Co-op Boom Boom, $5 Tales, and a Pirate's Best Friend

On 01/28/2014 at 04:28 PM by KnightDriver

I played a bunch of Borderlands 2 yesterday with MADKRAMMER, picked up Tales of Vesperia, and preordered Fable Anniversay this morning.

Live action TV commercial!

Playing Borderlands 2 was really great the other day. I was playing on my own for a while until I got to Captain Flynt who I couldn’t beat. I was running around with no ammo when I finally called to my friend MADKRAMMER to come in and help me. I was level 8 and he was level 30. I ran from the boss and just stayed alive while watching him arrive and quickly dispatch the boss. I said, “Is it over already?” He laughed. We then played co-op for the rest of the evening. I tagging along as he led the way through the main quests. I got to level 14 at the end of it and cleared several campaign missions at breakneck speed – MADKRAMMER couldn’t wait to smash more low level foes. Every time I did equipment maintenance at a shop, MADKRAMMER was waiting impatiently to get back to smashing. I forgot to mention he is a Gunzerker and I am an Assassin. I got this sweet sniper rifle that shoots six shots at once with fire damage. Most of the time though I sighted up and didn’t take the shot because I saw MADKRAMMER roll right over my target with an explosion of gore. I wasn’t mad. It was funny as heck seeing that through my scope. I still got some experience for his kills. At one point I got an achievement for leveling up without taking a shot. He got one for reviving me several times too. We made it just past the cut scene where the whole town of Sanctuary takes flight to escape Handsome Jack's assault, a great spot to stop, although we didn't want to. It was too much fun.

Tales of Vesperia TV Commercial

I got Tales of Vesperia for $5 on XBL that night. I couldn’t pass that one up. It is still $35 used at Gamestop. I regretted not buying it when it was cheap. The price climbed year after year.

These daily sales on Xbox have been pretty cool. I’ve gotten Stacking and Skulls of the Shogun for under $5 each and I’m sure more will be on the way. I only regret I didn’t pick up Darksiders the other week. It was like $7.

2004 Fable TV Commercial

I preordered Fable Anniversary this morning. I decided I was definitely going to pick it up next week and why not get the little in game chotchies from Gamestop. Apparently you get Peirates Outfit and Cutlass and Albion's Outfits and an Avatar helmet. Peirates' (or Pete's) Cutlass is described as: "the hook could be used to catch fish, the tip could be used to eat fish, and the blade could be used to slit a man's throat". Wow, it's the Swiss Army Knife of Pirates!

peirates

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/28/2014 at 06:15 PM

Vesperia is definitely one of the better Tales games. I played to the end but didn't finish it... I'm not sure if I traded it in, but I think I have another digital copy on my xbox. Great game, enjoy.

KnightDriver

01/29/2014 at 01:11 AM

Thanks. I've wanted it for years. I played the demo for it way back.

mothman

01/28/2014 at 07:24 PM

Crap, I should have picked up that Vesperia for 5 bucks. Then I could sell my physical collectors edition and still finish it.

01/29/2014 at 01:12 AM

It was pure luck that I got it. I don't check the sales everyday, just on the weekends when I'm at my friend's place.

jgusw

01/28/2014 at 09:18 PM

I have to pick between Fable Anniversary and Bravely Default. I think I'll get Bravely Default next month and get Fable in March.

01/29/2014 at 01:15 AM

In one of the trailers I swear I heard a Gargoyle say something taunting. I hope they added them because I loved hunting them down in Fable II.

goaztecs

01/29/2014 at 11:34 AM

Oh wait these sales are daily? Dang it, I thought they were weekly like PSN's. I might have missed out...oh well. I do like checking out which games drop to $5 and $7 bucks and I picked up Mirror's Edge. I never played it on the consoles but for $5, it was worth a try.

01/29/2014 at 02:50 PM

There are weekly sales, monthly ones and daily ones if I remember right.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

01/29/2014 at 11:56 AM

Darn, I wish I could have picked up Vesperia at that price. Then again I don't even have a 360, though I wish I had the money to get one.

01/29/2014 at 02:56 PM

Cheapest 360 at Gamestop goes for $129. That's pretty sweet. I wonder when it will hit the magic $99 that PS2 went for not too long ago. I've been hearing about all these PSP bundles going on at various retailers. $99 with three games. That's pretty cool too.

F1r3inth3H0L3

01/30/2014 at 12:37 PM

Glad you are enjoying Borderlands 2, probably one of my favorite games of the generation. Multiplayer is def recommended. I have bought the game like 3 times, lol, including the GOTY version for PC.

01/30/2014 at 01:12 PM

It does seem like co-op is essential for some of those bosses. My buddy did it solo but as we were beating this boss super fast together (he's lvl 30, I lvl 10) he told me on his own it took him an hour to beat it.

01/30/2014 at 06:16 PM

Some of the bosses in the DLC are impossible to beat alone. Like they were designed for 4 fully leveled characters to fight.

01/31/2014 at 01:09 PM

The last DLC boss for Borderlands 1 was one of those. I didn't get to it but my friend was telling me about how impossible it was with only one person.

NSonic79

01/30/2014 at 03:05 PM

Love those Xbox Deals. Stil can't bring myself to pay for them though if tehre is a physical copy option. Sure it'll cost more in the long run but gotta save on the memory space.

I really need to get into borderlands. I've been holding off till I can get the GOTY editions but still never got around to them.

Still thinking on Fable. My Bday is coming up!

01/30/2014 at 04:11 PM

There's also Fable Trilogy out the same day Feb 4 as Anniversary containing Anniversary, Fable II and III. I almost want that but I have II and III now.

PixlBit