Cliff Hanger Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Jumping Tabe's gun while I wait for work to be assigned: This week's freebie is Modnation Racers Vita, and the sale is a fucking monster. Fables season pass for $9, TWD Season 2 pass for $10, WWE 2014 for $30, Dragon's Crown for $17.50 and Injustice GOTY for $24 on consoles and $14 on Vita (a better deal than the one I bemoaned missing two weeks back) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Pretty good price on Dragons Crown, though I think I'm holding out for a physical copy on that one. I do think I'll jump on Fables now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 That's also not remotely the whole list, just what grabbed me. There are at least 40 items on sale this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I just bought Injustice on Vita for $30 last Wednesday. Yep, that's my life in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Can't say a lot of the sale grabs me but Ni No Kuni for $6.99 is an absolute steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Since Cliff Hanger stole my gimmick for the week, lemme give you the rumored freebies for March:  Dead Nation (PS4) Tomb Raider (PS3) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS3) Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD (Vita) Smart As (Vita)  A pretty "meh" selection, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Wasn't Brothers a February freebie already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 This is likely a stupid question and Im like 90% sure it wont work but if I have a ps4 with psn+ can I play the free ps3 games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thoughts so thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Wasn't Brothers a February freebie already? And Smart As was January. And when that list started circulating, Dead Nation PS4 wasn't formally announced yet, though it's been rated in Korea now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Then let's hope that list is wrong. It certainly isn't the strongest group of titles ever, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Apparently the real March list is:  Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition (PS4)Tomb Raider (PS3)Thomas Was Alone (PS3)Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut (PS3)Unit 13 (PS Vita)Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite (PS Vita)  Not great, but it's 3 PS3 games I've been curious to try but didn't want to pay for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Let's see. Ps4 version of a good PS3 game, a PS3 game that got good reviews but burned out quick in the market (and which I just got on PS4), an indie darling, and one game each for PSP and Vita that lean so heavy on multiplayer as to be pointless alone. But hey, Dead Nation is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'll post this in a couple of threads but Sony just launched the FFXIV beta for the PS4. I may try it out, but I am against paying a monthly service for MMOs especially with my backlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Apparently the real March list is:  Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition (PS4) Tomb Raider (PS3) Thomas Was Alone (PS3) Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut (PS3) Unit 13 (PS Vita) Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite (PS Vita)  Not great, but it's 3 PS3 games I've been curious to try but didn't want to pay for. I don't remember Thomas or Lone Survivor. Will have to check those out. This list is a lot better than the previously-leaked one, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just watched some clips of Dead Nation. Didn't realize it was done by the guys who made Resogun. It's yet another twin stick shooter but I'm all over it. Big fail on them for misusing an apostrophe in their trailer video though. "Your viewer's decide your fate" instead of "Your viewers". Yeah, I'm pedantic like that.  Now I remember Thomas Was Alone. It's the "oooh look, my game is so artistic I use an Atari 2600 pixel block for my character" game. PASS.  Lone Survivor is yet another in the making-16-bit-graphic games. Might give it a shot but doesn't particularly interest me.  I should mention I'm not really a graphics snob - I swear. But I definitely don't like it when developers, even indie ones, do the lazy or hipster thing and give their games crappy graphics intentionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Dragon's Crown is so, so good you guys. Â It's the world's best Capcom brawler with mind-blowing art. Â I'll be sinking so much time into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino_Not_Deuce Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thomas Was Alone is a great puzzle game, don't sleep on it because of the art style because it actively plays into the mechanics themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014   I should mention I'm not really a graphics snob - I swear. But I definitely don't like it when developers, even indie ones, do the lazy or hipster thing and give their games crappy graphics intentionally.  I think it's a matter of context.  It works in Mega Man 9-10 because those are literally an attempt to make "new" NES games, with most of the same limitations deliberately in place as a way to reinforce that.  It works for Scott Pilgrim, because it's a game based on a comic which is itself a love letter to 8- and 16-bit brawlers.  Putting in polygonal representations of the comic designs or the movie cast would've been a disaster.  But when it's done for no reason, it can be pretty annoying.  On a semi-related note, I think I may be more excited for Mercenary Kings next week (Metal Slug-style game from the Pilgrim team) than I am for Infamous or Ground Zeroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Lone Survivor is yet another in the making-16-bit-graphic games. Might give it a shot but doesn't particularly interest me.  I should mention I'm not really a graphics snob - I swear. But I definitely don't like it when developers, even indie ones, do the lazy or hipster thing and give their games crappy graphics intentionally.  I mean, the game was more or less made by one guy and the pixel art is actually pretty alright, not like the Thomas Was Alone "I'm just gonna use blocks" uber-minimal approach.  It obviously isn't pushing the system's capabilities but I think it'd be unfair in this case to say there was a lack of effort; this is just what he was capable of with what he had available to him.  The game itself is actually a fairly well designed survival horror game in the vein of a Silent Hill with a metric ton of hidden depth.  I played through once and probably missed half of the random stuff one could do.  I don't think it is something that everyone will like but it is probably worth giving a shot.  Hell I think there is still a free flash demo online somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scizzy Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thomas Was Alone is a great puzzle game, don't sleep on it because of the art style because it actively plays into the mechanics themselves. The art is simple, but it isn't bad. And the game is utterly charming. It's definitely worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thomas Was Alone is a great puzzle game, don't sleep on it because of the art style because it actively plays into the mechanics themselves. It's also got some fantastic narration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I ended picking up Ni No Kuni from the Back to 2013 sale. The price was just too nice to pass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I ended picking up Ni No Kuni from the Back to 2013 sale. The price was just too nice to pass up.6 cents per hour of gameplay is tough to ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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