[360] Official XBLA thread. Complain about the new price points but buy the garbage anyway!

Skills complains too much. I've played quite a bit of Castle Crashers today and online with two different people. Omagnus and I got disconnected, but only after playing for a little over an hour. That might make the achievement for kissing all 4 princesses in a multiplayer game difficult, but the game's far from completely broken. Some people seem to be having freezing/disconnecting issues online, but it's not universal.

The only real glitch I've encountered so far was the mini-boss in the forest stage. Since people and enemies don't count as dead until the combo stops, the game wouldn't let me die when I had 10-15 minions wailing on me. I was pissed at first since it said quitting to map would cause me to lose unsaved data, but that's apparently a lie. Kept all the exp and money I'd earned, and just had to fight my way back to that mini-boss again.

How ya doing, buddy?

I won't deny that it's apparently a bit unstable, but since I played for 30-45 minutes with Nutty later and it never disconnected us it seems rare enough not to bother me. Definitely not enough to classify the game as broken. When I said the problem wasn't universal, I meant how you could barely even start a game without disconnecting/freezing.

You should try doing multiplayer some more before demanding a refund.

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Wait, they gave you 1250? If that turns out to be the official response then I may have to call for a refund. I've got 750 points right now, and it's really irritating to know that I'll have to pay full price for some points the next time I buy a game just because I'm lacking 50 points. I'd just re-buy Castle Crashers with the 1200 since I'm still enjoying it quite a bit.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Oh god, I miss Yaris already. This is truly a tragedy which cannot be undone.

Now I must download V8 immediately to console myself.

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It is a little strange that the title of this thread hasn't been changed to "Official XBLA thread. OH GOD V8 IS SO BROKEN I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN TWO REFUNDS."

I was speaking idiomatically.

You should grab Braid while it's down to 800 points. I'd been waiting for a drop, and it definitely doesn't disappoint for that price. It's pretty fantastic in all respects except for length.

As for Virtual On, the 1200 price point is pretty irritating. I hadn't really thought about the previous DC ports we've gotten until Nutty pointed it out, and it's ridiculous. That said, I'll buy it anyway as long as it's a good port since I love VO in the arcade.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Milton Converse

So a port of an old game is worth 1200 MSP, but not a new game just because it's short?

Did you buy Death Tank, Tritoch?

Originally Posted by Axelrod :punch: Axelrod

As long as you keep throwing money at things you think are overpriced they're going to keep being priced that way.

That's your answer.

I'll pay 1200 for Virtual On (provided it's good) mostly for Live play, but even the single player will at least have replay value. Braid is short and a one-shot deal with very little replay value unless you enjoy speedruns, which I don't. Great for 800, overpriced at 1200. I'm really not sure why you people keep getting so angry at my thinking this. The length wasn't what kept me from buying it for so long, though. I tried the demo when it first came out and just wasn't impressed enough to encourage the new 1200 price point that's becoming increasingly common. The length is just my thoughts since buying it two days ago.

No, I haven't gotten around to trying Death Tank's demo. How is it? It's not like I'm boycotting 1200 point games as long as they feel worth it.

FELIPE NO

Weren't the Dreamcast and PS2 ports supposed to be decent at best due to the controls? I never played them so I could be wrong, but I remember hearing they weren't worth it.

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Is anyone here planning to buy any of the Family Game Night games released today? The $10 price point on each is kind of crazy considering the Wii and PS2 full collections are only $40 and $20 respectively, but I'm considering getting Scrabble if anyone else here is. That one's an NA-only release for some reason, so I guess that counts out PAL people.

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No single player? Christ, it's like they've done everything possible to persuade people not to buy these games.

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I'm curious about all the Days of Arcade stuff, but I already know that I'll probably buy Galactrix and Dishwasher. The DS version of Galactrix seems to be a little buggy, so I decided to wait for the eventual XBLA release in hopes that they've fixed a few things. I remember the Dishwasher demo from ages ago being pretty fun too.

What's the difference between Uno Rush and regular Uno?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

In before Skills rages.

Portal: Still Alive winning best single-player game is the real shame, though. There were so many better choices than a game with almost no new content.

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Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

You could always download the trial and give it a whirl.

Be sure to play a match of the Arcade or finish the Story part of the demo, though. I didn't care for the first bit where you just have double scythes, but the game becomes crazy fun once you get the teleportation sword from the first boss.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Christ, they upped the price after it had already been posted? I'm still on the fence about Lode Runner. The demo was pretty fun and it seems like a fairly good-sized game, but I just hate this trend of $15 being the new typical price point. I would've bought it right away for 800 points, but unless a few other people here get it for co-op I don't think I'll dish out 1200 points.

EDIT: I was flipping through the comments on Nelson's blog about Lode Runner and somebody pointed out that Flock is only $10 on Amazon today. I think I might pick that up since that was another one where the demo was fun, but not worth 1200.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

You know what else is 10 dollars, you dirty sack of dog shit?

Don't worry. I already know that I can't buy anything else on XBLA unless I get Outrun with it, or I'll never hear the end of it.

FELIPE NO

Normally I do ignore him, but I did like the Outrun demo. I'm just going to balance it out by getting the Nuts & Bolts DLC at the same time.

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I remember hearing the DS version of the recent Arkanoid was pretty meh, so unless they've made some big changes it probably isn't worth buying. People got the DS version mostly for the paddle accessory. Space Invaders Extreme, on the other hand, is freakin' awesome and anyone who doesn't already have it on the DS or PSP should at least try the demo. I'm not even a big fan of SI, but I loved the DS game.

Zombie Wranglers sounds intriguing enough to warrant a demo trial at least.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Fine fine, that was pretty broad phrasing. As far as I know it didn't do very well over here, because it wasn't that great and they didn't bother giving us the accessory. The only positive reviews of it that I saw came from people who imported it with the paddle.

The real point is that Space Invaders Extreme is great.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

On the plus side, Worms 2: Armageddon seems to play just fine. I tried one match online and although I couldn't find anyone in a search, someone joined my fort game pretty fast and there weren't any lag issues.

Strangely enough, you can also cheat on some of the achievements and get them on the firing range training stages. Killing 6 worms at once, using a Holy Hand Grenade, and using Armageddons 10 times all work there. You could likely grind the 170 water kills and 200 fire weapons the same way if you get desperate enough.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It's only 800 points, so there's no complaining about the price either.

I still haven't figured out if it's got a way to create custom landscapes, but you can do custom rule sets for matches. I'm just happy to have fort matches, even if they're the lame built-in forts.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I know, he'll still ask for a refund after deeming it an affront to all that is Worms.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've played two ranked matches (one fort, one standard) and 4-5 games with Frank, and I haven't had any issues at all. It's a bit of a pain that you can't really invite friends to public games right now since games fill up within seconds of being created, but a lot of people playing is a good thing.

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That would make it 400 points, I believe. It's really tempting after playing the multiplayer at Mo0's place, so I may pick it up this week.

Also, apparently LucasArts has announced that Secret of Monkey Island will be released next week (7/15). Here's hoping it isn't $20.

FELIPE NO

Actually, I find the petrol bomb to be relatively useless in this Worms. It tends to blow a small hole on impact and then concentrate all of its fire inside that tiny area instead of spreading around like before. Mad Cows have been replaced by the Buffalo of Lies for the past several Worms games. It isn't quite as handy since there's only one, but it has the same basic effect by exploding repeatedly along its path.

The landscapes are my only real problem with this game. You have very little time to flip through the randomly generated levels before the invisible timer finishes counting down and starts the game with whatever you've got at that moment. It also annoys me a little that they put airstrikes into the ranked Fort settings, but both of those are small complaints. Worms 2 Armageddon is well worth the 800 points it costs, especially considering 1200 seems to be the new typical price these days.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Oh yeah, mad cows dropped from a ninja rope were always fun. Speaking of cluster bombs, banana bombs are also considerably less effective in this one. Rather than being utterly devastating, they tend to destroy more scenery than worms now. That may be a good thing considering how ungodly powerful they used to be, but it is a little disappointing.

Jam it back in, in the dark.