XBLA game recommendations

**Atreides** · 2010-11-22 21:59

Microsoft is doing sales this week for Black Friday (as is sony, but that's not for this thread), from the 23rd to the 29th. Some of the sales (no way of telling which day will have which sales) include:

Xbox Live Arcade

* Madden NFL Arcade (400 Microsoft Points)
* The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (400 MSP)
* 'Splosion Man (160 MSP)
* Trials HD (400 MSP)
* Portal: Still Alive (400 MSP)

I'll try to update tomorrow I guess

**Riposte** · 2010-11-23 07:26

Pacman Championship Edition DX

**Atreides** · 2010-11-23 09:25

Today's Deals
Add-ons:
Splinter Cell Conviction: Insurgency - 50% off - 400 pts
Rock Band 3 Lady Gaga Pack 01 - 50% off - 280 pts
Alan Wake: The Signal - 43% off - 320 pts
Trials HD: The Big Pack - 40% off - 240 pts
Rock Band 3 Nirvana Pack 01 - 27% off - 640 pts
Rock Band 3 Nirvana Pack 02 - 45% off - 240 pts

Arcade Games
Secret of Monkey Island SE - 50% off - 400 pts
Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge SE - 50% off - 400 pts
Puzzle Quest 2 - 33% off - 800 pts
Serious Sam HD - 50% off - 600 pts
Zombie Apocalypse - 50% off - 400 pts
Portal: Still Alive - 67% off - 400 pts
Voodoo Dice - 50% off - 400 pts
MegaMan 10 - 50% off - 400 pts
Magic: The Gathering - 50% off - 400 pts
Madden NFL Arcade - 50% off - 400 pts

Deals are 1 day only, ill post more tomorrow

**Atreides** · 2010-11-26 11:45

Black Friday Deals!

-Halo: Combat Evolved (original Xbox) - 400 pts
-GTA: San Andreas (original Xbox) - 400 pts
-'Splosion Man - 160 pts
-Turtles in Time Reshelled - 160 pts
-Trials HD - 400 pts
-Rock Band Creedence Clearwater Revival Pack 01 - 400 pts
-Greed Corp. - 160 pts

**Atreides** · 2010-12-06 11:45

Deals of the Week (all are for Gold members only):
December 6th:
-3 on 3 NHL Arcade - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Polar Panic - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Gears of War 2: Snowblind Map Pack - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off

December 13th:
-Bejeweled 2 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Feeding Frenzy 2 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Tetris Splash - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-UNO RUSH - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Zuma - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Upcoming Release Dates:
-December 1st: Unbound Saga - 800 Microsoft Points
-December 8th: Bomberman Live: Battlefest - ???? Microsoft Points
-December 9th (Might be Rumor): Harms Way (Doritos Contest Winner) - FREE
-December 22nd: A World of Keflings - 800 Microsoft Points ***
-December 29th: Raskulls - 800 Microsoft Points ***
-January 5th: ilomilo - 800 Microsoft Points ***

Unbound Saga is out already actually. The demo was decent, seems like it might be a fun co-op beat em up but I would definitely try out the demo first. It almost reminded me of streets of rage with a little comix zone built in.

As for the last 3 games there, World of Keflings/Raskulls/ilomilo, apparently buying them will unlock content in the other games, mostly characters. World of Keflings is the one I'm really looking forward to, as I really enjoyed the building/resource gathering/management aspects of Kingdom for Keflings even though it got tedious pretty quickly.

Other stuff:
-Dead Rising: Case West should be coming some time in December as well. Rumor has it it'll be 400 points like Case Zero was (which, btw, you should all play if you haven't already) but I wouldn't be surprised if it's more.

-Oh and you can download a trial for ilomilo right now by going here:
http://wp7supersecretaccess.ilomilo.com/
and following the directions to download the demo to your xbox. The trial is about 10 stages long, I actually really liked the puzzles and the art style is really cute (almost reminded me of LBP in a way), you can actually purchase the full version via the main menu as well.

-Twisted Pixel also announced Ms. 'Splosion Man this week, the sequel to the original with a pink character. It's due out in Fall of 2011.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/ms-splosion-man/

-Also announced: Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, a 4 player co-op top-down sequel to last years disc-based game, is coming to XBLA (as well as PSN and PC) in Spring of 2011. Unfortunately it won't have voice work from the original cast like its predecessor

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/gh...sn-and-pc-nex/

**Doombear** · 2010-12-06 23:16

Was excited to try Ilomilo, but the code that the site gives me does not work. I have tried two, one I grabbed this morning when i saw your post at work, and one just now. =(

EDIT: Nevermind, had to enter the code at https://live.xbox.com/en-US/RedeemToken first. Then it gets pushed to your console queue.

**Pikarya** · 2010-12-07 00:57

Would love to get "South Park Let's Go Tower Defense" but you need 4 people really to enjoy it.

Sucks you cant try out a game via trial for the Online temporarily just to see if people still jack around on it. Games like TMNT Arcade are great in multiplayer, but people rarely log on to play anymore =/

**Atreides** · 2010-12-07 11:21

Looks like there's going to be another sale coming up, from 12/21 or 12/22 until 1/1/11. Every day there will be 1 add-on or xbla game, 1 avatar item, and 1 zune movie on sale, and it'll change daily. Here's the hints they've given so far for some of the stuff included (with guesses from CAG):

Game Add-ons
* Are you afraid of the dark? (Alan Wake DLC?)
* Fly to the rescue in outer space (Mass Effect 2 DLC?)
* Keep your hat on and don't stop shooting (Red Dead Redemption DLC?)
* Turn up the volume to get down (Rhythm Game DLC? - Dance Central, DJ Hero 2, GH:WoR, RB3?)

Movies
* Act your age, whatever that is. (Freaky Friday? or 17 Again?)
* Become a hero, that's not so super... (Kick-Ass?)
* It's lonely, being the last person on Earth. (I am Legend? or Wall-E?)

XBLA
* Turn out the lights for this delight! (Limbo?)
* What a way to start the week! (Monday Night Combat?)
* Work with Elvis in this classic! (Perfect Dark?)

Personally I'm hoping for a Limbo/Hydrophobia sale at some point, as I have yet to pick up either

**Atreides** · 2010-12-08 11:06

few more things:

-Harm's Way and Doritos Crash Course are both out today, both are completely free. Granted Doritos last game was horrible but free is free!

-X-Men Arcade is due out on December 15th. No word on price yet.

-A few more sales on BlazBlue characters:

December 7th - January 10th: "BlazBlue CS DLC" OPEN TO ALL XBL MEMBERS
-Additional Playable Character "Valkenhayn R. Hellsing" - 320 Microsoft Points - 43% off

December 20th - January 10th: "BlazBlue CS DLC" OPEN TO ALL XBL MEMBERS
-Additional Character Colors #1 - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Additional Character Colors #2 - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Additional Character Colors #3 - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Additional Playable Character "Makoto Nanaya" - 320 Microsoft Points - 43% off
-Additional System Voice Type-K - 240 Microsoft Points - 40% off
-Additional System Voice Type-C - 240 Microsoft Points - 40% off
-Additional System Voice Type-M - 240 Microsoft Points - 40% off
-Unlock Playable Character Mu - 80 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Unlock All Unlimited Characters - 240 Microsoft Points - 40% off

-DLC has been released for Costume Quest for 400 points, "Grubbins on Ice" which adds a new area and a bunch of costumes. Costume Quest itself was good but short, so I'm not sure how worth it the new DLC is.

-also there's a new DLC pack for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for 400 points as well, "A Hazardous Reunion". The first pack was good but hard, but way too short to justify a $5 purchase price. PS3 owners have already gotten DLC pack #2 for free as well as well as the first free character pack. Supposedly you'll be able to play as Kain and Raziel from the Legacy of Kain series, and Kane & Lynch.

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-Also there's another Rebate promotion:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Marketplac...adeRebate/Home

You have to register your gamertag first. Instructions

Gamertag Registration

To take advantage of this great deal, you must download the free Arcade Offer Gamer Picture. You can queue this gamer pic up for download to your console right here:

1. Go to Xbox LIVE Event Registrations
2. Select Arcade Offer from the list and select Download to Xbox 360
3. Select Confirm
4. You'll see a Congratulations! This item has been added to your download queue message.

Then, if you purchase any 2 titles from the list below between 12/1 and 12/20, you'll get a rebate of 400 points some time in january.

Eligible games:

Spoiler: show

All the games cost 1200 points, so basically if you spend 30 bucks you get 5 bucks back which isn't too shabby. I'm probably going to wait on Limbo or Hydrophobia to see if they go on sale for the Holiday Blowout but there's some decent stuff on there anyway.

**Pikarya** · 2010-12-10 17:11

Just tried out Ilomilo, gotta admit. Thats one of the best arcade games I've played in awhile. Thanks for the suggestion :D

**Atreides** · 2010-12-12 16:11

looks like Kingdom for Keflings is on sale for 50% off, for 400 points. I had a lot of fun with the original and I definitely plan on spending 10 bucks on World of Keflings in a few weeks.

**Atreides** · 2010-12-13 19:43

New releases this week:
-December 15th: Path of Go - 400 Microsoft Points
-December 15th: Quake Arena Arcade - 1200 Microsoft Points
-December 15th: X-Men Arcade - 800 Microsoft Points

Deal of the week is listed in a post from earlier, all puzzle games basically. For whatever reason Kingdom for Keflings is currently showing the normal price of 800 pts, not sure if the price will go back down to 400 before World of Keflings is released next week.

Also Dead Rising 2: Case West has a finalized release date of 12/27, and will cost 800 points ($10)

**Pikarya** · 2010-12-13 23:50

Originally Posted by Atreides

-December 15th: Quake Arena Arcade - 1200 Microsoft Points
-December 15th: X-Men Arcade - 800 Microsoft Points

SOLD

**Atreides** · 2010-12-16 16:42

so in addition to the Daily surprise deals on XBL from 12/21 to 12/31, there are also some ridiculous discounts on games that will be active for all 10 days of the promotion, starting on 12/21 (Tuesday)

Super Meat Boy - Discounted Price: 800 (33% off)
Comic Jumper - Discounted Price: 800 (33% off)
Toy Soldiers - Discounted Price: 800 (33% off)
Banjo Tooie - Discounted Price: 600 (50% off)
Castle Crashers - Discounted Price: 600 (50% off)
The UnderGarden - Discounted Price: 400 (50% off)
Risk Factions - Discounted Price: 400 (50% off)
Afterburner Climax - Discounted Price: 400 (50% off)
Borderland's Claptrap New Revolution - Discounted Price: 400 (50% off)
Carcassonne - Discounted Price: 400 (50% off)

Also Deal of the Week next week (starts 12/20) is Forza stuff:

World Class Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Summer Velocity Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Exotic Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Road & Track Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Audi R8 LMS RC Car, 160 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Checkered Flags, 80 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

and some DLC release dates:
December 21: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Pack, 1200 Microsoft Points
December 29: Bomberman Live: Battlefest Bomb-Up Pack I, 240 Microsoft Points

I think that's it. I still hope Limbo or Hydrophobia ends up one of the daily deals during the 10 day sale. I mayyy pick up Undergarden for 400 points too

**Doombear** · 2010-12-16 16:49

Originally Posted by Atreides

Also Deal of the Week next week (starts 12/20) is Forza stuff:

World Class Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Summer Velocity Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Exotic Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Road & Track Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Audi R8 LMS RC Car, 160 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Checkered Flags, 80 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Hmmm if I remember right, that is all now included in the Ultimate Edition right? I guess this would be cool for anyone that doesn't have that though. Too bad they didn't put the VIP pack in that deal since that is NOT included in the UE. Seems strange not to. I can understand not putting in the one that released today at least...

**Atreides** · 2010-12-20 09:32

For those of you who have been waiting on Hydrophobia, it looks like Dark Energy Digital has listened to the numerous mediocre reviews of their game and really stepped things up. They've made a HUGE list of improvements to the game in a patch called "Hydrophobia Pure", dropped the price to 10 bucks (from 1200 to 800 ms points), and even increased the demo to include more of the game. I will be buying this for sure when the price drops tomorrow, since it seems like any reason I had to not buy the game has been fixed.

Here's a list of changes:

Spoiler: show

**Eticket** · 2010-12-20 14:38

Originally Posted by Atreides

For those of you who have been waiting on Hydrophobia, it looks like Dark Energy Digital has listened to the numerous mediocre reviews of their game and really stepped things up. They've made a HUGE list of improvements to the game in a patch called "Hydrophobia Pure", dropped the price to 10 bucks (from 1200 to 800 ms points), and even increased the demo to include more of the game. I will be buying this for sure when the price drops tomorrow, since it seems like any reason I had to not buy the game has been fixed.

Here's a list of changes:

Spoiler: show

I picked up the trial a while back. Played for a bit and got to a point where I had to hack a door or something. The tutorial didn't cover how to do the hacking and I didn't feel like looking it up, so I never started into the game again.

**Atreides** · 2010-12-20 15:24

yea and then the demo ended right before you got a chance to see what combat was like. After the game was released apparently the Devs went apeshit on reviewers claiming they didn't get or didn't play the whole thing, to the point that reviewers were writing articles calling them out on it. It seems like the devs have decided to make nice with gamers and really try and fix the game, which is awfully refreshing if you ask me lol

**Atreides** · 2010-12-21 09:08

Daily deals start today in addition to the list of games above that are on sale (castle crashers, comic jumper etc). Here's today as well as hints for the rest of the week:

December 21st
* Red Dead Redemption DLC
-Legends and Killers - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Liars and Cheats - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Undead Nightmare - 600 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Undead Nightmare Collection - 1200 Microsoft Points - 25% off
* Layer Cake - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
* 2011 Glasses for Avatars - FREE

December 22nd:
* Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off
* 13 Going On 30 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
* Monkey (Pet) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off

December 23rd: Quite Harmony, Get competitive or play Co-Op (Castlevania: Harmony of Despair)
December 24th: Solve a Mystery, your best weapon is the light (Alan Wake DLC: The Signal, The Writer)
December 25th: Gotta feeling? Can you Master the Moves? (Dance Central DLC?)
December 26th: A secret agent, What is your code name? (Perfect Dark)
December 27th: Extreme waves, It's a race to the finish line (Hydro Thunder Hurricane)
December 28th: Lazarus Project, Can you shepard the elite (Mass Effect 2 DLC)
December 29th: Moneyball, Play the future Monday night sport (Monday Night Combat)
December 30th: One Foe, A world of good vs evil (Fable 3 DLC?), also Sega Sonic games
December 31st: Find Her, Will you wake up on the edge? (Limbo)

I'll probably only be updating this post instead of making a new post every day, if I remember

**Caiyuo** · 2010-12-21 09:16

Originally Posted by Atreides

I'll probably only be updating this post instead of making a new post every day, if I remember

wow you really don't take this very seriously do you

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