Game Deals and Subscriptions 2017... err... 2018 now

[Cliff Hanger 856]

Fuck yeah SSX3. That and Virtua Figher 4 Evo are the two PS2 games I most want to play and have no current way to do so (they don't run well on PCSX2). Now if only I had an Xbone.

[supremebve 4,163]

I don't know if this is relevant to this thread, but since we're talking about old Xbox games, is there are a reason it is impossible to find Burnout 3 Takedown anywhere?

[Death From Above 3,702]

Is there a way to get the Community Patch for KoToR 2 on XBox like you can through the Steam Workshop? Because whoa man, was that a wonderful cleanup job.

[The Man Known as Dan 3,348]

1 hour ago, RIPPA said:

Original Xbox games releasing on April 17:

Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Breakdown
Conker: Live & Reloaded
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Hunter: The Reckoning
Jade Empire
Panzer Dragoon Orta
SSX 3

Original Xbox games releasing on April 26:

Destroy All Humans!
Full Spectrum Warrior
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
MX Unleashed
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Star Wars Republic Commando

 

Shameful admission: Never played Jade Empire. Looking forward to changing that 

[RIPPA 29,133]

9 hours ago, El Dragon said:

Shameful admission: Never played Jade Empire. Looking forward to changing that 

I love it so - just be prepared for Breakfast at Tiffany's level of racism

[J.T. 8,630]

Oh shit, Superhot!

[Cliff Hanger 856]

9 minutes ago, J.T. said:

Oh shit, Superhot!

That game is so nuts, I love it.

[J.T. 8,630]

56 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

I love it so - just be prepared for Breakfast at Tiffany's level of racism

Yeah, they really should have gone with the original plan and had the characters speak Tho Fan (the language they created for the game) with appropriate subtitles.

Also, the secret hetero romance option is pretty awesome.

10 hours ago, El Dragon said:

Shameful admission: Never played Jade Empire. Looking forward to changing that 

Pro Tip: Goes without saying, but make your own custom character.  You will be much happier.

I used the Furious Ming skin for the badass dragon tattoo on his back but chose the Legendary Strike fighting style.  Thousand Cuts always seemed to overshoot my enemy before I could land the death blow and trigger a Harmonic Combo and White Demon was just too too too slow.

I picked the Dire Flame magic style because you know, badass dragon tattoo on Ming's back. Thematics are important.  Plus, the Fire Dragon AoE also helped with crowd control allowing me to land my HCs without being knocked out of my wind up..

[The Man Known as Dan 3,348]

24 minutes ago, J.T. said:

Yeah, they really should have gone with the original plan and had the characters speak Tho Fan (the language they created for the game) with appropriate subtitles.

Also, the secret hetero romance option is pretty awesome.

Pro Tip: Goes without saying, but make your own custom character.  You will be much happier.

I used the Furious Ming skin for the badass dragon tattoo on his back but chose the Legendary Strike fighting style.  Thousand Cuts always seemed to overshoot my enemy before I could land the death blow and trigger a Harmonic Combo and White Demon was just too too too slow.

I picked the Dire Flame magic style because you know, badass dragon tattoo on Ming's back. Thematics are important.  Plus, the Fire Dragon AoE also helped with crowd control allowing me to land my HCs without being knocked out of my wind up..

https://youtu.be/Ccoj5lhLmSQ

[J.T. 8,630]

18 minutes ago, El Dragon said:

https://youtu.be/Ccoj5lhLmSQ

Good, then you won't struggle as much as most people did with the first act of the game.  The combat engine does not play very intuitively.

[JLSigman 573]

8 minutes ago, J.T. said:

Good, then you won't struggle as much as most people did with the first act of the game.  The combat engine does not play very intuitively.

That is the understatement of the year. 

[RIPPA 29,133]

Or you just click on a premade character and go through and smash buttons and beat everyone

The tired and true Rippa method

[tbarrie 571]

I don't recall having a problem with Jade Empire's combat system.

I mean, it's real-time combat. So it's just filler to keep you from blowing past the good parts too quickly. But judged through that lens, it seemed fine.

[Death From Above 3,702]

The combat was pretty simple, hit stuff until they die. Try not to get hit.

 

GIT GUD

[Contentious C 605]

Yeah, I think I struggled the first time I tried with Jade Empire because I thought it was going to be less button-mashy. But no, it's fairly button-mashy. Second playthrough I barely broke a sweat.

I wonder how well ported this ends up. Hell, 2 of the 3 reasons I kept my original XBox are on that list - 1: that Jade was always considered a terrible PC port, and 2-3: the wondrous controller button glitches from KOTOR 1 & 2. But I suppose those of you who have actually played other ports by now have a good handle on how other games have been ported, and can comment accordingly.

Also makes me wonder how hilariously broken Morrowind will be. Best guess - hilarious for the first hour; throw controller into wall past first hour.

[Death From Above 3,702]

Morrowind is legit the most broken game I ever played that I still think qualifies as great. The XBox version was really easy to freeze in certain spots, especially the Mounhold expansion.

[Zimbra 1,726]

18 minutes ago, Death From Above said:

Morrowind is legit the most broken game I ever played that I still think qualifies as great. The XBox version was really easy to freeze in certain spots, especially the Mounhold expansion.

True, but on the flipside you could bug out the spellcrafting system to max out your stats, which was all good fun.

[Death From Above 3,702]

I don't think it was bugged out as much as it was easy to game because you could just make 1-cost cheap spells just for levelling. Nothing like the old 1 second summon scamp spell.

[Zimbra 1,726]

There was a bug where if you created a stat-boosting spell and added Soul Trap as an effect it would make the stat boost permanent. But you had to look at the ground when you cast or it would crash the game.  I cannot believe I still remember this shit.

[Death From Above 3,702]

Well shit I never bothered with that one. The more you know.

[The Man Known as Dan 3,348]

3 hours ago, Death From Above said:

Morrowind is legit the most broken game I ever played that I still think qualifies as great. The XBox version was really easy to freeze in certain spots, especially the Mounhold expansion.

It might not even be the best most broken game on that list. KOTOR 2 man. Broken as shit, but fucking amazing.

[Death From Above 3,702]

Before I played it with the Community Patch on Steam like a decade+ later, I referred to KoToR2 as "the best public beta I ever played".

[Contentious C 605]

I can't believe there were people who didn't exploit the Soul Trap glitch. Enchanting was damn near impossible even with it (that or game crashing potions).

[Tromatagon 8,074]

Oh man I remember making myself so fast I couldn't walk five seconds without crashing my Xbox.

[John E. Dynamite 700]

I just bought a $9 copy of Morrowind for Xbox last week. Good to know what I'm in for.