XBLA game recommendations

[Kiarax]

So what's the consensus on the Lara Croft game? I was considering picking it up recently so I might do so if it's on sale. How long is it?

[Ragnell]

So what's the consensus on the Lara Croft game? I was considering picking it up recently so I might do so if it's on sale. How long is it?

I enjoyed the ps3 demo of it a lot, if its on sale its time for me to pick up some ms points finally

[Atreides]

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is awesome, it's one of my top 5 XBLA games for sure. Running through the game will probably take you 3-4 hours if you're just zipping through, but there's tons of weapons and upgrades to collect and challenges for each level that probably bump the length up to 6-8. I only played it single player but the co-op seems like it'd be a lot of fun as well. I paid 15 bucks and didn't regret it at all, but if you can get it for 10 or less you definitely should, as it's definitely up in Shadow Complex/Castle Crashers tier

[rezn0r]

grabbed my missing red dead redemption DLCs and i'll probably go for Lara Croft, Castlevania, Alan Wake DLC, Perfect Dark, ME2 DLC, and maybe Fable's... between this and Steam i'm drowning in goodies

despite it being short and most likely not very replayable, i really recommend Limbo to anyone that hasn't played it

[Atreides]

yea I'll definitely be picking up Limbo on the 31st (im guessing it'll be 800 points), other than that I seem to already own most of the stuff on the list. From the weeklong sales the only thing I'm considering is Undergarden, although if I didn't have Castle Crashers already I'd definitely be picking that up for 600 pts.

AND World of Keflings comes out tomorrow so I'll be buying that too, on top of Hydrophobia today. Too many games again already lol

[Kiarax]

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is awesome, it's one of my top 5 XBLA games for sure. Running through the game will probably take you 3-4 hours if you're just zipping through, but there's tons of weapons and upgrades to collect and challenges for each level that probably bump the length up to 6-8. I only played it single player but the co-op seems like it'd be a lot of fun as well. I paid 15 bucks and didn't regret it at all, but if you can get it for 10 or less you definitely should, as it's definitely up in Shadow Complex/Castle Crashers tier

If I can find my damn 800 MS point card I've had lying around for months I'll grab it then.

[Atreides]

oh snap actually xbox.com already has the info on tomorrow's sale:

Wednesday, December 22nd:
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Arcade game (50% off) - 600 points
Pet Monkey avatar accessory (50% off)
13 Going on 30 from Zune Movies (50% off)

So only 600 points on sale, not 800 like I thought. That's a great deal on an awesome game.

[Kiarax]

Fuck, now I gotta go hunting for the point card. Hopefully it hasn't expired, lol.

[Ragnell]

Any point cards on sale? I need to pick up some Dat ass DLC

[Atreides]

amazon currently has them for 18.96 instead of 19.99, usually they don't go on sale though

[Doombear]

December 31st: Find Her, Will you wake up on the edge? (Limbo)

Bout time. You excited Atreides? I would recommend it to everyone that has the points to drop on it. The game is short, it is true, but I quite enjoyed it. Had I not had a gifted poitns card at the time, it is hard to say if I would have paid full price for such a short game though.

[Atreides]

Today is the last day of the Holiday Sale/Deals, with Limbo on sale for 800 points (33% off, normally 1200). I just downloaded it finally.

Also out this week: Raskulls, Microbot, and Dead Rising Case West, all for 800 points each. DR Case West is like Case Zero in that it's actually a standalone game that doesn't seem to require DR2 (as far as I can tell anyway), so you can download a trial for it.

Looks like everything I've wanted to purchase from XBL has gone on sale at some point this fall/winter, with the exception of Braid. I guess I'd like to pick up Winterbottom and Defense Grid at some point too but meh, I guess there's always next year.

Next year will also supposedly have a few new XBL/PSN titles I'm looking forward to as well, like Rock of Ages, Zeno Clash 2, Trine 2, Outland, Bastion, The Witness, Dungeon Defenders, Dungeon Hunter HD, and the Beyond Good & Evil and Muramasa/Odin Sphere HD remakes.

[Atreides]

lol I really wish I had waited on buying Hydrophobia. Looks like for the week of 1/31, there's going to be a "Get Wet"-themed sale:

Aqua - 400 pts (50% off)
Hydrophobia - 400 pts (50% off)
Hydro Thunder Hurricane - 800 pts (33% off)

In addition, here are some release dates:
Jan. 26 - Breach (1200)
January - Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection
Feb. 2 - Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 (1200)
Feb. 9 - Stacking (1200)
Feb. 16 - Hard Corps: Uprising (1200)
Feb/Mar - Torchlight (1200)
Feb/Mar - Beyond Good & Evil HD
Feb/Mar - Bejeweled Blitz Live
Feb/Mar - Full House Poker

I'm looking forward to BG&E of course, hoping it's gonna be 800 and not 1200 but I'm not holding my breath. Did they say Torchlight for XBLA will be single player like the PC version? Oh and I guess I'll try the demo for stacking

[Atreides]

haven't updated in a while, but here's the deal of the week and more release dates:

February 21st - "Tom Clancy Content" GOLD MEMBERS ONLY

EndWar
* Escalation Expansion Pack - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
* Chapter 2 - 300 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
* Co-op Collection - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off
* Co-op Collection 2 - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off

H.A.W.X.
* Air Supremacy - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

H.A.W.X. 2
* All-in-one Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
* Xbox Original - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic

Splinter Cell: Conviction
* Deniable Ops: Insurgency - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic

Next week (feb 28th) the deal of the week is Pac-Man Championship Edition DX for 400 pts (normally 800). I'm not much of a Pac-man fan myself but I think someone in this thread was saying it's pretty good. As with most deals, it's open to Gold members only.


Release dates, yay Beyond Good & Evil next week!

February 23rd - Bejeweled Blitz Live - 800 pts
March 2nd - Beyond Good & Evil HD - 800 pts
March 9th - Torchlight - 1200 pts
March 16th - Full House Poker - 800 pts
March 23rd: Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - ??? pts

[Caiyuo]

Hard Corps. Shit's incredibly fun, if not also incredibly hard, moreso with multiplayer because of how much is happening on the screen.

[Atreides]

moar sales:

March 14th - "St. Patrick's Day" GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
* Clover: A Curious Tale (Indie Game) - 200 pts (50% off)
* Lips - "Chasing Cars" as performed by Snow Patrol - 80 pts (50% off)
* Lips - "Some Guys Have All The Luck" as performed by Rod Stewart - 80 pts (50% off)
* Rock Band - "Bad Luck"--Social Distortion - 80 pts (50% off)
* Rock Band - Green Day Pack 01 - 220 pts (50% off)

March 22nd - "Sonic 4" GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
* Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - 800 pts (33% off)

March 29th - "Arcade Four-Play" GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
* A World of Keflings - 400 pts (50% off)
* Raskulls - 400 pts (50% off)
* Worms 2: Armageddon - 400 pts (50% off)
* Worms 2: Battle Pack - 200 pts (50% off)

also go buy BG&E HD if you haven't already

[Atreides]

"Extreme Shopping Sale Week" is this week, even though it's only a 1 day sale (Friday, April 1st only). Some nice stuff on there though:

Casual Arcade Games:
Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Decade Duels - 400
A Kingdom for Keflings - 400
Crazy Taxi - 400
3D Ultra Mini Golf 2 - 400
Costume Quest - 600
Monkey Island 2 - 400
Faery: Legends of Avalon - 600
Gyromancer - 400

Core Arcade Games:
Doom 2 - 400
Quake Arena Arcade - 800
Zeit 2 - 400
After Burner Climax - 400
Alien Breed 1: Evolution - 400
Alien Breed 2: Assault - 400
Darwinia+ - 400
Defense Grid - 400
Unbound Saga - 160

Awesome Add-Ons:
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Bundle - 1000
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Pack - 400
Halo Wars: Historical Battle - 400
Halo Wars: Strategic Options - 400
3D Mini Golf 2: Fairy Tales - 120
Mirror's Edge: Pure Time Trials - 400

[Kyo]

Picked up Costume Quest, hoping for a sale on limbo soon.

[Caiyuo]

Costume Quest is definitely worth it for the story & humor alone, considering the DLC for it next time I make purchases.

[Atreides]

ah ok so apparently these sales are on now and last through april 1st (thanks Qalbert) but it looks like on Friday, April 1st only there will be a couple more sales as well:

April 1st ONLY "Extreme Shopping Week" OPEN TO ALL XBL MEMBERS

XBLA
* Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley - 400 pts (67% off)
* Deadliest Warrior: The Game - 200 pts (75% off)

DLC
* Fable 3 - Understone Quest Pack - 200 pts (50% off)
* Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money - 400 pts (50% off)