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Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 sale [begins Dec 18th]
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Clay Davis
Member
it's a great game, one of my games of the year.
it's definitely one of their best and it is a great offer at its current price with the disc versions selling for £20 in the uk, if you can actually find a non scratched copy of it that is.
MasterLeePhD
Member
Just bought HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, Mark of the Ninja and Trine 2. Spectacular deals!
Just waiting for Dust and Skyrim DLC to go on sale.
Just waiting for Dust and Skyrim DLC to go on sale.
Unregistered007
Banned
no its NOT.
The difference between 5 dollars and 20 is a lot, don't bother with the Wii U version, PLUS You get achievements with the 360 version.
toythatkills
Member
The achievements for Trine 2 are shit, I wouldn't let that influence your decision
Macho Madness
Member
What's the difference between them beside touch controls?
edit: on my phone at work, can't be arsed checking the internet. Thanks guys
I'd base it on how much the multiplayer means to you.
What's the difference between them beside touch controls?
edit: on my phone at work, can't be arsed checking the internet. Thanks guys
Graphically it's slightly better, it has the expansion included, and will have new exclusive content added later. I think that was it.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Don't really see anything on here for me sadly. D: Well I do but I can get most of them on the PC as well.
So I'm definitely picking up Mark of the Ninja, that's an easy buy at a very good price. Now, I really don't want to spend any more money on points, so I'm thinking about buying Fez, or waiting for Dust (I'm assuming it will be 600 MSP).
So, I was thinking about buying Fez but...I'm still not sure what the fuck it is. Everything I hear about it is so ambiguous. It's a platformer, right? But there's like a deeper, meta-game level to it all right? Is that necessary or what? Can anyone help me out on this?
So, I was thinking about buying Fez but...I'm still not sure what the fuck it is. Everything I hear about it is so ambiguous. It's a platformer, right? But there's like a deeper, meta-game level to it all right? Is that necessary or what? Can anyone help me out on this?
I'm also curious. The demo is extremely short and didn't give me a very good idea of where the challenge comes from, whether from the platforming or from puzzles.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I think it was reduced a few months back.
Phonomezer
Banned
Wow, are these sales only in the US?
Not showing up here (AU).
Not showing up here (AU).
Already got Mark of the Ninja a couple of weeks ago (loving it) and I bought Fez last summer (hated it with a passion... I know I've been unlucky, but for me it's been nothing more than a buggy mess): I'm tempted by Hell Yeah! but the consensus kinda blocks me from instabuying it... I enjoyed the demo but I keep reading the game is boring, it has stupid checkpoints and it just doesn't play that well on the medium/long term. :/
Also, Trine 2 price is awesome: back then I've seen the game running on the PC before trying it out on consoles and, yeah, it looked so blurry to me I couldn't entirely appreciate it. I may give it another spin, just to see if the drop in resolution will have the same impact on me.
Also, Trine 2 price is awesome: back then I've seen the game running on the PC before trying it out on consoles and, yeah, it looked so blurry to me I couldn't entirely appreciate it. I may give it another spin, just to see if the drop in resolution will have the same impact on me.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
No, it's worldwide. The Games on Demand pricing is regional, however. XBLA games are same price everywhere.
tomakasatnav
Member
Oh, £19.99 is the reduced Rayman price?
https://twitter.com/AceyBongos/status/281704981306945537
I was thinking £10...
https://twitter.com/AceyBongos/status/281704981306945537
I was thinking £10...
Just buy it with a US account filled with 800 US points (press X at checkout to switch from currency to points).
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
£20 isn't the deal price. It hasn't changed yet.
Fez is barely a platformer - think of it as a puzzle game that uses platformer controls, kind of like how Adventures of LoLo uses a Zelda-style perspective. It's more of a puzzle/adventure game - you traverse a huge world and solve puzzles to collect cubes. It's fantastic, and the soundtrack alone is likely worth the buy, but I certainly wouldn't go in expecting a platformer challenge.
There are essentially different "tiers" of puzzles. I suppose some people might consider this a spoiler, so:
First there are the whole "traverse the world to collect cubes in the environment" puzzles, and you see these in the demo - rotate the world and manipulate the perspective to move around and pick them up. Then there's a second tier of more Myst-style logic-ish puzzles, ones that don't require any kind of platformer skills and require more abstract thinking. Lastly, there are a handful of uber-crazy puzzles, ones that require things like cryptology and some outside research - this last tier isn't necessary to actually complete the game, so it really just seems like an insane Easter egg hunt for people that want to 100% things and like the thrill of exploring everything.
MarkMclovin
Member
Just bought Mark of the Ninja. Will tuck into that over Christmas.
Neuromancer
Member
Mark the Ninja and Hell Yeah will be mine this day
Cheesecakebobby
Banned
Wow so it seems £19.99 IS the sale price for Rayman Origins. Fuck you then Microsoft, I will pay like a quarter of that when it goes on sale in steam or elsewhere.
DaxMedFlax
Member
Some great deals here. Is it possible to 'gift' these purchases? If so, how? (edit: no way of gifting it seems.)
99 Kr! dæven, det var ikke verst..
99 Kr! dæven, det var ikke verst..
Just bought Mark of the Ninja and Max Payne 3. I'm loving the sale so far.
Edit: MP3 is really cheap on the Norwegian marketplace. At least compared to the price in the OP.
It seems Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire are discounted already, at least in some regions. Showing up at 1200 allards each over here, and that's not their regular prices.
AndyMoogle
Member
You also get the Goblin Menace DLC with the Wii U version, plus one extra Wii U exclusive level. Also, they have been talking about having a sale on the Wii U version in North America (there is already a sale going on for it in Europe).
lordimmortal
Neo Member
Just picked up Fez, HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit & Mark of the Ninja and now looking at this back cat that is looking even worse put at these prices who cares.
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
yea wtf at the rayman price actually being £19.99 it was £29.99
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
I've heard the Wii U version has much more content in it. Also, listing achievements as a reason to why the game is better is ridiculous. A game isn't better because it has achievements. All I can think of is how ridiculous it sounds.
Your first point is really valid though. I have 420 points so I think I'm going to go for this. There's no way it's going to be that cheap on a Nintendo console. Quite frankly I'm surprised it's 400 on 360 too; I thought it would be 600. But yeah, probably going to bite on it.
DLed Mark of the Ninja this morning before work. I'm thinking about Hell Yeah!, but I need to watch a couple vids on it.
Great sales so far.
That's a bummer, and a deal breaker for me. Online co-op would've made it an insta-buy for me
Great sales so far.
That's a bummer, and a deal breaker for me. Online co-op would've made it an insta-buy for me
Psychotext
Member
Yup. Utterly ridiculous given the US price. I set a reminder for it and everything.
Black Republican
Member
bully at 10 bucks? fucking sweet
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Bought Bully on disc at launch but went ahead and purchased the digital version. Heck I haven't even finished the game and I remember it being awesome so definetly going to be playing this soon as I finish Black Ops 2. Also bought Mark of The Ninja and will pick up the Rage and Sleeping Dogs DLC. I have waaaaaayyyyy too much shit to play. Better get it in before me and the wife's baby is born mid next year!
