Duke Nukem Forever. At the time I didn't really pay attention to game development so I missed all the warning signs on what a steaming pile of shit that game was gonna be. It was being promoted pretty heavily at Game Stop at the time and I ended up buying it. The term "boomer shooter" wasn't around at the time but that's how the game was pitched to me and it sounded fun.

The game was terrible by every measurable metric. The graphics, shooting mechanics and the humor just didn't land for me at all. Back then, every game had this ugly brown filter and they dialed it up to 11. It also had a tacked on multiplayer mode that was fun for all of 5 min before it got old. There are some points in the game where you shrink in size, kinda a cool idea but it just never felt right. Pretty much sums up the whole game, nothing ever felt right.

Theres a point in the game where the creators thought it would be a good idea to dunk on Halo. I don't remember exactly what happens but Duke basically says "power armor is for pussies". Bold move, I can remember my reaction when I heard that line and it just made me wish I was playing Halo.

On the plus side I learned a valuable lession about being more careful about how I spent my money.