Through the Guardrail, Down the Slope
Published on March 18, 2018 12:39 AM
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I had to hit a couple more Gamestop's on the way to work today to take advantage of the sale on last gen games. Pickings got meager and a few were too pricey for what I think these games are worth. Here's what I got today:

XCOM: Enemy Within: This the expansion to and retweaked version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. I've always wanted this game. I payed about $4 a game today, which is the sweet spot. 

Prey: The 2006 one. I've played it several times, but I wanted it on my shelf in case I want to run through it again. There's still hard mode to beat. 

Dragon Age Inquisition: I stupidly got this, forgetting that it also came out on XBO/PS4 in 2014. This is what happens when you can't find enough games to make the sale. Or certain games you want are just way too much. 

Call of Juarez: The Cartel: The third and last full Call of Juarez game that came out. I've played 1 and 2 and always wanted to try this. I seem to remember it was designed for co-op sort of like the Army of Two games. This is why Mark and I never got it when it came out. I'm willing to try it though, even if Mark isn't. 

Resistance 3: Always wanted to play this and now I have the complete trilogy. Why Insomniac never bundled all three together for PS4 or remastered any of them is a mystery to me. They are totally worth it. They were Gears before Gears, is how I think of them now. 

Call of Duty: World at War: The last COD game I played until I played COD: Black Ops just this year. I always liked the WWII COD games. The Modern Warfare ones just asked too much cover shooting for my taste. World at War is a Treyarch developed game. They also did the Black Ops series which I've just discovered is great. 

inFamous 2: I remember in 2009 when inFamous 1 came out alongside Prototype, two very similar games. I always wanted to play both, Prototype on X360 and inFamous on PS3. I watched Mark play Prototype and I always wanted to join in and also get the Sony exclusive inFamous. I got inFamous 1 for free one year when Sony was giving it away as an apology for their system getting hacked. I'm just a fan of this style of open world, superhero, building hopping, fight fest. Reminds me of Crackdown or that Hulk Ultimate Destruction on Xbox. 

A couple games I really wanted to get but didn't because they were asking $20 for them: Blur, COD Black Ops II, and Orange Box. I like to spend not more than $20 total on three games. That's what I always used to do on this buy-2-get-1 sale at Gamestop. I'm not changing it now. 

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Posted on March 18, 2018 3:08 PM

I've never played Enemy Within because I still haven't been able to beat the first vanilla game. I've tried on Xbox, on iPad, and now sometimes I play the sequel. But never played Enemy Within.  You can get it on iOS too, so eventually I'll play on my ipad.  Love Xcom type games. 

Posted on March 19, 2018 7:19 PM

I love the games, just am terrible at getting anywhere in them. I need to look up some dumb cheat. Also, a lot of times I don't want to follow the forumla for success in these games. I just like the simulation aspect of them and make up my own, usually disasterous, strategies. 

Posted on March 28, 2018 5:02 PM

Hey Call of Juarez. I also played the first two but I never tried the third. I think with the 2nd one I got tired of the franchise. Still some fun gaming.

I forgot there was an inFamous 2 but I probably own a copy. The franchise as a whole was a lot of fun because it was kind of like a dark superhero game. 

Posted on March 29, 2018 2:29 AM

I lost it in the second Call of Juarez. There was some mission at a farm that I kept failing. I'd like to return to it sometime though.

Never did play inFamous even though I was keen to in order to have any exclusives for Playstation.