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[quote name='Doctor Who']COD deals are live, just downloaded the two Collection packs for MW3.

Both packs at 600 MSP each seems about the right price. :)[/QUOTE]

Waste of msp imo. :p

MW2 was my last cod game. Never would support activision anymore. :whistle2:#
 
[quote name='Exu']Of course because it's yet another "indie" darling it's going to get 9/10s across the board anyway despite it not actually being very good, just like Braid, Super Meat Boy, Limbo, Minecraft and Fez.[/QUOTE]
This is what I have been saying ALL ALONG. It is like I have finally found my long lost brother! THANK YOU!


[quote name='sicsonic']This is so wrong, if it was the same designed linear levels it would be more frustrating and not near as exciting. Also might be easier because you can remember every trap, enemy, etc. Have you even played the game? The random-generated levels is one of the best parts of the game, keeps it fresh.[/QUOTE]
Have you even played the games it is copying? The random generation ensures that the levels are ugly and soulless every time. Not a one holds a candle to a good platformer.
 
[quote name='Sath666']Waste of msp imo. :p

MW2 was my last cod game. Never would support activision anymore. :whistle2:#[/QUOTE]

I got 'em mainly for the Spec OP missions and they're pretty fun.

Not that a big fan of Multiplayer since I'm more of Battlefield man, but a couple of my mates only really play MW3 so it'll be nice to play with them online again. :)
 
New Family Gold Pack offer: Joe Danger - 600 MSP

New Scratch & Match prize: Grill Prop for your Avatar (previously available for free through an infinitely redeemable code)
New Scratch & Match loser deals: Gears of War 3: Brothers to the End Theme: 120 MSP off
South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play!: 260 MSP off
ilomilo: 400 MSP off
 
Are people still playing Blops? I thought it was one of the only CoD games that had a bit of soul and I'd pick them up if folks are still playing. The zombie stuff seems cool.
 
[quote name='Exu']
Of course because it's yet another "indie" darling it's going to get 9/10s across the board anyway despite it not actually being very good, just like Braid, Super Meat Boy, Limbo, Minecraft and Fez.[/QUOTE]

I totally get where you are coming from with this. The games press adores anything that is different, and rightfully so because they play EVERYTHING. So the refreshing change of pace is rewarded with high scores.

That being said sometimes they are totally right. Braid was great and had a fun story and twist, Super Meat Boy was that super hard platformer that we all needed in our life, Limbo...well Limbo was fun but already this is in the second tier of the games you mentioned.

Fez I don't get, and frankly if this game wasn't covered at all and we weren't TOLD that there is more to it I think it would have died.

Minecraft is a better game than I gave it credit for a year ago when it came out. I burned out on it quickly but it's still a ton of fun.

All of those games deserve 8/10 or better (IMO) with the exception of FEZ.
 
Well I won a Spelunky code and instantly traded it away. All this talk of how hard it was scared me away. Yes, I am a wuss when it comes to games. Now back to struggling with the last two achievements for Axel and Pixel. :wall:
 
[quote name='atc250es']Black ops for 360 has 150k-200k people on everyday, I just went back to it after getting tired of mw3.[/QUOTE]

I am sort of ashamed to admit I put 250+ hours into the BLOPs MP. I really was not a fan of both MW2 and MW3 MP. They are fun but BLOPs just seemed more balanced to me. MW2 has so many exploits and glitches it was a mess. MW3 is much cleaner but it seems like I deal with more a-holes than I ever did in BLOPs. I do like the currency system in BLOPs also. I am quietly optimistic the 2nd one will be just as fun.
 
[quote name='ooga']Well I won a Spelunky code and instantly traded it away. All this talk of how hard it was scared me away. Yes, I am a wuss when it comes to games. Now back to struggling with the last two achievements for Axel and Pixel. :wall:[/QUOTE]Ah, bummer, wished you would have instantly traded it to me!
 
[quote name='Terrificy']New Family Gold Pack offer: Joe Danger - 600 MSP

New Scratch & Match prize: Grill Prop for your Avatar (previously available for free through an infinitely redeemable code)
New Scratch & Match loser deals: Gears of War 3: Brothers to the End Theme: 120 MSP off
South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play!: 260 MSP off
ilomilo: 400 MSP off[/QUOTE]

Is that for the full game of south park TDP? If so I might get it
 
[quote name='drawingboard']Blops dlc took over 2 years to go on sale.
MW3 dlc less than 2 months to go on sale.[/QUOTE]

This has to be a zombies thing. It is surprising to see a MW3 sale considering the whole Elite thing.
 
[quote name='RollingSkull']Dammit, woulda been nice to win/trade for something like that. I could take and like Spelunky if I didn't have to pay for it.

Really, I'm being a little hard on it but it came close to gelling for me but it never did, so I spent a lot of time chasing the great game I thought might be lurking in the cracks and found nothing. It's definitely a competent exploration of what it is trying to do, though, I still take issue with how brittle you are and the inartful random levels.[/QUOTE]
One more dude who got to play it early here. RollingSkull, I doubt very much that the new version will change your mind about Spelunky in particular or indie games in general. But for whatever it's worth, the XBLA version clicked with me in a way that the PC version never did. And the co-op is really fun, even though I do really wish it went online.
 
[quote name='garrett007']Is that for the full game of south park TDP? If so I might get it[/QUOTE]

Seems like it. I don't think it has any DLC out, and I didn't look further at the game, seeing as I already have it - I do believe it was the full game.

@Certified: from what I can gather, you don't get a redeem code, but rather just a download for the item. Thus, you wouldn't be able to trade it away.
 
[quote name='airco']I'm hearing that as "This game ended in a total trainwreck, but it's still somehow worth $10".

Seriously, don't do it. I paid $5 on Steam and still felt ripped off. The absolute batshit retardation of the ending pretty much cancels out whatever kind of great start it had.[/QUOTE]

Well that's how you feel about it. I think a lot of people would agree that a bad ending to a game does not undo the fun you had leading up to it. Like I said, if you enjoyed Heavy Rain and want something similar to it, Indigo Prophecy for $10 is not a bad investment.
 
Anyone else having trouble getting the Price Decrease history on xbldb to load past the 1st page? There are tons of GoD Price Drops (as well as a 400msp drop on Defenders of Ardania which I'm guessing is a price drop as well) but if there are any more than what's on the first page, I can't seem to get it to load.

Also, remember to grab Nexuiz (or any other DotW sales) this morning if you want it. I was gonna pass on Nexuiz and get a bunch of the 75% off GoD games, but they ended that sale early so I guess Nexuiz is my consolation prize.
 
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What a waste of a week. At least now people can start asking "When's Black Ops' DLC going to go on sale again?" every week instead of "When's Black Ops' DLC going to go on sale". Seriously, I'm thinking somone should make a separate thread so people who don't pay attention to this thread and only pop in occassionally to complain about how they don't read this thread often and missed X sale don't have an excuse to complain.

I'm glad this DLC is going on sale as it should satisfy and silence the vast majority of hold-outs that do pay attention, but there will always be people asking about it...

Anyway, here's hoping we get some more exciting deals next week!
 
Not sure how many of you were dealing with the Bing rewards codes not working, but they appear to be fixed now.

I contacted Bing and here is the response I got (I even got 50 extra Bing credits out of it).

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[quote name='Chrono Gear']What a waste of a week. At least now people can start asking "When's Black Ops' DLC going to go on sale again?" every week instead of "When's Black Ops' DLC going to go on sale". Seriously, I'm thinking somone should make a separate thread so people who don't pay attention to this thread and only pop in occassionally to complain about how they don't read this thread often and missed X sale don't have an excuse to complain.

I'm glad this DLC is going on sale as it should satisfy and silence the vast majority of hold-outs that do pay attention, but there will always be people asking about it...

Anyway, here's hoping we get some more exciting deals next week![/QUOTE]

It did took Activision 1 3/4 years to finally put the CoD:BO dlc on sale for the xbox. Guess because people will still buy it at full price on it. This sale is finally up for the hold outs. Now I can finally experience what the whole zombie craze is all about. Just couldn't pull the trigger at $15.
 
[quote name='midloo']Are people still playing Blops? I thought it was one of the only CoD games that had a bit of soul and I'd pick them up if folks are still playing. The zombie stuff seems cool.[/QUOTE]
I've recently started playing it again and have had no trouble getting into 4 player zombie maps online. Major Nelson usually posts the LIVE activity for games and BLOPS is usually right behind MW3 at number 2.
 
[quote name='hexa']Has anybody else had trouble with "next page" on Spylon's site? It like infinitely loops to the first page lol[/QUOTE]

Yes. Look 5 posts above yours.
 
[quote name='Terrificy']New Family Gold Pack offer: Joe Danger - 600 MSP

New Scratch & Match prize: Grill Prop for your Avatar (previously available for free through an infinitely redeemable code)
New Scratch & Match loser deals: Gears of War 3: Brothers to the End Theme: 120 MSP off
South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play!: 260 MSP off
ilomilo: 400 MSP off[/QUOTE]

Well, at least i will finally get ilomilo. There are few interesting GoD's, but either they are region locked for me or i already have some of them.


[quote name='cancerman1120']Local Justice is launching today.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...payne-3-local-justice-pack-now-available.html[/QUOTE]

If people are curious why the map pack is so cheap compared to Cod ones, the reason is Max Payne 3' mp community is almost dead, so asking more money can turn off even the last 10 people that still play the buggy multiplayer in this game. :)
 
[quote name='mpaullin']Well that's how you feel about it. I think a lot of people would agree that a bad ending to a game does not undo the fun you had leading up to it.[/QUOTE]
Mass Effect 3 would like a word with you.

You might have a point if IP had redeemable features other than its story, such as gameplay. But it was an adventure game with added QTEs, so that goes right out the window. All it had was its story, and stories are generally required to be coherent to be considered good. The beginning of the story, yes, was pretty good. But it was just the beginning, where not much is expected from the story, and where the player is fine with letting the mysteries pile up. But the answers are just as important as the mysteries, if not more so, so people generally look to the ending for the big reveals. A great reveal to a mystery, no matter how big or small, is awesome. A weak reveal to a mystery, however, just makes that mystery seem dumb. So when you consider just how pants-on-head retarded IP's ending was, yes, it retroactively ruins everything that made the beginning great.

I've never played Heavy Rain (don't have a PS3), so I don't know how that is. Maybe it's good, or at least written in such a way that feels like the writer didn't undergo severe cranial trauma before writing the last third of the game. But IP is a terrible game, and terrible games don't deserve your money. I mean, I know I'm probably piquing somebody's interest when I say how terrible the ending was, but really, it's not End of Eva level stuff we're talking about. It's just really dumb. Don't do it.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Yes. Look 5 posts above yours.[/QUOTE]
If you change your search parameters you can see all the stuff on one page. Just choose arcade games. Then search again with xbox 360 games and the second drop box use full games then search again changing it to add-ons. Tada. Now you can see all the price drops going back to last week.
 
Thanks for posting this. I retried the code and it worked. You are now officially more helpful than they were. They sent me two automated responses and nothing else. Shocker I know.

[quote name='johnnymavrik']Not sure how many of you were dealing with the Bing rewards codes not working, but they appear to be fixed now.

I contacted Bing and here is the response I got (I even got 50 extra Bing credits out of it).[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']2500.

Psychonauts shows 800msp for me as well. I was gonna check xbldb, but does that not track Xbox Originals?[/QUOTE]

Kind of, but they are really hard to find. When I was looking for them last night I noticed the paging issues.

[quote name='tylerh1701']Anyone else having trouble getting the Price Decrease history on xbldb to load past the 1st page? There are tons of GoD Price Drops (as well as a 400msp drop on Defenders of Ardania which I'm guessing is a price drop as well) but if there are any more than what's on the first page, I can't seem to get it to load.

Also, remember to grab Nexuiz (or any other DotW sales) this morning if you want it. I was gonna pass on Nexuiz and get a bunch of the 75% off GoD games, but they ended that sale early so I guess Nexuiz is my consolation prize.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='hexa']Has anybody else had trouble with "next page" on Spylon's site? It like infinitely loops to the first page lol[/QUOTE]

I upgraded to the latest WordPress and it broke paging on my custom pages. You can use filters or look on the Current Deals page, that I never finished. Current Deals does not have paging so it should show all drops and free DLC.
 
[quote name='cancerman1120']This has to be a zombies thing. It is surprising to see a MW3 sale considering the whole Elite thing.[/QUOTE]

Maybe so many people had Elite, that not enough were buying the map pack collections? idk
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']but they ended that sale early so I guess Nexuiz is my consolation prize.[/QUOTE]

That's the booby prize....and not the good kind of booby at that!
 
The Deal of the Week stuff is up now in the Sales & Specials+ app:

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 - 600 points
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 2 - 600 points
Call of Duty Black Ops - First Strike - 600 points
Call of Duty Black Ops - Escalation - 600 points
Call of Duty Black Ops - Annihilation - 600 points
Call of Duty Black Ops - Rezurrection - 600 points

Scratch & Match loser deals

Gears of War 3 Brothers to the End Theme - 240 points
South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play - 540 points
ilomilo - 400 points

The winning prize seems to be a Grill Avatar Prop.
 
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[quote name='FriskyTanuki']
Scratch & Match loser deals

Gears of War 3 Brothers to the End Theme - 240 points
South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play - 540 points
ilomilo - 400 points

The winning prize seems to be a Grill Avatar Prop.[/QUOTE]

Is it the same grill from the Block Party promo reusable code (which I think no longer works)? If so, awesome!
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Grill-Prop/00001000-fa4e-e2c3-c15c-33a458580833

This is what the prize is. I don't know if it's different from that grill.[/QUOTE]

Yes, that's the same one.

BRAND: Block Party
GAME: Block Party

And it shows as already purchased for me. I don't usually complain about prizes in promotions, but low odds to win a prop that was freely distributed to anyone who put in a reusable code a couple of years ago kind of sucks.
 
[quote name='louiedog']Yes, that's the same one.

BRAND: Block Party
GAME: Block Party

And it shows as already purchased for me. I don't usually complain about prizes in promotions, but low odds to win a prop that was freely distributed to anyone who put in a reusable code a couple of years ago kind of sucks.[/QUOTE]

Even more laughable is how can they claim in their T&C's then that 'Each prize will have an approximate retail value between $5-$10.

This prop alone costs 160MSP, which works out roughly around $2. I'm surprised they didnt ramp up the price, just to create the illusion...
 
So I guess that Splatters discount isn't gonna happen. Odd that the developer would think it would be on sale. Maybe it will be happening next week...

Also, Spylon, I don't think your search is working very well either. A search for "The Splatters" and "Splatters" isn't producing any useful results.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']So I guess that Splatters discount isn't gonna happen. Odd that the developer would think it would be on sale. Maybe it will be happening next week...

Also, Spylon, I don't think your search is working very well either. A search for "The Splatters" and "Splatters" isn't producing any useful results.[/QUOTE]
It's next week unless you've seen something that says otherwise.
 
[quote name='Antarael Dulacre']I don't know if this has been posted before, but I heard "Splatters" will be 400 MSP next week =) (10th to 17th) ^^[/QUOTE]

http://spikysnail.com/

Yeah, it says so on the dev site. Someone mentioned it before and I believe it said 3rd-10th.

EDIT: Oops, maybe I'm wrong and had my weeks off...
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']http://spikysnail.com/

Yeah, it says so on the dev site. Someone mentioned it before and I believe it said 3rd-10th.

EDIT: Oops, maybe I'm wrong and had my weeks off...[/QUOTE]
In big letters on that page: "The Splatters on Sale July 10-16 on XBLA"
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']In big letters on that page: "The Splatters on Sale July 10-16 on XBLA"[/QUOTE]

Ya I was wrong. Someone posted the link here on 6-27, so I guess I just assumed it was going to be on sale starting today 7-3, rather than actually checking the dates.

My bad.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']So I guess that Splatters discount isn't gonna happen. Odd that the developer would think it would be on sale. Maybe it will be happening next week...

Also, Spylon, I don't think your search is working very well either. A search for "The Splatters" and "Splatters" isn't producing any useful results.[/QUOTE]

:( not a good day for xbldb. The latest WordPress breaks paging. There was also an outage from 3:33 AM to 5:33 AM (Pacific I think), killing my usual Tuesday traffic. And you have confirmed my search suspicions.

I am not sure what to do here as the search is done by Google. I will need to look at my logs and see if Google is having trouble reaching all the pages.

At least i have a quick and dirty solution for you. You can find games using the browse feature. Here is a quick link to the Arcade Games:
http://xbldb.com/browse/arcade-games

I'll fix the site as soon as I can. At least I have Fourth of July vacation coming up. :)
 
[quote name='Spylon']:( not a good day for xbldb. The latest WordPress breaks paging. There was also an outage from 3:33 AM to 5:33 AM (Pacific I think), killing my usual Tuesday traffic. And you have confirmed my search suspicions.

I am not sure what to do here as the search is done by Google. I will need to look at my logs and see if Google is having trouble reaching all the pages.

At least i have a quick and dirty solution for you. You can find games using the browse feature. Here is a quick link to the Arcade Games:
http://xbldb.com/browse/arcade-games

I'll fix the site as soon as I can. At least I have Fourth of July vacation coming up. :)[/QUOTE]

Cool, thanks. That browse link is the one I used. Works great with CTRL+F.
 
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