Do I buy Dracula X?

[soop]

Ok, so there's a pretty good Dracula X on BIN for $92 shipped, including spine (sorry haters!) which is fairly cheap.  Or at least one of the cheapest I've seen in a while.

What do you reckon?  Should I just breathe in, relax and hold my guns?  It's not like I'm short of other games to play.  and that's an eyewatering amount of money for one (undeniably great) game.  Maybe I should emulate it first.

[Bernie]

Just buy it.

[Black Tiger]

Definitely try first any game that costs as much as new games do. Dracula X is definitely worth buying as much any other PCE game for the same price, if you can appreciate it. Not everyone loves it or that kind of game though.

That's as cheap as it usually is on eBay. You can find it for less if you're patient, but why bother since it's not a huge difference and this one at least comes with the spine card. Even if you don't care about the spine, you could easily sell it for $10 alone and bring the price of the actual game down further.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I paid $120 for it in 1998.  Then paid $55 for it last year.

The prices seem all over the place for it, can you get it cheaper?  yes.  Would you possibly pay more for it later?  yes.

Just get it.  It's not worth that much, no video game really is.  But it's one of the best ever.

[MottZilla]

It all depends if you are a fan of Castlevania. But I would imagine if you were, you've already got the PSP Dracula X Chronicles which includes the game. So you just have to ask if you really want it to play on your console. Really I think CV Dracula X has been overpriced for ages. Yes, it's a good game. It has an amazing soundtrack. But $100+ range really? Even now after anyone can pick it up for the PSP for like $30?

So it's all up to if you think it is worth it. I'm a pretty big fan of Castlevania. I really enjoyed CV DX on the PCE. I'd buy it if I felt that I had the money to spend, but probably only after many other things I'd want to purchase. Afterall, being real you can play the game other ways now. You'd be paying quite alot of money to have the real deal. With that same money, couldn't you get a number of other things, games, that you also want to get?

So really no one can help you make the decision. Unless you're just asking if they think as the market goes if that is a good price for the game or not.

I'd certainly buy it for $55!

[Samurai Ghost]

Well I think it's the best game for the CD system and also the best Castlevania game. Everything about it is awesome! Definitely in my top five games of all time.

$92 with spine seems to be an average price for eBay but sure you could find a copy without a spine card for $80 or less if you are patient.

[Necromancer]

It's only money - pull the trigger.  If you decide it's not for you, you should be able to resell it easily and recoup most of your money (think of the few bucks you lose as a rental fee).

[SignOfZeta]

It depends on what else you buy. If you are the sort of tool that thinks that $150 is a good price of a loose US Soldier Blade (these people exist) then by all means buy Dracula X before you waste any more money "completing your US collection".

IMO there are only two or three other games on PCE that are as good as Dracula X, and therefore its worth the money. $92 seems average to me. Keep in mind that this title has never been cheap. It cost about $75-100 to get a copy in the US back when it was new, and its hovered right around there ever since.

[esteban]

soop, buy the sweet game already.

Yes, I came back, after two (?) months of being M.I.A. to offer you this sage advice.

Take it.

Even if you don't fall in love with it and spend countless hours replaying it...

...you can always resell it at top dollar. Dracula X is one of those games (highly desired + critically praised) that you KNOW you can sell/trade it.

But that would be blasphemous.

[roflmao]

Welcome back, esteban!

[Otaking]

Buy it! truly amazing game, it's an absolutely essential purchase if you own a PC Engine.

[esteban]

Welcome back, esteban!

Thank you! It's good to be back. 

[Colossus1574]

I think it' ok to pull the trigger on that Soops,
including shipping, it's not really that much plus you're getting THE game that pretty much everyone recommends when someone picksup a PCE.
Heck, it even makes an awesome soundtrack to pop into a cd player  :-"

[CPTRAVE]

Yeah take the plunge, If you have been waiting for it a while then just get it.

[bartre]

yeah, i paid $80 for mine a while back, no spine, that seems like a decent price for me.
one of my favorite games on pce/tg, and one of the few that i've gone back to after beating.