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360 Gaming on a Budget
Lindsay Lohan
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So I just bought myself a shiny new (refurbished) high def console. On it's way is a 360 with 20gb harddrive with my name on it. Unfortunately we in the middle of moving so money isn't flowing as freely as an open stream.
What are a few of the must try 360 games that I should try to pick up that might be had super cheap now?
I just saw Crackdown for $10 at TRU and I think Soul Calibur will be on sale this weekend for $10 as well. Are either worth it? I like just about every genre.
Are there demos and such that I'll be able to waste some time with as well?
What are a few of the must try 360 games that I should try to pick up that might be had super cheap now?
I just saw Crackdown for $10 at TRU and I think Soul Calibur will be on sale this weekend for $10 as well. Are either worth it? I like just about every genre.
Are there demos and such that I'll be able to waste some time with as well?
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And if you're willing to wait, you can probably clean up the next time GameStop has a buy-2-get-1 free used sale, though I don't know when that exactly will be. I wouldn't bank on that $10 Soul Calibur 4, since that's part of a larger alleged Best Buy clearance sale and there are going to be so many SlickDeals/Fatwallet/CheapassGamer people hoarding that you'll have to fight tooth and nail to get one right at opening.
For sub-$20 360 games that I recommend, there's Burnout Paradise and/or Revenge, plus Dead Rising. The first Gears should be pretty cheap nowadays too, and if you can find Earth Defense Force 2017 it's mindless fun.
Stuff I've liked that is cheap now:
Bioshock is easy to find in the $20 range.
Crackdown is great.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is good if you like co-op or X-men Legends.
Assassin's Creed was pretty good, you can find it for $20 now.
I've been looking at Cheapassgamer a lot recently. They've upgraded their database over the past few months. Now you can search a game and get prices from everyone that sells it. Even better, you can set a threshold price. If a game drops below that, you get an email telling you about it.
Dark Sector
The Darkness
Both $10, both highly underrated.
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Dark Sector u can find used for ~15
The Darkness
Braid
The first 3 may not blow you away like WHOA, but they are good and great pickups for their current prices.
Braid will blow you away like WHOA.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
Soul Caliber may be less worth it, since it's a fighting game that really needs you to have access to some decent competition to reach its full potential. I'd assume that most fighting fans on the 360 have moved on by now to SF4. But for $10 bucks who knows?
Also keep your eyes open for:
Earth Defense Force 2017
Dark Sector
The Darkness
Rainbow Six: Vegas and its sequel
GRAW and its sequel
DMC 4
Dead Rising
You can probably find each of these for $20 or less if you poke around a bit. There are plenty of older retail games on the 360 that are great and cheap. And once you dive into Arcade, it just gets more ridiculous.
Honestly, with the AAA turnaround on the 360, it doesn't take too long for games to come down to reasonable prices. Within a year it's almost a guarantee that the game will be $30 or less.
Best money you will ever spend.
Thanks for the input - maybe I'll grab one or two games out the gate and just play demos for a month or so to get an idea what to buy next. With the Wii and DS I did Gamefly for 2 months or so before spending much on buying games, but I think demos will eliminate that need!
Oh, and Braid does look fantastic. That and Pac Man championship have taunted me long enough!
How is the Katamari game on the 360? And how is the backwards compatibility? I never played an Xbox, so I missed Halo 1/2, Kotor 1/2, etc etc etc.
It's perfectly perfect for the licensed stuff. I was able to play Wall-E at release though it and saved $50-$60. It's one of those games that's good, but not worth a second playthrough and something you don't want to end up keeping anyway.
I say check it out.
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Microsoft will also run xbox live sales, for example 20% off braid or half off alien hominid, again cheapass gamer will usually have this info ahead of time. Amazon also recently got into selling xbla titles and has been discounting them.
You mentioned Pacman:CE, it is on the Namco Museum collection for 360 which is currently on sale at Gamestop for $15 new.
Video stores also usually have used games at decent and sometimes amazing prices, just be familiar with the return policy in case you get a horribly mangled disc. If it installs to the harddrive it will usually be good.
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Thanks for the tip on the Namco Museum thing - I'll have to check that one out.
This.
Seriously, Pacman : CE might be the only game I need from here on out.
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Make sure to get the Greatest hits edition that contains the DLC and some other stuff for $20 new. Its a space opera rpg with 3rd person tactical shootery like combat.
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And you can find it for half that price now! 9 used and 10 new at ebgames. At least in Canada.
Got Mass Effect for the PC for $20 as well, hell of a bargain for such a good game. Going through the game for a second time to play as a Biotic (first time was a soldier specializing in assault rifles); Mass effect has strong replay value given all the unique playstyles and different story developments you can take in the game.
Apparently pretty soon! There's a buy-2-get-1-free deal going on for all used games/accessories at GameStop all this weekend, so now's the perfect time to pick up some games.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=522429&t=1311429
This was mentioned earlier, but just be forewarned: The sale has been posted at every major bargain-hunter site, plus a ton of video game-specific sites. Most of the die-hards have already bought the games a week ahead of time and are just going in on Sunday to price adjust, and the rest will line up before the store opens.
CAG is a great resource, but once something hits SlickDeals or FatWallet, you're dealing more with eBay hoarders and resellers, so I've found unless it's online it's almost never worth trying to jump in on the deal.
It's racing + LEGO, and it's great because it is important to be a good driver/pilot and also a good engineer for making the best vehicle for the job. It's super satisfying to outthink a challenge occasionally rather than outdrive it.
Just gonna say, this was the least expensive game that has moved me to tears recently. I am a pussy, but the tear to dollar ratio is worth noting.
My wife works at Best Buy so I had her hide me a few titles back behind Geek Squad.
I take it this is not the first time you've played "Hide the Infinite Undiscovery" with your wife. :winky:
The first time since having a son and getting married anyway...(sigh)
Although the main problem is that you are going to need points. So first you will need to buy a few games, trade them over goozex so you can build up some points, and trade
Check it out. Some really good prices on games there.
edit: and if you're into motocross, there's always Mx Vs Atv: Untamed. It's better than Pure and those other crap games.
On Guitar Hero - I have RB2/GHWT for the Wii so despite it's lack of harddrive I'm locked into that console for now since I've already got at least $50 in DLC.
Thanks to b2g1 I grabbed:
Burnout Paradise
Dead Rising
Mass Effect
Rainbow Six Vegas
Crackdown
Assasin's Creed
I think I spent like $8 total! Now I'm just praying the system shows up tomorrow
great selections there. you won't have to come back for recommendations till next year. Have fun.
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