teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[xelement5x]

Spirits & Spells is a 3D platformer where you can alternate between a witch and a devil. I only played it for a few minutes to test the disc so I don't know how good it is, but I couldn't resist a cute looking, horror-themed platformer! There's also a GBA version.

Interesting, I've never heard of the game either but I looked it up as well and the gameplay vids of it seem cool.  I may need to nab it for Halloween time, the soundtrack itself seemed cool.

[gheebee]

Played this a bit more today and while it's not a bad game it does seem to have a few problems that you might expect from a game like this. The camera, which you can't control at all, gets a little annoying at times. You die if you get hit once and the hit detection seems a bit off, possibly just because of the camera, so sometimes you'll miss an enemy with your attack and then immediately get hit by the enemy and die. It's not hard to get past these things and enjoy the game though.

[Zero_Gamer]

Picked up this snazzy duo from KC last week. Recapped and Region/S-Video/Purple LED(can't really tell color in pic) modded. It is fantastic! It is the Megatron Duo.

I thought it would be good to have a backup system, and the TG16 was so loud, plus you had to swap out system card during gaming sessions.

Man what a difference. The Duo is quieter, loads faster, and yes.... I hate to admit.... It looks sexier [emoji1]

[munchiaz]

My small but awesome haul from gameon expo. I won the Dodonpachi, and The game paradise high score tournaments, which awarded me the 2 great sandblasted glass cups. Best part of gameon was meeting Sarumaru and others behind the upcoming new PC Engine game "Henshin Engine". I was even lucky enough to get a copy of the demo. The game is really great, and is a great homage to the PCE/turbo graphics. Only spent $5 on all this (the PCE pins were $5)

[Gredler]

I ordered this game to have a new jrpg to grind on when TV is not available for Tokyo Mirage Seasons #FE, and wasn't expecting this packaging and art book. It was a pleasant surprise



I hear the game is good, and it's the first Feka produced (and developed I believe) RPG I've bought since the Dreamcast!

[vmorr]

Few pickups this weekend:






The Castlevania is resealed but it looks awesome and for the price I couldn't pass (still not cheap mind you). Something I wouldn't expect to find at a local shop. Not sure if I'll ever own a X68000 but it sure has a sweet library of games. Also happy to find a copy of Contact, an RPG I've been interested in for a little while.

[Gypsy]

I didn't care for Contact but I only did really try it once a long time ago.

Great 360 shooters to get. Espgaluda II is one of my all-time favourites.

[Zero_Gamer]

Few pickups this weekend:






The Castlevania is resealed but it looks awesome and for the price I couldn't pass (still not cheap mind you). Something I wouldn't expect to find at a local shop. Not sure if I'll ever own a X68000 but it sure has a sweet library of games. Also happy to find a copy of Contact, an RPG I've been interested in for a little while.

The old school castlevania games are worth spending serious money on. Its my favorite franchise evah!

[jtucci31]

The Castlevania is resealed but it looks awesome and for the price I couldn't pass (still not cheap mind you). Something I wouldn't expect to find at a local shop. Not sure if I'll ever own a X68000 but it sure has a sweet library of games. Also happy to find a copy of Contact, an RPG I've been interested in for a little while.

Hey well if you ever give up on trying to own a 68k, I'll take that Castlevania off your hands

Regardless, very cool!

[NightWolve]

The Castlevania is resealed but it looks awesome and for the price I couldn't pass (still not cheap mind you). Something I wouldn't expect to find at a local shop. Not sure if I'll ever own a X68000 but it sure has a sweet library of games. Also happy to find a copy of Contact, an RPG I've been interested in for a little while.

I own Wild Arms 1-4, but only beat the first one myself. Don't quite remember it now, but I think I enjoyed it and hence pursued collecting the sequels for eventual future play (only growing my backlog). I bought the first 2, then I did tech work for my old friend at www.rpgfan.com to process data from a contest the website was running, and he "rigged" said contest where I "won" "Wild Arms 3," so as a thank you, he sent me that and a Korean PC import game from Softmax. Same friend that introduced me to "Ys I & II Complete" after buying it from Falcom upon release and letting me download it, so it's cause of him that I started the fan translation projects on Falcom Ys titles. He knew all about the PC import scene.

Now, "Wild Arms 4" is an "interesting" case for me, I bought that at BestBuy when it hit the $19.99 range and it went to storage along with my other backlog'ed games. A few years ago, I knocked my DVD case down, it and most everything else fell out and had to be picked up, and as I did, I glanced at the cover, noticed it was no longer Sony that had localized it... no, it now said "XSEED Games..." It turns out when the clown Mr. Ken Berry Wrong left SquareSoft/ENIX along with its president, that was the first game they selected for localization in 2004 when they formed this new "XSEED Games" company...

Fast forward to the situation now, with my staging a boycott against the company given I was cheated/exploited/abused of thousands of my fan work hours and translation software... I told the public that I don't buy their games and never will, but sure enough, without realizing it, I have a new, sealed copy of "Wild Arms 4" in my PS2 DVD stash... That led to an idea, I remember seeing someone who regretted buying the "Legally Blonde" DVDs and slow-melting them in the microwave, so I thought when I'd get around to it, I could do that to my copy as a "F*ck-you!" Youtube protest video. I've procrastinating on it, but this reminds me I should put that video together some time. I practiced with a CD-R some time back, but it's tricky, you have to use low settings or it'll melt too fast, sparks will occur with the internal material and you'll get a black smoke with plastic particulate situation... Anyway, as you can figure, I'll be skipping that one in the series... Heh-heh. /end tangent

[xelement5x]

The Castlevania is resealed but it looks awesome and for the price I couldn't pass (still not cheap mind you). Something I wouldn't expect to find at a local shop. Not sure if I'll ever own a X68000 but it sure has a sweet library of games. Also happy to find a copy of Contact, an RPG I've been interested in for a little while.

I own Wild Arms 1-4, but only beat the first one myself. Don't quite remember it now, but I think I enjoyed it and hence pursued collecting the sequels for eventual future play (only growing my backlog). I bought the first 2, then I did tech work for my old friend at www.rpgfan.com to process data from a contest the website was running, and he "rigged" said contest where I "won" "Wild Arms 3," so as a thank you, he sent me that and a Korean PC import game from Softmax. Same friend that introduced me to "Ys I & II Complete" after buying it from Falcom upon release and letting me download it, so it's cause of him that I started the fan translation projects on Falcom Ys titles. He knew all about the PC import scene.

Now, "Wild Arms 4" is an "interesting" case for me, I bought that at BestBuy when it hit the $19.99 range and it went to storage along with my other backlog'ed games. A few years ago, I knocked my DVD case down, it and most everything else fell out and had to be picked up, and as I did, I glanced at the cover, noticed it was no longer Sony that had localized it... no, it now said "XSEED Games..." It turns out when the clown Mr. Ken Berry Wrong left SquareSoft/ENIX along with its president, that was the first game they selected for localization in 2004 when they formed this new "XSEED Games" company...

Fast forward to the situation now, with my staging a boycott against the company given I was cheated/exploited/abused of thousands of my fan work hours and translation software... I told the public that I don't buy their games and never will, but sure enough, without realizing it, I have a new, sealed copy of "Wild Arms 4" in my PS2 DVD stash... That led to an idea, I remember seeing how someone who regretted buying the "Legally Blonde" DVDs and slow-melted them in the microwave, so I thought when I'd get around to it, I'd do that also to my copy as a "F*ck-you!" Youtube protest video. Haven't got around to it, but this reminds I should me put that video together some time. I practiced with a CD-R some time back, but it's tricky, you have to use low settings or you melt too fast/sparks will occur with the internal material and you'll get a black smoke with plastic particulate situation. Anyway, as you can figure, I'll be skipping that one in the series... Heh-heh. /end tangent

I understand your hate for XSEED man, but around the time those games (4, ACF, 5) came out they really weren't the same entity you dealt with.  WA 4 is fun to play but the story is a bit blah, soundtrack is epic and the hex system was a neat mechanic.  If you played the earlier games and enjoyed them then you would definitely enjoy the later ones, 5 is like a love letter to fans of the series, and Alter Code F is the definitive way to play the the first game in my opinion. 

[Gypsy]

I understand your hate for XSEED man, but around the time those games (4, ACF, 5) came out they really weren't the same entity you dealt with.  WA 4 is fun to play but the story is a bit blah, soundtrack is epic and the hex system was a neat mechanic.  If you played the earlier games and enjoyed them then you would definitely enjoy the later ones, 5 is like a love letter to fans of the series, and Alter Code F is the definitive way to play the the first game in my opinion.

4 was pretty much the worst in the series imo. Buuuut it's still playable and enjoyable enough if you like jrpgs. Like you said, the story is pretty damn weak.

Agree about Alter Code and 5.

[NightWolve]

Oh, so it started to suck anyway when XSEED took over localization away from Sony ? I'll make a note of that. Heh. Wonder why Sony gave it up after 3.

[Gypsy]

 

XSeed did bungle the game, it may please you to know.

"In the North American version, two monsters (Dalawa Bunny and Accident Rabbit) were taken out of the game, but not out of the monsters list, making it impossible to finish the game with 100% completion."

I always wondered why Sony handed it off as well, maybe the sales for 3 were poorer than they had hoped for? 3 was a pretty good game too imo, a bit underrated.

[Necromancer]

Yesterday's mail brought me a copy of Soldner X2 for the Vita.