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[adamsapple]

Another great week of sales. Crysis Trilogy is $20 only.

Xbox sale round-up August 9th, 2022

Discounts on Freakout: Calamity TV Show, Outbreak, The Medium, Bully: Scholarship Edition, The Raven Remastered, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, CAN ANDROIDS PRAY: BLUE and more

www.trueachievements.com

Some notable things on sale IMO:

AC Origins Season Pass $12 (base game is available on Game Pass)
Darksiders 1 $4.99 (360 version is 4K/60 with BC)
Crysis Trilogy $19.99
Witcher 3 GoTY $9.99 (1440p/60 FPS on SX, free next gen patch coming later this year)
Outlast 2 $4.49
GTA IV $6.99 (720p/60 FPS on Series S|X)
Max Payne 3 $8.99
Red Dead Redemption $9.99 (4K/30 FPS on SX)

 

[Apocryphon]

GTA IV is a fucking gem but that 720p is rough.

 

[splattered]

Is crysis remake trilogy good? I remember people saying it was rough at launch

 

[Apocryphon]

Is crysis remake trilogy good? I remember people saying it was rough at launch

I mean, they're not great games anyway. The first one was interesting at the time as it felt so open, but the sequels are uninspired drivel. They look good and I suppose as guilty power fantasy games they're fine, but they are too easy and the enemy AI is absolutely dreadful. It's a good amount of content for $20 though, I just wouldn't play them on anything other than PS5/Series X/PC as they run at 30fps on everything else and it's disgusting.

 

[fatmarco]

Stubbs the Zombie is on sale holy crap.

 

[adamsapple]

GTA IV is a fucking gem but that 720p is rough.

Yeah, R* are too busy planning next gen GTA V re-releases right now I bet

At least the 360 version had the foresight to be unlocked, so you get a nice 60 FPS.

Is crysis remake trilogy good? I remember people saying it was rough at launch

They were rough for PS4 Pro, One X etc. But the newer consoles can mostly just brute force it. It's the entire trilogy for a cool $20, so if you've never played them before, now is a good time.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Another great week of sales. Crysis Trilogy is $20 only.

Xbox sale round-up August 9th, 2022

Discounts on Freakout: Calamity TV Show, Outbreak, The Medium, Bully: Scholarship Edition, The Raven Remastered, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, CAN ANDROIDS PRAY: BLUE and more

www.trueachievements.com

Some notable things on sale IMO:

AC Origins Season Pass $12 (base game is available on Game Pass)
Darksiders 1 $4.99 (360 version is 4K/60 with BC)
Crysis Trilogy $19.99
Witcher 3 GoTY $9.99 (1440p/60 FPS on SX, free next gen patch coming later this year)
Outlast 2 $4.49
GTA IV $6.99 (720p/60 FPS on Series S|X)
Max Payne 3 $8.99
Red Dead Redemption $9.99 (4K/30 FPS on SX)

Thanks for the tip… quite a good loot (already got GTA IV on a different sale, but not the DLC):

All on nice sales.

 

[TLZ]

Anyway to sort by price?

Edit: nevermind found the website.

 

[zokie]

Asura's Wrath is $3.99 http://bit.ly/3sj1jME
Episode Pack $3.49 http://bit.ly/37tQAJQ
less than $10 for the 'complete edition' for AW

https://asuraswrath.fandom.com/wiki/Asura's_Wrath_(game)#Downloadable_content
for other DLC info

 

[93xfan]

Getting Panzer Dragon Remake. Never owned a Saturn

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Cant believe AC black flag isn't playable at 60 fps on Series x and the Ezio trilogy is 60 fps but is low res. Also can't believe Dead Rising 3, Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, and Quantum Break never got any kind of 60 fps boost from Xbox. Microsoft is supposed to be the company making strides in Back compatibility and yet didn't bother to improve these xbox one exclusives ...it's just weird and very disappointing.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I want gta 4 but man 720p is rough, I also want red dead 1 but 30fps is pain. Cant have nice things


I might try and hunt down the reprints in xbox one cases for the discs

 

[Jaybe]

GTA IV $6.99 (720p/60 FPS on Series S|X)

I read a Reddit thread that at least one mandatory QTE was next to impossible to complete with the 60 fps improvement on Series due to the number of presses required being impacted by the frames.

 

[Knightime_X]

Does anyone know if the Crysis trilogy is at least 60fps ?

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Does anyone know if the Crysis trilogy is at least 60fps ?

All the remastered Crysis games have 60 fps modes.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Thanks for the tip… quite a good loot (already got GTA IV on a different sale, but not the DLC):

All on nice sales.

GTA IV dlc on sale? Finally!!

 

[fatmarco]

I read a Reddit thread that at least one mandatory QTE was next to impossible to complete with the 60 fps improvement on Series due to the number of presses required being impacted by the frames.

It isn't true its just very difficult. I did it while standing lol.

But yeah the ending QTE on the helicopter after the motorbike jump is what's effected by the doubling of the framerate. If you know its coming it's doable but still hard.

 

[Sosokrates]

GTA IV is a fucking gem but that 720p is rough.

Its not the resolution, GTA5 @ 720P Looks way better. Its the AA solution and poor textures amongst other things.

 

[Max_Po]

Crysis games are utter fucking uninspired garbage games riding on decade old "can it run crysis" musta race meme.

 

[The_Mike]

Damn I forgot to buy saints row 1 last week. Oh well.

Sucks metro exodus isn't on sale alone I have the two other games.

 

[Roberts]

Cant believe AC black flag isn't playable at 60 fps on Series x and the Ezio trilogy is 60 fps but is low res. Also can't believe Dead Rising 3, Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, and Quantum Break never got any kind of 60 fps boost from Xbox. Microsoft is supposed to be the company making strides in Back compatibility and yet didn't bother to improve these xbox one exclusives ...it's just weird and very disappointing.

I'm pretty sure they have tried to apply FPS boost to all of them, but Jason Ronald once said that many games they have tried work flawlessly until a point where they don't. And there is no way any of the developers will ever bother to patch it up themselves.

 

[bighugeguns]

Is AC Unity on sale? I'm feeling uncomfortably French.

 

[TLZ]

Got Panzer Dragoon. Thanks.

 

[OldBoyGamer]

I mean, they're not great games anyway. The first one was interesting at the time as it felt so open, but the sequels are uninspired drivel. They look good and I suppose as guilty power fantasy games they're fine, but they are too easy and the enemy AI is absolutely dreadful. It's a good amount of content for $20 though, I just wouldn't play them on anything other than PS5/Series X/PC as they run at 30fps on everything else and it's disgusting.

Is it worth playing the XB360 versions on an Xbox X instead of buying the HD updates?

Just because they’re on EA/GP sub

 

[adamsapple]

Does anyone know if the Crysis trilogy is at least 60fps ?

Yes, very good performing versions.

 

[PJX]

Cant believe AC black flag isn't playable at 60 fps on Series x and the Ezio trilogy is 60 fps but is low res. Also can't believe Dead Rising 3, Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, and Quantum Break never got any kind of 60 fps boost from Xbox. Microsoft is supposed to be the company making strides in Back compatibility and yet didn't bother to improve these xbox one exclusives ...it's just weird and very disappointing.

Or they could've not bother at all making them bc.

 

[adamsapple]

Is it worth playing the XB360 versions on an Xbox X instead of buying the HD updates?

Just because they’re on EA/GP sub

The original 360 versions of the games are all sub 720p and have weird 31fps locks, so they will always feel a little bit inconsistent even if there is no performance drop on the new consoles.

 

[Shut0wen]

Yeah, R* are too busy planning next gen GTA V re-releases right now I bet

At least the 360 version had the foresight to be unlocked, so you get a nice 60 FPS.



They were rough for PS4 Pro, One X etc. But the newer consoles can mostly just brute force it. It's the entire trilogy for a cool $20, so if you've never played them before, now is a good time.

Gta4 have 60fps isnt a good thing because the last level is near wnough impossible because of it

 

[adamsapple]

It isn't true its just very difficult. I did it while standing lol.

But yeah the ending QTE on the helicopter after the motorbike jump is what's effected by the doubling of the framerate. If you know its coming it's doable but still hard.

Gta4 have 60fps isnt a good thing because the last level is near wnough impossible because of it

Damn, is the QTE that bad ? will keep an eye out.

Is AC Unity on sale? I'm feeling uncomfortably French.

Not in this sale, but it's routinely on sale for < $9.99 every now and then. Keep an eye out !

 

[AJUMP23]

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Stubbs the Zombie is on sale holy crap.

What, again?

 

[fatmarco]

What, again?

 

[Forsythia]

I must resist myself to buy the BloodRayne remasters.

 

[adamsapple]

Well it was on sale for $15 between May and June

so .....

 

[NeonGhost]

Witcher 3 GoTY $9.99 (1440p/60 FPS on SX, free next gen patch coming later this year)

Hopefully the next gen patch actually comes out at all

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Crap. I really want Max Payne 3 but 30 frames sounds miserable.

 

[adamsapple]

Crap. I really want Max Payne 3 but 30 frames sounds miserable.

The thing is even if the game gets FPS boost, all the cut-scenes in the game (and there are many of them) are still 30 FPS 720P encoded videos. There will be a jarring disparity between two halves of the game.

 

[Fake]

Is crysis remake trilogy good? I remember people saying it was rough at launch

Crysis > Crysis 2 > Crysis 3

Yes, they are still in rough state, don't matter if you brute force into Series X/PS5. There a loads of missing things even from my Xbox 360 version, music sometimes don't play, crash, etc...

 

[Captain Toad]

Getting Panzer Dragon Remake. Never owned a Saturn

Prepare to feel like you over paid.

I bought it for about this price recently on PSN. The game is not good. And I even had a bit of nostalgia for the game from when I got my Saturn.

 

[GenericUser]

Meh.

Prepare to feel like you over paid.

I bought it for about this price recently on PSN. The game is not good. And I even had a bit of nostalgia for the game from when I got my Saturn.

I thought so, I was on the fence of buying it, but I didn't . They should remaster saga and sell it, that would be something to be excited for.

 

[akimbo009]

Stubbs the Zombie is on sale holy crap.

So? Any good?

 

[adamsapple]

So? Any good?

I'm gonna echo this.

is it good ? is the "remaster" good ?

Crysis > Crysis 2 > Crysis 3

Yes, they are still in rough state, don't matter if you brute force into Series X/PS5. There a loads of missing things even from my Xbox 360 version, music sometimes don't play, crash, etc...

The DF videos, especially for 2 and 3, are glowing raves. Looks like you had an outlier bad experience.

 

[Quasicat]

Prepare to feel like you over paid.

I bought it for about this price recently on PSN. The game is not good. And I even had a bit of nostalgia for the game from when I got my Saturn.

I felt the same way until I messed around in the settings after the last update. The default settings and stick sensitivity is all wrong compared to the Saturn version. I’m hoping Zwei, easily in my top 5 games of all time, is better without needing to wait a couple of years for the patches.

 

[anthony2690]

Just play Panzer Dragoon Orta instead, it's way better than the meh remake. (You can even unlock the original Panzer Dragoon game too)

 

[Fake]

The DF videos, especially for 2 and 3, are glowing raves. Looks like you had an outlier bad experience.

I have the game, so I can say about it?

And Rich did a duo with John about Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 about some crashs over PS4/PS5. I have Crysis Trilogy for PS4, Crysis 2 for Xbox 360 and Crysis 3 for PS3 BTW.

Don't think brute force will repair some rough game. They will only improve perfomance. This is all due Cryengine implementation.

 

[saintjules]

Panzer of Dragoon Remake
Panzer of Dragoon
Panzer
Panzend
Legend
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Dragoon Remake

 

[fatmarco]

So? Any good?

It's a good remaster, but fuck me that dance off is the biggest piece of shit ever.

You can skip it after a few fails but it just isn't remotely fair that they threw that in the game.

 

[adamsapple]

Crysis Remastered (first one) on SX seems to play very good in Quality mode. Very smooth and looks really clean.

"Yes it can run Crysis" good, finally achieved on consoles.