Category: Xbox 360 to One BC

Well, I did finish Noir Chronicles over the past week.  It went pretty fast at the end and it was one of those games when I finished the story, I finished all of the achievements too which was nice.  The same can’t be said for Dear Esther which I did finish the main story but I had to go back to get the first chapter Urn (which I missed) and now I’m going through the Director’s Commentary (about half done).  I appreciate the game for what it’s trying to do (and it is gorgeous to look at) but I just wish there was more of a point to it.  After that, I’m not sure what I’m going to play next, it could be Borderlands 3 or maybe another story-centric type game (think Plague Tale: Innocence).  Not sure just yet.

Right now, there are some Xbox One sales but unfortunately no Xbox 360 sales.  Last week, I did buy the premium edition of Batman: Arkham Knight since it was only $10 (and I  had a $5 reward to burn).  It seemed like one of those I should probably just go ahead and buy things even though I probably don’t want to dive into it just yet.

Anyway, I will add to this should we get any Xbox 360 sales but I’m going to guess that the 360 sales are probably on the way out with all of the announcements on the new systems lately.  My major source of frustration was that they halted production on the Xbox One X.  I have two Xbox One’s, the regular (Forza Blue edition) and then a Xbox One X, and I was just hoping that I could replace it if it broke down.  Hopefully that won’t happen anytime soon for either model.  The good news is that the new system will support backwards compatibility on all existing 360/OG BC titles and all Xbox One titles (except for those that are Kinect only).

I guess in the meantime I need to figure out the next step for this site.  I would like it to be a review site, but that means I need to start reviewing more (and not just for my old friend Gino on Upcomingdiscs.com).  But that will come and I’m certainly not abandoning this site anytime soon.  So enjoy, and take care.

Well, I am progressing through Noir Chronicles, I’m close to 2/3rds done with the game and basically just taking my time.  I have all of the speed achievements and now just need to finish the game to get the rest.  I did actually start something new but I think I picked the game in a moment of weakness.  It’s called Dear Esther and for those who haven’t played it, it’s a walking simulator.  Which I don’t mind, but the story is odd and not in an interesting way either.  I will put in the time to finish it (though the achievements require 2 playthroughs which I didn’t realize when I started it), but it might take a little bit as I get kinda bored of it after only one chapter usually.

We do have some sales this week, but honestly not very much. I kinda wish that ArcaniA was on the BC list as I already purchased it on a previous sale.  But unfortunately that is not the case.  Lego Batman 2, I played through when it was put on BC and was certainly one of the better Lego games, right up there with the Harry Potters which still stand out in my mind as the best.  Destroy All Humans, remember there is going to be a remastered version on the Xbox One coming out so if you care about achievements (or enhanced graphics), you might want to hold off.  Anyway, that’s it for me this week.  Enjoy.

Hello there, in the boring world known as my gaming I completed the game Spider Solitaire F.  Yes, that silly solitaire game.  100 games of solitaire and let’s move on to something else like Artifex Mundi games.  Noir Chronicles I am slowly moving through, it’s not that I don’t enjoy it but as previously mentioned it takes me more time than what seems like the average to complete.  I will probably look for something else to play at the same time since I usually play 2 to 3 games at once but at this point I’m not sure exactly what that will be.  I will also be writing a review for the recent release by ClassicFlix for Abbott and Costello’s Africa Screams on Blu-ray.  I have a deep personal attachment to that movie and I hope to share it with the readers by this Friday (that’s the target anyway).

On the plus side this week, we do actually have a fair amount of sales.  We have lots of Tom Clancy, Mega Man and Lost Planet.  And I always have a smile when I see Asura’s Wrath which was one of the most underrated games on the Xbox 360.  Interestingly enough I traded away Super Street Fighter IV this week for a blu-ray, so I guess I could get it back pretty quickly if I wanted digitally.  Anyway, have a good week or at least try to.  Enjoy.

So in the aftermath of Lego NinjaGo, I was kinda all over the place gaming wise last week.  I got in some Slay the Spire, got 2 miscellaneous achievements, played some solitaire, and then on the 4th of July decided to use my Game Pass to play Fractured Minds.  It’s a game about mental health and having lived through a lot of mental health issues and seeing far too much through friends and loved ones, I was able to grasp a lot of what they were trying to accomplish.  The problem was that it took roughly 40 minutes of my time and I will never touch it again.  Far too short, but I appreciate the effort.

I also started playing Noir Chronicles: City of Crime which for those who don’t know is an Artifex Mundi game (Hidden objects/Puzzle Solving).  I used to play a lot of these type games on the computer but grab them when I can on Xbox cheaply.  I can’t beat them in the time that most people can but I still usually beat them and it keeps my mind active as well.

Well, we do have some sales today.  Many of those games were the retail games of their respective DLC that was on sale last week like Dead Space, Mass Effect and so forth.  Always happy to see Alice on here as people always forget that it includes the original (via downloadable free DLC) as well.  Anyway, please be sure to have a good week and try to take it easy if you are working remotely from home.  This might sound like a weird concept but I’ve been working roughly about 20% more than when I was at the “office”.  It’s very easy to fall into this pit of workaholic and despair.  I’ll try to climb out in the next few days, enjoy.

* – Incorrectly priced at the time of this article, should be $3.74.  

Sometimes when you get a full head of steam, you just keep on going.  I finished Lego Ninjago.  Yes I know, I had only finished a couple of the areas of gold bricks.  But I just methodically took down each level and kept going.  The only part where I had a real pause was the Docks race which as it turns out gives everybody pause.  Took me about 30-40 times (3 separate sessions) before I got it and then I beat it by 2 full seconds.  After that, it went fairly easy.  But it’s another completion in the books which feels nice since I really haven’t done much of that this year.

Here are the Xbox Sales for this week.  It looks like a good list, sure there are repeats but anytime we can get some DLC on sale, it’s a huge positive. I will certainly have to check what DLC’s I do have especially when it comes to Dead Space and Mass Effect to see if I can grab one more at really reasonable prices.  Anyway, please have a great week and I will try to do the same.  Maybe I’ll find my next game.  Enjoy.

This past week was a little more productive when it came to gaming.  In Slay the Spire, I got a random achievement with the Silent for poison.  In Lego NinjaGo, I actually made a little headway with completing the first two stages entirely of collectibles.  I have completely skipped the docks for the moment and am nearly done with the Uncrossable Jungle.  I’m at nearly 92% complete so maybe if I systematically takes these down I can actually do it.  Even if I can add one area a week, it would be enough to keep me interested until completion.

Moving on to the sales.  There are some more sales this week than normal but the problem is that its the usual suspects of Sonic, Tom Clancy and Rayman leading the pack.  Some Trials and Persia too but nothing out of the ordinary.  There is a good chance we will have a Games with Gold announcement this week and we’ll see what that brings us.  As usual, please try to have a good week.  Find something different to do, even if its in your home safe and sound.  Enjoy.

Gaming wise last week I can’t say I did a lot.  A few more games of solitaire completed, a couple of rounds of Slay the Spire that went nowhere good, and then there was Lego NinjaGo.  As explained previously, I had beat the game and had amassed over 150 gold bricks (220 total).  Welp, last week for some reason I have already hit that wall that occurs in every Lego game.  Sometimes the wall isn’t so bad, and sometimes it’s pretty relentless but usually this is at the last 10 or 15 bricks.  65 bricks left and I’m already hitting that wall is very troubling.  It mostly has to do with the mini-map which is pretty awful at best.  I’ll look into it this week, but if I can’t get over this hump, I might just move on to something else.  We shall see.

Sales are not exactly plentiful this week but they do exist at least I guess.  Deadfall Adventures is well kinda it.  Furthermore, most people probably grabbed this when it was a GWG title.  Which does remind me, there are two new Games with Gold this morning for the XB1 and 360. Feel free to pick them up, they should be pretty good.  I might mess with Coffee Talk this weekend, it looks like something that wouldn’t take too much effort on my end.  Anyway, that’s it this week, be sure to try and have some fun.  Enjoy.

Naturally, I played more Lego NinjaGo this past week but an odd thing happened, I got to 150 Gold Bricks, popped the achievement and then I haven’t played it since.  It almost felt as if that was all I needed to do even though I still have 70 left to go.  Maybe I just needed a break from the grinding out of gold bricks.  Also, I’m used to the Lego games that let you enable all of your red bricks for the end game.  This one, there are no red bricks, instead you get a very small map which sort of tells you where things are but I’m having trouble deciphering it as well as I need to.  At least it isn’t the races (minus one) that are giving me the trouble I suppose.  I am sure I will go back to it, but I was concerned about burn out.

Outside of that, I played some Solitaire (finished a few more hard boards) and did another few runs of Slay the Spire focusing on the Ironclad character.  The first three runs ended poorly.  The fourth, I got all the way to the third boss but it was not meant to be.  My hit points were right on track but I didn’t have that many relics and my cards weren’t quite as good as I hoped.  You would think I might give up on that game, but it keeps calling me back.

This Week’s Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale Plus Deals Unlocked Sale

Please take a look at this week’s sale, the Deals Unlocked Sale actually started last week but I knew it was going to continue so I waited until now to report on it.  There is some good stuff in here and worth taking a look at.  I really hope for most of us we are trying to get back to a normal life.  I know it’s a strange new world out there, but maybe if we resume some of our usual activities, things won’t seem so bad.  Take care and enjoy.

Well, I certainly made some progress in Lego NinjaGo, beat the story mode, beat all of the dojos and now can concentrate on the infamous gold bricks.  Unfortunately I have about 120 left to complete which will get me the final nine achievements.  The only thing I feel like I’m missing at this point is the Gold Brick detector which is missing from the game (unless someone knows something I don’t).  But I have all of the major character types (including the guys with the dynamite) and theoretically should be able to complete this.  I know I won’t complete it in the next week, but the end of the June is something to shoot for (hopefully).

I also beat Slay the Spire with the Watcher finally (for the second time, the right way so I can get the achievement).  That will probably be my last hurrah with the game as I don’t have the gumption to play with the ascension levels or try to beat that Heart.  If it was a quicker game, I would probably be more interested but roughly an hour or so to get back to that final final boss if I do it right (not to mention the 3 or so failed tries in between) doesn’t really make me want to keep trying.

So we do have some, errr a couple of BC sales for this week.  I think these were carry-overs from the previous week as well but at bargain basement prices.  Unfortunately there is not much to see, at least the Xbox One has a few more games to tide you over if you really need to play something.  As for myself, I will be with the Gold Brick fever and desperately trying to forget the world outside.  Try to have a decent week.  Enjoy.