PS4 Games Under $20 Sale Included Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator and Mad Max
In January 2017, Amazon held a sale on PlayStation 4 games. Discounts included titles like Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator, Mad Max, and Fallout 4.
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In January 2017, Amazon offered a number of discounts on PlayStation 4 titles, with several games available for under $20. The sale featured a wide range of genres, from open-world action and role-playing games to first-person shooters and fighting games. The discounts were listed by percentage, with some titles seeing reductions of over 60 percent.
Action and Adventure Game Discounts
A significant portion of the sale focused on major action and adventure releases from the preceding years. Mad Max, the 2015 open-world game from Avalanche Studios, was listed with a 33% discount. The game puts players in control of the titular character in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, focusing heavily on vehicular combat.
Bethesda’s popular RPG Fallout 4 was available with a 43% price reduction. The Game of the Year Edition of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which included all previously released DLC for the acclaimed action title, was discounted by 25%. Also featured was Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, a remastered bundle of the first three games in the series, which saw a 55% discount.
Other notable deals in this category included:
- Assassin’s Creed Unity Limited Edition: 27% off
- Batman: Arkham Knight: 19% off
- Far Cry 4: 44% off
- Tales from the Borderlands: 53% off
Fighting and Role-Playing Game Deals
Fighting game fans saw a major discount on Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator. The stylish 2.5D fighter from Arc System Works was reduced by 67%. Several Japanese RPGs were also part of the promotion. Exist Archive: The other side of the sky, a side-scrolling RPG from tri-Ace often compared to Valkyrie Profile, also received a 67% discount.
Another title with a steep price cut was Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs!, a visual novel and strategy RPG hybrid. This enhanced version of the original game was discounted by 60%. These deals provided an opportunity for players to explore more niche titles from Japanese developers at a lower price point.
Shooters and Other Genre Discounts
The 2016 reboot of Doom from id Software was a highlight of the sale, with a 50% discount. This fast-paced first-person shooter was widely praised upon its release for its intense single-player campaign. Battlefield Hardline, a spin-off from the main series with a cops-and-robbers theme, was available with a 12% discount.
Capcom’s zombie-slaying series was represented with remasters of Dead Rising (11% off), Dead Rising 2 (14% off), and the PS4 port of Resident Evil 6 (15% off). For those interested in indie titles, the Steamworld Collection physical release, which bundled SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist, was 33% off. A pinball collection, Marvel Pinball: Epic Collection Vol. 1, was also discounted by 33%.
Frequently asked questions
What was Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator?
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works, released for PS4 in 2016. It is known for its unique 2.5D cel-shaded art style that mimics traditional anime, alongside deep and complex fighting mechanics. Revelator is an updated version of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, adding new characters, story content, and gameplay adjustments. It was well-regarded by fans of the genre.
Was the Mad Max game on PS4 connected to the Fury Road movie?
The Mad Max game, released in 2015, is set in the same post-apocalyptic universe as the films but features a standalone story. While it shares the aesthetic and themes of Mad Max: Fury Road, which was released the same year, it is not a direct adaptation of the movie's plot. The game focuses on Max building a new vehicle, the 'Magnum Opus,' with the help of a mechanic named Chumbucket.
What games were in Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection?
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for PS4 includes the single-player campaigns of the first three games in the series, originally released on the PlayStation 3. The titles are Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. The games were remastered by Bluepoint Games with improved resolution, frame rate, and textures. The collection did not include the multiplayer modes from the original games.
What kind of game is Exist Archive: The other side of the sky?
Exist Archive: The other side of the sky is a Japanese role-playing game developed by tri-Ace, the studio behind the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series. Released for PS4 and PS Vita in 2016, it is often considered a spiritual successor to Valkyrie Profile. The gameplay combines side-scrolling exploration in dungeons with a turn-based combat system where party members are mapped to the controller's face buttons.