Ok so today I went to the mall to buy a present for my brother. I decided to get Assassin's Creed so I went to Gamestop to buy the game. I was thinking in buying a used copy at first since it was 30 bucks cheaper and the present was for no special ocassion whatsoever, but then I figured out that a new copy would have been nicer. To my not-surprise, I found a copy of the game so I got it, paid for it and left. As simple as that right? WRONG!

On my way out of the mall I decided to check the game because I like to read the back cover to see what it is about. When I opened the bag and grabbed the game I realized that the game didn't have the plastic seal and whatnot so I said to myself "whatever if it doesn't have any mark on the cd I'll just take it", so I checked the cd and OH SURPRISE! the game had finger prints all over the happy place. I got a little bit annoyed so I decided to go back to the store and change my game for a sealed version, I didn't like the fact that I could have gotten the same game in the same condition for 30 dollars less (Used condition).

I told the guys what had happened and they were cool and said "sure whatever I'll give you another copy...ooops that the last one sorry." then he tried to make up for it adding "Well... it's still new... it's just opened..."

"What?!"

"Yeah...uhm... I think... I mean... uuuhm... aaaaah.... uuh.. oooh yes! The thing is... we used it as a display version... so it's still new it's just that we used it to show what the game includes."

Ok I have to admit, at that point I was completely fed up with that guy and I kept thinking "Why in the world would you need to show people what the game includes... is it that hard to picture a disc and a miniature booklet?!?!" so I just went to my safest choice and said "... Do you think that I can at least change it for another game?"

"Sure why not... which one?"

"IDK... how about that" I pointed to GTAIV (my safest choice). That way I would be able to change it whenever I wanted.

"Sure... oooh we only have opened ... NEW... copies"

"Nevermind can you just change it for a used versi..."

"we don't have it used."

"... you don't?"

"Yes I'm sre we don't"

You have no idea of how irritating that moment was. Finally the manager (I think) grabbed the game and told me that he could do something about it and he went to the back. I was glad that it was finally going to be ok. After 15 minutes the guy came out looking very proud about himself and I saw in his hand a game with a plastic cover - I must tell you that I didn't have my contacts in so I was a little *cough*completly*cough* blind - so I got kind of glad. Then I saw it from a close distance and I seriously had a WTF face.

The guy was like "Here you go a sealed Assassin's creed copy" he was smiling while saying that and I seriously couldn't kept my eyes of that game... It was the same stupid game with stupid cooking plastic foil! I was so mad! then the guy was like "Now it looks like new... sorry it took so long the machine didn't want to work" I was just so pissed at that point that I snatched the game and left.

I decided to go to a friendlier gamestop to tell my story and hopefully get another copy of the game. To my dissappointment the guy didn't have anycopies left.

So here I am with a pathetic, damaged, cooking-plastic-foil covered copy of assassin's creed and 30 dollars more poor than what I could've been.

I hate you gamestop...

To end this story nicely (not) I told my brother what had happened and he responded "Idiot... why didn't you just get a used copy of the game".

LuIsSiUl

lol... one time my friend bought one of their "new" open copies of a game, then decided he didnt want it the next day n tried to take it back to switch it out with a different new game.... he was turned down n told they can only give him store credit as a used copy n he couldnt exchange it because it was open. he tried to explain that it was open when he bought it but failed to get thru to them... gamestop is worthless, but i still buy games from there... just never EVER the "new" open copies...

well so far there havent been any PS3 exclusives that are worth a 9.5 or higher, with the lone exception of Uncharted which in my book was a 9.0... im sure Uncharted 2 will be a 9.5. but that was the only one so far that should have even been considered a possible 9.5.

MGS4 will be a 9.5 or a 10 for sure... i think Kojima might send his minions to eliminate the gamespot crew if it doesnt happen.

GAMESPOT, BEWARE THE WRATH OF KOJIMA IF MGS4 IS NOT HIGHLY RATED!

Ha...20gigs and your complaining. I have 1gig, im constantly deleting stuff to make space for new stuff. Im waiting for a 2.5 500GB hdd to upgrade my harddrive.

Dude, stop complaining...its not like you have to keep every single thing you put on your hdd...make room, jeez.

True-Legend86

i WAS plannin on waitin on that also... but seeing as the biggest 2.5" is only 320gb right now (that i have seen), n i have been waiting for a 500gb for the past 6 months or so... i just dont know if i can wait that damn long.... so im thinkin ima go with this 320gb for $138 at buy.com

AND TO THE OP...

o frickin well... im in the same boat as u with the lack of HD space but thats y they made it upgradeable u ass. dont avoid games just cuz they have an install... thats only there to help. n the reason they do it is cuz the ps3 doesnt have a very high speed blu ray reader so they have to install part of the game to ur HDD and run part of the game from the disc and part from the HDD. duuuuhhhh!!!! quit ur complainin

well only because of all the BS people on Madden who quit cuz ur beating them 56 - 7 n u just scored again. n the game coincidentally stops n says "The connection to your opponent has been lost." resulting in a loss on ur part for no damn reason. thats the only reason i have ever wanted to make a new account. but i love my PSNid. its NotoriousNIK.... n i love hearin people on rainbow n CoD4 yell NOTOOORIOUS!!!!

but on a side note.... i really hope EA fixes that problem with giving people a loss when the other person gets pissed n quits on u

EA closed the studio that made those games. Now they're doing Facebreaker. :|BranKetra

si senior. i was wondering when someone would finally inform these guys of that. NO MORE FIGHT NIGHT! its ok tho cuz Don King's Prizefighter will be better than Fight Night ever was.

This thread might get locked but..... i had to show you guys this knock off of the PS3

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=29616

bsman00

soooo simple

LOADING - NO LOVE LOST

thats wut is on my tv screen RIGHT NOW, n has been for the past 20 minutes. i tried quitting the game, turning off the system.... everythang. my disk went straight from the game case into my ps3 after i got it n hasnt come out since so there is nothin wrong wit my disk. im freakin out.

i havent had a single problem whatsoever up until right now. n now its pissin me off

Hahaa what a dumbass

n i like how she attempted to describe the game as a "sandbox" game when i am absolutely certain that, outside the video gaming world, no one really knowz wut that means. n then she describes the term "sandbox" like she even knew wut the hell it means

[QUOTE="YourDaddy88"][QUOTE="inFamous_Nik"]

no... no more than everyone else. most of my deletes are few n far between. its usually a massive amount of deleting demos once i see my HDD space is low. nothin other than that.

it really freaked me out tho. i thought the worst. i thought it might just erase my entire HDD n leave me with nothin.

inFamous_Nik

I'm feelin a ~200GB upgrade this summer is in order...lol

actually i have my eyes set on a 500GB 7200rpm seagate or western digital HDD. i heard rumors of sony eventually implementing a tivo like program. n also i kno they will be soon offering tv n movies for dl on the ps store