Cheap Games

Need For Speed: Prostreet is a good racing game, but it must be said that all of the cars have shoddy performance and unrealistic handling. It’s also a pity that the makers decided to move away from the traditional roots of street racing.

What I will say is that the online multiplayer mode is quite possibly one of the best around, as it’s much more integrated into the game than ever before and offers a greater level of competition as well.

Click here to buy the PSP version for £6.99 from Play.com, or click here to get the PS3 release for £11.99 from ShopTo.

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The greatest Zelda game of all time has to be Ocarina Of Time on the Nintendo 64, but Wii title The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess runs a very close second.

Although initially designed for the GameCube (and actually released for it, and still available at stupid prices on the Internet), the graphics are excellent. Gameplay wise this will take you a fair amount of time to 100% complete, as there are lots of mini-games and quests – the fishing alone will keep you coming back for more.

Click here to buy this title for £17.99 from Empire Direct.

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Out of the three different 360 packages available, the XBox 360 Arcade seems to have the most amount of offers. It is quite a basic set, but it’s the only one to come with games in the box (OK they’re off the XBox Live Marketplace, but they’re still games!). You can also still get an XBox 360 20GB hard drive for £12.99 from Microsoft, which makes it as good as the older Premium version.

I think I should highlight all of the recent bundles to go along with today’s XBox 360 Arcade deals. Yesterday saw the reappearance of the XBox 360 Arcade, with a copy of PES 2009, for £129.99 from Currys (who also have a bundle with Fable II for the same price). And also a couple of days ago there was the XBox 360 Arcade with two games for £130 from Zavvi.

Game have three different packages available for £129.99 each, and these are:

XBox 360 Arcade with a copy of Fallout 3

XBox 360 Arcade with a copy of FIFA 09

XBox 360 Arcade with copies of Project Gotham Racing 4 and Sega Superstars Tennis

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I’ve been an on/off fan of professional wrestling for as long as I can remember, right back to when Hulk Hogan was capable of having watchable matches and Vince McMahon was just a commentator (OK he still owned the company, but didn’t have an on-screen role as owner).

WCW was the WWF’s main competitor for may years, until they sunk without a trace and the WWE bought what was left of it. Since then, many companies have tried to fill the void left by WCW but only one has even succeeded a little bit – TNA.

TNA: iMPACT! is their very first video game, but it’s sadly an incredibly mediocre outing. All of the big stars (like Kurt Angle, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe, and Sting) are present and the graphics look great, but it gets very repetitive and it’s far too easy when playing against the computer.

Click here to get the PS3 version, or click here for the XBox 360 release – both of which are £17 each at Zavvi. It’s one of those cheap games to get if you’re a fan, but for everyone else it’s probably worth waiting until the price goes down even more.

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For the first time in absolutely ages, FIFA has surpassed Pro Evolution – at least, that’s my opinion after playing both (albeit on the PS3, so other console versions could differ).

It’s difficult to put my finger on why it’s won this time, but FIFA 09 just "feels" more realistic than ever before. Sadly, PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer still has the faults of the last one, right down to the laggy online mode.

Click here to get the PlayStation 2 version for £17.98, or click here to buy the Wii release for £24.98 – both of which are supplied by Amazon. Meanwhile over at Game you can get the DS (click here) or PSP (click here) versions for £17.99 each.

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The DS Lite deals are coming thick and fast now, so it seems like the ideal time to pick one up before the mad rush for Christmas begins.

Yesterday we featured the Nintendo DS Lite with a free title from a limited selection, and today it’s the Nintendo DS Lite with free Brain Training.

Amazon have either the red (click here) or turquoise (click here) coloured consoles available in this offer. Be sure to scroll down the page at the Amazon site for more details.

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I’m a big, big fan of the DS as the amount of decent games available for it rivals any of the other consoles, which is very impressive for a handheld system.

If you have any GameBoy Advance games, you can also play them on it as well. I should also point out that the new DSi (due out next year) will be getting rid of this ability, a stupid decision if ever I saw one – it will also stop you from playing Guitar Hero: On Tour, which is frankly unacceptable.

Play.com have the Red (click here), Green (click here), or Turquoise (click here) consoles available for £89.99 each. These Nintendo DS Lites all come with a free title, from a limited selection of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, or Heroes Of Mana.

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The XBox 360 Arcade bundle is the smallest of the three that you can get, but it does come with five titles from the XBox Live Marketplace – namely Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, Pac-Man and Uno.

Microsoft are also still giving owners of this console the opportunity to get an XBox 360 20GB hard drive for the bargain price of £12.99, which is nice of them.

Instore at Zavvi you can get the XBox 360 Arcade, with two games, for £130. The two titles in question are rather good too, being that they are Halo 3 and Lost Odyssey.

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The main thing that you need to know about Guitar Hero: On Tour is that the Guitar Grip provided is quite difficult to hold for long periods of time, and can even cause cramp (in extreme cases). That being said, it’s still as much fun as the other versions available for bigger consoles.

An impressive tracklist that includes such songs as "All The Small Things" by Blink-182 and "Rock And Roll All Nite" by Kiss more than makes up for any faults, although it would have been nice to see some online play.

Pop in toy our nearest Tesco and pick up this DS game for £22.71. It definitely is one of those cheap games that will keep you coming back for more, even with the pain you might suffer!

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Canis Canem Edit (better known as Bully) is a third-person action-adventure game in the same mould as the Grand Theft Auto series, except that this is set in a school.

You control difficult student Jimmy Hopkins, and must explore the school campus (and later the local town) or complete the main missions. I should probably warn you that there is a bit of schoolwork involved, although this really only amounts to pushing buttons in the correct order or unscrambling words.

If you fancy this PlayStation 2 title, click here to get it for £4.99 from Game. Wii owners might be interested in the updated version, known as Bully: Scholarship Edition, which is still £13 (or less) at ShopTo.

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