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#27952 12-Nov-2008 10:50

So... thanks to handy dandy Geekzone and their adverts I just realised that DSE are doing midnight launches of heaps of games on the 13th http://www.dse.co.nz/dse.shop/en/catalog/PRS0002624?id=gaming

Who else will be down there? I know I want my Wotlk game asap... even though I'm gonna be working the friday and saturday :(

Also noticed the mirrors edge game, anyone heard anything good/bad/at all about that?

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#177525 12-Nov-2008 11:02

Mirrors Edge - the verdict from Ars Technica...

The good

Beautiful graphics, strong art style
The sense of speed and momentum is breath-taking
Complex, interesting characters
It feels like something new

The bad

It's over way too quickly
The running is merely a repetition of the same few concepts and moves
Graphics quickly begin to look the same
Loading times kill your sense of momentum
The elevators are intrusive and go against the entire feel of the game
Story needed to go deeper into the world
Some scenes seemed to force gun play on you

The Ugly

Turn off the dot in the middle of the screen under options. This is what you focus on, and it helps to keep you from getting motion-sick. Without it I was green and spinny in about thirty seconds

Verdict: Rent

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#177531 12-Nov-2008 12:12

Thanks xpd! that was exactly the kind of info I was after. So anything in the midnight launch you're excited about?

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#177541 12-Nov-2008 12:26

Would be Wotlk but I dont play WoW anymore... promised the wife Id kick the habit for 6 months if we got a new TV

Otherwise nothing else interests me as my PC is too lowly to run anything new. Need one of my mates to upgrade so i can upgrade heh....

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#177673 12-Nov-2008 23:51

Do DSE still "price match"? I wouldn't mind getting Guitar Hero: World Tour at a midnight launch, but its $40 cheaper at The Warehouse! And to a student, $40 is quite a bit!!

I was thinking of purchasing Mirrors Edge also, but from the reviews, I dont want to spend $100 on a game for a 6 hour single player story!!

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#177801 13-Nov-2008 14:47

Hey,

I have just been onto DSE website and they have beaten The Warehouse's prices!:

PS2 - $325
PS3 - $345
Xbox - $345
Wii - $345

I have had prices matched every time I take another retailers Catalogue or a web quote for gaming into a DSE store.

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#177802 13-Nov-2008 15:05

Yes they're really good with pricematching. I know if you mention Wotlk is $72 at gamesman they'll bet it by a dollar :P

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#177954 14-Nov-2008 12:21

mean! $345 for ps3!!! might have to convice the misses to buy one for xmas :P..easier said than done tho :P

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