Official XBLA thread. Complain about the new price points but buy the garbage anyway!
This is half of the subject matter of that old thread that was recently destickied. Hopefully, with a tighter focus, this can be kept up to date and relevant.
This is the official Xbox Live Arcade thread. It's purpose, as such, is to discuss any and all XBLA releases, information, or updates. This will hopefully keep down on threads like the Wing Commander one that gets all of 5 responses and will also be a good one stop thread for information. Anywho, let's start. This week's game is Aegis Wing. Quote:
More screens Apparently, this was designed by three interns, which is pretty neat, in that they actually are getting it out on XBLA. It's great exposure. Oh, and it's free. Score. It'll give us something to play while we wait for the Halo 3 beta download to finish, I guess. ---------------- Other newish news is that a version of Bomberman is due out in June. It's gonna support 8 players. This sounds like hot uber sex. There's also DLC planned, and we've got screenshots and video. More info, courtesy of GAF. (Sorry I couldn't find a source that didn't blow ballsack). Quote:
---------------- Prince of Persia remake confirmed, by the way. Quote:
Basically it's the first PoP game, with new and improved MAD GRAFIX, and some new moves for the Prince. Ok, this was...not what I was expecting. Sure, the first PoP is fun, but I dunno if I can stomach another remake of a game that doesn't have the added benefit of online multi. I guess we'll see, though. |
The first Prince of Persia also only takes about an hour to complete when you know where you're going. I fail to see how the addition of "New moves" can make it any better.
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I'm in a similar boat. While the original was great, I don't see how it'll have much staying power on the Arcade, and I'm not that excited for it if it's just a graphical overhaul and doesn't have anything in terms of multi.
I dunno how I forgot this, but Soltrio Solitaire is coming this Wednesday along with Aegis Wing. Quote:
10 bucks for a gajillion kinds of Solitaire sounds like a horrible, horrible deal, since most of these are available free on every PC ON THE PLANET. Also multiplayer Solitaire = what. It also drops tomorrow, but I can't picture it being terribly popular. I guess we'll see. |
Fuck you guys.
http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1743/1179177027.jpg I'm going to buy an Xbox 360 liek NEXT WEEK because of this. And you need fucken online multi or some shit to buy a remake? Fuck you. It's a bloody single player game. |
I'm new to the XBL scene, so I'd like to say hi. Here's some of my input on some of these games (that my brother has purchased or gotten for free):
Aegis Wing: Not that great in my opinion but still pretty cool (because its free). One my major beefs is the lack of a powerup for your normal gun. The enemies are pretty lame. I don't like the overall slowness of this game (kinda feels like Jade Empire's minigame). It's cool though, because it's a shump...those are non-existent nowadays (in the US...Raiden III came out for PS2, but this has little relevance). SotN on 360=<3, but freeze/crashes=:(. Anyway, whenever Ikaruga comes out on XBLA (well, if it ever does), I'm totally gonna get it. Mainly for leaderboards. Live Arcade is pretty cool. Hope to play some of you sometime. |
You get what you pay for with Aegis Wing. It's about on par with some freeware shooter you could get on the Internet. It's fun for a few minutes, but not enough variety or challenge to make it a lasting classic.
Worms is where it's at on XBLA. I really need to start playing more online. |
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I guess you can't set up a Silver account to download a free game?
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The game isn't region locked or gold only. A Silver account would allow you to download it, yes.
And Aegis's singleplayer is lacking, but the multiplayer makes the game much better. |
I'll have to get involved in a multiplayer match, then. It does seem like it would be more fun that way.
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More useless as hell retro shit no one cares about this week.
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If they go retro, they need old school PC games like Hexen, heretic, wolfenstein, ultima, etc.
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Doom was an excellent choice, both because the game is a timeless classic and because the deathmatch is still entertaining. I dunno if I could get behind Hexen as much, but retro PC titles would be a welcome change from the swarms of Namco and Konami arcade titles we see dominating the retro section of the marketplace.
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If Rush 'n Attack were being released on Wii VC (the original NES version), then I'd be happy, but I've played the arcade version. It's as retarded as Contra was. Graphics didn't mean shit with bad gameplay and music. Sorry, Microsoft, you'll have to do better than that.
Of course, it has been a few years, and I may have forgotten how bad it was, so I'll just download the trial version and see if my evaluation is indeed accurate. Xevious, I still never, and I mean NEVER got to play, even on Star Fox Assault (can't get all Silver medals, still). Frankly, I still love a good shmup, so I'm willing to try this out, since it has very high ratings among many people here. |
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Whoops, posted in the wrong thread this morning. I plan to download Mad Tracks tonight, along with the new content for Worms that came out today. Much fun will be had by me.
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Yeah, the worms content adds a fair number of new voice packs. 22, I think. The space level is also a nice change. A shame it didn't come with new background music though.
The more I play Mad Tracks, the more I like it. It's fantastic, and the multi we played last evening was HILARIOUS. Especially the bloody foosball. A shame that the demo alludes that the other race packs will be available in the game you purchase, but are actually DLC to be released at a later date. The wording is kinda funny, so this is just a warning to potential buyers. You only get the one content pack with your purchase. Not all three. Also, some updates on the only game people should be really giving a shit about; Bomberman. http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/g...d=75&console=1 Looks like this page will be updated weekly until the thing drops. Right now we've got levels and gimmicks, and a bit on the modes. It's also revealed that camera support will be in, so you can :meatspin: any assholes unfortunate to lose to you. Y'know, they could charge 1200 points (15 USD if you live in the states) for this and I'd still buy it. |
Hey is Prince of Persia out yet? I need to know when to buy an Xbox 360! What about Ikaruga? I just gave my Gamecube copy to Hybrid Hunter.
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Rumor has it that Prince of Persia might be coming out next week, but I haven't heard anything about Ikaruga. This week we're stuck with an HD version of Pacman for $10. Wow.
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The Ikaruga bit was a rumor. I'm not sure though, because I don't know if the source is super-credible or whatever.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=72965 It's pretty old, so take that with a grain of salt. As of now, no Ikaruga, if there ever will be one. |
If it's not Ikaruga, there's rumblings of an important shooter in the pipeline. We'll see if that turns up anything, though. We can only hope.
What no one mentioned so far is that the "other" piece of XBLA content this week was some update for Small Arms that adds achievement points. No one cares though since Small Arms is utter trash. Next week is also rumoured to be Carcassonne. Unfortunately these things are hard to know for certain until very shortly before they drop. I don't give a shit about anything until Bomberman, though. |
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Bring on Bomberman. |
JUNE THIRTEEN! Shit that's today! Shit shit shit. I promised myself no more game consoles until I clock ALL MY GAMES.
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