I highly doubt that importing is too expensive for you when if the game was released in US the price wouldn't be much lower if at all. I got it delivered from UK to Australia for $50 AU.
This is the first Wii game I've bought for years other than new Super Mario Bros, and it hasn't disappointed, fantastic game.
It does say they are visiting Auckland.
This is more of a list to say 'wait till these games are cheaper to buy them' than 'avoid these games'.
It's not, Australian dollar is worth more than the US dollar. It's the fact that local retailers charge $90-100 for new games here, and they whine to Steam about them killing their business, so Steam is more than happy to raise their prices under the premise of helping out the local Australian retailers.
I buy from the same company, they are in the UK, same territory as AUS/NZ (PAL). They are the same as the discs sold in Australia, so there's no problems with playing them or dlc. As for delivery time, in Australia, it takes anywhere from 6-14 business days to arrive, games are sealed and brand new.
Yeah, I submitted WAY before any others relating to this story, didn't get approved for a long long time.
Never once does this article mention this was due to "playing too much Xbox", so why is it in quotations in the title?
This isn't news really, Australia is part of the PAL region, so the fact it was being released in Europe always meant it was coming here.
It's good if you take it for what it is, a solid game featuring a few hours fun of blasting orks for $10. Some reviewers feel the need to slam it for no online, and have trouble remembering it's just a $10 entree to prepare for space marine.
I agree, I enjoyed it. So what if it's like God of War, and the final boss is hilarious!
Not to mention from a business perspective, it'd be downright stupid to stop making a CoD every year when they make as much money as they do.
Their prices are absolutely ludicrous, Batman Arkham Asylum $90, while the GOTY version is $50. Dirt 2 $90, on Steam it's $20. They wonder why nobody buys game from them. (I'm Australian so our prices might be higher than US)
Good to see some people dressed as the characters from the upcoming Gotham City Imposters game, too. :P
I think both of these games look interesting and I'm sure I'll buy them in the future at a lower price, but neither of them appeal to me enough to warrant a full price purchase. Especially since I'm Australian where new games are $100.
They are already on the PSN store for PSP, so Vita users can just buy those.
Not to mention one of the enemies is like Dahlsim...
I hated having to organise real life around having to be online at a certain time, for a set number of hours.
This is one of the few games that gets several comments on pretty much every review released for it, so it must have a dedicated core fanbase. I have it and it's good. I didn't read this review but a lot of them complain of no tutorial, because the tutorials are in WKC1, included on the disc. And of course, the best part of the game is the multiplayer, and I doubt any reviewers truly get into that aspect when the single player story is quite long in itself.
I've got it too. Honestly it's a rare rpg where I've found myself not wanting to avoid fights because they are tedious, too numerous, and boring, but instead looking for them because they are fun and the depth in character progression is really satisfying.