AU Deals: Pay the Least Studs for Lego Horizon, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Fancy Colour Controllers, and More!
Why waste gold bricks when you can spend stud change?
Welcome back, friends, to more of the cheapest games and controllers going. If I was you (and I never played them), I’d score those incredibly cheap Borderlands compilations on Switch, the highly reduced Logitech PC peripherals, and the equal parts challenging / satisfying Dragon’s Dogma 2. See you tomorrow for more!
In retro news, I’m fondly remembering the 12th birthday of Mirrors Edge, a ‘First Person Parkourer’ pioneer. I recall being mighty impressed when DICE took a break from its usual Battlefield shenanigans to (almost completely) ditch gunplay in pursuit of FPS platforming flow and good old-fashioned flykicking fascists in the face.
Yeah, the story was short and not particularly riveting, but the speed-wall-running was sublime, the sense of vertigo intense, and I adored the juxtapositioning of a complex and dark totalitarian world presented in hyperbright minimalism. How they never did a VR version of this is beyond me.
Happy Bday Mirror’s Edge This Day in Gaming š
– Body Harvest (N64) 1998. eBay
– Mirror’s Edge (PS3,X360) 2008. Get
– Persona 3 FES (PS2) 2008. Get
– Wii Music (Wii) 2008. eBay
– CoD: Black Ops II (PC,PS3,X360) 2012. Get
– XCOM: Enemy Within (PS3,X360) 2013. Get
– Assassin’s Creed Unity (PC,PS4,XO) 2014. Get
– Assassin’s Creed Rogue (PS3,X360) 2014. Redux
Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGONice Savings for Nintendo Switch
OG Switch Console
Aside from the TV-unfriendly Switch Lite, this is about as cheap a Switch experience as one can get. Speaking of and if you are looking for a Lite, Target is also doing the Zelda Lite version for $309 (30 bucks off).
AC: Rebel Collection (-32%) – A$55Just Dance 2020 (-21%) – A$44.58Super Mario Bros. Wonder (-20%) – A$64Borderlands Legendary Col. (-80%) – A$17.99Borderlands: Handsome Col. (-75%) – A$17.48Expiring Recent Deals
Metroid Dread (-29%) – A$56.95No More Heroes (-70%) – A$8.98Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (-20%) – A$64Resident Evil Origins Col. (-30%) – A$49Super Mario Party Jamboree (-15%) – A$68Xenoblade Chronicles X (-15%) – A$68Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
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Purchase Cheap for PC
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Thereās an action-RPG here thatās richly rewarding and incomparable to its contemporaries if you can be patient with its quirks and open to embracing its hands-off open-world and quest designs. 8/10.
Shadow Tactics: BotS (-90%) – A$6.10Shin Megami Tensei V (-39%) – A$70.11The Invincible (-55%) – A$20.42Logitech G733 headset (-45%) – A$164Logitech G203 mouse (-37%) – A$43Expiring Recent Deals
Vail VR (-100%) – FREEDeceive Inc. (-100%) – FREESpirit of the North (-100%) – FREEDeus Ex: HR Directorās (-86%) – A$4.13Helldivers 2 (-15%) – A$51.72Resident Evil 4 (-58%) – A$25.17Rising Storm Series Sale (ā¤95%)Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.
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Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Deep Pink Controller
āPink, it’s the color of passion. ‘Cause today it just goes with the fashion.ā – Aerosmith, 1997.
Jedi Survivor (-50%) – A$55.29Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra cont. (-$57) – A$2721TB Expansion Card (-$58) – A$242Mortal Kombat 1 (-53%) – A$36Lego Jurassic World (-65%) – A$22.44Expiring Recent Deals
Grand Theft Auto V (-53%) – A$28Assassin’s Creed Mirage (-65%) – A$28Starfield (-60%) – A$47.95The Crew Motorfest (-72%) – A$28TopSpin 2K25 (-40%) – A$36Persona 5 Tactica (-60%) – A$37Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
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Pure Scores for PlayStation
Persona 5 Royal
10/10. A massive, gorgeous JRPG with well over 100 hours of gameplay for completionists. With more to do than ever and the seriesā strongest story to date, this is an extraordinary experience and easily one of the deepest JRPGs of the last decade.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 (-45%) – A$59CoD: WWII (-47%) – A$37LEGO Horizon Adventures (-10%) – A$99NBA 2K24 Kobe Ed. (-84%) – A$19Sonic X Shadow Generations (-26%) – A$59RoboCop: Rogue City (-31%) – A$58.56DualShock 4 (-23%) – A$69Expiring Recent Deals
Spider-Man 2 [2 Skins] – FREEMarvelās Spider-Man 2 (-21%) – A$99System Shock (-50%) – A$29.98Grand Theft Auto V (-53%) – A$28Sonic Frontiers (-51%) – A$49CoD: BLOPS 6 (-20%) – A$88Astro Bot (-19%) – A$89Or purchase a PS Store Card.
PS5 Pro Enhanced BargainNeed a cheap Pro showcase title?
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – $124.95 / $99 (-24%)
Insomniac is all about giving you options with its choice of “Fidelity Pro” or “Performance Pro.” The horse’s mouth on the former is that it targets 30 fps, but you can experiment with some new ray tracing features that can be turned on individually to reach higher intermediate frame rates, especially when using VRR or 120 Hz Display options (actual viz improvements best seen in denser ped counts and finer hair detail). As a webslinging speed demon, “Performance Pro” is a me thing as it targets 60 fps and retains the detail of Fidelity via PSSR. Insomniac flat out recommends it as it also includes all ray tracing features (relections, water, and window interiors). Simply gorgeous.
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Legit LEGO Deals
Minecraft: Ender Dragon
Build an IRL monument to your victory over one big old pain in the butt end boss.
City: Tow Truck (-37%) – A$19City: Command Rover (-36%) – A$51Despicable Me: Gruās Mansion (-34%) – A$99Expiring Recent Deals
Animal Crossing: Birthday Party (-40%) – A$12City: Race Car & Truck (-36%) – A$32Harry Potter: Sorting Hat (-34%) – A$99Back to top
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.Originally posted:
Nov 13, 2024 1:19 am
