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If you are a regular reader of thrift bytes, By now you will know I am all about the mortal kombat trilogy goodness, Its is the quintessential PS1 fighting game. So that in mind what do I think about the new game mortal kombat X?

Its alright, basically if you liked the 2011 mortal kombat you will like this one, it lends lots of stuff from other mortal kombat games, The krypt from Deadly alliance makes its Return, The movie like story from 2011 is back, The Roaster is large, But could do with some more characters to flesh it out, The combo system is a bit lack luster, Still uppercut and sweep are present even tho they are still moved up to Y and B by default for no reason and some of the stable moves have been giving more street fighter like inputs, So all in all I was ready to give this game a pass, Then you Realise how much stuff is DLC, £30 worth of Stuff that is on the disc is locked out as DLC, Goro is DLC! there is a hold bunch of characters that you can fight against in game that are not playable, What could of being a great outing for the Franchise has ended up leaving a bitter taste in buyers mouths, When was £40 a entry price and not the price for the whole game? It all stinks of Gold Edition in about a years time when it will have everything for £40 on the disc and Anyone who bought the standard version for the same price will have to such it up and buy the DLC, Bad form.
 
Pick ups this week and we kick off with Dragon Quest on ps2 for £1.99, Going up in price this one over £10 on eBay now, This was cheap for ages then in the last year or so it has shot up.

Taking a walk to Walton street market, To see if there is any car boot action to be had and find Some PS2 stuff X-men Legends 1 and 2 and Marvel nemesis Rise of the imperfects, for £1 each its a fair price.

Also that day some PSP games NFS most wanted, Ridge Racer, Wipeout pure, Gran Turismo, All £1 each all having over a Pounds worth of trade in them at CEX so Worth picking up.

Then I cut a deal with a guy selling a boxed RF and a Boxed up quick shot mega drive pad, He wanted £3 a piece for them I settled on both for £5 saving a £1, A small saving but you got to hustle even if its just a pound.

I needed a decent 6 button Mega drive controller, Some mega CD games I have act all fucked up if I try and use my acrade stick, Non of the Official pads I have have a very long wire, This Quick shot tho has a good size cable.

I traded in some stuff at CEX and pick up This RIDE for xbox one, It is shit, buggy as all hell, It looked like it was going to be forza/GT with bikes à la tourist trophy, Its just way to easy to fall of the bike, I am all for a bit of realism but I cant help thinking this game was just rushed out the door the whole thing feels unfinished.

Some more PSP stuff, wipeout pulse and battlefront 2 for 99p each in cash generator. the better of the two wipeout games on psp and battlefront 2 will sell on psp so for 99p each its cool.

PS1 goodness for 99p each in cash converters, Hogs of war can go for £15 plus on ebay now so totally covering the cost there with that game and the rest of them are shelf fillers Time crisis,GT2 and scooby doo.

 In the same cash converters and These rare beauties turn up, All prices up a £9.99 Now this isn't necessarily a bad price, Now days these titles can go closer to £20 on ebay then £10, So I set about trying to cut a deal, and props to this particular Cash converters, they where willing to negotiate a price, and I ended up with all 3 for £20, works out about £6.69 each, That's a much better deal, And some pretty awesome titles to be finding out in the wild. 

So I ended up trading ride in got £23 back out of it so its not that bad, When you ended up with a shitty game sometimes you just got to take the hit, I got Farcry 4 for PS4 with the credit, I saw online you can ride elephants and use them to attack, It looks almost fun so I tuck a punt on this game, Right am of to go play this then until next time Thrift swift.