Whats so bad about Greatest hits?

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Whats so bad about Greatest hits?

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When i'm looking for games to add to my collection i always stay away from them .. Why? lol .. whats the big deal? I don't even know why i hate them.

I know lots of you out there prefer "black lable" games.. What are your reasons?
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It doesn't matter to me at all, honestly. If I'm going to play it, the value is ruined. If it's a matter of style, you can always print out a black-label version of the cover off of The Cover Project.

I do go for black labels if I'm looking to keep the game factory sealed. Otherwise, it makes no difference to me.
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The best I can think of is trying to keep a standard aesthetic for your collection. The red label/yellow label stands out against the rest of the collection. Not that I care which version I get, as the game plays the same.
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They bug me....
not sure why.
In fact I have final fantasy tactics and it's the ONLY game in my personal collection that is greatest hits and I can't stand it.... that green label sitting there amongst all the others......

I'm looking for a black label on ebay. Sell my greatest hits and pay the difference.
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I absolutely hate them but I still buy them anyway as they are generally cheaper. :?
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Everyone is brainwashed! LOL

They play the same. I have 4 or 5 Greatest hits in my collection. I get the cheaper so, oh well.
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I think it's just a matter of the Greatest Hits packages always looking hideous. The Japanese PS2 Greatest Hits boxes are everyone's favorite combination of brain-piercingly yellow and silver. Then again, they usually pack in extra stuff to make up for it. Yakuza and Onimusha 4 both have an extra disc full of content thrown in.
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env963 wrote:Everyone is brainwashed! LOL

They play the same. I have 4 or 5 Greatest hits in my collection. I get the cheaper so, oh well.
I'd expect them to play better, in fact.
Console games with bugs is not something new - they were more careful as they couldn't software patch it, but there WERE always bugs slipping through. Later releases of carts / CDs often have some bug fixes.

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I just like my cases to look the same.
It even irks me that there are two major types of Genesis cases in addition to misc third-party cases
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I've only got a few in my collection. The bright green of the PS1 cases really annoys me. Of course sometimes I have to buy them, such as in the case of Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. But it does bug me to see the color clash.
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