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Originally Posted by Blade3D They gave it away for free one day.

You're thinking of Wreckateer. Wrecked is some sort of vehicular something-or-other game. Yep, I know that little about it. Racing? Vehicular destruction? Both?

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm They could have marked Minecraft down to 400 and given out Blops 2 for free and there would still be complaints.

Yeah but the dlc for blops is a rip.

Originally Posted by gundamb0i Is it multiplayer only?

Nope. It has a great singleplayer mode. One of my favorite third person shooters.

Originally Posted by irafreak How can you give Ms. Splosion man such a glowing recommendation but haven't tried it.

Because I am awesome? Obviously I'm joking, but as I stated before, If someone liked/loved/enjoyed Splosion man, then they should enjoy Ms. Splosion Man. Ms. Splosion Man is generally higher rated than it's predecessor and is very similar gameplay-wise. Thus, I would recommend Ms. Splosion Man to those people, especially for 400 msp, it's a no brainer.

Originally Posted by nadohawk Anyone play Deep Black? Metacritic gives it an awful score, but I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts themselves.

It's fine, just nothing really interesting to me. Third person shooter, besides the guns you can use a grappel hook gun thingy with the enviroment, underwater based gameplay. The trial should give you a good sense on what to expect from it, gameplay wise.

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm I can and do appreciate the notion, but the timing leaves a lot to be desired. In the middle of a sales drought, I might actually exhibit the faintest signs of excitement. Smackdab in the middle of a far superior sale open to everyone, though?

Well I for one appreciate it regardless of timing. If there's something I want I'm going to buy it whether or not there are other things I'm also buying or not. I picked up Naughty Bear as I've been interested for a while. I'm not expecting top tier XBLA quality and I'm ok with that. Without this sale I would never have purchased it.

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm You're thinking of Wreckateer. Wrecked is some sort of vehicular something-or-other game. Yep, I know that little about it. Racing? Vehicular destruction? Both?

Ya my bad, I missed that lol

Originally Posted by CAiNiACprime I picked up Naughty Bear as I've been interested for a while. I'm not expecting top tier XBLA quality and I'm ok with that. Without this sale I would never have purchased it.

Have you played it at all? I want to like it (and buy it) but is pretty universally panned. Can you tell me if it pops up with an update when you boot it-I read its ripe with glitches.

Originally Posted by CAiNiACprime Well I for one appreciate it regardless of timing. If there's something I want I'm going to buy it whether or not there are other things I'm also buying or not. I picked up Naughty Bear as I've been interested for a while. I'm not expecting top tier XBLA quality and I'm ok with that. Without this sale I would never have purchased it.

I feel ya. If I could turn the clock back to a time that I could burn through my wallet for MSP and not think twice, I'd feel the same. Sadly I gotta pick up my XBLA goodies with a bit more discretion now. With an extra 2400 points as of today, though, I can easily sweep up what few holiday sale titles remain for me and perhaps even pick up a 505 "classic" if I deem it worthy. I can't help wanting Panic in Paradise just a little bit...

Counter-Strike: GO is 50% off (600msp)

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Pr...=Game#LiveZone

Originally Posted by kidrocklive Oh ok that's good to know. I was afraid it was going to be like when you purchase something through EA's service but not on xbl that you could still purchase it twice through xbl. Thanks.

Actually, I purchased Raskulls from the Sales and Specials app a few months ago, and it still doesn't show up as purchased in the marketplace (i.e. I could purchase it again if I wasn't paying attention). So unless Microsoft has changed the app in this regard since I last bought something from it, S&S purchases are never reconciled with your default region in the marketplace.

Dp

Originally Posted by seppuku So unless Microsoft has changed the app in this regard since I last bought something from it.

They have, it works fine now. Has for awhile.

Counter-Strike: GO is great for any fans of C-S, well worth 600

Well, I bought Wrecked from the sales app on 10/28 and it doesn't show as purchased in the marketplace, so it must have been fixed in the last 60 days.

Originally Posted by Blaster man Once you get past the first 4 or 5 levels it becomes damn near impossible.

That's not really true at all. Once you get a solid strategy down, which isn't hard to do, it'll work for all of the levels. Outside of the boss fights it was a pretty easy game.

If anybody here wants to see Rock of Ages in action, here's a video I made to show off a few levels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfiOkYBGDuI

This is my favorite moment in Rock of Ages:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLLeLB7O1QU

Originally Posted by sicsonic They have, it works fine now. Has for awhile.

Interesting... I wonder if they can retroactively fix my Raskulls...


After dealing with a long time Counter-Strike addiction on the PC, coming back and playing CS:Global Offensive on the Xbox felt weird. Or maybe it's my new addiction to Call of Duty that's left me with little taste for my old drug of choice.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane is one of those games I bought last time it was on sale and have only played it twice briefly. Since I've played so little I'm hesitant to pass judgement, but I'd buy it again for 400 msp (200 less than what I played). :-)

I bought the other Trials HD DLC I didn't already own and passed on Trials Evolution with with the hope that the DLC would keep me occupied until Evo went on sale again. I'm kind of regretting that decision already, but if Trials HD is the precedent, I think Evolution will be on sale again soon enough.

I'm glad I passed on Rock of Ages all of those other times it was on sale. It's a definite buy at 200 msp though. The Leedmees demo was OK when i tried it a while ago, but I'm not sure if I'll ever play it even at only 200 msp.

Does anyone know if I create a us Microsoft account and get the walking dead, can I somehow play it on my AUS gamer tag?

Originally Posted by irafreak How can you give Ms. Splosion man such a glowing recommendation but haven't tried it. I found it to be frustratingly difficult quickly. Especially some of the zip line sequences which often had me replaying the checkpoint multiple times until I could remember the sequence of events. Can anyone weigh in on the difficulty of splosion man in comparision? I thought Ms. Splosion man had a lot of charm but it was too frustrating for me. I don't enjoy the trigger finger button jumping platformers anymore (and yes I grew up in the nintendo age completing the original super mario brothers).

Why don't you play it online? It supports up to four people, and as long as one of you makes it to a checkpoint, everyone who died gets respawned.

I get your frustrations with the game but it's funny because I'm always complaining about how there aren't enough challenging games out there, even less 2D ones.

Originally Posted by emwearz Does anyone know if I create a us Microsoft account and get the walking dead, can I somehow play it on my AUS gamer tag?

Yes. Works with any non-AUS games too, such as Intel Discovered and Kinect Party.

Originally Posted by whitereflection Why don't you play it online? It supports up to four people, and as long as one of you makes it to a checkpoint, everyone who died gets respawned. I get your frustrations with the game but it's funny because I'm always complaining about how there aren't enough challenging games out there, even less 2D ones.

Co-op is a completely new campaign designed for multiple players.

I think the Splosion Man games have a great difficulty curve. There are very few extremely hard parts in either, but it's challenging enough that it's not a cakewalk like New Super Mario Bros.

Originally Posted by whitereflection Why don't you play it online? It supports up to four people, and as long as one of you makes it to a checkpoint, everyone who died gets respawned. I get your frustrations with the game but it's funny because I'm always complaining about how there aren't enough challenging games out there, even less 2D ones.

I think for me I like to run through a game and enjoy the experience and not so much the challenge anymore. Back in the day I made it through Super Ghouls N Ghosts on the SNES so I think my gaming style changed as I started enjoying more strategy gaming. Suddenly platforming seemed too tedious and my break from strategy needed to be more casual...that or gameshark spoiled me since my Saturn days

I still think it's a good game (ms splosion man) I just wanted to make sure there was a balance to all the "game X rules and everyone who doesn't buy it now on sale is missing out!!!!" comments that fly through here. I've been burned by those comments before.

Game is hard. But I enjoyed the humor and character so much that I did buy the Pinball fx2 table.