Hyper_Eye Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Defense Grid... I can't meh enough. Tower defense is the most overrated genre there is. There are a billion of them and they pretty much all suck. When I try to play one I get bored to tears. I was looking forward to Assassin's Creed. EDIT: I do own Defense Grid on Steam so I have played this specific game and I include it in my assessment of suck. Edited July 2, 2013 by Hyper_Eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 There's now an ad up for it in the dashboard so I was able to acquire it for free through that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I loved the game and couldn't recommend it enough, until the "You Monster" DLC. At that point the game broke. it locks up all the time, usually at the end of a round. If you go to Defense Grids site forum there are people bitching about it but supposedly there is nothing that can be done because it's a Live issue. They give Live members free codes to get the Steam version. My advice to anyone that gets the game on Xbox, is to NOT download the You Monster DLC. It honestly wasnt very good anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 You can queue up Defense Grid (or any other game) to download from Xbox.com. It'll automatically start downloading when you turn on your Xbox 360 the next time. http://marketplace.x...15-d802584108cb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Anyone getting Assassins Creed II? Its the best game in my opinion (before I got sick of Assassins Creed in general). I would highly recommend it though since it's free. I played halfway of the first one but got tired of it. Loved the second and only heard that the third was buggy and not really all that great so I've never gone back to this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Anyone getting Assassins Creed II? Its the best game in my opinion (before I got sick of Assassins Creed in general). I would highly recommend it though since it's free. I played halfway of the first one but got tired of it. Loved the second and only heard that the third was buggy and not really all that great so I've never gone back to this series. Is it up now? You know, I've never played any of the Assassins Creed games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Is it up now? You know, I've never played any of the Assassins Creed games! Starting tomorrow through July 30th. In my opinion get it even if you've never played them because (at least in my opinion) it was a whole lot better than the first game. Totally worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's up now here! Downloading it as I type this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yeah, I got bored with Assassin's Creed about half way through. The story was good, the graphics were just amazing, and game controls were pretty easy to pick up and play. But the missions got borring, not enough variety or spice into it. That turned me off from trying any other games. I'll have to check this one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Assassin's Creed II is a very good game, although I could never get used to the convoluted control scheme. I think you've got to hold down two buttons just to run, which is annoying and seemingly pointless in this age of analog controllers. Still, there's tons of fun to be had, and the storyline is clever, weaving historical facts into its conspiracy-heavy plot. Be sure to get the Battle of Forli downloadable content... there's a priceless moment that's well worth the cost of admission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Meh. I'm passing on it since I'm not interested in Assassin's Creed to begin with, and this time around they want to charge me the tax on the "free" game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Meh. I'm passing on it since I'm not interested in Assassin's Creed to begin with, and this time around they want to charge me the tax on the "free" game. Seriously? Wow. How much would it cost you to DL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Seriously? Wow. How much would it cost you to DL? I haven't a clue. But I'd have to go out and buy a points card at the very least. Not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Yes, I've heard similar complaints from other gamers. Apparently sales tax is mandatory in California even on free games. How this makes sense I'll never know, but it is California... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Yes, I've heard similar complaints from other gamers. Apparently sales tax is mandatory in California even on free games. How this makes sense I'll never know, but it is California... They didn't do with this with Fable III and Defense Grid though. What kind of tax can you charge for $0.00? Perhaps this is a place holder for when the game is usually on sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I did some checking into it, and it seems you can still get it free. I just don't understand why it's been changed from the previous games. Anyway when you get to that point where it tells you to change your payment options, hit the X button as it indicates down below to "buy with microsoft points". The download link appears and it seems to charge 0 points. (This may differ with other states/provinces/countries/etc that try to charge for freebies - like apparently california.) It's downloading for me now, and I had my points from my point cards zeroed beforehand. And there's no paypal or credit card associated with the account. So it definitely didn't seem to charge me anything - and if microsoft comes to me later to try to charge me something their customer service will have a a collective massive headache before I'm through with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Supposedly, the new free game is the original Crackdown, good through August 15.... the next day, Dead Rising 2 will be available, ALONG with Dead Rising 2: Case Zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Tax on zero dollars is zero, no matter how high the tax rate is. They probably put the tax "disclaimer" there for when the game does cost money. It is weird that the game has acash price though (19.99) instead of a point price(1600) what's the deal with that? Crackdown is an awesome game. I'll have to set my xbox to download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Tax on zero dollars is zero, no matter how high the tax rate is. They probably put the tax "disclaimer" there for when the game does cost money. It is weird that the game has acash price though (19.99) instead of a point price(1600) what's the deal with that? MS did away with points a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Assassin's Creed II did the tax thing for me. I simply proceeded to checkout where it was free. So they're not charging tax on a freebie at least in New York State. I wonder if Crackdown is free yet. Wasn't last night but it was only August 1st for half the country when I checked after using the YouTube app for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Crackdown is an awesome game IMO. I still break it out and play with people every now and again. Co-op campaigning at it's finest! That said, I already have it downloaded to my HDD. Also have Dead Rising 2 and Case Zero. Ahhhh Well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Crackdown? In Germany it seems we'd currently get Shadowrun, so I'll probably pass and wait another 2 weeks before going gold. BTW: One should be able to get three games for a single month subscription, if started in the middle of the 14 days interval, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I liked Crackdown a lot, though I no longer have it. It'll be good to have it again. Crackdown 2 was a letdown, in my humble opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Downloading Crackdown now. Still need to press the X button to change to "buy with microsoft points" to get to the actual download button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I only found out about this last week. Haven't had Gold for a while but stepdaughter keeps pestering me to get it. With free games and FIFA14 around the corner, I thought "what the hell". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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