Poll: So have you imported a game?

[Julianking93]

I imported an early copy of Demon's Souls.

Or actually, I [i/]found[/i] an imported copy of Demon's Souls.

 

[Daverson]

Yes. And I wouldn't recommend to anyone. Ever.

Imported DOW: Dark Crusade from the US to try and beat the month delay for the release in the UK. It arrived a good while after the UK release date.

My advice: Unless it's something that's probably never going to be released in your country don't bother.

 

[Akuosa]

I import almost all my games. Games are outrageously expensive in my country (Spain) for no goddamn reason, and I can get them for half the price just by importing them from UK, for example. There are no taxes or anything while buying among european countries, so there is really no reason I should pay double just for getting them in mine >_>; It's mind blowing, really.

Financial reasons aside, I've imported several games from USA or Japan too, when the game is not going to be released over here or the release date is too far away and I don't want to wait.

The last ones I got this way were Blazblue, from Canada (paying in canadian dolars is cheaper, haha) and Demon's Souls, from Japan.
Neither of them have been released here yet, and even with the taxes and delivery were cheaper than the average game here, so...

 

[Skobvs]

Left 4 Dead 2.

Reason: I am Australian...

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

No, but I have a few that I'd want to if I could. Too bad I can't.

 

[Danglybits]

It was DBZ Ultimate Battle 22. Why? Because I was a kid and obsessed with DBZ and this was before America went batshit over anime, so the only way to play a DBZ game was to import it. I had to get an adapter for my PSone to make it work. I don't have the PS anymore, but I do have the adapter and the game. I think of them as reminders about how I shouldn't be stupid. Of course, it would be slightly less stupid of me to do that now since I can read and recognize enough Japanese characters to navigate the menu and character select screen. Maybe even read the moves list; instead of picking the series of characters that look the most sinister.

 

[Beartrucci]

No, but I am extremely tempted to import Demon's Souls at the moment and if I had the money to I definitely would. The game looks really good, I don't mind that there is a chance that I will unconditionally hate the game for it's difficulty.

Really, it's not THAT hard. A few hours (or maybe more) into it you'll start to wrap your head around the game and what it's all about. Once you realize everything has rules and that you need to follow them, the game's inherent wall of difficulty mainly falls apart. Save for a few frustrating boss battles (which are only frustrating depending on your class) the game is very playable and offers an excellent sense of accomplishment.

I never, ever thought I could feel such a sense of achievement in a game from simply killing ONE single fodder enemy, but often times you do.

If your someone who likes RPGs (in a medieval setting) and finds most modern games too easy I think you'll generally like it. It's one flaw is that you will NEED to grind at some points. Aside from that, i suggest a through read through on the demon's souls wiki or to even purchase a strategy guide if you get the game.

You will also likely have to make a trash character to start. I sunk 15 hours into a guy to basically learn the ropes, then I started fresh with a new one. I was level 20 in my 15 hours of gameplay, on my second guy I reached 20 in 3 hours, so you can really see yourself improve.

Additionally, if you played any of the old roguelikes on the PC you're used to far more cruelty than demon's souls dishes out. At least when you die in demon's souls you keep your level and equipment, in old roguelikes it was back to the basics for you every time you died (in often hilariously scripted events). Bam you open a trap chest, you're dead, sorry - try again. Demon's souls does not have this.

The reason I'm thinking it's so difficult is because people usually talk about how hard the game is and stuff. It all sounds very good, your post makes me want to import it even more.

 

[Weaver]

No, but I am extremely tempted to import Demon's Souls at the moment and if I had the money to I definitely would. The game looks really good, I don't mind that there is a chance that I will unconditionally hate the game for it's difficulty.

Really, it's not THAT hard. A few hours (or maybe more) into it you'll start to wrap your head around the game and what it's all about. Once you realize everything has rules and that you need to follow them, the game's inherent wall of difficulty mainly falls apart. Save for a few frustrating boss battles (which are only frustrating depending on your class) the game is very playable and offers an excellent sense of accomplishment.

I never, ever thought I could feel such a sense of achievement in a game from simply killing ONE single fodder enemy, but often times you do.

If your someone who likes RPGs (in a medieval setting) and finds most modern games too easy I think you'll generally like it. It's one flaw is that you will NEED to grind at some points. Aside from that, i suggest a through read through on the demon's souls wiki or to even purchase a strategy guide if you get the game.

You will also likely have to make a trash character to start. I sunk 15 hours into a guy to basically learn the ropes, then I started fresh with a new one. I was level 20 in my 15 hours of gameplay, on my second guy I reached 20 in 3 hours, so you can really see yourself improve.

Additionally, if you played any of the old roguelikes on the PC you're used to far more cruelty than demon's souls dishes out. At least when you die in demon's souls you keep your level and equipment, in old roguelikes it was back to the basics for you every time you died (in often hilariously scripted events). Bam you open a trap chest, you're dead, sorry - try again. Demon's souls does not have this.

The reason I'm thinking it's so difficult is because people usually talk about how hard the game is and stuff. It all sounds very good, your post makes me want to import it even more.

I hope it did, because I think you should. It was a refreshing game for me, very unique (even if it did borrow from roguelikes). I don't want to lead you on, the game IS difficult, but it's a manageable difficulty and I feel a lot of people have been softened by modern games and simply forgot what it was like to have a game with actual consequences for failing. I think stern is a very good description of the game. It has a set of rules and follows them to the T. The "hardness" though comes from the fact that the games DOES NOT tell you these rules, they are for you to discover.

You will ALWAYS know that venturing into the unknown is dangerous, and if you fail to exercise caution it is your fault if you die. And you will die, there is nothing wrong with this. The fact that I can even complete a game now a days (say twilight princess) without EVER dying is strange. And even if I die in twilight princess, what happens? Nothing. A minor setback. In Demon's souls there is REAL consequence for dying, but it's not SO much that you just want to give up. "Oh I lost some souls, I can always get those back" kind of thing.

If you can accept that you will die, not get frustrated by it and more importantly learn something each time you die, you will love the game. The only time I was frustrated with it was with a certain boss. I attempted him TONS of times but could not beat it using melee and knew his patterns inside and out but simply felt incapable of beating him, even to the best of my abilities. I needed to exploit geometry in the room to get him stuck and shoot him with a bow (i don't really use bows) to beat him. Though to be honest, i figured if the game was going to be a dick I could be a dick back to it and not feel bad.

 

[Beartrucci]

No, but I am extremely tempted to import Demon's Souls at the moment and if I had the money to I definitely would. The game looks really good, I don't mind that there is a chance that I will unconditionally hate the game for it's difficulty.

Really, it's not THAT hard. A few hours (or maybe more) into it you'll start to wrap your head around the game and what it's all about. Once you realize everything has rules and that you need to follow them, the game's inherent wall of difficulty mainly falls apart. Save for a few frustrating boss battles (which are only frustrating depending on your class) the game is very playable and offers an excellent sense of accomplishment.

I never, ever thought I could feel such a sense of achievement in a game from simply killing ONE single fodder enemy, but often times you do.

If your someone who likes RPGs (in a medieval setting) and finds most modern games too easy I think you'll generally like it. It's one flaw is that you will NEED to grind at some points. Aside from that, i suggest a through read through on the demon's souls wiki or to even purchase a strategy guide if you get the game.

You will also likely have to make a trash character to start. I sunk 15 hours into a guy to basically learn the ropes, then I started fresh with a new one. I was level 20 in my 15 hours of gameplay, on my second guy I reached 20 in 3 hours, so you can really see yourself improve.

Additionally, if you played any of the old roguelikes on the PC you're used to far more cruelty than demon's souls dishes out. At least when you die in demon's souls you keep your level and equipment, in old roguelikes it was back to the basics for you every time you died (in often hilariously scripted events). Bam you open a trap chest, you're dead, sorry - try again. Demon's souls does not have this.

The reason I'm thinking it's so difficult is because people usually talk about how hard the game is and stuff. It all sounds very good, your post makes me want to import it even more.

I hope it did, because I think you should. It was a refreshing game for me, very unique (even if it did borrow from roguelikes). I don't want to lead you on, the game IS difficult, but it's a manageable difficulty and I feel a lot of people have been softened by modern games and simply forgot what it was like to have a game with actual consequences for failing. I think stern is a very good description of the game. It has a set of rules and follows them to the T. The "hardness" though comes from the fact that the games DOES NOT tell you these rules, they are for you to discover.

You will ALWAYS know that venturing into the unknown is dangerous, and if you fail to exercise caution it is your fault if you die. And you will die, there is nothing wrong with this. The fact that I can even complete a game now a days (say twilight princess) without EVER dying is strange. And even if I die in twilight princess, what happens? Nothing. A minor setback. In Demon's souls there is REAL consequence for dying, but it's not SO much that you just want to give up. "Oh I lost some souls, I can always get those back" kind of thing.

If you can accept that you will die, not get frustrated by it and more importantly learn something each time you die, you will love the game. The only time I was frustrated with it was with a certain boss. I attempted him TONS of times but could not beat it using melee and knew his patterns inside and out but simply felt incapable of beating him, even to the best of my abilities. I needed to exploit geometry in the room to get him stuck and shoot him with a bow (i don't really use bows) to beat him. Though to be honest, i figured if the game was going to be a dick I could be a dick back to it and not feel bad.

Again, I want to import it even more now. I will more than likely import it now when I get the money, thanks for all the advice.

 

[Weaver]

Again, I want to import it even more now. I will more than likely import it now when I get the money, thanks for all the advice.

If you get it PM me to tell me what you think (if you want to that is lol)

 

[Discord]

A long time ago in high school (well not that long ago) but it was this...

It had some subtitles but it was like the best experence I had in a fighting game and I'm proud to say I still have it in great working order.

 

[e2density]

I live in America. (F*** Yeah) So I've never had a game imported. I have had CD's imported.

 

[Space Spoons]

I've never imported a game before, but KHII Final Mix+ was the first game that made me give it serious consideration. That new Drive Form is dang spiffy. Not hundreds of dollars spiffy, mind you, but did consider it for awhile.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

A long time ago in high school (well not that long ago) but it was this...

It had some subtitles but it was like the best experence I had in a fighting game and I'm proud to say I still have it in great working order.

Hot linking is not allowed the game... Different.

 

[Jark212]

Not usually in the US...

 

[GundamSentinel]

I once bought a couple of games on holiday in France, does that count as imported?

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

No, I've never had to because Michael Atkinson isn't an American citizen.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Well... since the retail version of Ceville is only available in Europe (I live in the US, please don't send me any hatemail, I don't like this country that much either), I guess buying Ceville on Steam counts...
At least I think it does...

 

[Discord]

A long time ago in high school (well not that long ago) but it was this...

It had some subtitles but it was like the best experence I had in a fighting game and I'm proud to say I still have it in great working order.

Hot linking is not allowed the game... Different.

*Fixed

Thank you my good sir.

 

[brenflood]

I bought one of the Naruto games for Gamecube at an anime convention after seeing how fun it looked at the previous convention in 2005. At the time, it looked like there were no plans to release these games in America. Since all that was needed to play NTSC-J games on a gamecube is an action replay disc, I decided to go for it.
I was not disappointed. The game looked great for the time, and had an interesting fighting system.
I definitely recommend importing if there is a game that you want that isn't coming out in the US.
I'd import FF13 as well if it didn't cost so much and if I knew more Japanese.