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My gaming regrets. The ones that got away.
Hey, guys. I've had this video kicking around in my head for a while now. Because there's a handful of games I had opportunities to buy and I let them slip by me. I've hinted at them in previous videos but I watched Emily's (Orbalology) video touching on the topic. So I figured I'd do another video response.
Okay, so the first game I want to talk about today is Chrono Trigger. This game is very special to me even though I've never owned it or played it. I give my uncle shout outs at different times on the channel because he was very influential on my brother and mine gaming preferences as kids. He installed the entire NES library on my grandmother's computer so we could play the original Zelda, he gave us Earthbound On SNES. And he made a comment that has stood with me. He knew how much we loved Zelda. And he said to us Chrono Trigger is better than Zelda. It's the greatest game ever made. Now again, this was during the PS1 N64 era. He did also love the RPGs of the PS1 and Ocarina of Time but he swore up and down, Chrono Trigger was better than Ocarina of Time. Thus, he made Chrono Trigger this mythical figure of a game. It became my holy grail of sorts. I ran across it too. Very early in my collecting career. I told the store owner the same story I just told yall. He had it priced around $120 bucks, but told me I could get it for $100. At the time, I couldn't justify it and it eluded me. It's since doubled in value. Now, I say this will be the last retro game I ever buy. That once I buy it, my collection will be complete and I'll ride off into the sunset to play all these games. And since I'm still collecting N64, Gamecube and Wii U I haven't prioritized Chrono Trigger yet. In a way, I'm romanticizing it.
Next up is Sculptor's Cut. The hardest to get, most expensive game on the N64. So, I've made my peace with this game. For those of you that don't know. It's a blockbuster exclusive version of Clay Fighters. And that's kind of why I made my peace with it. Clay Fighter 63 ⅓ is a $30 version of essentially the same game. So if I've made my peace with it, why is in this video? Because when I found it it was $300 bucks. A far, far, faaaaar cry for the $1000 it goes for now. At that time, and even now, I can't justify spending 300 bucks at one time on any video game for that matter. So Sculptors Cut will be missing from my collection, maybe forever. So don't be surprised to see this in a similar video “ Games I'm fine not owning”.
I've went back and forth and back and forth on if I wanted to include Devil's Third or not. I've never actually seen the game in person. But one of my buddies had it and offered to sell it to me. His copy was sealed and I think he wanted a hair too much for it because I would've opened it at some point so it would have been dumb for me to buy it. But I have let some other Wii U stuff pass me by like the Twilight Princess Amiibo bundle. That was at work, which makes it hurt even more. A. I get 25% off. B. I wouldn't have to worry about the box getting damaged from shipping. How about all the digital exclusive games like Fatal Frame? Fatal Frame I desperately wanted to get a North American release. I don't even like the genre or series, but it definitely utilized the game pad and I like games that do that. But now the eShop is down, meaning official means of playing it legitimately through my Wii U are gone as well.
So guys that's some games I regret not buying. Now it's worth noting you shouldn't buy any games you cannot actually afford and no games are worth going into debt over. Those games I mentioned were, for the most part, at good prices and most have only gone up over time. However, it would not have been responsible to buy them. So it's okay if I don't own them
Now with that out of the way, what are some games that crush you that you didn't grab them when you had the chance? Let me know in the comments below!
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