Games Acquired 2017

Post by **PartridgeSenpai** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:10 pm

Exhuminator wrote:I'm planning on selling Dark Souls and Dark Souls II for PS3. Should be easy because they are still in the shrink wrap. If anybody wants to make an offer do it soon, because I'll have them up on eBay sometime this week.

It is worth mentioning that Dark Souls II and the Scholars Sins Whatever Edition do have some noticable balancing changes between them. The original game is believed to be a bit more fairly balanced, as there are some extra, more dickish enemies placed into the rerelease for no real reason so far as I can tell. Just in case that influences your desire to sell your OG one.

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Gamestop is having a Buy 2 Get 1 on PS3 and 360 games this week for Pro members, so I went out to the one out West of me to pick up some nice things I saw there over the weekend.

First, I picked up Vanquish for a friend. She really liked Shadows of the Damned, and she was really psyched to try another game by that director. Then for me I grabbed:

The Witch and the Hundred Knight (PS3)
Tenchu Z (360)

I've never played a Tenchu game before, but Z seems to be about as good as any. I like me some stealth games, and it's also another fairly good 360 exclusive, which I'm always in the market for. Witch and the Hundred Knight is finally $10, which is enough of a price drop for me to take a chance on, especially for an ARPG (and I like me some ARPG's). Might not get to it for a while though. I think I'm gonna try and go through some Grasshopper Manufacture games I have but haven't tried yet during this free week I have coming up.

Post by **isiolia** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:04 am

PartridgeSenpai wrote: It is worth mentioning that Dark Souls II and the Scholars Sins Whatever Edition do have some noticable balancing changes between them. The original game is believed to be a bit more fairly balanced, as there are some extra, more dickish enemies placed into the rerelease for no real reason so far as I can tell. Just in case that influences your desire to sell your OG one.

Only true for Scholar of the First Sin on 8th gen and PC. On 7th gen, it's the original release plus the DLC.

Far as I know, some of the more egregious changes stem from the retooled version supporting more co-op players (including NPC summons). So, they put more mobs in some areas, which sucks if you're going it solo...but it's presumably why.
They did change a few things to be easier though.

Post by **ElkinFencer10** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:33 am

Those in italics are digital games; those in standard font are physical. Anything crossed out has since been sold and is out of my collection, but I'm keeping those counted towards the YTD count since I did acquire them this year.

Acquired Year-to-Date: 146 Games; 97 physical, 49 digital

January (38 Games Acquired; 24 physical, 14 digital)

February (30 Games Acquired; 20 physical, 10 digital)

March (50 Game Acquired; 35 physical, 15 digital)

April (28 Game Acquired; 18 physical, 10 digital)

New for April 25
ESPN Sports Connection (Wii U)
Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver (Wii U)
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Switch)

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:27 am

I found a complete copy of Pokémon Sun this morning for...$1. My children will be thrilled.

Post by **Sarge** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:30 am

prfsnl_gmr wrote:I found a complete copy of Pokémon Sun this morning for...$1. My children will be thrilled.

Nice! Where'd you snag it?

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:42 am

Sarge wrote:
prfsnl_gmr wrote:I found a complete copy of Pokémon Sun this morning for...$1. My children will be thrilled.
Nice! Where'd you snag it?

A local pawn shop that used to be a great place for getting game's, but has been a bit dry recently. Amazingly, it was marked with a $1 clearance sticker.

Post by **Sarge** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:04 pm

That is nuts! Great find.

I've got the same situation in my town, there's a pawn shop that used to have great deals on games, but it's been pretty much empty of anything interesting lately. Oh, the deals I used to get there, though. It's where I got my complete copy of Chrono Trigger for $15, a copy of Final Fantasy Tactics for $12 back when it was selling for around $100. Even several years ago, I found a bunch of boxed (but no manual) NES games, and it included Bucky O'Hare and The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper. The latter is now going for a pretty ridiculous amount of money.

Post by **alienjesus** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:09 pm

Sarge wrote:That is nuts! Great find.

I've got the same situation in my town, there's a pawn shop that used to have great deals on games, but it's been pretty much empty of anything interesting lately. Oh, the deals I used to get there, though. It's where I got my complete copy of Chrono Trigger for $15, a copy of Final Fantasy Tactics for $12 back when it was selling for around $100. Even several years ago, I found a bunch of boxed (but no manual) NES games, and it included Bucky O'Hare and The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper. The latter is now going for a pretty ridiculous amount of money.

The joy of Natsume games.

Post by **Sarge** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:15 pm

Yep, and being published by Taito. Man, those late-run Taito games are all pricey.

I should also point out that Bucky O'Hare ain't exactly cheap, either.

Post by **laurenhiya21** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:48 pm

April

*NEW*
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Switch)

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