[General Discussion] Recent Game Purchases, or what I bought instead of fourteen new dildos this weekend

DAMNIT! Both my threads were stolen from me and recreated! Gah. ; ;

Oh well. I have a ton of stuff to list. Recent PSP purchases -- Megaman Maverick Hunter X, Ys: Ark of Napishtim, and Generation of Chaos. Picked up demos for Pursuit Force and Daxter. PS2 purchases -- Tales of Legendia, Grandia 3, the guides for both, and Black. PC purchase -- Grabbed Fable, finally, and am totally addicted to it.

I've got a bunch of pre-orders too, but I have to go print out my list at work. I've forgotten them all. I know Twilight Princess is on there, and so is Okami and both DVD and UMD versions of Advent Children. I've got Rise of Legends for the PC, Daxter and Megaman Powered Up for the PSP also pre-ordered. Actually, that might be it.

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God damnit. All this dissing on EB. Lemme explain --

When we get, say, 5 "new" games in stock, we take one of them and gut it so we can put the case on the floor. That way you can see the case and rightfully assume that we have at least one copy of the game in stock. If that store had more than one, she would've given you the sealed copy.

Plz don't be a prick.

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Which was why I offered to go back when they had more "new" copies in stock.

I just don't like buying a copy that had, for whatever reason, been taken out. Even if it is new and they didn't do anything to it, the fact that it's been taken out bothers me. Other stores don't (normally) do this. (...right?)

Eh, unfortunately GameStop has the same policy. I'll agree with you in that I also have my preference to buy a game unopened though. Sorry, didn't mean to call you a prick. ^__^;

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Oh damn, I forgot about posting in here.

I picked up my preorder copies of Megaman Powered Up! and Daxter, both for the PSP. I recently put a preorder down on Metal Gear Acid 2, but really only so I could get the laser cel that came with it. Yay.

Also, I've checked out a couple games from work -- Need for Speed Most Wanted and Darkengard 2. NFS:MW isn't bad, but the lack of any real tuning options kinda sucks and makes for a pretty depth-less racer. But it looks good and plays pretty well, so I'd recommend it.

Drakengard 2 on the other hand...to me it felt just like the first one did -- striving to achieve mediocrity. I didn't find anything outstanding. I thought I'd be hooked on the concept of dragonflight, but I wasn't. Compared to some other hack n' slashers though, like Bujingai and yes, Devil May Cry, I'd recommend Drakengard 2.

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Forgot to mention these when I got them last Friday, but when EB was having the Buy 2 Get One free pre-played sale, I picked up a few things on my hold shelf.

Dragon Warrior 7: PSone Awesome. Someone traded it in in perfect shape -- case, CDs, and instruction manual included. Awesome.

Brave Fencer Musashi: PSone Awesome again. I played this briefly years ago, and after I played Samurai Legend Musashi, I wanted to play the original. My wish was granted when it was recently traded in the same condition DW7 is in.

Star Ocean: Second Story: PSone I rented this from Blockbuster several years ago and never really got into it. Of course, like BFM, it took the sequel to get my interest back up, and fortune smiled upon me once again by delivering a perfect copy.

I also snagged some minor PSP accessories.

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With my first paycheck as an assistant manager, I decided to clear off my list.

I purchased the Megaman X Collection GC controller, the PSP WiFi Max adapter, preplayed copies of Jak X: Combat Racing, Resident Evil 4 Premium Box (with everything in it, even the Ada laser cel!) and Onimusha Blade Warriors. Bought it because someone told me you can unlock Zero, and I wanna see it.

I'll go ahead and throw in that I bought a used Team America: World Police as well. I know it's not a game or accessory but...well I bought it at EB! XD

Lastly, I put preorders down on Rogue Galaxy for the PS2 and Ratchet and Clank for the PSP. Sweet.

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Oh you suck Rocca. I want Tales of Eternia but alas, I cannot comprehend teh Japanese.

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Oh is that the PAL version? Cool then, I'll have to do teh importing.

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It's not so much what I bought...so much as what I simply took. >__>;

We've had a boxed up Dragon Quest 8 marketing set, consisting of one (1) poster, a bunch (many) of small and large display boxes, and one (1) 60" standee. XD We never used it, and it was supposed to go up back in October. We cleaned out the backroom from work and noticed there, so instead of throwing it away I decided to assemble it and place it in my way-too-small-for-a-standee room.

It'll have a corner to itself when I get into my new apartment in late May.

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Originally Posted by Syndrome

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They made a GC Controller for Megaman X Collection? I've never seen it. Mind to link me up?

http://gear.ign.com/articles/682/682875p1.html

Sadly, they didn't make one for the PS2, the system I own the MMX Collection on. But when we got that one in stores, I eventually talked myself into buying it anyway, since I'm a fan of the Blue Bomber.

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Originally Posted by Rocca

I can't believe I missed this. Yes, import at once! The game is smoother (although minimally) and the framerates gone noticeably higher in battles and in towns. Also, since the PSP is quasi 16:9, you can see further from ahead and behind in battles, making things kind of easier. Worth the shot.

Pray tell, Rocca. I've never imported anything before, save for this Voltron boxset I got from Ebay. It literally came from Hong Kong. >_>; Anywho, could you PM me with the website you got your ToE from?

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I traded in Tales of Symphonia, Custom Robo, Onimusha Blade Warriors and Blood Will Tell to EB since we're giving $10 extra credit for 4 games and picked up a 1GB memory stick which is on sale for $40, Logitech's PlayGear Headphones, and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

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I like the VP2 and Grandia 3 covers you've got. Are those PAL releases?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ah right -- forgot about that. Well, they're still pretty cool.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Picked my copy of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth and Astonishia Story for the PSP today. Wasn't too sure on Astonishia until I played, and I can pretty much entirely disagree with every review I've seen of Astonishia Stories thus far -- I'm really enjoying it.

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Unfortunately, it's somewhat unknown. According to our release date list at EB Games, it's still set for, I believe, mid-Sept. However, in the RG thread, Hindman mentioned that he spoke with Sony people who said it wouldn't be out until the first quarter next year, or something to that effect.

As of yet though, nothing has been confirmed as far as an official statement from Sony.

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The best thing about the guide, Rydia, is that the first 20 pages or so are dedicated to the terminology, events, characters, and places surrounding the Xenosaga trilogy. Yes, you can find that in-game, but you wouldn't be able to read it on the toilet.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue? FUCK.

If that's a list of games that don't work on the Slim PS2...for one it's hilarious that Jak X is on there, considering it was released in the same year, if I'm not mistaken. And two, that's bullshit about Lunar 2. I played it on my slim not long ago.

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Sega Genesis Collection. And it fucking rules. Sega's obviously learned quite a bit from their previous collections -- the few Sonic ones I played had pretty bad interfaces for choosing what games, and the ports were unpolished with merely zoomed-in screens. :/

The Genesis Collection though looks really nice, even supports progressive scan. Lots of great games and the controls transition over very smoothly. Great idea for either a PSP or a PS2.

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All the sound effects, music, hell even the graphics -- the Sonic Gems Collection had some really bad macro-blocking problems with one or two of the games. It's cool to buy, Infernal.

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Originally Posted by Helloween

Got Grandia III. I can't remember if it was this game that people really disliked, but whoever said that should be flayed alive and eaten by overweight wolves. Seriously, this is one of the best games i've played in a while. I almost don't want FFXII for christmas now, because i'll be playing Grandia (this is a lie. I desperatly want FFXII, cause i will want to play that one too. I'm just saying that for effect). Go Grandia!

I think Grandia Xtreme might be the game that a lot of people really disliked -- Grandia 3 was met with decent approval. One of the mods here really likes Grandia Xtreme though, just can't remember which one.

Recent purchase for me? The PlayStation 3 would be the largest purchase thus far. I'll be receiving free copies of Resistance: Fall of Man and Genji: Days of the Blade here shortly. I also picked up a free demo of Rogue Galaxy and my boss gave me Killzone: Liberation for the PSP.

Haven't really purchased much of anything, per se`, though I do plan to buy the Memory Card adapter for the PS3.

I was speaking idiomatically.

JackyBoy, where'd you find the Metal Gear Solid DGN? I've been looking all over for it. ; ;

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Summon Night 1? For the GBA? I think we've got it at my store as a matter of fact. If that's what I thinking of, anyway.

It's funny you mention that, Jacky, you found it at an EB Games. I was working at one of the EBs in my town when it came out, and we never got a single UMD. Bastards.

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Bought Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. Fucking win. Looks great, controls pretty well, and the voice acting's solid. Plus, love the Ashley Wood (?) cutscenes.

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Kudos on scoring the VP2 package. I'd love to get my hands on one of those, but I'm just not willing to spend the money on it.

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