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Amazon: 360 Platinum Hits are buy 2, get 1 free for a limited time
by Richard Mitchell 
on Feb 8th 2010 3:00AM
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 3:16AM (Unverified) said
Well this is a good reason for me to finally go and buy Dead Rising. I'm not sure which other two games I want though.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 9:14AM Alan Smithee said
No, the Fable II and ME covers are still jacked up. Logos that don't belong.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 3:26AM (Unverified) said
Wow, why do they go out of the way to punish people for buying "Platinum Hits" games? Look at how they butchered the Bioshock box art. I could get them cheaper at gamestop or gamefly used and still have a decent cover too.
It's like those cars you know are from DriveTime or Carmax because of the ugly logo on the back.
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It's like those cars you know are from DriveTime or Carmax because of the ugly logo on the back.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 3:33AM (Unverified) said
Platinum Hits games should never be more than $20. For shame, Microsoft.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 3:49AM LuTon James said
Question, as someone who is a rather new 360 owner should I play through Mass Effect 1 first? I've played a bit of 2 and loved it, I'm guessing I'm probably going to get a resounding yes but I would still like some imput. Cheers.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 4:32AM Puertoricarious said
as i told a friend of mine, there's no penalty for not playing ME1, but rewards for the playing it are great.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 7:45AM Acosta02 said
In my opinion, ME1 is a far inferior game than its sequel. My roommate's played them both, and I know I would never want to put up with ME.
BUT I guess if you don't do ANY side quests it would be a lot better, as that was where most of the problems were in the first game.
BUT why would you want any problems at all? ME2 is awesome. And, yeah, it's 7:45 AM. Please, pardon the rambling.
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BUT I guess if you don't do ANY side quests it would be a lot better, as that was where most of the problems were in the first game.
BUT why would you want any problems at all? ME2 is awesome. And, yeah, it's 7:45 AM. Please, pardon the rambling.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 8:06AM Ballistic H said
I find ME1 to be better than ME2. I liked the real-time elevator load screen than the ME2 load screen. Landing on a planet in ME1 was way more fun than the epically boring planet mining in ME2. ME2 was shorter than ME1 and yet it requires 2 discs.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 8:54AM Vcize said
It depends on whether you like RPGs or just want ME2 for the amazing action/combat elements of it.
The story, the leveling, etc was all better in ME. But ME had just an average combat system (good for an RPG, bad for a shooter). ME2 captured a whole new audience because it added an amazing combat system that could have stood on its own in a straight up shooter even if you removed all the story and character elements from the game.
If you fall into the latter category of just wanting to play ME2 as a shooter for the fun combat, there's no need to play the first one. If you're playing it to play an RPG, definitely play the ME1 first.
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The story, the leveling, etc was all better in ME. But ME had just an average combat system (good for an RPG, bad for a shooter). ME2 captured a whole new audience because it added an amazing combat system that could have stood on its own in a straight up shooter even if you removed all the story and character elements from the game.
If you fall into the latter category of just wanting to play ME2 as a shooter for the fun combat, there's no need to play the first one. If you're playing it to play an RPG, definitely play the ME1 first.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 10:29AM Alan Smithee said
It's hard to say. I considered ME1 to be one of the best games on the 360. Having beaten ME2, I went back to ME1 to construct a more tailored import save to play again.
Maybe it's because I just want to get back to ME2, or because it's like my seventh playthrough, but it feels tedious.
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Maybe it's because I just want to get back to ME2, or because it's like my seventh playthrough, but it feels tedious.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 11:03AM Jerk Face said
Mass Effect is a good video game. Mass Effect 2 is a better one. That being said, ME1 has an epic story and really makes you care more about the characters in the sequel. It has its issues, but if you can look past that and just enjoy the presentation of the narrative as given, it's definitely worth a play through. It may not be a 10/10, but it's still a friggin' 9.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 12:00PM (Unverified) said
Mass Effect 1 is an awesome game. I like how Bioware proved that most people who complained about the elevators were stupid since the loading times are practically the same, but instead you get a loading screen.
It is a truly awesome game, and one of the best games of 2007. The pros far outweigh the cons. Also playing Mass Effect 1 is almost essential since there are characters who reappear depending on what you did, as well as decisions that will carry over to Mass Effect 3.
You truly feel like you are playing as Shepard since his (or her) story and decisions continue to carry over.
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It is a truly awesome game, and one of the best games of 2007. The pros far outweigh the cons. Also playing Mass Effect 1 is almost essential since there are characters who reappear depending on what you did, as well as decisions that will carry over to Mass Effect 3.
You truly feel like you are playing as Shepard since his (or her) story and decisions continue to carry over.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 3:22PM D3m0sthenes said
It took me a long time to get in to. (beat it a month or so ago) but in the end it was totally worth it. I would like to replay it though, because I put it on easy and just blew through the main quest and neglected a lot of the other things in the game. And it was still awesome.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 4:12AM (Unverified) said
Meh. I got Bioshock for free when I ordered BF: Bad Company from goHastings. 12 bucks each in the end. I think it was a screw up on their part though because the next day it was the same as this.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 12:04PM WiredKnight said
Just to be technical, a prequel is a type of sequel.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 12:27PM carbonize said
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting. From pre- (Latin for "before") and sequel (a supplementing work with a setting later than its predecessor's, from the Latin sequella, thing that follows). The prequel forms part of the "back-story".
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 1:46PM Brian Griffin said
Anything released after the original work is technically a type of sequel...
WiredKNight is technically correct. The best kind of correct! ;)
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WiredKNight is technically correct. The best kind of correct! ;)
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 8:10AM (Unverified) said
Damn, a few days late and a dollar short. You guys should have posted when gamefly had a similar deal last week. Basically 10-15 dollars for most 09 games like Red Faction, Batman, etc etc.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 8:15AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Guess I will finally buy Halo 3....just to play online with some friends later.....
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 10:27AM Funkmaster General said
The Halo 3 single player is very enjoyable. I know that it's the main reason that I bought it the moment it released.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 10:43AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
I never played the story mode on there....jumped online at a friends house once.....didn't like the online at all...but If playing with friends it can be entertaining
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 10:18AM Accessgranted said
Maybe i'll get Fable 2 again, Fallout 3, and Oblivion!
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 11:29AM (Unverified) said
Thought about doing it, was going to get
Fallout 3
Oblivion
Halo Wars (maybe Burnout)
But Fallout 3 wasn't GOTY so it didn't have all the DLC, which is what I really wanted....and yes I played Fallout and Oblivion but they were a roommates copy, and he no longer lives with me.
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Fallout 3
Oblivion
Halo Wars (maybe Burnout)
But Fallout 3 wasn't GOTY so it didn't have all the DLC, which is what I really wanted....and yes I played Fallout and Oblivion but they were a roommates copy, and he no longer lives with me.
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 11:38AM CaramelZappa said
Most of them I already own. Only ones I'm slightly interested in are Mass Effect and Burnout Paradise.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 11:58AM Faceless Troll said
Too bad I already own all the ones I care about. :|
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 12:04PM rahmenxnoodles69 said
Sadly I already have all of those, most of them I bought at the full $60 :/
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 1:15PM Korova Pamplona said
I want ME1 and Fable II, but I dont know what third game I'd get. Maybe tabletennis? Was that fun?
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 2:00PM (Unverified) said
Or you could get the used versions and pay even less..
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Posted: Feb 8th 2010 8:22PM likedamaster said
I literally have ALL of those games... with the exception of a few crappy ones.
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