Games that are still cheap - strike while the iron's hot

[xelement5x]

I too recently got Vanquish and Alpha Protocol, though I ended up paying $8 for vanquish on its own.
heard it's worth it; we'll find out once it shows up.

other recent pick ups (via ebay)
Wario Land Shake it - $8
Timesplitters 2 (xbox) - $6
Super Mario Galaxy - $6

Apparently Super paper mario is pretty cheap still.
I'll have to keep an eye open just in case.

Really looking forward to playing Vanquish after I'm done with Arkham Asylum, which I'm thoroughly enjoying right now. I had tried Arkham City a couple of years ago when it was free on PSN and it just never clicked with me, but Asylum has been awesome so far. Love that it's just more focused and the story line is

I am playing Arkham Knight now and I feel like the games suffer by making them larger and more and more open with each release.  Asylum was amazing though, it really got my wife and I on such a huge kick for the games in general.

[DragonmasterDan]

  Asylum was amazing though, it really got my wife and I on such a huge kick for the games in general.

It was pretty great. I liked being stealthy and climbing through vents, then when I saved the DARPA chief Commisioner Gordon and PsychoMantis Scarecrow played with the main characters mind. It's amazing how much they could pack in to Shadow Moses Arkham Island.

[jtucci31]

One game that just recently became cheap on a quick sale: Ocarina of Time for 3DS. Just picked it up for $14 shipped. Finally going to play that at some point, now.

It was pretty great. I liked being stealthy and climbing through vents, then when I saved the DARPA chief Commisioner Gordon and PsychoMantis Scarecrow played with the main characters mind. It's amazing how much they could pack in to Shadow Moses Arkham Island.

Batman? BAAATMAAAAN?!

[DragonmasterDan]

Batman? BAAATMAAAAN?!

That's what Mei Ling Oracle would say over codec batear radio.

[bartre]

the games suffer by making them larger and more and more open with each release.

This is exactly the thought I have.
Batman is supposed to be the sneaky detective, not goddamned superman.

in other news, I picked up a few more today-
Fairytale Fights - $5 (this was recommended to me, but I have no idea why. I'm curious to say the least)
Front Mission 4 - $8 (no idea why this game is so cheap, it's one of my favorites on PS2)
Rhythm Heaven Fever - $10 (A coworker won't shut up about these games, and I like music games, so why not?)

[nopepper]

Just wanted to report back in this thread, as there have been a lot of good suggestions.

Started playing Vanquish, but after being just a bit underwhelmed (maybe my expectations were too high...), my attention got diverted by Kingdoms of Amalie, which I snagged for $7 for the PS3.

I just stuck to the main storyline and found the game to be just beautiful and the combat a lot of fun. Highly recommended for cheap open world RPG thrills. Probably the best "hidden gem" I've played on PS3.

Now, back to Vanquish.

[esadajr]

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, can't go wrong for 2 bucks. I haven't read the whole thread, other suggestions Persona 4 arena, PS All Stars Battle royale, Ridge Racer 7.

[bartre]

I suppose I'll chime in on this one again.
I ended up grabbing a bunch of stuff at MGC for $10 or less including
xbox-
Dead or alive Ultimate
House of the Dead 3
Kung Fu Chaos
Kingdom Under Fire Heroes
Max Payne 2
Bloodwake
Sonic Heroes
Blinx 2
Matrix Path of Neo

PS2-
Rygar
Viewtiful Joe

PS3-
The Darkness
Turok

and a bunch of Rock Band/Guitar Hero games that I've been meaning to snag back up, one for actual negative money

[nopepper]

Matrix? I thought we were talking about good games here?!?

How is that Turok for the PS3? Used to love playing the N64 game with my nephew BITD, but have not kept up with the series since.

And correction on my previous post, it is Kingdoms of Amalur, not Amalie. Still a stupid name, but a great game.

[roflmao]

I've been on an OG XBox kick lately too. I don't know if they've been mentioned, but here are a few I've been enjoying that were around $10 or less:

Burnout Series - I've owned Burnout 2 since it was new, but I think it was $20 then and *has* to be a sub$5 game now because it looks so dated. But its Crash Mode is second to none. Best pass-and-play party game around. Burnout 3: Takedown it also great. It looks *so* good, especially in 480p 16:9 mode.
Chronicles of Riddick - I've only gotten a couple of hours into this one, but it's pretty impressive so far. Graphically I think it's one of the better looking games, too.
Doom 3 - Especcially the Limited Edition version because it includes all the original Doom games (which are still fun!). I think it can be linked to another Xbox for co-op play, but haven't tried it yet.
Forza Motorsport - I still play the original one a ton. I've probably put more hours into this one than any of the FM games.
Jade Empire - A fun blend of Kung Fu, Bioware-style RPG, and shoot 'em up!
MechAssault games - both are awesome. I can't beat the final boss in part 2 but I can get *so clooose* so it's only a matter of time.
Ghost Recon - I think this game might have been the peak for Red Storm. After this, their games became more action-y run-and-gun-y. And it *can* be played in co-op via link cable, which is pretty cool.

[NightWolve]

Chronicles of Riddick - I've only gotten a couple of hours into this one, but it's pretty impressive so far. Graphically I think it's one of the better looking games, too.

My PC has been heavily upgraded now, quite ready for this, I went from Vista to Win7 Pro, 6 GB RAM, 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom Quad-Core (from Triple-Core 2.1 Ghz), 256 GB SSD for Operating System (love the fast boots!), 1TB Toshiba 7200 RPM traditional spinner, and the most pricey upgrade, a Radeon RX 460 (has 4GB DDR5 RAM) graphics card which allows me to watch 4K video without stutter and has true HDMI 2.0 output to work with my LG 4K TV/monitor.

I bought the games with excitement (includes remastered "Escape from Butcher Bay" as well), had watched the movie trilogy again, the anime, and wanted to enjoy the series further with a great deal on the games, but actually making the time to play 'em fell by the wayside. I'll have to remind myself to give it a go when things settle down for me.

I bought that fantastic SNES knockoff pad too, the SNES30 by 8Bitdo, which makes playing games on the PC great again versus the traditional PC controller knockoffs that go around! It has the full feel of a real SNES pad, in weight, texture, button design (top row concave, bottom row convex), etc. I think I finally might be able to defeat Galbalan with it in "Ys III: The Oath in Felghana" on Inferno mode, the max difficulty, something I've never been able to do given the shitty PC gamepads I've had over the years.

[nopepper]

All that 8bitdo stuff is top notch. I recently purchased the NES and SNES dongles, which work flawlessly with a Wii classic controller (as well as the pad you have). .

Highly recommended if you want to do away with cables, at least for games where some input lag is acceptable (although with the OSSC, I can't notice any lag).

[NightWolve]

Only downside is they installed a pretty cheap, low-amp Li-Ion battery, lasts 24 hours till its next recharge, but there's plenty of room to upgrade/mod it with a better/bigger one...

[bartre]

Matrix? I thought we were talking about good games here?!?

You shut your filthy whore mouth with that shit.
Path of neo was retarded fun.
especially the final boss.

I haven't had time to pop in the "new" turok yet, been busy with school, I'll post what I think when i get around to it.

And regarding Chronicles of Riddick, yeah.
that game is baller.

[Serega81]

Spec Ops is the line is a very underappreciated game, with one of the best stories in a shooter period.. It's voiced by the guy who voices Drake from Uncharted, and is a bit like Apocalypse Now..

Another amazing inexpensive underdog for the PS 3  is Binary Domain, great cyberpunk i.e. ghost in shell esque story, gamepleay has similarities to mass effect.