So I want something new to play (PS3), and I'm limiting myself to $20. I've got the possibilities down to four choices, but I'm not sure which to go for.
1. Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational - This looks fun, and I'm a fan of arcade-y golf games. The only thing is, I have HSG: World Tour already and never finished it. This was the one I WANTED to get when I got World Tour (back when the "ultimate edition" was on sale for like $4), but at the time the PS3 version was Japan-only with no indication of it coming to the US.
2. Armored Core: Verdict Day - I loved AC back on the PS1, but aside from a very little bit of For Answer, I haven't really played it since. And from what I hear, Verdict Day is pretty hard. And also heavily online-focused, of which I'm not a fan. But still, it looks like a fun game that you could get many hours out of.
3. Catherine + Under Defeat HD - On the plus side, I've played both of these and know they're good. On the minus side...I've played both of these already. I beat Catherine once (Gamefly rental), but I wasn't very good at it and had to use walkthroughs for later stages. I played Under Defeat a long time ago on the Dreamcast and enjoyed it, but I'm not sure how much time I could get out of a shmup. I got Mamorukun Curse a while back when the price dropped to $10, and didn't put a ton of time into it (though I did enjoy what I played).
4. EDF 2025 Mission Packs 2 & 3 - 40 total new missions for EDF 2025. On one hand, I love the shit outta EDF 2025, and more stuff to do in it would be great. On the other hand, I've already put 65 hours into it and am just a liiiiiittle burned out.
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5. Way of the Samurai 4 - The only thing is...I don't really want to spend $30 on it. That's a bit much for a digital game (Steam sales have ruined me), and it's got HORRIBLE screen tearing, which always knocks a couple points off a game for me. So yeah, don't really want to spend $30 on it, especially when I could import the UK disc version for just a couple dollars more shipped. I'd like to just wait for a sale, but XSEED rarely, if ever, puts their games on sale. They're worse than Tecmo-Koei in that regard.
So yeah, feelin' pretty indecisive. Help, PSN-GAF?