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I've already played every single one of those games. I don't understand why they are giving away bunch of old titles that most people have already played. If you're going to give away games, why not make it a good selection of somewhat recent relases? Like Halo 3?! Are you freakin kidding me? 3 other Halo games have been released since Halo 3... MS should learn a thing or two from what Sony is doind with they PSplus subscriptions.
Yeah, I would have at least preferred a choice between 2 games, since I bought AC2 off of the marketplace years ago. Halo 3's a bummer, too, as I would much rather have had Halo Anniversary. I always thought Halo: CE was was the only one worth playing. And I've played every game from CE to Reach.I've already played every single one of those games. I don't understand why they are giving away bunch of old titles that most people have already played. If you're going to give away games, why not make it a good selection of somewhat recent relases? Like Halo 3?! Are you freakin kidding me? 3 other Halo games have been released since Halo 3... MS should learn a thing or two from what Sony is doind with they PSplus subscriptions.
TraXxX
Since I've been on a budget for a few years, I haven't picked up or played as many games as I normally would, so I find this pretty great. Â I've paid for Live for a number of years, so possibly getting free games for something I would be doing anyway? Â I won't complain.
No problem. My phone is going through a phase where the sumbol key refuses to function, so I can't work spoiler tags.Thanks for the warning, I stopped reading after the first sentence.
gatsbythepig
I saw the games with gold as a softening blow to all those who were upset over DRM and online check ins. On the plus side it's nice to have something for free however you pay for XBL so in fact it's not free.dragonpsI've got four years tenure. I'd be buying XBL regardless, so yeah, it's free. If you just sign up for 6 months in order to get the games, then I can see that argument. I think it's less a Microsoft Ambassador program then a test to see if adding a free game or two will get more people to sign up for the service. I don't see them adding this to the 360 as a feature, more than likely if their numbers jump significantly over the next 6 months, I could see this being added to the XB1.
Is this going to be like PS+, where I have to be subscribed in order to play my "free" games, or can I just buy 3 months of gold, download the games I want, and just not renew?
I've been searching on google for an answer for this but haven't found one. If anybody knows the fine print, could you tell me? :)
Is this going to be like PS+, where I have to be subscribed in order to play my "free" games, or can I just buy 3 months of gold, download the games I want, and just not renew?
I've been searching on google for an answer for this but haven't found one. If anybody knows the fine print, could you tell me? :)
tribalTox
They're yours forever
[QUOTE="tribalTox"]
Is this going to be like PS+, where I have to be subscribed in order to play my "free" games, or can I just buy 3 months of gold, download the games I want, and just not renew?
I've been searching on google for an answer for this but haven't found one. If anybody knows the fine print, could you tell me? :)
Jaysonguy
They're yours forever
Thank you.
[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]
[QUOTE="tribalTox"]
Is this going to be like PS+, where I have to be subscribed in order to play my "free" games, or can I just buy 3 months of gold, download the games I want, and just not renew?
I've been searching on google for an answer for this but haven't found one. If anybody knows the fine print, could you tell me? :)
tribalTox
They're yours forever
Thank you.
Be advised: they likely also suffer from the same problem other arcade and Games on Demand games have- namely that you still have to be connected to xbox live in order to play them. A silver, unpaid account, but still gotta be connected.[QUOTE="tribalTox"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]
They're yours forever
El_Zo1212o
Thank you.
Be advised: they likely also suffer from the same problem other arcade and Games on Demand games have- namely that you still have to be connected to xbox live in order to play them. A silver, unpaid account, but still gotta be connected.Thanks for the heads up. I do lose my signal every once in a while but the majority of the time I'm connected.
Damn, I didn't know about certain games, arcade and Games on Demand, needed a player to be connected.
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When I got my new Xbox S last year, I had to do a license transfer and re-download them, in order to play them offline on the new Xbox.
The games, that wouldn't work offline and only offered trials, games you bought and downloaded onto an older 360 you had?
If they were, you're gonna have to what I did in order to play the full game offline. License transfer and than re-download (I actually had to delete the game and re-download it from my purchase history).
As for Fable 3, That game cheated me out of my happy ending. I fulfilled all of my promises and just slapped it on the Treasury's tab. The only concession I made against the wishes of the people was building the whorehouse- but at the time, I was starting to be able to turn a profit on my investments and I was raising the funds to save my people. I was watching the countdown drop 2 and 3 months at a time, so I figured at four months it would give me a last month to prepare. One more day spent adventuring, maybe 3 hours play time and I would have been able to save every single person in the kingdom.El_Zo1212o
I didn't even raise funds. The game was already feeling like a chore, and me having to beat every game (atleast the story) that I own, I had to grind through it. I told myself, "F--- it, let see what happens if I don't raise funds". My debt was huge at the end but I did fulfill all my promises, which seemed useless. After I beat the story I didn't want to bring the treasury back to full glory, so I was done.
The game is fun, at the begining, but it seems to drag and just fizzle at the end. But for free, you can't complain!
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*on a side note, I don't know if you have played Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning, but if you haven't, it's a blast to play. To me, it seems to be the game Fable 2 & 3 should have been*
Huh. that might just be the case, since the Slim hadn't been announced when it happened to me.Â
When I got my new Xbox S last year, I had to do a license transfer and re-download them, in order to play them offline on the new Xbox.
The games, that wouldn't work offline and only offered trials, games you bought and downloaded onto an older 360 you had?
If they were, you're gonna have to what I did in order to play the full game offline. License transfer and than re-download (I actually had to delete the game and re-download it from my purchase history).
tribalTox
[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]As for Fable 3, That game cheated me out of my happy ending. I fulfilled all of my promises and just slapped it on the Treasury's tab. The only concession I made against the wishes of the people was building the whorehouse- but at the time, I was starting to be able to turn a profit on my investments and I was raising the funds to save my people. I was watching the countdown drop 2 and 3 months at a time, so I figured at four months it would give me a last month to prepare. One more day spent adventuring, maybe 3 hours play time and I would have been able to save every single person in the kingdom.tribalTox
I didn't even raise funds. The game was already feeling like a chore, and me having to beat every game (atleast the story) that I own, I had to grind through it. I told myself, "F--- it, let see what happens if I don't raise funds". My debt was huge at the end but I did fulfill all my promises, which seemed useless. After I beat the story I didn't want to bring the treasury back to full glory, so I was done.
The game is fun, at the begining, but it seems to drag and just fizzle at the end. But for free, you can't complain!
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*on a side note, I don't know if you have played Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning, but if you haven't, it's a blast to play. To me, it seems to be the game Fable 2 & 3 should have been*
Man, I was so invested in that whole game. From the opening moment when Logan was all, like, "I'M GONNA BE A HUGE D-BAG! ARRRRGH!!" and I had to kill the girl, I swore I was gonna kill him but good. Even after the whole Ancient Evil plot was revealed and Logan explained himself, I still couldn't bring myself to spare him. I was actually surprised at how competent the game was in so many areas- the combat could've used some tweaking, but for a pre-Arkham melee action game, it was pretty good; the story was intriguing just for it's ability to take someone so apparently evil and then try and turn you into him; and the artstyle was an interesting choice just because it was so cartoony, only then to address such mature themes. On the whole, I would rate the whole experience a 7.5-8(if 1 means "sucks" instead of "broken"). It would have languished at a 6 except for the dramatic shift from adventuring to management, and would have rested proudly at a firm 8 if not for the sneak attack ending.I dont want Fable3 and I already have Halo3. If M$ included a GOOD game with a year subscription to Xboxlive Gold (like a NEW game or a good game that isnt 2+years old) then I'd consider it. Lately I've just had a non-gold account and I dont play games online. The only deal they've offered me is 3 months for $15, and that's a rip!
5 bucks a month is the yearly rate. I'd go for it. Hell, I'd extend my membership by 3 months if they offered it to me. Fable 3 is actually a remarkable game- I kinda regret not playing it sooner- but if you miss it, it's gone. I'd go for it personally.I dont want Fable3 and I already have Halo3. If M$ included a GOOD game with a year subscription to Xboxlive Gold (like a NEW game or a good game that isnt 2+years old) then I'd consider it. Lately I've just had a non-gold account and I dont play games online. The only deal they've offered me is 3 months for $15, and that's a rip!
Talldude80
I saw the games with gold as a softening blow to all those who were upset over DRM and online check ins. On the plus side it's nice to have something for free however you pay for XBL so in fact it's not free.dragonpsI pay for 3 months at a time, so while I am paying $20 for the Xbox Live, Im getting 2 games that would amount to atleast $20 for free.
I don't know what your talking about, can you explain how you were cheated out of a happy ending?What did you think of the ending? Did it bushwhack you, too?
[QUOTE="Talldude80"]5 bucks a month is the yearly rate. I'd go for it. Hell, I'd extend my membership by 3 months if they offered it to me. Fable 3 is actually a remarkable game- I kinda regret not playing it sooner- but if you miss it, it's gone. I'd go for it personally. so thats $60 per year ? The 12month gold membership time card is $39 here. Granted PS+ is $53 dollars but they got more games. Anybody else feel like their being ripped off ?. . . . . Nobody ? . . . . . Okay carry on.I dont want Fable3 and I already have Halo3. If M$ included a GOOD game with a year subscription to Xboxlive Gold (like a NEW game or a good game that isnt 2+years old) then I'd consider it. Lately I've just had a non-gold account and I dont play games online. The only deal they've offered me is 3 months for $15, and that's a rip!
El_Zo1212o
I don't know what your talking about, can you explain how you were cheated out of a happy ending? I explained it point by point in the OP. As far as the combat, I wouldn't call it poor, but it would have greatly benefitted it to have had a dedicated block button. It didn't use the bumper for anything combat related.What did you think of the ending? Did it bushwhack you, too?
[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="Talldude80"]5 bucks a month is the yearly rate. I'd go for it. Hell, I'd extend my membership by 3 months if they offered it to me. Fable 3 is actually a remarkable game- I kinda regret not playing it sooner- but if you miss it, it's gone. I'd go for it personally. so thats $60 per year ? The 12month gold membership time card is $39 here. Granted PS+ is $53 dollars but they got more games. Anybody else feel like their being ripped off ?. . . . . Nobody ? . . . . . Okay carry on. I signed up for Xbox Live for sixty bucks a year. This is just ice cream.I dont want Fable3 and I already have Halo3. If M$ included a GOOD game with a year subscription to Xboxlive Gold (like a NEW game or a good game that isnt 2+years old) then I'd consider it. Lately I've just had a non-gold account and I dont play games online. The only deal they've offered me is 3 months for $15, and that's a rip!
Lulekani
This.. they are giving away games that are far too old. You can buy the for a few bucks.. MS is not offering anything when they are giving these games away.I've already played every single one of those games. I don't understand why they are giving away bunch of old titles that most people have already played. If you're going to give away games, why not make it a good selection of somewhat recent relases? Like Halo 3?! Are you freakin kidding me? 3 other Halo games have been released since Halo 3... MS should learn a thing or two from what Sony is doind with they PSplus subscriptions.
TraXxX
[QUOTE="Legolas_Katarn"]I thought it was pretty boring, poor combat (although the instant kill animations can be fun), bland and small world, short, but better written and funnier than the past games from what I remember.I explained it point by point in the OP. As far as the combat, I wouldn't call it poor, but it would have greatly benefitted it to have had a dedicated block button. It didn't use the bumper for anything combat related.I don't know what your talking about, can you explain how you were cheated out of a happy ending?What did you think of the ending? Did it bushwhack you, too?El_Zo1212o
Are you saying you ran out of time by doing the last decisions? I thought you could still gain money from property even during the final battle
I explained it point by point in the OP. As far as the combat, I wouldn't call it poor, but it would have greatly benefitted it to have had a dedicated block button. It didn't use the bumper for anything combat related.[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="Legolas_Katarn"]I thought it was pretty boring, poor combat (although the instant kill animations can be fun), bland and small world, short, but better written and funnier than the past games from what I remember.
I don't know what your talking about, can you explain how you were cheated out of a happy ending?What did you think of the ending? Did it bushwhack you, too?Legolas_Katarn
Are you saying you ran out of time by doing the last decisions? I thought you could still gain money from property even during the final battle
You still earn the money, but as soon as Hobson declares it's your one year anniversary as king, you can no longer access the book to transfer to the treasury or the map to buy and sell property. When the gateway appears to the Road to Rule for your judgement, you're basically locked in.Please Log In to post.
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