Online or retail shopping gaming deals thread

[Akala]

yeah, NFS 29.99

[ManaByte]

Buy that right now.

[Akala]

already done, w/next day delivery.

[Bebpo]

Yeah I picked it up too.  I still think the game will be boring like the demo, but since it's Criterion it should be worth at least $30.

[Eel O'Brian]

fuck splosion man, i'm stuck on the first level, glad this shit was free

[Stoney Mason]

fuck splosion man, i'm stuck on the first level, glad this shit was free

meh. you haven't seen anything yet. Those are baby levels compared to later stuff. Game is good. Like an old school genesis throwback title but its pretty difficult. That's the fun of it.

[Eel O'Brian]

i haven't found frustration fun since i was around twelve and only got like two games a year

[Stoney Mason]

i haven't found frustration fun since i was around twelve and only got like two games a year

I'm not generally into extremely hard games either but its not a secret at this point Splosion Man is pretty hard. Lots of people like Trials HD but I find that game impossible which decreases my enjoyment of the whole experience. At least you got this one essentially free.


But yeah, it only gets much harder from then on out and in some places the check point system isn't exactly generous so you may want to save yourself some frustration.

[Eel O'Brian]

i didn't know anything about splosion man, should have read up

[demi]

fart on all of you its piss easy kiss my tip

[Eel O'Brian]

how splendid for you

[demi]

SOUNS LIKE HE MAD

[Stoney Mason]

i didn't know anything about splosion man, should have read up

It does have co-op which is kind of fun but that's surprisingly challenging in some bits also.

[Beezy]

yeah, NFS 29.99

Where and for how long?

[Akala]

amazon...lasted about 5 minutes. 

[Stoney Mason]

yeah, NFS 29.99

Where and for how long?

It's 34.99 right now so not that big a difference.

http://www.amazon.com/Need-Speed-Hot-Pursuit-Xbox-360/dp/B003R783IY/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1290806376&sr=1-2

[Akala]

that's nice of them. it was 39 most of the day.

[Eel O'Brian]

SOUNS LIKE HE MAD

Not really.  I just realized it was going to be frustrating and repetitive about two minutes into it, and thought that my money would have been better spent elsewhere.  It just seems like a lot of these indie games are made by people nostalgic for that period in your life where you had all the time in the world to tear your hair out and spend hours on a puzzle or a tricky jump.  I don't have a ton of free time anymore, I have a lot of games waiting on a backlog, and getting something right after trying it 100 times just doesn't give me the thrill that it did when I was a kid.  I'm a grown man now (2x over, even), and it just seems more like punishment than accomplishment.  Every hour I spend trying to get over a part in a game I am stuck on is an hour I could have spent enjoying another game. 

I'm not saying they should dumb down their games or make them super-easy for everyone, but it would have been nice to have a mode I could have turned on that had "hit markers" on the walls for guidance, or something similar.  They could have turned off achievements for it, like I said I'm a grown-ass man and I don't give a shit about that stuff, I just want to enjoy their game too.

[cool breeze]

I got splosion man earlier too.  I played the demo earlier and didn't think it was worth full price, or the reduced price when it last went on sale, but $2 is a pack of gum.  I'm more annoyed that it ruined my point balance.  Now I have 18.20 cents or something in microsoft points.

[iconoclast]

I'm more annoyed that it ruined my point balance.  Now I have 18.20 cents or something in microsoft points.

This is what's stopping me from getting Greed Corps. That, and I have very little interest in it.

[bork]

With Fist, just get Hokuto Musou International next month.  I think it's going to be around $50, but that includes all the DLC, which would cost more than $20 for everything anyway.

Yeah but the thing is I don't care for the game much and wouldn't have bought any of the dlc.  It's not a game I actually really want to play.  It's a game that I'd play for a few days and sorta enjoy if I get it for $20.

Why bother, then?  Even at $20 that's a waste.

Because I sort of liked the demo.  Are you telling me there aren't any games you kind of enjoy but you wouldn't pay $40+ for?  There are lots for me.  Especially when it comes to anime/gundam games.  I liked the Hokuto demo because it lets me play out story from the manga and beat the crap out of dudes with badass moves.  Otoh the graphics are fucking horrible, the controls are stiff and the gameplay is shallow and often badly designed.  So it has plus/minus factors and therefore I'd like to play it for about $20. 

I don't buy games I "don't actually really want to play" and would "play for a few days and sorta enjoy," no.  That sounds like a rental.  If even that.   The game had a shitty demo anyway.

[Bebpo]

I agree those kind of games are better as rentals, but I don't use gamefly and that's about the only choice in renting games.  So instead I just buy "rental" type games when they are cheap.  I do try to borrow games from friends if they get stuff day 1 that I wasn't that interested in but was curious about.  Going to borrow Castlevania at some point.

[brawndolicious]

Picked up fallout: new vegas and just cause 2 for $65+tax.  This is the first year I'm not waiting in line at a brick and mortar store and shopping online instead for black friday.

If you haven't picked up a 360 yet, you might want to wait.  Dell has a 250GB+Kinect Slim bundle for $360 on Monday.  You could sell the kinect sensor and anything else you don't need for at least $150.

[Trent Dole]

Just ordered Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011 for $30 on Amazon.

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[AdmiralViscen]

I didn't think Splosion Man was that hard. Certainly not in the first few levels.

[Yeti]

I picked up a ton of games from amazon's sales they've been having

PS3:
Infamous
3D Dot Heroes or whatever it's called
(With these two games I'll now have 3 PS3 games haha)

X360:
Resident Evil 5
Batman Arkham Asylum
Fallout New Vegas
Left 4 Dead 2


I've been playing Batman, it's an awesome game. I just beat it tonight, I was really impressed with it.

[demi]

wow awesome. now we dont have to play ps3 install when i visit.

[Yeti]

Oh yeah, I also got Alan Wake pretend book edition

[bork]

There's some Cyber Monday stuff going on right now.  Don't know if they've been claimed yet, but Phantasy Star Portable 2 is $14 and Valkyria II is $19 at Amazon.

I repurchased Splinter Cell Convictions for $13.

[Bocsius]

Ended up getting Reach for $39 something on Amazon.com. Hope it doesn't suck like ODST.

[demi]

I bought this off CL

http://toledo.craigslist.org/vgm/2083391070.html

[CHOW CHOW]

I bought this off CL

http://toledo.craigslist.org/vgm/2083391070.html

Why bother.. none of those games have XBL achievements.  Unless they're for resale..

[demi]

Personal collection (except the Xenogears guide, I already own one of those, that is for resale/trade)

[Raban]

Huh. Totally bought.

[fistfulofmetal]

http://www.amazon.com/EA-Games-40490The-Saboteur-Download/dp/B004BA5EOC/ref=dsvrt_myd_asin_block

bought.

[Eel O'Brian]

hopefully it runs well for you, i had a lot of problems with it

had to set affinity to two cores and turn down a bunch of settings just to get the framerate out of the teens, and that's on an i5-760 with a gtx 460 gpu

[fistfulofmetal]

forgot about this thread

i hear they patched the game so it should run fine

[demi]

Paid $3 at TRU... still havent opened.

[pilonv1]

Saboteur sucks. Once you get over the interesting setting and colour/b&w dynamic it's the worst parts of every other sandbox game combined into one.

[Eel O'Brian]

^lies

[pilonv1]

So what's good about it then?

Besides the awesome fight on a zeppelin I found nothing redeeming about it. And I tried desperately to like it because I loved the setting.

[Eel O'Brian]

The characters, the story missions, the climbing on rooftops and jumping on zip lines, the sabotage side activities, the cars, the music, the wanton destruction...

the shooting's not that great and sometimes the climbing gets bunged

not the greatest game in the world, but it has style to spare and isn't bogged down with having to go on dates or wade through an ocean of copy/pasted creatures

it's better than GTAIV and Crackdown 2, but not as good as RDR

[Beezy]

it's better than GTAIV and Crackdown 2, but not as good as RDR

not hard to do

[Raban]

it's better than GTAIV and Crackdown 2, but not as good as RDR

not hard to do

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/broken_sword

All three Broken Sword games for $7

[demi]

Weird, I dont recall there being a third game.................................................................................

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Weird, I dont recall there being a third game.................................................................................

I also was not aware of the "Director's Cut" of the first game. Good deal!

[archie4208]

http://www.impulsedriven.com/masseffect2

Mass Effect 2 for $10 if you can't wait for the Steam sale.

[chronovore]

http://www.amazon.com/EA-Games-40490The-Saboteur-Download/dp/B004BA5EOC/ref=dsvrt_myd_asin_block

bought.

Saboteur sucks. Once you get over the interesting setting and colour/b&w dynamic it's the worst parts of every other sandbox game combined into one.

Fistful and I can soon make a "whine about Saboteur" thread, then. I've had it on 360 and -fool of fools that I am- I'm still looking forward to it. RIP Pandemic, you were great, once upon a time.

[archie4208]

http://www.direct2drive.com/9751/product/Buy-Darksiders-Download

Darksiders for $16 (use the coupon 'hohoho' at checkout).  It is a Steamworks game so you get to register it there.

[Bebpo]

Yeah I reaaaally shouldn't have bought that at launch for $40.  Still haven't played past the intro.  I need to stop buying PC games until they are dirt cheap!

[cool breeze]

In general I don't see the reason to buy a game at full price unless you want to play it that instant.  I mean, unless you really want to support the developer or think it will be hard to find (which never happens these days).

[Smooth Groove]

With how quickly prices have dropped this gen, waiting for a price cut seems to be the wise thing to do for games that you don't need to play immediately.  Since Red Dead Redemption, I've stopped buying games at release unless I'm absolutely sure that I'd be playing them in the next couple of days.  I got at least 10 console games that I've yet to open.  Most of them were bought at slightly discounted prices but they still cost way more than what they do now.  

[Bebpo]

In general I don't see the reason to buy a game at full price unless you want to play it that instant.  I mean, unless you really want to support the developer or think it will be hard to find (which never happens these days).

Well, actually yeah I was doing it to support good PC ports of X360/PS3 games.  Dunno if it helped, lol.

[Smooth Groove]

Was Darksiders from Activision?  If so, the ports will keep on coming.  Activision will milk a game any way it can. 

[demi]

THQ

[Cravis]

GoHastings.com has free shipping today only with the code FREESHIP on used games. In addition they've got most of their stuff marked down by 20%. I picked up some older stuff that I had been wanting to try for dirt cheap. There's a shit ton of X Box games that come out to be $1.70 each.

[demi]

Today is "FREE SHIPPING DAY" across the net, so most places [should] offer free ship.

http://www.freeshippingday.com/

[ManaByte]

Not gaming related, but iTunes is having a sale on BBC seasons for $10 each. Seeing as how the BluRays sell for $70 a season for Doctor Who, $10 is a steal.

[Joe Molotov]

That's pretty cheap for big black cock.