Xbox Live Spring Sale 26/3/13 - 1/4/13

[Silent Runner]

How is the RE4 port? I was hoping it would be a little cheaper, but it's still tempting to buy another copy on yet another console.

It’s slightly lazy in places. The game itself is as good as ever once you get used to the controls on the 360 pad. But little details like the graphics on the menus not being tarted up let it down slightly. It’s a bit bright in some sections (like the forest at the start), the lack of fog removes a lot of the tension.

Anyone played Tomb Raider Legend? Worth a go for under 3 quid? I haven’t played a TR game this gen.

[Stanley]

TR Legend hasn't aged well. It's ok, but post Uncharted, Arkham, Assassin's Creed it feels positively last gen, which it basically is.

[b00dles]

Might have to get RE4 for that price. Got the Cube and Wii versions, might as well get it on 360 too for £9.

Although will we be able to play them on the nextbox?

[Padlocked]

It would be astoundingly brazen to have a huge GoD this good - and it really, really is - and then announce a complete absence of BC at a rumoured press conference in less than 8 weeks time.

Then again...

[Clipper]

TR Legend hasn't aged well. It's ok, but post Uncharted, Arkham, Assassin's Creed it feels positively last gen, which it basically is.

Graphically and framerate wise I'd agree. I really dont get why the engine stutters when the game just isnt that pretty...

gameplay wise it holds up ok for me except for the combat which is always a bit hit and miss

worth 2.69 of my money anyway and Ive already completed it once.

[squirtle]

As an aside, if you run TR:L at 480p then the frame rate issues go away.

[Mr Cochese]

Oh man. If the MGS collection is tomorrow then I'm even more glad I didn't buy those the other week when I was looking.

[Puck]

Just got RE6. Couldn't resist GRID and TR Legends at those prices either.

[Alex W.]

I suppose that if they don't have back compatibility on 720, the sensible thing to do would be to release a DVDless "360 super slim" that was small enough to keep around for playing your old XBL purchases.

[b00dles]

I suppose that if they don't have back compatibility on 720, the sensible thing to do would be to release a DVDless "360 super slim" that was small enough to keep around for playing your old XBL purchases.

I actually touted this as an idea ages ago that I was laughed off over iirc, I genuinely think that either the rumoured portable 360 or even a 360 mini (or what the arcade sort of should have been) which plays all your XBLA / XBLIG and maybe GoD games (presumably more complicated) would be brilliant.

Tbh (although probably impossible in regards to coding or whatever) if a Windows 8 phone enabled me to play my XBLA arcade games on it, I would buy one without hesitation.

[DocG]

Tbh (although probably impossible in regards to coding or whatever) if a Windows 8 phone enabled me to play my XBLA arcade games on it, I would buy one without hesitation.

Would you carry the pad around with you, then?

[b00dles]

Well yes, that is obviously one of the reasons it wouldn't work very well but there are some games that you could shoehorn some virtual controls onto. It would obviously be disgustingly bad for some things but I've played emulated SNES games using SNESoid on my phone using virtual controls and it was alright.

I think really what I'd quite like, is actually the ability to play my Pinball FX tables against my scores and leaderboards on my tablet / phone instead of buying everything again and starting my scores from scratch.

More of an issue with accounts more than anything... don't mind me.

[rsbrowndog]

If a 360 mini did exist I would snap one up if it had Sky Go.

[Camel]

Really enjoyIng GRID. £2.69 is a ridiculous bargain.

[Boozy The Clown]

It's a shame you won't be able to trade it in though. You could have been onto a quid.

[Camel]

I never trade games in. Try again boozy.

[Mr Majestyk]

Well yes, that is obviously one of the reasons it wouldn't work very well but there are some games that you could shoehorn some virtual controls onto. It would obviously be disgustingly bad for some things but I've played emulated SNES games using SNESoid on my phone using virtual controls and it was alright.

I think really what I'd quite like, is actually the ability to play my Pinball FX tables against my scores and leaderboards on my tablet / phone instead of buying everything again and starting my scores from scratch.

More of an issue with accounts more than anything... don't mind me.

I tried pinball fx 2 on windows 8 store using my same XBLA credentials and it wanted me to purchase all the table again. Yeah, good luck with that.

I no longer run Windows 8, so it's not really an issue any more. Maybe cross platform play could have persuaded me to keep it on.

[angel]

I sign into the website but it shows the prices in dollars :s

[Camel]

I get that too. In the URL change en-US to en-GB.

[neoELITE]

Call of Juarez, GRID and Rainbow Six Las Vegas all downloading.

I was gutted El Shaddai wasn't there - it looks lovely but it's one of those 'take a punt' games I always end up not buying.

[Jbone]

I sign into the website but it shows the prices in dollars :s

I get that too. In the URL change en-US to en-GB.

Yeah, I get that. I was wondering if Unblock-US is confusing it or something, because I had that in the Google Play store a couple of weeks ago when I was thinking of buying a Nexus.

Anyway I'm only getting the problem in Chrome, Firefox is fine.

[Camel]

Don't think so as it happens while I'm at work.

[Dimahoo]

I never trade games in. Try again boozy.

IIRC thats what he was offered.

[Looper]

The xbox.com site never stays switched to GB for me, it's useless.

[Alex W.]

Did you try clicking "United States" on the bottom left corner of the page? That'll bring up the locale switcher.

[simms]

The site usually give prices in dollars for me but when I hit buy game another screen pops up showing in pounds.

[The Mighty Ash]

Call of duty stuff today. Nothing too exciting.

[Paulando]

If I bought a COD on console A, then downloaded it through my username on console B, then logged in as someone else on console A but logged in as myself on console B, could I system link it with one purchase?

[Boozy The Clown]

Fuck knows.

[SaintM]

The offers are getting worse. Started off with such promise too.