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Hello fellow D-toider, the name's Lewis. Nice to meet you. I hail from the very hot state of Mississippi. I'm 26, and cut my gaming teeth on the Gameboy, NES, and Super NES.
I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. Even before I got my own systems, I would go over to my cousin's house as often as possible to play his stuff. I love RPG's and fighting games with a passion, but there aren't many genres that I don't play from time to time. Sports, adventure, puzzle, racing...they're all good.
I can never decide whether Chrono Trigger or Zelda: A Link to the Past is my all-time favorite game. That's a decision no one should ever have to make. My favorite game series are Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Soul Blade/Calibur. Hours and hours and hours of my life have gone into those franchises over the years. Square Enix is my favorite company in the game business, but I try to keep my fanboyism at a tolerable level. There's nothing more annoying than a retard who thinks that their favorite company/game/console is beyond reproach. Dog-like loyalty takes very little intelligence.
I currently have a Xbox 360, 3DS, DS Lite, PSP, Wii, PS3, Saturn, SNES, and a Dreamcast. I'm a firm believer that the more consoles you have, the better off you are. My favorite systems that I've ever owned were my SNES and my PSone. I have entirely too many fond memories of days spent with those two.
My non-gaming interests include watching tons of movies (my favorite hobby), sports, reading, and lots of Community, Lost, House, M.D., Mad Men, Futurama, Fringe, Bones, Dexter, Party Down, and The Office. Yes, my taste in tv shows is indeed fantastic.
Ten more game-related facts about me:
1. FFVI (and Tactics) > IV > XII > VIII > X > XIII > IX > VII > V > III > I > II > XI
2. I wish kids today could grow up playing the same games that I did. I love Mass Effect, but it's no replacement for Super Mario World or Earthbound.
3. I don't really play games on the PC, but I hope to make that jump one day.
4. I have a one (almost 2!) year old daughter who already shows signs of loving video games.
5. I haven't met a RTS yet that I could get into, but I still think I could love the genre, given the right gateway game.
6. Silent Hill is my favorite video game movie. I love the first three games as well.
7. I want new Parasite Eve, Chrono Trigger, Jade Empire, and Breath of Fire games very badly.
8. Fancy graphics are nice, but I never let a lack of eye candy keep me from enjoying a good game.
9. I've never finished Super Metroid, but I plan to someday.
10. My very first system was a Gameboy and my first game was Cool Spot.
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I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. Even before I got my own systems, I would go over to my cousin's house as often as possible to play his stuff. I love RPG's and fighting games with a passion, but there aren't many genres that I don't play from time to time. Sports, adventure, puzzle, racing...they're all good.
I can never decide whether Chrono Trigger or Zelda: A Link to the Past is my all-time favorite game. That's a decision no one should ever have to make. My favorite game series are Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Soul Blade/Calibur. Hours and hours and hours of my life have gone into those franchises over the years. Square Enix is my favorite company in the game business, but I try to keep my fanboyism at a tolerable level. There's nothing more annoying than a retard who thinks that their favorite company/game/console is beyond reproach. Dog-like loyalty takes very little intelligence.
I currently have a Xbox 360, 3DS, DS Lite, PSP, Wii, PS3, Saturn, SNES, and a Dreamcast. I'm a firm believer that the more consoles you have, the better off you are. My favorite systems that I've ever owned were my SNES and my PSone. I have entirely too many fond memories of days spent with those two.
My non-gaming interests include watching tons of movies (my favorite hobby), sports, reading, and lots of Community, Lost, House, M.D., Mad Men, Futurama, Fringe, Bones, Dexter, Party Down, and The Office. Yes, my taste in tv shows is indeed fantastic.
Ten more game-related facts about me:
1. FFVI (and Tactics) > IV > XII > VIII > X > XIII > IX > VII > V > III > I > II > XI
2. I wish kids today could grow up playing the same games that I did. I love Mass Effect, but it's no replacement for Super Mario World or Earthbound.
3. I don't really play games on the PC, but I hope to make that jump one day.
4. I have a one (almost 2!) year old daughter who already shows signs of loving video games.
5. I haven't met a RTS yet that I could get into, but I still think I could love the genre, given the right gateway game.
6. Silent Hill is my favorite video game movie. I love the first three games as well.
7. I want new Parasite Eve, Chrono Trigger, Jade Empire, and Breath of Fire games very badly.
8. Fancy graphics are nice, but I never let a lack of eye candy keep me from enjoying a good game.
9. I've never finished Super Metroid, but I plan to someday.
10. My very first system was a Gameboy and my first game was Cool Spot.
www.flixster.com/user/lewiskendell
www.last.fm/user/lewiskendell
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Price makes all the difference, doesn't it? Or at least, a lot of it. I recently bought The Saboteur for the low, low price of $20, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Sure, nearly every mission is a slight variation on "drive to Point X, put dynamite on Point X, then escape from the Germans". And the stealth system is basically useless. But all in all, it's a fine deal for less than the price of a decent ice cream cake. .
Anyway, my point is that I never considered buying The Saboteur when it first released, because: A: It was released during that absurdly crowded period around the holidays. I'm sure a lot of you are still catching up on all those games, like I am. Actually, I'm still catching up on some from 2008. And.. B: Full price seemed way too expensive for GTA: 1940's Paris Explosion. So I didn't get it until a few days ago. But I know for a fact that if I would have bought it back then for $60, I would have been massively disappointed with the very same game that I'm having a ball playing now. Which makes me wonder, how would my perception of some of the other games I've played have changed, if I would have gotten them at a different price? Would I love Super Street Fighter IV as much as I do if it was $60? Sure, I think so. If I would have paid $75 for Virtua Fighter 5 Online, Final Fantasy Tactics, or Smash Bros. Meele - I still would have felt like I had gotten more than my money's worth. The countless hours of fun I got from those games would have justified the added expense. Would I have liked Devil May Cry 4 more if I would have waited for it to be around $20, instead of buying it when it was new? Maybe, maybe not. I have a strong suspicion that even if Lost Planet or Radiata Stories would have cost me only $5, I still would have thought they were dull wastes of time. A lot of my favorite games from the period when i was in elementary and secondary school, were bought used at pawn shops for much cheaper than their retail price. It's strange to think that part of the reason I love Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy VI so much, may be that I paid so little (around $15 I think) for them. What do you think, theoretical internet user who may or may not read this? I'm sure that not everyone would have been happy to pay $75 for Virtua Fighter 5, but have there been games that you would have been happy (or grudgingly accepting) to pay more for? Have there been games that you loved more because you got them for little or no money? Have you been disappointed by a purchase that you might have enjoyed more if it came at a lesser expense to you?
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If it's a do want, then I'll pay the full 60.
If not, of if Yojimbo isn't threatening to do weird things to my person, then it depends on if I'm in a spending mood or not.
There are some games however that aren't worth the full price like Elsa said but it all comes down to personal preferences; I may drop 74,99$ on a Special Edition of a Japanese Shmups that nobody will buy and some people won't even look at it until it's 14,99$
I guess I'm weird that way.
Each situation can be so vastly different. For example: Torchlight is such an amazing game. I paid $10 when it was on sale. I would have had no troubles paying full price, just timing happened in my favor.
Another would be Counter Strike: Source this past holiday. I bought it for $15, a day or 2 later, they discounted it to $5. Sucks, sure. But I had so much fun with my friend in CS:S that I didn't really mind.
Like your instance, the game for me was Burnout: Paradise. I bought it for $20. Not bad for a Hamilton, but I would have been disappointed if I paid full price.
I have to say, GameFly helps so much in this instance. For instance, right now I'm playing Bayonetta, and it's a decent game. I wouldn't pay $50 (or is it $60?) for it, but I wouldn't mind buying it for $20-$30 when the price drops.
There are also some games that I really might want, but for some reason don't feel like paying full price. One instance is Dragon Age. I rented it and liked it quite a bit, and want to buy it. Why I don't feel like paying full price, I really don't know. I guess it's the cheap curmudgeon in me.
I'd write more, but my phone is about to die!
Also, I'd fap, but my phone won't let me!
Fucking phone!
I used to be really bad about buying games I was interested in as soon as they came out, even when I already had several that I needed to play. I mean, I'd go to Gamestop and buy two or three brand new games, knowing full well that I wouldn't even get around to taking of the wrapper for a month or two. I finally have to patience to actually wait for things, which anyone who knows me would tell you is a huge accomplishment. That's why I haven't stressed so much about getting a PS3, even though I'd really like to have one. I know I don't have the time to play it right now. And as I'm waiting, all the awesome games that I want are getting cheaper and cheaper. Win, win!
I know what you mean. It's depressing to see a good game dumped in the bargain bin before its time. I can't imagine how the devs feel to know that they made a quality game, only to have it bomb.
@AliasWyvernspur
Yep, I couldn't have said all that better myself. Just Cause 2 is my version of Dragon Age for you. I've had so much fun playing the demo, and I know I'd get my money's worth...but for some reason I don't wand to pony up the $60 for it. $35 maybe.
@VGFreak1225
I can think of a few franchises that I will happily pay for, regardless of price. Definitely Zelda (that should go without saying), the main Final Fantasy series, Bioware games, etc. I hope those companies never find out that my wallet is their's to rape, though. I can easily imagine Square Enix sending a lawyer to my front door with a copy of Dragon Quest IX in one hand and the deed to my house in the other.
@mrandydixon
I actually typed that blog from my iPhone, I'm surprised that it wasn't so riddled with typos that you guys couldn't even read it. I wish D-toid would release an iPhone app, because the site is not phone-friendly at all. I can't even check out most of the cool videos. I love my phone, but fuck it.
I've been dying to play Borderlands for a long time, but it's just not fiscally possible. I can come up with the $60 for the game, but why should I bother when I know I'm going to spend a shitload more on DLC? It was smarter for me to buy SSF4, which I'll spend the same amount of time on and only cost $40. I buy a lot of things used just because I can't afford to get everything I want new.
The worst part is that making so little money is making me extremely stingy. I'm at a point where I can't convince myself to buy a game I know I want just because it costs $60. But on the bright side, I'm done with school next week and I'll start making more money then.
Congrats on graduating! Don't blow all that new money on games. Just most of it. I haven't gotten around to Borderlands either, but I'm looking forward to getting it maybe this summer.
i value, value. and its funny you bring up the sab. because i paid 50$ for the PC version and i dont play it as much as i should. if i had only payed 20-30$ i would probably play it more as well as enjoy it.
certain games will never be worth 60$. i remember playing the 1st iron man demo, that was the tie in to the 1st movie. i really enjoyed it then i saw the bad reviews. if that game was only 10$ (probably worth that amount due to time/work put into the game) i may have pruchased it.