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On 6/14/2023 at 8:07 AM, koifish said:
The prices point is real. It comes down to people wanting to take advantage of con excitement, to say nothing of how they have to pay their own ebay/whatever fees to get the stuff in the first place. But yeah, there is basically no reason to buy stuff at a con. The only thing I've ever bought at a game con was a book about the making of some classic video games...sold to me by the creator of said video games.
I realized this too, everything is too pricy, I found myself buying modern stuff from limitedrun, premium edition games, homebrew from a developer that brought his own games, and strategy guides. Sega cd, genesis, saturn, snes was all overpriced and/or grimy/meh condition.
Also, lots of guys putting something out that is uncommon and going on and on about how crazy rare said item is.
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Agreed, I get overwhelmed by the number of games I have. Prioritizing is the way to go.
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On 7/23/2023 at 11:01 AM, Reed Rothchild said:
Yakuza Kiwami - 40.1% completion
Fun stuff. Some rough, PS2-ish edges. And some of the boss fights were a trainwreck. And I fought Majima like 42 times, which got a little long in the tooth. But overall a good time.
- Elden Ring (10/10)
- Hades (9.5/10)
- Deathloop (9/10)
- Baba Is You (9/10)
- Gradius V (8.5/10)
- Super Mario 3D World/Bowser's Fury (with the kids) (8.5/10)
- God of War (8.5/10)
- MGS: The Twin Snakes (8.5/10)
- Resident Evil 2 (8.5/10)
- Ori & the Will of the Wisps (8.5)
- Ghost of Tsushima (8/10)
- Sin & Punishment (8/10)
- Nier Automata (8/10)
- Dusk (8/10)
- Into the Breach (8/10)
- Deus Ex (7.5/10)
- Hellblade (7.5/10)
- Ace Attorney 2 (7.5/10)
- Uncharted 4 (7.5/10)
- Eternal Darkness (7.0/10)
- Xenoblade (7.0/10)
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold (7/10)
- Yakuza Kiwami (7/10)
- Resident Evil 3 (7/10)
- Onimusha (7/10)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (6.5/10)
- Everblue 2 (6.5/10)
- Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (6.5/10)
- Yoku's Island Express (6.5/10)
- Pilotwings 64 (6.5/10)
- Contra Shattered Soldier (6/10)
- Strife (6/10)
- A Short Hike (6/10)
- Mischief Makers (6/10)
- La Pucelle (5.5/10)
- Buck Bumble (5.5/10)
- Indigo Prophecy (5.5/10)
- Yoshi's Story (4.5/10)
- Winback (4/10)
TBD:
- Shenmue (crap)
- Paper Mario (decent)
- Knights of the old Republic II
- House of Fata Morgana (too early to tell)
Not started
- Control
- Nioh
- Dark Souls II
- Last of Us Part II
- Danganronpa
- Doom Eternal
- Trails in the Sky
- Ion Fury
- Shadowgate
- Prey
I gave up on that one, the beat em up style made my hands hurt on a ps4 controller.
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So, does it count for the limited run set if you buy the collectors edition with all 4 case covers or do you buy the same game 4 times with each variant? Jesus.
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Your "ummm" is making me think I need to revisit it before I say it's amazing again lol. It has been at least 15 years since I've played it and that was on original xbox.
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On 3/13/2023 at 10:50 PM, Reed Rothchild said:
Indigo Prophecy...
...is finished.
I played that when it came out and it blew my mind at the time. So good. Does it hold up?
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On 3/7/2023 at 12:03 AM, Sumez said:
Lol, my so bought me hogwarts legacy and I fell off hard.... I'm coming back, I promise!!!
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45 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:
Elden Ring
Nice! That had to be a lot of hours?
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On 2/5/2023 at 6:21 AM, Lago said:
Thanks for mentioning this game. It had completely flew under my radar. It sounds interesting to me. Do you happen to know if there is any difference in purchasing the physical copy for XBOX One or Series X if it is played on a Series X? I Googled but the best I could come up with was performance on different consoles. I'm imagining it is the same game but I could be wrong.
It sounds like you had a blast with this game! I've tried a couple times but just couldn't seem to get into the groove of things. I might pick it up and try again. I'm wondering if it might have been because my preferred weapon was the sphere and I kept getting gored\trampled to death.
I played on ps5 but I would just get the Series x version so you're good to go. The regular xbox version has stripped down textures and limited performance.
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10 minutes ago, Lago said:
I played through A Memoir Blue yesterday. I almost put this on my backlog as I had actually wrote it down to check out if it ever got a physical release. I've decided against counting it. This "game" is an artsy visual novel that works when you don't have a lot of brain power.
I'm really happy that I have GamePass at the moment as it is letting me try out some of these short indie titles without being cost prohibitive. I find these types of games fun, but I believe I would be disappointed at a $10+ price point.
Game pass is perfect for those types of games.
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Knocked calisto Protocol off the list just now. I think reviewers were too hard on it, I enjoyed it. It was like walking simulator meets survival horror with a mixture of gunplay and stealth action.
I'm glad it's not just me on metro. I really like the world so I'm going to power through.
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On 1/1/2023 at 10:05 AM, ConfusedCollector said:
Alright, I know I have not participated much beyond being a wall flower but I'll throw my hat in the ring. I'm not even touching my retro stuff - just working through my modern game backlog. This is mostly a way to keep me from shopping sales all year - I have plenty to play through without buying anything new. Some of these are long and some are pretty short. A completion for me will be considered story play-through complete - not 100%'ing the game. I have 80 hours into Forbidden West right now because I'm enjoying it so much and it shows 50% complete, lol.
I didn't add any new games to the list coming out - I'm sure there will be a few distractions, like PSVR2 and Starfield.
Horizon Forbidden West PS5 Stray PS5 Sackboy A big Adventure PS5 Deathloop PS5 A Hat in Time PS4 Calisto Protocol PS5 The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Elden Ring PS5 Call Of Duty Vanguard Series X Call of Duty Modern Warfare Series X Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS5 Devil in Me Series X Returnal PS5 Demons Souls PS5 Spiderman Miles Morales PS5 Ori and the will of the Wisps Series X Return of the Obra Dinn PS4 God of War PS4 Dark Souls Remastered Xbox Uncharted Lost Legacy PS5 Resident Evil 2 Remake PS4 Mass Effect Remasterd (games 1 & 2) Series X Disco Elysium PS4 Sonic Colors Xbox Sonic Frontiers PS5 Road 96 Xbox Halo 3 Series X Halo 4 Series X Halo Infinite Series X Blasphamous Xbox It Takes Two Series X A Plague Tale Requiem Series X The Witcher 3 DLC's Series X Red Dead Redemption 2 Series X Metro 2033 Redux Xbox Metro Exodus Xbox Resident Evil 7 PS4 Resident Evil 8 Series X Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice Series X Alan Wake Remastered Series X Bloodstained Ritual of the Night Series X My update:
Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - Completed the main story at a little over 100 hours at the beginning of Jan - thanks to an Xmas vacation that let me put a little more time in than usual. This game didn't grab me like the original from a story perspective but the gameplay was so good I found myself sinking 6-8 hr sessions into this thing. So it's definitely a good one. Will finish the collectibles when the DLC comes out. For this list though - I consider it done.
Stray (PS5) - Short and fun, completed this in early Jan as well.
Devil in Me (Series X) - Another short one. The wife and I play these together. I think it got mixed reviews but we found this one much scarier then the other games in the series. Mostly because there isn't a supernatural element, it's just a serial killer stalking you. Good stuff.
I'm working my way through Callisto Protocol and Metro 2033 Redux. I'm loving Callisto Protocol - totally worth a buy if you're on the fence - just get it on sale. Metro is definitely dated at this point - I had to put it down. But I definitely want to knock it off the list and play exodus afterwards.
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Alright, I know I have not participated much beyond being a wall flower but I'll throw my hat in the ring. I'm not even touching my retro stuff - just working through my modern game backlog. This is mostly a way to keep me from shopping sales all year - I have plenty to play through without buying anything new. Some of these are long and some are pretty short. A completion for me will be considered story play-through complete - not 100%'ing the game. I have 80 hours into Forbidden West right now because I'm enjoying it so much and it shows 50% complete, lol.
I didn't add any new games to the list coming out - I'm sure there will be a few distractions, like PSVR2 and Starfield.
Horizon Forbidden West PS5 Stray PS5 Sackboy A big Adventure PS5 Deathloop PS5 A Hat in Time PS4 Calisto Protocol PS5 The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Elden Ring PS5 Call Of Duty Vanguard Series X Call of Duty Modern Warfare Series X Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS5 Devil in Me Series X Returnal PS5 Demons Souls PS5 Spiderman Miles Morales PS5 Ori and the will of the Wisps Series X Return of the Obra Dinn PS4 God of War PS4 Dark Souls Remastered Xbox Uncharted Lost Legacy PS5 Resident Evil 2 Remake PS4 Mass Effect Remasterd (games 1 & 2) Series X Disco Elysium PS4 Sonic Colors Xbox Sonic Frontiers PS5 Road 96 Xbox Halo 3 Series X Halo 4 Series X Halo Infinite Series X Blasphamous Xbox It Takes Two Series X A Plague Tale Requiem Series X The Witcher 3 DLC's Series X Red Dead Redemption 2 Series X Metro 2033 Redux Xbox Metro Exodus Xbox Resident Evil 7 PS4 Resident Evil 8 Series X Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice Series X Alan Wake Remastered Series X Bloodstained Ritual of the Night Series X -
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I wouldn't restore it unless it's really bad. Restoration can go wrong and lower the value as well. I've learned over the years that sometimes it's better to leave things alone until you have the experience or find the right person to do it.
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I have this one and I like it. Using it with new stuff and analouge systems.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083NWKPXW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_VMCFQZC97JJY684R0DTZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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5 hours ago, fcgamer said:
Nope, I'm not moving the goal posts.
I stated my rationale, it was just one term I thought of that would be neutral, if someone has a better choice than please share it.
I think at this point I'm going to accept that we're not going to agree on this topic. I stand by what I've said.
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I feel this way about cities skylines. It's definitely my stress game. I can burn through an entire Saturday and still feel like I want to keep playing. CIV6 does a similar thing to me. When I have a multi day session (in between work of course) I just feel gross. So I'll uninstall for several months until the bug bites again.
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On 11/1/2021 at 7:42 PM, cj_robot said:
I had the same experience with The Darkness on PS3. There is a glitch (I guess it's avoidable, but I didn't know about it at the time) that corrupts the save file. I don't remember how far into the game, but it was definitely at least halfway thought, several hours into it.
The difference here is that, despite the decent review scores it got, I really wasn't digging the game very much. The game's story and atmosphere was extremely dark and creepy, but not in a way that was entertaining to me, but rather just left me feeling kind of depressed... so definitely regret spending the time I did on it. The glitch was definitely a blessing.
I could not get into that game. I really wanted to. Love that type of asthetic, but it just wasn't entertaining to me.
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On 11/5/2021 at 2:48 PM, avatar! said:
I backed their Pier Solar HD game on Kickstarter, and although it was delivered a few years past the "expected" date, it was nevertheless completed and delivered! Also, I though it was a very well designed collector's edition. I will give them this, they have always timely replied to inquires and have thus far delivered, even if it was far past the nominal date. However, I can't think of a single video game kickstarter which has actually delivered on time... so all in all, I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt since I like to support indie developers and I do think they make great games
The pier solar collectors edition is pretty sweet. This one I keep talking myself out of buying off ebay. Too many other things to buy.
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On 11/3/2021 at 4:32 PM, Tanooki said:
Haha Paprium kickstarter? And a Dec 2022 date for it to be delivered? BS! I'll believe that when I see it because every scrap of history of those watermelon clowns are laden with excuse upon excuse with delay and delay again.
That lost mostly finished Dune GBA game getting another chance is nice, hopefully it works out this time with the Dune stuff scrubbed out.
Lol, yep.
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5 hours ago, CasualCart said:
As long as categorizing doesn’t equate to stereotyping, I don’t see what’s wrong with coining terms for different types of collector.
In the retro-gaming hobby, we already categorize ourselves as gamers, collectors, homebrewers, etc. None of these labels are inherently demeaning, separative, or mutually exclusive unless someone misuses them based on pre-existing biases. So I don’t see why subcategories would be much different, but maybe I'm misunderstanding something here...
In skateboarding, we love subcategories. Tech skaters, stair skaters, freestylers, etc. It’s a reflection of the hobby’s broadness, and it allows people to hone in on their particular areas of interest and branch out into multiple others.
-CasualCart
I think the issue I have is that it's not respectful in any way. OP is trying to make a distinction that elevates some collectors over others.
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20 hours ago, fcgamer said:
While I agree with almost what you are saying, your post misses the mark, and actually goes along with what my original post was saying.
My post does not support your argument in any way. Reread it.
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19 hours ago, fcgamer said:
Even in your analogy post you are dividing the types of art collectors into different subjects, and even calling one subset "real" art collectors, implying that another subset isn't real.
I think it's likely that many of those buying the reproduction carts aren't on the radar of those collecting the originals, either, aside from any concerns from those trying to avoid overpaying and being duped by counterfeits, for example.
I don't think anyone is attacking their choice at all, and similar to the Confused Collector's post, all I'm seeing and hearing is about snobbery and hostility and what not, though it completely misses the point. I think this analogy is better:
Do you like watching football?
Now here are some possible answers:
1. I like watching high school football.
2. I like watching university football.
3. I like the atmosphere and tailgating, but I don't give a rat's ass about the game.
4. I like watching NFL.
5. I'm the football equivalent of those who only go to church on Christmas and Easter, i.e. I'll only watch the Superbowl.
6. I like watching football in the pub or on TV only
7. Oh you mean American football? I only like what you guys call soccer.
8. I like playing football, but dont like watching it.
Etc etc etc.
These things all fit into the category of "liking to watch football", buy some one that enjoys one of these might not enjoy the rest, similarly someone might enjoy them all.
Despite these all relating to football, they would and should be grouped as different entities, different hobbies. Video games should be no different.
The people buying those types of games likely aren't the same ones on here, who likely aren't the same ones buying million dollar N64 games. There is crossover between different groups, for sure, but in the end, it's different hobbies, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
A jazz musician and a rocker can admire each other's abilities, and even perform together, but at the end of the day, they are likely to be in different circles, listening to different music, whilst hanging around with different people.
So while I'm all for inclusion and respect for how and what people want to play or collect, whether it's ROMs or old fakes or repros or legits or sealeds, at the same time to suggest that they're all part of the exact same hobby is a bit disingenuous, and that's why we have (respectful) terms to group the subsets.
You're moving the goal posts because you can't make a coherent argument. You start the thread using the term amassers to put a group of people down. Then pretend like it's tongue in cheek when people call you out.
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12 hours ago, fcgamer said:
Nope, it's not malicious at all. I was sitting at a 7-11 yesterday drinking a beer around lunchtime, after meeting up with the notorious Changhua storehouse guy and buying some games from him, waiting before heading down to a cultural antiques market later that day.
I was just turning things over in my head and began thinking to myself, perhaps the reason that some of the old guard gets funny about the new sort of collector and way if thinking extends further than just epeen or worry of fakes. It was then that I had a theory of sorts.
Words often have certain connotations attached to them, some that are universally recognised and others that may be more of personal taste. To me personally, when I hear "collection", I think about another word with a shared route, collectable:
"an object suitable for a collection, originally a work of fine art or an antique, now including also any of a wide variety of items collected as a hobby, for display, or as an investment whose value may appreciate."
Now the meaning for collection can even be useless garbage such as a collection of McDonald's sandwich wrappers, but due to the relationship with the word "collectable", I personally see a collection as having some sort of value, whether intrinsic, artistic, historic, investment, etc.
At this point someone will call me out and mention that modern repros can fill these voids and while I agree, it's the same reason we don't talk about people collecting prints of famous Picassos.
So I think a new term could be applied, without being condescending or an asshole, rather just to distinguish the same way that Guns n Roses and Justin Bieber shouldn't be grouped together musically, despite both falling under a large umbrella group.
Hope this clears things up a bit.
@LeatherRebel5150As for the rest, I have no issues with you. I just felt I was just getting shat on left and right that day on the forums, after trying to be genuinely helpful, sorry if I acted poorly towards you.
So, my girlfriend collects prints of art from local artists when we go on trips. We maybe have 1 or 2 items that could be considered original paintings. It's inexpensive and supports the artist. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but almost everyone on this forum collects "prints" when they are buying video games. One could argue that prototype cartridges are the closest thing to original art if we're going down that road.
When the artist passes or stops producing the prints, a person might look to etsy for a reproduction. It's something they like and it couldn't be obtained reasonably otherwise. They want to look at it and appreciate it, but getting an original or originally produced print is impossible and wouldn't support the artist anyways.
So what are game reproductions? They fall into the camp of the artist is gone and it's unavailable for a reasonable sum. Someone is making a repro of it available for a reasonable amount.
Let's be real, I doubt people buying prints of artwork are on the radar of real art collectors. An art collector that isn't toxic would probably have no problem talking about the art with someone that appreciates it but can only afford a summation of it through a reproduction. It's about the art and what it makes you feel, not having the original brushed product (for 99% of the world).
As it relates to emulation and downloading roms, no one is telling people that buy reproductions of artwork that they should only buy coffee table books or look at images online. That they have no right to hang it on their wall and call themselves an art collector. No one really cares....It's ok to buy a reproduction print.
I don't normally engage in this type of internet argument but we label everyone anymore in society and I just don't see it as necessary in this hobby. My two cents.
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The 2023 Backlog Challenge
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Man, you are slaying your backlog this year.