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Gibbsey wrote:So they compensated your $60 in 3 seperate gift cards... seriously? complain! get back to them with that exact sentance and get your money back thats way out of line, get them to credit it back to your card, at the very least it should of been one gift card.

I did. They stonewalled me at that point and I couldn't get any further up the chain. In any case, I didn't enjoy those games but YMMV.

Manchu wrote:

Gibbsey wrote:So they compensated your $60 in 3 seperate gift cards... seriously? complain! get back to them with that exact sentance and get your money back thats way out of line, get them to credit it back to your card, at the very least it should of been one gift card.

I did. They stonewalled me at that point and I couldn't get any further up the chain. In any case, I didn't enjoy those games but YMMV.

just mention legal action next time, honestly i dont consider a gift card to be a refund

I am a lawyer and mentioned as much but it got me nowhere.

Manchu wrote:I am a lawyer and mentioned as much but it got me nowhere.

the only thing at that point is to either sue or wait for a class action lawsuit which sucks either way

I've heard rumors and whisperings that Sony and EA company policy is they can't refund the credit card purchases(or purchases made using the PS Store cards) outside of giving more credit via company gift cards.

Sounds like damned near every store at the mall these days.

Melissia wrote:I thought Dragon Age was fine, and didn't focus on tits despite the marketing division practically drooling over Morrigan...

Likewise, I thought Dragon Age was good. And that was while drooling over Morrigan.

What I want to see is a good old fashioned Turn Based RPG. None of this moving about crap, give me potions, turns, and special powers. You know, Old School.

Slarg232 wrote:What I want to see is a good old fashioned Turn Based RPG. None of this moving about crap, give me potions, turns, and special powers. You know, Old School.

Sorry going to have to disagree here, turn based just isnt fluid enough for me

Gibbsey wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:What I want to see is a good old fashioned Turn Based RPG. None of this moving about crap, give me potions, turns, and special powers. You know, Old School.

Sorry going to have to disagree here, turn based just isnt fluid enough for me

Bah. Humbug. ARGH PEE GEE's isn't about fluid, it's about characters and Turns!

Gah, I've been going through withdrawels of good Turn Based RPG ever since Legend of Dragoon broke, and don't even get me started on that crapfest that was Megaman RPG for the PS2.

Bah! Complainers. Video Games are in a golden age right now RPGs included.

I'd more call it a silver age. Or maybe a brown and grey age what with how graphics tend to be right now.

...being better than ever?


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Everything is better than ever, graphics, sales, storylines, gameplay etc.

The only problem is people are spoiled and prefer to complain rather than praise.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:...being better than ever?


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Everything is better than ever, graphics, sales, storylines, gameplay etc.

Yes,yes,no,no.

a case can be made for storylines but (excluding motion controls for current times) what gameplay was better "back in the day"?

KamikazeCanuck wrote:a case can be made for storylines but (excluding motion controls for current times) what gameplay was better "back in the day"?

Simple, in a RPG Storyline=gameplay. And turn based hasn't been done good in a long long time (and I dont even like JRPG's).

And to counter your question: What's better now?

Sometimes, simpler really is better. For example, I don't think the gameplay of Super Mario Galaxy is any better than that of the SNES classics, and in many ways is worse.

Wii games don't get ping's on my sonar. Wii is for casual gamers, therefore I stay as far away as possible. Besides, it doesn't have a single game or feature that interests me.

and perhaps the things we played as children appear better in our memories than they actually were.

Not everything ages as well as some people make it out to be.

I replay all my favourites on a yearly basis, they have yet to dissapoint me

(Fallout 1-2, Summoner)

BrookM wrote:Not everything ages as well as some people make it out to be.

Not everything, no.

But there are plenty of games which are better than newer ones.

I still fondly remember Neverwinter Nights and its expansion packs, and I think I had more fun with THAT than I did with Morrowind or Oblivion.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:a case can be made for storylines but (excluding motion controls for current times) what gameplay was better "back in the day"?

It's not that they were inherantly "better", it's just that there are No turn based games out there anymore. As in, a lack of the option. If they had Turn Based and Real Time games, I would be fine with it, but nobody makes them anymore.... I blame ADD kids who can't sit still without flashy lights

I still go back to play my old Final Fantasy titles (especially 7 and 8) and some of the old games I grew up playing. I find them much more original than any of the trash thats been put out in the past few years. I feel most games seem to be riding on the success of previous releases. Rather than innovating and giving us something new, they are just rehashing the same basic gameplay elements and stories over and over again, basically making us pay for the same game multiple times, with only a few minor cosmetic changes. That is one of the few things I can't fault the Final Fantasy series for. The battle system and plot changes pretty considerably from game to game.

The only FF I ever liked was FF1, and that's only because 8-bit theatre is awesome

Slarg232 wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:a case can be made for storylines but (excluding motion controls for current times) what gameplay was better "back in the day"?

It's not that they were inherantly "better", it's just that there are No turn based games out there anymore. As in, a lack of the option. If they had Turn Based and Real Time games, I would be fine with it, but nobody makes them anymore.... I blame ADD kids who can't sit still without flashy lights [/quot


I hate TBC so much.

Amaya wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:a case can be made for storylines but (excluding motion controls for current times) what gameplay was better "back in the day"?

It's not that they were inherantly "better", it's just that there are No turn based games out there anymore. As in, a lack of the option. If they had Turn Based and Real Time games, I would be fine with it, but nobody makes them anymore.... I blame ADD kids who can't sit still without flashy lights [/quot


I hate TBC so much.

TBC?

And I quite like it, but then, I played X-Com in its prime.

Melissia wrote:And I quite like it, but then, I played X-Com in its prime.

X-com was an awesome game, I hope they don't mess up the reboot.

Also, I realize that TBC is Turn Based Combat

Golden Age of RPGs was Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana. I would pay $60.00 for a game made to those standards. Anyways if anyone wants a good RPG now and prefer an old school approach, you really should play Lost Odyssey on the 360. If they put something like that out every few years then I will be ok with the other newer generation RPGs like final Fantasy XIII and Demon's Souls.

Ugh, no, JRPG's are just a huge no-no for me, and I've tried a few by now. Their just never actually.... fun.

You know, I agree, Secret of Mana was the game that got me into gaming back when I was 8. Might have been younger than that.

I always got stuck as the chick, though