PC Games you shouldn't buy/download

[MrBlu3z]

Would have to agree with Diablo 3. Was quite a lot of fun the first time round but going through it multiple times just gets boring. I don't know if the older Diablo games were like this, but Diablo 3 is something I wouldn't really recommend... though I can't complain as I got it free with the WoW annual pass. Otherwise, Guild Wars 2. I haven't played it properly yet but I hear a lot of things stating that it's mainly a PvP game, and the pve isn't really that great. I'm not saying don't buy either of these games, just read the reviews first and then make your decision, as is with all games really.

[EmeraldClaws]

And you'd have to know what you were getting into before buying something like a crane simulator no?

I've played other simulator games before, and quite enjoyed them. Though for £2.50 a game I should have realised there wasn't going to be much to it.

[outwar6010]

mirrors edge on pc sucks it keeps crashing for me

[Colquhoun]

Dead Island on PC.

I use ESDF for movement in first person games rather than WASD. Dead Island has bugged keymapping, such that if you change any keys they retain their original purpose anyway. In other words if you change your 'action' key to your 'forward' key, you constantly open and close doors whenever you try to run through them. After several patches the developers have never fixed this problem.

I have about 2 hours of gameplay on it because of this... biggest waste of £30 I've ever seen.

[outwar6010]

Dead Island on PC.

I use ESDF for movement in first person games rather than WASD. Dead Island has bugged keymapping, such that if you change any keys they retain their original purpose anyway. In other words if you change your 'action' key to your 'forward' key, you constantly open and close doors whenever you try to run through them. After several patches the developers have never fixed this problem.

I have about 2 hours of gameplay on it because of this... biggest waste of £30 I've ever seen.

i bought and finished it to the end it thinking it would get better but it never did

[ladcrooks]

Il2 Sturmovik: Cliffs Of Dover.

If you already play it regularly, you might disagree, but that probably only means that you're used to the bugs and other issues, like myself.

Short summary, when it came out it looked quite nice, but had issues, later patches introduced more issues whilst cutting down on the eye candy to try and fix things. The recent beta patches have made it more stable (no more memory leaks) but the beta isn't available through steam, which is used by the game for purchase and drm, so you'll have to manually download and install it. The recent patches have dramatically cut back the eye candy, and it's progress in the flight model department is going backwards. It seem's to be flawed with regard to its advertised 128 player online battles, and it also appears to be a stop gap while the dev's finish the next in the series, a kind of easy way to make money for the Russian devs to produce a nice Battle of Russia game perhaps. ( cynical, moi?!)

So, ~18 months after release, it looks and plays worse, and there is only a little hope that it will ever be fixed. Many previous supporters are now of the opinion that the game will be dropped soon, and are going to refuse to buy the touted sequel on principle.

It might get there one day, but for now, i advise against wasting your cash. I've not played it, but the new HSFX(?) patches for the old IL2 get some good reviews, so if you're desperate for a reasonably accurate flight combat sim, the old one is probably a better way to go.

While i'm on the subject, if you are looking for a reasonably accurate flight combat game, do not get either of the HAWX games. The first one was fun for about 10 minutes for me, and the second one looks pants based on the review above. (thanks Sheik)

Great thread btw.

I was going to get this and was put off by the reviews, shame.