PS3 Games: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron $10, Nier $10, White Knight Chronicles II $16, Child of Eden $10 & more + Free Shipping (expired)

I have a pretty simple rule about buying games that I've heard are decent. When they are $10 or less, I seriously consider buying them. When they are more expensive (like $15.99) such as the PoP Trilogy or WKC2, then I figure I'll just wait until they drop to $10. It almost always happens, and if I pay more I'll regret it later unless I play it immediately. My game backlog is so big and my time limited enough that if I didn't buy another game for 5 years, I'd still have plenty to play. Unfortunately buying <= $10 games is a semi-addiction.

Like I said, the bigger issue for me is not which games to buy at what prices (that's pretty easy to figure out) but WHICH CONSOLE TO BUY EACH GAME ON (when the price on each console is the same as it often is).

whatever you do, don't get white knight chronicles
played it for 5 minutes and now im trying to get rid of it on craigslist

Quote from skahzreg : whatever you do, don't get white knight chronicles played it for 5 minutes and now im trying to get rid of it on craigslist

It's not all that bad; post your Craigslist link; if it's decent, maybe someone will pick it up!

Just wanted to pop in with my $0.02 about Child of Eden. I picked it up for like $10-15 a while back. I think it's pretty enjoyable. It's a short game. You can easily "beat" it within a few hours. However, if you already have PS Move and you have good speakers, I think it's worth $10. It's original and pretty fun in short bursts. Will it be a game you'll play for 100 hours? No. Do I regret purchasing it? No. It's like a weird rail shooter where everything adds to the music in the background. Pretty interesting concept at least.

I'd pick up Two Worlds, but I already have a pretty long backlog of games... so pass.

Quote from Vortex3D : Like others said here, Neir is a very good game. The battles aren't too hard. The tricky part is growing your garden because it uses real time clock in your console. If you don't cheat, it takes a long time to grow anything but you can cheat by changing your console clock from what I read. Also, after completed the game, make sure to replay/continue playing that restarts from about 1/3 into the game. The ending will expand each time. The final ending is quite sad.

True...but if you are like me and don't want to play a game over and over again you can just watch the last three or four endings on youtube

Quote from dmcccdmn : I'm surprised no one talks about Prince of Persia Trilogy HD. It is a classic trilogy. I didn't get to play the 1st or the 3rd in the trilogy, but I had so much fun playing the 2nd. It is the RPG version of Uncharted. It has some nice concepts with time as well. Make sure to grab some ridiculous weapons in the 2nd game like the giant mickey mouse glove. I cracked up when I found these Easter eggs.

I don't know if it was ever patched, but I recall reading on gamefaqs that the trilogy was almost broken, graphically. There might have been other issues as well.

Quote from Chito : I don't know if it was ever patched, but I recall reading on gamefaqs that the trilogy was almost broken, graphically. There might have been other issues as well.

Sound is pretty broken, too. By far the worst of the HD upgrade releases.

I'd like to echo that Nier's soundtrack is wonderful. Possibly my favorite soundtrack this generation.

Quote from simmias : If you have a short attention span and can't stand games without flashy graphics and twitch gameplay, stay away from NIER. You will hate it. If you love immersive, stunningly-beautiful music scores, multiple endings with great twists, and thought-provoking storytelling that will stay with you months after you finish, NIER is a no-brainer.

I'd like to take a moment to weigh in on one of my favorite games of all time even though it's already sold out from newegg. Apology in advance for the rambling.

"Nier is flawed. But what it does right it does phenomenally right; the game is charming, the game drips with the love that went into it, and most of all it's human."

I found that in a comment to a review located here [gamecritics.com] (a great review) while researching whether or not to re-buy Nier a while back. See, I'd picked it up expecting a FF-esque Square game and didn't find it in the first few hours so I sold it. Turns out I found something so much better the second time around.

The bad: Nier is flawed. The graphics, while definitely PS3, are on the low end especially by today's standards years after its original release. The combat is fairly simple (more on this in a moment) and a variety of game styles (including a text adventure! srsly.) may make the game seem unpolished, which, for the most part, it is. The optional side quests, while they are optional, can get very, very, boring.

The good: The story is incredible. For something set in such a distant and unimaginable place, I felt remarkably connected to the characters and their plight throughout the whole game. And this NEVER happens for me. Not since FFVII, and X to a lesser extent. The soundtrack to Nier is the first I've ever purchased, it's THAT good. The voice acting is absolutely the best I've ever heard in a video game. The characters, while logically unbelievable are remarkably human, which is rare nowadays. The different game styles (action RPG, rail shooter, text adventure, etc.) kept it fresh for me. Some of the boss battles are simply epic. To me, I'm actually fine with the less-refined combat system because it allows you to (usually) keep your attention where it belongs - on the story.

And yeah, everyone is so sad. Nier is a very sad game. People die, things are destroyed. The characters are flawed; the game is flawed; and it was meant to be that way. Feel free to ask any other questions because I love talking about Nier. I recommend it for anyone who can appreciate a game lacking technical precision but oozing with heart and character. This one will stay with me for a while.

I'll give another thumbs up to Nier, it was a great game, I would say one of the better games I played about a year ago. It is with the father is the main character, the Japense verision is with her brother. Here was my review on the game from Amazon, if anyone cares.
Gameplay - 7
+
Pretty smooth
Weapons system was limited but nice
Battle system was good (not great)
Magic was nice
-
Battles sometimes seemed like button mashing
Fetch quests sometimes got annoying
Sound - 9
+
Music score was great and fit very nice
Voice acting was great and done at the right parts
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None really
Technicals - 6
+
Not a ton of glitches
Camera was good and graphics fit well
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No armor options
Little-no character customization (i.e. skills, tech tree etc.)
Story - 9 (face value) 7 (if you actually look into what happend)
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Story was great, good twist good flow of the game
Characters were likable
Multi play throughs
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Director is well known for having bad endings, if you dig deep the ending actually sucks
Sometimes the story was dry with honey-do quest
Overall - 8
So the game played nice, sure it had a bunch of "go get this quest" I really didn't mind, other then the fish one...grrrr. At the end it ended nice, however if you really look into the ending and look at the interviews by the writer the ending sucked. I will say this, take the game at face value, play it, beat it and walk away...you wont be soured like I was a bit.

Ordered Child of Eden (PS3) earlier. That's one less I don't have to worry about come Sunday.

Nier, El Shaddai, Child of Eden, and Two Worlds 2 are all worth $10.

But Two Worlds 2 is on sale for $10 on the Playstation Store on PS3 with the Pirates of the Flying Fortress expansion included.

Quote from Illuminati4Hire : Nier, El Shaddai, Child of Eden, and Two Worlds 2 are all worth $10. But Two Worlds 2 is on sale for $10 on the Playstation Store on PS3 with the Pirates of the Flying Fortress expansion included.

This would've been incredibly helpful and useful information to have before I ordered it and it has already shipped. Too bad nobody mentioned it until now. Unfortunately I don't look at PSN very often when I'm buying something for the PS3 because 99% of the time PSN is far more expensive, so I tend to assume it's 100%. So I basically missed out of a free DLC expansion which sounds pretty good. Too bad when there was a slicker deal on Slickdeals nobody mentioned it until it's too late for me. It's like George of the Jungle... the warning comes after he hits the tree... "watch out for that... BOOM... tree".

Picked up El Shaddai of PS3. Hope to see Neir back in stock for this price.

Nier was good but it turned into crap towards the end.... awesome soundtrack though

Everything else on the list seem like a snorefest