Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced this week.  Sorry for not catching it sooner, but this time of the year is very busy.  I will warn you that as of right now that Batman: The Telltale Series is completely broken in regards to achievements.  Why you ask?  Because the company that took over the game released a new texture pack of sorts called Shadows mode.  Which is pretty cool in the sense that it gives the game a very “Sin City” like look.  What is not cool is that it didn’t really add any new achievements or things to do.  What is worse, it broke the damn game.  Avoid until you see it fixed.  Tekken 6 is a decent fighting game but it does have some online achievements so you are aware.  Lego Star Wars II the Original Trilogy is only good for those who want a difficult and frustrating Lego game before they became much more polished.  It’s not a great month but if they fix the Batman bugs in time, it can at least be a very good month.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Styx: Shards of Darkness  (January 1st – January 31st)
• Batman: Telltale Series (January 16th – February 15th)

Xbox 360

• Tekken 6 (January 1st-15th)
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (January 16th-31st)

A slow week in gaming for me as I only really played Monster Hunter World and Sam n Max.  In Sam n Max, I’m now through the third episode.  I’m going to attempt to get through all 6 before the end of the year.  It’s doable, but with Christmas and all sorts of wonderful things known as time with the loved ones, I can’t guarantee anything at this point.  I’m also a little over 700 points away from 100,000 gamerscore.  Basically, I could fall through a NeoGeo game and pick up those points.  Just not sure which game I want to do it with.

Monster Hunter World, I’m in a weird place.  I’m at HR 49 and tried the tempered Kirin fight only to find myself woefully underpowered.  In fact, it was a joke.  So now I’m gearing up or attempting to and it’s very slow going.  Melee weapons seem to be a waste of time against it so neither of my max hammers would do any good and the same could be said for my insect glaive.  So I maxed out a bow and hopefully that with the right coating will be what I need.  I’m also working on maxing out a light bowgun since I’ve read those work real well too.  *grumble grumble, I STILL WANT A PAPER GUIDE*

Okay, so we have sales this week, not that much but I can safely say if you don’t have any of these four games that the meager price point is worth going after.  Guardian Heroes and Phantasy Star II are fantastic as are Gunstar Heroes and Jet Set Radio.  Outside of that, maybe you can find something in the Xbox One list that will satisfy you.  Always feel free to post a comment and let me know what you pick  up.  Enjoy your week.

So my gaming last week was kind meager but I did keep playing Monster Hunter World which I didn’t expect.  I was able to zoom past HR 29, and capped again at HR 49.  I really don’t want to fight the Kirin, mostly because I’ve heard he’s a pain in the butt with randoms.  So I’ve been avoiding it like the plague and focusing on tempereds and elder dragons.  All the while, I’m of course upgrading my weapons (still either the glaive or hammer) and armor.  I might as well work on those achievements.  I’m still way behind on crowns though, hate that its a RNG scenario and I always end up on the opposite desired end of those situations.

I did start Sam & Max: Freelance Police, and man is that game slow.  I made it through the first episode but the puzzles don’t make a lot of sense and the humor is so-so compared to the old PC game and the TV series.  I will continue to go through it and should be done with it by the end of the year, but I’m pretty sure I won’t be rushing to play the sequel anytime soon.

Anyway, we have sales.  There isn’t much to see here but that is a great discount on Lego Batman 2 which I absolutely adored playing earlier this year.  Daytona USA and Fighting Vipers are easy completions if you are into that sort of thing.  As always, remember Capcom Arcade Cabinet only contains the first pack of games.  However, the DLC pack with the rest of the games usually gets a sale in a month or so.  Alrighty, have a fun week and enjoy.

Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Sorry about missing that, but the last seven days weren’t kind.  It’s not a bad lineup as I’ll probably download all four but whether I’ll play anything more than one of these titles remains to be seen.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Insane Robots  (December 1st-31st)
• Jurassic World: Evolution (December 16th – January 15th)

Xbox 360

• Toy Story 3 (December 1st-15th)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD (December 16th-31st)

Welp, I didn’t play much last week but I did finish Walking Dead Season 2 and I did finally get through the story mode of Monster Hunter World.  So in other words, there was much rejoicing and sitting through a long final cut scene from MH World.  But I had to or it wouldn’t have saved.  I immediately jumped from HR 15 to HR 29 which is the next break point according to what I’ve read.  I guess I over grind sometimes, lol.  Anyway, I’ll probably put it down for a little bit and I’m guessing move on to Outer Worlds.  I had also planned to look at the older Sam n Max games since I’ve been on a Telltale kick this year.

Well we do have some sales this week.  The Dragon Ages and Crysis series are always a bang for your buck and will get you a ton of hours for very little investment.  The Bureau and Bound by Flame aren’t talked about much but are sleeper gems that can be picked up for a couple of bucks.  So have a great week, I’ll try to do the same, I have had a long seven days and I might be just get rest rather than trying to break into the Outer Worlds.  Enjoy.

It’s been a very long hard, and busy week.  I understand almost nobody cares about the details so I’ll spare them from you.  I’m nearly done with Walking Dead Season 2, I’m halfway through the last episode and should finish up on Wednesday.  I am also playing Monster Hunter again, got past a few tough spots and have I think 3 elder dragons left.  Outer Worlds is on the shelf at the moment and will be picked up again after I finish the story mode of Monster Hunter.

On to the specific sales for this week.  The Black Friday sales are ongoing, I’ve already picked up a couple of games and might grab another game or two.  Not much in this list, of course if you haven’t played Condemned, it’s a fun romp.  I played it a little bit but would love to go back to it at some point.  Take it easy and at the very least try to have a better week than I’m having.  Enjoy.

Alright, sorry for not posting this sooner.  This work week has probably been one of the most hectic I’ve had in a long time.  Of course, I can’t talk about it but just know it was extremely rough.  Anyway, here are the sales.  I’ll jump on later and post some thoughts and update the prices and remove the Non-BC Games.  For right now with what I need to accomplish in my other life, I can only cut and paste (after the bump).  Enjoy.

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Welp, still running through Walking Dead Season 2.  I’m through the third episode and a few chapters gone on the fourth.  Good stuff, I’m glad I’m done with the compound though.  I am going to try to wrap up the whole game by mid next week where I probably won’t play any games for almost a week (depressing, I know).

I also played some Monster Hunter as I finally got over my hump (Nerigigante).  I don’t have much to go until I’ve beaten the story mode but the real trick is whether or not I keep playing after the story mode is complete.  I sometimes feel like I’m getting past these quests with a stroke of luck, not skill.  The only good thing about moving up in class is that the previous creatures that were giving me trouble are much easier now.  As long as I keep upgrading my gear, I guess I have a chance of beating it.

I also played some more Outer Worlds which is a great game.  Problem is, until I’m done with either Walking Dead S2 or Monster Hunter (story mode anyway), I have a hard time fitting in a third game.  Anyway, on to the sales for this week.  Don’t expect much as they are of course gearing up for Black Friday which I’m sure they will have a bunch of sales on popular games that I probably only have a passing interest in.  They really should just blow out these Sonic games instead of these 50% jobs.  But expect this to be the norm with the movie coming out next year.  Which looks a lot better than it did, that’s for sure.  We’ll see what happens.  Until next time kids, enjoy.

Sorry about taking forever today to post this.  Between a power outage and being out of sorts for a good chunk of the day, I finally had a few minutes to get this out to you.  I am through the second episode of Walking Dead Season 2 and into the third.  I still would like to finish all the them before Thanksgiving but it’s not going to come easy.  I also started briefly Outer Worlds because I was so curious after everything I have read.  Only played it for about half an hour but certainly has that Fallout vibe for sure.  I’m not sure if I am going to dump 100 hours into it like Monster Hunter but we’ll see.

Here are the sales for this week.  As you can see, it’s just a bunch of Sonic games.  I do wish Resonance of Fate was backwards compatible, my disc would get more use that’s for sure.  Anyway, probably about that time for me to get back to WD Season 2 or Outer Worlds.  Take care and have a good week.  Enjoy.