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Vigilante said:
Very positive Destructoid review for Grim Fandango Remastered (reviewer played on Vita): http://www.destructoid.com/review-grim-fandango-286727.phtml

IGN's review also sings its praises: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/27/grim-fandango-remastered-review

Having never played it before, I'm excited to get it...once it hits Plus or $5.
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Grim Fandango was an amazing game, but being an adventure game it falls into that trap of whether or not it's worth the full price due to no replayablity. Looking at it with a "can I trade it in/sell it?" perspective spoils it a bit (and, admittedly, having already played the original, I'll wait for a price drop as well) but considering it was originally a full retail ($50) game instead of $15 and what your options are for $15 of entertainment it's a great value.

I remember it as a really fun game that you'll get hours of enjoyment from, but, you know, I don't blame anyone for wanting to stretch those dollars. I'm less inclined to buy into this project then something like Broken Age, but I'll encourage anyone to pick it up once it goes on sale.

 
PS: Don't try and tempt me with $20 Dying Light. I will do my best to hold out for a sub-$15 physical release.

Don't need yet another zombie game. Especially one that is afraid of sending review copies out until the day before.

 
Not Eric said:
PS: Don't try and tempt me with $20 Dying Light. I will do my best to hold out for a sub-$15 physical release.

Don't need yet another zombie game. Especially one that is afraid of sending review copies out until the day before.
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From comments I'm seeing, the issue definitely wasn't that it's a bad game and so they were trying to prevent reviews from fouling sale numbers. Sounds to be pretty decent so far. Not sure about the PS4 version but PC version is confirmed to run pretty well.

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Hah, nevermind:

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

Hmm I take back what I said about Dying Light performance. At some point between this morning and now FPS cut itself in half

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

Yeah the framerate has gone to hell, tried rebooting, no dice. Uhoh.

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

My assumption is one of two things. Either I broke my damn computer somehow or a patch has caused it to go bonkers.

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

I'll keep working to try and find out what the hells happening.

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

This is a real mystery. It's literally a 50% performance drop since this morning. Anyone else got it and have this issue?

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

Driver rollbacks and reinstalls. So much for getting to bed at a decent hour.

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 9h9 hours ago

No dice on clean reinstall of latest drivers, trying a rollback.

TotalBiscuit ‏@Totalbiscuit 8h8 hours ago

Multiple streamers have reported similar issues. Strongly suggest holding off Day 1 purchase until this is resolved.
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Though again this is PC. No telling if the same problem exists for PS4.

 
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just went in on the dying light code and got it for $20... guess more of us will have the game and Vig and I are in it for the long run!

 
thanks a lot therm, I just spent 5 minutes learning all about TotalBiscuit. I think if there was a quiz about internet celebrities I wouldn't get a single question right.
 
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I'm definitely not going to do this every morning, but I wanted to write these down so I can check how the handicaps work later:

Crunchewy - 49,972,786,350
Zimm - 39,666,291,710
Me - 15,676,073,530
Mitch - 9,589,550,090
Mpaullin - 7,239,191,930
Bumslie - 3,975,336,050
Soph - 908,337,090

Crunchewy and Zimm are baller as fuck at pinball
 
Caved in and took a chance on the Dying Light glitch.

It worked, so now I'm feeling simultaneously ashamed and awesome.

My backlog did not need this.  But excellent price glitches are the most tempting of all!

 
:3ds: Blazblue: Continuum Shift II - $14.99 ($10.79 w/ b-day coupon + PUR) -> $21.62 / $16.53

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WMRQTA/

http://www.gamestop.com/nintendo-3ds/games/blazblue-continuum-shift-ii/90873

Also in-stock at Bestbuy.com for $14.99 ($13.49 w/ GCU) if you want to roll the dice on getting a complete copy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/blazblue-continuum-shift-ii-pre-owned-nintendo-3ds/2718643.p?id=1218346760876&skuId=2718643

:3ds: My Pet Puppy 3D - $6.99 ($6.29 w/ PUR) -> $12.31 / $9.41

http://www.amazon.com/My-Pet-Puppy-3D-Nintendo-3DS/dp/B005LY4984/

http://www.gamestop.com/nintendo-3ds/games/my-pet-puppy-3d/95524

#vigsflips

 
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Nothing near me today, thanks vig. That blazblue game was a low print run, so if you find a solid complete copy you could potentiality get $40+ on ebay/amazon (note that the first 'complete' used copy on amazon is $57). Going to roll the dice at best buy and see what comes up I think.
 
Man, Dying Light glitch is still alive? I really shouldn't. I already decide I wouldn't buy it from Best Buy which would have probably made it a break even after cert and trading back, but something about that $20 day 1 with no fuss is appealing. IGNs first day of review in progress was not that promising, though. Not sure that adding parkour can really change the fact that Dead Island's combat was pretty dull after awhile (and it doesn't look like the combat is all that different in gameplay videos).

Edit: Wait, maybe it is dead. Good. I don't need that kind of temptation in my life. Already bought Grim Fandango this morning. 

 
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Finally got around to looking at gameplay footage for Dying Light. It does look quite cool. The climbing aspect actually feels like height is a real issue, unlike the AC games for example. Everything looks huge and when you're up on stuff it gives that feeling of vertigo when  you're at the edge.

 
I already emailed Amazon about this, but I'm interested to hear input from you guys, too:

I sold a brand-new Wii U Gamecube Adapter on Amazon on 1/21 for roughly $55 after fees/whatnot and shipped it off within the next day via First Class w/ USPS Tracking. The buyer contacted me two days after the initial purchase (1/23) to say that he was leaving the country on 1/31 and that he wanted to be assured that the adapter would arrive before then; I told him that according to the USPS Tracker, it was set to be delivered on Monday, 1/26 (yesterday), and that he had no reason to worry.

Fast forward to today, and the buyer sent me this email:

Hi there. I'm sorry, this is the second time this has happened to me in 2 weeks, but this iten [sic] wasn't in my doorstep as it should have been ( although it says "delivered" in the status ). Since i haven't recieved [sic] anything, i kindly request a refund.
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I think this might be BS, as both Amazon and USPS show that the adapter was "Delivered" yesterday. I'm afraid he's trying to scam me here, and I wish I had added Signature Confirmation. :headache:

As I said, I asked Amazon for their thoughts on how I should handle this, but what do you guys think?

 
MildObstruction said:
I'm definitely not going to do this every morning, but I wanted to write these down so I can check how the handicaps work later:

Crunchewy - 49,972,786,350
Zimm - 39,666,291,710
Me - 15,676,073,530
Mitch - 9,589,550,090
Mpaullin - 7,239,191,930
Bumslie - 3,975,336,050
Soph - 908,337,090

Crunchewy and Zimm are baller as fuck at pinball
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If anyone's curious what it looks like after applying handicaps, I doctored it up on the spreadsheet as if the week has ended (but it hasn't, don't worry crunchewy). I think this system works a bit better than I'd expected, but I expected it to be a horrifying train wreck.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nTejyPeYrRxuETMnvpy3eBLezZFP7k1cCLJ8SIRRDBQ

 
Vigilante said:
I already emailed Amazon about this, but I'm interested to hear input from you guys, too:

I sold a brand-new Wii U Gamecube Adapter on Amazon on 1/21 for roughly $55 after fees/whatnot and shipped it off within the next day via First Class w/ USPS Tracking. The buyer contacted me two days after the initial purchase (1/23) to say that he was leaving the country on 1/31 and that he wanted to be assured that the adapter would arrive before then; I told him that according to the USPS Tracker, it was set to be delivered on Monday, 1/26 (yesterday), and that he had no reason to worry.

Fast forward to today, and the buyer sent me this email:

I think this might be BS, as both Amazon and USPS show that the adapter was "Delivered" yesterday. I'm afraid he's trying to scam me here, and I wish I had added Signature Confirmation. :headache:

As I said, I asked Amazon for their thoughts on how I should handle this, but what do you guys think?
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Yeah, there's a good chance that's a scam because he's a.) not making any effort to actually figure out where the fuck his mail on his front porch is going and b.) he is not a good speller.

Did you buy your shipping through amazon or outside of their system?

 
MildObstruction said:
If anyone's curious what it looks like after applying handicaps, I doctored it up on the spreadsheet as if the week has ended (but it hasn't, don't worry crunchewy). I think this system works a bit better than I'd expected, but I expected it to be a horrifying train wreck.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nTejyPeYrRxuETMnvpy3eBLezZFP7k1cCLJ8SIRRDBQ
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Looking good! I definitely intend to increase my score, though. I find this table to be a lot less frustrating than PinBot.

 
Vigilante said:
Through Amazon.
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Strictly curious, sorry. I see that the question I asked appeared to be leading to something. But no! I haven't had to deal with amazon with this sort of thing, but you should obviously not refund anything without the buyer making a claim. He acknowledges that this same thing has happened at his house recently and it shows as delivered with the correct address on the label, so it'll be up to the fates. Hopefully you'll be fine.
 
Oh, just realized that Sue is played by Zoe from House of Cards. She was annoying in that, but it's the only thing I've seen her in. Hopefully it was just the role she was playing.

Weird that the cast is a bunch of nobodies. Not bad, but a bit surprising. Usually there's some star power to suck people in. Doesn't seem to be the case here.

 
MildObstruction said:
Strictly curious, sorry. I see that the question I asked appeared to be leading to something. But no! I haven't had to deal with amazon with this sort of thing, but you should obviously not refund anything without the buyer making a claim. He acknowledges that this same thing has happened at his house recently and it shows as delivered with the correct address on the label, so it'll be up to the fates. Hopefully you'll be fine.
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Regardless, I appreciate your input. Should I wait for Amazon's response before questioning the guy about his undelivered-mail excuse?

 
Vigilante said:
I already emailed Amazon about this, but I'm interested to hear input from you guys, too:

I sold a brand-new Wii U Gamecube Adapter on Amazon on 1/21 for roughly $55 after fees/whatnot and shipped it off within the next day via First Class w/ USPS Tracking. The buyer contacted me two days after the initial purchase (1/23) to say that he was leaving the country on 1/31 and that he wanted to be assured that the adapter would arrive before then; I told him that according to the USPS Tracker, it was set to be delivered on Monday, 1/26 (yesterday), and that he had no reason to worry.

Fast forward to today, and the buyer sent me this email:

I think this might be BS, as both Amazon and USPS show that the adapter was "Delivered" yesterday. I'm afraid he's trying to scam me here, and I wish I had added Signature Confirmation. :headache:

As I said, I asked Amazon for their thoughts on how I should handle this, but what do you guys think?
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You should be forward with Amazon about this. It looks like he's trying to scam you, so handle it like you're going to trial. Gather your evidence, present your case. Amazon does usually tend to side with the buyer, so pay mind to how you explain things to them.

Edit- Don't contact the buyer any further. Leave it as is. Deal with Amazon.

 
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Vigilante said:
Regardless, I appreciate your input. Should I wait for Amazon's response before questioning the guy about his undelivered-mail excuse?
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Yeah, I always steer clear of playing accuser/jr detective in these situations. If I was in your seat I'd ask him to contact the local post office regarding the delivery not being on his porch despite the tracking information showing it as delivered (this is likely what amazon would ask him to do also) and if they can't help to contact amazon to open a claim (which I think he can't quite yet - minimum of three days after the max delivery date?)

You're not in the business of giving free shit away, so politely stand your ground and stick to the official claims channels. Feel free to be very apologetic for the inconvenience, but don't offer any compensation outside of the system.
 
My only disagreement with sjd is that several times I've had people that seemed like straight up scammers that if I hadn't continued communicating with them (eventually fixing their issue - post office issues, wrong addresses, not understanding how video games work, etc) then they would've ended up going through claims and probably forcing a refund. As long as you're capable of sane communication there's nothing wrong with showing a willingness to try to help them with their claimed problem.
 
Vig, I would just deny the request for refund, inform him that the tracking shows delivered and he should do a little research as to where it went.  Say address was correct and that it shows delivered to that address and to deal with the USPS.  He can file a claim but the fact the address is correct and shows delivered, Amazon should side with you, or may give him a refund without charge back to you.

 
Agreed, that could be a factor too. But I just perused how claims are proccesed (I recommend you to read them Vigilante, they have a help page on seller central identifying the steps to be taken by you and Amazon once a claim is submitted) and they will take how they both communicated into account. So if the buyer goes full bitch on Viligante and twists something he said through a message, Amazon will take that into account. I've always seen Amazon tend to favor buyers (when I have bought and sold through them), unless the buyer tends to be more dumb than Amazon.

 
MildObstruction said:
Yeah, I always steer clear of playing accuser/jr detective in these situations. If I was in your seat I'd ask him to contact the local post office regarding the delivery not being on his porch despite the tracking information showing it as delivered (this is likely what amazon would ask him to do also) and if they can't help to contact amazon to open a claim (which I think he can't quite yet - minimum of three days after the max delivery date?)

You're not in the business of giving free shit away, so politely stand your ground and stick to the official claims channels. Feel free to be very apologetic for the inconvenience, but don't offer any compensation outside of the system.
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If I do that, should I ask him just to contact the post office without suggesting the Amazon backup option just yet? If he is a scammer, he might just go with Amazon to maximize his chances of getting a refund.

 
Derextreme said:
that's originally what i was looking for after i saw the screens you posted in the jap thread. looks a lot like demon gaze. they did put some new preorders up. hyperdimension U and toukiden kiwami.
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With Operation Abyss releasing a month after Type-0, I'm hoping I can knock out Type-0, trade it in, then use the credit + GCU to pay nothing out of pocket for OA. :D/

 
As for the person who said the IGN review for Dying light sounds bad, is that the written or the video review in progress.  The reviewer even says, when he played the game at a preview he had all the upgrades and the combat gets a lot better once you get those upgrades.  When you start your weak and can not really do anything.

For $20 I am excited to play through and possibly go for the plat since I have it digitally now.  We will need to a group together for the 4 person Co-op trophy for playing through a couple missions in a row.

 
Thermopyle said:
Oh, just realized that Sue is played by Zoe from House of Cards. She was annoying in that, but it's the only thing I've seen her in. Hopefully it was just the role she was playing.

Weird that the cast is a bunch of nobodies. Not bad, but a bit surprising. Usually there's some star power to suck people in. Doesn't seem to be the case here.
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I wouldn't call the dude playing Torch (Michael B. Jordan) a nobody. He was awesome on Friday Night Lights, where most people probably know him. In a bunch of movies since then too. I'd say he's about as well known as Chris Evans was when the first F4 came out. Granted that one had the Chiklets guy and hot hot Jessica Alba. What am I talking about again?

 
Vigilante said:
If I do that, should I ask him just to contact the post office without suggesting the Amazon backup option just yet? If he is a scammer, he might just go with Amazon to maximize his chances of getting a refund.
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Yeah, I mean ultimately you have to do everything in steps. So step 1 - try to help. If he's unwilling or the post office is useless, then suggest step 2 - contact amazon for a claim. Suggesting it all at once would probably look a bit dickish.
 
pharmacrest said:
What do you do when people can block your farts?
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Fart them from behind.

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Zimm108 said:
I wouldn't call the dude playing Torch (Michael B. Jordan) a nobody. He was awesome on Friday Night Lights, where most people probably know him. In a bunch of movies since then too. I'd say he's about as well known as Chris Evans was when the first F4 came out. Granted that one had the Chiklets guy and hot hot Jessica Alba. What am I talking about again?
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Vigilante said:
Interesting--apparently Gamestop.com might have mixed up the Dying Light Season Pass digital code listing, instead giving out full game codes for $19.99...

https://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/341854-dying-light-ps4-season-pass-is-the-actual-game/

Try it at your own risk.

EDIT: Lots of people are reporting getting the full game when they buy the Season Pass at GS.com on PS4 only. Even at $20 for a $60 game, I'm not sure I'll bite, especially since it would be digital and therefore unsellable/tradable.
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Nooo I need to start waking up early.

 
I know you're all really interested in my Amazon-buyer saga, so here's part of Amazon's response:

I understand that you've shipped out an order and the customer claiming that he/she had not received the order yet.

I also understand that the carrier also confirming that the package was delivered.

An occasional lost shipment is one of the costs of doing business, and handling the situation requires a business decision that only you can make.

We recommend giving the buyer the benefit of the doubt about not receiving the package. Even when a package is signed for, it is possible it was delivered to a wrong address and signed for at that address. Again though, it is up to you to decide how to proceed.

Here are two options and the possible consequences of each:

1) Issue a full refund for the order or send the product to the buyer a second time. This is usually the most customer-friendly option. If the original order eventually arrives, and the buyer would like to be re-charged for it, you can provide this link so the buyer can contact Amazon Customer Service to request the re-charge: http://www.amazon.com/contact-us ;

2) Do not issue a refund or send the product to the buyer a second time. This option might prompt the buyer to leave negative feedback on your seller account, or file an A-to-z Guarantee claim, or both. See this Help page for more information about claims:

http://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/201278520

If the buyer leaves a negative feedback, please contact us back, we will help you by removing the negative feedback because there is no fault from your side.

If the buyer submits a A-Z claim, please contact our seller guarantee team through [email protected] so that they will maintain your metrics, because there is no fault from your side.
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The parts I bold-underlined are comforting. I did ask the buyer to contact his post office, so now there's nothing to do but wait.
 
TL;DR version, Amazon would like you refund to keep the other guy happy, but if you don't want to do that, they don't really care.  They won't let it affect your feedback.  

Looks pretty good for you to me.

 
GatorBeerGeek said:
TL;DR version, Amazon would like you refund to keep the other guy happy, but if you don't want to do that, they don't really care. They won't let it affect your feedback.

Looks pretty good for you to me.
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They would let the claim proceed though. So there's that too...

 
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