THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: demi on February 22, 2013, 12:48:12 PM
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http://majornelson.com/2013/02/22/the-xbox-live-ultimate-game-sale/
Each day, a different set of titles will be on sale, so be sure to follow me on Twitter where I’ll announce what that day’s special offer. The Ultimate Game Sale only occurs once a year so you won’t want to miss it
Some of the titles you can expect to see on sale:
Assassins Creed
Assassins Creed 2
Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham city
Bioshock
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Brotherhood
Call of Juarez
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Code Veronica
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements
Dead Island
Dirt 2
Dishonored
El Shaddai Ascension of the Metatron
Fable III
Fallout 3
Fallout 3 New Vegas
GRID
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo Reach
Halo Wars
Kane & Lynch Dead Men
Left for Dead 2
Max Payne 3
Metal Gear Solid HD
Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat vs. DCU
Orange Box
Portal 2
Raccoon City
Rainbow Six Vegas
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
Red Dead Redemption
Revelations
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Streetfighter IV Arcade Edition
TC’s H.A.W.X.
Tekken 6
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The Darkness
The King of Fighters XIII
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tomb Raider Legend
Virtua Fighter 5
World at War
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Oh wow, Peace Walker by itself? I might scoop that up.
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up to 75% off, you say?
:waits to see if anything will actually be worth it
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I wanted to let you know that starting February 26, 2013 and running through March 4, 2013, over 60 Xbox 360 Games on Demand titles will be on sale up to 75% off with some as much as 85% off for the “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale”*
Interesting.
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I hope Tekken Tag 2 gets reduced to $15 or something.
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This is all leading up to MS announcing that XBL stuff will carry over to next gen.
If that were true I would pick up a bunch of those....no way they have bc.
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This is all leading up to MS announcing that XBL stuff will carry over to next gen.
If that were true I would pick up a bunch of those....no way they have bc.
Why not? Look at Xbox Classics. Or wait, you mean to doubt whether your digital purchases will transfer over? I guess we really can't know. I figured it was a no-brainer for Sony and then they dropped the ball.
:piss next-gen
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Yes, "The Xbox LIVE Ultimate Game Sale" that starts next week is open to Xbox LIVE Gold and Free (Silver) members http://mjr.mn/ZxAvbG - @majornelson
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This is all leading up to MS announcing that XBL stuff will carry over to next gen.
If that were true I would pick up a bunch of those....no way they have bc.
Why not? Look at Xbox Classics. Or wait, you mean to doubt whether your digital purchases will transfer over? I guess we really can't know. I figured it was a no-brainer for Sony and then they dropped the ball.
:piss next-gen
I just doubt that the 360 is going to carry over bc....more out of pessimism than anything else. 360 is where I have made most of my digital purchases and I just know that it's going away. :'( but w/e
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360 will be better suited for BC. MS is a software company. XNA will be a part of their library (what many XBLA / Indie games are developed with). There will be some form of BC, guaranteed. The 360 itself was already more PC than PS3 was. That's why many ports were 360 superior.
I will be surprised if MS pulls a move completely opposite.
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Thx demi :heartbeat
If MS pulls full bc for xbla and games on demand games that might make my next gen decision a whole lot easier.
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DAILY DEALS
DAY ONE - Feb 26th
HALO WARS (67% off) - $30/2400 > $10/800MSP
HALO 3 (67% off) - $30/2400 > $10/800MSP
HALO REACH (67% off) - $30/2400 > $10/800MSP
HALO 4 (33% off) - $60/4800 > $40/3200MSP
WEEK LONG SALE - Feb 26th to March 4th
BIOSHOCK (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
CALL OF JUAREZ (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
DARK MESSIAH OF MIGHT & MAGIC (85% off) - $20/1600 > $3/240MSP
THE DARKNESS (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
DiRT 2 (85% off) - $30/2400 > $5/400MSP
EL SHADDAI (85% off) - $20/1600 > $3/240MSP
GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 2 (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
GRID (85% off) - $30/2400 > $5/400MSP
HIGH ALTITUDE WARFARE XPERIMENTAL (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
KANE & LYNCH (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
RAINBOW SIX VEGAS (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS (85% off) - $20/1600 > $3/240MSP
TOMB RAIDER LEGEND (85% off) - $30/1600 > $5/400MSP
VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 (75% off) - $20/1600 > $5/400MSP
Holy shit, $3 games, lmao. Might cop that Dark Messiah...
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Impressive.
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No, its for both
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Yeah, actually read thread after I posted.
Thanks :-[
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wish theyd put those vf5 customization packs on sale...
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For anyone complaining about space, you can still buy the "license" - delete - and just download at your leisure at any point.
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I think I already have most of the games I'd be interested in, but that is still pretty cool.
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Unrelated - next week's deal of the week
NiGHTS into dreams… 400 (50% of)
Sonic the Fighters 160 (60% off)
Fighting Vipers 160 (60% off)
Virtua Fighter 2 160 (60% off)
Virtua Fighter 5 FS 400 (67% off)
Karateka 400 (50% of)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 800 (50% off)
This week sales & specials APP
Bionic Commando Rearmed - 400msp (was 800)
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 - 600msp (was 1200)
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El Shaddai any good?
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I absolutely hated El Shaddai. Horrid level design with long stretches of nothing, there's very little enemy variety, and the combat is extremely simple. It makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look like a masterpiece imo.
Next week's DOTW is the best one in ages too.
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Well shit. Thanks for the heads up!
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Well there is a demo, so you can try it out if you want. I haven't seen many people who hate that game as much as me so maybe you'd still like it.
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How is Halo Wars? I missed that when it came out and I'm a pretty big RTS feg. Worth 10 bucks? It was made by Ensemble wasn't it? Can't be bad.
Rainbow Six Vegas? Worth five bucks?
I'm getting VF5 for sure. My disc got fucked a few years ago.
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Rainbow Six Vegas is really great. Or was really great. Don't know how its aged.
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R6 Vegas is still awesome, definitely worth $5 unless you have a gaming PC
Even the sequel is pretty good
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always wanted to play el shaddai :bow
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Halo Wars was really good. R6 I heard was good.
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Is Tomb Raider Legend one of the good ones?
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Yes, I love the ending
Underworld is a direct sequel as well
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Cool, that's the only game I'm interested in for the week long sale.
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US only I'm assuming. Damn, I would have paid 240MSP for El Shaddai
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Some of them are available to us, Halo 3 and Halo ODST were $10 yesterday. But yeah El Shaddai I don't think is.
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hmm ok I'll keep my eyes peeled if something I want pops up
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Hmm, sort of want Hola Warz.
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$40 still too much for Halo 4?
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Halo 4's $40 at most retailers now if you want it...
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http://majornelson.com/2013/02/26/xbox-live-ultimate-game-sale-day-2/
AC Brotherhood / AC2 / AC1 - $10/800
AC Revelations - $15/1200
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I absolutely hated El Shaddai. Horrid level design with long stretches of nothing, there's very little enemy variety, and the combat is extremely simple. It makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look like a masterpiece imo.
Next week's DOTW is the best one in ages too.
I was about to buy, read this, thought to abort, and then realized it's THREE FREAKING DOLLARS.
Is Tomb Raider Legend one of the good ones?
Yes. Really fun, good puzzles. I 1000'd it on 360.
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yeah I've been meaning to play TR Legend for YEARS. Loved Underworld!
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Bought Halo 4 from US marketplace.Downloaded easily(no IP check).
Game looks good,really really good.
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How is TR: Anniversary?
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It was ok, they shoehorned some "origin story" into the game to make it fit with the new trilogy for those games. I think I prefer the original version, myself.
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ive never played a tomb raider before but that is the only one I have
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I absolutely hated El Shaddai. Horrid level design with long stretches of nothing, there's very little enemy variety, and the combat is extremely simple. It makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look like a masterpiece imo.
Next week's DOTW is the best one in ages too.
El Shaddai has more weapons than NG3. Fuck NG3.
I got 1000 on El Shaddai, even wrote a nice piece on X360A about it: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=337615
I think you would enjoy it for $3. I wore thin since I had to play it like, 4 times through, lol.
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Also noticed Raving Rabbids is three dollars, so bagged that.
How is Dark Messiah? Or "DMMM:Elements," as it's called on the Xbox site...?
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3 dollars... why the fuck not?
Is there anyway that I can pay for these games with MS Points? I couldn't on my 360. Maybe on the website?
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If you buy through Xbox.com, you can choose to pay with a credit card or with existing Microsoft points.
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Also noticed Raving Rabbids is three dollars, so bagged that.
How is Dark Messiah? Or "DMMM:Elements," as it's called on the Xbox site...?
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic-elements
52%. 72 user score.
Pass.
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Rayman Rabbids is shit - impossible to 1000 and the mini-games are ass. At least Messiah is playable.
Beezy - theres a button you press on the buy screen. Look at the bottom.
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thanks
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Code Veronica is 400/$5
RE5 - 800 / $10
RE4 - 800 / $10
RE6 - 1600 / $20
RE ORC - 1600 / $20
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I will not buy cvx and 4 again I will not buy cvx and 4 again I will not buy cvx and 4 again
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Nice, RE6 it is.
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Rayman Rabbids is shit - impossible to 1000 and the mini-games are ass. At least Messiah is playable.
Beezy - theres a button you press on the buy screen. Look at the bottom.
It's harder to rationalize Messiah when I've got a copy of Oblivion, untouched, in my backlog.
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Code Veronica is 400/$5
RE5 - 800 / $10
RE4 - 800 / $10
RE6 - 1600 / $20
RE ORC - 1600 / $20
:o Code Veronica :rock
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BLOPS1 - $20
BLOPS2 - $50
W@W - $10
COD2 - $10
COD3 - $10
MW2 - $10
COD4MW - $10
MW3 - $30
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Skulls of the Shogun dropped to 800pts too
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Black Ops 1 is $3 in Australia Marketplace, might be a glitch
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US$5 - Kane and Lynch not available in Japan. Thank you, based Square-Enix! I know how this would destroy your average price for digitally purchased games!
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Black Ops 1 is $3 in Australia Marketplace, might be a glitch
$3 too much
Showing up as $35 now
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-sg/Product/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80241560855?nosplash=1
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El Shaddai's been kinda fun so far and real amaizngly pretty. wroth the $3
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My good god.... Rayman Rabbits is complete shit. Bought it for the kids and we did the first mini game then my 4 year old looked at me and said this is stupid and asked to play Minecraft. Not even worth the 3 bucks.
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My good god.... Rayman Rabbits is complete shit. Bought it for the kids and we did the first mini game then my 4 year old looked at me and said this is stupid and asked to play Minecraft. Not even worth the 3 bucks.
:fbm
man, i am so doomed; i bought it for the same reason. maybe they'll like viva piñata party animals...
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Black Ops, GRAW, GRAW2 and RSVegas are $3 in the Aussie store.
Aussie pricing seems different - I got RE6 for $10 yesterday. 1/3 of the disc price seems right since only Leon's campaign seems any good.
Also got CVX since I never finished it originally. Resisted buying RE4 for a third time. Picked up DMMM.
C'mon Dead Island for $3. :hyper
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El Shaddai was fucking awful. Terrible level design and some god awful platforming. And jesus some terrible storytelling. People only like it because of it's look.
Only good part was Jason Issac's voice acting.
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BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM > $10/800MSP
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY > $15/1200MSP
BORDERLANDS > $10/800MSP
BORDERLANDS 2 > $30/2400MSP
DEAD ISLAND > $10/800MSP
DISHONOURED > $30/2400MSP
FALLOUT 3 > $15/1200MSP
FALLOUT NEW VEGAS > $10/800MSP
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Fallout 3 normal price is $15. Wonder why it didn't go down with NV.
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Good prices for most of those, I think - except Dishonored & BL2 - Dishonored moreso.
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I was expecting less for BL2 and Dishonoured. :(
Why is Fallout 3 more expensive than New Vegas? Do they both have a shitload of dlc?
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Hmm, think I'll jump on NV for $10.
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Why is Fallout 3 more expensive than New Vegas? Do they both have a shitload of dlc?
Yeah and most of it is good. NV is better stand alone though
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Both F3 and NV are vanilla...at least as far as the sale is concerned.
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Both F3 and NV are vanilla...at least as far as the sale is concerned.
NV everything edition is $30 on Amazon, yeah.
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I bit on BL2, but am wondering how much damned DLC Gearboxnexpects me to buy.
PITCHFOR'D!
Wanted to get Fable III, but its not available in Japan. Usually that's down to publisher contracts, but F3 is a Microsoft game, so I'm baffled. Oh, well, saves me from being disappointed in a Fable game.
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fallout 3 $4.99
max payne 3 $14.99
Orange Box $9.99
Left 4 Dead 2 $9.99
MGS 2 & 3 HD $9.99
MGS Peacewalker $9.99
Civilization Revolution $9.99
Batman Arkham Asylum $9.99
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I bit on BL2, but am wondering how much damned DLC Gearboxnexpects me to buy.
PITCHFOR'D!
Wanted to get Fable III, but its not available in Japan. Usually that's down to publisher contracts, but F3 is a Microsoft game, so I'm baffled. Oh, well, saves me from being disappointed in a Fable game.
there is a buttload of DLC :/
800 points for the extra character and pre-order bonuses.
2400 points for the "season pass" which covers 3 already released packs at 800 points each, with one more to come, covered by the SP.
A shitload of skins packs at 80 points each.
I am so glad I was lent a copy of this game, sheesh, I'll probably grab the season pass, to not be a cheapskate and all with my borrowed copy of the game. I hear the DLC is decent.
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They didnt even jack up the level cap either.
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Unless there's gonna be a sale on its $50 worth of dlc, it looks like you're better off getting the GOTY edition of Fallout 3.
I'll just get Peace Walker. Tempted to get MGS 2+3 HD, but I've already played both (still have Subsistence for PS2) and would just be wasting money.
Just waiting for TTT2 now. I hope it costs no more than $20.
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They didnt even jack up the level cap either.
That's what has stopped me from playing the DLC even though I have the season pass
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fallout 3 $4.99
max payne 3 $14.99
Orange Box $9.99
Left 4 Dead 2 $9.99
MGS 2 & 3 HD $9.99
MGS Peacewalker $9.99
Civilization Revolution $9.99
Batman Arkham Asylum $9.99
When are these supposed to be up? Peace Walker is still $20.
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Now? Major Nelson just posted about it
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Got it! /davidhayter
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Mortal Kombat - $20
Mortal Kombat vs DCU - $5
SF4 - $10
SSF4AE - $10
SF X Tekken - $20
T6 - $10
TTT2 - $20
KOF13 - $10 (can be bought for as low as $2 on other marketplaces)
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TTT2 for $20 is awesome. SSF4 AE is a steal at that price- have all these games but totally buying the digital version for that price.
Keep in mind that with SFxTK (which has been much improved with the 2013 patch), you still have to shell out additional money for the "DLC" characters.
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I'm not really into them anymore but fuck it for those prices I'll try one out.
What's the difference between SF 4 & SSF4AE and which should I get?
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AE because it has more stuff, and thats the one everyone plays
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TTT2 is easily worth $20
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RE6
MGS Peace Walker
TTT2
GRID
Tomb Raider Legends
I think I'm done. I'll get El Shaddai if I like the demo.
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I bought Dirt 2 and SSF4:AE
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Tried the demo for Dirt 2. Hated it. I also hated the dirt races in Forza Horizon so maybe that shit just isn't for me.
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I only bought RE4 and CVX, even though I have codes from the Archives edition, lol.
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Max Payne 3 is 520 points on UK marketplace
Sold.
$15 for US
:lawd
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Grabbed Max Payne 3; my hard disk is nearly out of room with all the DD purchases I've made.
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I'm not really into them anymore but fuck it for those prices I'll try one out.
What's the difference between SF 4 & SSF4AE and which should I get?
AE because it has more stuff, and thats the one everyone plays
Yup. AE is literally SF4 with a lot more content- doesn't make sense why they are the same price. :lol
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KOF13 - $10 (can be bought for as low as $2 on other marketplaces)
Huh? Explain plz.
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Make an account for another marketplace, buy KOF13
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Make an account for another marketplace, buy KOF13
Wouldn't you also have to possess a credit card for that region?
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Or microsoft points, yes
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Oh. Not worth the effort.
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got Tekken TT2, hoorah
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Oh. Not worth the effort.
Paypal works(for buying points).
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El Shaddai is... eh. I'll pass.