Month: February 2018

Well that was done rather unconventionally, now wasn’t it.  What seemed like a harmless post actually contained a BC announcement.  I mean I’m happy about it, but when they have always done their announcements the same way, well it’s a bit confusing.  Anyway, Crackdown should be in most people’s library already considering it was a very popular GWG offering.  Also, it is ridiculously cheap on disc.    The only issue is the DLC, some of it free, some of it requires a little bit of dough.  By all means though, do play through the game at least once, it is quite worth it.

• Crackdown $14.99 (much cheaper on disc, former GWG offering)
  • DLC w/Achievements: Free for All Bonus Pack – Free
  • DLC w/Achievements: Getting Busy Bonus Pack – $4.99
  • Free DLC (no Achievements): Four Play Pack

Welp, another week with Letter Quest.  Up to 45 achievements (out of 60) and 97 of 120 regular stars.  Ran into a toughie, aka Hard Level 10 which I have beat but the time trial is kicking my butt.  I’m sure I’ll eventually get it but it is giving me fits at the moment.  Haven’t really played Diablo III because its right at the end of Act V and I remember the Fortress taking more than an hour which is usually how much time I have in the evenings.

Anyway, sales are upon us.  Now, normally when there are no BC games in the list, I consider it a pretty forgettable week.  But there is the potential here for some Tekken Tag Team 2 action, especially for Kingdoms of Amalur, Need for Speed Carbon or Hot Pursuit and either of the Sniper games.  Besides, NFS: Carbon or Hot Pursuit are excellent future GWG fodder because MS loves their racing games.  We’ll see what happens a little later, but I’m willing to bet at least one of these games will be BC before the end of the week.  Enjoy.

Well there is three more in the kipper.  Vanquish is certainly the unexpected highlight of the bunch.  LC: Guardian of Light was expected and probably will be a future GWG, call it a hunch.  Finally Brave was more or less already known by the previous post.  But good stuff,  Vanquish will probably take some doing to get a good copy on disc but will be worth the effort.

• Vanquish $19.99 (about the same price on disc)
• Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light $14.99 (wait for a sale or GWG)
  • Free DLC: Kane & Lynch Character Pack
• Disney’s Pixar Brave: The Video Game $19.99 (wait for GWG next month) (also available on disc)

Looks like the new Games with Gold are being announced today.    Welp, looks like there will be one new BC game in there (Brave: The Video Game) and it should be a fairly easy completion as well.  I’ll download both of the 360 games probably (Quantum Conundrum looks interesting but difficult) and possibly SuperHot depending on what it is.  Oh wait, just looked at a clip…wtf, okay probably just the 360 games.  Have a good one.

Xbox One

• Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1st-31st)
• SuperHot (March 16th – April 15th)

Xbox 360

• Disney’s Pixar: Brave the Video Game (March 1st-15th)
• Quantum Conundrum (March 16th-31st)

So, still playing Letter Quest and Diablo III.  I’m 2/3rds through Letter Quest achievements (40/60) and 2/3rds through the 5th Act of Diablo with my Necromancer who is level 59 now.  It’s been a rough week though and this week probably won’t be much easier.  But let’s get into the sales. A good smattering of BC games for you even though I’m guessing most of us have these particular ones.  I do believe however some of them are at their lowest point so there is always that.  While I doubt it will happen, hopefully a BC announcement or two can compare to last week’s Mafia II announcement.  Unless we get a Gun announcement, then its parade time.  Enjoy.

Well, while I did expect a couple of releases today, I can safely say I was not expecting Mafia II one bit.  Mafia II was actually my third biggest want of the BC era.  (The other two being Skyrim which got a port and XCOM Enemy Unknown/Within which are already BC).  It’s a fantastic game, and I’m eager to see how well it plays on the Xbox One.  Prey is also interesting as it plays different from the Xbox One game and was a good game in its own right.  Also both are on sale right now with Prey being only $4 which unless you find it in a bargain bin is going to be as cheap as you are going to get.  Prey has in addition a lot of free multiplayer dlc if you go looking on Xbox.com.  Also, with Mafia II, try to seek out the Platinum version with all of the DLC.  It’s hard to find, but worth it.  Enjoy.

• Mafia II $7.49  (Currently on sale) (Disc (Original) still cheaper)
  • DLC w/Achievements: Jimmy’s Vendetta Pack $9.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Joe’s Adventures $9.99
• Prey $3.99 (Currently on sale) (Also available on disc)

So, for the last week I’ve been playing Diablo 3 and Letter Quest.  Diablo 3, I busted through Act 3 and Act 4 with my Necromancer who is now sitting at level 55.  My prediction of finishing the game at level 60 looks to be about right.  Letter Quest, I have half the achievements now but they are coming a lot slower.  My enthusiasm is also waning a bit too.  It is good to be played in spots but long stretches really show up the cracks in the game.  We’ll see.

We do have sales this week.  If you missed those late sales of Spec Ops/PB Winterbottom and Darkness II, they are back.  So is a bunch of 2k sales.     I’ll keep wishing for XCOM: The Bureau, Final Exam, Divinity II and especially Mafia II to go BC.  Hey, those Tekken Tag Team 2 sales are becoming a lot more common, so it’s not unheard of anymore.  Enjoy.

Looks like I’m giving out another apology.  My wife was in surgery on Thursday, and her grandmother passed away on Sunday, so making sure the site was updated was the least of my worries.  Some days I’m not even sure I should be waking up but that’s another discussion.  Anyway, while I am not that interested in this title, it is having a Tekken Tag Team Tournament 2 special.  It is 50% off actually, and that is a very good thing.  Still, the disc is usually cheaper than that, but at least they are trying.  It’s a shame that the DLC isn’t on sale since that will run just as much as the game on sale.  Anyway, it’s all good, yes my wife is doing better but won’t be 100% for a few weeks.  Enjoy.

• Splinter Cell Conviction $9.99 (currently on sale) (cheaper on disc)
• DLC w/Achievements: Deniable Ops: Insurgency $9.99

I did this movie review right after Christmas but forgot to post it here for those who follow my work.

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2017/12/28/glory-2016/

This movie review I posted today for Upcomingdiscs.com:

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2018/02/07/napping-princess-blu-ray/