So What Did You Score This Year? - Page 3

Ed Kolis · #21 December 26th, 2004, 07:09 PM

Back on topic...

A one gigabyte USB flash drive!

David E. Gervais · #22 December 26th, 2004, 07:50 PM

Problem solved, my local EBGames has the english CD Rom Version for $19.95. I'll do like I said and give this french DVD Version to my friend and I'll pick up the english Version from EB. I'll still have enough left over to buy a couple of extra games for $19-$25 dollars each.

So, in the end, I'll have 3 games, (4 if you count O.R.B) and the joy that comes with the gift of giving. Looks like this 'bad' situation is going to end up good.

Thanks for letting me babble, (not that you had a choice

) LOL

Cheers!

Atrocities · #23 December 26th, 2004, 09:30 PM

Everquest is EVIL... Pure unadultrated Ferengi EVIL.

Atrocities · #24 December 26th, 2004, 09:33 PM

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David E. Gervais said:
Well, Boxing Day Sucks.. I managed to get one of the 2 defunct games re-imbursed. (Everquest 2) but because the Deus Ex 2 was 'open' they refused to exchange or re-imburse it. I even told them the salesperson (who was not there to my dismay) had assured me that if this DVD game did not have the english Version included, there would be no problem of exchanging it. Well, I spoke to the manager and he was adamant that 'open' packages were absolutely not exchangable or refundable. I spent some time trying to get him to see things my way and in my defense said "How am I supposed to know if the english Version is included or not if I don't at least attempt to install it?" I even asked that he boot the DVD and see for himself, but he basically wanted nothing to do with it. I then told him that I'll take a full refund on the un-opened Everquest 2 and leave, I further told him that even though I lost $30 on this gift, he has lost a customer. I think I got the better deal out of this. I guess he is absolutely in no need of new customers or cares if I come back.

Now, Do I write a nice letter and send this DVD to eidos or Ion Storm? and see if they would be willing to change this DVD into an English CD-Rom Version? Or do I just throw it on my shelf or into the garbage for all the good it will do me. (don't mind me, I'm just venting a bit.)

What I will do is give it away to a friend where I know that some enjoyment will be had by playing this game. (Hey, Maybe I'll find the game in the bargain bins in a month or two and have my cake and eat it too.)

Anyway, sorry for the rant, Cheers!

Write the letter to the publisher. In most cases if you send them the game they will send you a replacement.

It is a great game and I do hope you get it sorted out. And for the record what was the stores name that you tried to return the gift to? (So that the rest of us can avoid buying from them.)

Fyron · #25 December 26th, 2004, 10:15 PM

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Atrocities said:
Everquest is EVIL... Pure unadultrated Ferengi EVIL.

How dare you slander the (relatively) good name of the Ferengi with such an unholy reference! Everquest is its own brand of evil, far removed from Ferengi!

David E. Gervais · #26 December 27th, 2004, 12:33 AM

It was a Local store, "Librairie Boyer" not a big chain, just a few stores in the local area.

I played the demo of Deus Ex 2, and liked it very much, I absolutely loved the first game, so I'm not surprised that the second is good too.

Cheers!

narf poit chez BOOM · #27 December 28th, 2004, 05:11 AM

Civ2 test of time (Which I have already gotten annoyed with. No map editor, no scenario editor) and some books:
The Other Human Race, Federation, Fuzzy Sapiens, H. Beam Piper (Because our old copies are worn out and lost)

The Holmes-Dracula File, The First&Second Book Of Swords, Berserker, The Frankenstein Papers, Fred Saberhagen (Because he's never boring)

The Martian Way, The Robots Of Dawn, Isaac Asimov (Because he's almost never boring)

Hidden In Sight, Julie E. Czerneda (For a protagonist you can really cheer for and like. Plus, the protagonist is >nothing< like >anything< you'd think of if I told you what that protagonist was)

The Tar-Aiym Krang, Alen Dean Foster (Foster, Flinx and Pip!)

Some of these I've read before, but I re-read books and read them in odd orders. I've read two series backwards because that was how I found the books. A series reads different like that. Not bad, not better, different

Atrocities · #28 December 28th, 2004, 05:32 AM

Well I guess I can add a few things to the list. My step brother gave me some money to rebuild my Quad. (Beings how it was he and his freinds who blew it up.) And my mother pitched in funds to help keep the AST web site open.

I am a happy camper now.

Atrocities · #29 December 28th, 2004, 05:37 AM

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David E. Gervais said:
It was a Local store, "Librairie Boyer" not a big chain, just a few stores in the local area.

I played the demo of Deus Ex 2, and liked it very much, I absolutely loved the first game, so I'm not surprised that the second is good too.

Cheers!

The second game is one of the best sequals I have ever played. You do need a good graphics card to play it though, and there are differances in game play from the first game.

You should see that in the demo. The game is, should have been, listed as one of the best of the year.

Gamespot rated it an 8.0 Deus Ex IW

But to be honest, this game pails in comparesson to the fine games offered here at Shrapnel. Shrapnel games are amoung the finest games in the market and I strongly recommend any shrapnel game.

Raging Deadstar · #30 December 28th, 2004, 07:35 AM

I didn't really like Deus EX Invisible War... But the Original game....well, it was incredible. There's very few games I've played since that are In that genre with that sort of depth and notice to detail. Ok, the graphics are ancient now and such, but It still remains one of my favourite games