I'll Buy That for a Fiver

On 12/21/2019 at 09:53 PM by KnightDriver

I got caught up in the sales again this weekend and picked up a bunch of five dollar games and one amiibo. I also played some New Super Mario Bros U and more of Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story.

Games For 5

Here's the list:

Enslaved: Journey to the West
Orange Box
Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena
Viking: Battle for Asgard
Star Trek
Star Wars Kinect
007 Legends
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Little Big Planet 2
Animal Crossing amiibo Rover

I've always wanted to play Enslaved. Maybe I played a demo for it once? I don't remember.

Orange Box used to be in my collection. Now it's back. Can anyone tell me why Half-Life 2 and the extra chapers aren't available for digital download on Xbox or PS4? It's in the top ten highest rated games of all time. WTF!

I've tried Riddick before and didn't quite take to it, but I'm still hearing about how great it was, so I'm going to try it again. This is the ultimate edition of Escape from Butcher's Bay.

That Viking game is something I might've played before, but I'm not sure. It was in my collection years ago and then left. I'm doing a Viking theme for January, so maybe I'll play it. Not sure if it's back compatible with Xbox One but probably not.

Star Trek is by all accounts a terrible game but I just have to see the ships, environments and story of it, being a Star Trek fan.

Star Wars Kinect I occassionaly hear good things about even though it was ripped in the press on release. I'd like to swing a light saber even in a bad game. Plus my Kinect could get some use.

007 Legends is a game that will never be repeated for licencing reasons. This one revisits classic locations in the 007 films, so I got to see that.

RE 4 has always frustrated me, but it's so highly rated, I have to give it another go.

I've played the first LIttle Big Planet and liked it, although, it's really not my sort of thing. Still, it's Media Molecule, so I'd like to see what they did in the sequel.

I got a Animal Crossing amiibo for the Amiibo Festival Wii game I got recently. It was at Five Below, so why not. I like the look of Rover too. I know nothing about that character.

I'm tracking down one more game before Xmas, Disgaea 4 for PS3. The complete edition has recently come out to good reviews, so I thought I'd get the original on the cheap to try it out.

I also played an hour or so of New Super Mario Bros. U the other day. It's an interesting 3D take on Super Mario Bros platforming. So, it's easy, which makes me like it. We'll see what I think when it inevitably gets hard and makes me rage quit. I'm going to put on my best ninja patience to try and get through it.

I also put a little more time into Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. I nearly got stuck on a level but with getting Bowser to drink water to change the level and discovering how to shrink Mario, I got through it.

That's a weekend, I think. Tomorrow I work, so I won't game probably at all. I'll read some more of Halo: Oblivion, the new Halo book by Troy Denning, very likely. I'll blog about that when I'm done.

Cary Woodham

12/22/2019 at 09:30 AM

Have you ever played Portal? It's the best thing on the Orange Box.

KnightDriver

12/23/2019 at 10:50 PM

I've palyed it but not completely. I liked it up until that bounce pad stuff. That drove me nuts. I'll try it again someday. Portal 2 also tried my patience. Puzzles get real complicated. I love what I've heard of the story though. I wish I could get through it. Maybe one day I'll play it with a guide just to see everything.

12/24/2019 at 01:33 PM

If I can beat both Portal games, I know you can!

12/25/2019 at 09:19 AM

i need Mr. Miyagi by my side saying, "patience, Danielson.".

Matt Snee Staff Writer

12/23/2019 at 08:54 AM

Enslaved is a cool game, but the combat gets a little tedious after a while. I liked that game though, unique.

12/23/2019 at 10:41 PM

For some reason I think of this game with Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom which came out a month later. I think I was playing a bunch of demos of games and those were two of them that fall.

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

12/23/2019 at 12:41 PM

The Orange Box was so much fun, and a neat concept too.

12/23/2019 at 10:31 PM

I mainly have it for Half-Life 2, which I've played more than a couple times over the yaers. I never took to Portal or Team Fortress but I've played them.

goaztecs

12/24/2019 at 12:14 PM

Did you Five Below have a deal on the Amiibos? The local store had a Buy 1 Get 1 on Animal Crossing Amiibos. They had the figure you bought and I think a red character.

Ooh I own a couple of those games!

-Star Trek: It's not bad...up until I got to a section that involves a lot of dodging. That's where I got stuck. I bet you if I popped it in today I could pass it...maybe.

-007 Legends: Love this game. It is fun to see different places and characters from the movies.

-Enslaved: I have it, but I haven't played it yet.

-Vikings: I think this game was like a slow God of War-ish kind of game.

-LBP2: You can't go wrong with this series. Heck even their mobile game was fun.

12/25/2019 at 09:27 AM

I didn't see a deal but the one Five Below only had one type of amiibo and the other I went to didn't have any.

I'm glad 007 and Star Trek are worth playing. I got them thinking they might disappoint me but it sounds like there's some fun to be had.

PixlBit