Comments on: Buying Games From Stores Is Soooo Out

By: Juuso

Juuso — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:20 +0000

Sounds like worth checking it…

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:32:59 +0000

Yes they are pretty cool, although I think Thief was probably “scarier” in that if you got caught you were basically dead. In ACII you can just run away over the roofs. There are also some neat parts where you explore tombs under churches to get some special seals and they are really good, like better than Tomb Raider ever was. Oh and you can ride a horse, and that’s well done too. And hire courtesans (but only as a distraction for guards, damn), and mercenaries, and thieves etc. Plus there’s a meta game of making your villa and town awesome by upgrading it that’s neat. Lot’s of neat stuff.

By: Juuso

Juuso — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:09:05 +0000

Jake: what about stealth/assassinations – are they interesting as in Thief (=cool) or interesting as in Assassins Creed I (=pretty okay)?

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:58:44 +0000

@Juuso: Yes, it’s very good. I’m impressed. It has great graphics and a great atmosphere of 15th Century Italy (I actually feel like I’m there sometimes). I’ve been to Venice and explored all the backstreets and sometimes the game feels like that. The freerunning is fantastic, the plot and story are interesting (which is unusual for a game :-)), the combat is good,m and there are tons of side missions (it’s a bit like GTA in that sense). Highly recommended (along with Batman).

By: Juuso

Juuso — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:50:59 +0000

@Jake: is it any good…?

By: Juuso

Juuso — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:46:23 +0000

here supermarkets have food+baby stuff+clothes+drinks+postcards+magazines… everything. :)

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:51 +0000

I managed to get Assassin’s Creed II for $30 (half price) in a one-day store special offer.

By: shane

shane — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:02:18 +0000

one word: walmart.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:12:49 +0000

It took me a minute to figure out what you meant by supermarket. In the US, supermarkets are where you buy food (grocery stores). For my Xbox, I usually buy at Best Buy. For PC, usually Amazon, as I haven’t found a brick and mortar store locally that still stocks pc games.

By: Soren B. Andersen

Soren B. Andersen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:26:53 +0000

I buy games digitally from Steam, Bigfishgames and Xbox Live Arcade. The only games I still buy on cd/dvd are full price new AAA grade Xbox 360 titles like Fallout 3 and Mass Effect 2. In a year or two the discs might be gone from my shopping list.