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fcorona76
06-25-09, 07:29 AM
Todays deal is on either the PS3 or X360 version of FRACTURE for $9.98.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_6716412_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000208101&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=1V2ZAJPARKCW5F06XH9M&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=457286001&pf_rd_i=468642

It's not a bad game but it is not really that great either. It was a weekend rental for me and I had some fun with the Multiplayer elements. It is more of the same for a shooter...is it worth less than $10? That's too close to call. It's worth a rental for a dollar or two less but if you are the type that likes to have a library of games then here's a great deal!

TyrantII
06-25-09, 08:45 AM
Todays deal is on either the PS3 or X360 version of FRACTURE for $9.98.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_6716412_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000208101&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=1V2ZAJPARKCW5F06XH9M&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=457286001&pf_rd_i=468642

It's not a bad game but it is not really that great either. It was a weekend rental for me and I had some fun with the Multiplayer elements. It is more of the same for a shooter...is it worth less than $10? That's too close to call. It's worth a rental for a dollar or two less but if you are the type that likes to have a library of games then here's a great deal!

DO NOT BUY

Don't say I didn't warn you. The game isn't worth even that price. Rental at best.

It's short, it's buggy, it's repetitive, the terrain deformation is cool for a few min at best, and you can tell the last 1/3 was just phoned in.

NJ3118
06-25-09, 09:27 AM
Thanks for the heads up....but ill pass on this lame title. It went back to GF the same day I got it

fcorona76
06-25-09, 10:25 AM
DO NOT BUY

Don't say I didn't warn you. The game isn't worth even that price. Rental at best.

It's short, it's buggy, it's repetitive, the terrain deformation is cool for a few min at best, and you can tell the last 1/3 was just phoned in.

Thanks for the heads up....but ill pass on this lame title. It went back to GF the same day I got it


Kind of my sentiment too but the deal is there even if it is for a crappy game...

number1laing
06-25-09, 10:31 AM
Better to put that $10 towards a good game. For example Red Faction.

MaxDam77
06-25-09, 10:41 AM
Amazon has Dark Sector for 6$! BRAND NEW!

TyrantII
06-25-09, 10:47 AM
Kind of my sentiment too but the deal is there even if it is for a crappy game...


oh no, keep these thread coming, as it's always great info.

number1laing
06-25-09, 10:53 AM
Amazon has Dark Sector for 6$! BRAND NEW!

Dark Sector is an infinitely better game than Fracture. Put the $10 towards that and get the good shipping!

fcorona76
06-25-09, 11:16 AM
Dark Sector is an infinitely better game than Fracture. Put the $10 towards that and get the good shipping!

A little off topic here but I remember when I was a youngin' back in the late 80's I could go up to the local shopping mall where there was a, long since extinct, Woolworth that had so many BRAND NEW Sega Master System and Nintendo NES games for $3 and less. My parents always wondered how I would keep getting these games and where I could possibly get the money for them...that's how cheap they were (FYI, I'd save my milk/lunch money for a week and skip a meal at school here and there and I could buy another game ;) ). Well, from those deals I got a lot of stinkers but I sometimes got a real gem...Blaster Master & Solstice were among my favorite <$3 games! Those are the only two games I can remember from the 2 or so dozen games I purchased so that tells you the quality of the remainder of them...

Anyway, on topic again, Dark Sector is one of those gems too and for $6 you'd be silly not to get it!

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sector-Playstation-3/dp/B000KLNLUK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1245942969&sr=8-3

number1laing
06-25-09, 11:22 AM
Blaster Master was rad. Borrowed it from my uncle.

60SXRD
06-25-09, 12:41 PM
Is that the one where you were a kid that chased his frog down a hole and found a sort-of tank that you could get out of to climb some ladders and whatnot? I don't think I ever finished it.

DarrellG
06-25-09, 02:03 PM
Is that the one where you were a kid that chased his frog down a hole and found a sort-of tank that you could get out of to climb some ladders and whatnot? I don't think I ever finished it.


Yup. I play it on my PSP all the time. One of my favorite NES games. Definitely top 10.

fcorona76
06-25-09, 02:36 PM
Is that the one where you were a kid that chased his frog down a hole and found a sort-of tank that you could get out of to climb some ladders and whatnot? I don't think I ever finished it.

That was the one!

I loved it aside from the painful grinding that was required to try to get the fully upgraded weapons in the Gauntlet-style boss stages. I'd buy this game as a PSN HD downloadable game!

ferrisg
06-25-09, 02:53 PM
Anyway, on topic again, Dark Sector is one of those gems too and for $6 you'd be silly not to get it!

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sector-Playstation-3/dp/B000KLNLUK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1245942969&sr=8-3

+ $8 shipping. . .

Get it from Newegg. Bizarrely it's $10 on the PS3 and $8 on the 360, but with free shipping either way.

caledonia1
06-25-09, 03:35 PM
Dark Sector is probably the best game out there http://www.*****************/trafficreport/img/3721/k08t1221bbuq/gdsmile.gif

Lukedog17
06-25-09, 03:57 PM
+ $8 shipping. . .

Get it from Newegg. Bizarrely it's $10 on the PS3 and $8 on the 360, but with free shipping either way.

Thanks for the newegg info!!! Removed it from my cart @ 14.99 and bought it @ 9.99 from Newegg!!! Steal at $10...

60SXRD
06-25-09, 03:58 PM
That was the one!

I loved it aside from the painful grinding that was required to try to get the fully upgraded weapons in the Gauntlet-style boss stages. I'd buy this game as a PSN HD downloadable game!

Thanks. It's nice to know that not ALL of my brain cells are gone :p - I haven't thought about that game forever.

lwright84
06-25-09, 04:57 PM
Other sub-$19 titles at newegg w/ free shipping include:

Beowulf
LOST: Via Domus
Dark Sector
Stranglehold
NBA Ballers
MLB Front Office Manager
Clive Barker's Jericho
The Simpsons
Haze
Unreal Tournament 3
Kane & Lynch
Call of Duty 3
Virtua Fighter 5
Motorstorm
Warhawk
Lost Planet
Virtua Tennis 3
SingStar
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ninja Gaiden

MaxDam77
06-25-09, 05:00 PM
Other sub-$19 titles at newegg w/ free shipping include:

Beowulf
LOST: Via Domus
Dark Sector
Stranglehold
NBA Ballers
MLB Front Office Manager
Clive Barker's Jericho
The Simpsons
Haze
Unreal Tournament 3
Kane & Lynch
Call of Duty 3
Virtua Fighter 5
Motorstorm
Warhawk
Lost Planet
Virtua Tennis 3
SingStar
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ninja Gaiden

From all these, I'd still choose Dark Sector.

juda
06-25-09, 05:02 PM
Dark Sector is an infinitely better game than Fracture. Put the $10 towards that and get the good shipping!http://***************/9/P/i.jpg

Not sure about infinitely :P but I agree it is a better game & i'd recommend it to anyone into this sort of game.

lwright84
06-25-09, 05:03 PM
From all these, I'd still choose Dark Sector.

Oh I would too, but for those prices.. couldnt hurt to pick up a rainy day game or two like Haze, Lost Planet, Stranglehold, etc. :)

MaxDam77
06-25-09, 05:12 PM
Thanks for the newegg info!!! Removed it from my cart @ 14.99 and bought it @ 9.99 from Newegg!!! Steal at $10...

Yeah, thanks for the info! I just did too! ;)

funsocaltiger
06-25-09, 10:36 PM
I second the Dark Sector comments. It was the best $2 I spent (bought it for $10 on Newegg and then sold it for $8). The annoying thing about DS though is the lack of trophies despite all the achievements or whatever that flash on the screen. Also, I hate the SixAxis sections b/c I always find those portions of games gimmicky.

Most of those other games, and Fracture, are only worth $10 if you are planning to sell it for at least $5 (making your ownership cost <=$5). Otherwise, $10 is $10 you can put towards a GOOD game.