -> RE: Come on Matrix lets be honestly clear about this game (6/9/2007 5:36:58 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Charles_22
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ORIGINAL: jchastain
I've bought the same game twice before. Sometimes because I can't find an old title that I'm itching to play again. And sometimes because the game was so unmemorable that I accidentally buy and hate it again. Luckily, I think I am in the minority in both cases. [:'(]
How lousy could the game have been if you didn't remember it? It's also apparent that the remedy to your pocketbook and gaming sanity is that Matrix needs to strap you to your computer when you run into a bad game and therefore it will help you recall it when you run into it next time. I realize that the sanity lost from being strapped in may outweigh the sanity lost through repeatedly buying the same title, but we have to think also about the benefit you could be doing for science.
Actually, I'm happy to report that none of the games I've bought twice were Matrix games. While there have been Matrix titles I haven't loved, none sank to the level of badness I'm referring to. I'm talking about the games that you see in the bargain bin for $5 - $10 and pick up just because there's really nothing to lose. Sometimes you load them and are pleasantly surprised (that's how I found the Europa Universalis series - I bought EU1 in a retail bargain bin for $5 shortly after EU2 was released. I had never heard of the series and had no idea that a sequel had been released. But I absolutely loved the game and played it non-stop for weeks. Soon thereafter that I learned of EU2 and bought it immediately). Other times, I'll load a game, try it for about 60 seconds and decide it is a complete mess that is absolutely hopeless. It is that second type of game where I picked up several titles all at once, I quickly tried and completely forgot about one of them, and then found the same title in a bargain bin 9 months later while one on of my little "fishing" expeditions, and mistakenly bought it yet again.
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