@XandertheWise Simple solution, don't shop at Walmart. They are so ridiculous with locking things up. One time I literally waited 30 minutes for an employee to unlock a glass case for deodorant. They never came so I ended up walking out and going somewhere else. If it's in a locked case at Walmart I won't buy it from them.
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Well I dont mean to be rude to anyone here that happens to work in the electronics area at Walmart or not but let me ask you something.
Do you people working at Walmart in the games and electronics area have to act like youre stupid and clueless to not know the difference between Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 games?
the Nintendo Switch games cabinet at the Walmart store i dont have problemes with when getting a new game out since theyre Nintendo Switch games, but come on you Walmart workers. Use your damn brain next time when you unlock the damn Playstation game cabinet. Its not that damn hard to tell the difference between a game thats for the Playstation 4 and Playstation 5.
Next time give me the damn keys so Ill unlock the game cabinet myself and Ill get the right version of the game out of the frikkin Playstation glass game cabinet.
@XandertheWise You know it's the person who makes the purchase responsibility too to make sure they are getting the right product before handing over their money. What kind of idiot doesn't make sure that what their paying for isn't what they want and on top of that doesn't check it till they get home??
Obviously it must be hard to tell PS4 games and PS5 games apart if they couldn't tell till they got home.
I mean it's just as much as their responsibility because it's their money.
well its mostly the worker's responsibility and for them to use their damn brain to know the difference between Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 game cases.
Like I said, give me the damn key to open the damn cabinet so I can get the game out myself.
@XandertheWise But if it's your purchase wouldn't you want to make sure it's what you wanted before you hand over your money??
I mean maybe the employee doesn't know the difference between a PS4 and a PS5 game. They might not be a gamer. I mean look how many people got mixed up with the Wii U name a few years ago. It's an honest mistake. Only you the consumer knows for 100% what you want to get and you should have made sure you got what you asked for before you left the store instead of insulting the worker for a simple mistake.
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Regardless of blame you should definitely return it to the store, explain the mistake and get a replacement. I can't understand why you wouldn't do that.
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@HallowMoonshadow I briefly tried the English dub with Judgment and gave up quickly as it had the normal problems I have with JRPG voice acting with everything being so Americanised and melodramatic. It also feels wrong to me having played the seven main games with the Japanese voice acting.
@XandertheWise I'm a Brit, so we don't have Walmart over here, and yet I've still managed to hear a large amount of nightmarish tales from their electronics departments. They sound horrid from a customer experience point of view. Best of luck getting your game swapped or replaced.
@XandertheWise When i worked at walmart several years ago , it was guys/girls my age that worked in electronics ; you probably had some older uninformed employees working over there that know nothing about games .
the same walmart i worked at - i went back one day during the beginning of the covid era to get a ps4 controller , and this old lady gave me a torn box and the controller inside was ***** up and used . it was no young or tech savvy people working the area .
Just had a real successful trip to my local cex. Picked up steelbooks for Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5), Final Fantasy XV, Arkham Knight and Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Then picked up Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and Remember Me all on PS3... and bargain of the day Gravity Rush: Remastered. Been keeping an eye out for a deal on that last one for around 2 years and it's always been around £75-£100... just had it for £30.
@colonelkilgore I didn’t realize that GR Remastered was so rare, but sure enough - I searched my local stores and no one has a copy. Nice get!
The economy of physical video games is really perplexing. I guess it’s all about supply and demand in the end, but sometimes the pricing gets remarkably labile.
After our discussion about Dark Souls 1, I started to look for a copy and although I can find used copies out there for $25-30, there’s no new copies anywhere. The game store cites the price for a new copy at $16, it’s just they don’t have any stock, and I assume they aren’t printing anymore discs (?). A big title like that would seem to continue to be available, but I think the growth and shift toward digital gaming, coupled with the effin’ pandemic, has truncated print runs and minimized the copies of discs being made. It seems like a few years ago I could still go to a GameStop and the shelves would be flush with new copies, including older games still being made with “Greatest Hits” versions for cheap. Now the shelves are only games released within the last 6-12 months, and pre-owned. So it’s a crap shoot of what the inventory will be.
I don’t like it.
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@Th3solution yeah I’m with you dude, I don’t like it either. I’ve seen the change first hand and started picking up ‘most’ releases within the first 6 months these days to avoid difficulties in finding a copy later. And to support your reasoning, yeah Gravity Rush Remastered went out of print a few years back and that does tend to inflate the second hand price thereafter.
Not sure if you already own Dark Souls 3 but if not, it might be worth you checking for a copy of the Dark Souls Trilogy, it’s a bit more pricey (£27.99 on Amazon.co.uk) but is brand new and obviously includes all three games.
I was looking over some of the older reviews in the review thread and I came across your review @Th3solution for Valkyria Chronicles 4 and the following discussion that was had about it from you, me and Ral.
... Whilst it's not exactly the title you reviewed Valkyria Chronicles: Remastered WAS only £5.59 in the recent sale.
Both you and Ral had positive things to say about it and the series in general so I decided to pick it up for something rather different for me with the Military/War based setting and strategic gameplay 😄
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@HallowMoonshadow That’s awesome! And kudos for remembering the discussion and the review. I forgot I even wrote that. 😅
Knowing it was useful for you motivates me to write some other reviews if they serve to facilitate and inspire people’s gaming decisions. I often feel like I’m rambling my thoughts on games out into the ether and annoying people with my endless blabbering. So thanks for the recall!
Valkyria Chronicles is a great game, and I’d assume the remaster is only better on PS4. I feel confident that you’ll find something to like (and maybe love) in the game. Although the sequel VC4 is probably a superior game overall, I think the first game is a better place to start and for that price you can’t go wrong. It’s been a few years, but the characters and overall emotional impact of the first game resonates more heavily with me than the follow up VC4, even though the gameplay is a little better in the latter.
I don’t think I mentioned it in my review, but I have played the actual sequel Valkyria Chronicles 2 on PSP and it was good too, but is probably almost impossible to find. Maybe it’ll eventually get the PS Plus Premium treatment like some PSP titles are getting. Nevertheless, it’s inferior to the two console games and completely unnecessary for enjoying VC4 if you end up wanting more. My prediction is that you will. But I’m about 50-50 with you, Foxy, so it’s all a crapshoot. 😂
Anyways, positive or no, I’ll really be interested how well you get along with it. It’s one of very few games I’ve played that doesn’t have any other games that are similar. At least I personally haven’t found anything quite like it. Granted, I don’t spend time in the strategy genre, but VC does it differently and then you add the artistic aspects and the loose historical basis with the fantasy twist… and it is just a package that stands peerless.
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Well, it wasn’t as easy as I thought, but I finally tracked down a copy of Dark Souls Remastered (for a decent price). Interestingly, pre-owned copies are going for about $25-30 (if you can even find them) but I tracked down a new copy finally on stock for $15 at Wal-Mart. The resale value is high enough that it’s a no-brainer. @colonelkilgore and @JohnnyShoulder will be proud of me. 😄
While I was shopping around, I actually came across a PS5 copy of Life is Strange True Colors for $23, so I went ahead and grabbed it. It’s another one that I don’t think I’ll ever find for cheaper than that, and can always sell back. The current PSN sale on the digital version is $30, so I felt like it was worth nabbing for later.
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