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General / Re: Game Collecting Nowadays

« on: September 08, 2013, 11:38:43 pm »

Nowadays, limited editions of games don't mean anything. I've bought Battlefield 3 and Kane & Lynch 2 LE and the only difference with the normal editions were some codes for extra online content. It's just a marketing gimmick to get people to buy it because it's "limited".

I'm talking about a REAL limited edition....  Battlefield 3 didn't even have a normal edition at launch, that was the ONLY edition so I hardly think that counts....  I have not seen the Kane & Lynch 2 LE so I can't comment on that, but I keep an eye out for CE/LE versions every month and I feel that the vast majority of them do offer some nice physical memorabilia....  The previous statement excludes anything that is nothing more than simply art book and OST combos....  That shit is really old....

I gotta agree with the nice physical memorabilia. Duke Nukem Forever had a neat-looking bust, Saints Row 4 has a dubstep gun replica... All cool stuff but I'm not into collector's editions because some games have several CEs like Plants vs Zombies (one with a disco zombie figurine and one with a sunflower figurine) and I'm the type of guy who needs to buy both versions to feel "complete". I have no intention of buying the same game twice unless there's a difference between console versions (handhelds vs home consoles), then maybe. Another reason why I'm not into CEs, is that some of them are just crazy (Saints row 4  one million dollar edition, really?)

That million dollar edition is quite nuts true, but I am not familiar with any other special edition like that....  I know there is like the Uncharted to one, but in fairness that is market value derived through rarity since you couldn't actually buy the damn thing....  The closest thing I can think of would be insanely high kickstarter project stuff, but most of that is PC and doesn't apply to me anyways since I don't consider any of my PC stuff part of my collection....

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Modern Video Games / Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn

« on: September 08, 2013, 11:35:10 pm »

I think I'll pop on by Wednesday or so....  I'll likely join a server that is popular here then....  Excalibur so far, any other winners~?

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Site Feedback / Re: v2 Beta bug report thread

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:46:24 am »

Here ya go....

This appeared after clicking into a thread in the Modern Games forum to see new posts....

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Modern Video Games / Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:35:44 am »

I picked this up, but haven't even turned it on yet....  I'm thinking I should do it soon, but with so much hub bub around the stability of the servers right now, I will likely just wait and fiddle with Diablo 3 for a while....

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Classic Video Games / Re: Any real point in having a PS2 hard drive?

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:25:56 am »

I still have my original FFXI box and even though it is mostly dust covered, I use the HDD in order to save money on memory cards....  I have enough saves to fill like 8 or 9 cards, but I just rotate what is used most from the drive so I only actually own 2....

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Classic Video Games / Re: Google Easter Egg

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:21:43 am »

Very nice....  Kudos for this discovery~!

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Classic Video Games / Re: How Is Your SNES Gaming Going?

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:15:04 am »

Mine is going crappy....  I finished Wild Guns with a friend fairly recently and we were going to tackle Pocky & Rocky 2 but I can't find my copy....  It makes me sad....  I found the box, but it had Hagane inside for some reason....  I'm really bad with organization, so it'll probably take months to find the damn thing and we don't want to move on to something else until we get through P&R2....    He might have to buy a copy if I can't find mine soon....  Also stuck on Drakkhen because that game sucks, but I feel compelled to beat it....

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:08:04 am »

Well, Killer is Dead has pulled me away from MH3U finally, but man is that game friggin' bonkers....

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General / Re: Pre-Ordered/Waiting for...

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:05:39 am »

Broke down and pre-ordered the Zero Suit Samus Good Smile statue....  Now if only I can rummage up the money to get the Samus and Link Figmas....

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General / Re: Game Collecting Nowadays

« on: September 04, 2013, 01:00:17 am »

Nowadays, limited editions of games don't mean anything. I've bought Battlefield 3 and Kane & Lynch 2 LE and the only difference with the normal editions were some codes for extra online content. It's just a marketing gimmick to get people to buy it because it's "limited".

I'm talking about a REAL limited edition....  Battlefield 3 didn't even have a normal edition at launch, that was the ONLY edition so I hardly think that counts....  I have not seen the Kane & Lynch 2 LE so I can't comment on that, but I keep an eye out for CE/LE versions every month and I feel that the vast majority of them do offer some nice physical memorabilia....  The previous statement excludes anything that is nothing more than simply art book and OST combos....  That shit is really old....

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Site Feedback / Re: Limited/Collector's Edition Images

« on: September 02, 2013, 02:03:38 am »

I personally like just the straight up front cover as the main image, and a larger shot of contents or whatever as the "disc" image. Most of the time when I see the contents as the main, it just looks inconsistent and sloppy in collection views, imo.

I didn't think of this....  If we ever get graced with the return of the shelf view then they would stand out like a sore thumb....

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Site Feedback / Re: Our logo

« on: August 29, 2013, 01:21:03 am »

I have two questions....  One:  We have a logo~?  Two:  We need a logo~?

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Site Feedback / Re: Limited/Collector's Edition Images

« on: August 29, 2013, 01:19:31 am »

The only problems I see are games that have identical or nearly identical covers with different versions....  Killer is Dead is a perfect example....  It is literally completely identical minus maybe dimensions of the box....

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General / Re: Revival....

« on: August 22, 2013, 02:19:30 pm »

Shadowhearts; pretty please!

HD-updates would be nice -but- a SH 4 would make me even happier

Your bring up a good point that I completely ignored....  HD ports give me very mixed feelings a lot of the time....  More times than not I am just left wanting....  That said I am really happy with things like the MGS Legacy collection, but I'm peeved that the HD collection even got released now....  Seriously, they were like a year apart....

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General / Re: Revival....

« on: August 21, 2013, 06:56:47 pm »

Cannon Fodder - point and click army game

Good call!  That game was simple, but so awesome!

Might I suggest Secret of Mana?  Seiken Densetsu?  Is that too obvious?  I really want more multiplayer RPGs, that aren't MMORPGS.

I love Seiken Densetsu~!  Legend of Mana was the last great one I think....  Definitely deserving of some new attention, and as far as Cannon Fodder is concerned; I heard something a while back about a new release in Russia of all places, but I can't remember much else for the life of me....