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What was the last physical video game you've rented?
- Thread starter ElectricBlanketFire
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Halo 4?
Got it from a Redbox because I didnt want to buy it.
Beat it in 2 days before returning it.
Got it from a Redbox because I didnt want to buy it.
Beat it in 2 days before returning it.
Don't remember the last game, I think it was a Terminator game (for an easy platinum trophy), had GameFly a couple of years during the PS3/360 years but I just buy everything now.
I think it was Sonic 2006 from an old DVD rental place.
Thank goodness I had the wisdom to rent instead of buying that abomination.
Thank goodness I had the wisdom to rent instead of buying that abomination.
Probably Legend of Dragoon around 2002.
Rentals were rare for me even before then, I mostly stopped renting by the end of the 16-bit era. I had few options since I lived in the middle of nowhere and the corner store had a shitty selection + only let you rent for 1 day.
Once I moved out and got my own place I still didn't rent, for a variety of reasons.Wanted to build a collection after having sold all my games a few years prior, didn't have a credit card, mostly just played WoW, etc.
Rentals were rare for me even before then, I mostly stopped renting by the end of the 16-bit era. I had few options since I lived in the middle of nowhere and the corner store had a shitty selection + only let you rent for 1 day.
Once I moved out and got my own place I still didn't rent, for a variety of reasons.Wanted to build a collection after having sold all my games a few years prior, didn't have a credit card, mostly just played WoW, etc.
Devil May Cry 5 from Redbox. I use Redbox for single player games that I want to play through but don't want to pay full price for. Works out pretty well tbh. Did the same for Detroit and Uncharted 4, though I ended up picking those up on sale later on.
I still rent games. From Family Video, Redbox, and most recently, Gamefly. I love renting instead of owning. I save a good $500 a year, I've done the math.
hmm probably Mega Man or Cobra Triangle on the NES in the early 90s. could never beat either one as a kid :/
From an actual video store? God, I can't remember at all. It was probably something from last gen. The last game I rented from a RedBox was Kingdom Hearts III, which I played for three hours and returned it to never have the desire to touch it again.
I think it was Metro Exodus for the 1X...and now there is no more places to rent games in the greater Montreal area,all the Microplay,and most Videotron stores that they where in are closed...I still liked renting those 8 to 10 hour games instead of paying 90 bucks for them...oh well,I wait for the Best Buy sales or digital sales for those now.
Probably something on PSX or N64...of which only two rentals really stick out in my mind: MGS and Diddy Kong Racing.
Oh man, I dont even remember. It was probably a GC game when blockbuster was still around. I think it may have been something like Lost Kingdoms or something.
Last game I rented was in like 1996 at blockbuster lol. I think it was Mario Kart 64 and Star Fox 64.
I don't even remember at this point for certain but I want to say Duke Nukem Forever for 360.
That was certainly one of the last ones, if not the last one. And thank goodness for that because what a pile of trash.
Back in the day when Blockbuster used to have their summer program for unlimited game rentals when I was a teen I blew through so many PS2 games I must've played nearly a quarter of the ones out there. Finished very few though.
That was certainly one of the last ones, if not the last one. And thank goodness for that because what a pile of trash.
Back in the day when Blockbuster used to have their summer program for unlimited game rentals when I was a teen I blew through so many PS2 games I must've played nearly a quarter of the ones out there. Finished very few though.
I think it was either Tail of the Sun on PS1 or Doom 64.
I rented games all of the time in the 8 and 16-bit eras. Far less after that.
I rented games all of the time in the 8 and 16-bit eras. Far less after that.
Ikari Warriors on the NES from an old Mom and Pop shop. It went out of business shortly after and it was years before a blockbuster took over the area. By then I was buying my own games.
I used a Netflix free trial to make use of the Rent to Own feature to buy Xenoblade 1 for 40 dollars when it was going for 80-90 everywhere else on the internet. I felt so smart.