Month: May 2016

PHANTASY STAR…PHANTASY STAR….the heck with the other four games, I could care less.  Okay, well I have Dig Dug as well (and I never got that Dig achievement), but still, it’s Phantasy Star….2222222.

Twitter announcements here and here.

Phantasy Star 2 – $4.99 regularly, don’t expect a sale anytime soon but its one of the best RPGs of all time.  Achievements are reasonable (if willing to put the time in).

Sonic & Knuckles – $2.99 regularly, the achievements aren’t super easy, but not overly difficult either (just as long as you beat the game, you’re fine).

Dig Dug – $4.99 regularly, can be found on the Namco Museum disc (which I’ve said repeatedly is a steal even before they BCed almost everything).  Easy achievements (except for Dig).

Samurai Shodown 2 – $9.99 regularly (but did have a sale back in April of 2015), but much harder on achievements as most fighting games are.

Runner 2 – The last one of our lot and I know absolutely nothing about.  The full name is Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.  Yeahh…it’s a 14.99 title, saw a sale back in March of 2014 at a 67% off though.  It gets pretty high marks but looks rather difficult for achievement hunters.

Still, a very good showing, and 5 more to the pool of games.  Enjoy.

Well, May the 4th be with you, indeed.  This doesn’t come from Major Nelson as usual, but from a site I frequent called TrueAchievements.com.  This is excellent news (if true) and not just because I own them both on disc (and I believe I still might have the guide books, I’ll need to check).  Both of these games have sales on the same week (including the DLC) as they get released to BC.  Which I’ve mentioned before is the patent pending, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 secret to success.  And it’s the May the 4th as well….it’s win across the board and the games aren’t bad either.  Time for some updating, I will make an attempt to play one of these when I get home to make sure that this isn’t a fizzled out rumor but actual truth.  Enjoy!

3:00pm Edit – The Major has officially confirmed it.  Word is that the disc copies are having some issues but the digital versions are working well.  I’ll let you know by tomorrow since I’ll be trying it tonight on my disc copies.

7:30am (Thursday) Edit – Was able to get my Force Unleashed (vanilla version) disc installed last night and it ran fine.  I actually own the collector’s edition of FUII and it was still sealed…yeah I know.  So I couldn’t bear to open that just yet.  I’m sure I will snag the DLC (with achievements) for the first one and probably just Endor for the second one until I get to it.

Welp, I had a feeling that there would be titles announced today. However, not in a million years would I have guessed these three games.  Jet Set Radio is regularly $9.99 and pretty much has not seen a sale since it was released back in 2012 but that’s Sega for you.  (I lost count how many Sega sales I’m waiting for) MX vs ATV Reflex is a rare disc release game but I would honestly stay clear of it due to the fact it has seven discounted achievements due to closed servers.  Finally Texas Hold Em was basically the first poker game on the Xbox 360 and it might be cheap at $4.99 (also can be found on the Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged disc) but its simplicity explains that in a heartbeat.  Also, it has one of the hardest achievements known to man where you had to get one hand of every type to unlock.  Yes, that includes the Royal Flush.  Basically, you had to put rubberbands on your controller (or be extremely lucky) and just set it up overnight to run through thousands of hands.  Ridiculous.  Anyway, enjoy.

Welp, apparently somebody had heard that most of us are complaining that there weren’t any good backwards compatible sales because this week there were a ton of them this time.  Of course, it’s not the Sega titles or Call of Juarez or Sam & Max that I so desperately want, but at least it’s something.  For me this week, I’ll be picking up probably D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Powerstar Golf on the X1 side. I want to pick up the Pinball tables, but I’ve had quite enough of Star Wars as a theme in Pinball FX. Enjoy.

• A Kingdom of Keflings $4.99
• A World of Keflings $4.99
• Alan Wake $9.99
• Alan Wake’s American Nightmare $4.99
• Alien Hominid HD $4.99
• Battleblock Theater $7.49
• Castle Crashers $7.49
• CastleStorm $4.99
• Gears of War $4.94
• Gears of War 2 $6.59
  • Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection $4.99
• Gears of War 3 $6.59
  • Gears of War 3: Season Pass $9.89
• Gears of War: Judgment $6.59
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane $4.94
• Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga $4.99
• Mass Effect $9.99
• Motocross Madness $4.99
• Portal: Still Alive $7.49
• Shadow Complex $4.94
• Spelunky $4.94
• Super Meat Boy $4.94
• Toy Soldiers $4.99
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War $7.49
• Trials HD $4.99

Pinball FX2 Tables (Remember to download on Xbox 360 first if you want them on both systems)

Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack $3.34

Tuesday update: Since Star Wars: Force Unleashed I&II were made Backwards compatible, it is only fitting that we include those sales as well.

• Star Wars Force Unleashed $4.99
  • Star Wars: Force Unleashed – Hoth Mission Pack $2.29
  • Star Wars: Force Unleashed – Jedi Temple Mission Pack $2.29
  • Star Wars: Force Unleashed – Tatooine Mission Pack $2.29
• Star Wars Force Unleashed II $4.99

It is also worth mentioning that Force Unleashed has two pieces of DLC as well that are not on sale, but since they are only $1 a piece, most people will probably ignore them.  One is basically a skin DLC which allows you to play as five other characters including Luke Skywalker and Han Solo.  The other one, slightly more important is an adventure called Endor (which has separate achievements too).  Basically, all I need to tell you is that you get to dropkick an Ewok.  Dropkicking an Ewok for any price (never mind one whole dollar) is worth it in my book.  Take care.

• Star Wars Force Unleashed II  – Character Pack $1.00
• Star Wars Force Unleashed II – Endor $1.00

I try to steer clear of the odd rumors unless there is some meat to them or they have something resembling truth in them.  This one has a heavy dose of truth as they are Amazon listings with the cards and printed on them is “Plays on Xbox One”.  No big surprises here, these have been asked for plenty of times.  Nice to also see them sell digital code cards as well, wish they would do it for more titles along the 360 line.