Author Topic: What is your most recent gaming purchase? (Read 931468 times)

UncleBob · « **Reply #350 on:** June 16, 2012, 12:03:43 AM »

I know I've talked about my gaming deals a bit, but I'd like to pass on some tips relating to today's purchase on how to get the most bang from your buck.

Some time ago, Toys R Us ran a promo where if you bought a Skylanders 3-Pack or an Adventure Pack, you got a $5 gift card. This was when they first released the Dragon's Peak pack (the last adventure pack) and I was in line to get two, one for me and one for a co-worker that let me keep the second gift card for my trouble.

Later, I returned with my $10 in gift cards. They had a deal going where if you bought two select games, you'd get a $10 gift card. I price matched Kid Icarus with Best Buy, getting it for $30 instead of $40 and picked up Mario 3-on-3 which they had on sale for $25, down from $35.

Today, I went and picked up Pikmin 2 and Rayman Origins - they had a sale, 2 $20 games for $30. Used my previous $10 gift card.

So, I got $140 worth of games/Skylanders and was only out $90 (before taxes, of course)... so, like 35% off. And that's getting three of the items on launch week.

Always be on the look out for deals, always look for legitimate ways to stack and come join CAG.

Drizzt · « **Reply #351 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:43:19 AM »

Yeah CAG has saved me some money. Normally though it boils down to how much you want a game it's harder to get deals at launch than say a few weeks later.

ejamer · « **Reply #352 on:** June 16, 2012, 11:33:31 AM »

Quote from: ejamer on June 12, 2012, 03:55:48 PM

So not really a new game... but my Nintendo 3DS Card Case 18 reward arrived in the mail today.
https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-details/a/24002.do

... Strongly considering ordering another and throwing all my empty DS/3DS cases into storage to save desk space.

Well, guess that consideration is off the table as it's no longer possible. Apparently, these sweet DS cases are gone for good. It's no longer listed on the Club Nintendo website, and GoNintendo just posted the following article:
[size=78%]http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=179419[/size]

Ajinesh · « **Reply #353 on:** June 20, 2012, 05:50:31 AM »

Assassins creed 3

Halbred · « **Reply #354 on:** June 20, 2012, 09:48:11 PM »

Gravity Rush (Vita). Fun game so far, but I'm kind of meh on the art style.

vinniebrock · « **Reply #355 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:45:38 PM »

NPC Pikmin 1 & 2

. Also pre-ordered Borderlands 2.

Phil · « **Reply #356 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:58:44 PM »

I bought the PS3 version of LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.

Tamazoid · « **Reply #357 on:** June 21, 2012, 06:12:38 AM »

$30 for both. I've never played a Final Fantasy and I finally decided it's time to try one out.

Oblivion · « **Reply #358 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:45:56 PM »

...you decide to play Final Fantasy and you chose the most divisive one besides XIII? You poor thing.

You should've gone for VI through X.

UncleBob · « **Reply #359 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:40:09 PM »

I bought some totally awesome Skylanders figures today...

Hurry to your local Walmart and get yours.

Halbred · « **Reply #360 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:51:48 PM »

I like, since you have six of the same figure, you should send one to me so I can buy the Skylanders game and have five total since I got that silver E3 Spyro. LOL

ejamer · « **Reply #361 on:** June 30, 2012, 09:11:36 PM »

Kirby's Epic Yarn - $20 at Walmart

I would've preferred to get Return to Dreamland, but at $20 it's hard to say no to a game this gorgeous.

LOZman · « **Reply #362 on:** June 30, 2012, 10:05:20 PM »

I just bought and downloaded Resident Evil 4 for $19.99 for Xbox 360. This is my first time with the game, as I was too young for such a game when it came out. So far I am loving it!

lolmonade · « **Reply #363 on:** June 30, 2012, 10:17:54 PM »

Quote from: ejamer on June 30, 2012, 09:11:36 PM

Kirby's Epic Yarn - $20 at Walmart

I would've preferred to get Return to Dreamland, but at $20 it's hard to say no to a game this gorgeous.

Im not one to buy games at full price, but after renting this one and playing it with my wife for a weekend, I couldn't help myself. Wife and I played this game together on New years eve a few years ago, and is now a yearly ritual. Delightful game

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #364 on:** July 01, 2012, 07:20:09 AM »

Buyin' the weird JPN 360 games

oohhboy · « **Reply #365 on:** July 01, 2012, 06:42:36 PM »

5/7 of them appear to be dating games. 2 of them look like outright harems. Are you trying to tell us something?

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #366 on:** July 02, 2012, 01:36:18 AM »

3 of those girly games are actually shmups. But yeah, I like to buy the most bizarre games for the sheer novelty of them

Tamazoid · « **Reply #367 on:** July 05, 2012, 03:07:50 AM »

Had a couple of gift cards to spend. I won Project Zero 2 in a competition.

I tried out the first couple of levels in Epic Yarn an i'm really enjoying it.
I played through the tutorial level of Disaster, and the story is already insane.

Oblivion · « **Reply #368 on:** July 05, 2012, 03:12:56 AM »

While it technically wasn't a purchase, I was given a copy of 999 for my birthday. However, I did buy my friends a copy of Nintendo Selects: Pikman 2.

ejamer · « **Reply #369 on:** July 05, 2012, 08:03:23 AM »

Quote from: Tamazoid on July 05, 2012, 03:07:50 AM

...

... I won Project Zero 2 in a competition.

...

Nice! I'm extremely jealous, especially because it seems likely that NoA has no plans to release the game here. I fully expect Project Zero 2 to be Wii's (imported) swan song for me.

Razorkid · « **Reply #370 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:35:32 AM »

Metro 2033
Civilization V
RAGE
Dear Esther+OST
PixelJunk Eden

all for $28.21 on Steam.

I love the Summer Sales!

broodwars · « **Reply #371 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:21:03 PM »

I just picked up a copy of Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals for the DS yesterday. I'm well aware it's probably a terrible game considering very few sites have reviewed it and the fact that I found the game on sale for $13 Used (w/ case & manual). But despite that, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals is one of my favorite RPGs from the SNES, so I wanted to give the "reimagining" a chance.

I've also bought various 3DS downloadable games (Mutant Mudds; Mighty Switch Force; etc.); FF Theathythm; & Kid Icarus Uprising over the past few weeks when it comes to titles on Nintendo platforms.

On the PS3, I've picked up The Amazing Spider-Man; Quantum Conundrum, the two Resident Evil Chronicles HD rail-shooters; and I'll be picking up Dyad tonight. On the 360 (I hadn't plugged my 360 in for over a year) I picked up Bastion; Ms. 'Splosion Man; Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet; Alan Wake's American Nightmare; and FEZ.

Morari · « **Reply #372 on:** July 17, 2012, 07:02:27 PM »

Just ordered The Resistance, won't have it until later this week though. It looks to fix all of the problems my group has with Ultimate Werewolf, such as early player elimination, the need for a moderator, and accusations based on nothing more than conjecture. I think that having real, material clues will go a long way. We shall see though.

lolmonade · « **Reply #373 on:** July 21, 2012, 01:03:09 PM »

Thank goodness for Steam sales. I have a nice big pile of games to get through now (All for under $45!):

Beyond Good & Evil
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fable - The Lost Chapters
Far Cry 2
Hitman: Blood Money
Mirror's Edge
Sid Meier's Civilization V
SimCity 4 Deluxe
Tribes: Ascend
Trine 2
The Walking Dead

Morari · « **Reply #374 on:** July 21, 2012, 01:17:08 PM »

Quote from: lolmonade on July 21, 2012, 01:03:09 PM

Tribes: Ascend

Tribes Ascend is a free-to-play game. Anything you bought could have been acquired through actual gameplay. It's not a chore to play either, as the Tribes series has always been one of the best team-based shooters.

Otherwise, it looks like you got a pretty good bounty.

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Author Topic: What is your most recent gaming purchase? (Read 931468 times)