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Renting costs money; but buying a bad game you will never play costs more. With all the technology used in the gaming industry you would be led to believe that making a bad game would be very difficult to do. Right? Wrong. Making games can be a corporate grudge match to hammer out a title and get people to buy it before any real reviews can save you the headache. For example a game called Fuel was released June 2nd 2009, after four years in the making the company built up hype around the game to draw people in. The reviews before the game was launched would have any race fan or open world gamer drooling at the chance to try the game out. June 2nd arrived and did the game disappoint? Yes it did. The average review gave the same story; while being ambitious the game felt empty and the achievements didn't really merit the effort to obtain them. The A.I would stay ahead most of the race only to slow down at the end to let the player win. The people who payed for this game wished they had rented it and found it really wasn't worth the sixty or so bucks they shelled out.

Renting costs money as stated before, but how bad is renting really? At Blockbuster it averages $9 to rent a game, and you get it for 5 days, plus a 5 day grace period before you actually owe a thing. That's 9 safe days to try a game out. However there is still the rent factor's cost. Most people when they go to a Blockbuster shudder when an employee asks if they would like to join a "program". Nobody wants to spend extra money especially if all they want is to rent. Checking on these so called programs you would see that Blockbuster offers a program where for $21.00 a month, yes a month, you could rent as many games as you want everyday for the entire month. Basically you can rent a game, try it out, and return it at your will for another game without paying for it. You can do this over and over again for the whole month essentially saving money on your game rentals by paying for the month alone.

Renting is always a better solution to making sure you have chosen a game that will not only be satisfying, but have a decent replay value to you. Check with your local rental outlets to see what programs they offer before making any commitments. Spending sixty bucks to buy a game that can have you feeling cheated is unacceptable. Always rent a game before wasting good money. Amazinly they still create games that can easily be beaten in a rental period. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is one of those games. CoJ:BiB is a decent game but too short. The average gamer could beat the game in under a week of casual game play. Nobody should have to spend sixty bucks for a short game. Save your money, spend $9 instead for this game to rent and beat it. If you'r still uncertain, ask an employee, most employees at Blockbuster get free game and movie rentals, they are bound to have an opinion. Spend $9 to save $50 or bet it all. Your call.

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