XBLIG Price Drops

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Since Microsoft recently changed their pricing structure for Xbox Indies, larger games can can now be sold for 80 MSP. As a result, many XBLIG devs have opted to drop the price of their games. I thought it would be pretty cool to have a thread that would try to track what WORTHWHILE games are now cheaper.

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know that Xbox Indies is a largely horrifying wasteland of shovelware and absolute garbage like "Avatar Zombie Massager" and "Look I Made a One Level Platformer with MS Paint!!!". (There's really no need to elaborate on it further, we all know this.) But there ARE some good games in the pile. And I'd like to keep the thread focused on those, if possible.

DISCLAIMER 2 (The More Important One):
Xbox Live Indie Games require an internet connection to start the game. It doesn't matter if you have a Silver (Free) or Gold account, just that the Xbox is connected to the internet. Again, this is only to start the game; once the game is running you can disconnect your Xbox, but not sign out of your profile.



Price Drops:
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* = Local Multiplayer
* = Online Multiplayer
* = System Link (LAN)

The Best:
Firefly Vegas - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review
Magic Racing GP 2 ** - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co - Xbox Hornet
Mechanoid Army - 240 -> 80 - Two Fedoras

The Rest:
The Island of Misfit Toys
These are the games that have received poor to mediocre reviews. (Or no reviews at all.) You may find a gem among them, but don't count on it.

Absolult Firepower - 80 -> 240
Flip N Shift - 80 -> 240
Nanosquad * - 80 -> 240
Ninja Recapture - 240 -> 80
Piniq * - 240 -> 80
RC Airplane Challenge ** - 240 -> 80
Sky Ninja War - 240 -> 80
The Book of the Biblets - 240 -> 80
へっぽこ騎士 - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer


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January

The Best:
Antipole - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Cavemen vs Aliens * - 400 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Chester - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Clover: A Curious Tale - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Cthulu Saves the World - 240 -> 80 - Metacritic
Escape Goat - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Gamer Chick
Fall of Gods - 240 -> 80 - Achievement Locked - XBLARatings
Hypno Vol. 1 - 400 -> 80 - Gamergeddon - XNA Roundup
Kobold's Quest * - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review
Miasma - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus
REVOLVER360 - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Rotor'scope - 240 -> 80 - XBLARatings - Two Fedoras - Destructoid
Soulcaster - 240 -> 80 -
Soulcaster II - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Take Arms ** - 240 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Veks and Silence - 400 -> 80 - XBLARatings

The Rest:
Adhara War * - 240 -> 80
Avatar Laser Tag ** - 240 -> 80
Avatar Pumpkin Smash ** - 240 -> 80
Avatar's Rock * - 240 -> 80 - Video Review
Beach Bubbles - 240 -> 80
Beach Paddle * - 240 -> 80
Biz School - Twist-Ed - 400 -> 80
Burning Fist of Rage * - 240 -> 80
Colony Defense - 240 -> 80
Corrupted * - 240 -> 80
Cyborg Mice Arena * - 240 -> 80
Delta Energy 2.0 - 240 -> 80
Dr. Mazing * - 240 -> 80
Escapism - 240 -> 80
ETMD - 240 -> 80
Extreme Jigsaw Madness * - 240 -> 80
Gamerbots:Third-Robot Shooting *** - 240 -> 80
Gemchase - 240 -> 80
Honor in Vengeance - 240 -> 80
Karnn Age - 400 -> 80
KGB Episode One - 240 -> 80
Killa Hurtz - 240 -> 80
Labyrinth - 400 -> 240
Lingolu - 240 -> 80
Little Racers *** - 240 -> 80
Mad Blocker Arcade * - 240 -> 80 - XBLARatings
Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 01 - 240 -> 80
Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 02 - 240 -> 80
Mind's Eye of Jupiter - 03 - 240 -> 80
Miner Man - 240 -> 80
Old Spice: Fresh Card Game * - 240 -> 80
Quizocalypse * - 240 -> 80
Pushy - 240 -> 80
Raventhorne - 240 -> 80 - Review
Tower Revolution - 400 -> 80


February

The Best:
Beat Hazard * - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic - XBLARatings
Dino 'Splode - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer
Dysnomia * - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer - Two Fedoras
Growing Pains - 240 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Junk Fields * - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co
Orbitron: Revolution - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Indie Gamer Chick

The Rest:
Devilsong - 240 -> 80
Mars Revenge * - 240 -> 80
Pellmell - 240 -> 80
ZOMBIECRAFTT!!1 SAMPLER - 240 -> 80
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Future price drops:





XBLIG Review Sites:
Armless Octopus
XBLAFans
Xbox Hornet
Clearance Bin Review - XBLIG Spotlight
XBLIG.co
Indie Gamer Chick
Indie Theory
XBLARatings (Not really a review site, just a site listing all of the XBLIGs that come out. There are some - very few, really - reviews on individual game pages.)





Other Recommended Games:
* = Local Multiplayer
* = Online Multiplayer
* = System Link (LAN)

Adventure:
Clover: A Curious Tale - 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Decay: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Theory - XBLARatings

Fighter:
Avatar Fighter Online **- 80 - Clearance Bin Review

FPS:
Firing Range - 80 - Gamer's Abstract

Platformer:
Aban Hawkins & the 1000 SPIKES - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Akane the Kunoichi - 80 - Armless Octopus - Game Informer
Along Came A Spider - 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Antipole - 80 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Apple Jack - 80 - Armless Octopus
Arkedo Series - 01 JUMP! - 240 - XBLARatings
Arkedo Series - 03 PIXEL! - 240 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
A Voxel Action - 80 - XBLIG.co - IGN
Blocks That Matter - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
CarneyVale: Showtime - 240 - Destructoid
Chester - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Defy Gravity - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Dino 'Splode - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer
DLC Quest - 80 - Armless Octopus
Escape Goat - 80 - Armless Octopus - Indie Gamer Chick
EXPLOSIONADE * - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Growing Pains - 240 -> 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Johnny Platform Saves Christmas! - 80 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
Johnny Platform's Biscuit Romp - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLARatings
Junk Fields * - 240 -> 80 - XBLIG.co
Kobold's Quest * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review
LaserCat - 80 - Extra Guy - Indie Gamer Chick
Lumi - 240 - Armless Octopus
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Monster Hero and the Mysterious Ruins (魔物な勇者と謎の遺跡) - 80 - 1up
Orbitron: Revolution - 240 -> 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Indie Gamer Chick
Plague * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Platformance: Castle Pain - 80 - Armless Octopus
PLATFORMANCE: Temple Death - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Tempura of the Dead - 240 - Armless Octopus - Destructoid
Volchaos - 80 - XBLARatings - Xbox Hornet
ZP2K9 ** - 80 - XBLARatings
ZP2KX: Zombies & Pterodactyls! * - 80 - Armless Octopus

Puzzle:
Alien Jelly * - 240 - XBLARatings - Indie Gamer Chick
Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! - 240 - Destructoid
Cute Things Dying Violently * - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Fishcraft - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Gerbil Physics - 80 - XBLAFans
Gerbil Physics 2 - 80 - Armless Octopus
GREEN ISLAND - 80 -
I, Zombie - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Kaiten Patissier - 80 - Angry Bananas
NYAN-TECH - 80 - XBLIG.co
Paipa - 80 - XBLARatings
Rotor'scope - 80 - XBLARatings - Two Fedoras - Destructoid
Soul - 80 - Armless Octopus
UpBot Goes Up - 240 - XBLARatings - Xbox Hornet
Ura Kaiten Patissier - 80
Wizorb - 240 - Armless Octopus
Your Doodles Are Bugged! - 240 - XBLARatings

Racing:
Dirchie Kart * - 240 - XBLIG.co - XBLAFans
Flowrider *** - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Little Racers STREET ** - 80 - XBLARatings - Armless Octopus
Magic Racing GP 2 ** - 240 - XBLARatings - XBLIG.co

RPG:
Breath of Death VII - 80 - Armless Octopus
Bonded Realities - 80 - Armless Octopus - RPGfan - Xbox Hornet
Cthulu Saves the World - 80 - Metacritic
Cursed Loot (Formerly "Epic Dungeon") - 80 - Armless Octopus
Doom & Destiny - 240 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
EvilQuest - 80 - GamingTruth - XBLIG.co
Fall of Gods - 80 - Achievement Locked - XBLARatings
Lair of the Evil Doer - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - XBLAFans
Light's End - 80 - XBLARatings
Sequence - 240 - Armless Octopus
Soulcaster - 80
Soulcaster II - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans

Shooter:
Amniotic * - 80 - XBLARatings - Pwnem
Astro Cluster *** - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Armless Octopus
Beat Hazard * - 400 -> 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic - XBLARatings
Bird Assassin - 80 - Xbox Hornet - Indie Gamer Chick
Decimation X3 * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Dysnomia * - 240 -> 80 - DIYGamer - Two Fedoras
Echoes+ - 80 - XBLARatings
Grave Breaker * - 80 - Destructoid
Groov - 80 - XBLARatings
Hypership Out of Control * - 80 - Armless Octopus - Metacritic
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 * - 80 - Destructoid
Infinity Danger - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLAFans
Leave Home - 80 - XBLARatings - Joystiq
Prismatic Solid - 80 - Armless Octopus
radiangames Ballistic * - 400 - Armless Octopus
radiangames Crossfire 2 * - 400 - Armless Octopus
REVOLVER360 - 80 - Armless Octopus - Xbox Hornet
Score Rush * - 80 - XBLARatings
Shoot 1Up * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Square Off * - 80 - Armless Octopus - Clearance Bin Review
Take Arms ** - 80 - Armless Octopus - XBLIG Summer Uprising
Vorpal - 80 - Armless Octopus - Joystiq
Zombie Estate * - 80 - Armless Octopus

Side-Scroller:
Dead Pixels * - 80 - Armless Octopus
Ninja War: Stolen Scrolls * - 80 - XBLARatings
Parasitus: Ninja Zero * - 240 - Two Fedoras - Indie Gamer Chick
Rainbow Runner - 80 - Clearance Bin Review - Xbox Hornet
Veks and Silence - 80 - XBLARatings

Sim:
Miner Dig Deep - 80 - XBLARatings
Red Tie Miner - 80
Solar 2 - 400 - Armless Octopus - IGN
Total Miner: Forge *** - 240 - Gamingtruth
Train Frontier Express * - 240 - Armless Octopus

Strategy:
Cavemen vs Aliens * - 80 - Xbox Hornet - XBLARatings
Miasma - 80 - Armless Octopus
Video Wars * - 80 - Clearance Bin Review -

Tower Defense:
Protect Me Knight (まもって騎士) * - 240 - Armless Octopus

Other:
Bloody Checkers * - 80 - Review - XBLARatings
Fishing Girl - 80 - XBLARatings
Hidden In Plain Sight * - 80 - XBLARatings
Hypno Vol. 1 - 80 - Gamergeddon - XNA Roundup
Pixelbit Helicopter Challenge - 80 - CrushFragDestroy - XBLARatings
Trivia Or Die * - 80 - Armless Octopus





 
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Not sure when this happened, but Magic Racing GP 2 dropped from 240 to 80 msp.
how does this game compare to little racers street? i see it has local multiplayer so that's nice but how is the online options/is it a ghostland? i really liked little racers street bc you could work on your career cars in online races, and when no one was online you could work on the same cars offline, it has a great progression system. is this game more cut and dry in that sense?

 
how does this game compare to little racers street? i see it has local multiplayer so that's nice but how is the online options/is it a ghostland? i really liked little racers street bc you could work on your career cars in online races, and when no one was online you could work on the same cars offline, it has a great progression system. is this game more cut and dry in that sense?
To be honest I've only demoed both, and I couldn't decide which to go with. Little Racers Street seemed to be more polished than Magic Racing, but I sort of appreciate the cut and dry nature of the latter and I like the split screen option.
 
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