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Atticus on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Atticus — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:16:42 +0000

I had ask manger of one where I live get one tho...I didnt really know of the LE um... "Really Naughty" look I totally had say I felt odd buying it o.o;;
I know what game was but sadly I have say the Box makes look like something else....
Tho she didnt say anything bad about it am common buyer and commonly get RPGs, odd japan games I told her resson I wanted it was it being Rare type RPG what I just call a "Generation RPG" I can only name like 4 *one my Favs being RSaGa 2 on SNES*
In end she like "thats just how some places like try Ad out there game sadly ^.^;"
Over all this kind varys on whos there due its ...odd look box <,<

Quig on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Quig — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:43:54 +0000

Settle down Dragon Saber... Everybody knows that the Asian culture has some weird fetishes, but this game is too weird. There are websites that will sell this game to customers in the U.S. Just look at some of the places listed in NewType...

As for the GameStop thing. I have a friend who is a manager at GameStop and he has the Collector's Edition of Agarest wars behind the counter because it is (1.) it is a collector's edition, (2.) there is some sexual innuendos, so he cannot have sitting arround for anybody to grab. He told me that he had some stuck-up prissy broad complain about it and he just laughed at her and asked her about the DoA Volleyball games or the thousands of games that you can dismember your enemies. People are so worried about the dirty marketing that they forget about the graphic violence and bloodshed in the games that get advertised on television. The average kid who sees the picture of the chic with the banana or the sausage (I know, its actually ham...) would look at it and think nothing bad about it...

RedEagleEX on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

RedEagleEX — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:25:16 +0000

You guys need to actually ASK some of the employees there on why the main box is put away.

The GameStop near my house have great staff and PROUDLY displayed Record of Agarest War at the back part of their counter top for all to see. However when I came back a week later, it was gone and I asked if they sold out already but they said no.

Apparently parents, mothers particularly, complained about the box art sexual innuendos. Then one of the managers went to the storage room, got the game out and pointed out the pictures that got mothers mad

The pictures that got them upset were of course the front panel, the girl eating the banana on the right panal and the bottom panel.

When I asked if it was just one mother, they said no, it was a handful of complaints which they eventually decided to just put the box in storage and simply display the DVD Case instead on the wall.

Snow on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Snow — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:58:16 +0000

lol glad I stopped shopping at GS. Actually it was the same for me at a eb games, tried to buy Agarest at one of the shops when it first came out and when I asked for it the staff gave me a quizical look, made me wait for a while until no one was in line and said that the game looks so offensive to them that they just boxed them all up and left them in storage. They never even took them out because they were afraid of it's "highly graphic looking art offending other customers". It's so bs because there's tons of games that look like they "offend people" and yet they do nothing about it.When it's something from japan, they just start hating on it. I got pissed and left to buy it at a gamebuzz.

leeradical42 on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

leeradical42 — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:41:51 +0000

well it was not sitting out in plain veiw, but was not hard to find, still cant understand what the big deal is theres nothing explicit in the game other then some cleavage on the box ,they really made a big deal out of nothing. lol

Nefhilim on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Nefhilim — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:14:27 +0000

I find the staff at my local Gamestop to be really nice and helpful and this is going to be possiably a shock reading some of these other posts and also the fact that I live in Utah! but my store had Agarest War Deluxe edition sitting out in plain view for all to see I will concead that it was behind the counter but it was easy to see and find!

leeradical42 on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

leeradical42 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:55:17 +0000

my gamestop here in Austin Texas is pretty cool the people here like and support srpgs and allthough record of agarest was not even mentioned ,in the pre orders and new releases ,they all said the game was awsome and were really helpful, but i have seen some gamestops where the employees knew about as much about games as say my mother and i question how they got there job. lol

zorphus on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

zorphus — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:35:53 +0000

Whats funny is my gamestop. 2 of the workers there are pre-ordering deathsmiles and got agarest war.

Secretsof2113 on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Secretsof2113 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:34:36 +0000

That makes me laugh. These two games were actually ones I was pushing preorders on. I talked a guy into getting both of them, however, I'm now the only one in my store with Deathsmiles still reserved. I need to buy Agarest War one of these days. Not like it's selling at this point. We're not allowed to have it out on the floor because of the pacakaging.

Vikinglord on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Vikinglord — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:02:07 +0000

But most of the people that work for the company are, and I apologize to anyone that had to deal with them.

Vikinglord on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Vikinglord — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:45:07 +0000

I unfortunately work for Gamestop, have been for far too long. The reason why we have to ask everyone about reserving a ridiculous amount of -your mother is a classy lady- is because they force us too. Our job is at stake half the time if we don't get outstanding numbers. The only reason we don't ask about awesome games like Agarest or Death Smiles is because about 90% of the people that shop at Gamestop are idiots. Most of them being fans of Call of Duty, Gears of War, and all of that other American garbage they call videogames. If I knew a higher percentage of people played GOOD games, I would ask them to reserve games Like Arc Rise Fantasia, Golden Sun, 3D Dot Game Heroes, or Death Smiles, etc. I assure you, I am not an idiot!

matty on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

matty — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:01:24 +0000

Eh, it's kind of unfair for me expect the staff at gamestop or game shops in general to know about eve-ry game they may or may not have, especially these niche titles.
I've talked to a few who used to work at these stores and some said the last thing they want to see when they get home is a video game, haha.

Hollow_Ninja, you're lucky in my book. While I give the staff the benefit of the doubt, most of them act like careless assholes in the gamestops in my area :(

JasonPaul on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

JasonPaul — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:08:49 +0000

Hollow_Ninja said:
Every GS that I've ever been to is staffed by some nice people, though. I guess you guys are unlucky.

It's kinda 50/50 for me. On the one hand, I usually get blank stares when I ask for the latest Shin Megami Tensei game or Mimana Iyar Chronicles, but when I got Strange Journey it turns out the guy at the counter was a pretty big fan of the series and we had a pretty good conversation about how awesome Nocturne was.

Hollow_Ninja on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Hollow_Ninja — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:08:30 +0000

Not to mention the fact that TC's story sounds made up.

DJ Daishi on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

DJ Daishi — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:48:21 +0000

Hollow_Ninja said:
Every GS that I've ever been to is staffed by some nice people, though. I guess you guys are unlucky.

same here...and didn't the employee mentioned that he had those games preordered. I tip my hat off to him.

Hollow_Ninja on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Hollow_Ninja — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:53:33 +0000

Every GS that I've ever been to is staffed by some nice people, though. I guess you guys are unlucky.

JasonPaul on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

JasonPaul — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:31:39 +0000

What Koinzell said. Record of Agarest War is being advertised here, and I live in Philadelphia, Mississippi (of Mississippi Burning infamy), where logical thought and free thinking will get you hung by the neck from a tree branch.

So I'm sure he's either a troll or a douchebag.

Koinzell on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

Koinzell — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:51:21 +0000

I can assure you all that is a blatant lie on the part of the manager. He was either messing with you or simply encouraging his own set of rules for his store.
GameStop actually is advertising Agarest Wars in store, not heavily like most games but it does have some advert space in the form of one of the end cap displays of upcoming new releases that is required to have two spots set up for the game. Nothing yet for Deathsmiles sadly.
On a related note, like some others mentioned. I would suggest reporting him, stores are encouraged to get reserves no matter what the game be it something like Agarest or Imagine Fun Time Pony. They honestly don't care.

masuto on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

masuto — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:37:02 +0000

Are you freakin serious? Really? Record of Agarest War and Deathsmiles are banned from word of mouth in GameStop? Mass Effect has an explicit sex scenes and I hear GameStop guys talking about it all the time. No More Heroes 2 has lolies and they talked about it too. This is discrimination!

fize4ever on "GameStop dissing Aksys?"

fize4ever — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:21:12 +0000

magusgs said:
Why are you guys so convinced he got trolled? It sounds like a reasonable management decision to tell their employees to not be touting games that could draw unwanted attention.

One reason may be this: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/japan.video.game.rape/index.html

I could see certain types of people (e.g., feminists) finding the way Agarest War is being marketed as offensive.

LOL this made my bad day...