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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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RPGCrazied
Member
I guess. But some guy got his yesterday, and he lives in the same area almost. Then SecretMoblin got his today, and he ordered it from the same site I did.
Played for 1h30min now, and I'm liking it a lot. Instead of going immediately to Colony 9, I decided to explore different places. Was killed by a level 72 bird, that was amusing to say the least. Good thing there are landmarks and no penalty, because I had been exploring for quite some time.
SecretMoblin
Member
The weird thing? I was fully prepared to wait as much as three weeks. I've imported before on previous systems, I'm familiar with the process. Now I feel bad for everyone who's still waiting. :-(
Edit: That'll teach me to hotlink from a non-imgur site.
Edit: That'll teach me to hotlink from a non-imgur site.
CruxisMana
Member
BlazingDarkness said:
Sounds good. I think tomorrow I'm going to unequip everything from everyone and build them from the ground up. With so many different characters, different types of armour and gem slots I think it's really overwhelming when you open the menu and try to decide who should get what. I don't think I've equipped anything new since
Satorl Marsh
:lol
RPGCrazied
Member
Its cool. I just won't be doing Zavvi again. Hopefully I wont have to import again. For an impatient person like me.
There is only one other game that I might have to, that is Last Story. Knowing NoA they won't release it here. I think I'll go with ASDA. Though I think they use the same type shipping as Zavvi. lol
There is only one other game that I might have to, that is Last Story. Knowing NoA they won't release it here. I think I'll go with ASDA. Though I think they use the same type shipping as Zavvi. lol
"Some guy" (girl, actually) reporting in!RPGCrazied said:
I live in the DFW area, so perhaps that is why it came more quickly to me, I don't know. You should really relax, though. Sometimes there are just holdups in the mail. I get GameFly stuff from Austin all the time, and it's taken anywhere from 1-5 (longer, once) days from the day they sent it to arrive. That's in-state!
SecretMoblin
Member
RPGCrazied said:
There's a balance between patience and price; if you're willing to shell out more cash for faster delivery, you can expect to pay a lot more at a different retailer. I'm super patient, so I went with the lowest price at the time.
RPGCrazied
Member
Aeana said:
That is why I thought I'd get it today. Cause Dallas is the last place it stops before shipping itself to me. Well, UPS does that. I'd assume it would be the same for USPS. I'm relaxing as best I can. But when I was ready to start playing this the moment I ordered it, hell when I first saw it in Japanese like a year ago.
But worrying isn't going to get it here any faster? But lets say I don't even get it at all. What do I do? I don't think I want to call an international number about my order. so I guess email?
Well thats the thing, regardless of where you order, there can still be delays in the postal system. Catherine took 7 days for it to arrive on my doorstep. On the other hand for some people who ordered it from the same place, and also lived in the UK, it took closer to 3 weeks to arrive. I've had a wide variety of shipping times with other imported goods from the US too. I've had it take only 5 days, all the way to taking an entire month.
RPGCrazied
Member
Vrakanox said:
If your in the US? I hope you don't mind waiting!
PetrCobra said:
10 - 15 days. lol
Hot Coldman
Banned
So I can get this for a tenner by trading in DKCR at GAME (or SMG2, but fuck that, haha). SWEET.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah. I didn't know though. This is my first purchase ever for something overseas. I thought it wouldn't take long to go from a plane, a truck, my house. 
CruxisMana
Member
Vrakanox said:
With GAME they charge for delivery, but I don't know if that actually makes it any faster.
RPGCrazied
Member
PetrCobra said:The Hut / Zavvi is mainly useful for low prices. If you are impatient, you should use Amazon or some other e-shop where you can select express delivery
Amazon.de or whatever doesn't ship stuff to US. I don't know of a site that has fast shipping for importing games.
Randomizer
Member
RPGCrazied said:
Asda entertainment, Zavvi and the Hut are all part of the Hut group so they are all exactly the same. They can be unreliable at times but their prices are hard to beat here in the UK.
Windom Earle
Member
schennmu said:missed it
Oh well, taking old Dunban then, thanks
RPGCrazied
Member
Randomizer said:
Well, I can't complain on the price. It was only $48 dollars, a few dollars cheaper if I had to buy it here, if it was even released here.
CruxisMana
Member
Vrakanox said:
In terms of delivery speed most places seem to be much of a muchness judging by the few lucky people in the US who have received the game already whilst the rest are still waiting.
RPGCrazied
Member
Obviously Zavvi hates Texas.
I wouldn't know really. First time doing this too. I went with Zavvi, and 8 days of waiting, still nothing.
Vrakanox said:
I wouldn't know really. First time doing this too. I went with Zavvi, and 8 days of waiting, still nothing.
Dead Prince
Banned
So you didn't get yours RPGCrazied? lol that's terrible news
No copy in the mail for me yet. Although, I haven't even gotten my mail for today (the mail in my area is weird; sometimes you can get it as early as 10:00am, other days you'll get it at like 4:30pm). I used shopto and I live in Missouri. But then again, when I ordered Last Window from them it took literally a week for it to get here, so I'm thinking probably tomorrow or Thursday.
Oh well, I still have Twilight Princess to complete in the meantime.
Oh well, I still have Twilight Princess to complete in the meantime.
quinntendopower
Banned
7 hours in now.
this makes it really hard to go to bed. it's so incredibly addictive
this makes it really hard to go to bed. it's so incredibly addictive
RPGCrazied
Member
DMPrince said:
No.
Is that sarcasm? At least you have Dues Ex to play if yours don't come.
CruxisMana
Member
Vrakanox said:
Most of the UK stores who offer shipping to the US offer it for free, so it taking 10-15 days is a given.
I'd personally just go with Zavvi. It's amongst the cheapest and no matter where you order from you're going to have to expect a wait anyways.
Dead Prince
Banned
Oh yeah. Deus sEx. so good. You should you know.. call USPS. they might have it held at the office. just ask if they have a package for you. they held some stuff of mine because they wanted to :\RPGCrazied said:No.
Is that sarcasm? At least you have Dues Ex to play if yours don't come.
Call the local one that usually deliver your mail and where you pick up stuff.
timetokill
Banned
Hope mine arrives today (Ordered from Zavvi, live on the West Coast, shipped out last Monday) --
Yesterday I came home just as the mailman was dropping off the mail, and I hung around while he did so I could see if mine arrived yet. Felt like I was a kid again, haha.
Yesterday I came home just as the mailman was dropping off the mail, and I hung around while he did so I could see if mine arrived yet. Felt like I was a kid again, haha.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
My copy arrived today! I live in Michigan. Can't wait to start this up. Work and grad school will be in the way for a few days.
RPGCrazied
Member
Maybe I should call my post office. I'd hate to think its been sitting in the sorting room for a day or something.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
RPGCrazied said:Yeah. I didn't know though. This is my first purchase ever for something overseas. I thought it wouldn't take long to go from a plane, a truck, my house.
RPGCrazied said:
*looks at thread title*
Windom Earle
Member
RPGCrazied said:
Don't bother sending a ticket before this time is over (and it's counted in work days!). I did the same for some other game and they told me I have to wait it out. But I'm sure it will arrive before, hold up old chap!
RPGCrazied
Member
Stumpokapow said:
If you also read this thread, I was playing my friends import copy. i.e the disc. I didn't pirate anything.
Bel Marduk
Banned
I think I remember RPG saying one of his friends imported the JP version or something.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
RPGCrazied said:
Since I haven´t seen anyone say it, I´ll do it:
The reason why sidequests in Xenoblade are so much fun, despite their simplicity, is that they´re exactly like doing quests in Majora´s Mask. Yes. By doing those quests, you not only get to know more about all of the many npcs, you also develop their own little story. That´s why it´s so engaging doing them, because they´re not just quests to get some item, but quests the have their own unfolding story. Like Majora´s Mask had.
On another note, played 2 more hours, didn´t proceed in the story, just doing sidequests. So good.
The reason why sidequests in Xenoblade are so much fun, despite their simplicity, is that they´re exactly like doing quests in Majora´s Mask. Yes. By doing those quests, you not only get to know more about all of the many npcs, you also develop their own little story. That´s why it´s so engaging doing them, because they´re not just quests to get some item, but quests the have their own unfolding story. Like Majora´s Mask had.
On another note, played 2 more hours, didn´t proceed in the story, just doing sidequests. So good.
Dead Prince
Banned
should have asked your friend to import since he/she actually got it lol.