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| Hungrywolf 2613th Post
 
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|  "Conversations heard in a game store..."
, posted Wed 14 Jan 21:38
I decided to start this topic (I've thought about it before but the last two times I've gone to the Gamestop here in Columbus I heard things I wanted to talk about with other gamers (I don't know any gamers around here that would talk about it with me)). Anyway, I often overhear conversations between customers and the salespeople that I find humourous.
Earlier this week I went to Gamestop to reserve Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. While I was doing this, another customer was buying a PS2 and FFVII next to me with another of the workers. The guy buying FFVII asked the employee selling him the PS2 and the game how FFVII was and the employee told him that Final Fantasy VII is good (which is fine to say, I don't like the story of FFVII, but I cannot deny that it is a good game. I don't own it yet but I do plan to buy it soon, as it would complete my Final Fantasy collection thusfar). However, he went on to say that FFVII was better than any of those silly Super Nintendo Final Fantasy games. This statement really kinda bugged me, but at the same time, I already have gotten use to hearing dumb things like that.
((Note: I bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance the next day at Best Buy. I love FFTA so far))
The other thing that I heard recently wasn't really something a representative at the store said, but something a customer said that got me thinking. I actually heard this today when I went to the Gamestop and bought Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (another excellent game so far). The other customer was talking about online games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
Of course, in the past I usually just am ticked at what workers at EB or Gamestop or other places say to customers about games and systems. I think they shouldn't show bias towards systems as much as they do.
What are some weird things you guys have overheard at game stores?
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| KaiketsuZubat
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Occasional Customer
| "Re(1):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Wed 14 Jan 21:59:
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I decided to start this topic (I've thought about it before but the last two times I've gone to the Gamestop here in Columbus I heard things I wanted to talk about with other gamers (I don't know any gamers around here that would talk about it with me)). Anyway, I often overhear conversations between customers and the salespeople that I find humourous.
Earlier this week I went to Gamestop to reserve Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. While I was doing this, another customer was buying a PS2 and FFVII next to me with another of the workers. The guy buying FFVII asked the employee selling him the PS2 and the game how FFVII was and the employee told him that Final Fantasy VII is good (which is fine to say, I don't like the story of FFVII, but I cannot deny that it is a good game. I don't own it yet but I do plan to buy it soon, as it would complete my Final Fantasy collection thusfar). However, he went on to say that FFVII was better than any of those silly Super Nintendo Final Fantasy games. This statement really kinda bugged me, but at the same time, I already have gotten use to hearing dumb things like that.
((Note: I bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance the next day at Best Buy. I love FFTA so far))
The other thing that I heard recently wasn't really something a representative at the store said, but something a customer said that got me thinking. I actually heard this today when I went to the Gamestop and bought Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (another excellent game so far). The other customer was talking about online games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
Of course, in the past I usually just am ticked at what workers at EB or Gamestop or other places say to customers about games and systems. I think they shouldn't show bias towards systems as much as they do.
What are some weird things you guys have overheard at game stores?
Well, I didn't overhear it, it was spoken directly to me, since I work at an EB here in San Antonio <someone come visit me during the evening! it's lonely!> anyways, this customer had this wacky claim that River City Ransom would be delayed because "his friend who worked for atari" bought the rights to the game, and was filing suit against Atlus because they made a remake without his knowing *lol*
Another weird moment during last Christmas was when this mother came to the counter asking for "Ham-god" for Game Boy.. I tried my best to not laugh, politely showed her the HamTARO game she was looking for, and to make her feel better told her that I liked her version better.. my roommate still calls asking for the game every now and then, the dork :P
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| Dr Baghead 2733th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(1):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Wed 14 Jan 22:11
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The other thing that I heard recently wasn't really something a representative at the store said, but something a customer said that got me thinking. I actually heard this today when I went to the Gamestop and bought Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (another excellent game so far). The other customer was talking about online games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
Congradulations! We've got your own "If it wasn't for my horse... I wouldn't have spent that year in college" story!
The dumbest thing I heard in a game store was just after Devil May Cry came out, a kid (like in Juan's story, it's best to imagine a GeoCity CAP talker) was talking at the clerk, he apparently REALLY loved DMC and apparently hadn't realized the internet was were you rant uncontrollably about games you love, not the story of purchase... anyway he said a line I will never forgot, "I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SURVIVAL HORROR GAME!!! BUT IT TURNS OUT I WAS THE HORROR TRYING TO BE SURVIVED!!!!!" it was so cliche, so stupid, so what a clever person on the internet probably pharsed better before this guy poorly reused it. My brothers and I still randomly say the quote for shits and giggles.
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| Gen 2426th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(1):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Wed 14 Jan 22:13:
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I decided to start this topic (I've thought about it before but the last two times I've gone to the Gamestop here in Columbus I heard things I wanted to talk about with other gamers (I don't know any gamers around here that would talk about it with me)). Anyway, I often overhear conversations between customers and the salespeople that I find humourous.
Earlier this week I went to Gamestop to reserve Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. While I was doing this, another customer was buying a PS2 and FFVII next to me with another of the workers. The guy buying FFVII asked the employee selling him the PS2 and the game how FFVII was and the employee told him that Final Fantasy VII is good (which is fine to say, I don't like the story of FFVII, but I cannot deny that it is a good game. I don't own it yet but I do plan to buy it soon, as it would complete my Final Fantasy collection thusfar). However, he went on to say that FFVII was better than any of those silly Super Nintendo Final Fantasy games. This statement really kinda bugged me, but at the same time, I already have gotten use to hearing dumb things like that.
He is a jack ass who thinks without basis and without respect.
It's like if your favorite gaming system is PS2 or NES or Atari or whatever it may be and you have several favorite games that you can see the special-ness of on it~ but say soon comes along another masturbating bizkiteer teen who's barely seen PS2 and he says to you Xbox 2 is the greatest system of all time and PS2 sux donkey.
If the kid had respect, and knew what he was talking about, and had an actual basis for liking one system over the other, then it would be different.
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((Note: I bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance the next day at Best Buy. I love FFTA so far))
The other thing that I heard recently wasn't really something a representative at the store said, but something a customer said that got me thinking. I actually heard this today when I went to the Gamestop and bought Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (another excellent game so far). The other customer was talking about online games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
sort of a weak or silly point of view to not like a game only because it's not online.
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Of course, in the past I usually just am ticked at what workers at EB or Gamestop or other places say to customers about games and systems. I think they shouldn't show bias towards systems as much as they do.
What are some weird things you guys have overheard at game stores?
In my experiance, several years ago the quality of workers at such places (and many others) dropped. Prior to that there was a period with a few much more knowledgable and interested gamers working as employees at such game stores. If someone just want's a job and isn't into games that's fine, I'm not talking about them. Just the "gamer" employees are less so then they have been.
A few stores I've been to in the last couple years have strangely had many filthy and damaged inventory items. They had items I would have bought right then at the store if they weren't dirty and beat up.
A number of stores were supposed to call me when KoF2000&2001 came in. None of them did.
That's all complaint so now for a good story.... Let's see. I haven't enjoyed going to gangbanger filled malls and dirty stores with sub par employees for the last few years... Toys r Us used to be nicer, but they changed their store layout drasticly and the store is, once again, litterally physically dirty now.... Good story, good story.... One time I wanted to get a shooter game, and the only place that had it was the Gamestop or whatever it's called in Santa Monica mall.
P.S. I know there are good employees out there just in general there has been a slip in the industry in my experiance.
Think happy thoughts.
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| ninjabastard 723th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member
| "Re(1):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Wed 14 Jan 23:38:
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I decided to start this topic (I've thought about it before but the last two times I've gone to the Gamestop here in Columbus I heard things I wanted to talk about with other gamers (I don't know any gamers around here that would talk about it with me)). Anyway, I often overhear conversations between customers and the salespeople that I find humourous.
Earlier this week I went to Gamestop to reserve Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. While I was doing this, another customer was buying a PS2 and FFVII next to me with another of the workers. The guy buying FFVII asked the employee selling him the PS2 and the game how FFVII was and the employee told him that Final Fantasy VII is good (which is fine to say, I don't like the story of FFVII, but I cannot deny that it is a good game. I don't own it yet but I do plan to buy it soon, as it would complete my Final Fantasy collection thusfar). However, he went on to say that FFVII was better than any of those silly Super Nintendo Final Fantasy games. This statement really kinda bugged me, but at the same time, I already have gotten use to hearing dumb things like that.
((Note: I bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance the next day at Best Buy. I love FFTA so far))
The other thing that I heard recently wasn't really something a representative at the store said, but something a customer said that got me thinking. I actually heard this today when I went to the Gamestop and bought Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (another excellent game so far). The other customer was talking about online games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
Of course, in the past I usually just am ticked at what workers at EB or Gamestop or other places say to customers about games and systems. I think they shouldn't show bias towards systems as much as they do.
What are some weird things you guys have overheard at game stores?
I actually liked FF7 more than the SNES FF's. But I really liked the SNES's ones too. The guy was still an ass to make fun of games just because its on SNES.
There are stupid people on both sides of the counter. Some keep telling me ps2 is greatest system ever, and some call it the biggest piece of shit ever(I think its a good system overall. Not the best though). I havent been to a game store in a while. When I last went around this xmas, I really noticed how much things had changed. I used to know all the people that worked at eb(like years). We'd talk about upcoming games, I asked them about so and so game, and they would give me their opinon. It was great. Now, I didnt know any of the guys there. I thought, "Ok, no problem maybe some of them are gone or on a different shift. I bet these new guys know something" After I get my game and get to the counter(battle field 1942). I try to talk a little bit to the guys. Basicilly neither really played too many games other than GTA and True crime. I was soo disapointed.
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| Dr Orochi 494th Post
Gold Customer
| "Re(2):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Thu 15 Jan 00:13
One day, at the local EBGames: (this was a while back)
Customer: Excuse me, I'm looking for a new RPG that came out. It's supposed to be like Final Fantasy Tactics but I can't remember what it's called. I've never been good with those Japanese names...
I was browsing through the games across from the counter thinking that it had to be Hoshigami. But I decided to see where this would go.
Clerk:Oh, you must be talking about Suikoden. Yeah that's been out for a while though. *grabs a copy and hands it to customer*
Customer:No, no this isn't it.. it's like Final Fantasy Tactics y'know?
Clerk:Hmmm...*proceeds to name off a few more RPG's comepletely unrelated*
Customer:No..man I wish I could remember that name. I really want that game.
Clerk: You must mean Suikoden.
You see, this is when I decided enough was enough. The monkey had been allowed to throw it's poo around for long enough. I had to put it back in its cage.
I looked to the counter and the poor customer and said "Hoshigami"
Immediately the customer's eyes lit up, while the clerk seemed rather confused.
The customer then said "Yes that's it!" and the clerk looked at me and said "What?"
"Hoshigami"
After flipping through the games behind the counter... *drumroll* "Oh, here it is."
The customer then thanked me, bought the game, and left.
It never ceases to amaze me that they get in the shipments, have release books/calenders, etc. But they still have no idea about what's going on. But of course I can't say that about ALL gaming stores. But I can say that about the one in my town. Where being a moron is a requirement (This is my only story relating to a stupid conversation but I could go ON about the fools that have worked there.)
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| Radish 2072th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(3):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Thu 15 Jan 04:58
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One day, at the local EBGames: (this was a while back)
Customer: Excuse me, I'm looking for a new RPG that came out. It's supposed to be like Final Fantasy Tactics but I can't remember what it's called. I've never been good with those Japanese names...
I was browsing through the games across from the counter thinking that it had to be Hoshigami. But I decided to see where this would go.
Clerk:Oh, you must be talking about Suikoden. Yeah that's been out for a while though. *grabs a copy and hands it to customer*
Customer:No, no this isn't it.. it's like Final Fantasy Tactics y'know?
Clerk:Hmmm...*proceeds to name off a few more RPG's comepletely unrelated*
Customer:No..man I wish I could remember that name. I really want that game.
Clerk: You must mean Suikoden.
You see, this is when I decided enough was enough. The monkey had been allowed to throw it's poo around for long enough. I had to put it back in its cage.
I looked to the counter and the poor customer and said "Hoshigami"
Immediately the customer's eyes lit up, while the clerk seemed rather confused.
The customer then said "Yes that's it!" and the clerk looked at me and said "What?"
"Hoshigami"
After flipping through the games behind the counter... *drumroll* "Oh, here it is."
The customer then thanked me, bought the game, and left.
It never ceases to amaze me that they get in the shipments, have release books/calenders, etc. But they still have no idea about what's going on. But of course I can't say that about ALL gaming stores. But I can say that about the one in my town. Where being a moron is a requirement (This is my only story relating to a stupid conversation but I could go ON about the fools that have worked there.)
You should have let the clerk sell the guy Suikoden.
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| Mosquiton 1054th Post
Red Carpet Premium Member
| "Re(1):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Fri 16 Jan 07:31
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customer was talking about online Earlier this week I went to Gamestop to reserve Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. The other games with the guy and suddenly I heard the guy working mention to him about the reservations for FF:CC for GCN. Then the customer said he WAS going to get that but that it wasn't online so he wouldn't get it. Then he said something about not knowing why he ever bought a GCN (he used some negative adjective to describe it but I forget it now). Now, I can understand FFXI being online but why would anyone expect any other FF to be online? Also, if he is so interested in online games, why DID he buy a GCN? Of course, I also had to question why he'd want any system if ALL he wanted was online games (as he made it sound). I'm not saying that Nintendo shouldn't have online games (they really should, I hope with their next system they deal with that), but my problem with this thing I overheard was, well, I don't think a person should dislike a game because you can't play it online.
If your gaming homeys have been scattered by the four winds and you dig that kind of genre it is kind of a pisser. Considering how difficult it is to play FF:CC with the ideal (intended) setup: four people in your living room with four GBA's linked to the Cube), I think that the game not being online is a completely legit complaint.
The guy never said he didn't like the game, he said he wouldn't buy it because it didn't suit his needs. Same reason I'm not buying it.
It's true though, you hear some moronic things said in electronics stores. I try to lend helpful advice when I can. :/
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| Henaki
102th Post
Regular Customer
| "Re(3):? for Hungrywolf" , posted Fri 16 Jan 20:01
There used to be some cool people in game stores, I remember having an HOUR LONG conversation with some girl behind the counter about Final Fantasy, and how she hated Cloud and Squall, the stories of FF7 and 8, but loved the gameplay.
Then the guys at Software Etc/Gamestop (who are now much cooler than EB) actual spent like, 10 minutes trying to help me afford both a pre-order for SCII, a GBA SP, Guilty Gear XX (for my friend) and some other game.
The found a way, apparently, they cut my pre-order down to 2.50, but hey, they were REALLY cool about it. It was sickenly busy that day though, due to the 10000 billion people getting SCII :)
Also, my cousin, got SCII for christmas, and somehow got extremely disapointed when Spawn and Link werent in the PS2 version (Yeah, I'm sure all the Link commercials that said ONLY ON GAMECUBE threw him off or something).
One guy who walked into Gamestop stared at the PS2 games for 10 minutes, and then realized "Wait a minute, these aren't DVDs!".
I don't have too many stories though, I avoid video game stores like the plauge, especially the newly managed EB (some old guy who knows nothing of video-games or customers works there).
So...how about those...things....
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| Grahf
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New Customer
| "Re(5):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Fri 16 Jan 23:05
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They even got me... I called Xenogears "Zeenogears" and I got a lecture on how the game is called "Zehnogears".
It actually turns out that you were right. The prefix "Xeno-" is latin, so you should pronounce it the way you would normally (as in xenophobia). People often get confused, and sometimes snooty, about the Japanese pronunciations. If "Xenogears" was a Japanese word, then the "zeh" sound would be correct. Of course, if that were the case, then "gears" would be wrong too. This mistake is along the same lines as when people try to say that Lulu should be pronounced "Ruru" and other nonsense like that. Basically, if the word is not of Japanese origin, then you don't have to follow Japanese pronunciation rules (feel free to if you're Japanese though).
As far as game store conversations go, it always kind of annoys me when the clerks act like they're so "in the know" when they're obviously just quoting the latest EGM or something. "I predict the new Tony Hawk game is going to be a biiiig seller. You might want to look out for that one!"
btw, I'm new here.
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| KTallguy 331th Post
Bronze Customer
| "Re(7):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Sat 17 Jan 04:20
Welcome welcome =)
I got really pissed at a Gamestop store because I reserved a game and it took about 3 weeks past the shipping date to get it. So I ended up calling the district director and getting him to give me a nice discount. It's not like I wanted to be an asshole, but the guys at the store didn't seem to care or be very helpful.
I don't know, some people that work at game stores are really nice and helpful, but some are just assholes. It seems like a fun job, but my friend who manages a gamecrazy said that after a while, you miss the time that you play games at home, and you almost feel saturated with too many videogames.
BTW, do you guys feel that it's wrong for a game store to push certain products in favor over other ones? For example, pushing X-box over PS2 or certain 'known' games over smaller producers' games? I kind of think of it as payola, and I see gamestop do that all the time. I wonder if they actually get paid to lie about a game.
"Temae ja yaku busoku nan da yo!"
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| KaiketsuZubat
62th Post
Occasional Customer
| "Re(8):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Sat 17 Jan 09:37
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Welcome welcome =)
I got really pissed at a Gamestop store because I reserved a game and it took about 3 weeks past the shipping date to get it. So I ended up calling the district director and getting him to give me a nice discount. It's not like I wanted to be an asshole, but the guys at the store didn't seem to care or be very helpful.
I don't know, some people that work at game stores are really nice and helpful, but some are just assholes. It seems like a fun job, but my friend who manages a gamecrazy said that after a while, you miss the time that you play games at home, and you almost feel saturated with too many videogames.
BTW, do you guys feel that it's wrong for a game store to push certain products in favor over other ones? For example, pushing X-box over PS2 or certain 'known' games over smaller producers' games? I kind of think of it as payola, and I see gamestop do that all the time. I wonder if they actually get paid to lie about a game.
No, it's not that we get paid to lie about a game, but we do have presell goals for example. Our store for example is pushing Halo 2, ok, big game, understandable, but they don't get mad if we take a preorder for something like Star Ocean.
My store in particular does not have a system bias, we don't do things like question a person's judgement in buying a game or telling them to get version x "because version y sucks" becuase well, that's just bad customer service.
It's kinda cool tho, we have a pretty well rounded crew, we got a coupla general gamers, one RPG nut, one guy who's into sports/driving games, and me, who likes the classic gaming/import/obscure game thing. Oddly enough, I'm the only one who doesn't own a "new" system. I have a JP PS2, but only JP PS one games, and I don't have an Xbox, GBA or Cube ^^; used to have a GBA but traded it in when we got Neo Pockets for sale ^_^;
Anyways, that led off to nowhere.. but I can tell ya, at least at my store we are encouraged to sell particular games, like any store, but we aren't going to shove it down your throat to get that sale.
"Waga shougai ni ippen no kuinashi!"
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| Henaki
103th Post
Regular Customer
| "Re(6):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Sat 17 Jan 10:07
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It actually turns out that you were right. The prefix "Xeno-" is latin, so you should pronounce it the way you would normally (as in xenophobia). People often get confused, and sometimes snooty, about the Japanese pronunciations. If "Xenogears" was a Japanese word, then the "zeh" sound would be correct. Of course, if that were the case, then "gears" would be wrong too. This mistake is along the same lines as when people try to say that Lulu should be pronounced "Ruru" and other nonsense like that. Basically, if the word is not of Japanese origin, then you don't have to follow Japanese pronunciation rules (feel free to if you're Japanese though).
I've been saying the word wrong for years!
And welcome to the cafe, where Japanese, Doujin and Fighting games are our specialty...or something....yeah.
So...how about those...things....
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| Hungrywolf 2625th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "SOMEONE HELP ME!" , posted Mon 19 Jan 14:10
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Oh, I know by now the first FF game was released in the US, but at the time on the NES the game came out here in the US that game was called FF1.
My team was not poor. When I first started the game, I tried every combo and got whooped/had to stay back and raise my HP and stuff, but with three fighters and just one Magician you can pretty much kick everyone's butt really fast. Screw complex Magic Spells, I beat the game in less than a Month and went back to playing Megaman in true Capcom Fanboy fashion.
Maybe a Chocobo was in it, that's the part I may not remember, but they definitly went to the Moon and Time traveled so the FF your talking about where they went to the Moon is the same game I'm talking about.
Can someone help me out here? Ok, if you went to the moon, then you were playing FF2 (IV in Japan) on the SNES. BUT if you had 3 fighters and a red mage then you were playing FF1 (and you didn't go to the moon or time travel. I don't remember time travel in any FF game). And when Final Fantasy came out on the NES in the US, it was called Final Fantasy. There was no 1 in the title (I doubt they planned on a second FF at the time considering if Final Fantasy had flopped they'd have quit making games).
Anyways, if indeed you were playing Final Fantasy on the NES and it had a 1 in the title and you went to the moon and time traveled I have no idea what drugs you were on.
"no again my apoligizes for anyone i offend!!!!!"
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| Luisinan 698th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member
| "Re(1):SOMEONE HELP ME!" , posted Mon 19 Jan 14:31:
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Can someone help me out here? Ok, if you went to the moon, then you were playing FF2 (IV in Japan) on the SNES. BUT if you had 3 fighters and a red mage then you were playing FF1 (and you didn't go to the moon or time travel. I don't remember time travel in any FF game). And when Final Fantasy came out on the NES in the US, it was called Final Fantasy. There was no 1 in the title (I doubt they planned on a second FF at the time considering if Final Fantasy had flopped they'd have quit making games).
Anyways, if indeed you were playing Final Fantasy on the NES and it had a 1 in the title and you went to the moon and time traveled I have no idea what drugs you were on.
Okay, before I start, let me first say: Capcom is lazy. And they suck. Phew, got that out of the way (my bashing stick is heavy.)
Anyway, my memory is fuzzy, but I think you might actually be wrong HW. Like I said, my memory is fuzzy, but I think in the original Final Fantasy, the very first one for the NES-- I think you did time travel and go to the moon.
Here are my 'fuzzy facts' on Final Fantasy (1) for the NES.
-You could choose bewteen a white, red and black mage. Along with those, you could choose a fighter and a... knight? Plus two other classes I can't remember.
-At some point in the game, some powerful person (a king?) would 'maturize?' you. Your stats got boosted and you got new sprites for your characters. They all looked 'grown up.'
-Did you use an airship? Not sure. Maybe yes.
-You traveled to the moon and fought Tiamat. Tiamat was part of four super bosses that you had to defeat. I think. Memory fuzzy.
-You did travel back in time and fought a super monster end boss named... Chaos? Defeating him caused the timeline to fix itself and reversed all the damage he created.
Again, all of this is a fuzzy recollection. If you want a true answer, there is only one place to go... and that place is... gamefaqs.
...5 minutes later...
Yes. Sano and I were correct. All my fuzzy memories were true. I didn't verify the moon travel but everything else is mentioned in several faqs.
HA! I like you Hungrywolf, we have similar tastes. But alas, you were wrong. And whats worse, is that Sano, the wooden boy who wants to be adopted by Capcom, was right.
So ends this saga.
And Capcom sucks.
HEY I HAVE TO FRICKEN PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN!. I forgot how much I loved this game. Time to find it and emulate it. OH HELL YEAH. This game is for 'real' RPG players. I gotta get me some HOS!
 Hardcore Oldschool Squaresoft
Bored? "160"
[this message was edited by Luisinan on Mon 19 Jan 14:35] |
| Hungrywolf 2627th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(2):SOMEONE HELP ME!" , posted Mon 19 Jan 15:19:
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Can someone help me out here? Ok, if you went to the moon, then you were playing FF2 (IV in Japan) on the SNES. BUT if you had 3 fighters and a red mage then you were playing FF1 (and you didn't go to the moon or time travel. I don't remember time travel in any FF game). And when Final Fantasy came out on the NES in the US, it was called Final Fantasy. There was no 1 in the title (I doubt they planned on a second FF at the time considering if Final Fantasy had flopped they'd have quit making games).
Anyways, if indeed you were playing Final Fantasy on the NES and it had a 1 in the title and you went to the moon and time traveled I have no idea what drugs you were on.
Okay, before I start, let me first say: Capcom is lazy. And they suck. Phew, got that out of the way (my bashing stick is heavy.)
Anyway, my memory is fuzzy, but I think you might actually be wrong HW. Like I said, my memory is fuzzy, but I think in the original Final Fantasy, the very first one for the NES-- I think you did time travel and go to the moon.
Here are my 'fuzzy facts' on Final Fantasy (1) for the NES.
-You could choose bewteen a white, red and black mage. Along with those, you could choose a fighter and a... knight? Plus two other classes I can't remember.
The classes you can choose from in the beginning are Figher, Thief, Black Belt, Red Mage, White Mage, and Black Mage.
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-At some point in the game, some powerful person (a king?) would 'maturize?' you. Your stats got boosted and you got new sprites for your characters. They all looked 'grown up.'
Actually, it is Bahamut. You have to go on a quest to find a rat tail and when you bring it back to him he transforms you. Fighter becomes a Knight, Theif becomes a Ninja, Black Belt becomes a Master, Red Mage becomes Red Wizard, White Mage becomes White Wizard, and Black Mage becomes Black Wizard.
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-Did you use an airship? Not sure. Maybe yes.
You do use an airship. You also use a canoe and a boat in this game. You use a stone to raise the airship out of the desert.
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-You traveled to the moon and fought Tiamat. Tiamat was part of four super bosses that you had to defeat. I think. Memory fuzzy.
Yes, there are four fiends that you fight twice, however, I don't believe you actually go to the moon to fight any of them in Final Fantasy. I believe Tiamat is in the floating castle, he is the fiend of the air. I have the original Nintendo Strategy guide for it, but not on me (so I can't check everything there).
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-You did travel back in time and fought a super monster end boss named... Chaos? Defeating him caused the timeline to fix itself and reversed all the damage he created.
Indeed you do fight Chaos, but I didn't think you time traveled to do it (I did forget the time travel in FFVIII (though I was mainly thinking of early FF, still I forgot about it). I thought you just reached him at the end of the tower at the end of the game, the same tower where you fight all four of the fiends for the second time. (I was wrong about this though, I know that now).
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Again, all of this is a fuzzy recollection. If you want a true answer, there is only one place to go... and that place is... gamefaqs.
...5 minutes later...
Yes. Sano and I were correct. All my fuzzy memories were true. I didn't verify the moon travel but everything else is mentioned in several faqs.
HA! I like you Hungrywolf, we have similar tastes. But alas, you were wrong. And whats worse, is that Sano, the wooden boy who wants to be adopted by Capcom, was right.
So ends this saga.
And Capcom sucks.
HEY I HAVE TO FRICKEN PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN!. I forgot how much I loved this game. Time to find it and emulate it. OH HELL YEAH. This game is for 'real' RPG players. I gotta get me some HOS!
Hardcore Oldschool Squaresoft
I DID forget about the time gate, so I suppose you could say there is time travel (I never thought of it that way though, I guess since it was just at the end of the game) so I admit to being wrong about that (the only thing I was wrong about). However, Sano was wrong about things as well.
"no again my apoligizes for anyone i offend!!!!!"
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| Undead Fred 1221th Post
Red Carpet Executive Member
| "Re(2):Conversations heard in a game store..." , posted Wed 21 Jan 14:57
I took me a while to bring myself to read this whole thread... I noticed it after there were a lot of posts in it, so it was like preparing myself to read through a term paper or something. Heh heh.
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but say soon comes along another masturbating bizkiteer teen who's barely seen PS2 and he says to you Xbox 2 is the greatest system of all time and PS2 sux donkey.
Ha ha ha! I've got a new term now! "Masturbating Bizkiteer teen." Thank you.
I know I've heard stupid things in game stores before, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. I know I've overheard people talking about getting bad games before and I've told them that the game sucks (with reasons why, of course) and that they might want to rent that particular game before they buy it. But that's only every once in a while. I remember this EBX back home that used to be staffed by gamers and we'd get in conversations about certain games that were coming out, or ones that I had just bought and they really wanted too and so on, but they're all long gone. Even the manager, too. At one point, everyone in that store remembered who I was. I think part of the reason why the manager remembered me was because I had pre-ordered Nightmare Creatures 2 and was supposed to get a Rob Zombie CD with it, but the discs didn't come in. I didn't really care because I already had the songs on the CD's they were from, but I had checked back a few times to see if they had them just because I had pre-ordered it and didn't get my free prize (which is the case with 100% of my pre-orders, now that I think about it...). But anyway, the people there now are the "The new Tony Hawk looks to be a biiiig seller!" kind of employees. Bleh.
Actually, I do have a story of something that happened recently... I had asked for an "arcade-style joystick" for my XBox for Christmas. My mom had asked an employee at Best Buy to help her find one, and the dumbass gave her this MadCatz Starter Kit with a crappy controller, a cord extension thing, and a memory card. I'm not about to blame my mom for not knowing what I was talking about, but I would think an employee at a store that has that many games would know what the difference between an arcade-style joystick and a plain old knock-off controller was (especially with all that extra crap with it). I wasn't upset or anything, just kind of irritated that the employee just tried to sell her anything (and since it was a big old starter kit and not JUST a controller, I was a little suspicious). I went ahead and returned it because I've already got 4 controllers for my XBox, although the extension and memory card wouldn't have been too bad.
> END OF RAMBLE_
BLARGBLARG PLACE YOUR BETS!
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| Sano 384th Post
Silver Customer
| "Re(5):SOMEONE HELP ME!" , posted Thu 22 Jan 09:52
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Hrm. Could my evaluation of your character have been faulty? The preceding sentence was probably grammatically incorrect but who cares.
Anyway. I'll stop trying to pick fights with you. Even though your fanaticism irks me.
Oh, I'm bad, but I'm not that bad I don't think, or I have layers, least that's what people tell me.
And the thing is, with as many arguments I get into with people on the Net, it's only a matter of time before I get into another one, so it's futile to try to start a fight with me most of the time, because it's gonna happen sooner or later. If not here, somewhere else. I do try to avoid them though and I'm trying harder to avoid them in the Future. Agh, what am I talking about? I was just arguing with Iggy and a few others on another Thread not that long ago...
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