Adventures in Game Buying

[Calax]

Ah, the art of game buying and making a purchase that you will want to have a home in your library can be a trying ordeal.  <_<  Sometime, not so.    I went to the mall looking for a game that could tie me over till the release of Neverwinter Nights 2.  :ph34r:  I have grown tired of Oblivion, and well playing Neverwinter Nights 1. I am sick and tired of the Infinity Engine games, which I never thought I would ever say. :'(  The Fallouts have lost their charm after playing them up to the triple digits. 

 

It was time to buy a new game. 

 

So I went to the Gamestop at my local mall.  I Looked over the miniscule remains of the PC section and saw Mage Knight:  Apocalypse.    The Clix game was interesting enough so I bought it and brought it home.    Installation went by without a care but six disks is downright ridiculous. 

 

Note to Publishers and developers:  If you are going to make a game that needs more than 4 discs to install, put it on a bloody DVD.  Otherwise you are just being annoying. 

 

Anyhoots I load up the game and the autopatcher kicks in.  Once pathed the beginning movie sequences start and I get to the game menu.  I hit single player game and...  CTD.    Okay, I load it up again and...  CTD.    I check to make sure I had the latest drivers, installed one, and... CTD.    I got fairly annoyed by this.  I even look for a game protection fix or a NO CD .exe.      None available so I packed up the game and went to the bus stop. 

 

I went back to the cashier, a lovely woman if I must say, and explained my problem.  :'(  Well, for some odd reason she must have liked me and said I could return it and get a different game or my money back.    Well, I went over to the miniscule PC section and looked it over and saw a game that a few of my friends enjoyed though it isn't part of a genre I prefer but it was on DVD, in fact it had 2 of them.  I have in my possession Call of Duty 1, its expansion, and Call of Duty 2.    (w00t)

 

I think I will be setting the difficulty at the easiest level.   

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the return was store policy. they had to accept it

[Krookie]

I don't like to order online unless I need to.  So far CoD is pretty fun.  Dying a lot so far but its fun to kill Nazis.  I only wish I could get into third person view.

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You're going to like CoD:UO the most, or atleast most people do.

[Calax]

I don't like to order online unless I need to.  So far CoD is pretty fun.  Dying a lot so far but its fun to kill Nazis.  I only wish I could get into third person view.

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You're going to like CoD:UO the most, or atleast most people do.

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I miss arty strikes and LMG's

[Musopticon?]

Ah, DVDs.

 

*caresses Dreamfall dvd*

[LadyCrimson]

Anyway try Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2 when you can.

(w00t)

...if you can still buy the first one, I'm not sure.

 

That single post contained 20 smiley's.

First thing I noticed when I opened the thread. I was almost blinded by the yellow.

 

I have in my possession Call of Duty 1, its expansion, and Call of Duty 2.    (w00t)

 

I think I will be setting the difficulty at the easiest level.   

Heh, that's what I always do at first, till I get a feel for the game at least. I'm terrible with game-guns. :D I also enjoyed your description of the 'miniscule PC section.' That's so true. It makes me sad.

[alanschu]

Consider yourself lucky though, some places don't do returns.

 

I'm not so sure. I imagine your mileage may vary, but I don't find it very hard to get a refund, or at the very least store credit (which might as well be a refund, because I'm just going to use it to get another game), even for computer games.

 

I have actually been able to successfully return a computer game a few hours later simply because I told them I thought the game was crap (the store was Future Shop).

[Fenghuang]

EB Games doesn't do returns.

[Krookie]

But we aren't talking about EB Games. We're talking about Gamestop.

[Llyranor]

Doesn't Gamestop own EB?

[Deraldin]

Doesn't Gamestop own EB?

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Yes.

[Dark_Raven]

yeah same thing they are.

[Fenghuang]

They still don't do returns.

[Krookie]

Well then, Hades is just a lucky guy.

 

Or a liar.

[alanschu]

EB Games doesn't do returns.

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EB Games was, in fact, one of the places where I was able to do an exchange.

[Krookie]

I think I returned Madden '04 to EB Games.

[LadyCrimson]

I think it just depends on who's behind the counter, and what kind of mood they're in.

[Fenghuang]

Official policy at my EB Games according to everyone I've talked to is no returns on PC games.

 

They even go so far as to ask every customer buying a PC game if they've checked the system requirements so they aren't upset when they can't get a return because it doesn't work.

[metadigital]

That single post contained 20 smiley's.

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emoticonoholic? Or smilie-obsessed? (Yes, YOU.)

[Judge Hades]

Official policy at my EB Games according to everyone I've talked to is no returns on PC games. 

 

They even go so far as to ask every customer buying a PC game if they've checked the system requirements so they aren't upset when they can't get a return because it doesn't work.

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Different stores may have different policies.

[Dark_Raven]

It helps if the people know you. Sure thing Mr. Hades we'll let you return this game, you're a cool guy.

[Calax]

if it flat out doesn't work due to being a defective product, they have to accept a return or they leave themselves open to a lawsuit. But they don't like taking returns on PC games because people could buy a game put it on their comp, crack it, and return it inside a day.

[alanschu]

I wonder if they allow it more now, because it's more well known that it's not as difficult to do that with consoles anymore (not sure about the 360 though).

[Calax]

I wonder if they allow it more now, because it's more well known that it's not as difficult to do that with consoles anymore (not sure about the 360 though).

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well have you ever seen your average Console gamer with a cracked ps2 or Xbox?

[Judge Hades]

Depends on your location. In Iowa? Nope. In Hawaii? Yep.

[alanschu]

I wonder if they allow it more now, because it's more well known that it's not as difficult to do that with consoles anymore (not sure about the 360 though).

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well have you ever seen your average Console gamer with a cracked ps2 or Xbox?

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Half the high school kids I worked with at Boston Pizza had their XBOX modded, and the other half were being pressured into doing it. My cousin did as well.

 

I don't know many people that had a PS2.

 

 

The thing I noticed is all it takes is one person to get "free games." The effect cascades a bit among friends.