Category: Xbox 360 to One BC

Welp, I am still playing Game of Thrones Telltale, made it through the second episode which was much better than the first.  The story was tighter and I felt more involved than the first episode.  I can see why a lot of people abandoned it.  But not stubborn me, and at least for now it seems like my stubbornness is being rewarded.  I also spent a little bit of time 100%ing Baseball Stars NeoGeo and capped off my performance with a 12-4 rout in Hi-Score mode.  Patience and perseverance.

Anyway, on to a very very large sale.  Basically this is the kind of sale that if you were waiting for a particular title that is BC to go on sale, it’s probably here.  Odd ball stuff, like the Hardwood series, the Sega Vintage Collection (I might pick up Alex Kidd), heck Word Puzzle, this is the week to get it.  It’s not so much the week to get for example, Mass Effect or Call of Duty for the multi-billion time.  So take some time to look through the list, highlight a few that look interesting (that you normally don’t see) and get them.  It might be another 6 months, year or even longer before you see many of these others on sale again.  Prices will populate today as I get time, it’s a lot :).  Everything is after the –More–.  Enjoy.

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Well, as mentioned last week I have been playing Telltale’s Game of Thrones.  I am halfway through the second episode (which is so much better written than the first).  I also started playing Costume Quest and I’m a few “quests” in so to speak.  It’s not bad but it’s hard to get ultra excited about a game about getting candy and I can only eat ultra specific candy these days.  (Organic, Gluten-Free, No Artificial Colors, etc)  That would be the old person talking in me I suppose.

We have quite a few sales this week.  There doesn’t seem to be any persistent “theme” in this mix, just a slather of games for us to go through.  I do find it interesting that the original Kane & Lynch is here at a deep deep sale.  I would think it has to go BC one of these days, so this would probably be a good week to pick it up.  The Final Fantasies are again on sale but with most big name RPGs, people already have the disc for these suckers.  Also, even though it will never be BC (or very unlikely), SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam! is on a deep discount and has been de-listed before (and likely to be again).  If you have any desire to play it, spend the $1.49 and get it already.  Have a great week, enjoy.

Another BC announcement this week. I’ve played the remastered Hitmans before and honestly they are very difficult games to play. Of course I have never considered myself a master of stealth when it comes to video games.  I never lurk well in the shadows (unless I’m playing Skyrim).  If you don’t enjoy paying the $24.99 digital price, you can try snagging a physical copy for possibly less (but that might be a harder venture).  Still, good release today and always happy to see new titles under the BC banner.

• Hitman HD Pack $24.99 (Also available on disc)

Well this is what I call an excellent announcement (at least for me anyhow). I picked both of these up in sales a while back hoping and wishing that they would get to BC since both of them made a lot of sense.  From Dust is a UBISoft title (which they have been excellent in supporting BC) and Costume Quest’s sequel has been a BC title for a couple of years now.  So that day has come and this is also a good thing since that means XBLA games are still going to BC.  I just wish Costume Quest’s DLC was on sale this week (it would certainly fit the theme).  Enjoy.

• From Dust $14.99
• Costume Quest $14.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Grubbins on Ice $4.99

Welp, I did finish Ninja Combat Neo Geo on X1 last week.  I know I thought this might be the first one I was not able to 100%, but no…I got through it.  Like most things in the arcade world (Neo Geo included), it’s practice and perseverance (that whole “unlimited quarters” thing helps too).  I have started a new game, but it’s one you probably wouldn’t expect.  TellTale’s Game of Thrones.  I know, I know, it’s supposed to be not very good.  But I have the X1 disc, and everybody was concerned it wasn’t going to work anymore.  Well rather it was luck or good timing, I was able to download all of the episodes and I decided there was no time like the present to start playing.  So I’ll probably get through an episode a week.  And I’ll probably have to play something along side it or else I’ll get bored really quick.

Anyway, on to sales. Dubbed as the Spring Add On Sale, this listing will have a lot of DLC for you to sink your teeth into.  The usual Assassins Creed, Fallout and Mass Effect DLCs are here, but there are also a few oddball extra content nuggets like Dead Space 2 and Kane & Lynch 2.  Lots to go through, just take your time.  You have all week after all (this is more a message to myself than accusing any of you similar actions).  Enjoy (hit the –More– for all of the BC titles)!

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Well this is something of a confusing announcement.  On the surface, it looks fairly normal.  Until you realize that this does not include the vanilla version of Ninja Gaiden 3 and while there are disc copies for Ninja Gaiden 3: RE, you might be better off buying the digital for $30 since disc copies are fairly hard to come by.  Trials Evolution is also weird since it is actually a delisted game (though it might make a comeback) and I would not trust the digital listing on Amazon I saw.  Also, no disc copies for this game either.  So it’s one of those, if you already have them…great!  If you don’t, then you might just want pass this listing by.  Take care kiddoes.

• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge $29.99(Also available on disc if you can find it)
• Trials Evolution (currently not available, but could conceivably make a comeback).

Well, I didn’t play too many games last week.  A round or two of Road Redemption, I played some Pinball FX3 (got the Son of Zeus table achievement) and started a Neo Geo game in Ninja Combat.  I might have picked a Neo Geo game that I can’t 100%, it’s very hard in comparison to the others I have played.  I will certainly give it a few dozen shots I’m sure but it’s going to take some doing.  We shall see.

There are some sales this week, well just be sure to like Star Wars.  It is also hard to get excited about Xbox Original sales when a few of those have already been free.  Actually most Star Wars items tend to be free at some point (if you are a Gold member of course), so we shall just see if we get a new backwards compatible game instead.  Take care and enjoy.

Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced this morning. I’m certainly happy about the Golf Club announcement as I own the previous two and didn’t really feel like buying the next one in the series.  I know nothing about Marooners and hopefully it does not suck too bad.  The 360 games are certainly different and I’ll be very happy to try out Comic Jumper if nothing else.  I’d say it is a solid announcement and hopefully the sign of a good week.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Marooners (May 1st-31st)
• The Golf Club 2019 (May 16th – June 15th)

Xbox 360

• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon  (May 1st-15th)
• Comic Jumper (May 16th-31st)

Well, I am done with the campaign side of Road Redemption and working on campaign+ (got to the last stage and just ran out of track).  Looks like the developers released another patch over the past week and my progress bar on my money is going up again.  So I jumped from 16% to 51% (and now at 56%).  Unfortunately, my progress bar on dying in a campaign 30 times has not.  I’m not too worried about it, I just wish it wasn’t stuck anymore.  I need to start playing something different, lol.

Here are the sales.  Not too many BC games, it’s quite possible that Toy Story Mania eventually becomes a BC title, but certainly far from guaranteed.  I want to purchase Red Faction 2 at that price but old school shooters not named Doom, Wolf3d, Duke don’t tend to hold up.  Maybe I will anyway, enjoy the week kiddoes.

This was announced yesterday, sorry for the late transmission.  I’m actually a little more excited that Fable II and III got enhanced graphics for Xbox One X (and i don’t even have one) but I’m glad just the same.  Ninja Gaiden has always been a hard series and this game was certainly no different.  Note, this is not available digitally at this time, but there was a rumor that it was coming back to the Xbox store, so feel free to check in a week if you would like.  Enjoy.

• Ninja Gaiden II (Only on Disc currently)
  • DLC w/Achievements – Mission Mode $6.99