Topic: Bunch of stuff on sale on XBLA

[Cobra951]

Details here.  I picked up Double Fine's Costume Quest for 600 points ($7.50) and I only had to spend 400 ($5) because I've had 300 leftover forever.  Yayz. 

[K-man]

FINALLY DOOM 2!

Been waiting on that one to drop for a while.  Thanks for the heads up Cobra!

[K-man]

Looks like they're going to add to it

Sales & Specials:
April 1: Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" add-on - 400 MS Points ($5)
April 1: Comic Jumper - 400 MS Points ($5)
April 1: Deadliest Warrior - 200 MS Points ($2.50)
April 1: Fable 3 "Understone" add-on - 200 MS Points ($2.50)
Xbox Live Arcade:
March 30: Rush 'N Attack: Ex-Patriot -- 800 MS Points ($10)
March 30: Islands of Wakfu -- 800 MS Points ($10)
April 6: The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile -- 800 MS Points ($10)
Deal of the Week:
March 29 – April 4: A World of Keflings - 400 MS Points ($5)
March 29 – April 4: Worms 2: Armageddon - 400 MS Points ($5)
March 29 – April 4: Worms 2: Battle Pack - 200 MS Points ($2.50)
March 29 – April 4: Raskulls - 400 MS Points ($5)
April 5 – 11: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Vietnam" add-on - 600 MS Points ($7.50)
April 5 – 11: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Onslaught Mode" add-on - 200 MS Points ($2.50)
April 5 – 11: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Kit Shortcut Bundle Pack" - 600 MS Points ($7.50)
April 5 – 11: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Specact Upgrade Bundle" - 240 MS Points ($3)
April 5 – 11: Battlefield 1943 - 600 MS Points ($7.50)
Games on Demand:
March 29: Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 (price TBA)
Xbox Avatar Marketplace
March 31: LA Noire
March 31: Red Faction Armageddon
April 7: Section 8: Prejudice
DLC:
March 29: Mass Effect 2 "Arrival" add-on - 560 MS Points ($7)
March 29: You Don't Know Jack "Jack Pack 2: Best of the Webshow" add-on - 400 MS Points ($5)
April 6: Stacking "Lost Hobo King" add-on - 400 MS Points ($5)


The bolded ones are the things i'll be interested in.

[Cobra951]

Some of that is just announcing what's coming up.  Games on Demand are often stupidly expensive when they first release.  But yeah, that's quite a list regardless.  Thanks for putting it together.

Went and looked.  H.A.W.X. 2 is $30.  Not bad, but not a sale.

Costume Quest is perfect at that price.  I loved it, but I'm basically done with it.  The only things I have left to do is (maybe) find a few more items and see what the costumes I never bothered with look like in battle.  You can pretty much stick to the same 3 costumes through most of the game.  It's generally easy until the final boss, when you have to think more carefully about outfits and assigned battle cards.

[K-man]

Right, I just copied the article over without paying too much attention.

Definitely some sales I'm going to hit up very soon though

[W7RE]

BFBC2 Vietnam and Onslaught mode are tempting. I haven't played the game in months though. I wonder just how much content is in Vietnam.

[W7RE]

This week (week of April 12) the following stuff will be on sale:

Arcade titles

Toy Soldiers - 800msp
Perfect Dark - 400msp
Magic: The Gathering - 400msp
South Park: Tower Defence - 400msp
Splosion Man - 400msp
Braid - 400msp
Snoopy Flying Ace - 400msp
Uno Rush - 400msp
Duke Nukem 3D - 400msp
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project 400msp

DLC

Halo Reach: Noble Pack - 400msp
Halo 3: Mythic II Pack - 400msp
Halo 3 Mythic Pack - 200msp
Gears of War 2: All Fronts - 400msp
Forza 3: Community Choice - 200msp
Forza 3: Sidewinder - 200msp
Forza 3: Hot Holidays - 200msp
Crackdown 2: Toy Box - 280msp
Crackdown 2: Deluge - 280msp
Alan Wake: The Writer - 280msp
Trials HD: Big Thrills - 200msp


Some really good games in there. Its' a shame I already own the ones that would interest me most. ('Splosion Man, Braid, Perfect Dark, Duke Nukem 3D)



As I posted in this Magic the Gathering thread, I'm sort of interested in Magic on XBLA. Not sure if it's gonna be a money sink in the long run or not, like the real card game is.

[Cobra951]

There's also a sale on Capcom games for Gold subscribers.

Marvel vs Capcom - 600
Mega Man 10 - 400
Final Fight: Double Impact - 400
Bionic Commando: Rearmed - 400
Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD - 600

(100 pts = $1.25 US)

[Cobra951]

Snoopy Flying Ace - 400msp (buy this people)

After downloading the trial again, I remember now why I turned my back on it.  It's so ridiculously short that you get no sense at all of what the game is about, or how well it plays.  I got angry then and turned my back on the game.  Checking the reviews, the full game itself is reported to be way short as well, like 2 hours short.  The bulk of its longevity is online multiplayer, which for whatever reason I've been shying away from for years.  Without a meaty solo component, even $5 is just too much.  I'm tempted, but not enough.

[K-man]

ah man perfect dark and braid are tempting at that price.

[W7RE]

lol I just realized the "buy this people" on the end of Snoopy Flying Ace. I copied the list over from NeoGAF, so that's the recommendation from someone there. I didn't think it looked interesting enough to even try the demo.