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Other Gaming => Video & Computer Games => Topic started by: adevine on December 09, 2009, 05:42:00 PM
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What do you think?? :) A Wii or more Redemption??? ::)
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More Redemption. We don't have a Wii at our house, and we're still very happy. :)
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More Redemption. We don't have a Wii at our house, and we're still very happy. :)
But do you have an Xbox or PS3?? ;D hehe i am assuming you don't :)
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Nope. No xbox, ps3, ps2, supernintendo, nintendo, atari, or pong.
Just a PC with a handful of games, a cabinet full of board games, and a cabinet full of cards from our favorite trading card games (of which Redemption is king, followed by these old dead games: Lord of the Rings, Vs System, Overpower, G.I. Joe, Anachronism, Dixie, Eagles, Marvel Ultimate Battles, Showdown basketball, Showdown baseball, The Mission, Timestream, Principality, Teen Titans, Pirates of the Carribean, and a few others I've forgotten). :)
Oh, and we have some minitures games, too: Wings of War, Axis and Allies, Heroclix, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Spanish Main, and Attacktix.
With all these great games, why would anyone want a Wii? Maybe an only child whose parents won't play games with them and whose friends can't come over often?
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And board games. Board games are awesome. Some of them have so many bits and pieces, they're almost like miniatures games themselves (I'm looking at you, Fantasy Flight).
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wii. a wii offers far more than redemption ever will.
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Redemption won't break your TV when the wrist strap breaks.
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a wii wont force you to rip anything in half when you want to play something.
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A wii also doesn't get to discard three heroes. If it did it would have to rip itself. ;)
I say xbox 360... you can ALWAYS buy more redemption. An xbox 360, with a good game or two will last you years and is a one time investment.
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unless you get a red ring and it refuses to work again...then you have a huge paperweight...
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Imo $500 in dead card games and board games > Xbox 360 + a few Games + Xbox Live
Hey Bryon when did you get Pirates of the Spanish Main? We should play at the church New Years thing!
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Well interesting opinions LOL ;D
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unless you get a red ring and it refuses to work again...then you have a huge paperweight...
my cousin's dad can fix that my cusin's is tetstamony to that.
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Would you spend $400 on Redemption cards? That's the money it would take to buy a Wii and a few games. If you play Redemption in person a lot, then perhaps Redemption cards is a good idea, but depending on how much money you have, I would get a Wii. It's a great investment, and will hold your interest for just as long as any other X-Box game would. In fact, I think Wii is way more interesting than any other console because of its remote. And it has all types of games, from E to M, from FPS's to Mario adventure games. Wii all the way!
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Wal-Mart has a sale on wiis until the 12th. $199.99 for a wii, controller, nunchuck, wii sports (I think), AND A $50 WAL-MART GIFT CARD (buy a game, another controller, charging station, what have you!). That is a pretty good deal, so I'd consider getting the wii.
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Although, I am not talking in the 400s here just about 100-200s... :)
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Well in that case, that Walmart deal sounds like something you should jump on.
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I would go with neither. I'd invest some in redemption and some in other card games (dead ones which are cheaper for the most part) for more options than just one if you have a group to play card games with.... If not get the wii.
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Redemption won't break your TV when the wrist strap breaks.
a wii wont force you to rip anything in half when you want to play something.
These were really funny in combination. I could see a whole thread based on this back-and-forth :)
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unless you get a red ring and it refuses to work again...then you have a huge paperweight...
my cousin's dad can fix that my cusin's is tetstamony to that.
as it is usually fairly easy to fix it yourself (using the well-known 'penny trick'), i strongly advise against doing so. for one, if you open up or break any seals on your 360, it voids your warranty. two, microsoft will repair it for free. and three, if its repaired by microsoft, they will extend your warranty. microsoft is pretty good at remedying its xbox mistakes.
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Although, I am not talking in the 400s here just about 100-200s... :)
Sheesh, I could get you started in Redemption with some great cards for cheaper then that!!!!
$50 and I can get you some of the top cards in the game with a lot of great fillers.
Plus, for those that say video game consoles are great investments. Tell that to my older 4 Nintendos (original to gamecube) that are gathering dust. There are always bigger and better systems that will come out. A solid foundation of Redemption cards will last a lot longer. Plus, the Bible knowledge it will teach you will outlast the game itself if you allow it. Just some extra :2cents: from someone who has both.
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Plus, for those that say video game consoles are great investments. Tell that to my older 4 Nintendos (original to gamecube) that are gathering dust. There are always bigger and better systems that will come out. A solid foundation of Redemption cards will last a lot longer.
if this were true, then redemption wouldnt need expansions.
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Even current consoles have games which one must purchase in order to play those games on said console. An "expansion" of your original purchase, as it were.
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Wii, unless you have friends around to play redemption with.
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wii = free online multiplayer, millions of players. redemption = no.
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And in this corner standing only roughly 4" tall and thin as card board is a Redemption card, while in the other corner towering over the card we have the Wii with its nunchucks....who will be standing and who will be left in the dirt...only time will tell... ::)
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wii = free online multiplayer, millions of players. redemption = no.
Redemption has free online multiplayer, but only with dozens (although they're generally nicer than a randomly chosen video gamer)
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wii = free online multiplayer, millions of players. redemption = no.
Redemption = free online multiplayer...
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my statement was free online multiplayer and millions of players...coupled together, redemption doesnt compete next to the wii.
also, i find the wii community to generally be much safer and friendlier than the other 2, as 1) you must know the person personally to be a friend, 2) you cant even talk together in most wii multiplayer games, and 3) most of the wii demographic are harmless little kids.
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angry german kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcctWbC8Q0#)
Harmless kids, eh?
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ROFLOL :laugh: Now that is funny!!!!
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he seems to be playing a computer game, not the wii.
even so, german children are just crazy in general.
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Holy crap... that kid's got issues.
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here we go...
1) he's mental
2) he doesn't know who Jesus is
3) his parents let him play to many video games and they own a keyboard company
4) he just learned a new language.....congratz
5) this is how he impresses other people
and
6) why..... ???
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I used to be more into video games when I had guys who would regularly come over to my house and play them with me. I always stayed 1 system behind the curve, which saved a ton of money. So when everyone else was playing SuperNintendo, I bought a used Nintendo (which I later sold for about the same amount I paid for it). When everyone else was playing the Sega Dreamcast, I bought a PS1 (which I played for 10 yrs until it died). When everyone else was playing the Wii, I bought a PS2 (which I play now on occasion). However, nowadays I don't really have anyone who comes over to play video games anymore, so I don't plan on investing in a Wii or Xbox. Besides, once Project Natal comes out, no one will be satisfied with a Wii anymore anyway.
On the other hand, it is quite easy for me to stick a deck in my pocket and head over to the guys dorm and play some Redemption. And I can play it online with people for free (as opposed to Xbox). So for me, that is the better way to go.
P.S. On a side note, does anyone know what happened to "adevine" or "divineministry" who started this thread?
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ps3 has free multiplayer, as does wii.
i find your videogame tendencies very interesting, i never heard of a person that purposely stays one system behind the current gen. its kinda like, you're 5 years back in time while everyone else is in the present. like time travel. pretty cool. :)
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i find your videogame tendencies very interesting, i never heard of a person that purposely stays one system behind the current gen.
I save hundreds of dollars doing it this way, and I get the same excitement of jumping up to the next system that everyone else does, except that I do it later than them. I also avoid getting sucked into systems that end up being a bust (Atari Jaguar or Sega Dreamcast anyone?). And thus far, I've been able to stay backwards compatible (PS2 to PS1) so all my games still work.
I also save hundreds of dollars in games, because by the time I buy them, they are all less than half what they cost new. And I only buy the very best games, which I can know for sure because they've been tested and shown to be the best.
Really it's a win-win scenario for me :)
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yeah, i can see your perspective, as long as you have no qualms about being 5 years behind everyone else. me, i personally have to have the newest thing when it first comes out. im very impatient. :)
one downside i can see to your method, though, is online multiplayer. most online multiplayers for most of the games you will be playing will deteriorate or be non-existent anymore. online multiplayer is a huge thing for me now...so much so, i hardly bat an eye at any game that ships without it.
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I am also a generation behind on my consoles, for most of the same reasons that the good professor is. There are more of us then people realize :)
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http://xkcd.com/606/ (http://xkcd.com/606/)
That one is clean, but I advise you don't leave that one, as 2 or 3 on the site aren't.
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ps3 has free multiplayer, as does wii.
i find your videogame tendencies very interesting, i never heard of a person that purposely stays one system behind the current gen. its kinda like, you're 5 years back in time while everyone else is in the present. like time travel. pretty cool. :)
I plan on doing this with computer upgrades. No sense in buying the just-released graphics cards, when in a few months, they will probably be half the price. Plus, my system runs everything I've thrown at it thus far, so I have no real need to buy new parts as they come out.
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http://xkcd.com/606/ (http://xkcd.com/606/)
That one is clean, but I advise you don't leave that one, as 2 or 3 on the site aren't.
Dang it, I spent an hour looking for that for that one
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I also usually am one to stay a generation behind. I got my Wii as a fluke. :-D