10-07-2006, 02:52 AM | #21 |
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I'm generally broke, so I don't buy any new-release games ever. They're just too expensive. The only software I buy on issue is serious stuff I need for my work.
I do splurge on games when they come out as budget releases a few years later. Praise be to Sold Out Software! I also keep an eye out in charity shops and eBay and so forth. Anyway, I don't care whether a game is new or old, or hot or not. It's more important that I like it when I play it. |
10-24-2006, 03:47 AM | #22 | |
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That's just wrong. My wife plays adventure games now and again. In fact I know a lot of women who play them. I guess the guys in the store don't date much. hehe. I'd buy a Vampire Story. If it's got the feel of the old Lucas Arts games that I'm hearing it does. I'll be all over it. I like the old school stuff (with some updated graphics if you please), and I like it humorous and not too serious. My wife likes the scary stuff. hehe I bought Ankh, and while it was entertaining I felt extremely clausterphobic while playing it. (the area seemed very small/short, and lacking in some detail.) I also felt it could have been funnier. |
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10-24-2006, 07:01 AM | #23 |
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I bought Barrow Hill and Scratches off the OP's list. But I'm thinking of getting Keepsake. I enjoyed the demo.
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10-24-2006, 08:21 AM | #24 |
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So far this year I have purchased the following tittles new Secret Files: Tunguska, BS4, Dreamfall and The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript. I am currently playing Secret Files: Tunguska and BS4. Secret Files on my Laptop and BS4 on my desktop as it runs allot better with a good graphics card.
I have just ordered Keepsake and Barrow Hill from Amazon along with the new C. J. Cherryh book. I tend to stock pile games when they are released then play through them over a period of time, depending on how much free time I have and how tired I am after finishing work. I will go from not playing any computer games for weeks because I am spending my spare time reading or walking too playing through 2 or 3 adventure games in a month depending on my mood. I prefer to buy games when they are first released to support the developers rather than wait for the budget release. But I will not buy a game I have not read a few good reviews for first before I had over my money. I also always wait on the NO CD fix being released before I purchase a new games as I will not play games from the original media as I am unwilling to carry CD's or DVD's around with my laptop all the time. |
10-24-2006, 08:25 AM | #25 |
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Well, I broke my own rule ("no new releases ever") when I pre-ordered the Ultimate Myst Collection. But then, that's 5 games for £20, so it more or less counts as a budget release. That's my excuse, anyway, and I'm sticking to it.
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10-24-2006, 08:59 AM | #26 | |
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10-24-2006, 11:56 AM | #27 |
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Myst 5 Barrow Hill Keepsake Paradise Ankh Scratches Safecracker 2006 Lunar Deep AGON Mysterious Codex I will likely be getting: Secret Files Tunguska Broken Sword 3 Nacny Drew Danger by Design Nancy Drew Creature of Kapu Cave Secrets of Da Vinci
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10-24-2006, 03:58 PM | #28 |
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None/Never. When I'm able to afford a computer that will play new games, I suppose I'll get some games to go with it. Although to be honest, nothing has really appealed to me too much in recent years. I think I'm just stubborn and old-fashioned.
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10-24-2006, 07:49 PM | #29 |
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I've only bought Keepsake out of the list there. I have also played one of the small independant free games that had a rating done on it by this website.
That's it. I'm hoping something else grabs my attention soon though as i would like another adventure to play. I might possibly grab Sam and Max... still thinking about it.
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10-24-2006, 11:57 PM | #30 |
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I only buy games when they're much cheaper than new. I can't pay $60 for a game... but I can pay $60 for three or four games!
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10-25-2006, 03:04 AM | #31 | |
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Anyway, back on topic: In the mean time I bought the following: Barrow Hill Agon: The Mysterious Codex Right now, the only new release I'm really looking forward to is Culpa Innata. |
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10-25-2006, 11:23 AM | #32 | |
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I've bought Ankh, Dreamfall, Keepsake, Scratches and Paradise and I've pre-ordered Secret Files: Tunguska, along with Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, but they aren't coming to me until the end of November. BS4 has not been released in North America yet or I would have it. I buy the games as soon as they are released. I can't wait. These games cannot be released fast enough for me. |
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10-25-2006, 11:25 AM | #33 |
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Only Barrow Hill and Myst V. Got too many older ones to finish to bother getting all the new ones.
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