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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Careful if you get Metro Last Light, has a few gamebreaking bugs.

I got to a part pretty late in the game and can't get any further.

Hate saying it, because otherwise the game was great.

 
For anyone that uses the cloud saves, do you have problems with it lately? The game saves/loads from the cloud fine but the Xbox doesn't turn off. At All. I have to manually hold the power button for a few seconds until it shuts off. Anyone know why?

 
For all you Wolf Among Us season pass owners, check your XBox Live Messages. They're sending out codes for episode 2. I Got mine about 10 minutes ago.

 
Yep, they sent me a code as well.

Also, I'm assuming this is just a temporary solution so that they can satisfy the customers.

You could probably hang onto the code if you're in no hurry to play the episode and just wait until the Season Pass thing is fixed

 
Awesome! Thanks MS, just got the code, so now I know what I'll do in the morning. Niiiice.

On a side note, this also means Telltale is unable to come up with a solution in the short-term. I hope they won't have such issues every single time an episode of anything comes out...

I redeemed the code because I want to play this, but thinking about it, I'm pretty sure people just have been given an extra copy of Episode 2. Telltale will likely fix this issue down the line, this code seems to mean that it may not be a matter of hours, but more like days or weeks. When they fix it, the Season Pass will probably work (given that there'll be people who buy the pass at a later date too), so patient players (not me) could wait until they fix it. Until then? Expect your favourite auction/trading places filled with Episode 2 codes :p

 
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Baboy said:
I'm pretty sure people just have been given an extra copy of Episode 2. Telltale will likely fix this issue down the line, this code seems to mean that it may not be a matter of hours, but more like days or weeks. When they fix it, the Season Pass will probably work (given that there'll be people who buy the pass at a later date too), so patient players (not me) could wait until they fix it. Until then? Expect your favourite auction/trading places filled with Episode 2 codes :p
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this is why I didnt redeem mine. But really because of the abundance and that its only worth $5, you wont get much at all. I'll come back to my favorite thread to give away the code if this is the case. Speaking of, I just got my Aliens Colonial Marines CE ($10 from GS no judging!) and dont need one of the codes. First CAG to message me gets it. they expire very soon so youd better redeem it quick

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"Our game kind of sucks, but look at this sweet fan service, stop your grinnin and drop your linen!"

 
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this is why I didnt redeem mine. But really because of the abundance and that its only worth $5, you wont get much at all. I'll come back to my favorite thread to give away the code if this is the case. Speaking of, I just got my Aliens Colonial Marines CE ($10 from GS no judging!) and dont need one of the codes. First CAG to message me the color of my t shirt gets it.

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"Our game kind of sucks, but look at this sweet fan service, stop your grinnin and drop your linen!
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It isn't worth much but it's something, it's probably a code worth keeping for the Pass owners who wouldn't have played the game in the next few days anyway.

No judging for the 10$ deal on Aliens, I would have bit on that too. I spent a similar amount on Bulletwitch so I am in no position to judge.

 
Rip44 said:
Mind taking a screenshot of said email?
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Not taking a screen shot but it basically said this:

THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP
TO THE WARFACE BETA ON XBOX 360!

You took the chance to enlist before the rest of the world. We will give you access to the Beta as soon as possible, so please stay tuned for more to come.

In the meantime, check out more about engrossing Co-op and explosive Versus action on www.xbox.com/warface

It was from [email protected]
 
Monsta Mack said:
Not taking a screen shot but it basically said this:

THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP
TO THE WARFACE BETA ON XBOX 360!

You took the chance to enlist before the rest of the world. We will give you access to the Beta as soon as possible, so please stay tuned for more to come.

In the meantime, check out more about engrossing Co-op and explosive Versus action on www.xbox.com/warface

It was from [email protected]
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Nevermind. I misread your original message. Thought you said you got the codes.
 
I was trying to get through The Witcher 2 on my Xbox 360 since I bought the download some time ago (thanks to this thread) for $10 and heard so many good things about it but the game is too frustrating.  Normally when I quit a game it's because it makes me angry and since I play games to relax, I refuse to play the ones that enrage me.  The Witcher 2 I'm quitting for a reason that's never happened to me before.  I'm in the second town (elf storyline) called Vergen.  The town has a lot of verticality built into it but it's a fucking maze.  The surrounding area and the caves are no better.  Even using the map it's impossible to navigate the place without getting lost and wandering around for a while.  Just trying to figure out how to get to a quest giver in town (which would take 2 minutes in most games) routinely takes me at least 30 minutes.  While it's not enraging like some games are, it's just not a lot of fun and frankly I'd rather play another game than wander around aimlessly trying to figure out which of the many red doors leads to the staircase and which of the many red doors in the staircase to exit from. 

I wouldn't recommend The Witcher 2 to anyone unless they've got unlimited time to game and learn the layout of areas.  My kid could design a better town than these game designers.

http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2011/06/02/over-vergen-ill-never-get-over-vergen/

http://thatgamesux.com/post/getting-lost-in-the-witcher-2-how-not-to-build-a-map

Anyone else give up on this game for similar reasons?  I liked Metro 2033 quite a bit so I'm going to start playing Metro Last Light now that it's free on PSN.

 
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I know exactly what part you're talking about lmao

But....I was into the story at that point and kept pressing on. I understand what you're saying though. Its part of the reason I'm excited for Witcher 3 but simultaneously dreading it as well. 20% larger than Skyrim? Do games really need to be this damn expansive? It just sounds so fuckin daunting.
 
Blaster man said:
Anyone else give up on this game for similar reasons?
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Yeah, pretty much. I didn't hate the game or anything but I just found it slow, overly complicated, and just kind of boring. And I can deal with so-so gameplay if I'm interested in the story or there's something else compelling about the experience, but nothing in the story or characters in TW2 made me want to care about it. Ah well, you win some you lose some.

 
Blaster man said:
I was trying to get through The Witcher 2 on my Xbox 360 since I bought the download some time ago (thanks to this thread) for $10 and heard so many good things about it but the game is too frustrating. Normally when I quit a game it's because it makes me angry and since I play games to relax, I refuse to play the ones that enrage me. The Witcher 2 I'm quitting for a reason that's never happened to me before. I'm in the second town (elf storyline) called Vergen. The town has a lot of verticality built into it but it's a fucking maze. The surrounding area and the caves are no better. Even using the map it's impossible to navigate the place without getting lost and wandering around for a while. Just trying to figure out how to get to a quest giver in town (which would take 2 minutes in most games) routinely takes me at least 30 minutes. While it's not enraging like some games are, it's just not a lot of fun and frankly I'd rather play another game than wander around aimlessly trying to figure out which of the many red doors leads to the staircase and which of the many red doors in the staircase to exit from.

I wouldn't recommend The Witcher 2 to anyone unless they've got unlimited time to game and learn the layout of areas. My kid could design a better town than these game designers.

http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2011/06/02/over-vergen-ill-never-get-over-vergen/

http://thatgamesux.com/post/getting-lost-in-the-witcher-2-how-not-to-build-a-map

Anyone else give up on this game for similar reasons? I liked Metro 2033 quite a bit so I'm going to start playing Metro Last Light now that it's free on PSN.
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I am having the same issue and found the same links you have and yet I also find many gamers who say, they have completed the game several times including in Dark Mode. I will slog through it but in small doses.

 
Groo The Wanderer said:
I know exactly what part you're talking about lmao

But....I was into the story at that point and kept pressing on. I understand what you're saying though. Its part of the reason I'm excited for Witcher 3 but simultaneously dreading it as well. 20% larger than Skyrim? Do games really need to be this damn expansive? It just sounds so fuckin daunting.
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At some point, the game world is big enough - I couldn't agree more. With Skyrim, at some point I just had to force myself to do the main quests and the quests that had achievements as I assumed those were the most interested parts of the game. There was too much content and too much to explore. I thought the story for TW2 was alright but it isn't enough to keep me playing.

Ryuukishi said:
Yeah, pretty much. I didn't hate the game or anything but I just found it slow, overly complicated, and just kind of boring. And I can deal with so-so gameplay if I'm interested in the story or there's something else compelling about the experience, but nothing in the story or characters in TW2 made me want to care about it. Ah well, you win some you lose some.
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I'm not upset that I bought it for $10. It was definitely worth a shot and if it wasn't so frustrating I would have played through it all. I don't think it's as good as people had led me to believe though.

TurboPascal said:
I am having the same issue and found the same links you have and yet I also find many gamers who say, they have completed the game several times including in Dark Mode. I will slog through it but in small doses.
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Good luck.

 
Blaster man said:
I was trying to get through The Witcher 2...

While it's not enraging like some games are, it's just not a lot of fun....
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Similar boat, I just gave-up even earlier than you. I grabbed the Enhanced Edition for a steal (I think like $15?) and wanted to jump right into this adult-targeted fantasy world. As soon as I realized the combat alone was so tedious and "involved" as it was, I hitched my wagon back to "funner" horses--namely the eighty-bajillion hours worth of tasks that I could actually complete in Skyrim (which isn't to say I actually have completed more than 40% of the main game but damnit if I'm not trying!)--and never looked back, sadly.

 
I'd like to thank the users that gave me a hearty recommendation for Catherine... Other than the fact that it makes me want to rip my fucking hair out, it is an awesome game. I have never been so frustrated or bored in a game - and yet, absolutely unable to stop playing. I'm not sure whether I love it or I hate it.

For example, you seem to sit in the bar for hours every night. I could just say - "F it. I'm out." and go home, but I'm afraid that I may miss something that someone says that I may find interesting. So, instead, I sit and drink. But nothing interesting happens, I decline or reply to a couple of texts and then leave anyway... Like I said - I don't know whether to love it or hate it.

 
I don't play games to feel like I slogged my days home as if I was at work....I play for fun, and I thought Witcher 2 was just no fun at all. Maybe it's my age, but I'd much rather play a game like Sleeping Dogs or even a more linear Alan Wake than Witcher, because I can stop and come back to those and still remember everything. With the Witcher it was not only too many details for me to pick it right back up, it wasn't fun enough to warrant the effort.

 
crazedracerguy said:
I'd like to thank the users that gave me a hearty recommendation for Catherine... Other than the fact that it makes me want to rip my fucking hair out, it is an awesome game. I have never been so frustrated or bored in a game - and yet, absolutely unable to stop playing. I'm not sure whether I love it or I hate it.

For example, you seem to sit in the bar for hours every night. I could just say - "F it. I'm out." and go home, but I'm afraid that I may miss something that someone says that I may find interesting. So, instead, I sit and drink. But nothing interesting happens, I decline or reply to a couple of texts and then leave anyway... Like I said - I don't know whether to love it or hate it.
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Haha, Days 1 through 3 kind of felt like that to me. By day 5 or 6 I realized that I was in fact bored to death. I didn't even bother finishing it.

 
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Honestly, Witcher 2's town and world layouts were fine, the problem was the map system was garbage. It was frustrating and not accurate at all.

This guy is annoying but shows the flaws very well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bunzBQdB9EI&feature=colike

 
crazedracerguy said:
I'd like to thank the users that gave me a hearty recommendation for Catherine... Other than the fact that it makes me want to rip my fucking hair out, it is an awesome game. I have never been so frustrated or bored in a game - and yet, absolutely unable to stop playing. I'm not sure whether I love it or I hate it.

For example, you seem to sit in the bar for hours every night. I could just say - "F it. I'm out." and go home, but I'm afraid that I may miss something that someone says that I may find interesting. So, instead, I sit and drink. But nothing interesting happens, I decline or reply to a couple of texts and then leave anyway... Like I said - I don't know whether to love it or hate it.
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You probably have missed stuff.

If you don't talk to all the sheep during the night and respond in the right way, you'll miss out on stuff in the bar.

The game is overall awesome and a very unique experience

 
Blaster man said:
I was trying to get through The Witcher 2 on my Xbox 360 since I bought the download some time ago (thanks to this thread) for $10 and heard so many good things about it but the game is too frustrating. Normally when I quit a game it's because it makes me angry and since I play games to relax, I refuse to play the ones that enrage me. The Witcher 2 I'm quitting for a reason that's never happened to me before. I'm in the second town (elf storyline) called Vergen. The town has a lot of verticality built into it but it's a fucking maze. The surrounding area and the caves are no better. Even using the map it's impossible to navigate the place without getting lost and wandering around for a while. Just trying to figure out how to get to a quest giver in town (which would take 2 minutes in most games) routinely takes me at least 30 minutes. While it's not enraging like some games are, it's just not a lot of fun and frankly I'd rather play another game than wander around aimlessly trying to figure out which of the many red doors leads to the staircase and which of the many red doors in the staircase to exit from.

I wouldn't recommend The Witcher 2 to anyone unless they've got unlimited time to game and learn the layout of areas. My kid could design a better town than these game designers.
http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2011/06/02/over-vergen-ill-never-get-over-vergen/
http://thatgamesux.com/post/getting-lost-in-the-witcher-2-how-not-to-build-a-map

Anyone else give up on this game for similar reasons? I liked Metro 2033 quite a bit so I'm going to start playing Metro Last Light now that it's free on PSN.
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Lol I haven't given up on it but I did delete it right now to make some room and finish up some of the other GonD games I have remaining. While I've only played a little bit, I don't think I'll give up because it's interesting but I suck balls at the combat.
 
Yeesh. The Witcher isn't that hard. I found the combat to be challenging but fair.And I found all of areas really fun to explore (I'll admit they can get needlessly hard to navigate). Stoked for Wild Hunt!
 
I wanted to love The Witcher 2, I really did. The storyline, from the few hours I saw, looks good. The characters and worlds fascinating, so much potential and everything. But it just wasn't fun for me. Granted, I prefer action-RPGs over hardcore ones, but the fights just felt like engineering or something. It felt overly complicated and not fun, despite it being deep. I just couldn't get over the fact that the thing I'll do the most in the game (battles) is something I can't enjoy, and I have a way too big of a backlog to just get over it and spend dozens of hours on a game I don't enjoy playing, but I enjoy "living" (looking at it, storyline, etc.). If this was a 6 hours campaign I might get over it, but as it is I can't. I gave up a long time ago, luckily I got it for free. I might restart it one day but it'll likely stay forever in the "looks good but it's definitely not something I enjoy playing" pile. Along with Bioshock and Dishonered, unfortunately: while I enjoyed those 2 games FAR more than TW2, they still "felt wrong" in many ways, and my main push to continue was seeing the fascinating game world and storyline, but eventually my interest faded. I loved the presentation but did not enjoy the gameplay, just like with The Witcher 2. I can hardly finish an 8-10 hours game when that happens, let alone an epic RPG bonanza.

 
Baboy said:
I wanted to love The Witcher 2, I really did. The storyline, from the few hours I saw, looks good. The characters and worlds fascinating, so much potential and everything. But it just wasn't fun for me. Granted, I prefer action-RPGs over hardcore ones, but the fights just felt like engineering or something. It felt overly complicated and not fun, despite it being deep. I just couldn't get over the fact that the thing I'll do the most in the game (battles) is something I can't enjoy, and I have a way too big of a backlog to just get over it and spend dozens of hours on a game I don't enjoy playing, but I enjoy "living" (looking at it, storyline, etc.). If this was a 6 hours campaign I might get over it, but as it is I can't. I gave up a long time ago, luckily I got it for free. I might restart it one day but it'll likely stay forever in the "looks good but it's definitely not something I enjoy playing" pile. Along with Bioshock and Dishonered, unfortunately: while I enjoyed those 2 games FAR more than TW2, they still "felt wrong" in many ways, and my main push to continue was seeing the fascinating game world and storyline, but eventually my interest faded. I loved the presentation but did not enjoy the gameplay, just like with The Witcher 2. I can hardly finish an 8-10 hours game when that happens, let alone an epic RPG bonanza.
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I liked Bioshock a good bit though I felt it was a bit long.

Dishonored - I wholeheartedly agree with. I just don't see the appeal of the game. I don't like stealth games but it was supposed to work for non-stealth players anyway then they keep reminding you of how much you're fucking everything up by killing people. Meanwhile the "good" way to deal with the main characters in the game are beyond fucked up. Send a woman to a foreign country where she will be a sex slave, have two horrible brothers disfigured and enslaved in their own slave mine, and generally torturing people to death. These acts are not the "good" way to deal with people. A swift death would have made more sense as the good way. This game's morality is fucked.

 
Blaster man said:
Dishonored - game's morality is fucked.
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Damn, reading all that made me want to play Dishonored even more. Wish I hadn't jumped back into AC Bro again, though I am finally enjoying it. I'll have to start it next. The Witcher 2 was my favorite game of last gen. I don't know of the part you guys are having trouble with, as I sided with Roche the first time. The map can be a pain, but the rest of the game made it worth the trouble for me. I still need to replay the other half of the story on Dark mode. Stupid backlog.
 
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Blaster man said:
I liked Bioshock a good bit though I felt it was a bit long.

Dishonored - I wholeheartedly agree with. I just don't see the appeal of the game. I don't like stealth games but it was supposed to work for non-stealth players anyway then they keep reminding you of how much you're fucking everything up by killing people. Meanwhile the "good" way to deal with the main characters in the game are beyond fucked up. Send a woman to a foreign country where she will be a sex slave, have two horrible brothers disfigured and enslaved in their own slave mine, and generally torturing people to death. These acts are not the "good" way to deal with people. A swift death would have made more sense as the good way. This game's morality is fucked.
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Dishonored was never meant to be a happy game. I Mean it's a city ravaged by plague and death and people eaten alive by rats right down to the skeleton. What were you expecting? You to talk the enemies into being good people and from now on and they learn their lesson? These people you had to get rid of were terrible in the first place and ANY stealth game that says you can play it anyway you want including guns blazing just means you won't fail a mission after getting caught, that's it.

 
sickman said:
Damn, reading all that made me want to play Dishonored even more. Wish I hadn't jumped back into AC Bro again, though I am finally enjoying it. I'll have to start it next. The Witcher 2 was my favorite game of last gen. I don't know of the part you guys are having trouble with, as I sided with Roche the first time. The map can be a pain, but the rest of the game made it worth the trouble for me. I still need to replay the other half of the story on Dark mode. Stupid backlog.
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If you really want to play dishonored then do it. It's 10-13 hours long if you're slow. You could mainline the game (easy mode with no stealth playthrough) in 4-6. Seriously, the developers clearly counted on the gamer to spend many hours restarting levels after failed stealth runs. If you ignore all that bullshit the game is really short.
 
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Ding ding ding! Dishonored is a stealth game at its core!  You could also finish any Hitman game superfast if you ignore that stealthy bullshit, but where's the fun? At least you have some cool skills when been detected and the game enables the 'rambo frenzy' playthrough but imho if you dont stealth that game you are playing it 'wrong'.

Oh how I miss a Tenchu game... or a remake of Shinobido.

 
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shulamm said:
Ding ding ding! Dishonored is a stealth game at its core! You could also finish any Hitman game superfast if you ignore that stealthy bullshit, but where's the fun? At least you have some cool skills when been detected and the game enables the 'rambo frenzy' playthrough but imho if you dont stealth that game you are playing it 'wrong'.

Oh how I miss a Tenchu game... or a remake of Shinobido.
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Never played Shinobido, but god damn would I love another Tenchu game. The last was good and they had a great idea with that MP.
 
Blaster man said:
If you really want to play dishonored then do it. It's 10-13 hours long if you're slow. You could mainline the game (easy mode with no stealth playthrough) in 4-6.
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I've been starting games on the hardest difficulty they allow forever now. Don't think I could do an easy run, even though my gaming time has become quite small these days. I've broken down and dropped to medium a few times lately, Max Payne 3 being an example of one game I just could not stand on hard mode. I love stealth games, and would love another Tenchu!
 
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