Xbox LIVE Continues With The Awesome Sales: GTA and Deus Ex Discounted

18 responses to “Xbox LIVE Continues With The Awesome Sales: GTA and Deus Ex Discounted”

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   braaains

   March 13, 2013 at 10:21 am

   You can probably get GTAIV and Deus Ex on disc for about that price these days, can’t you? I’m sure I’ve seen them both in the 2 for $40 bin at JB. And Deus Ex was free on PS+ a few months back.

   Both good games, though – well worth playing for anybody who hasn’t already.

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      doc_what

      March 13, 2013 at 10:25 am

      Quite a few of the games in the sale were free for PS+ subscribers.

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   Neo Kaiser

   March 13, 2013 at 10:38 am

   Oh wow. GTA and the expansions are on sale for Xbox LIVE? That’s as about as surprising as the last 20 times they’ve done that…

   Also, fair warning. Do NOT buy Supreme Commander 2. The way they treated their fans with that game was nothing but insulting.

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   gunnie

   March 13, 2013 at 10:41 am

   Sleeping Dogs for $9.95!? too bad I own it already..

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      Neo Kaiser

      March 13, 2013 at 10:45 am

      What’s really sad is that I bought Sleeping Dogs soon after the release date and it’s still in its original wrapping :\

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      1. 

         kermitron

         March 13, 2013 at 10:53 am

         That is sad! It was easily one of the best games to come out in 2012. The experience isn’t as deep as some might like (especially with the romance options and various other side missions), which was mainly the result of a development budget being slashed, but the overall gameplay doesn’t suffer for it. It does an excellent job of replicating the experience of an HK action movie and the story is well done even if it is pretty cliche.

         I definitely want to see more of this, and I think we finally got some story-based DLC for it this week, “Year of the Snake” (as opposed to the previous DLC which was mainly just extra collectibles and money which are utterly unnecessary, and the “halloween” DLC Nightmare in North Point which just added some ghosts and zombies.

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            gunnie

            March 13, 2013 at 11:02 am

            yeh I found the Zodiac tournament pretty fun. A cool homage to Enter the Dragon, but it was really short..

            I’ve gone back to GTA4 recently (in the lead up to GTA5) and playing The Lost and the Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony DLC. I gotta say, it takes some getting used to in going back to GTA. It feels so clunky compared to Sleeping Dogs now when I remember being blown away when I first played GTA4. Interesting seeing how much of a difference 5 years can make.

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               kermitron

               March 13, 2013 at 11:08 am

               I remember thinking GTA IV was fantastic when I first played it and I still think they created a great world to play around in, but Saints Row 2 far outstripped it in terms of fun and playability and I was never able to go back. I was really looking forward to Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, but after spending an hour with Lost & Damned I gave up. The gameplay was too rigid, the controls too clunky, the driving was a pain.

               I have high hopes for GTA V though.

      2. 

         banderdash

         March 13, 2013 at 11:21 am

         But.. you’re not a real man without a pork bun in your hand.

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         1. 

            dknight1000

            March 13, 2013 at 1:17 pm

            Now I really want a pork bun, the ones you get in Asia are huge compared to the tiny things we get here.

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               dnr

               March 13, 2013 at 2:49 pm

               You look like you could use a pork bun!

   2. 

      braaains

      March 13, 2013 at 10:54 am

      I found that game so frustrating. I played it and enjoyed what I played, but for some reason it just gave me the most horrendous motion sickness. Worst that I’ve had in years, definitely the worst of any game I’ve played this generation. In the end I just had to give up on it.

      At least it was one of the PS+ freebies so it wasn’t like I paid much for it. But I just don’t understand why that particular game caused that reaction, while I’ve been able to play any number of first person games (COD4, Mirror’s Edge, Bioshock, a couple of Killzones and Battlefields) without any such issues. Nor did I have any problems with other 3rd person open world games like GTAIV, RDR, etc.

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         kermitron

         March 13, 2013 at 10:57 am

         That’s interesting, I’ve seen other people mention that but I can’t imagine what’s triggering it. I think my wife had issues with watching me play it as well, and I’m pretty sure that would be the first time she’s suffered motion sickness from anything in the 10 years I’ve known her.

         You really missed quite a good game by not being able to play it. 🙁

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4. 

   cayal

   March 13, 2013 at 10:44 am

   Guessing this is for Mericah?

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      kermitron

      March 13, 2013 at 10:54 am

      Nope. Australians actually get in on the action this time. Last week we even got Max Payne 3 for $5 when it was only discounted to $15 in the US.

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   2. 

      batguy

      March 13, 2013 at 11:59 am

      The marketplace link has AU in it, so you know that they’re actually our prices. http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/promotion/SQX-pub-sale-031213 is the US version. Looks like theirs are slightly cheaper in places, although I don’t think they get Sleeping Dogs?

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   batguy

   March 13, 2013 at 12:05 pm

   Sleeping Dogs for $10? Sold!

   I actually have a decent library of full games on demand sitting on my 360 now, after the last sale: Max Payne 3, Dead Island, MGS x 3, Resident Evil 6, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Crysis 2, and now Sleeping Dogs.

   It’s liberating to have that Steam-like library where I can pick something meaty out without having to change discs around. It may seem lazy, but really it just means that I’m more likely to play something different in the odd hour I get here or there, rather than just play whatever is in the tray or an arcade game.

   I like it. Here’s hoping the MS keep this up now and on their next console!

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   dknight1000

   March 13, 2013 at 1:18 pm

   Funny I’m still seeing last weeks sales on my X-Box although if I go to the games directly I get the right prices.

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7. 

   reapess

   March 13, 2013 at 1:32 pm

   I just grabbed myself Lara Croft: GoL, I always wanted it but didn’t want to pay full price.

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