After just watching the first 2 seasons of Rectify on netflix recently, i'm now a believer also Steve
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Xbox One Download Games |OT| News, Announcements, Reviews, and Impressions Thread
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Steverulez
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After just watching the first 2 seasons of Rectify on netflix recently, i'm now a believer also Steve
I am finally finishing Season 1, you should check out Suits, shes only a regular in 1 season I think but she is good in that too
Will do. She is pretty damn amazing in Rectify and can't wait till season 3 comes out.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Of course i can but i don't want If the game don't have a demo=no money from me unless i'm 100% i like the game.
In the 360 with the xbla i bought nearly everything thanks to the demos.In this generation if the game don't have a demo i can play, no money from me unless the game is less than 10$ or i'm 100% sure i like the game.That's all.
The developers don't want my money
And in this case i'll wait for a deal in the price of a 50% off.
eastx
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I'm streaming Geometry Wars 3 Evolved for 90 minutes tonight at 8pm Central/6pm Pacific. We're giving out Xbox One, PS4, and Steam codes for the game during the stream. Check out this story for more details (and a YouTube replay after the stream ends);
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I wanted to get some Xbox gift cards to prepare for some of the games I want that are coming up, like State of Decay, so I was looking around online. I found a deal at Best Buy where you can buy some kind of gift pack with 3 $15 cards and 1 $5 card ($50 total value) for $40.50. The only catch is it's only for in-store pickup, but literally every store near me had this available. Just thought I'd post in case anyone else was looking.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/microso...reen/8443052.p?id=1219334545390&skuId=8443052
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/microso...reen/8443052.p?id=1219334545390&skuId=8443052
Deals with Gold for Xbox One looks to be the following:
Zoo Tycoon
$39.99 $16.00
MONOPOLY PLUS
$14.99 $8.99
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved – Deluxe Digital Bundle
$69.99 $35.00
Flockers
$24.99 $12.50
Kinect Sports Rivals
$49.99 $25.00
Edit: more
Forza Horizon 2 Digital Edition
$59.99 $47.99
Forza Horizon 2 Deluxe Edition
$79.99 $48.99
Forza Horizon 2 Ultimate Edition
$99.99 $62.99
Forza Horizon 2 Car Pass (DLC)
$24.99 $12.50
Zoo Tycoon
MONOPOLY PLUS
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved – Deluxe Digital Bundle
Flockers
Kinect Sports Rivals
Edit: more
Forza Horizon 2 Digital Edition
Forza Horizon 2 Deluxe Edition
Forza Horizon 2 Ultimate Edition
Forza Horizon 2 Car Pass (DLC)
Twin Tails
Member
meh
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Oooo, good price on Fantasia. Anyone have any impressions?
eastx
Member
Fantasia is your average arms waving and flailing around Kinect game. Boring graphics during actual gameplay (the cinematics are better), crappy menus, lack of co-op... The music is nice though. But like, anybody who doesn't reallllly buy into Kinect games is going to get zero pleasure out of it
eastx
Member
There's a reason Microsoft and DIsney didn't use any actual gameplay screenshots in the game's marketing. All of the shots they use are from cinematics. Because the gameplay is a black screen with colored dots to show you were to move your hands. It's ugly. Lots of music games are prettier. Every other music game I've played, for instance.
Not saying you shouldn't like the game, but I personally found the visuals to be a big turnoff. Then the gameplay, heh.
StudioTan
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I always find these kinds of comments so reductionist. If you're flailing when playing Fantasia you're not doing it right. That's like someone asking how the new Halo is and saying "it's just a thumb twiddling and button pressing game" or saying you play drums in Rock Band by flailing your arms and hitting pads with a stick.
Alx
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It's also because the gameplay visuals only make sense in motion. There's no point in seeing a picture with two static circles and two dots (besides, there's actually subtle background animation that follows your motions, but that can't be seen on screenshots either).
Adding visual elements to that wouldn't improve the game in my opinion. It's all about the music.
eastx
Member
I dunno, man. I was a big supporter of the original Kinect but at some point, they lost me. I do like some Kinect games (Dance Central, Boom Ball, Kinect Party on 360, even Fruit Ninja Kinect) - but often I find the input method to be inferior to alternative control methods. Doesn't mean I don't think those games shouldn't get made or that you guys shouldn't enjoy them, but the average gamer is unlikely to enjoy them.
Hm, probably since all the moves can be done with your hands, but I wouldn't recommend it. A lot of the fun is getting completely into the music, and in many cases a table could be dangerous for your shins.
Did I mention there is a demo by the way ? Because there is.
Will try it tomorrow. I know theres a demo but was in the mood for an impulse buy
Fox Mulder
Member
That's an understatement.
Things really slipped from the glory days of xbla. They don't even do shit like summer of arcade anymore and I'm rarely interested in the games that come out now.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Hmm... Zoo Tycoon is approaching impulse buy territory but still not cheap enough..
Gonna wait for $10 or GWG.
Gonna wait for $10 or GWG.
eastx
Member
My daughter liked it at 6. She didn't have the patience for the missions (campaign), but she loved running around in free play, driving the golf carts, messing with the animals, etc.
there is too co-op. I played it at my friend's place.
Of course i can but i don't want If the game don't have a demo=no money from me unless i'm 100% i like the game.
In the 360 with the xbla i bought nearly everything thanks to the demos.In this generation if the game don't have a demo i can play, no money from me unless the game is less than 10$ or i'm 100% sure i like the game.That's all.
The developers don't want my money
And in this case i'll wait for a deal in the price of a 50% off.
Do you ever go to a movie? that's over $15 with a soda and it's under 3 hours.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Yeah or ney on either one of these? Also does Zoo tycoon require kinect?
Steverulez
Member
I didn't enjoy the little I've played of Flockers, ZT doesn't require Kinect and its fun but for someone who LOVES management etc games its a bit too simple on that front for me.
Not games but a movie pre-order
http://news.xbox.com/2015/04/xbox-s...-arrive?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://news.xbox.com/2015/04/xbox-s...-arrive?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
eastx
Member
Oh, is it outside of the campaign mode? We tried and couldn't find it.
My daughter is 7. I think she would be in the same boat as your daughter. I'll do the campaign stuff and she can goof around in free play. I'm assuming things get unlocked by playing the campaign?
eastx
Member
Cool, mine is 7 too now! She hasn't played Zoo Tycoon in a while (I get a new game every week or so, darn it). Yes, playing through campaign will unlock new stuff for free play.
Fortinbras
Member
I liked it. The Kinect controls are fine and it's fun to unlock the remixes.
Gameplay looks like this:
https://account.xbox.com/de-de/game...man&scid=28be3d3b-5edc-40ee-84cf-02a7e9428bfe
This is the only Kinect game I own, I really like Harmonix/Fantasia.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Yes i go to the cinema but only the day of the spectator because is 4 and i don't buy nothing inside.
Look,the last game i bought for 20 was pneuma breath of life and it's a 3 hours game.I don't care if the game is short if i enjoy it and i'm sure i will like me.
I have my own criteria for buying games and you don't have to understand.
Where is the news of lifeless planet?
i want the game now.Chiaroscuro
Member
There is a spring sale going on (at least for the 360). On Xbox One the following Season Passes are on sale: Forza Horizon 2 (50% off), The Crew (33% off) and Watching Dogs (33% off)
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Might I suggest looking into Boom Ball, it's a great Kinect game comprised of a lot of mini games
Edit: just noticed its on sale for $5, even better!
Here is a link to my review of the game:
http://www.xboxgamer.me/boom-ball-kinect-review/
Baron_Calamity
Member
Bummer so no on both then.
Thanks for posting this. I was looking at boom ball but passed on it and got fruit ninja kinect 2. $5 is total impulse buy for me. The more kinect games I can play with the kids the better.
This is what annoys me. Demos should be mandatory. I will very rarely buy a game blind without having played the demo unless I absolutely know I'll like it, or I've played a previous game in the series and enjoyed it.
Apparently the lack of demos is because "publishers complained" or so I read... well if they'd like to discourage sales by not providing a taster of the games then they're welcome to, but I'll be buying less games that way as I don't get to test them out first to see if they're something I'd want to pay for.
SkinnerSw33t
Member
I ordered some gift cards from Amazon, which were on sale recently, and all three cards had the code section cut off before packaging. :/
I chatted with Amazon, and they gave me a full refund, which will take 2-3 days, but it's simply a "my word" situation, so it makes be wary to ever buy cards from them again.
I chatted with Amazon, and they gave me a full refund, which will take 2-3 days, but it's simply a "my word" situation, so it makes be wary to ever buy cards from them again.
There were no demos on any system until about 2005 (unless you're talking about magazine discs). We dealt. Demos would now be so large and tough to put together due to complexity of games. Just rent or borrow a game and try it out, or watch a Let's Play
Flockers is amazing. I really recommend you watch some game play videos. I bought it at launch (and back at launch, it was discounted from $25 to $18) and thought it was worth it for sure.
Fox Mulder
Member
Stuff like shareware or demos have been around forever. They couldn't do it for cartridges obviously, but I got like two games a year in those day for Christmas and birthdays.
Console demos have consistently been around since the ps1, it's god awful they can't make them today. Obviously it doesn't matter to most people, but it absolutely has led me to buying fewer games, especially after the glorious xbla days. Their loss.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
No problem! I'm sure your kids will enjoy it, I know I have. It's a good arm workout too haha
eastx
Member
Great review! I agree, Boom Ball is a great game. One of the few Kinect games that works better than it would with a physical controller, IMO.
I said system (meaning console). Games are 10x as large as they were in PS1 days and much more complex. Cutting off a portion of a game and repackaging it into a coherent game that can be played as standalone for say 1 hour (when most people haven't had demos for $60 games on consoles) just doesn't seem like something that will be happening.
XBLA's 500MB full games weren't an issue. You could just block off parts of the game and still let you download the whole thing - then "unlock" when you buy it.
Downloading a 40GB "demo" doesn't make sense.