Welp Guardians of the Galaxy went quickly for me this past week.  I got through the second and third episodes relatively easy.  The only issue was in Episode 3, Chapter 5 where the game decided to be ugly and not give me an achievement (but it did for the final chapter of Episode 3).  Lots of people apparently get glitches with this section but not so much on the achievement end.  I guess I will be replaying it this weekend.

On the Monster Hunter front, I am now playing “High Ranking” quests.  I guess I’m in the latter stages of the game, so maybe I will beat the story mode after all at some point.  I think I’m HR 12 if that means anything.  I still feel like I’m piddling along but I guess if I keep making progress, then that’s all you can really ask for.  I have certainly sank enough time into it though, with over 70 hours currently.  It will probably end up being 100 if I am able to beat the main story.

Anyway, enough of that.  We have some sales.  Mostly Call of Duty if you are scoring at home (and not very good prices at that).  The Hitmans have a nice discount as do the Lost Planet Games.  Still a darn shame that Remember Me never got to backwards compatibility but at $5 if you have a working 360, it’s probably worth it.  Well enjoy the rest of your week and the prices are after the bump.

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Welp, I did finish the first episode in Guardians of the Galaxy and started the second last night.  It’s OK, I mean sure its funny at points but I’m far from riveted to my chair.  Walking Dead Season 1 was so well done from a story standpoint (even if I wasn’t too keen on the source material) and GOTG just feels blah (at least so far).

Meanwhile, I did play a lot of Monster Hunter this weekend, I guided Zorah wherever he was supposed to go and I’m progressing (slowly) along.  I’m decently far story wise along but to be frankly honest these last few quests I’m leaning on random adds and a little bit of lady luck to get me through.  I still feel like I missing things even at this point with almost 60 hours put in.  I’ll keep going until I really hit a brick wall (which I might not be far off from) and I’m having fun but this game should have had a paper guide as I’ve said in the past.  The videos and tutorials help but it’s not quite clicking and I watch these other people play and they all are doing far better than I am.  All I can do really well is mount creatures with my glaive or swing a hammer.

Anyway, we do have plenty of sales here.  We even have some DLC, the problem is that this is the same DLC we see time and time again.  However, if you really look through the list you might find a nugget you have missed from sales past such as Chronicles of Mystara or maybe some of the Mass Effect DLC which is 70% off (I’ll have to look at that myself actually).  Enjoy your week or feel free to drop me a line and tell me how much better at Monster Hunter World you are than me.  I’ll probably agree.  Take care. (Hit –More– for the complete list)

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Welp, I did start Guardians of the Galaxy last week, but honestly I didn’t even finish the first episode.  The game feels so slow, it’s ridiculous.  It literally takes about 3-5 minutes to start and I’ve already had it crash as well.  Game of Thrones didn’t have these issues and the games were made fairly close to each other.  I’ll make it through at least the first episode and try to keep going but damn…optimization people.  I am playing this on my original Xbox One, maybe I should go ahead and install it on my X and see if there is a difference.

Anyway, also played some Monster Hunter World and ran through a NeoGeo game called Robo Army.  One hundred percented that sucker in about 2, 2 1/2 hours.  We do have some sales this week, no official link yet.  Better sale than last week, but unfortunately it still feels all recycled.  I know they all do at this point, but why they don’t put up some different DLC or some of the games we NEVER see on sale is just a bit frustrating.  Take care and enjoy.

Well, I did finish Walking Dead, the bonus version with 400 days.  400 Days sadly did not really feel connected even within itself.  It was a bunch of uneventful short stories that had a common world and not much else.  As mentioned previously, Season 2 won’t be for a little while.

Anyway, I am still playing Monster Hunter and stuck on the first quest in Rotten Vale.  My armor is fine, I’m not dying (except when I get careless) but I’m not really winning either.  I need a better weapon, but I will probably end up crafting a weapon from scratch as upgrades aren’t currently available for my glaive.

I also started Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy which was an impulse play after I finally finished watching Endgame last night.  Nothing to really say so far, but I’m sure I will have plenty to mention by this time next week.

So we got sales.  No official link yet but sites such as TrueAchievements.com have used their spidey sense to give us the information.  Unfortunately, they are all previous sales contenders and no new drops to show off for it.  So I guess that’s it.  Enjoy your week.

Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced this afternoon. It’s certainly not a bad list, I do own Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as it was the first BC game that was on sale the same week it went backwards compatible.  So I bought it more out of support for the cause than anything else.  But I have not played it, I’m sad to say.  Though the plus side of that would be to actually start the game in that time frame and try to knock out a bunch of the online specific I achievements.  I remember playing Tekken on PS2 to death but I would be lying if it wasn’t just spamming buttons.

On the Xbox One side, I’m sure I will grab Hitman but I’m not a very stealthy player in games that aren’t named Skyrim.  We Were Here from what I could find online seems to be some multiplayer escape room where the two people have walkie talkies?  Since the only game I seem to enjoy online is Monster Hunter (and that’s probably only because I don’t have to talk to anybody), I don’t see how I would enjoy that one, but I’ve been wrong before.  So be sure to grab a couple of these and have fun with it.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Hitman – The Complete First Season (September 1st-30th)
• We Were Here (September 16th – October 15th)

Xbox 360

• Earth Defense Force 2025  (September 1st-15th)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (September 16th-30th)

Welp, still playing Monster Hunter, cleaned up a few achievements and progressing very slowly through the story.  If I desire, I will probably be playing the game up until the end of the year.  Much like Skyrim, I doubt I will ever finish it, but at some point I will put it away.  Walking Dead, I am done with the main story line.  Gripping end as expected, if my wife wasn’t in the room, there might have been a tear shed or two.  So I guess it is on to 400 days after this which I should be done with by next week at this time.  After Walking Dead S1 is complete, tempted to play Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy or Wolf Among Us, we shall see.  (No WD Season 2 yet)

We do have a lot of sales this week.  A lot of UBI Soft games, I’m not seeing anything that’s not been on sale frequently.  Interestingly enough, Watch Dogs is listed as “Backwards Compatible” but as of the writing of this column that is not the case.  I’m sure it’s a typo, but its still wonderful to speculate even when we are supposed to be done.  Oh my usual griping session about the Risens and that they were never made BC.  Anyway, enjoy your week, find a game you like and just take your time.  Take care.

Note (7:15am) – as I started to transcribe the prices, I realize these are not active yet. I will check back later in the day and update it accordingly.

Update (11:00am Thursday) – At least the Xbox team got these in before the weekend.  They honestly don’t seem to care about 360 sales anymore.

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Well, I did finish the 4th episode in the first season of Walking Dead.  According to the tally, I basically made the least popular of the final couple of decisions and will be going into the final episode at a disadvantage.  But knowing me, I wouldn’t have it any other way.  It should be a roaring finish for season one and then playing through 400 days.  As mentioned before, I’m not a fan of the subject matter, but they did do an excellent job with the game.  Why they didn’t go to this kind of effort for the Game of Thrones series I don’t know.

I’m also still in the thick of Monster Hunter World with about 20-25 hours put in.  I’m getting better every time and I just love the Insect Glaive, I really do.  This past Saturday night, I beat the Anjanath for the first time which was quite exhilarating.  Best multiplayer experience I’ve had since WoW.  And I still don’t feel like I know what I’m doing all the time.  But I’ll keep on trucking.

We do have quite a few sales this week.  Two of the Skates are on sale along with Syndicate which was one of the last games to go BC so this is certainly a good time to pick it up.  Despite it not being BC, I don’t think I have ever seen Hell Yeah ever on sale before, the same with Space Channel and Renegade ops.  All in all, it is a pretty good week, plenty of stuff to choose from and little to complain about.  Enjoy.

Still playing both Monster Hunter World and Walking Dead.  Monster Hunter World, I’m honestly just responding to SOS calls and proceeding very slowly through the story line (because you have to upgrade a lot).  All the while, I’m honing my skills into an “okay” player.  Walking Dead, I finished episode 3 and working on the 4th.  Honestly, I think the subject matter is just lost on me.  I enjoy that I’m actually doing something in a Telltale game (not just conversation choices), but zombies has never been a popular thing for me and of course this game is littered with them.  I’ll keep going and finish it, but don’t expect me to play Season 2 anytime soon.

We do have some deals this week, actually quite a bit, even if it feels like a recycled DLC sale.  But there might be one or two goodies that would be interesting (or that you forgot in a previous sale).  Other games, I really wish Resonance of Fate was a BC title, but it won’t be so I’ll keep my physical copy close for the time being.  Full list of BC Compatible games and DLC after the jump.  Enjoy your games this week.

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