XBL Deals - Jan 6 - Sep 4, 2014

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  • 9/2 - Deals with Gold, Spotlight Activision, Misc Markdowns
  • 8/28 - Sept GwG announced, Misc Markdown
  • 8/27 - NFS Rivals XB1 added to Deals with Gold, Ascend server shutdown
  • 8/26 - Deals with Gold, Summer Binge, Spotlight Shadow Complex, Misc Markdowns
  • 8/23 - Castlevania: LOS2 Misc Markdown
This thread will maintain a list of all current and upcoming sales and markdowns on the Xbox Live Marketplace / Xbox Games Store for the USA.  YMMV in other regions.  If non-US sales are listed, they will be marked with their applicable region(s).
 
Please note:

  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console.  Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work.  Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance, but DLC cannot.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.  This requires being a paid subscriber or within a console-activated "1 month complimentary Gold trial" account.  Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.
  • All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every other Tuesday.
  • ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
  • Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
  • Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!
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Deals with Gold
Gold subscription required
 

9/2 - 9/8 - Misc


[*]Persona 4 Arena - $9.98 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 4 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Rock of Ages - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
8/26 - 9/1 - NFS Rivals DLC / KI Sabrewulf


[*]Need for Speed Rivals - $19.79 - 67% off - xbldb - base game part of Summer Binge Sale below

8/19 - 8/25 - Call of Duty / Trials Fusion

  • XB1 - Trials Fusion - $13.39 - 33% off (free price on web site is a trial version)
  • XB1 Call of Duty: Ghosts (console only)
    Season Pass - $24.99 - 50% off
  • Legend Pack - CPT Price - $1.99 - 50% off
  • Legend Pack - Makarov - $1.99 - 50% off
  • Snoop Dogg VO Pack - $1.49 - 50% off
  • Squad Pack - Extinction - $1.99 - 50% off

[*]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - $14.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - $19.99 - 60% off - xbldb

[*]Call of Duty: Black Ops - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Call of Duty: Black Ops II - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb

[*]Call of Duty: Ghosts

8/12 - 8/18 - Square Enix, Fight Night

8/5 - 8/11 - Misc


[*]Terraria - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
7/29 - 8/4 - EA sale

  • XB1 - Battlefield 4 DLC - console only purchase
    Premium - 33% off
    China Rising - 33% off
  • Naval Strike - 33% off
  • Second Assault - 33% off

[*]Ultimate Shortcut Bundle - 33% off

[*]Battlefield 4 DLC

[*]Ultimate Shortcut Bundle - $33.49 - 33% off - xbldb

[*]2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - $17.99 - 70% off - xbldb
[*]FIFA 14 - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Madden NFL 25 - $24.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]NHL 14 - $24.99 - 50% off - xbldb
7/22 - 7/28 - Superhero sale


[*]Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins - $7.49 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mortal Kombat vs. DCU - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Young Justice: Legacy - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
7/15 - 7/21 - PvZ: Garden Warfare XB1, BioShock


7/8 - 7/14 - Titanfall XB1, Serious Sam and various DLCs


[*]The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[*]The Walking Dead: Season Two - Season Pass - $7.49 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]WWE 2K14 Season Pass -  $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
7/1 - 7/7 - Thief XB1, Ubisoft XBLA and others

6/24 - 6/30 - Ryse / Diablo / Fable / Payday

  • XB1 - Ryse: Son of Rome - $49.99 - 17% off
    Season Pass - $9.99 - 50% off - console only

[*]Diablo III - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Payday 2 - $12.94 - 63% off - xbldb
[*]Fable II - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Fable III - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Fable Heroes - $3.39 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Fable Anniversary DLC

6/17 - 6/23 - Rockstar Sale, part Umpteen, plus Deadfall & XB1


[*]Midnight Club: LA - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Red Dead Redemption - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
6/10 - 6/16 - Hodgepodge, Part II, or "Oh shit, we forgot to schedule a sale"


[*]Forza Horizon - $10.19 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Terraria - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
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Games with Gold
Gold subscription required, Xbox One games are only playable while Gold is active, but can be added to your account with a Gold trial
 
Free Games


[*]Sep 1-15 - Monaco: What's Yours is Mine - xbldb
[*]Sep 16-30 - Halo: Reach - xbldb
[*]Sep XB1 - Games can be purchased without requiring an Xbox One console


[*]Jul 1-15 - Gotham City Impostors - xbldb
[*]Jul 16-31 - BattleBlock Theater - xbldb
[*]Jul XB1 - Games can be purchased without requiring an Xbox One console
Related sales ** END DATES UNKNOWN **

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Sales & Specials

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Spotlight Activision Sale - 9/2 - 9/8

Spotlight Shadow Complex- 8/26 - 9/1

Summer Binge Sale - 8/26 - 9/1 - Both Gold only and Silver discounts


[*]Far Cry 3 - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Forza Horizon - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Guardians of Middle-earth - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Left 4 Dead - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lego The Lord of the Rings - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - $14.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mafia II - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb
[*]Murdered: Soul Suspect - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]Need for Speed Rivals - $19.79 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]NFL Blitz - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Plants vs. Zombies - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb

[*]Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare - $20.09 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]Rayman Legends - $13.19 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Ridge Racer Unbounded - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Sniper Elite 3 - $26.79 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]SoulCalibur V - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Spec Ops: The Line - $4.49 - 85% off - xbldb
[*]Star Trek - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]State of Decay

[*]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Twisted Pixel Games Bundle - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]The Walking Dead: Season Two - Season Pass - $10.04 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]The Wolf Among Us - Season Pass - $10.04 - 33% off - xbldb
Spotlight Rockstar - 8/19 - 8/25


[*]Grand Theft Auto V - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]L.A. Noire - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Max Payne 3 - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Midnight Club: LA - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Red Dead Redemption - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Rockstar Table Tennis - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
Spotlight Just Dance - 8/12 - 8/18 - Gold only


N64 Banjo Bundle - 7/9 - 8/8


Spotlight XB1 Ghosts (aka, the new Risk Factions) - 8/5 - 8/11

Spotlight Capcom - 8/5 - 8/11


[*]Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Dustforce - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Final Fight: Double Impact - $3.99 - 60% off - xbldb
[*]Lost Planet 2 - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lost Planet 3 - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Mega Man 9 - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mega Man 10 - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Puzzle Fighter HD - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Remember Me - $9.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Code: Veronica X - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 4 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 5 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb

[*]Resident Evil 6

[*]Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City - $11.59 - 71% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Street Fighter X Tekken

Spotlight Splatters - 7/29 - 8/4

Spotlight Deep Silver - 7/22 - 7/28

Spotlight Nordic - 7/22 - 7/28


[*]Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb
[*]Frontlines: Fuel of War - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb - Unobtainable achievements (servers offline)
[*]Jeopardy! - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]MX vs. ATV Alive - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Painkiller Hell & Damnation - $5.99 - 80% off - xbldb

[*]The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief Episode 1 - $2.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Red Faction: Armageddon - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Red Faction: Guerrilla - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb

[*]Zombie Driver HD - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
Spotlight Bethesda QuakeCon Sale - 7/17 - 7/20

Ultimate Games Sale - 7/8 - 7/14
Same DLC also on sale on XB1 through console with same discount


[*]July 9

[*]July 10

[*]July 11

[*]July 12

[*]July 13

[*]July 14

[*]All week

[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Trials Evolution - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Trials Fusion - $13.39 - 33% off - xbldb

Spotlight Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag DLC - 7/1 - 7/7
Same DLC also on sale on XB1 through console with same discount


Spotlight Pro Evolution Soccer - 7/1 - 7/7


FIFA World Cup Brazil - 6/26 - 6/30

Spotlight Sega - 6/24 - 6/30

Spotlight Lego - 6/24 - 6/30

Spotlight? - 6/17 - 6/23 - Saints Row passes & KI Sabrewulf

Pseudo Deals with Gold - 6/10 - 6/16 - GTA


[*]Grand Theft Auto V - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
Xbox One Sales

  • XB1 Xbox Fitness - FREE until January 2015
  • Feb 27-? - Zoo Tycoon - $39.99 - 33% off (360 version also, see below)
Skullgirls characters

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Misc. Markdowns / Recently Reduced
[customspoiler=Notes]May be permanent mark downs, may be temporary pricing errors. Items marked with a * have been confirmed as permanent reductions either on the console dashboard, on Xbox.com's Recently Reduced page or corroborated from other sources (PSN, dev/pub, etc)[/customspoiler]
 
September 2014

August 2014


[*]8/5 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NHL 14 - $39.99 - 20% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - Madden NFL 25 - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NCAA Football 14 - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NBA 2K14 - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/4 - South Park: The Stick of Truth - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/4 - Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb
July 2014


June 2014

May 2014
April 2014

March 2014

February 2014
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[*]2/10 - Far Cry 3 - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]2/6 - Ruby Soho by Rancid - $0.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero World Tour
[*]2/6 - Death Blossoms by Rise Against - $0.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero World Tour
[*]2/6 - Guitar Hero Track Pack 4 - $3.49 - 44% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero II
[*]2/4 - XB1 - Lococycle - $9.99 - 50% off * - Confirmed permanent by Major Nelson
[*]2/4 - Armored Core: Verdict Day - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]2/3 - Metro: Last Light - $39.99 - 20% off - xbldb
[*]2/3 - Zumba Fitness Core - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb * Confirmed on Dashboard

January 2014

[*]1/21 - Borderlands 2 - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb  *
[*]1/21 - BioShock Infinite - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb *
[*]1/21 - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb *
[*]1/17 - Warlords - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Previously delisted, relisted at lower price, unknown if it will remain
[*]1/16 - Rayman Origins - $14.99 - 25% off - xbldb
[*]1/14 - Armored Core: Verdict Day - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]1/9 - Aqua - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]1/8 - Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]1/7 - Assassin’s Creed IV Illustrious Pirates Pack - $6.99 - 30% off - xbldb
[*]1/6 - Saints Row IV - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]1/1 - Hydrophobia - $2.99 - 40% off - xbldb *

December 2013
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Misc. Promotions

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Xbox Live Rewards
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Cross Buy Promotions
 
Between Xbox 360 and Xbox One :

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Microtransaction Deals [customspoiler=Note]Not tracked by xbldb, use playXBLA for blog updates for these deals.[/customspoiler]


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Delisting / Server Shutdown Watch


[*]Capcom Gamespy server shutdown - expected 5/31
  • Age of Booty - 2 achievements become unobtainable with loss of online play
  • Flock! - level editor sharing disabled, no achievements affected

[*]Rockstar games affected by Gamespy server shutdown - expected 5/31

[*]Ubisoft online server shutdown - expected 8/8
  • America's Army: True Soldiers
  • James Cameron's Avatar
  • Motionsports Adrenaline
  • PowerUp Heroes
  • Pure Football
  • Shaun White Snowboarding
  • Tom Clancy's EndWar
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

[*]Rock Band tracks - expected 8/26
  • Fleetwood Mac - "World Turning"
  • Fleetwood Mac - "Don’t Stop"
  • Spinal Tap Pack 01 - $1.00 - 71% off - xbldb
    Back From The Dead
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare
  • Saucy Jack
  • Warmer Than Hell

[*]Spinal Tap’s Tap Ten - $1.00 - 89% off - xbldb
  • (Funky) Sex Farm
  • (Listen to The) Flower People (Reggae Style)
  • America
  • Big Bottom
  • Cups and Cakes
  • Gimme Some Money
  • Heavy Duty
  • Hell Hole
  • Rock N Roll Creation
  • Stonehenge
  • Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight

[*]Official forums announcement

[*]Doritos Crash Course 2

[*]Ascend: Hand of Kul


[*]Rock Band Track - Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" - expected Apr 30, gone Apr 28

[*]BurgerTime World Tour - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb - expected Apr 30

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Thanks to reddjoey, tylerh1701, BobbyTastic and Necrozilla for maintaining prior versions of this thread, and to all those who have posted deals and made Wiki edits.  This thread is truly a collaborative effort built from the contributions of the community.
 

 
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Me on Monday nights:

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But, another week with nothing for me, unless there is something good on X1 tomorrow.  I suppose it's for the best, I have stuff in my backlog to play.  This is probably the quiet before E3.

 
Alright so tekken or armored core? Heard the servers are shutdown for AC. Is there enough single player content? any split screen coop? I bought tansformers wfc last sale is the combat similar in feel at all?
 
irafreak said:
Alright so tekken or armored core? Heard the servers are shutdown for AC. Is there enough single player content? any split screen coop? I bought tansformers wfc last sale is the combat similar in feel at all?
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The servers for Verdict Day are fine, they shut down the servers for 5 to get everyone consolidated into the newer game. Verdict Day only came out in September.
There's a fair bit of solo content, depending on what you're into, and all of the online stuff can also be played solo. On top of having the most complex mech/character builder of any game (bar some earlier ACs) it's also got probably the most complex AI programmer of any game to use building partner mecha. I don't really know about transformers but it's almost certainly nothing like it.
 
Back from UFGTX with a lil extra spending money. Was hoping for some deals I'd want this week. I'll probably end up renting Watch Dogs instead.
 
Living said:
The servers for Verdict Day are fine, they shut down the servers for 5 to get everyone consolidated into the newer game. Verdict Day only came out in September.
There's a fair bit of solo content, depending on what you're into, and all of the online stuff can also be played solo. On top of having the most complex mech/character builder of any game (bar some earlier ACs) it's also got probably the most complex AI programmer of any game to use building partner mecha. I don't really know about transformers but it's almost certainly nothing like it.
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Thanks for the reply. It looks like something I'd be interested in. Unfortunately it also sounds too time consuming for my family life right now.
 
bardockkun said:
As it stands right now it looks like this maybe the first solid stretch of a month where I bought nothing on XBox since DotW started. So good job, Microsoft I guess?
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That was almost me... then tekken tag 2 broke my willpower. I'm enjoying every bit of it too... I love having a hard drive with all of my fighters on it. 89 gigs of fighting games and counting now 😀
 
COD Ghosts Digital Hardened is showing up as $39.99 for me on the X1, granted I own Ghosts so not sure if that's just some sort of upgrade deal price. Which I think it is.

 
Quite unimpressive sales there. I kinda liked the demo for AvP back then, but I fear it would be forever buried in my backlog. Not going to buy Aliens: CM, maybe an even cheaper used copy, don't really want to encourage Gearbox by buying their broken product. Kinda considering the Alien Breed trilogy, that's a good price for 3 games, I'll have to try the demo a bit though.

 
Finally! A game I own and beat goes on sale. Alien Hominid is worth $5. Be warned that it gets really difficult fast and there's not much of a story. Just arcade shooting where you will die a lot.  Some of the minigames are fun too.

I noticed there is DLC for it. Any recommendations?

I'm tempted to get Aliens: Colonial Marines since I enjoyed Aliens vs. Predator. What is the filesize for Colonial Marines? 

Alien Breed is a game I tried on PS3 and couldn't get in to. If you like those overhead type of games, knock yourself out.

As someone mentioned earlier, this feels like a slow period to get us prepared for E3 so I don't mind these sales. Still would have been nice to have classic Call of Duty on sale.

 
Stay away from Colonial Marines. One of the worst games for the 360. You'd get more enjoyment out of being kicked in the nuts while playing Superman 64. You've been warned.
 
CM isn't as bad as people make it sound. It is really fun in co-op. I wouldn't recommend it for $10 though because the game can be picked up for a lot less. Think I paid $5 and my friend found it for $2.
 
preston181 said:
Stay away from Colonial Marines. One of the worst games for the 360. You'd get more enjoyment out of being kicked in the nuts while playing Superman 64. You've been warned.
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I've never played Superman 64 so I have to ask:

Worse than Amy?

bob101910 said:
CM isn't as bad as people make it sound. It is really fun in co-op. I wouldn't recommend it for $10 though because the game can be picked up for a lot less. Think I paid $5 and my friend found it for $2.
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Between that and only having 5 GB's left on my drive, I will pass.

 
Rip44 said:
Its universally agreed upon as one of the worst games ever made (next to ET).
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Whoa whoa whoa. Colonial Marines wasn't that bad, it was just mostly a failure to live up to hype, and a waste of potential because Gearbox is Gearbox (scummy outsourcers who only took on the project for money from Sega which could go towards BL/BL2 development).

I thought DNF was worse, tbh. And there are definitely worse games that exist. The big deal about this was the false advertising, false promises and the huge amount of Aliens fans this let down (we've been let down pretty consistently since AvP2).

 
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Stay away from Colonial Marines. One of the worst games for the 360. You'd get more enjoyment out of being kicked in the nuts while playing Superman 64. You've been warned.
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Hold on, hold on.... Worse than Superman 64? You do know you just stepped into forbidden soil ? Seriously is it that bad ??

 
I was worried about saving the MS credit I have left for E3 sales, MS is making it very easy for me. Besides TTT2, I haven't bought anything in months.
 
BobbyTastic said:
Whoa whoa whoa. Colonial Marines wasn't that bad, it was just mostly a failure to live up to hype, and a waste of potential because Gearbox is Gearbox (scummy outsourcers who only took on the project for money from Sega which could go towards BL/BL2 development).

I thought DNF was worse, tbh. And there are definitely worse games that exist. The big deal about this was the false advertising, false promises and the huge amount of Aliens fans this let down (we've been let down pretty consistently since AvP2).
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I was referring to Superman 64.
 
A poor sales week is fine with me because I just picked up Watch Dogs at BB, score.

Lol you guys have got to watch Xplay Golden Mullet Awards, pretty sure they had Superman 64 on it at one point.

ACM is just such a drastic difference to what they previewed it as, not hardly as pitiful as Aquaman or Ride or Die lol.

X-Play's Worst Games of 2005 - Golden Mullet Awar…: http://youtu.be/uGJzZXZMbus
God, I miss that show!
 
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Watch Dogs multiplayer is much fun. We used to do this in Red Dead. Pick an npc skin and walk around town hiding in plain sight from friends. I'll be streaming multiplayer for an hour or so if anybody wants to check it out.

EDIT: Ended stream early. Servers aren't doing well today. Hopefully it will be better tonight or tomorrow. The few matches I was able to play were fun.
 
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As others have mentioned, I haven't bought anything from Deal of the Week for months now. Actually, only thing I got was Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and that was because I resisted the sale from like, three years ago at only 50% off. Worth the wait all these years IMO.

Waiting for a publisher deal as always or an E3 blowout

 
Spent the last week talking myself out of buying tekken. If ms would allow us to use our credit on the website i would have bought it this morning at work. Ah well....
 
lets hope they're holding back some good deals for E3 week.  In the meantime, my ms credit from bing just keeps piling up.  My gold subscription expires in a couple months so they'd better start working some gwg magic if they want to keep me in the fold.  

 
odd mr t said:
lets hope they're holding back some good deals for E3 week. In the meantime, my ms credit from bing just keeps piling up. My gold subscription expires in a couple months so they'd better start working some gwg magic if they want to keep me in the fold.
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I have taken my bing points and gotten Amazon credit since there have been too many repeats/not as deeply discounted as before deals. I went ahead and got some Jeff Dunham stand-ups on Blu Ray since they were so cheap. So to Microsoft and their crappy deals lately I say......

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wow, shame on me for not realizing the GWGs for June had already been announced.  I suppose it's not a bad group of games, though none actually appeal to me.  I suppose I'll give Dark Souls a try, though I'm not a fan of punishment.  

 
When talking bad games, I have the feeling most people don't remember the state of gaming 10-20-30 years ago. We're used to triple-A titles, the only not-so-polished titles nowadays are sold for like a buck on the Xbox Indie or the App Store. Nowadays we call "worst game ever" stuff that is simply boring or that has hilarious glitches, but are somewhat playable if usually boring or uninteresting. Amy is nowhere near an unplayable game: it's basically a lenghty escort mission and the save system sucks, but that's some bad design choices. The game usually works (not that many glitches), graphics are fine, and the mechanics work okay. Same goes for Colonial Marines: yeah, the graphics dumbed down, it's linear, it has glitches, but no, not quite the worst game ever, and not even if we only count retail. Superman 64 is already more like it, but does anyone remember the crappy ports and clones of old games? Those hilariously bad Doom, Mario, Pac-Man clones and ports? Did everyone forget Big Rigs (I played it!)? All those terrible, terrible simulation games overcrowding the PC market right now (farming, parking, bus driving, construction worker... seriously?). That would-be-sucky-even-for-a-Flash-game Yaris thing? Ugh. Amy is the worst game ever or up there with the "best" ones? You don't know bad gaming, oh no, you don't. I do and some memories will just never go away. Duke Nukem Forever, Aliens, Amy... these are amazing considering some of the crap I had the chance to play.

Having said that, don't buy Aliens.

 
A bad game now is more a disappointing game. There are a ton of bad games on 360 that nobody mentions because they had low expectations going in.
 
bob101910 said:
A bad game now is more a disappointing game. There are a ton of bad games on 360 that nobody mentions because they had low expectations going in.
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It's also true that I have a hard time thinking of retail games nowadays that are really, truly, unplayable and broken beyond limits like Big Rigs. Ride To Hell comes to mind based on gameplay videos or reviews, but again, not on Big Rigs' level. Nowadays there's massive quality controls and day one patches so it's rare to see giant turds, if not in the indie scene perhaps, but Aliens, Amy, Duke Nukem Forever... nowhere near that bad because at least they more or less work. Big Rigs had no physics, no collision detection, no speed limit in reverse, glitched menus, game crashes, no opponent AI, floating lights, giant missing features... I also disliked Deadlight for one (Act 1 was awesome but from Act 2 it was terrible), but at least it was mostly working, it's a game. Some stuff can barely be called a game, even.

 
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