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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Remember Me was definitely solid in my opinion. The combat system was somewhat repetitive, but it worked, and the fact you could build your own combos (though in a very limited way) made it interesting. My main gripe with the game was that it's linear, but the graphics, the music, the atmosphere, the ideas of changing memories and stuff made it very memorable. Yeah, some boss fights were a bit annoying, and also when you meet some kind of new enemy, that can occasionally lead to a bit of frustration while you figure out the best strategy to eliminate it. But I really enjoyed the game because it's a unique ride of style and ideas, if this was placed in a generic war-setting with muscle guy number 2348924 and no story of relevance, the gameplay would have made me give it 6 out of 10 at best, but I lived in a unique world while I was playing the game. I'd take 10 Remember Me games rather than having to blast through another identical Gears Of War, to be honest. Though I would have loved to have an open-world, much more ambitious Remember Me, it's a great game that should not be missed imho, especially since it can be found at a pretty low price now.

 
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the all way too often slowly walking while talking in an ear piece segments
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I hate this, I hate this stupid fucking trend and wish it would die off. I now just stand still and wait for the exposition to stop whenever this happens.

Did Gears of War pioneer this bullshit or was there an earlier game?

 
I Think the slow walking, while talking on an earpiece thing for the sake of exposition was started in Gears because I can't think of any other game that did that before them. Like before that I think the closest thing similar to that is Metal Gear Solid and getting codec calls.

Even than Remember Me would've been alot more enjoyable of Cole Train randomly bursts through walls and started chainsawing people left and right. Then again I can say that about nearly any game, man, Tiger Woods golf would be so fucking sweet.

 
bardockkun, on 06 Mar 2014 - 10:56 PM, said:

bardockkun said:
the all way too often slowly walking while talking in an ear piece segments
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rifftnstrings said:
I hate this, I hate this stupid fucking trend and wish it would die off. I now just stand still and wait for the exposition to stop whenever this happens.

Did Gears of War pioneer this bullshit or was there an earlier game?
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Yeah it's usually to control the story so nothing interrupts the main character either talking or getting instructions/exposition in their ear. The funny part of it though is that It's also in Mass Effect, here we have a futuristic setting but people still put their god damn finger up to their ear when talking to NPCs during a cutscene. :wall:

 
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So, I bought a 14 day GOLD trial to get Civilization Revolution, it doesnt work. Then I try to buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD at $7.5, and it doesnt work, damn you Microsoft, I hate you.

Is this behavior correct? Only use is for playing online?

 
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Darby27 said:
Sounds like the GS guy who sold me PvZ 360 and said that it requires 6GB of HDD space to play. (the case says the same)

I have no clue how that figures since it didn't do any sort of install and only had an 18mb title update.
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Have you tried playing it with less then 6 GB on your hard drive?
 
ochentay4 said:
So, I bought a 14 day GOLD trial to get Civilization Revolution, it doesnt work. Then I try to buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD at $7.5, and it doesnt work, damn you Microsoft, I hate yoI've
Is this behavior correct? Only use is for playing online?
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Yep. To get Gold only sales or GWG, you have to have at least a 1 month code. Trials don't work.
 
ochentay4 said:
So, I bought a 14 day GOLD trial to get Civilization Revolution, it doesnt work. Then I try to buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD at $7.5, and it doesnt work, damn you Microsoft, I hate you.

Is this behavior correct? Only use is for playing online?
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Yeah, that's all the trials are good for. It's in the OP, but it's pretty easy to miss.

 
skonson said:
I loved the PSP because of all the homebrew stuff you could do with it. I was angry when they got rid of that. And no, for the record I never pirated anything, in fact I had a huge PSP library, I just liked being able to play old nintendo/genesis/arcade games on a portable system. That was the big selling point for me.
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We bought a DSi for my wife mainly so she could play the Prof. Layton games. She blew through them all, and I was left with a handheld I didn't really like games library for. So I ended up buying an Acekard for it and sure enough, a good 80% of the time (or more) the DSi is used, it's to play NES roms (and a few Genesis as well I guess). I never really pirated anything because..... I wasn't too into the DS games library as I said, and a lot of the first-party titles my kids own already for their DS's anyways (Mario Kart, etc).

I *cannot* begin to tell you how awesome it is to play Tecmo Super Bowl and NHL 94 on a portable DS system though. Ultimately, the DS has very little game life for its own titles, very little replay value. But when you can get *good* emus and play the old games that have already withstood the test of time for you... had it not been for that, the DS would probably already be gone and would have ended up being a bad purchase.

And funnily enough, I also found some good homebrew, a few games that I really like a lot and still play with that too.

So I can't imagine a handheld that can't do emus anymore.

 
bardockkun said:
I Think the slow walking, while talking on an earpiece thing for the sake of exposition was started in Gears because I can't think of any other game that did that before them. Like before that I think the closest thing similar to that is Metal Gear Solid and getting codec calls.
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Halo 3 and MGR do it too. There are a few games on 360 that do it, but I dont remember all of them.
 
tylerh1701 said:
Yeah, that's all the trials are good for. It's in the OP, but it's pretty easy to miss.
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A sort-of related question - I haven't had Gold for a while but decided to redeem a 3 month code today so I can play Civ Revolution. I thought I remembered the code activating instantly but the game is still not free after an hour and signing out/back in.

Suggestions? Does activation take a while to update?

 
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Palinn said:
A sort-of related question - I haven't had Gold for a while but decided to redeem a 3 month code today so I can play Civ Revolution. I thought I remembered the code activating instantly but the game is still not free after an hour and signing out/back in.

Suggestions? Does activation take a while to update?
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Have you tried it from both the console and the webpage? Sometimes it works one place and not the other, because: Microsoft.

 
Palinn said:
A sort-of related question - I haven't had Gold for a while but decided to redeem a 3 month code today so I can play Civ Revolution. I thought I remembered the code activating instantly but the game is still not free after an hour and signing out/back in.

Suggestions? Does activation take a while to update?
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Go to your console settings and clear your system cache, this happens sometimes
 
bob101910 said:
Halo 3 and MGR do it too. There are a few games on 360 that do it, but I dont remember all of them.
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Funny that you mentioned this, I HATE this in a game. I've been really on the fence about adding remmember me to the backlog but am trying to get ready for next/current gen so I'm going to skip it, thanks for all the opinions! The story sounds really interesting but I can't slog through 6+ Hours just to hear it.

Playing through mafia 2 right now it's pretty good but the crashing bugs are pretty annoying
 
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MrNinjaSquirrel said:
Have you tried it from both the console and the webpage? Sometimes it works one place and not the other, because: Microsoft.
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Gideon68 said:
It should activate right away. I redeemed a one month code on the console and was able dl Civ Rev right away.
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gotdott said:
Go to your console settings and clear your system cache, this happens sometimes
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Thanks everyone. I was hoping to get everything ready to go from xbox.com as I have done in the past so I could just download as soon as I got home tonight. I will see what happens using the console instead once my work day is over.

 
Wow primis, to each their own but I truly dont understand your tastes if you make comments like that about the DS library. It has one of the best catalogs of games for any system and without a doubt the best for a handheld. Part of the reason why its the second best selling system of all time.

 
sicsonic said:
Have you tried playing it with less then 6 GB on your hard drive?
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it works fine, honestly the full game is under 2.5 gigs, and you don't even need to install it if you purchase the disk, I am currently sitting at ~25 MB, My guess, is they are leaving room for future patches and updates, first one is this weekend, its going down for maintenance.

 
CAiNiAC said:
Wow primis, to each their own but I truly dont understand your tastes if you make comments like that about the DS library. It has one of the best catalogs of games for any system and without a doubt the best for a handheld. Part of the reason why its the second best selling system of all time.
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I totally agree. I don't know what he's describing, but it's not the DS.
 
CAiNiAC said:
Wow primis, to each their own but I truly dont understand your tastes if you make comments like that about the DS library. It has one of the best catalogs of games for any system and without a doubt the best for a handheld. Part of the reason why its the second best selling system of all time.
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No, the reason it sells is because it's basically the only platform to get Pokemon games on, and Pokemon fan-people will buy the DS/3DS solely for that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games). If those were available on other platforms, Nintendo's handheld sales would suffer greatly. There are other good series' and games, but.... they are few and far between in the vast wasteland of awful ports and poorly-conceived games revolving around some movie or TV show license targeting much younger audiences.

One thing Nintendo DID get right with it is the Download Play multiplayer. Like so many neat features they implement though (hi there, Wii U Off-TV Play), it's rarely actually used by developers so... it's almost irrelevant.

 
I Think the only game that ever did the talk on a headset while slowly walking right or non annoying was No More Heroes on the Wii. Simply because you knew when it was going to happen (right before every boss fight) and treating the Wii-mote like a phone was pretty fucking awesome.

 
CAiNiAC said:
Wow primis, to each their own but I truly dont understand your tastes if you make comments like that about the DS library. It has one of the best catalogs of games for any system and without a doubt the best for a handheld. Part of the reason why its the second best selling system of all time.
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Exactly. If you can't find games you like on the DS then you have an extremely weird taste in games. Every genre is pretty much represented and there are plenty of AAA titles out there. The Castlevanias and the Mario RPGs are my personal favorites, but there are MANY other quality titles.

 
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This is all I can think about today. There are some games that I think do it, but I'm not 100% sure such GTA and COD. It is a lot more common than I originally was thinking.
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Wolverine origins also does that, but not too much, fortunately.

BTW, all this talk about Remember me, though stating that is a mediacre game, has made me want to actually play it. So I bought it (for cheap) this afternoon. Well, that and Killer is dead + DLC (apparently it isn't too good either).

 
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Killer is Dead has sweet, sweet digital boobies though! Also when I got it for $20 it came with artbook and all the extras so I can admire those digital boobs in book form. Gameplay wise? Er...um, did I mention digital boobies?

 
bardockkun said:
Killer is Dead has sweet, sweet digital boobies though! Also when I got it for $20 it came with artbook and all the extras so I can admire those digital boobs in book form. Gameplay wise? Er...um, did I mention digital boobies?
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Hahaha, yeah, I also got it for the digital boobies O:) Got the limited edition (the only available around here), which comes with the DLC. The artbook was in another, bigger edition, so I won't be able to enjoy it =P~

 
bob101910 said:
This is all I can think about today. There are some games that I think do it, but I'm not 100% sure such GTA and COD. It is a lot more common than I originally was thinking.
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Just to add another one, Prototype 2. But that game had all kinds of problems.

 
I've been enjoying Remember Me quite a bit as I'm working my way through it. It's not a great game, but the story, characters, and combat system are good enough to put it in the camp of games like Enslaved, Asura's Wrath, and Heavenly Sword for under-appreciated action games.

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Exactly. If you can't find games you like on the DS then you have an extremely weird taste in games. Every genre is pretty much represented and there are plenty of AAA titles out there. The Castlevanias and the Mario RPGs are my personal favorites, but there are MANY other quality titles.
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Shooters and racing games are pretty much non-existent in good quantities with Mario Kart being the exception, as that stuff went over to the PSP in full force.
 
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Primis said:
No, the reason it sells is because it's basically the only platform to get Pokemon games on, and Pokemon fan-people will buy the DS/3DS solely for that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games). If those were available on other platforms, Nintendo's handheld sales would suffer greatly. There are other good series' and games, but.... they are few and far between in the vast wasteland of awful ports and poorly-conceived games revolving around some movie or TV show license targeting much younger audiences.

One thing Nintendo DID get right with it is the Download Play multiplayer. Like so many neat features they implement though (hi there, Wii U Off-TV Play), it's rarely actually used by developers so... it's almost irrelevant.
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TIL there are people who didn't like DS. Since no one has seemed to ask, exactly what kind of games were you looking for on it? It has easily one of the best libraries of any system. I will say that you often had to go out of your way to learn about those games since most games sites cover multiplatform console titles. If it wasn't for Nintendo Power and EGM, I would've missed out on a ton of fantastic games like Hotel Dusk and Elite Beat Agents.

 
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I've been enjoying Remember Me quite a bit as I'm working my way through it. It's not a great game, but the story, characters, and combat system are good enough to put it in the camp of games like Enslaved, Asura's Wrath, and Heavenly Sword for under-appreciated action games.


Shooters and racing games are pretty much non-existent in good quantities with Mario Kart being the exception, as that stuff went over to the PSP in full force.
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Dementium 1 & 2, Moon, Metroid Hunters are some amazing shooters for the DS. You got me on racers though.

 
FriskyTanuki said:
I've been enjoying Remember Me quite a bit as I'm working my way through it. It's not a great game, but the story, characters, and combat system are good enough to put it in the camp of games like Enslaved, Asura's Wrath, and Heavenly Sword for under-appreciated action games.


Shooters and racing games are pretty much non-existent in good quantities with Mario Kart being the exception, as that stuff went over to the PSP in full force.
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And sports games. But I still loved the DS' library of games.

 
FriskyTanuki said:
I've been enjoying Remember Me quite a bit as I'm working my way through it. It's not a great game, but the story, characters, and combat system are good enough to put it in the camp of games like Enslaved, Asura's Wrath, and Heavenly Sword for under-appreciated action games.
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I loved Enslaved, Asura's Wrath was OK. Wouldn't mind to play Heavenly Sword, but I don't own a PS3, so I won't do it.

 
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FriskyTanuki said:
Shooters and racing games are pretty much non-existent in good quantities with Mario Kart being the exception, as that stuff went over to the PSP in full force.
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CAiNiAC said:
Dementium 1 & 2, Moon, Metroid Hunters are some amazing shooters for the DS. You got me on racers though.
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Yeah loved Metroid Hunters but yeah the DS was a companion system as I played shooters and racers on my Xbox 360 most likely.

I especially loved my DS library:

1. Children of Mana

2. Chrono Trigger

3. Civilization Revolution

4. Club House Games, played for many many days

5. Feel the Magic

6. Final Fantasy III

7. Final Fantasy IV

8. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

9. Mario Kart DS

10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

11. Meteos

12. Metroid Pinball

13. Metroid Prime Hunters

14. New Super Mario Bros.

15. Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

16. Starfox Command, sold that lol

17. Super Mario 64 DS

18. Tetris DS

19. The World Ends With You

20. Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land

21. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

22. Zelda: Spirit Tracks

 
FriskyTanuki said:
I've been enjoying Remember Me quite a bit as I'm working my way through it. It's not a great game, but the story, characters, and combat system are good enough to put it in the camp of games like Enslaved, Asura's Wrath, and Heavenly Sword for under-appreciated action games.
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Oh God I wanted to enjoy that game, but the motion controls the fucking motion controls!!! Tossing the hat to hit two gong's was the straw that killed the camel for me in that game. If it wasn't for that shit along with the guide the cannonballs to hit the ill planned enemy catapults that they put giant bullseyes on, I would've enjoyed that game.

 
Everyone is talking about the DS and no one mentions Professor Layton?!!

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If we're going to derail this thread, can we pick a more interesting topic than "the ds has a weak library." Don't get me wrong, I liked Tecmo and NHL 94, but that statement seems so narrowminded to not even be worth arguing.
 
salty tbone said:
If we're going to derail this thread, can we pick a more interesting topic than "the ds has a weak library." Don't get me wrong, I liked Tecmo and NHL 94, but that statement seems so narrowminded to not even be worth arguing.
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Yeah - game discussion when it's at least relevant to the 360 is fine, but there's now 2 pages of fucking DS posts. Thee's a DS board here:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forum/31-3dsdsgba/

Please use it if you feel the need.

 
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the DS is my favorite console of all time..... why? because i play it way more than anything else, and it has a ton of amazing games.....

the past few weeks the sale have been lame for xbl ... cmon now >.< i got like 50$ on my account i wanna buy something good!

 
I'm surprised no one mentioned those great Castlevania titles for DS. Enjoyed them all, unlike these crappy LoS games we get nowadays.

 
If a chicken from New York went to a zoo and saw a duck that once ate a cookie made by a guy in Japan that had a uncle that only brushed his teeth on weekends because on a Monday he was attacked by teeth bandits that stole his tooth and brought it to a small town in France that had 100 citizens that woke up everyday at 5 A.M. to see the sun rise, how many ice cream cones did that chicken eat last night?

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