Game Deals (No Canadians Allowed!)

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » July 6, 2010, 6:57 pm

Normally people won't buy 3 different racing games either. ModNation being an exclusive cart racer is different enough for the others to get a decent following but the 2 others most likely just split the market.

Also, competing with Red Dead Redemption and Alan Wake didn't help things any.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 6, 2010, 7:11 pm

I'll more than likely pick up both Blur and Split/Second.. Maybe even at the same time. When they get cheaper. Other than the basic racing aspect I think they differ more than they are alike.

miir · Post by **miir** » July 6, 2010, 9:27 pm

Aslanna wrote:I'll more than likely pick up both Blur and Split/Second.. Maybe even at the same time. When they get cheaper. Other than the basic racing aspect I think they differ more than they are alike.

Both are semi-realistic (graphic wise), arcade racers... I think that's close enough.

Both are also quality games.
If you enjoy racing games, you can't go wrong with either.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 7, 2010, 3:56 pm

I have not purchased a racing game since Need for Speed: Underground, which I believe was one of the first XBOX360 releases.

So Blur and Split/Second are the best to choose from?

360 or PS3, I care not which.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 7, 2010, 7:05 pm

Canelek wrote:So Blur and Split/Second are the best to choose from?

360 or PS3, I care not which.

I think that depends on what you're looking for. You should probably check reviews. And I know S/S has a demo I'm not sure on Blur. It probably does too. S/S sounded more interesting to me but apparently the 'gimmick' or whatever gets old after an hour. At least that's what I hear.

Out of those two I'd probably recommend Burnout Paradise (also has a demo) which you can get, along with all the DLC, for $30!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 7, 2010, 7:16 pm

Oh duh, I always forget about demos. Thanks!

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » July 7, 2010, 7:42 pm

@Gamer can best be described as the USA Today of game magazines. Not that the others are examples of brilliant writing and layout, but with @Gamer I almost expected lazers to shoot out of the pages. Lots of pictures. I am betting most articles (even the 2 pagers) are no more then 100-200 words. It is not bad, but I don't know if I will be subscribing.

The main pull will be the coupons. The issue I have has $20 off Bioshock 2, Tiger Woods 11, Skate 3, Halo ODST and 2010 Fifa World Cup and $15 off Prince of Persia; the Forgotten Sands, Wii Just Dance, and Assassin's Creed 2.

This may sum up the magazine, this is directly from the Editor letter.

Our Mission with @gamer is simple: Help Gamers quickly figure out which games are hot and worth your well-earned money.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 8, 2010, 11:54 am

Canelek wrote:I have not purchased a racing game since Need for Speed: Underground, which I believe was one of the first XBOX360 releases.

So Blur and Split/Second are the best to choose from?

360 or PS3, I care not which.

You should care! The PS3 controller SUCKS for racing games with those lame short convex triggers. 360 is much better controller for racing games. Your fingers will thank you for buying the 360 version.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 8, 2010, 12:38 pm

Nope, I truly do not care, but would lean towards the PS3 due to the 360 being so damn loud--not that it matters too much when I turn the volume up to a sizzling -8.oo though.

As for the controller, it has never bothered me, but I do agree that the 360 controller is superior. If I really was bothered by it I believe there are modified triggers out there for the PS3 controllers.

miir · Post by **miir** » July 8, 2010, 12:41 pm

if I really was bothered by it I believe there are modified triggers out there for the PS3 controllers.

There are little plastic clip-on concave triggers you can get at EB games for a couple of dollars.

Until the horrible load time in ModNation are improved, I'd say go with Blur.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 8, 2010, 12:45 pm

miir wrote:
if I really was bothered by it I believe there are modified triggers out there for the PS3 controllers.
There are little plastic clip-on concave triggers you can get at EB games for a couple of dollars.

Until the horrible load time in ModNation are improved, I'd say go with Blur.

Ah yeah, those are the ones I was thinking of--believe I saw them on Amazon.

And thanks--load times suck, I'll check out the Blur demo.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 8, 2010, 12:57 pm

miir wrote:Until the horrible load time in ModNation are improved, I'd say go with Blur.

That wasn't even one of his selections! Then again neither was Burnout Paradise but I think that's a better deal until the new ones hit bargain bin territory.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 8, 2010, 1:26 pm

Another vote for Burnout!

EDIT: Pretty sure all of them have demos.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 9, 2010, 12:16 am

Gamestop will have Red Dead Redemption tomorrow at noon (EST) for $24. This will only last an hour and "quantities are limited" so if you can get it at that price you might want to pick up some lottery tickets as well on the way home.

(Online only of course)

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 9, 2010, 1:29 pm

Oh and if you're trying for RDR (30 more minutes!) you might have better luck with ebgames.com. gamestop.com is pretty much dead.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 14, 2010, 12:12 pm

PS3 version of Bayonetta $20 at Amazon. I know I said I'd probably pick it up when it hit the $20 mark but now that it's $20 I still don't want to. But passing along the info to those who might!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 20, 2010, 12:52 pm

Alien Swarm now on Steam. Free!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 20, 2010, 2:12 pm

Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day is all Xbox 360 stuff. It's worth checking out. My friend has already picked up Transformers and RDR. The day is still young!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 20, 2010, 3:34 pm

That Amazon RDR deal wasn't all that great imo. $43? gameStop had it for $24!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 22, 2010, 12:04 am

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Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 2, 2010, 6:47 pm

FF13 at Amazon for $30. Today only. I guess it didn't sell as well as they anticipated and got way more copies than they can sell!

Just Cause 2 also on sale for $37 which might be a bit high. They should have put that at $30 too to entice more purchasers.

Oh and Supreme Commander 2 for PC/360 ($20/$26) as well if you're into that sort of thing.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 18, 2010, 12:03 pm

Borderlands PC is 10$ on Steam and all DLC is 3.33 each. (10$ for all 3)

I bought both.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 18, 2010, 1:21 pm

Animalor wrote:Borderlands PC is 10$ on Steam and all DLC is 3.33 each. (10$ for all 3)

I bought both.

Unfortunately, not very many people are actually playing Borderlands on PC.
It's only a medicore single player game... Online is where it's at.

I'd rather pay the extra $$ for the 360 or PS3 version.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 18, 2010, 1:36 pm

miir wrote:
Animalor wrote:Borderlands PC is 10$ on Steam and all DLC is 3.33 each. (10$ for all 3)

I bought both.
Unfortunately, not very many people are actually playing Borderlands on PC.
It's only a medicore single player game... Online is where it's at.

I'd rather pay the extra $$ for the 360 or PS3 version.

That's a good price but I hear there's a lot of hacking on the PC version so you got people running around with crazy weapons and shields. I'd probably skip the Zombie DLC as well. I'm mixed on Moxxie although the weapon bank or whatever could be useful. Knoxx is definitely worth the money though so for $13.33 you could get good value for money. I didn't really play online but I hear that can mess up your missions as well in some instances so you should either do them all online or all offline.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 18, 2010, 1:55 pm

I know a couple of people IRL that have the PC version. I'm going to try to coax a few of them to play it again. (hopefully it works). One of my-co-workers picked up all 3 DLC packs last night so I know he'll be playing.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 18, 2010, 1:57 pm

I loved the Zombie island DLC!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 18, 2010, 2:02 pm

Maybe if you play it at the appropriate level it might be fun. I was 50 and plowed through it and zombie crap in general just bores me. Sorry I just don't gt the appeal especially when it seems like just about every game is throwing zombie in these days. Red Dead Redemption needs zombies? Really?

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » August 18, 2010, 6:37 pm

Aslanna wrote:Maybe if you play it at the appropriate level it might be fun. I was 50 and plowed through it and zombie crap in general just bores me. Sorry I just don't gt the appeal especially when it seems like just about every game is throwing zombie in these days. Red Dead Redemption needs zombies? Really?

RDR has zombies?!?!11!!?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » August 18, 2010, 6:42 pm

Aslanna wrote:Maybe if you play it at the appropriate level it might be fun. I was 50 and plowed through it and zombie crap in general just bores me. Sorry I just don't gt the appeal especially when it seems like just about every game is throwing zombie in these days. Red Dead Redemption needs zombies? Really?

You must hate orgasams too!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 18, 2010, 6:49 pm

miir wrote:
Animalor wrote:Borderlands PC is 10$ on Steam and all DLC is 3.33 each. (10$ for all 3)

I bought both.
Unfortunately, not very many people are actually playing Borderlands on PC.
It's only a medicore single player game... Online is where it's at.

I'd rather pay the extra $$ for the 360 or PS3 version.

Mediocre? Single player was great entertainment. I played through both single and split screen with a friend and enjoyed them both.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 18, 2010, 7:58 pm

Soreali wrote:RDR has zombies?!?!11!!?

Not yet.. But it was announced to be in one of the upcoming DLCs. I was like.. /yawn.. Thanks for saving me $10!

Fairweather Pure wrote:You must hate orgasams too!

Not really. Zombies are just stupid.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » August 18, 2010, 11:52 pm

Aslanna wrote:Not really. Zombies are just stupid.

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » August 19, 2010, 11:44 am

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » August 19, 2010, 12:40 pm

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 19, 2010, 12:44 pm

Quick FYI if you get this and are running ATI hardware running the latest drivers (10.7)

Disable the AI feature of the Catalyst software. There's a problem between that and Borderlands that will cause the game performance to completely die after about 10-20 minutes of play.

I turned that off, turned on Triple Aliasing and I can now run the game flawlessly at 1980x1080. It looks absolutely glorious.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 19, 2010, 12:53 pm

Violence isn't the answer!

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » August 19, 2010, 3:20 pm

Aslanna wrote:Violence isn't the answer!

It is with zombies!!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 5, 2010, 3:23 pm

Nier (PS3) for £13

http://www.dvd.co.uk/buy/catnierps3/nier-ps3.htm

Shipping is only £1.29
Total comes out to roughly $23

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 5, 2010, 3:50 pm

Haha, nice one

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 5, 2010, 4:07 pm

That is my favourite internet programme!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 5, 2010, 4:08 pm

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 5, 2010, 5:12 pm

Just playing off the "no Canadians allowed".

miir · Post by **miir** » October 5, 2010, 5:14 pm

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » October 5, 2010, 5:23 pm

On Steam you can get L4D 1 and 2 for like, 10$ for both. All the DLC for both games, including the DKC release today, are free.

I do not have L4D 1 on PC, but that game and all it's DLC are cheaper than buying 1 episode of DLC on the 360. Sold!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 5, 2010, 5:43 pm

miir wrote:

Don't be sad, look at all the great deals!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » October 6, 2010, 2:34 pm

Toys R Us buy 2 get one free sale. 10/10-16/10

I'll get Enslaved, Castlevania, and probably Dead Rising 2.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 6, 2010, 4:20 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:Toys R Us buy 2 get one free sale. 10/10-16/10

I'll get Enslaved,

best...game...ever!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 6, 2010, 4:29 pm

Winnow wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:Toys R Us buy 2 get one free sale. 10/10-16/10

I'll get Enslaved,
best...game...ever!

I heard it was a much better RPG than FFXIV.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 7, 2010, 11:25 am

I heard it had impressive player upgrade options, but is most certainly NOT an RPG.

Is this game anything like FFXIV? I heard it is pretty cool when you unlock the Hello Kitty Adventure Backpacks.

RAD

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » October 18, 2010, 10:23 am

Split Second was 20$ at BB this weekend. My friend picked up a copy for me. I'm glad I waited!