pinata242

Moon Diver is officially May 4th for 1200 points. I can't wait to check it out and then wait for a sale in... October!

Wick

Really enjoying Section 8: Prejudice. I've been playing it off and on for the last several days and it's pretty impressive.

Got a review up tonight now that embargo lifted, and I feel like going right back into it.

slop101

I've been playing it on PSN... meh. It's certainly no Strider.

Wick

I'm on the fence about it. It looks interesting, but also seems like one of those needlessly difficult games from overseas, where it takes ten hours to unlock a single achievement.

Decker

You're skewing the Metacritc score northward. I still haven't tried the demo (have been out of town), but IGN gave it a 60 and Game Spot gave it a 75. Though Joystiq gave it a very enthusiastic 80.

Anyone else here get it? I'm curious how active the online community was in its first week out. The 360voice number (361 on day 1) isn't too encouraging.

boston george

I don't know if it's still on sale but it was when I got it a couple days ago, but the PopCap game Peggle is really fun and a steal for 50% off (the DLC Peggle Nights 50% off too)

It's fun to play 2 Player on Live too, I lost my old GamerTag so I need some people who want to be my friend to send me invites. Right now all I have thats online is Peggle and I like to compete with my friends times in Trials HD but I'll be getting lots more games soon. I used to play online with DVD Talkers all the time, going all the way back too the SOCOM 1 clan (talk about old memories haha) I also played Warhawk at the very beginning with you guys and also lots of Halo and I think PGR.

My new GamerTag: xX BossDJ 82 Xx

Please send me invites, and please buy Peggle so we can play together!

boston george

Ok I have some questions about some games I was hoping someone can answer. First iloMilo. It's on sale and it looks fun. Any opinions on this game?

Ok, now how about the Monkey Island games? I've seen them mentioned for years (before Xbox obviously) but from the screenshots I'm just not sure what the gameplay is like exactly. Can someone enlighten me? Just like, what do you do? Same question goes for Sam & Max.

Shagrath

I enjoyed ilomilo (and still need to finish it). It's a pretty unique and tricky puzzle game with huge amounts of cuteness overload in it.

Kedrix

I played the normal Peggle for a while but never bothered with Nights. However, at 50%, I certainly rationalize it a lot better. I'll check it tonight. I wouldn't mind breaking it out again. Just can't play it for too long, it starts messing with my head after about an hour.

Groucho

They're point and click adventure games. If you aren't familiar with that genre I can elaborate further.

Shagrath

Guess what's on sale this week...

RISK: FACTIONS!!!!! ONLY 400 MSP!


Has this ever been on sale before? Should I buy it now at this price, since we may never see it on sale again?

Decker

That's the Deal of the Week???? That's just mean.

pinata242

XBLM DotW 4/26 - 5/2 - Dead Rising 2 items on sale:

http://majornelson.com/2011/04/26/de...ing-2-content/

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero 200 50%
Dead Rising 2: Case West 400 50%
Skills Pack – Psycho 80 50%
Skills Pack – Soldier 80 50%

I went ahead and queued up Case West even though I'm only about 1/3 of the way through my first play of DR2 and I haven't picked it up in 6 months (Rock Band 3 came out in late October).

superfro

Wow....being a tard and putting off the massive investment of $5 for Case Zero totally paid off! Looks like that may boost me to finally get it and open my copy of Dead Rising 2 I've never gotten around to.

Michael Corvin

I bought Case Zero and didn't touch it. Bought Dead Rising 2 and haven't opened it. Should I buy Case West on sale? Most definitely!

pinata242

Upcoming stuff: http://majornelson.com/2011/04/26/co...marketplace-3/

This week:

Risk Factions 400 50%
Banjo Kazooie 600 50%
Centipede & Milipede 200 50%
Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting 200 50%
Contra 200 50%

Next week:
Castlevania Harmony of Despair 600 50%
Extra Stage: Lord of Flies 160 50%
Extra Stage: The Legend of Fuma 120 50%
Extra Stage: The One Who Is Many 160 50%
Extra Stage: Origins 120 50%
Extra Stage: Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire 200 50%
Castlevania Symphony of the Night 400 50%

majorjoe23

Crap, I want the Dead Rising stuff, but my Xbox is out for repairs. Can I buy them now on Xbox.com and download them when I get my system back?

Liver&Onions

yup.

Decker

Sure. Just go to Xbox.com Marketplace, sign in and buy the games. They'll be attached to your account and queued up to download the next time you log on.

I'm in exactly the same position. Just bought those two "Cases" this morning. What is it about DR2 that encourages such extreme procrastination?

Matt

Finally. Bought Tooie when it was on sale last summer but haven't touched it because I was waiting for Kazooie to go on sale so I could do the Stop 'N' Swop thing. Now I've finally got them both, and of course now I have a huge XBLA backlog of stuff from all of the sales lately. Just in the last month I've bought Braid, Costume Quest, Crazy Taxi, Limbo, Snoopy Flying Ace, X-Men Arcade, and now Banjo Kazooie and Dead Rising: Case West today. Good thing there's not much left on my XBLA want list because I'm all out of points!

Michael Corvin

Poor release window. It was sandwiched between Halo: Reach and Rock Band 3 which was then followed up with CoD:Black Ops. Three games with significant replay value.

orangecrush

I am tempted to get these two, but I am not really a fan of realistic zombies in games. Is the game play really fun, or is the fun more in the visceral-ness of killing zombies?

Risk Factions Why not just permanently lower the price?

I picked up Banjo and will toss it on my 30+ high pile of XBLA shame. Anyone have any thoughts on SFII? I didn't get the HD remake a couple of weeks ago due to lack of points.

I am such a sucker for these sales. I have probably dropped over 20K in points in less than a year due to these deals.

superfro

Well for me, I rented the game when it came out and played a bunch of it, so I at least have given it a trial run. I really liked what it was doing and just waited to pick it up when the price was right somewhere. Think I ended up grabbing it for $30 or so. Since then though, I just had other stuff or it wasn't the right time to jump back in. This weekend may be the time.

mhg83

This game looks great:

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MoviePage

I went ahead and bought Case West, as I really enjoyed Case Zero.

Oddly enough, I haven't played Dead Rising or Dead Rising 2 yet.