XBL Deals - 2019

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  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console.  Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work.  Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.
    On Xbox One, Gold trials of any length work for sales and Games with Gold.  You must be an active Gold subscriber (paid or trial) to play Games with Gold purchases.
  • On Xbox 360, you must have at least a 1 month Gold subscription for sales and Games with Gold.  Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.

[*]All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every Tuesday.
[*]ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
[*]Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
[*]Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!
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Games with Gold

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Deals with Gold
 

12/31 - 1/6

12/17 - 12/23


[*]:xb1: Dead or Alive 6

[*]:xb1: Doodle God: Ultimate Edition - $5.24 - 65% off
[*]:xb1: Doughlings Bundle - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: The Escapists: The Walking Dead - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Golem Gates - $6.24 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Hunting Simulator - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Illusion of L'Phalcia - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: NeuroVoider - $5.59 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: PixARK - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Runbow - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: The Sun and Moon - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Surf World Series - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: UnExplored - Unlocked Edition - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: War Tech Fighters - $13.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Worms W.M.D - $7.49 - 75% off - $11.99 - 60% off
[*]:360: Aliens: Colonial Marines - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Guardian Heroes $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Gunstar Heroes $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Jet Set Radio $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Phantasy Star II $2.49 - 50% off
12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Gas Guzzlers Extreme - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: It's Quiz Time - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: King's Guard TD - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man 11 - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man 30th Anniversary Bundle - $40.19 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Combo Pack - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Momonga Pinball Adventures - $2.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: OlliOlli2: XL Edition - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Outcast - Second Contact - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Overruled! - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Project Highrise: Architect's Edition - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil: Deluxe Origins Bundle - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Risk of Rain 2 - $20.09 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Royal Roads - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Stories : The Path of Destinies - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Tour de France 2018 - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Trailmakers - $22.49 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Uncanny Valley - $3.24 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Vertical Drop Heroes HD - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: Abyss Odyssey - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Capcom Arcade Cabinet - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Daytona USA - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Fighting Vipers - $2.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: Mega Man 9 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: Mega Man 10 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: MotoGP 14 - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:360: MotoGP 15 - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:360: MXGP - The Official Motocross Videogame - $7.99 - 80% off
[*]:360: Puzzle Fighter HD - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: Ride - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:360: Rise of Nightmares - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:360: Sonic Free Riders - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II - $7.49 - 50% off

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Sales and Specials

Spotlight - 12/31 - 1/6


[*]:xb1: Metagal - $3.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Riddled Corpses EX - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Solo: Islands of the Heart - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Tanky Tanks - $4.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Unbox: Newbie's Adventure - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles - $14.99 - 50% off
Last Chance Sale - 1/3 - 1/9


[*]:xb1: Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Ark: Survival Evolved - $14.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Atlas (Game Preview) - $25.49 - 15% off
[*]:xb1: Black The Fall - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Borderlands 3 - $38.99 - 35% off

[*]:xb1: Civilization VI Expansion Bundle - $37.49 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Code Vein - $41.99 - 30% off

[*]:xb1: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan - $17.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Dark Souls III - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Dark Souls: Remastered - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 2 - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 2 Off the Record - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 4 - $19.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Deadbeat Heroes - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - $4.49 - 85% off

[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry HD Collection - $17.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry 4 SE Demon Hunter Bundle - $8.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry 5 (with Red Orbs) - $19.79 - 67% off

[*]:xb1: The Disney Afternoon Collection - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Dragon Ball FighterZ - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - $11.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: EA Sports FIFA 20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: eFootball PES 2020 Standard Edition - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Fear Effect Sedna - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Forgotton Anne - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Grand Theft Auto V - $14.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: GreedFall - $29.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Indivisible - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Jump Force - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Just Cause 3 - $4.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Just Cause 4: Reloaded - $13.99 - 65% off

[*]:xb1: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Life is Strange Complete Season (Episodes 1-5) - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Life is Strange: Before the Storm Complete Season - $3.39 - 80% off

[*]:xb1: Life is Strange 2 - Complete Season - $19.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite - $9.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Monster Hunter: World - $14.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Mortal Kombat 11 - $23.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Mortal Kombat 11 PE + Injustice 2 LE - Premier Fighter - $59.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Murdered: Soul Suspect - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: NBA 2K20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: NHL 20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Octahedron - $5.19 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Oh My Godheads - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Okami HD - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Onimusha: Warlords - $11.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: The Outer Worlds - $44.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - $20.09 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Red Dead Redemption 2 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Remnant: From the Ashes - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 2 - $19.79 - 67% off

[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 5 - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 6 - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard - $14.99 - 25% off

[*]:xb1: Resident Evil Revelations - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil Revelations 2 Deluxe Edition - $11.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Riddled Corpses EX - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration - $8.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition - $23.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Sid Meier's Civilization VI - $38.99 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition - $4.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: SoulCalibur VI - $17.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition - $23.99 - 40% off

[*]:xb1: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Super Ultra Dead Rising 4 Mini Golf - $5.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - $24.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Tekken 7 - $14.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Terraria - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - $11.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Thief - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - $9.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: World War Z - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: WWE 2K20 - $29.99 - 50% off

Spotlight - 12/17 - 12/23

Spotlight - 12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Tango Fiesta - $1.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Woodle Tree Adventures - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Xenon Valkyrie+ - $1.99 - 80% off
Family Time Sale - 12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Agent A: A puzzle in disguise - $9.74 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: America's Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack - $3.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man - $0.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Aritana and the Harpy's Feather - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Aritana and the Twin Masks - $12.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Battle Worlds: Kronos - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Battleship - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Beach Buggy Racing - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Beast Quest - $4.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Ben 10 and Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion Bundle - $30.09 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Big Crown: Showdown - $2.59 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Bomber Crew Deluxe Edition - $7.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Bridge Constructor Portal - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Cars 3: Driven to Win - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Child of Light - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Clouds & Sheep 2 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: de Blob - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: de Blob 2 - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Deadcore - $1.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: DiRT Rally - $7.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: The Disney Afternoon Collection - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Double Cross - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Earthlock - $8.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Far: Lone Sails - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Fearful Symmetry & the Cursed Prince - $0.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Feudal Alloy - $6.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Gnomes Garden 3: The Thief of Castles - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Gnomes Garden: New Home - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns - $4.68 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Hasbro Family Fun Pack - $15.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and Crayola Scoot - $33.59 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Hungry Shark World - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Jeopardy! - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Just Dance 2020 - $25.99 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The King's Bird - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - $4.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Lego City Undercover - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego DC Super-Villains - $17.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego The Incredibles - $14.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Jurassic World - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel Super Heroes - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel's Avengers - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Movie Videogame - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Movie 2 Videogame - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game - $12.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Worlds - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered - $2.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lock's Quest - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Lumines Remastered - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Monopoly Plus - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: The Mooseman - $4.19 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: My Little Riding Champion - $10.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Ninjin: Clash of Carrots - $0.99 - 90% off
[*]:xb1: Oceanhorn - Monster of Uncharted Seas - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: One Eyed Kutkh - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: One Hundred Ways - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Pac-Man 256 - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 - $5.19 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: The Path of Motus - $6.74 - 55% off
[*]:xb1: Project Cars - GOTY Edition - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Pure Farming 2018 - $11.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Purple Chicken Spaceman - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Rayman Legends - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Ride - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Riptide GP: Renegade - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Risk - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Riverbond - $19.99 - 20% off
[*]:xb1: Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Rogue Stormers & Giana Sisters Bundle - $7.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Scribblenauts Showdown - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Snake Pass - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: SolSeraph - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Spectrum - $3.59 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Starlink: Battle for Atlas - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: SteamWorld Dig - $2.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Super Dodgeball Beats - $10.39 - 20% off
[*]:xb1: Tembo the Badass Elephant - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Tennis World Tour - $17.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: The Tower of Beatrice - $4.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Trackmania Turbo - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Trials Fusion - $6.99 - 65% off
[*]:xb1: Trials of the Blood Dragon - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Trials of the Blood Dragon + Trials Fusion Awesome Max Edition - $14.84 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Trials Rising - $12.49 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Trivial Pursuit Live! - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Tyler: Model 005 - $1.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: UglyDolls: An Imperfect Adventure - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Uno - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Valiant Hearts: The Great War - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Wheel Of Fortune - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Wizard of Legend - $11.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Yooka-Laylee: Buddy Duo Bundle - $38.24 - 15% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - $2.49 - 75% off

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Misc Drops


[*]:360: Battlefield Hardline Premium - $5.99 - 88% off - Price History
[*]:360:  :xb1: Brütal Legend

[*]:360:  :xb1: Gears of War 2 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360:  :xb1: Gears of War 3 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360:  :xb1: Halo: Reach - Noble Map Pack - Free

 
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Looks like my racer won the race on Valentine's Day and appears to place top 3 regularly. Let's go Logano!

I'm not sure if anyone else is still playing Soul Calibur but we finally have some updates.

Costume DLC coming 2/19 (in Japan). 67 armor pieces and includes several songs from Soul Edge (17 tracks) and the first Soulcalibur (11 tracks). That's better than what they said before with about 50 per pack.

https://twitter.com/soulcalibur/status/1096756117063888896

Next DLC character is announced, Amy. This pretty much confirms the leak, so Cassandra should be next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLwLQI6PSc

 
Oh my gosh.  I am thoroughly enjoying Heart & Slash.  Like the Destructoid review said, it really is a mix of Devil May Cry and Megaman Legends.  I never thought that somebody would mash-up those two games into one, but here we are.  The unlockable weapons make you want to play it over and over.  And, the story mode was confusing, so I'll just play endless dungeon mode instead.  But, it is well worth the $5.

 
Really digging anthem so far. Gameplay is fun. Kinda like being iron man.
Obviously playing off destiny, but I'm so burnt out on destiny.
Bought the annual pass and everything and I haven't even tried a new raid yet since the first one. Not sure what exactly changed, but I used to be hardcore into destiny. Now it's hard to want to play.
 
Oh my gosh. I am thoroughly enjoying Heart & Slash. Like the Destructoid review said, it really is a mix of Devil May Cry and Megaman Legends. I never thought that somebody would mash-up those two games into one, but here we are. The unlockable weapons make you want to play it over and over. And, the story mode was confusing, so I'll just play endless dungeon mode instead. But, it is well worth the $5.
Loved Mega Man Legends. Big Devil May Cry fan. Saying I'd like this one?
 
Checking out some streams of Anthem on Twitch. Several of them are doing endgame stuff and finished with the story. That's awfully short for Bioware.

 
Loved Mega Man Legends. Big Devil May Cry fan. Saying I'd like this one?
It's like Mega Man Legends in perspective only, and there are a lot of robots in the game, but the combos would definitely remind you of Devil May Cry. The story mode was slowing things down, so I decided to just play the randomized dungeon mode. I don't really have the attention span for games with stories that don't move along. If you want to read the Destructoid review, it will give you a better idea of what you can expect than I can possibly explain.

https://www.destructoid.com/review-heart-slash-371182.phtml

And I tried the first Naruto Ultimate Ninja game from the $10 trilogy bundle. It reminded me of Bully with a lot of jumping and martial arts because it's an open world game where you walk around and get missions from NPC characters who need your help. It didn't hold my interest long, but I maybe I will try it again later. The cel-shaded graphics look nice.

My New Year's resolution is to try every game that I purchase in 2019 right away, so I give them all 5 minutes before turning them off. If I like them, they get more than 5 minutes. Obviously.

 
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It's like Mega Man Legends in perspective only, and there are a lot of robots in the game, but the combos would definitely remind you of Devil May Cry. The story mode was slowing things down, so I decided to just play the randomized dungeon mode. I don't really have the attention span for games with stories that don't move along. If you want to read the Destructoid review, it will give you a better idea of what you can expect than I can possibly explain.

https://www.destructoid.com/review-heart-slash-371182.phtml

And, I tried the first Naruto Ultimate Ninja game from the trilogy bundle. It reminded me of Bully with a lot of jumping and martial arts. It's an open world game where you walk around and get missions from NPC characters. It didn't hold my interest long, but maybe I will try it again later. My New Year's resolution is to play every game that I purchase in 2019, so I give each game at least 5 minutes before I turn it off.
 
Got back from Alita. I Enjoyed it! Visually it did feel like a movie James Cameron had been thinking of for twenty years realized from all the details. The only problem is since the manga itself doesn't have any arcs and is really one long story it had to cram alot of bits and pieces together. Still enjoyed it though and hoping for a sequel.

#Halo

 
I’m not digging Crackdown 3 so far. I didn’t enjoy the bit I played of 1 a while back (when it first went free on 360, I think), and this one just feels off. Controls aren’t as smooth as many other games, and the aiming is very frustrating. That said, I’m glad it’s on Game Pass and I’m glad I got to play it that way, and I’m not trying to crap on anyone who is having fun/enjoying it. If it’s your thing, by all means, do it up. I got past the first boss, may pick it up again and try to get some more abilities, and will probably try the multiplayer at some point just to see what it’s all about, but just wanted to add my two cents to the conversation.
 
Crackdown 3 is really great remaster of Crackdown 1. If I had bought it, I'd be disappointed, but with GamePass, it's some good ol' no-brainer fun. Really enjoying it.
 
I'm 20 hours in on God of War and have really enjoyed it, but apparently not enough to finish it. I have no idea how far along I am.
If you do everything, you're looking at about 40-50 hours.

I basically just played God of War and Spider-Man back to back. Makes me lament the lack of quality exclusive single player games on the Xbone.

 
Crackdown 3 is really great remaster of Crackdown 1. If I had bought it, I'd be disappointed, but with GamePass, it's some good ol' no-brainer fun. Really enjoying it.
Yeah I was a little bummed on the previews/reviews but I've been going strong in it since yesterday. It's been very much "I'll just clear out this last thing and stop" and next thing I see I've played another 2 hours.

 
The Anthem subreddit has a bunch of threads bitching about the large amount of loading screens. I feel vindicated there.

Edit: someone also posted this gem of a quote:

""It's contiguous," says Anthem lead producer Mike Gamble. "Once you're in the open world, you just run around the open world. There's no loads. Everything's contiguous. You have access to the whole thing."

"You have to do it in a way where you can constantly load new content underneath," says Gamble. "So for example, you're flying through the world and you know that there's an underground cavern. You dive into the water. At that point in time, we can load in all the stuff that's underground and unload the stuff in the overworld. You never know the difference.""


The article is from 8 months ago, some technical issues must have come up in that time. 

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/anthems-open-world-is-completely-seamless

 
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And I tried the first Naruto Ultimate Ninja game from the $10 trilogy bundle. It reminded me of Bully with a lot of jumping and martial arts because it's an open world game where you walk around and get missions from NPC characters who need your help. It didn't hold my interest long, but I maybe I will try it again later. The cel-shaded graphics look nice.
Note that 1 and 2 are heavy on the taking missions from NPCs on an open world-esque environment. I can't speak much for 3, but 4 goes away from this for a simple "jump straight into the cutscene and fights" story mode. So there are improvements as you progress in the series.
 
Everybody here talking about Crackdown 3. Can't wait to join ya'll in...three years or so when I get to it. For now I'm playing this hip new XBox One game called Doom.

 
Everybody here talking about Crackdown 3. Can't wait to join ya'll in...three years or so when I get to it. For now I'm playing this hip new XBox One game called Doom.
Don't feel bad. I spent the afternoon catching up on my backlog. I didn't realize that I had over 100 games installed on my Xbox One until today because I had never paid that much attention.

Edit: Make that 168.

 
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Played CD3 for a couple of hours this morning, for better or worse it felt like slipping back into a pair of comfortable slippers I hadn't worn for ten years... I'm enjoying the orb hunt, the lock-on combat is simple but fun, the game's doing a good job of slowly introducing new types of areas to clear out... I'm playing AC Odyssey right now and typically wouldn't want to tackle two open-world games at once, but Crackdown feels simple enough to finish quickly without confusing my time in Odyssey.  Yeah, it's not as revolutionary as it could be (or should be after five years), but you know what?  It's not a bad game by any means.

It's not a $60 title but it's a great addition to Game Pass and really helps sell that service.  If Microsoft keeps dropping these games (Forza 4, CD3, Sea Of Thieves) every few months, I'm happy to call Game Pass an essential part of the Xbox experience.

 
Crackdown. 3......It's not a $60 title but it's a great addition to Game Pass and really helps sell that service. If Microsoft keeps dropping these games (Forza 4, CD3, Sea Of Thieves) every few months, I'm happy to call Game Pass an essential part of the Xbox experience.
This. So this. After playing a tad of CD3, its just like it was ten years ago. Considering I haven't enjoyed the orb hunting, Matrix leaping, gunning down bosses in what, 8+ years? Its a welcome nostalgic trip back to the good times. Playing via game pass? Hell yeah. If I'dve paid $60 day one? Hell no

Really digging the game pass day one first party games. Can't wait till Gears 5 releases this fall!!!!
 
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Don't feel bad. I spent the afternoon catching up on my backlog. I didn't realize that I had over 100 games installed on my Xbox One until today because I had never paid that much attention.

Edit: Make that 168.
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Daytona 500 list of entries for the $10 Xbox Gift Card + 1 Month Xbox Game Pass contest tomorrow:

Aric Almirola - braiiins
Ryan Blaney - jimbo8574
William Byron - ilovexboxone
Alex Bowman - wampler13
Clint Bowyer - Xfactor19990
Chris Buescher - kawai56
Kurt Busch - Gideon68
Kyle Busch - awp
Landon Cassill - labrat34
Ross Chastain - evful
Matt DiBenedetto - rappersk
Austin Dillon - Gurren Lagann
Ty Dillon - MOStateSuperman
Chase Elliott - bear489
Brendan Gaughan - Travisntucker
Denny Hamlin - p0rn0saur
Kevin Harvick - ArugulaZ
Daniel Hemric - easper
Jimmie Johnson - Donken
Erik Jones - johnnymavrik
Brad Keselowski - Mr_hockey66
Parker Kligerman - josekortez
Corey LaJoie - Dustinator
Kyle Larson - Super Strider TurbulenceEX
Joey Logano - SIX min WHISTLE
Michael McDowell - nypickle
B.J. McLeod - menikmati
Jamie McMurray - captbrannigan
Casey Mears - Chanfan
Paul Menard - darthfracas
Ryan Newman - bardockkun
Ryan Preece - jboy
David Ragan - djsmf435
Tyler Reddick - An Orange Cat
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - GamerSavage
Daniel Suarez - Previously someTooL
Matt Tifft - hauz20
Martin Truex Jr. - Z-Saber
Darrell Wallace Jr. - 2ndopp
Cody Ware - bee01





Entries for tonight's NBA All-Star weekend 3 point shootout $5 Xbox Gift card contest below:

Devin Booker - SIX min WHISTLE
Seth Curry - Bizzquik
Steph Curry - dennisb407
Danny Green - Super Strider TurbulenceEX
Joe Harris - CodeTrader
Buddy Hield - Barry Burton
Damian Lillard - awp
Dirk Nowitzki - chriscolbert
Khris Middleton - elitewillie
Kemba Walker - p0rn0saur


I always enjoy watching these events more when they provide a chance to give back.
Good luck to everybody who made it in the contests!

I'll be PMing the winner of the 3pt shootout tonight, then the race winner tomorrow evening.
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So jumping on that Naruto bundle, it is a guilty pleasure for me. Damned Naruto just always got my heart strings the big meat head.

Also Ninjas.

Also staring at the Capcom Arcade Cabinet is it any good? Any issues with the BC? I love a lot of old Capcom Arcade games and it looks like the whole thing would be like $11 total. Anyone else play those versions of the games? Are they emulated well?

 
For the last 5+ years. Very few “reviewers” will i even read/listen to. I’d much rather see gameplay videos with little commentary and demos.
And its not limited to games either...
Digital Foundry is about as close as I get to watching reviews. i have a pretty good idea if i'm going to enjoy a game as long as it performs fine technically.

 
So jumping on that Naruto bundle, it is a guilty pleasure for me. Damned Naruto just always got my heart strings the big meat head.

Also Ninjas.

Also staring at the Capcom Arcade Cabinet is it any good? Any issues with the BC? I love a lot of old Capcom Arcade games and it looks like the whole thing would be like $11 total. Anyone else play those versions of the games? Are they emulated well?
Capcom arcade Cabinet is alright. Ghosts'N'Goblins is amazing but outside of that, it's really a collection of Capcom's B titles.

I wish Game Room would defy odds and go BC. I sunk a ton of money into that shit and I really wanna play some old Konami arcade games again.

 
CodeTrader won the first contest.  $5 Xbox Gift PM incoming CodeTrader. GGs to Joe Harris for outshooting the greatest shooter of all-time.

 
Well that's a wrap for now on Crackdown 3. It's totally fine. I completed just about every objective, missing two jail breaks that I can't find and don't care enough to at this point and a few of the hidden voice logs. I unlocked every safe house and collected 285 agility orbs. I had fun with it, but I also think the reviews are right, overall I'd say 6/10 too. The lack of music in the world seemed odd to me. Boss fights and some activities had it but a whole lot of that game is just listening to your footsteps. The audio mix seems off too, had to turn it up a lot to make out any of Jaxsons quips. The two support characters love to talk though, telling you how to do shit that you're actively doing or to get the agility orb you just got. The city almost starts to feel alive toward the end of the game, but just never really does. All in all it clocked in and just over seven and a half hours and I think an hour of that time the game was time paused.

My bet is that we have a Mass Effect Andromeda situation as far as development went. I bet this was stared over once or twice since 2014 and the last 18ish months is when the game we got was being developed. Whatever happened it'll be interesting as hell to read about down the road.

I didn't have real high hopes heading into playing it but I beat it and may go back to jump around to collect a few more orbs. That's way more than I can say about many other 6/10 games.

 
Got back from Alita. I Enjoyed it! Visually it did feel like a movie James Cameron had been thinking of for twenty years realized from all the details. The only problem is since the manga itself doesn't have any arcs and is really one long story it had to cram alot of bits and pieces together. Still enjoyed it though and hoping for a sequel.

#Halo
Agreed, went with my wife and boys and we all really enjoyed it.

 
Crackdown 3 is really great remaster of Crackdown 1. If I had bought it, I'd be disappointed, but with GamePass, it's some good ol' no-brainer fun. Really enjoying it.
Between FH4 and Crackdown3 the game pass is totally worth it. Really liking this game.

 
Just got back from Alita myself. I loved it, but my theater was pretty light for a big release like this. I'm hoping it makes enough for a sequel since the clearly want to do at least one.

If you're at all into cyberpunk settings like Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, or Ghost in the Shell this is a must see. I just wish I saw it in Imax 3D because I keep hearing it's really well done in the format.

At the very least I'm going to "acquire" the source material, but just from what little I've seen of the manga the movie really brings the world to life.

 
Just got back from Alita myself. I loved it, but my theater was pretty light for a big release like this. I'm hoping it makes enough for a sequel since the clearly want to do at least one.

If you're at all into cyberpunk settings like Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, or Ghost in the Shell this is a must see. I just wish I saw it in Imax 3D because I keep hearing it's really well done in the format.

At the very least I'm going to "acquire" the source material, but just from what little I've seen of the manga the movie really brings the world to life.
It occasionally pops up on Humble Bundle. Basically got the whole series along with the prequels and such for $15 just a few months ago. I Think the movie isn't going to make bank to be sadly honest, but I was thinking of seeing it in IMax 3D since I did Dolby 2D and I think it's pretty enough to warrant a second viewing (also I got a bunch of AMC credit).

 
Won my first Apex Legends match... except it was on PC... so no achievements :) Basically I lucked out by getting paired with a guy that had over 5,000 kills and he carried me to victory... lol, although at one point I was the only one alive and revived him and my other teamate so hey, that's gotta count for something. I think he got about 20 kills that match... I think I got 1 and a few assists...

He was using one of the paid heroes that has Decoy. He would use his decoy and make them waste ammo and then kill them while they were reloading, it seemed pretty effective.

 
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Just got back from Alita myself. I loved it, but my theater was pretty light for a big release like this. I'm hoping it makes enough for a sequel since the clearly want to do at least one.

If you're at all into cyberpunk settings like Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, or Ghost in the Shell this is a must see. I just wish I saw it in Imax 3D because I keep hearing it's really well done in the format.

At the very least I'm going to "acquire" the source material, but just from what little I've seen of the manga the movie really brings the world to life.
Yeah, I liked it too. Went to the early access fan event. I got a free Funko POP keychain of Alita. Sucks that critics trashed it, but Rotten Tomatoes shows 92% of regular audience liked it. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alita_battle_angel

 
I think the biggest strike against it right now is RE2, KH3, Anthem, and Metro are all out within 4 weeks of Crackdown 3, and those are all probably more compelling games.
I got Metro yesterday as well and while it seems like a good game so far, I find myself wanting to get back to Crackdown. The freedom of movement in CD makes it feel like I'm walking slowly uphill through deep snow in Metro. I am playing CD through Game Pass but I think I would still be pleased if I had bought it outright.

 
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