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2Quick on 08 February 2016

Have you ever bought a game blind? or blindly recieved a game as a gift?

Reading about people's reactions to devil's third in a different thread made me wonder whether if it is always better to make an informed buying choice, or is it always better to buy a game you know you are going to like?

For example, If I only bought the games that I really wanted, I would have never discovered Yoshi's Island DS, Legend of Zelda, or Zack & Wiki.

by blind I mean purchase a title with very little information about it, reviews or otherwise

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Ultrashroomz on 08 February 2016

I saw Fire Emblem Awakening on the shelf one day.

Being very curious about the series, and knowing very little about the series, I decided to buy it, and try out.

Definitely one of the best purchases I've ever made.

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StarOcean on 08 February 2016

Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, Final Fantasy X, and Super Mario Advance 4 were all the best blind purchases I ever made

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hershel_layton on 08 February 2016

Bought Mario Sports Mix blindly.

Still play it when friends or family visit. Extremely fun wii game.

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HylianYoshi on 08 February 2016

Maybe I've bought some PS2 garbage off the shelves in prior days. Anyway, not within the last few years. I can rarely afford anything more than what I already plan to buy.

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LipeJJ on 08 February 2016

Yup, used to happen a lot when I was a kid. But as I grew up and learned more about games this became a rare thing.

That said, recently I bought Dragon Quest Heroes: The World's Tree Woe and the Blight Below almost blindly and it turned out well... I'm loving the game. I just knew it was a musou, nothing else.

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Persona Q, Fire Emblem Awakening and Bayonetta 2 are my most recent ones

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Super_Boom on 08 February 2016

Not recently...but when I was younger I picked up Golden Sun, Tales of Symphonia, and Fire Emblem 7 on a whim...and now all of them rank in my top games.

On the other hand...I used to get licensed games with no research as well. In particular...these Star Wars and Lord of the Rings games on the GBA were just absolutely awful.

I suppose I prefer to know what I'm getting into now....even if good surprises are always fun.

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