With the busy holiday season upon us we’re absolutely deluged with shiny new games to play, and yet I still feel that there may be older games I’ve missed that I ought to check out. Just to see if I’ve missed anything. So I’ve been renting them.
No doubt game rentals are another thing, along with second-hand sales, which will be decried as the death of the industry, but I treat such decryings as the shrill hysterical squawkings they are. To me, renting’s a good way of checking out something you might not have bought anyway, and if you like it, you might buy it, and if you don’t, no big loss. Another facet of the industry, another strand, another way to experience games, and something that doesn’t seem to have done the movie industry a lot of harm. So screw the nay-sayers, frankly.
So what, you are no doubt asking, have I rented recently?
Well, I’ll tell you.
In the last few months, I’ve rented:
- Ace Combat 6 (Ace)
- Frontlines: Fuel of War (Not bad, not great)
- Football Manager 2008 (Impenetrable)
- Army of Two (Appalling)
- Timeshift (Nice concept, flawed execution)
Ace Combat 6 was something of a revelation. I don’t think I’d ever have considered buying it, but what a fun game it turned out to be. I’d have missed out on it if not for renting.
Army of Two, not so much. It pretty much turned out as bad as everyone said it was. But at least now I know for myself.
So there you have it. It might expand your horizons, but even if it doesn’t, it’s a cheaper way to be disappointed than if you’d actually bought Army of Two.
Renting. It’s a bit like borrowing, only you have to pay for it.
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