Game Rental Question

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 7, 2003, 1:15 pm

The other day I went to Blockbuster and rented some new game that I never heard before called Gladius. When I started playing I realized it was a strategy RPG. I HATE games like this. So I was wondering if Blockbuster would allow me to exchange a game for another for free, but no extension on the rental period. I kinda tried to do this when I rented Splinter Cell by saying it wasnt working on my ps2 but they told me to get a different copy. I know I couldnt do this with movies for obvious reasons, anyone ever tried this?

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 7, 2003, 1:43 pm

i really doubt they'd let you. But I've never tried.

Normally on the back of the box it has a classification of what kind of game it is.

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 7, 2003, 1:48 pm

Sometimes if you totally hate it and you tell them that they will do whatever it takes to make you happy. (Retail principle #1!) It's worth a shot, but it probably just depends who is working that day and what kind of a mood they are in!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 7, 2003, 2:00 pm

Depends on how much aggrivation saving that $5 is worth to ya.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 7, 2003, 2:07 pm

True, but I could be playing another game damn it. And I cant even cheat the hell out of it because its brand new and gameshark.com hasnt got anything on it yet. Guess I'll just deal with the game.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 7, 2003, 2:25 pm

another solution is to sign up for the netflix equivilent for video games. So that if it sucks, you send it back, and it didn't really cost you anything.

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 7, 2003, 4:13 pm

Gamefly

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 7, 2003, 6:59 pm

Swap Magic 3.0 and a high speed connection to the internet are your friends.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 7, 2003, 10:42 pm

I lost my cable

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » November 8, 2003, 8:53 am

A rental is what $3? Just live with it that you made a bad pick. I used to dread people like you wanting to return a game because you didn't like it when I worked in a video store. Do your research, or live with the bad game.

Gamei · Post by **Gamei** » November 10, 2003, 6:33 pm

Gamefly rocks my mailbox!

It's a really great service.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 10, 2003, 11:38 pm

Kguku wrote:A rental is what $3? Just live with it that you made a bad pick. I used to dread people like you wanting to return a game because you didn't like it when I worked in a video store. Do your research, or live with the bad game.

A rental down here for ps2 costs $7, and I picked up this game when I was returning Simpsons Road Rage (which is not a bad game at all, just repetitive). Its pretty hard to research a game that was 10 days old and got no press.
Doesnt matter anymore anyways, it goes back tomarrow.