Minor Game Deals

This weekend, I fell prey to a Toys R Us sale - buy 1, get 1 40% off.  Picked up mostly casual games for the lady, Game Party in Motion, Sims 3, EA Create and Vanquish (for me!).

Game Party: In Motion - terrible, terrible game.  Had this been the first Kinect game I ever played, it would also be the last.  I have seriously considered writing a complaint to Microsoft, chiding them about certifying such a piece of crap on their new hardware peripheral that they're banking on.  This is among the worst games on the 360, and I own Hellboy: Science of Evil.

EA Create is an interesting game.  It basically came out of nowhere.  It's their take on Little Big Planet.  I see it as a ((Little Big Planet + Trials HD/(Sims * SimCity))*(1/Portal)).  The game itself is okay, albeit, a little Play by Numbers.  There are a series of environmental challenges you must undertake to progress.  It's a kind of "chill" game.  It does suffer from pacing issues, and probably could have been done as an arcade game with DLC levels, but oh well.  The $40 msrp isn't bad.

There are some decent black friday deals floating around, but none that I would consider waking up hella early for.  Some of the ones that caught my eye:

• Mafia II, $30 @ Best Buy
• 007 Bloodstone, $34 @ Best Buy
• Need for Speed, Hot Pursuit, $34 @ Best Buy & Target
• UFC Undisputed 2010, $20 @ Gamestop
• Xbox 360 Used Console, $100 @ Gamestop

So, nothing major.  Last year, I found that Amazon would do lightning deals all weekend, and resulted in some nice stuff being on sale at good prices.

So I hear World of Warcraft has undergone a huge change.  I may log in to check that out.