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

Last month, when Gamestop was having their "Buy 2, get 1 Free Sale" and 3 stores were in biting reach, I did the following:

1. Went to Gamestop #1 and was just glad to see Dynasty Warriors 5 (Xbox) dropped to $25 used. Got that, Burnout 3 and Wario World.
2. Went to Gamestop #2 and found a used Suikoden Tactics, which had just dropped to about $25 used. Got Samurai Warriors and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe with it.
3. Went to Gamestop #3 and scored Stella Deus, Makai Kingdom and Radiata Stories all used, with one free and recent price drops on all of them by about $15-$20 each.

Total cost for playing catch-up from the past year: $130. Which is awesome, considering I'd been waiting for the sale to come around and wasn't even counting on the price drops (and frankly, wasn't expecting to find Suikoden, Stella or Radiata used). Just great timing. Only thing I didn't find that was on the shopping list was a used Wild Arms 4...That'll probably change by next sale though.

Think I'm set for the next year...I've only touched Dynasty Warriors 5 (beat it once with Sun Shang, going to try to win with the new Shu girl this time), Stella Deus (seems decent, but potentially very cheap) and Monkey Ball (fun!) so far.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by a_mcnugget

Burnout 3 is possibly my favorite racer EVER.

QFT. I got it last month and I'm playing it like crazy. 15 minutes turns into a couple hours a little too easily with that game...I'm worried it'll consume me.

Finally cashed in my birthday funding today:

Nintendo DS/w Mario Kart
Super Princess Peach
Suikoden V
Chaos Field (!)
Bode Miller Alpine Skiing
Sega GT 2002/JSRF combo disc.

Had no idea Chaos Field was set for a US release. I just took a peek at the GC section and there were three new copies just sitting there, out of the blue, $20 apiece. Probably should've gotten all three, once they rise in value. :juggler:

Suikoden V is one of maybe 3 RPG's that can jump ahead of about a dozen and a half RPG's I have yet to finish. Probably should've bought the guide.

Bode Miller Alpine Skiing MIGHT turn out good...Then again, it's gone from $20 to $10 new in less than a couple months and reeks of low budgetry. My curiosity (and Olympic fever) got the better of me. Looks better than the "official" Torino game though.

JSRF for $1.50...No complaints there. Something I'd been meaning to grab for awhile now.

And I got the DS for Peach and also for the upcoming New Super Mario Brothers and Lost Magic (not to mention several other games out I've been curious about...I might pick up Trauma Center and Pac Pix next week).

All that, plus a DC -> PC controller adapter, so I can use my Green Goblin Dreamcast stick on my PC.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

From September, I got Megaman ZX and Valkyrie Profile 2. Both were high-profile sequels and both have been top notch thus far (while being just different enough from their predecessors). I haven't torn either one apart like I probably should have...I'm past Chapter 1 in VP and I've cleared a mission in ZX after getting past the opening (I have the wing armor). I look forward to getting through both of them.

Prior to that, I had gotten Big Brain Academy. I'm happy with it...It's a cool little game to play 10 minutes or so at a time. Not terribly deep, but fun.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Guitar Hero Aerosmith bundle. Love the Les Paul controller...SOOO much better than the lame Rock Band Fender and feels better than my trusty SG. Oh, and the game is pretty good, considering I only know maybe 3 Aerosmith songs. Notecharts seem better this time around (not as many 3-note chords thrown in just for the hell of it).

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?