Something For The Weekend: 800 points or less

It’s Friday once again! Time to throw off the shackles of your dreary work-a-day Masters and embrace freedom! And as gamers you know what that means: it’s time to play some games! Here are couple of likely candidates, all for under 800 MS Points.

Assassin’s Creed II: Expansion Packs
400 MS Points

We all loved Assassin’s Creed II, and we certainly had plenty of reasons to do so – its combination of an amazing setting, awesome story and atmospheric action make it one of the best games in the genre. And, as with most triple-A games these days, Ubisoft has released DLC to continue the adventure.

While some of it was fairly good, you’d have been forgiven for giving it a miss at its original high price; however, it’s currently part of the Xbox Live ‘deal of the week’, so you’ve no excuse not to play it! You can get ‘Bonfire Of The Vanities’ and ‘Secret Locations’ DLC for 400 MS Points; meanwhile, the ‘Battle Of Forli’ DLC can be purchased for a paltry 240 MS Points. If you’re hungry for more Assassin’s Creed II goodness, then now’s the time to buy. After all, what could be better than a summer weekend in Italy?

Streets Of Rage 2
400 MS Points

The 2D scrolling beat-’em-up will never die! At least not so long as there are great games in the genre like Streets Of Rage 2 to play. The old Mega Drive classic Streets Of Rage games may well have started up as a ‘me too!’ take on the Capcom’s classic Final Fight, but by Streets Of Rage 2 the series had actually developed its own character. Its gameplay features a deep (well, for the genre) combat system and a selection of great co-op moves. And, just like the first game, the pulsing soundtrack to Streets Of Rage 2 is to die for. Get hold of it, get a mate round and take to the streets!

Rez HD
800 MS Points

It’s come to our attention that some people (including – shock horror – one person on our team… don’t worry, we’re setting it as homework) haven’t played Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s legendary musical action-shooter Rez HD. And everybody should have. Its amazing combination of addictive, fast-paced shooting action and beguiling musical atmosphere will totally immerse you. This game is the reason why we can’t wait to play Mizuguchi’s Kinect  semi-follow-up Child Of Eden. Do yourself a favour and give it – or the very least, the free trial – a go!