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jones

LauraW7746 wrote: »

For those collecting from Smyths tomorrow...
Will most of ye be there for 8am? Im trying to decide whats the best time
When I collected my accessories & games last week I went at 11 and it was really busy

Im thinking 8am myself, just worried everyone else will have the same idea and it will be manic

Also just on games, have COD & Miles Morales, thinking of picking up 1 more but cant decide on Valhalla or Watchdogs legion...

Cant believe its so close now!

The store is open from 8am for collections so i'm assuming everyone there will be PS5 people and not regular click and collect. Probably be manic no matter what time you go at. I'll probably go around 8.30 myself.

As for games I've MM already as i hear it's a great showcase for the PS5 and i loved the last spiderman. I'm going to get Demon souls probably for christmas. Out of the two you mentioned i'd probably get Valhalla looks better IMO

LeeroyJ.

Smyths c&c charged and collection email received, is it thursday yet.

jones

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

Smyths c&c charged and collection email received, is it thursday yet.

Dam nothing for me yet

Paul MCM

jones wrote: »

Dam nothing for me yet

Same here

nullObjects

bennyl10 wrote: »

Is demon souls worth picking up?.. never played a soulsbourne game..

Or am I better of chancing bloodborne first?

I think bloodborne is free from the ps plus collection so you could try that and see if you like that type of game

RedXIV

Wing126 wrote: »

Haven't even bought a proper launch game yet, but I did pick up The Pathless on PS Store after watching this review

Really want to hear an independant review of this, please let me know how you get on with it!

bennyl10

jones wrote: »

Dam nothing for me yet

Same as, but it was after 9 for peripherals and games on my end

griffdaddy

It's travelling through the network, it's travelling through the network!!!!!

Zero-Cool

LauraW7746 wrote: »

Yeah I think I will go for Valhalla, the only AC game I havent played is Odyssey hopefully im not missing too much by not playing that one

I generally wouldnt care about how busy Smyths could be and times but im 33 weeks pregnant and dont want to be waiting too long
Yeah I could send my husband but im just too excited, once I dont go into early labour from all the excitement ill be doing well! Hahaha

Best of luck! The first 6 months are great for gaming during the day when they sleep but there are gonna be times where you'll have to decide whether you want to game or sleep, choose wisely :pac:

LauraW7746

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Best of luck! The first 6 months are great for gaming during the day when they sleep but there are gonna be times where you'll have to decide whether you want to game or sleep, choose wisely :pac:

Thanks!

This is my second, have a 2 year old so im really not sure how it will go this time round between the 2 of them
Im going to try game game as much as I can anyway until the new arrival
I might get an hour here and there I suppose, ill take what I can get anyway in both gaming and sleep

johnny_ultimate

RedXIV wrote: »

Really want to hear an independant review of this, please let me know how you get on with it!

Have played an hour or two via Apple Arcade and it’s pretty good, but not spectacular. It’s an interesting attempt to add some more ‘game’ to the Journey / Abzu style of game, and the movement mechanics are very clever. The puzzles and stealth sections are fairly basic, and the mapless design is a mixed bag (can be hard to figure out where your next key item is - but I’m playing on a small screen so that could be a factor).

I’d say the bow and arrow mechanics would feel great on the new controller. But would feel a tad underwhelmed if I paid 50 quid for the physical edition. That’s just the first chunk of the game though, and it’s certainly worth a go. Just not top tier indie for me, nor even a top tier Annapurna Interactive release.

og2k7

Amazon just shipped the disc version. Irish address

RedXIV

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Have played an hour or two via Apple Arcade and it’s pretty good, but not spectacular. It’s an interesting attempt to add some more ‘game’ to the Journey / Abzu style of game, and the movement mechanics are very clever. The puzzles and stealth sections are fairly basic, and the mapless design is a mixed bag (can be hard to figure out where your next key item is - but I’m playing on a small screen so that could be a factor).

I’d say the bow and arrow mechanics would feel great on the new controller. But would feel a tad underwhelmed if I paid 50 quid for the physical edition. That’s just the first chunk of the game though, and it’s certainly worth a go. Just not top tier indie for me, nor even a top tier Annapurna Interactive release.

That helps a lot! I was thinking this or the sackboy game to keep the kids entertained, I'll go with sackboy so

bennyl10

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

Smyths c&c charged and collection email received, is it thursday yet.

Is that a store which closed at 6?

Usually is after closing for them

Wing126

RedXIV wrote: »

Really want to hear an independant review of this, please let me know how you get on with it!

Yeah of course!

CastorTroy

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Best of luck! The first 6 months are great for gaming during the day when they sleep but there are gonna be times where you'll have to decide whether you want to game or sleep, choose wisely :pac:

Isn't that what the Switch is for?

My Smyths pretty much has it's own section of car park so I'll just wait in the car and judge how busy it is. I don't expect it to be too busy since I'm not in a city

dan786

Most Symths stores are open late so wont send click and collect text until they close because they know someone out there will try and go in this eve to get one if they did send it before closing.

So they will start going out once stores start closing, most after 9pm.

Wing126

RedXIV wrote: »

That helps a lot! I was thinking this or the sackboy game to keep the kids entertained, I'll go with sackboy so

Just saw this. Yeah, if your intention is for your kids to play it definitely go with Sackboy!

SureYWouldntYa

dan786 wrote: »

Most Symths stores are open late so wont send click and collect text until they close because they know someone out there will try and go in this eve to get one if they did send it before closing.

So they will start going out once stores start closing, most after 9pm.

Based on when I got my email for Miles Morales last week, I'd say you're bang on

My local store closes at 9pm Wednesday, and last Wed I got my email for the game at 9.53pm

Based on volume they'll probably be later for some people, maybe even only in the morning but before opening time at a min

dingledosser

LauraW7746 wrote: »

Yeah I think I will go for Valhalla, the only AC game I havent played is Odyssey hopefully im not missing too much by not playing that one

I generally wouldnt care about how busy Smyths could be and times but im 33 weeks pregnant and dont want to be waiting too long
Yeah I could send my husband but im just too excited, once I dont go into early labour from all the excitement ill be doing well! Hahaha

You should walk straight to the top of the queue, and any @sshole that tries to stop you will be shamed by the normal, decent people in the queue.

BTW, Odyssey is awesome!

How Soon Is Now

Smyths just took the money out of my account it's on!!

RoryMac

I haven't ordered any games, I'm gonna sign up for PS Plus with Collection tomorrow.

What's the best option for signing up for Plus? I believe there's usually reductions around Black Friday so should I sign up for a month and then see if there's deals next week??

How Soon Is Now

RoryMac wrote: »

I haven't ordered any games, I'm gonna sign up for PS Plus with Collection tomorrow.

What's the best option for signing up for Plus? I believe there's usually reductions around Black Friday so should I sign up for a month and then see if there's deals next week??

Ya just get a limited deal and see what kinda sales happen over next few weeks. It's bound to go down somewhere.

InDarkWoods

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Smyths just took the money out of my account it's on!!

Same just happened to me man. Do you know if we just turn up tomorrow at 8am and collect? I didn't get any email or text yet...?

dan786

For anyone that collected games from Smyths recently do you need the card you pay with , I dont see why they would need it if already charged but its on their site. I dont have the card I paid with as was Revolut disposable one use card.

"On arrival at the Click & Collect Counter at your selected store you will need: 1) your unique Order Number or your barcode, 2) the credit or debit card used to order the item and 3) Photo identification"

jones

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Smyths just took the money out of my account it's on!!

Same as me thank God ha

F1ngers

dan786 wrote: »

For anyone that collected games from Smyths recently do you need the card you pay with , I dont see why they would need it if already charged but its on their site. I dont have the card I paid with as was Revolut disposable one use card.

"On arrival at the Click & Collect Counter at your selected store you will need: 1) your unique Order Number or your barcode, 2) the credit or debit card used to order the item and 3) Photo identification"

They didn't ask me for anything last week, just the email with the barcode.
There was a sign up for when people were collecting their xbox that ID was required, assuming same for PS5.

dingledosser

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Smyths just took the money out of my account it's on!!

Same!

Wing126

Payment taken!!!

CastorTroy

RoryMac wrote: »

I haven't ordered any games, I'm gonna sign up for PS Plus with Collection tomorrow.

What's the best option for signing up for Plus? I believe there's usually reductions around Black Friday so should I sign up for a month and then see if there's deals next week??

Have you had Plus before?
If you haven't, they have a 14 day trial so that would keep you going through Black Friday.