Feb 16 2008
Retro Game Delivery
The other day I mentioned I ordered some games from Amazon. I was eagerly awaiting them, much like any other package. For some reason it’s always nice to receive a package, even if you bought it for yourself.
Anyway, the only game I opened was the big Age of Empires collection. Much to my disappointment, the CD case was broken. You know those little plastic things that hold the CD in the center? Well they all broke off on mine. I hate it when they do that. The multi-CD holders seem to always break. I don’t know if they’re manufactured more cheaply or what the deal is, but mine are frequently broken.
Anyway, installation went just fine. I played two games and boy was I rusty. Who knew it had been this long since I’ve played this thing. I’m not really a multiplayer fan. I’ve always played slow, methodical single player games, so I’m not accustomed to rushing. I managed to rush the computer opponent in my second game, but it took two waves. The first wave took out the villagers, as the rush technique is supposed to, and the second wave took out any remaining villagers and infantry that had since been created.
Unfortunately, I haven’t got the time to play these games, so I’ll have to put this on the back-burner for a while. I wish I had a little more free time to play these games. Between the Age of Empires games and the RollerCoaster Tycoon games, Railwolf, Ogre and I have logged a lot of hours on the PC in the past.
Complain to Amazon about the damaged case- they’ll either replace it or offer you 10-20% off for the damage.
Jewel cases suck.
I’ve never bought any games online from Amazon, but some of my movies had that problem, especially the ones with the half plastic/half cardboard cases.
Do they really send out replacement cases? I didn’t try to get any since I was afraid those would get damaged as well…
A while ago I bought a season box set that had scratched DVDs because the middle broke. I sent them back and received a replacement set.