Category: Xbox 360 to One BC

I know I’m late, see prior post :).  Here is the official sales link.  Some good stuff thrown in here, I might even pick up one or two (Comix Zone keeps tempting me).  DLC of the week seems to be Red Faction: Guerrilla with a couple of super cheap dlc (reminder, it is not backwards compatible yet, though I have good feeling it will be).  Enjoy the rest of your week.

*sigh*, sorry about this post being so late.  The site got hosed on Tuesday early morning, and I was not able to get it repaired until Wednesday night.  In the process, we did have a sale and two backwards compatibility games added to the database. Brutal Legend is one of those fun games that I have never got a chance to play and GH Paintball 2, well I am not sure I ever want the chance to play.  But they are out there, and it’s a good thing.  Brutal Legend and GH Paintball 2 are both available physically, while only Brutal Legend is available digitally.  Thankfully GH Paintball 2 is reasonably priced for those who are curious.  Enjoy.

• Brutal Legend $14.99 (cheaper on disc)
  • Free DLC – Hammer of Infinite Fate
  • Free DLC – Tears of Hextadon
  • Free DLC – The Love Giver Guitar
• Greg Hastings Paintball 2 (only available on physical disc, should run you about $10)

Holy crap.  And here I thought we would never get Rumble Roses.  I just assumed it was one of those games that was just to be bottled up and forgotten about.  But no, when it got re-listed (after being delisted for so long) on Xbox Live to buy as a digital title I got a little excited since that’s usually a good indicator.  Welp, my odd dreams have been answered.  I might actually fire it up soon and run through a couple of title runs.  $14.99 is reasonable for the digital since a physical copy will probably run you about $20.  Zone of the Enders isn’t even available digitally and a physical copy will run you $10-$15.  But this kinda thing gives me hope for games like Gun.  Have a good rest of the week, enjoy.

• Rumble Roses XX $14.99 (physical copy available as well)
• Zone of the Enders HD Collection (only available on disc)

Hope everybody enjoyed my review of Elea – Episode One.  It was a lot of fun to play and review that.  I’ve actually beat the game twice now and have all but two achievements.  I’m in the top 10 @ TrueAchievements mostly because only one person has actually 100% ed it.  The last two are difficult though.  One involves sitting on everything you can throughout the entire game, the other involves completing all of the optional interactions in the spaceship chapter.  The later is difficult because after a certain point, everything closes down in that chapter because it is gearing you for the end of the game.  So, somehow I have to complete all of the extra stuff before that happens.  We’ll see I guess.

So, we have a bunch of sales this week. A lot of Assassin’s Creed, a lot of Battlefield, a lot of Tom Clancy.  However, hidden among all of that are some standout discounting like ArcaniA (and its DLC) along with Black Knight Sword.  Honestly, I doubt these would become backwards compatible (though I would happily be wrong in that case) but at that price it should be still worth your money.

By the way, speaking of titles that have not gotten backwards compatibility, Kingdom of Amalur.  That game is now in the hands of Nordic (no longer EA).  Supposedly they would like to do a sequel, but I would guess now that they bought the rights to the title they would probably also do a remastering of the original.  So while not certain of course, this probably means no BC.  Unfortunate, but a lot of these smaller RPGs on the 360 get pushed aside and unfortunately forgotten.  Tis a sad fate for RPGs not named Skyrim, Dragon Age or Fallout on Xbox.  Enjoy the rest of your week kids.

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Well, I did finish the 3rd episode of Minecraft story over the past week.  I will probably finish all of the episodes before the end of the year but I’m not all excited about it.  Instead, I started Elea Episode One last night which is a walking simulator with light puzzles and some peril.  At least that’s what it seems like through the first couple of chapters.  Of course I will have the review posted by the time this hits next week, I’m hoping by Friday (I gave myself a deadline of Saturday but I’m going to try and finish early).

Anyway, we have sales today.  It’s a lot of sales to be honest including some DLC as well as a couple of Xbox Original games.  Destroy All Humans @ $2.99 is a steal, that’s for sure.  I’ll work on links for the 80+ titles here but it will probably take me a while since the Major has not posted the official list and instead I only have to work with the way TA does it.  Hit the –Read More–.  Enjoy.

EDIT: 1:30PM Update – Official Link to Major Nelson’s sales page.  There are some hold overs from the previous week but I won’t try to list them separately.  If you think I’m missing something between last week’s list and this one, please drop me a line.  Thanks!

Continue reading “BC Deals with Gold for the Week of September 4th, 2018” →

Well, certainly color me surprised.  Don’t tell Microsoft they don’t have a 360 sale this week, because they do.  A lot of good DLC on sale too, I’ll probably pick up the Asura’s Wrath DLC if nothing else.    On the regular game side, a lot of good deals that we have probably seen before.  However, if you haven’t gotten these prior to today, things like Remember Me @ $4.99 (not BC) or Duck Tales (Arcade Version) (BC) @ 3.74 worth picking up.  Click the –Read More–.  Enjoy!

Continue reading “BC Deals with Gold – Updated – August 29th, 2018” →

Pardon me, if I just don’t give a crap :).  Yes, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was added today.  All of you folks can stop complaining now.  Finally, now we can move on to more important titles like Gun, Rumble Roses XX, and Outpost Kaloki X.  I’m semi-serious.  Enjoy.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – $14.99 (19.99 Normally) (cheaper on disc)

Looks like the new Games with Gold are being announced today.   I’m not sure how to feel about it.  I have both of the Xbox 360 games, except that I guess I can get rid of my physical copy of Lego Star Wars III.  On the Xbox One side, I am mostly looking forward to Livelock, but I also have a physical copy of Prison Architect. So, really there isn’t much for me this month (unless I’m looking to free up a couple of physical copies), but hopefully you folks aren’t as unlucky as I am.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Prison Architect: Xbox One Edition (September 1st-30th)
• Livelock (September 16th – October 15th)

Xbox 360

• Lego Star Wars III (September 1st-15th)
• Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (September 16th-30th)

Well, I am about halfway through the third episode of Minecraft Story.  The story is slightly picking up but it certainly isn’t at the level of some of the other Telltale games I have played.  It’s more of the fact that I have all eight episodes, and now I feel some weird need to finish them all.  Oh wait, that’s not weird, that’s the way I always am.

I also finished my first ACA NeoGeo game last week, Metal Slug.  100%ed it in 3 nights (at about half an hour a night).  It had some challenge, but practice made it perfect and I moved on.  I will attempt Burning Fight next in a week or so.

I am also playing Ziggurat still, I have all of the perks now.  The only things left that I can reasonably get is unlocking all of the characters (two left) and completing the bestiary (missing 11 Bone Summoners).  At that point, it will leave me with 6 missing achievements, all of which I am okay with admitting I’m not good enough to complete.  But I’ve gotten way more than my money’s worth when it comes to that game.

Anyway, if you haven’t figured it out, I’m being long and drawn out because there are no 360 sales right now I’m aware of right now.  Here is the sales page for Xbox One.  There are some good sales in there, but I was hoping for some 360/BC sales for the week.  Unfortunately, there wasn’t even any new BC announcements last week either.  I guess due to Gamescom, that just wasn’t the priority.  Hopefully that changes, and we have something to talk about a little later.  Enjoy.

10:30 am Edit: I have added the real link to Major’s page above.  Still nothing for the 360, but progress I guess.

Welp, for those who don’t know I turned 43 this weekend.  It was a nice birthday, I enjoyed it with my family (my wife and son) and that was that.  Nothing special, just simple and laid back.  Honestly that’s all you could ask for.  On the gaming front, I’m nearly through episode 2 of Minecraft Story mode.  I’m sticking with it for the time being, and I wish I could say why (because I have no clue).  But I am.  I did buy some of those NeoGeo games (Burning Fight, King of Monsters, Metal Slug)  from last week and will be trying to squeeze them in for the next month or so.  Oh, and of course I got the Sleeping Dogs 360 DLC.

Anyway, we do have some sales this week.  A lot of things we have seen on sale before.  I am still secretly hoping that the Risens go to backwards compatibility at some point.  But perhaps it is just so I have an excuse to buy them at these super low prices.  Enjoy your week.