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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: tygerwilde on May 15, 2004, 09:57:42 pm
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EB sucks...
last a couple of weeks ago, I dropped by Electronics boutique and bought myself a copy of Final Fantasy IX. I got home with it, and popped it in...
I got a message that said \"please insert playstation or playstation2 format disk
I tried resetting, like five times, finally it worked. I got through the first fight, and as soon as that was over Bam, out of nowhere the game freezes up...
ok so I called the store, and they said they\'d replace it. No problem right...
So the next day, I walk the five miles to the mall, and give them the old copy...
they tell me they\'ll put me on a reserve list for the next copy that comes in...
I walk home...
two weeks later, on thursday, I get a call saying they got a copy in... I walk the five miles to the mall and get a ride home from someone I know.
I\'m home, I\'ve spent two days playing and then last night. 11 at night. \"insert disk two\" loading. the screen remains black for at least a half hour when I give up. restart the computer, load my game.
I\'ve tried everything, but the disk is dead.
now, think, i\'ve had to walk a total of twenty five miles for this game. this is the second failure I\'ve had with Electronic Boutique. guess what, I\'ve only bought one game from them in my life. that\'s twice as many failures as I\'ve even had dealings with them.
if you can\'t tell I\'m a little frustrated right now.
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I love EB thats where i go when im in the bigger cities all the time :{ As for your problem it confuzzles me in the worst of ways
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Long live the independent game retailers \\o/
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I\'ve bought with babbages since I was 13 and I\'ve never had one problem with them, the only reason I bought this with EB is because babbages didn\'t have a copy
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EB is actually owned by the retailer \'game\' ayup *nods* so slate them too while your at it
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Cant you drive?! Sheesh...
Anyway, how is the game itself? Ive never played any of the final fantasy games...wierd huh...
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Originally posted by Icefalcon
Cant you drive?! Sheesh...
Anyway, how is the game itself? Ive never played any of the final fantasy games...wierd huh...
Seriously not even one??? Thats crazy! You should play number 7 before any other!
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Originally posted by DepthBlade
Originally posted by Icefalcon
Cant you drive?! Sheesh...
Anyway, how is the game itself? Ive never played any of the final fantasy games...wierd huh...
Seriously not even one??? Thats crazy! You should play number 7 before any other!
And you should definately play FF7 before the movie comes out :D
Anyway, thats really strange tygerwilde, I could see one copy being faulty, but both is really messed up, especially with a new copy. Ive had problems with used copys due to scratches before, but never with new.
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hey man, not everyone drives. I had my licence suspended a couple of years ago cause I had to get my kid some medicine and I didn\'t have insurance. after that, the gas prices shot up and we pretty much decided that a car was more expensive than it was worth. still on those really long walks we wish we had something.
Anyway, in my opinion, 9 is the best, it has just as good a storyline as any of the others, plus it goes back to the old school days of ff. It\'s artwork really brings me back to ffI and ffII but not in the 8-bit way, you know.
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9 is alright but 7 is the real deal, story line is the best, lots of stuff to do!
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meh, I thought the storyline of 7 was too lingering, drawn out in all the wrong places. and some things just didn\'t make any sence at all. not that it was all bad, just long winded
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Originally posted by Icefalcon
Cant you drive?! Sheesh...
Anyway, how is the game itself? Ive never played any of the final fantasy games...wierd huh...
You don\'t know how lucky you are Ice ;) :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by tygerwilde
hey man, not everyone drives. I had my licence suspended a couple of years ago cause I had to get my kid some medicine and I didn\'t have insurance. after that, the gas prices shot up and we pretty much decided that a car was more expensive than it was worth. still on those really long walks we wish we had something.
Ah, I see... sorry
Actually I cant drive either...but thats only because Im 15...*mumbles about stupid driver age rules*
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eh, no problem. we\'ve been thinkin bout getting a vehicle, but with gas prices, insurance prices, tax, all those good things. we\'re just not sure it\'s worth it.
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Lingering Storyline!!?? X( The only thing Lingering is you now remove yourself from this thread! LONG LIVE FINAL FANTASY SEVEN!!!
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if you came to new zealand icefalcon you would be old enough to drive :)
why dont you just get a refund or tell them your problem and see if they can help
i have only played ff7 and didnt like it very much
i prefer the legend of dragoon in that style of game because its medival magic and stuff and not all weird with magic, guns, weird animal things and generally just weird. there are many other reasons that make me want to play legend of dragoon :(
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Tyger, how can you live in America and not have a car? That is so weird...
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depending on where he lives walking is probably quicker
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*shakes his fist at the admin butting his head in*>:(
man, I know more than a dozen other people my age in this city who don\'t have a vehicle, it\'s not that weird. amy and her friends, there\'s four of them in that household alone, byron and his friends have one car among them and eight people live in that house. then there\'s tabby, kara, kristopher. It\'s hard to get by sometimes, but jeeze, gimme a break willya!!!
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*bashes depth in head with n00byclub of doom*
man, I started this thread! remove thyself from my presence n00b
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Originally posted by DepthBlade
Lingering Storyline!!?? X( The only thing Lingering is you now remove yourself from this thread! LONG LIVE FINAL FANTASY SEVEN!!!
May you rot and burn for that horrible remark!!! May FF be forever damned!! :rolleyes:
*lends tygers n00byclup of doom for a sec and bashes depth*
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Originally posted by tygerwilde
I\'ve bought with babbages since I was 13 and I\'ve never had one problem with them, the only reason I bought this with EB is because babbages didn\'t have a copy
Same here I worled for Babbages as well they run a much tighter ship than EB that\'s for sure...
The manager at my EB is such an ass...If you ask for help he gets mad at you.
\"If it\'s not on the SHELF we dont HAVE it!\"
The epitome of customer service.
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Final Fantasy seven was the first one to really kick butt, but I really liked nine more. :)
Hey! I live in America and don?t drive a car, unless absolutely necessary. Have you seen the gas prices? Its ridiculous! Lets see $1.50 for the buss or $2.40 a gallon?Hmmm?
I once had to return a game to EB three times before I received a working copy. At least they don?t just tell you ?tough!?.
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xpytz... odd handle...
anyway, you\'re a smart man, nine is the best of them. and anyone who thinks otherwise is a n00b to the world of final fantasy. *takes back n00byclub of doom and bashes depth a few times... then bashes xal for stealing his trademarked tool
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VI pwns you kids. Bum Rush! IX would be the best if they hadn\'t regressed the combat system about 7 years. Are you playing it on a PS2? At least turn on the smooth texture shading if you are. That thing is a beast when trying to play some old PS games (and some PS2 games even!) Sony\'s hardware is kinda shoddy sometimes, especially the older PS2\'s. Sometimes I have to turn the system sideways or upside down to get it to work, and FF IX is one of those games.
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already had smooth texture on.
it\'s the disk, there was one pretty nasty scratch on it, they don\'t always effect the game, but most of the time they do.
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Originally posted by Xalthar
Originally posted by DepthBlade
Lingering Storyline!!?? X( The only thing Lingering is you now remove yourself from this thread! LONG LIVE FINAL FANTASY SEVEN!!!
May you rot and burn for that horrible remark!!! May FF be forever damned!! :rolleyes:
*lends tygers n00byclup of doom for a sec and bashes depth*
Oh thats it FF haters! You just better lock your doors at night I am announcing to the whole world your remarks towards Final Fantasy and you will most likely have a riot coming to your house to torture you! Most likely Japanese people expect a few caucasions!
OT: The textures were bad if you played for PS2 but I kept my PS1 for that reason!
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*takes Tyger\'s n00byclub of doom and bashes DepthBlade for the heck of it*
Ah, I should buy a Final Fantasy game...see for myself if I like it. The newest one, XI? Has really impressive graphics...but I heard the storyline sucks...so, what should I try? 7 or 9?
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XI is the only online one, X has a decent storyline, but it\'s nothing near as good as 9, go with 9... but try to get a new copy. seems like people abuse their ps games...
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Just start from FF7 and if you can get the older versions do so, 8 isn\'t so great but worth playing, 9 isn\'t so great but worth playing, 10 had a amazing storyline and it used actually voices which was something special except for the short story line that probally is the second best of them all, and then we got 10-2 um it might as well be called Charlies Angels it was alittle out there but a real Final Fantasy Fan would give it a try wasn\'t hard to beat at all :D I still haven\'t bought chroniciles yet I said I was going to but haven\'t had the spare cash for it yet!
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Originally posted by tygerwilde ...amy and her friends, there\'s four of them in that household alone...
OMG!!!! Amy doesn\'t have a car?!!? :P Jeez, you act like we know these people...
Now Venge, if Tyger lived in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or any other big city like that, sometimes it is quicker to walk or ride a bicycle to your destination. Maybe not everyone drives in the really busy and slow lane like Venge in Houston. I\'ve been to Houston, the traffic was wild, but mosty slow moving!! How do ya do it Venge?
Anyways, it is very rare to get two faulty and new discs of the same game. But, bad things always happen to people who suffer. If you would have made it there easily, it would have worked fine. Or maybe it is just my luck that bad things happen to me a lot. Anyways, I understand if you are pissed at the company. I feel deep pain for you...
Ok, I had pain for the >1 minute it took me to read your post. Then, I got interested in the off-topic stuff around here. At least I tried, eh?
EDIT: Get an older FF like FFV. In that one, you can choose your own Jobs(of the vailable jobs, of course) for your people and mix-and-match abilities, so you make your own character!!! Yea, or actually any of the FF games are cool. I just don\'t care for FFVIII much although the card game was cool \'til I got every card. :roll:
And about the debate between VII and IX; VII rules!!!
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Originally posted by faldrok
And about the debate between VII and IX; VII rules!!!
OT: And thats the way the cookie crumbles :]
Choosing your own job rox! On another note if you have Diablo 2 and haven\'t played it for awhile they put some new patch up that made the game alot better not the .10 but .11 I think my friend was telling me that he reinstalled it because he was bored and they just intensified the whole thing!
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actually, I live in cape girardeau, a pretty small town really, about 22k residents or so, last I looked at our population. thing is, walking is free, a vehicle isn\'t. when I had a truck, I spent roughly $25 dollars a week on gas, that\'s $100 dollars extra a month, when you\'re gettin by on the governments $400 a month, you really can\'t afford the extra expenses.btw, now that the gas prices have raised so far, I would prolly be spending easily $200 dollars a month in gas, reducing my bills money to 200 dollars, not even enough to pay for rent.
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personally I thought that ffX was waaay to linear, before you suggest that game to anyone you may want to mention the fact that there is no world exploration.
you dont even get to revisit cities until almost the end of the game. If world exploration is the price we pay for voice overs take your wanking voice actors and give me back me world map. the level system on X was magnificent though.
As far as 7,8,and 9 go I like 7 then 9 then 8.
I really liked the magic system on 7 and it was similar to 9. Magic on eight was a pain in the arse though.
I am a completionist and syphoning all those spells takes a load of time and afterwards you really dont want to use them because of the stats boost they give.
The Gaurdians were really cool though.
Thats just my opinion however and i\'m not mad if someone likes the other games better.
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ok, I have one problem, I\'ve played all the final fantasies, even the one\'s on GB.
exept
for
III.
this drives me nuts. I know for a fact that FFIII in america isn\'t FFIII, but I can\'t find a copy of the original III translated to english. anyone know where I can find a rom for my emulator?
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Don\'t you have a buy/trade/sell hobbie store? Ok maybe you wouldn\'t because it isn\'t a chain but rather a independant store in this town!
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not really, there\'s pmac music, but they don\'t have much selection in games, there are all kinds of thrift stores in town, but they mostly carry like sports games. really the only places to get games in cape are hastings entertainment, EB, and babbages. unless of course you\'re looking for tabletop games, we\'ve easily got a dozen stores that sell those.