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[chrominance]

Neither. It's a rather acquired taste... The games are very feminine. But if you insist, go with the cheaper one in case you regret it.

Totally walked into a Gamestop once and was like "give me the Atelier Meruru, I don't even care about whatever side eye you might be giving me right now, give me it, also fuck you co-worker I dragged to Gamestop with me, this game with the girl in the frilly pantaloons is totally worth your time."

Back on track, which Atelier to get? I don't think it matters too much, but Escha & Logy is probably more friendly to newbies. The battle system is much more engaging, the alchemy system is a little less fussy (and cuts down on inventory management, thank goodness) and the time limits are less onerous than Rorona, though less so than you might think. Rorona is a natural starting point because it's the start of a trilogy, though it's worth noting that the new epilogue in Rorona Plus features the protagonists of the other two games, so you might be a bit lost playing it without the benefit of the others. I'd say pick up the one with the characters and basic plotline that looks more interesting to you.

 

[frequency]

Guys avoid games for being too "feminine"?

 

[ohlawd]

Neither. It's a rather acquired taste... The games are very feminine. But if you insist, go with the cheaper one in case you regret it.

this is gross

smh

 

[Deleted member 126221]

Guys avoid games for being too "feminine"?

Didn't you know playing a game not expressly made for your gender can be super-dangerous for your health!?

Spoiler

(as I masculine fan of "cute" games, I don't get this either)

EDIT: By the way, is the store tracker on EBgames' website always accurate? Should I drop by to see if they have the Atelier games even if the website says they don't?

 

[tiijj]

Guys avoid games for being too "feminine"?

Yes, some people do. Some avoid games for being "scary", "weird", "perverted", "slow", "fast", "violent", etc... You know different strokes for different folks kinda thing.

 

[Renewed]

Didn't you know playing a game not expressly made for your gender can be super-dangerous for your health!?

Spoiler

(as I masculine fan of "cute" games, I don't get this either)

EDIT: By the way, is the store tracker on EBgames' website always accurate? Should I drop by to see if they have the Atelier games even if the website says they don't?

Anyone can play any game they want pretty much.

And yeah, the tracker is accurate for that day, I think it updates the next day. And what doctor said lol

 

[doctorcdcs]

Didn't you know playing a game not expressly made for your gender can be super-dangerous for your health!?

Spoiler

(as I masculine fan of "cute" games, I don't get this either)

EDIT: By the way, is the store tracker on EBgames' website always accurate? Should I drop by to see if they have the Atelier games even if the website says they don't?

you could always call the location and ask them if they have it in stock, and if they do, if they could hold it for you, so you could swing by later on in the day and grab it.

 

[tiijj]

Quick question:

If I decide to cancel my pre-ordered copy of Star Fox Zero from Amazon, will the other game in my order still get 30% off? There's only two games in the order and the other one is the Legend of Zelda.

They'll definitely remove the 30%. Due to some combining of orders in order to get the 30% discount (I can't cancel coz it was oos). I forgot about it so I cancelled one order and another separate order's 30% off was removed.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Bloodborne $19.99
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KVT3H7S/

Until Dawn still $40 but Amazon should match eventually
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00W76YYAC/

 

[Jotamide]

It doesn't matter in the end. It seems that I have to drive 20 mins to find the closest EB that has a copy in stock. :/

 

[MotionBlue]

EBgames is doing their spring cleaning. Vita games are dirt cheap. Chibi Robo Ziplash for 15 dollars.

 

[diaspora]

EBgames is doing their spring cleaning. Vita games are dirt cheap. Chibi Robo Ziplash for 15 dollars.

Absolutely worthless until they decrease memory card costs.

 

[superbad]

EBgames is doing their spring cleaning. Vita games are dirt cheap. Chibi Robo Ziplash for 15 dollars.

Which Vita games?

 

[chrominance]

Bloodborne $19.99
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KVT3H7S/

Until Dawn still $40 but Amazon should match eventually
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00W76YYAC/

I've been refreshing the Until Dawn page for a while now in the hopes Amazon will price-match it, but I half-assume that because it's the game I actually want, it will be the one game Amazon doesn't bother to price match. Sorry everyone who is looking for Until Dawn, I have cursed us all.

 

[superbad]

Absolutely worthless until they decrease memory card costs.

Not really. Unless you're going all digital, there's no need for a larger memory card.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Dam I wish I could jump on that Until Dawn sale but my visas maxed for the month :/, hopefully it gets another sale.

 

[diaspora]

Not really. Unless you're going all digital, there's no need for a larger memory card.

Or uh, if you take advantage of PS+ at all.

 

[Sora_N]

Damn, just got an email back from EB and they don't have Rorona in stock at their store Hoping for a good deal on it during the Golden Week sale.

Mine too. I'll wait for Vita.

 

[khaaan]

Which Vita games?

Page 2 of the ad.
If you can find em:

-Deception IV: Blood Ties
$12.99 New
$19.99 Recycled

-Toukiden: Age of Demons
$12.99 New
$19.99 Recycled

-DoA5+
$9.99 New
$14.99 Recycled

Thing is that the only one you can find online is recycled Deception. Everything else, YMMV.

 

[superbad]

Or uh, if you take advantage of PS+ at all.

Good point. To be honest, I've had a 16GB card forever. I have more games on it than I'll ever play at any given time. I have a mix of physical and digital, with a PS+ subscription. Games vary greatly in size. While Persona 4 Golden is over 3GB, Severed will only be around 250MB.

Yes, the memory cards are over-priced, but there's no need to have my entire library installed at once.

 

[Sora_N]

Lol everything sold out.

 

[c-murph]

this is gross

smh

Grow up, son.

 

[khaaan]

*To be fair*

It's not just that the Atelier games are feminine, but that they require a decent tolerance of anime nonsense. More so than your run of the mill JRPG but less than something like Sword Art Online. As far as the Vita library is concerned, it's actually pretty tame.

 

[DJ_Lae]

*To be fair*

It's not just that the Atelier games are feminine, but that they require a decent tolerance of anime nonsense. More so than your run of the mill JRPG but less than something like Sword Art Online. As far as the Vita library is concerned, it's actually pretty tame.

You're not kidding that there's a ton of anime nonsense on the Vita. I've been subjected to the Neptunia games and Monpiece myself and I don't know how I survived.

 

[Clive]

Action Packed PSN Flash Sale:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ca/flash-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALEWEBLP

Not very interesting in my personal opinion.

 

[Tiktaalik]

NEW DEAL

Until Dawn and Bloodborne are $20 at Best Buy.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/until-dawn-ps4/10372019.aspx?path=130e5ce810a5fb71def9e9354ac8cc78en02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/bloodborne-ps4/10295157.aspx?path=326b4a956f63b22e04a1425e9732d852en02

Finally an actual deal and Until Dawn is seemingly out of stock in the entire Metro Vancouver area. Great.

Speaking of missing out, VideoGamePlus has some exclusive reprints of some obscure DS games in stock. I was excited to see that Infinite Space was one of them but it's already sold out.

http://tinycartridge.com/post/143214535242/what-reprints-of-hard-to-find-ds-games

 

[VanCityGamer]

Action Packed PSN Flash Sale:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ca/flash-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALEWEBLP

Not very interesting in my personal opinion.

It's an extremely good sale on a variety of games with amazing prices.

 

[knacklover]

Finally an actual deal and Until Dawn is seemingly out of stock in the entire Metro Vancouver area. Great.

Speaking of missing out, VideoGamePlus has some exclusive reprints of some obscure DS games in stock. I was excited to see that Infinite Space was one of them but it's already sold out.

http://tinycartridge.com/post/143214535242/what-reprints-of-hard-to-find-ds-games

Yeah we posted about it a couple of page back! See this post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201074792&postcount=4364

They also added Trauma Center 1 and 2 since then, but these are not so rare in my region.

 

[justinluey]

Really this is the worst you've seen? It has a 72 on MC and most people I saw thought it would land in the 70s or low 80s.

I was about to post the same thing. It has 1 negative out of 55 reviews, and the vast majority are in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Tiktaalik]

Yeah we posted about it a couple of page back! See this post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201074792&postcount=4364

They also added Trauma Center 1 and 2 since then, but these are not so rare in my region.

Gah how on earth did I miss this. God this was days ago. This thread moves way too fast.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Action Packed PSN Flash Sale:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ca/flash-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALEWEBLP

Not very interesting in my personal opinion.

Dracula X for 2,24$. You are a terrible people for not buying this if you don't have it.

 

[Jotamide]

Dracula X for 2,24$. You are a terrible people for not buying this if you don't have it.

Wow, that is insane. For those who don't know it includes SotN and Rondo of Blood as unlockables. Probably one of the best compilations in gaming. It was the very first thing I played when I got my Vita.

 

[TheGamingBox]

Dracula X for 2,24$. You are a terrible people for not buying this if you don't have it.

i would if it worked on the ps tv

 

[Ventara]

Damn. Missed Atelier Escha for $11.

 

[jzbluz]

For some reason I don't feel like the Aterlier games are made for the female demographic, or at least it feels like it has more male fans than female. But I could be wrong.

 

[Sealtest]

Damn if Godzilla was under $10 I would've finally bought it. One day

 

[DeathByBacklog]

What happened to the discount on Heavy Rain if you had already purchased Beyond: Two Souls? Heavy Rain is back up to $30.

 

[bryt]

Action Packed PSN Flash Sale:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ca/flash-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALEWEBLP

Not very interesting in my personal opinion.

Got Bully for $6.

 

[chrominance]

VGP has a bunch of PSP UMD reprints up from Atlus. Not that this is VGP's fault, but because all those PSP games are readily available on PSN, it seems a lot more ridiculous to charge $50 for Hexyz Force when it goes for substantially less on PSN.

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

 

[TheGamingBox]

VGP has a bunch of PSP UMD reprints up from Atlus. Not that this is VGP's fault, but because all those PSP games are readily available on PSN, it seems a lot more ridiculous to charge $50 for Hexyz Force when it goes for substantially less on PSN.

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

well still way cheaper than buying used, hexyz force is like $150 on amazon.ca and i cant even find one on ebay, a english copy that is

 

[chrono01]

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

Thanks, pre-ordered! $49.99 with free shipping, not too bad.

 

[Ventara]

Are you guys for real? Hexyz Force is that expensive now? Glad I bought mine at release.

I'm still undecided on Infinite Space. Like, I don't want to buy it just because it's rare, since I'm trying to move away from that. Is the game on its own worth $50?

 

[SickBoy]

Damn if Godzilla was under $10 I would've finally bought it. One day

I dunno if it's still available, but Best Buy recently had the physical version for $15 on clearance. Not under $10, but maybe a physical copy holds a little more value for you.

 

[Trogdor1123]

i would if it worked on the ps tv

I was about to buy it prior to this. Thanks for the tip

 

[c-murph]

VGP has a bunch of PSP UMD reprints up from Atlus. Not that this is VGP's fault, but because all those PSP games are readily available on PSN, it seems a lot more ridiculous to charge $50 for Hexyz Force when it goes for substantially less on PSN.

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

Geezus, SEGA and VGP must've struck a little deal to get these all reprinted again. Awesome. Hopefully, they have a few more Atlus reprints on other consoles coming soon.

Edit: Preordered Class of Heroes to go with CoH2 and Someday CoH3. Also, Infinite Space and Trauma Centre 2.

 

[Sora_N]

Who else's Star Fox didn't ship yet? I already asked them to split the shipment in my order but it's stuck next to Star Ocean so it's still not shipping.


I might pick up those PS2 classics on PS4. Not too bad

 

[Clive]

Who else's Star Fox didn't ship yet?

It releases today and I picked free shipping with Amazon so in accordance with expectations, mine has not shipped. Says that it's "preparing to ship" and will arrive by the 29th for me though.

 

[CannonFodder52]

VGP has a bunch of PSP UMD reprints up from Atlus. Not that this is VGP's fault, but because all those PSP games are readily available on PSN, it seems a lot more ridiculous to charge $50 for Hexyz Force when it goes for substantially less on PSN.

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

Thanks, I grabbed infinite space.

 

[Tiktaalik]

VGP has a bunch of PSP UMD reprints up from Atlus. Not that this is VGP's fault, but because all those PSP games are readily available on PSN, it seems a lot more ridiculous to charge $50 for Hexyz Force when it goes for substantially less on PSN.

Also, someone here mentioned Infinite Space was out of stock. It's back BUY BUY BUY

YES nabbed Infinite Space. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

 

[diaspora]

If any of you ordered a PC copy of Mirror's Edge during E3 last year, double check it. Mine defaulted to the French version.