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Big XBLA sale (Outland,Shank,Trial,Yars Revenge, Blade Kitten, Trouble Witches, more)
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toythatkills
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May as well say it for the new page:
ilomilo ISN'T ON SALE!
ilomilo ISN'T ON SALE!
GodfatherX
Member
bought...hopefully there are more in the friday sale, but have been wanting to try torchlight for awhile, at 400 pts it was a no brainerLQX said:
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Let's see, I bought Torchlight, Outland, Section 8, Yar's Revenge, Star Invaders, Ghostbusters, and Trouble Witches. I already have Monday Night Combat, Serious Sam, and The Maw. I may get Blade Kitten, Moon Diver, and/or the Section 8 map packs.
VisitableElf
Member
Got Trials HD and Outland.
Great games for someone that just bought a 360!
Great games for someone that just bought a 360!
Franklinator
Member
I'm hoping for a sale on Lara Croft: GoL. I want to play it but it's a bit expensive
Hydrophobia is frustrating because it's close to being a great game, it's like what happens when a small team tries to create a game with a feel of big budget. About 20 mins in you are crawling on a pipe above water flooding and fire showing nice graphics effects, but the gameplay in these sections is kind of whack, you have to jump off the pipe onto some railing or something and I remember falling like 8 times in a row. So if you only have a certain amount of time to play a game with suspense/action/graphics I kind of think most would pick something like Half Life 2 or Bioshock over that game.
LQX
Member
I actually bought it on the last sale after they updated it and think its pretty good especially at that price. Some of the best looking and moving water I have seen this gen. It even has some charm with the thick UK accents. You can tell though that its a game that had the potential to be better but they rushed it.jackdoe said:
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Wario64 said:
Whoa and I just paid 400 points for it not too long ago and liked it. I think it is definitely worth 240 MSP despite it's flaws. That's almost free.
GodfatherX
Member
guessing all of the friday sale items would be on sale by now since torchlight is...was hoping for switchball, vampire smile, or dishwasher to be in this sale but all of them are showing normal price
The Path of Go 200 MSP (was 400)
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/Product/The-Path-of-Go/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025841099f?DownloadType=Game#LiveZone
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/Product/The-Path-of-Go/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025841099f?DownloadType=Game#LiveZone
Checked out The Maw (already got 200/250 in two days) which is a charming game and it's pretty good, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, and most recently, Torchlight. Might check out BC:R2. I enjoyed the demo and it plays a little differently from BC:R in that there's a few new things such as scanning.
I'm loving BC:Rearmed. The arm grappling hook platforming is fantastic and the game gives me a Metroid/SMB3 vibe. I like the overworld map theme and the cocky/funny banter between Rad Spencer and the bosses. Definitely worth it at 400 MSP. Normal is incredibly easy. I'm not looking forward to running through it on Super Hard.
I tried out Islands of Wakfu. It's o.k; I'm not sure if I'm gonna check it out. It sure does look pretty and it reminds me of Bastion. I thought the Hydrophia demo was o.k. and I tried the updated version too a few months ago. I dunno if I'm gonna check it out.
And for anyone who's on the fence on Shank and Trials, they are so worth it 600 MSP. I got both games at that price plus most of the Trials add-ons when they were on special. Trials gives you more than your money's worth and it's extremely challenging but so good.
Shank is one of the best few beat em up games on XBLA next to Scott Pilgrim and Castle Crashers. It could easily be beaten in one sitting and the story is a simple revenge plot despite having the writer of God War 1's name attached to it. It looks exteremely good, the cutscenes are fantastic, and the combat's pretty visceral and fun.There's also a local co-op mode that's has a prequel story. The shotgun breaks the game.
If I only had one complaint, it would be that mapping the guns to D-pad was a horrible decision as it's incredibly annoying to take your thumb off LS during combat to switch weapons.
I'm loving BC:Rearmed. The arm grappling hook platforming is fantastic and the game gives me a Metroid/SMB3 vibe. I like the overworld map theme and the cocky/funny banter between Rad Spencer and the bosses. Definitely worth it at 400 MSP. Normal is incredibly easy. I'm not looking forward to running through it on Super Hard.
I tried out Islands of Wakfu. It's o.k; I'm not sure if I'm gonna check it out. It sure does look pretty and it reminds me of Bastion. I thought the Hydrophia demo was o.k. and I tried the updated version too a few months ago. I dunno if I'm gonna check it out.
And for anyone who's on the fence on Shank and Trials, they are so worth it 600 MSP. I got both games at that price plus most of the Trials add-ons when they were on special. Trials gives you more than your money's worth and it's extremely challenging but so good.
Shank is one of the best few beat em up games on XBLA next to Scott Pilgrim and Castle Crashers. It could easily be beaten in one sitting and the story is a simple revenge plot despite having the writer of God War 1's name attached to it. It looks exteremely good, the cutscenes are fantastic, and the combat's pretty visceral and fun.There's also a local co-op mode that's has a prequel story. The shotgun breaks the game.
If I only had one complaint, it would be that mapping the guns to D-pad was a horrible decision as it's incredibly annoying to take your thumb off LS during combat to switch weapons.
Speedymanic
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LuchaShaq said:
The post release patch fixed a lot of the problems. So with that in mind, it's definitely worth 240msp, not a point more.
Trunchisholm
Member
Any word on the other Friday deals yet?
toythatkills
Member
There won't be any others. This is it.Trunchisholm said:
Trunchisholm
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toythatkills said:
That's disappointing, Torchlight aside.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Feck that! I only have 300 points and I'm not spending a fiver so I can be left with more worthless points. Shame, I sort of wanted torchlight xbla.
toythatkills
Member
Protip: Extra points aren't actually worthless, and can be used to make further purchases from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace!snoopeasystreet said:
Chiaroscuro
Member
Friday deals:
Torchlight 400 msp
Path of Go 200 msp
Hydrophobia 240 msp
Serious Sam 2 400 msp
Your Shape Fitness Addon 160 msp
Rage Avatar Helmet 240 msp
Torchlight 400 msp
Path of Go 200 msp
Hydrophobia 240 msp
Serious Sam 2 400 msp
Your Shape Fitness Addon 160 msp
Rage Avatar Helmet 240 msp
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Path of Go 200 mspsnoopeasystreet said:
go!
snoopeasystreet
Member
It's still a bullshit practice that's in place. It's not something that you can defend.toythatkills said:
toythatkills
Member
I can defend it all I like. People complaining about having left over points are weird. If you buy an Xbox with the specific intention of only ever buying one single XBLA game or DLC and then never buying anything for it ever again there's something wrong with you. Those left over points don't go anywhere. You can use them in the future.snoopeasystreet said:
It's just a stupid thing to moan about.
Roland Deschain
Member
Got Torchlight. I bought 3 xbla games this week because of sales that I otherwise wouldn't have. Are you listening MS?
Zeouterlimits
Member
Or you could have a much more intuitive system that allows you to pay exactly what you need. The Rounded Up Purchase system is a dirty way to get you to keep buying.toythatkills said:
It's just a stupid thing to defend.
toythatkills
Member
Or alternatively, it's a system by which the same price can be applied to a game the world over. I much prefer it to PSN where a game in the US could then be substantially more expensive in Europe, or vice versa. The points system also allows for simpler marketing and worldwide sales on games, like the one this thread is about, whereas on PSN each region would have to have its own sales with its own prices.Zeouterlimits said:
Because of points, the XBL Marketplace is universal rather than fragmented. This is a good thing.
Just look at Games on Demand to see what a clusterfuck it becomes when you're charging pounds and dollars foremost instead of points.
akilshohen
Member
Tempted by Serious Sam II, but I still have to play DOOM II on XBLA. I don't like to have a lot of FPS to play at one time
snoopeasystreet
Member
It's the not the points I have a problem with. It's that I have to buy them in chunks. All I want is 100 points and can't buy that with the current system.toythatkills said: