Cheap Arse Gaffer (Euro Gaming) Thread 2 - Add to your backlog with ease
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Family Fry
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Thanks for that code/deal, £24.49 later and 4200 on its way for some goodies.
toythatkills
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I still have tons of points from their last sale, but I keep getting games free from PlayXBLA so I haven't needed to spend anything :lol
Infamous is down to £14.85 at simplygames.
http://www.simplygames.com/info/18674/-
Mine's just shipped
http://www.simplygames.com/info/18674/-
Mine's just shipped
Family Fry
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STILL haven't got my Joyride code and they have swooned off to E3 as well AND no cheeve challenge this weekend, swines!
Know what you mean though, I still have loadsa points too (can never have enough!) and the past few weeks for me have meant every MS published game I avoided in case I won it.
Never win on the daily ones though, Joyride was my only one.
Know what you mean though, I still have loadsa points too (can never have enough!) and the past few weeks for me have meant every MS published game I avoided in case I won it.
Never win on the daily ones though, Joyride was my only one.
Damn, why doesn't this work on the Belgium store?
Bought 6 4200 point cards the last time, but I've already burned through them and now need some more for Virtua Fighter...
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Not quite as good a deal as last time but a good deal if you're not fussed about waiting two weeks to get them.
Little Old Man
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Sold! Now to finish XIII!
Tell me more. What are these issues in particular?
Ordered...I think? Got an error on the final screen, but just had an email from Paypal to say I've submitted a payment, hmm.
Edit: And a belated MS email, all is well!
Been holding off for ages as XIII was such a bag of shite, but would be rude not to at that price, thanks!
NTSC was released first. Which featured Wander not having any grip or stumbling problems whatsoever. Which made the game way too easy. PAL was released later and added some stumbling + grip-issues, which made it harder.
SotC HD was based on PAL, but somehow they screwed it up, which means the stumbling and grip-issues occur way more often, which makes the game almost unplayable. I mean for example time attack hard on boss #3 was quite hard on PAL. But on SotC HD it's almost impossible. You will be fighting camera, Wander and the boss all at the same time. For platinum you have to play through SotC 4-5 times. And I mean I was still cursing on the 4th time ALTHOUGH I had all the bonus items, which made the bosses way easier. But Wander still acts like a total moron. Realistically speaking being this clumsy would mean that he wouldn't have survived childhood.
To be fair a few bosses are way easier now thanks to the stable and consistent framerate. I guess those issues were probably already in PAL but weren't triggered because of the lower framerate. Maybe those bugs are just triggered by the higher framerate, because the original code was never meant to run this smooth. In any way it should have been fixed. Also another bad thing about European SotC HD is that the bonus videos are not included on disc, but you need to download them via code. American SotC HD has them on disc. Japanese SotC HD doesn't even have them at all (which I was quite mad about, I bought the Japanese LE back in the days).
Nice one, BF Premium for <£25.
edit: after the purchase I got another 25% discount code valid until June 30th. Can anyone confirm?
randomlyrossy
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I played SotC for the first time with the HD Collection and had no issues whatsoever, magnificent game.
You got platinum?
XIII is a great game, but if you don't like it, you can totally skip it. You'll miss a few references but there is a story recap in XIII-2 and it is not necessary to know anything at all to understand the story of XIII-2 (it's completely standalone).
randomlyrossy
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I don't care about Trophies or Achievements. I've played the game start to finish though and am about halfway through a Hard playthrough. I barely had any collectibles/power-ups on my first play either, as I didn't even know they existed.
And I guess no time trial at all. That explains a lot. Yes, normal mode isn't that bad. And I guess you haven't played the original PS2 game as well.
just fyi: you unlock special items via time trial. To unlock everything, you need to beat every boss on both time trials. Stamina will increase by beating bosses and shooting/picking up lizards. Health will increase by beating bosses and eating fruits.
No offence mate but if you spoilt these games for yourself chasing worthless digital trinkets then you only have yourself to blame. They are still two of the best HD updates there has been and it's a great disc to have in the collection. I played them both on PS2 and playing them again in HD with stable framerates was like a dream come true for me.
Collectibles in SoTC aren't really something you'll stumble upon by accidentTiny objects in a huge huge world.
I found loads of them, there's quite a few structures which are climbable for no good reason and have a reward at the top.
However... I didn't actually know that any collectibles existed. I saw lizards and fruit, and thought "Oh, there's a lizard, there's some fruit, how nice" and moved on. Completed the entire game on PS2 without getting any health/grip boosts through total ignorance.
What?
I bought/played them again for nostalgia. I also wanted to see the making of videos, which I couldn't see because Sony cut them out of the Japanese release. In fact I even HATED the trophy notifications in those games (another reason why SotC/Ico HD collection sucks). They even unlock the trophies EXACTLY at the wrong moment, instead of waiting till you regain control of Wander (or just well disable the notifications completely). I also played through all SotC time trials on PS2 as well. I even played through SotC on PS2 several times as well to reach the hidden garden. It had nothing to do with trophies. I also played through Ico several times on PS2 too. I enjoyed both games on PS2. On PS3 not so much because of all those issues. But yes, the only reason why I managed to get through all this instead of simply replaying the PS2 games, was 2 platinums. If I would have known of all those issues, I would have never bought that HD collection. I would have even sold it already, if the LE didn't contain the little book and the nice packaging.
For Ico, I wanted to fully complete the trophy list. And putting in some stupid 2 hour speedrun, where the game was never meant for speedrunning was an insanely stupid decision. I mean Wanda's AI is not meant for this at all. And trying to beat it, ruins the game. This speedrun idea wasn't mine. It was the decision of Sony or Blue point.
CrunchinJelly
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Can you guys take this stuff to a new thread? People come in here for deals.
Little Old Man
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Well I'm 4 hours into XIII so far and I'm enjoying it. I think because I was late buying it there haven't been any surprises in terms of hand holding or linearity. I probably would have been pissed though if I'd bought this on release, with expectations of freedom in the vein of 7/8/9.
XIII feels like FFX in a way, which itself was pretty linear, albeit less so.
Got the XIII-2 collectors edition guide book also for £5.99 last week, so both together for £14 is brilliant.
By trouble was it just a long wait? I can live with that now I've bought the Arkham City DLC.
Cue something amazing on sale before they arrive.
Long wait coupled with the fact that the support didn't have a clue what MS points even were when people rang up to ask where they were. They also sent out UPS tracking numbers to people that didn't work.
XIII is way more linear than X. X had better level design and actual gameplay outside of battles. XIII only has battles. Nothing else.
If you enjoy XIII as it is, then I suggest you to continue. The game gets more challenging once you hit the second half of the story.
XIII-2 is easier but way way more fun and varied.
Alessandro
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Dead Island+DLC is 10.80€ with "ROYAL-BARGA-INING" code at GreenManGaming and it's steam redeemable (just bought).
10 minutes left for the offer.
10 minutes left for the offer.
I can get this to work, the stock is still there although my cart is always empty when I try to checkout.
toythatkills
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Long wait is an understatement, took over three weeks to get mine to me.
Little Old Man
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slaughterking
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Vita Wifi for 199
Vita 3G for 249
@ Amazon DE
They don't include a memory card as far as I can tell, but you can still save 15 on a selected game.
Vita 3G for 249
@ Amazon DE
They don't include a memory card as far as I can tell, but you can still save 15 on a selected game.
I suppose this is the rebate thing from a few days ago?
slaughterking
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I'm not sure what you mean? Are you talking about the temporary price drop France is getting?
Exactly, as the prices of amazon.de do reflect the same now (based on rrp).
Diablohead
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If you don't want to make a sainsburys online account, shopto have FFXIII-2 for £8.86 in their 5 min dispatch listings.
Has anybody used cheapxboxlivecodes.com before? I ordered a 20 dollar psn code 4 hours ago and have had nothing yet? And they are not responding to my emails even though they say 5-10 min response time. I think I've been scammed but thn again I paid with PayPal so got protection there.
#1 defender
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I've ordered a few UK PSN codes there and never had any problems.
Hmm ok thanks. Maybe they are just busy or something.
Yes and yes
Even 360 comes with DLC on disc (actually 2 discs).
Dead Island GOTY (PS3) - 15pounds as preorder
^ Zavvi did this also for RDR: GOTY. After the preorder price, it never came down to 15pounds again.
Dash Kappei
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Uhmm.. I just fear they wouldn't be worth much being with the italian cover/manual and all. Although there are plenty PAL ITA games that are indeed rare and sell for crazy money, decisions decisions
Batman Arkham City (PS3 only) - 12pounds @ sendit.com
A little while ago someone was asking about RDR GOTY and I suggested Sainsburys but they were not in the UK. In case they're still interested:
Red Dead Redemption Game Of The Year Edition PS3 £13.89 + Postage.
Note: it's SendIt, so even if you're in the UK you have to add on postage of (I think) £1.99, which still makes it cheaper than I paid at Sainsburys.
Red Dead Redemption Game Of The Year Edition PS3 £13.89 + Postage.
Note: it's SendIt, so even if you're in the UK you have to add on postage of (I think) £1.99, which still makes it cheaper than I paid at Sainsburys.
It's me
I saw that. This is a great price! Batman as well. I never ordered from Sendit... Does anyone here have any experience with them? I know they're from the The Hut (Zavvi) group, but the little feedback I found about them here in Israel was not great :\ (Long delivery times)
It looks like international shipping is £1.99, which means a 15.89 price. It's still the best price I can found.
There's a big chance that I'll join PS+ tomorrow, so maybe I'll just buy it from PSN, but I'd like to know because I also want to order Batman. Is it worth buying it now or waiting for GOTY addition? Is the DLC any good?
CrunchinJelly
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