Gosh shipping really kills the deals, $6 for the cheapest option, Call of Juarez is 12.99 and I've cancelled my membership, jacks it up to 18 almost 19, uhhhgggg. Good thread tho!

Originally Posted by mr_bungle I'm surprised that FF has dropped so quickly. I mean once or twice at a Jackson maybe but all the time?

It sucks, that's why. I'm on Chapter 10, and it's all I can do to keep playing. If it wasn't for the incredible cutscenes and the story (which I DO like) I would've shelved it long ago. The characters are annoying and it's extremely linear. I mean EXTREMELY. Walk forward 20 steps, fight a mob, walk 10 steps, watch a cutscene. Rinse and repeat. Everyone's been warned.

Originally Posted by keithp It sucks, that's why. I'm on Chapter 10, and it's all I can do to keep playing. If it wasn't for the incredible cutscenes and the story (which I DO like) I would've shelved it long ago. The characters are annoying and it's extremely linear. I mean EXTREMELY. Walk forward 20 steps, fight a mob, walk 10 steps, watch a cutscene. Rinse and repeat. Everyone's been warned.

I am under the impression SE isn't doing so well a number of the games outside the portable consoles. Crystal Bearers looks like crap too.

When does the sale last to? I just got Silent HIll sent to me with a new Gamefly membership and going to "Keep it". If possibel would rather wait until I have it in house, but if the sale ends like today I'll do it now.

Just got my shatterd memories in and holy crap is it in shitty condition. It looks worse than a GS refurb.

Sick I may pick up FF and use my $5 credit I've been holding on too.

I remember reading a review that pretty much summed up modern SE games by saying their games have shitty narratives and focus too much on gameplay mechanics.

Originally Posted by DarkRider23 Just got my shatterd memories in and holy crap is it in shitty condition. It looks worse than a GS refurb.

Man, that sucks. Give them a call/email and they should take care of things.

And on a selfish note, hopefully you getting a crappy disk improves my chances of getting a good one

Originally Posted by DarkonJohn Man, that sucks. Give them a call/email and they should take care of things. And on a selfish note, hopefully you getting a crappy disk improves my chances of getting a good one

Hopefully some of you do get a better copy. I've gotten refurbs from Gamefly before and they have usually been in almost perfect condition. There were some light scuffs which were tell tale signs of being run through a refurbishing machine, but nothing near the scratches I got on shattered memories. These scratches aren't even light scruffs. They are pretty damn noticeable. Too bad they don't do exchanges.

The ones I got lately looked like that - wonder if they are putting the disks in some sort of a cleaning apparatus.

Originally Posted by bsesb2003 The ones I got lately looked like that - wonder if they are putting the disks in some sort of a cleaning apparatus.

I'm pretty sure the discs only look like that if the pad they are using is worn out and needs replacing. There's a 50/50 chance of the discs actually working 100% so be cautious with them. Unfortunately, places like GS don't switch out the pads often enough which causes shitty refurbs to be sent out everywhere. Hopefully, this was a quality control issue with Gamefly and they don't do what GS does.

Originally Posted by DarkRider23 I'm pretty sure the discs only look like that if the pad they are using is worn out and needs replacing.

Agreed, those circular scratches look like it went through their cleaning machine but someone must have put some sand in it (or maybe it previously cleaned a disk with sand and it got stuck in the machien). Either way, that kind of damage could be repeated on multiple disks until they realize that they are damaging the disks rather than cleaning them and change the stupid pads in the cleaner.

Originally Posted by keithp It sucks, that's why. I'm on Chapter 10, and it's all I can do to keep playing. If it wasn't for the incredible cutscenes and the story (which I DO like) I would've shelved it long ago. The characters are annoying and it's extremely linear. I mean EXTREMELY. Walk forward 20 steps, fight a mob, walk 10 steps, watch a cutscene. Rinse and repeat. Everyone's been warned.

Heavenly Sword was $60 for years, probably because it was just that great, right?

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Just got Final Fantasy from Gamefly for $15.28, everything looks good, no extremely noticeable scratches on the disc.