Fable, Alien Hominid HD get slashed for March Deals of the Week

by Xav de Matos { Mar 13th 2009 at 5:41PM }

Before Peter Molyneux and Co. captured our GOTY hearts with Fable II, Lionhead introduced the world to Albion in Fable -- on the original Xbox. Next week -- billed as the figurative pot of gold for St. Paddy's Day -- the Xbox Originals release of Fable will be discounted to 800

($10) on March 16, down one third the standard (Read: Overpriced) tag of 1200

.

March 23's Deal of the Week isn't nearly exciting, discounting the Iowa Mission Pack for Battlestations Midway by 20%. Finally, to put an Irish kiss on the end of the month, the Deal of the Week beginning March 30 will be the XBLA title Alien Hominid HD, discounted by 50% to 400

($5). Those are some quality price drops... Irish I had some more MS Points.

Tags: alien-hominid, alien-hominid-hd, battlestations-midway, deal-of-the-week, fable, fable-2, the-behemoth, xbox-live-arcade, xbox-originals

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Markez @ Mar 13th 2009 5:48PM

Fable on sale as a St. Patty's Day special? Does that mean I can get drunk in this one, too?

Seriously, though, as a huge fan of Fable II would anybody reckon I'd enjoy this one a lot as well? All I've ever heard about the first one is sharp criticism about how it came up short.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Mar 13th 2009 5:53PM

It's only because Peter promised Fable 2 when making Fable 1. There's some obvious generation-decay, but it's a good game in it's own right.

It will also give you a much deeper insight into the story of Fable 2...especially another reason to hate fucking Reaver!

Dirty @ Mar 13th 2009 5:56PM

I played through it twice. It was very similar, in fact I enjoyed the combat better in the first. Fable and KOTOR are the only two xbox games I still own.

Hope this was in the slightest bit helpful.

An yes you can get drunk in the first one as well.

AoE @ Mar 13th 2009 5:56PM

Most people who didn't like the first fable were people who were expecting PM & Co to deliver on all of his over-the-top promises. At the time no one was really aware of what a hype machine windbag he could be; so when the final game came out and contained only a fraction of what had been discussed... some people were sorely dissapointed. Most Xbox fanboys had been eagerly following the development since before the original Xbox even dropped, so there was a lot of pent up hopes that were just crushed...

That being said, for those of us that took the game on it's own merits, found it quite enjoyable. I would imagine without years of hype and anticiaption behind you, you should be able to enjoy the game for what it is. Everything they did in the game, they did quite well.

offday @ Mar 13th 2009 6:00PM

Fable 1 was awesome. But don't bother getting it from MS's crappy Xbox Originals. You could find it cheaper, and get the one with extra content.

Markez @ Mar 13th 2009 6:02PM

Eh? Good idea, there. What extra content? Can I make a buncha people throw up in that, too?

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Mar 13th 2009 6:17PM

Yes. Get Lost Chapters which basically adds a shit load of features and extra 3 hours of story after the original Fable ends.

Premature ejaculation man @ Mar 14th 2009 12:19AM

I've enjoyed Fable 1 a lot more than Fable 2. I think I like the setting and some of the usability options in it more. Both games are good, but I've played through fable 1 (and lost chapters) like 8 times. I wasn't around to see any of thie Peter hype though.

cafecito @ Mar 13th 2009 5:53PM

Oh, my! Are this discounts time-limited? I wanna get Alien Hominid but I don't have enough MS points :S

AoE @ Mar 13th 2009 6:01PM

Yeah, they run for 1 week only. You've got until the week of March 30th to get the points ;)

offday @ Mar 13th 2009 5:57PM

Is it really considered a deal if they discount crap that no one wants? DLC for Battlestations Midway? Seriously? And by 20%? Wtf?

Cole @ Mar 13th 2009 6:00PM

Hell yes! Ive downloaded the trial for Alien Hominid at least 3 times, and everytime i think im gonna buy it and talk myself out of it. Now for 5 bucks i will surely get it.

dantebk @ Mar 13th 2009 6:27PM

Alien Hominid for $5? Fine, I'll buy it. I'm not an unreasonable man, just a cheap one.

Weird to announce these so early. Now Alien Hominid sales will drop to next to nothing until 3-30. (of course, maybe they're putting it on discount because sales already have?)

AoE @ Mar 13th 2009 6:30PM

It was released more than 2 years ago, Feb 2007... I suspect the damage to sales of the game over the next 2 weeks won't be significant.

Roofie @ Mar 13th 2009 6:39PM

If you're so cheap, then why don't you just play the game for free as it was originally released on the PC? Seriously. Same game, cheaper price.

AoE @ Mar 13th 2009 8:41PM

@Roofie,

I take it you've never played a console port of the game then? Seriously not the same game... there's been a lot of spit and polish applied to the console version. The original flash game was, for all intents and purposes, a prototype.

sparkster @ Mar 13th 2009 7:04PM

Need some help here:
I own Fable: The Lost Chapters for the original Xbox and it runs like crap on the 360 (sound lags, video lags, crashes, save game corrupts alot). Still I love this game.
So the question is: Does the downloadable version have the same problems?
Been thinking about buying it a long time now and I finally got to the conclusion that if I'm ever gonna pay a second time for the game, then whenever the price drops.
Oh, and I own a PAL (German) Xbox and I wonder if the Game would be the original (English) version, which I'd prefer, since my Lost Chapters disc is the English version as well.
So yeah, I hope someone knows more than me here.