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"Something strange happened to me this week..."

I got myself another Xbox game.

Max Payne to be exact. Not new, but pre-owned, from Game. I traded in 2 old PS2 games and 2 Xbox games, and got a value of £45; so I chose Max Payne and Return to Castle Wolfenstein Special Edition for the PC.

The reason I got Max Payne was that a friend lent me the PS2 version. I didn't bother with the game originally, because I was told it was very short. But I enjoyed playing the PS2 version.

So I picked up the Xbox version, as it is supposedly the 'best' version. Well, it is marginally better, but generally it's pretty identical. But that's not the point.

It is a very enjoyable game, and while I do wish I'd bought it originally (on any format), I'm also glad I didn't, because I got it nice and cheap! :-)

Anyway, the (fairly irrelevant) point of this post is just to let you know that I have actually bought another Xbox game. After all, most of you know what I'm like! :-)

I already have Oddworld and PGR - they're the only two titles apart from Halo that are worth having... at the moment!

beanz - the only problem with taking it back is that they write in permanent marker over the manual and case. I got it off the case, but no luck with the book. So they'll know it's pre-owned. :-(

Wookie why don't ya exchange it for another game such as Oddworld or PGR?

Hooray!

Wookiee is still about! Thought you'd left for good mate, hasn't seen a post by you for ages!

yeah you can take it back...
actually i'm not sure about preowned...
just say you didn't like it or something

Well, that person was right... Max Payne was very short! Disappointingly so. Excluding comic-book cut-scenes, it probably lasted about 4.5 hours!

Can you take a pre-owned game back to Game under the 10-day no-quibble guarantee thingy?

And I'm finding RtCW bloody hard, even on the easy level! Damn zombies taking all my ammo.

Well done Wookie. ;-) I actually wrote a post to this earlier but it was on one of its slow moments so I was a bit careful about stopping and resending. Last time I did that I ended up posting a reply around 7 times. ;-))

Anyway, glad to see you've found another X-Box game mate. :-)

*reads original post*

*walks out and closes door*

*opens door with party hat on and blower in mouth with casset player in right hand*

You bought an XBOX game....

-speechless-

Seriously, Max Payne was the first XBOX game I bought - just love that stylish violence.

I haven't installed it yet!

But basically it is the game itself, plus 7 additional multiplayer maps, the original Wolfenstein 3D game, a behind-the-scenes look at how RTCW was made, all the level-building tools, wallpapers, cartoons and concept art. All for £20.

(Incidentally, SR have the original game for £24.99 and the SE for £17.99!)

What RTCW:SE like wookie???