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Modern Video Games / Play-Asia Physical Exclusives

« on: May 24, 2017, 12:37:32 am »

Looks like Play Asia and eastasiasoft have more physical exclusives coming up, so I figured I'd create a thread so we can keep track of them.

http://www.play-asia.com/games/play-asia.com_exclusives/14/712g3

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype

(Also was printed by Limited Run Games, Asian version exclusive to Play-Asia)
Still Available http://www.play-asia.com/sldner-x-2-final-prototype-play-asiacom-exclusive-multi-langua/13/70am7p

Blue Rider

2,500 copies
Sold Out http://www.play-asia.com/blue-rider-collectors-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70axkb

Cursed Castilla EX [Maldita Castilla EX]

3,000 copies
Sold Out http://www.play-asia.com/cursed-castilla-ex-maldita-castilla-ex-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70b3h7

Alchemic Jousts

1,888 copies
http://www.play-asia.com/alchemic-jousts-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70b5vf

Ghost Blade
Sold Out http://www.play-asia.com/ghost-blade-hd-limited-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70b9b9
3,000 Copies

Tachyon Project
2,000 Copies
http://www.play-asia.com/tachyon-project-limited-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70bb9b - Vita
http://www.play-asia.com/tachyon-project-limited-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70bb99 - PS4

Rive
2,500 Copes
http://www.play-asia.com/rive-blue-box-limited-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70bb91 - Blue Cover
http://www.play-asia.com/rive-orange-box-limited-edition-play-asiacom-exclusive/13/70bb93 - Orange Cover
 

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Modern Video Games / Do physical versions of online only games make sense?

« on: May 01, 2017, 12:23:40 am »

I bought the collector's edition of Deformers from GameStop yesterday, and found out the game is online only. Now the game is a fine game and all, and the steelbook, soundtrack, and little figures the collector's edition came with are all cool, but once I learned that the game has no offline mode it made me wonder what the point of a physical disc for a game like this is. Say the servers get shut down years from now, the disc will be useless. Is it just retail space that justify the discs being printed? You need internet to play this game, so the advantage of being able to install it quickly off the disc is gone. And while I own the disc, I don't necessarily own the game's ability to function down the road.

Thoughts?

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Free PaRappa The Rapper PS4 dymanic theme (While supplies lasts)

« on: April 04, 2017, 11:18:16 pm »

You can get a code for a free PaRappa The Rapper dymanic theme by going to https://woobox.com/9588in
You'll just need to put in an email and fill in the answer box.
Answer = Matsuura

Costs $1.99 otherwise.

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Rarer DS games restock on videogamesplus.ca : Infinite Space, Front Misson, more

« on: April 19, 2016, 02:09:31 am »

The site videogamesplus.ca has somehow got a restock of some rarer DS games for a fairly reasonable price.
Infinite Space and Front Mission have become rather pricey games to find CIB so this may be a good way to get them.

Infinite Space https://www.videogamesplus.ca/infinite-space-p-15681.html (In stock May 2nd)

Front Mission https://www.videogamesplus.ca/front-mission-p-13304.html

Valkyrie Profile https://www.videogamesplus.ca/valkyrie-profile-covenant-the-plume-p-15045.html

GTA Chinawars https://www.videogamesplus.ca/grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-p-14427.html 

Dragon Quest Rocket Slime: https://www.videogamesplus.ca/dragon-quest-heroes-rocket-slime-p-11291.html

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker https://www.videogamesplus.ca/dragon-quest-monsters-joker-p-13376.html

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Modern Video Games / Gamestop is publishing physical copies of Insomniac's new game: Song of the Deep

« on: January 28, 2016, 02:20:51 pm »

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/28/insomniac-and-gamestop-announce-publishing-partnership-with-song-of-the-deep

The game looks unique. Underwater Metroidvania where you play as a submarine made by the Ratchet & Clank team.
Awesome for a physical release! Being a GameStop exclusive is great as a far as physical media goes. I'm curious to see how GameStop does as a publisher.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/iX8ShVDkgIQ

Gamestop Page: http://www.gamestop.com/collection/SongoftheDeep?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=deeplink&cid=afl_10000087&affID=77777&sourceID=TnL5HPStwNw-VS2HxHWzMj7sQ9CQrOpJKg

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Fruit'Y - Physical copy of a new Dreamcast homebrew game for under $10

« on: November 22, 2015, 11:38:10 pm »

Fruit'Y is a small puzzle game developed by Retroguru. The German tech company Dragon Box Shop printed a physical copy of Fruit'Y for the Dreamcast. I bought a copy a few weeks ago and it arrived this week. It's fairly high quality. It came with a nice glossy printed cover art and a color disc in a DVD case. I uploaded scans to the listing I created http://vgcollect.com/item/92224
The game caught my attention because of how cheap it was. Usually I've stayed away from most homebrews because of their price, but this one was under $10 after shipping from Germany. The game could probably run on a phone, but it's got a retro arcade style of gameplay. So far in playing it on my Dreamcast I don't think it has a save function. The full game can be downloaded off of their site. http://www.retroguru.com/fruity/

It's a fun little puzzle game. For a new physical Dreamcast game for $10 I was sold. Figured I'd bring the game up for other physical collectors. 

Here is the store's page.
https://www.dragonbox.de/en/343-fruity-dreamcast-homebrew.html

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Video Game Database Discussion / Interactive Figure Starter Packs; Corresponding Console or figures?

« on: November 09, 2015, 07:26:40 pm »

Should the Starter Packs for Skylanders, Disney Infinity, or Lego Dimensions be classified under the console of the game or under Interactive Figures?
I ask because the listing for Disney Infinity 3.0 (PS4 NA) http://vgcollect.com/item/88648 got changed to Interactive Figures.
There are a few game only listings for the Interactive Figures games such as this one for Skylanders: Swap Force http://vgcollect.com/item/57517
Should each starter pack have a separate listing for the individual game?

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Classic Video Games / Retro City Rampage Retail Box Limited DOS Edition Pre-order.

« on: July 31, 2015, 09:06:57 pm »

Here's an interesting one. We've had a PS4 version of Retro City Rampage and a PS Vita version. Now there is DOS Floppy Disk edition!
(In Blue, Purple, and Buisness Machine Beige no less)

http://vblank-entertainment.myshopify.com/products/retro-city-rampage-486?variant=3746705348
Preorders are $30 + shipping. Limited to 1,000 copies

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General / Games you have purchased because of the cover or title?

« on: July 07, 2015, 12:58:31 pm »

Have you ever bought a game because of the cover artwork or title intrigued you?
Recently I picked up



I've never heard of this game. The cover is just weird, and Martian Gothic Unification sounded too strange to pass up.
Any other blind purchases because of curiosity?

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General / Yay! North America getting Wolfenstein: The Old Blood physical release-July 21st

« on: June 08, 2015, 09:04:29 pm »

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/06/08/wolfenstein-the-old-blood-retail-release-in-july/

I love how physical releases are still happening despite the whole digital push.
It makes the physical collector in me (Along with probably a lot of you reading this) happy to see this, along with Mighty No. 9, Legend of Kay Anniversary, and the Bloodstained campaign all going physical.
Are there any other digital only games that you suspect/wish would go physical? I'd still love to see Okami HD and Resident Evil HD get a disc release outside of Asia.

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Gamestop 3 for $10 on select PS3 & 360 games. Goes till February 15th

« on: January 26, 2015, 04:05:01 am »

Gamestop is doing a 3 for $10 deal on a whole bunch of 360 & PS3 games. It supposedly goes until February 15th. The games are listed below off a list I pulled from reddit. It's a rather odd assortment. Some good, some mediocre, mostly common stuff. I ended up getting Castlevania, Lost Planet 2, and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One yesterday.
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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa   Both
Aliens Colonial Marines   Both
Alone in the Dark   XB360
Alpha Protocol   Both
America's Army True Soldiers   XB360
Amored Core 4   XB360
Army of Two   PS3
Assassin's Creed Revelation   PS3
Bakugan   PS3
Band Hero (game only)   Both
Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY   PS3
Battlefield 3   Both
Battlefield Bad Compay   PS3
Black Eyed Peas The Experience   XB360
Blackwater   XB360
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger   XB360
BlazBlue Continuum Shift   Both
Blood Bowl   XB360
Borderlands   XB360
Brutal Legend   Both
Bulletstorm   PS3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3   Both
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow   Both
Chaotic Shadow Warriors   Both
Child of Eden   XB360
Crysis 2   Both
Dark Void   XB360
Darkness   XB360
Dead Island   PS3
Dead Space 2   Both
Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos   PS3
Deca Sports Freedom   XB360
Def Jam Rapstar   Both
Defiance   Both
Deus Ex Human Revolution   Both
Dishonored   PS3
Divinity II: Ego Draconis   XB360
Duke Nukem Forever   XB360
Dynasty Warriors 6   PS3
EA Sports Active 2 (game only)   Both
Earth Defense Force 2017: Insect Armogeddon   XB360
Earth Defense Force 2017: Insect Armogeddon   XB360
Enemy Territory Quake Wars   Both
Enslaved: Odyssey the West   Both
Everybody Dance   PS3
EyePet   PS3
Fable III   XB360
Fallout: New Vagas   PS3
FIFA Soccer 09   XB360
FIFA Soccer 10   Both
FIFA Soccer 11   PS3
FIFA Soccer 12   Both
Fit in Six   PS3
Front Mission Evolved   PS3
G.I. JOE Rise of Cobra   Both
Gears of War 3   XB360
Generator Rex   PS3
Get Fit with Mel B   PS3
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2   Both
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier   Both
God of War Collection   PS3
Grease Dance   PS3
Guitar Hero Warriors (game only)   PS3
HAWX   XB360
Heavenly Sword   PS3
Heavy Fire Afghanistan   PS3
Hellboy Science of Evil   PS3
History Channel: Battle for the Pacific   PS3
Hitman Absolution   Both
Homefront   Both
Hunter Demon's Forge   PS3
Infamous   PS3
Infamous 2   PS3
Iron Man   XB360
Jericho   XB360
John Daly's Prostroke Golf   PS3
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men   PS3
Karaoke Glee Volume 3 (game only)   XB360
Killzone 3   PS3
Legendary   Both
Lost Planet 2   Both
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition   PS3
Lost Via Domus   PS3
Madden NFL 13   PS3
Major League Baseball 2k11   PS3
Mass Effect   XB360
Mass Effect 2   Both
Mass Effect 3   Both
Max Payne 3   Both
Medal of Honor: Warfighter   Both
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest   PS3
Megamind: Ultimate Showdown   XB360
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames   XB360
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots   PS3
MLD 12: The Show   PS3
ModNation Racers   PS3
Nail'd   PS3
NASCAR 2008   XB360
NBA 2k10   XB360
NBA 2k11   XB360
NBA 2k12   PS3
NBA 2k13   Both
NCAA Football 2012   PS3
NHL 10   Both
NHL 11   Both
NHL 12   PS3
Ninja Gaiden Sigma   Both
Operation Darkness   XB360
Operation Darkness   XB360
Outfit   XB360
Playstation Move Heroes   PS3
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands   PS3
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010   PS3
Prototype   XB360
Prototype   XB360
Quantum Theory   Both
Qubed   XB360
R.U.S.E.   PS3
Racquet Sports   PS3
Rage   Both
Rainbow Six Vegas   PS3
Rainbow Six Vegas 2   XB360
Ratchet & Clank All 4 One   PS3
Red Faction Armageddon   PS3
Red Faction Guerrilla   Both
Resistance 3   PS3
Rise of the Argonauts   XB360
Rock Band Country Track Pack   PS3
Rock Band Country Track Pack 2   PS3
Rock Band LEGO   PS3
Rogue Warrior   Both
Saboteur   PS3
Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice   XB360
Section 8   XB360
Sing It: Party Hits   PS3
Singularity   Both
Sniper Ghost Warriors   Both
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals   PS3
Sorcery   PS3
Spectral Force 3   XB360
Splinter Cell Conviction   XB360
The Fight: Lights Out   PS3
The Shoot   PS3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10   Both
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11   PS3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters   PS3
Tornado Outbreak   PS3
TV Superstars   PS3
Two Worlds II   XB360
UEFA Euro 2008   Both
UFC Personal Trainer   PS3
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves   PS3
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception GOTY   PS3
Universe at War: Earth Assault   XB360
Velvet Assassin   XB360
Venetica   XB360
Virtua Fighter 5   PS3
Virtua Tennis 2009   XB360
Virtua Tennis 3   Both
Wanted: Weapons of Fate   PS3
Warhammer 40k Space Marine   Both
WET   PS3
Where the Wild Things Are   PS3
White Knight Chronicles   PS3
Wonderbook: Book of Spells   PS3
X Blades   XB360
Yoostar 2: In the Movies   Both
Yoostar on MTV   XB360

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Classic Video Games / The Lizard, a new NES game on Kickstarter.

« on: November 20, 2014, 01:58:55 am »

So I learned about this new Homebrew NES game being funded on Kickstarter today called The Lizard. It's already been funded with a week to go.
The game is a platformer that focuses heavily on exploration. You use different lizards with different abilities to get around. There is a demo available on the Kickstarter page. The developer is one guy who has worked on different game projects. He covered Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon onto the NES. Kickstarter backers can get an exclusive white cartridge if they want. I'm super on the fence with this one. The game looks cool and the demo is fun. It feels like an actual NES game.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101008925/lizard

Here is an interview Retro did with the developer.
http://readretro.com/features/interview-lizard-creator-brad-smith/

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Modern Video Games / Is Tales of Hearts R going to be rare like Xenoblade is in the US?

« on: October 29, 2014, 10:16:16 am »

So Tales of Hearts R comes out in a few weeks and it's got me thinking of it's potential to be a rare game that could be difficult to find later on. Now I don't even own a Vita (yet) but I've already got a copy preordered down at silly old Gamestop. Here's what I'm thinking;
1. Tales is a very niche series in North America
2. Namco Bandai typically does lower print runs
3. It's on the Vita which is already home to a few niche games
4. It's a Gamestop exclusive, this might be the biggest factor. The last Gamestop exclusive game I can think of was Xenoblade and that shot up in value quickly after release.
Thoughts?

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User Feedback / krelyan

« on: October 09, 2014, 01:12:15 am »

Bought 1 game from krelyan recently. Game arrived really well protected and in pristine condition. Cool dude! Would trade with again 

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Classic Video Games / Dynasty Warriors 4 vs Xtreme Legends?

« on: July 15, 2014, 02:22:36 am »

I picked up Xtreme Legends at a thrift shop the other day. After searching on the internet trying to figure out the difference between the 2 and getting mixed results, I figured I'd ask here.  Is Xtreme Legends an expansion to Dynasty Warriors 4 or a spin-off/sequel? Is Xtreme Legends worth keeping if I don't have the PS2 version of Dynasty Warriors 4?