Arcade Games - What To Buy... What to Avoid

[JeremyVersion1]

Originally Posted by x EpiicLegiit x

Get Minecraft?

Yup, Minecraft is an awesome game.

[Reaper128]

Yugioh 5Ds Decade Duels is a great arcade game that is pretty fun

[Dark Link IV]

These titles I recommend. Based on what I have played and personal taste, in random order:

• The Walking Dead.
• Counter Strike Global Offense.
• Bastion.
• Minecraft.
• Mark of the Ninja.
• Ilomilo.
• I AM Alive.
• Stacking.
• Monkey Island 1&2.
• Limbo.
• Toy Soldiers.
• Winterbottom.
• Battlefield 1943.
• Crystal Defenders.
• The Maw.
• Wallace & Gromit 1,2,3 and 4.
• Happy Wars

[incinerator950]

I'd still play Happy Wars if the damn servers worked.

Also, Section 8: Prejudice was a good Arcade game for a time. I think the MP is finally dead now though.

Iron Brigade (Formerly Trenched) was pretty damn fun.

[DeadbyMidnite92]

This thread was a great help, the first arcade game i bought was Uno and now contemplating some of thr others just for fun and easy achievements

[Werewing]

A great list for those who want to be cheap with their MSP. I notice off the bat that just about every "old school" game or game that pays tribute to it has higher achievement difficulties.

[AscendingSnow]

Originally Posted by Dark Link IV

These titles I recommend. Based on what I have played and personal taste, in random order:

• The Walking Dead.
• Counter Strike Global Offense.
• Bastion.
• Minecraft.
• Mark of the Ninja.
• Ilomilo.
• I AM Alive.
• Stacking.
• Monkey Island 1&2.
• Limbo.
• Toy Soldiers.
• Winterbottom.
• Battlefield 1943.
• Crystal Defenders.
• The Maw.
• Wallace & Gromit 1,2,3 and 4.
• Happy Wars

This is a fantastic list list. I would add Shadow Complex and perhaps Trials.

[siikxskilzz]

thank you so much :0

[LTvOrange]

For people that are into Retro games, Its listed in Xbox 360 Games and is called "Game Room" and you can buy atari games and play them in your arcade that you can customize how ever you want. Every game there costs only 240MSP so they are fairly cheap. I so far have River Raid, Pitfall, River Raid 2 and Nightstalker.l If your not into retro games I wouldn't recommend it but the Game Room is free.

[Lord of Sobek]

Banjo Kazooie: 1200 ms

Minecraft: 1600 ms

Castle Crashers: 1200 ms

All three are worth getting and have some really good fun achievements

[kashmir]

http://www.youtube.com/user/AcEInformers?feature=mhee These guys are friends of mine and they are awesome dudes... but they lack confidence. They really wanna start something good, and give good strong advise on games like "what not to buy" and really bad but "funny" games i ain't begging or anything, i'm just saying it would be wise to check them out and give them some support just so the have a reason to express their ideas to the gaming community and we all love a bit of healthy friendly advise on something we all love right? Peace!

[Dexter010]

This are the Must-buys from what I've played:
- The Walking Dead
- Trials Evolution
- Pinball FX 2 (if you're a pinball fan)
- Castle Crashers
- Happy Wars

[JeremyVersion1]

Originally Posted by Dexter010

This are the Must-buys from what I've played:
- The Walking Dead
- Trials HD
- Pinball FX 2 (if you're a pinball fan)
- Castle Crashers

Fixed for accuracy.

[Gackt]

Avoid Deadlight unless you catch it on a really good sale. Game is under 4 hours long and really not that great. I realize it's appeal because it's a zombie game but it is not even close to worth 1200pts. Worst 15 dollars I've spent on a game in a very very long time.

Also maybe think about skipping Guardians of Middle-earth. Great MOBA style game and I definitely would love to see more of them but this game is borderline broken...the online rarely works without disconnecting you and not counting everything you did that game. The developer keeps releasing new characters but give absolutely no support to the many issues that plague this game. It's a real shame because when the game actually works properly, it's a ton of fun.

[FatalDeathSG45]

Having played a decent number of XBLA games, I've only found one that's not really worthwhile: War World. Sure it has giant robots that can blow stuff up, but so does Armored Core. Plus, War World is kind of boring. There are much better $5 games for XBLA.

As for games that are worth buying, Minecraft, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Torchlight, Doom, Doom 2, Renegade Ops, Magic 2013 and Geometry Wars are great purchases. There are many more out there, and I'm gonna play on until I find more that are worth your money

[Delta3519]

Originally Posted by Zhark

Also sonic adventure 2 battle, best game in the series besides perhaps the very first sonic game.

I agree. Beat it on the game cube, still working on the Xbox version

[Delta3519]

Originally Posted by x EpiicLegiit x

Get Minecraft?

Yes! It's epic all the things you can do there. And it's a great game to play with friends. One of few games in my opinion, where co-op is better then solo

[kazukun]

just bought retro city rampage its rather fun

[BasqueNYC]

Damn Rampage is just killer I never get tired of it reminds me of the good old days playin it in the arcade

[Sandbwoy]

I've still got about 2000 MSP from ages ago, never really bothered buying much from the Arcade section. I did get Minecraft though, and spent a fair few hours playing that. Think I'll spend a few points and get some new games.

This is a great thread by the way, saves me having to trawl through all the garbage in the Arcade section when I can just look here and see what the best choices are.

[DarkenInsanity]

Thank you so much for this
I think i know what games i am going to buy
Thanks again

[Pain Immortal]

Nice list!
Waiting for Darkstalkers Resurrection.

[Ninja Eagle]

Minecraft has the best value for money. Other games like Trials HD & Evolution are also fantastic XBLA games, And probably the most unique and weird XBLA game, Super Meat Boy!

[Matt36]

Originally Posted by Reaper128

Yugioh 5Ds Decade Duels is a great arcade game that is pretty fun

Is it just card based or can you walk around and explorer?

[CryogenicBlade]

If indie games count you can't go wrong with the impossible game.

[GoBlueFiddler13]

Just wanted to say thanks for the list! Having a blast playing Sonic! Maybe you could add Quantum Conundrum? That was a pretty fun game!

[pedro_el_killio]

Good thread this

[reeboker]

Played Hydrophobia (Demo) yesterday, I know it's old a little but I would recommend you gamers to try if not done already.

[Boudre0aux]

I'd also like to help out w/ the list - -

[MoppiestTop]

Limbo is an awesome arcade game if you like platformers. Ifyou enjoy slapping your meat around (giggidy) Super Meat Boy is super fun times, although it's a very tough platformer that will have you screaming at your TV! I also really enjoyed Warhammer 40K: Kill Team as a duel-sticker shooter.