Talking Point: What Have You Bought In The Xbox Backwards Compatibility Sale?

Just Cause 1, Nights Into Dreams, Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect, Killer is Dead, XCOM Enemy Within, Midnight Club Los Angeles Complete Edition, Aliens vs Predator, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Dark Void, The Darkness 1 and 2, The First Templar, Prey (2006), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Supreme Commander 2.

I pretty much bought all the games on sale.

Nothing not BC fan as I would have played them on the original Xbox etc.
Also lots of new games Feb.
Dying light 2 and Elden Ring.

I bought Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. There were a few others that piqued my interest, but they'll have to wait for another day.

Enough to fill up an external 1 TB SSD. That's all I'll say....

@Medic_Alert
My advice: try. Spec Ops: The Line on the surface seems like a by-the-numbers shooter but it's really not. Some moments from the game will stay with you for a long time after you've finished it. I highly recommend it.

I got Max Payne 1-3 and Sonic Unleashed. I may also get Dead Space since my GP sub expires in may and I'm thinking of dropping it.
Edit: yup, just bought Dead Space and Fear 2!

Too freaking much 😵 Lost Planet Colonies and 2, Crazy Taxi, Sonic Unleashed, and Timesplitters 2. No regerts.

Timesplitters 2 & Future Perfect, and Deux Ex Human Revolution. Timesplitters is definitely scratching my Goldeneye itch

None. I say we must move forward not backward, upward not downward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

Both Timesplitters games as well as Burnout Revenge

Don't think it was in this sale but picked up Blue Dragon, never got round to it when it released so it has been tucked into the back log if Game Pass ever relents with its releases.

Manhunt & both Timesplitters games. The rest of the games I would have wanted I already own physically.

I bought five or six games, held myself back from buying any more as it's a fact that they have to work their way through the games for Games with Gold, and I'd like to get the odd freebie, most months I own at least one of the games.

I have bought nothing in the sale but i am playing Perfect Dark on gamepass right now ☺️👌

Mini ninjas, The bureau and Spec Ops. Going to grab both Time Splitters on offer as well. Heads up as well that CD Keys have Zombie Army Trilogy for £6.99. my back catalogue is getting huge.

@somnambulance how does it play? I remember loving this on the 360

Timesplitters 2 & Future Perfect!

I bought Sonic Generations, Unleashed and All Stars Transformed Racing, Tomb Raider Legends, Underworld and Anniversary, Binary Domain, Crazy Taxi, Nights into Dreams and I think one or two others I forget off top of my head.

I was just going to buy Manhunt ...more so just to have it in my collection ....loved that game on the PS2 back in the day ..but pffft I ain't paying £7 for it....same with max Payne 3...not paying £8 for it...was expecting them both to be about 3 or 4 quid

I spent about 100 dollars. Mostly games priced at $3.00 or less. I'm trying to pad out my BackCompat digital library. Seemed like a good opportunity. But hey, 38 games isn't bad.

Thought about asura's wrath as it's just €4 but I'm still somewhat contemplating. Nothing beyond that however.

Crazy Taxi, Nights into dreams, Sonic Generations and Battlestations Midway.
Might have another look at the sale before it ends.

@Jmjfrank Yep. It’s as close as you can get to scratching that itch.

Escape Dead Island
Fear 2
The First Templar
Gunvalkyrie
Mini Ninjas
Realms of Ancient War
Risen 2
Sacred 2
Scarygirl
Sonic Unleashed
Timesplitters 2
Timesplitters: Future Perfect

Absolutely lovely sale, I hope there will be more sales lile this

Just Outland.

Crazy taxi. 22 years old today🤯

@somnambulance thanks - may pick it up. Windjammers is great fun but I’ve not played anything with the flow that I got from table tennis back in the day!

@RBRTMNZ nice Simpsons reference 😂

Crazy taxi & DR 2 case 0

I’ve wanted to play gunvalkyrie since the days of the og Xbox so def bought it for $5. Holds up well too imo

Timesplitters Future Perfect for $2.49 USD

Played this on the GameCube back in the day. After some controller mapping, it still holds up!

Sonic Generations, Unleashed and Transformed. Mini Ninjas always loved the game. And Resident Evil Code Veronica X.
Bought Jet Set Radio has i never played it.

@Alduin that's so weird dafuq, I did indeed see those listed on the bottom but didn't look too much into it. Thanks bro.

I bought Max Payne 1-3 a few weeks before the sale. I really want to get Munch’s Oddysee but not when it doesn’t have widescreen support, those black bars take up a lot of screen with it being 4:3 ratio.

@Medic_Alert one of Xbox 360 last finest games truly enjoyed it you will too I'm sure

Already got Timesplitter's 2 and Future Perfect a few weeks back... Wish I had waited till they were on sale.
However, I picked up Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Transformed Racing, and Super Puzzle Fighter HD. I'm tempted to get the Golden Axe Vintage Collection also....

So far just Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations. Had to finally get both now that they are FPS boosted. Considering getting Max Payne 1-3, The Darkness 2, and maybe one or two more. Only issue is I may or may not be able to play some of these as I already have a lot of other unplayed games.

I've started playing Gears 1 for the first time (claimed all 360 GoW from GWG years ago) & really enjoying it. I did pick up a digital RDR though in the sale.

In a prior sale, Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City & Witcher 2.

I bought Timesplitters 2 and 3 as well as Sonic Unleashed using some reward points.
Some of the best movies, books and music I have enjoyed are from before I was born so old games can be just as good as modern ones for me.

Nothing, all my 360 stuff is being bought on disc.

I have bought many backwards compatibility games like the best Sonic 3D game also known as Sonic Generations but the last ones are:

Sonic Unleashed: better than expected, anything is better than Sonic Forces anyway. It runs at 60fps and it's fine for the most part. The battle sections are bland (there are combos, at least). However, there are interesting platforming sections with relaxing music in those hated night levels. Daytime is all good with sleek graphics and great levels.

Jet Set Radio: I have never played this but on Dreamcast for a little while.

Pretty much everything I didn't already have lol. These old games don't seem to go on sale often, and there was a lot of amazing deals.

Have yet to pull the trigger on anything just yet. Been having too much of a good time restarting Fallout 3. Haven’t touched the game since my 360 got the RRoD.

Has anyone tried to install their purchases on a 360?

I can't get Max Payne 2, Red Dead Redemption, SW Ep.3, Munches' Odyssey, Manhunt & Spongebob Truth Squared to install
Download gets to 99% then resets to 0% and continues to download in a endless loop - only Thrillville & First Templar have installed on 360

Also got Max Payne (1) but it is seemingly no longer compatible with 360 despite showing in 360's purchased games, trying to re-download throws up a XBox Live error (non-360 compatible games such as Otogi don't show in your 360 purchased games history)

Seems like this is an ongoing issue for years but it's annoying when it happens to you
Also bought FEAR 3 yesterday as it has reappeared in the marketplace this weekend (and is a few pence cheaper than on the XBox storefront) - it installed without any problem

This is a brilliant sale, more in the future plz. I got Sonic Generations, Sonic Unleashed, Asura's Wrath, Binary Domain, Timesplitters. Wish all the Fear games were on sale

Risen 2, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, it feels like Risen 1 to me just not nearly as good.

sonic unleashed, sonic generations, crazy taxi & nights into dreams.

I got Binary Domain.

Fighting the urge to buy more games when I already have so many....

Why would anybody want to play those?

I think I own a lot of those already but nights into dreams might be I must. I owned the Wii version.. back when Naka didn't suck...

@Medic_Alert I played it a couple months ago, and while it has some interesting aspects to it, don't get your hopes up. It's not THAT interesting or unique in my opinion. I went in expecting to have my mind blown and was pretty disappointed. Just keep your expectations in check is all I'm saying.

@GlasgowGuy I have had no problems installing the games
although i don't have any of those games in digital form

Timesplitters 2, Future Perfect, Crazy Taxi

Dead Rising 2: Case West, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Killer is Dead, Prey, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Gunvalkyrie, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Conan. Great sale, might add one or two more games before it ends.

Just bought and finished Deus Ex: HR - fantastic game that holds up extremely well. Up next, Max Payne 3

Ended up getting Max Payne 3. Excited to try.

The other night after I was done with my BC purchases I went back in the shop just to see if I missed anything. Meanwhile I’ve had FEAR 3 in my wishlist ever since Xbox did the huge BC update but it was always “currently unavailable” so I went to my wishlist next & all of a sudden BOOM! It was available to buy for $20! Finally!! And it wasn’t even on sale lol. So happy I got it now i don’t have to open my factory sealed copy 🤣

I got the two Time Splitters games.

Max payne 1,2,3
Binary domain
Manhunt
Red dead revolver
Conan
Ghost recon 1,2
Killer is dead
Red faction armagedon
Gun Valkary
FEAR 2
The outfit
Battlestation Midway

Major haul!
Only a handful of BC games left for my digital BC collection ^^

I got Timesplitters 2. When 2 and 3 came to backwards compatibility I picked up 3 second hand, and now I'm glad to have both. All I need now is to get a few people over to have some deathmatches.

@Medic_Alert that was a terrible demo as it didn't showcase the reason you'd want to play the game. Though on the other hand at least it was a surprise.

@everynowandben I think it's an issue that it was very different for the time, but that kind of storytelling is more common in the decade after. Plus it was really unexpected like if the next Crash Bandicoot turned into a metaphor for amphetamine abuse.

Still I think we do need more videogames about war that use the medium to really address the topics of the glorification of the military in gaming (and society at large).

@everynowandben
If the white phosphorus scene didn't make you die inside a little then you're probably just indifferent to whatever games throw at you plotwise.

Timesplitters 2 baby

I couldn't resist getting all the Max Payne Games, and Timesplitters 2

@gollumb82 All I meant is that people hype the game up to be this unbelievable mindf**** when in reality the game just does a couple interesting/atypical things with its narrative.

@everynowandben
That's right. I suppose this is just testament to how little games innovate still since most people are really floored with those "atypical" things. I've played though the game 3 times and each and every time I promised myself not to cross "The Line", but I do it every single time. And every single time I feel bad about it afterwards. I know of a handful of games that make players feel that way. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. Sorry if I came across as rude.