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

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I guess you can't set up a Silver account to download a free game?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'll have to get involved in a multiplayer match, then. It does seem like it would be more fun that way.

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

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.

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

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Kilroy

Yes, but it's NEW Pac-man. It should, according to MS, be gaming history, this!

For $5, maybe, but for $10 I expect multiplayer at the very least. Pac-man Vs., the "free" game on the Gamecube, was something I'd pay $10 for, but new Pac-man mazes I have to play by myself? No thanks.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Has anyone actually tried the Band of Bugs multiplayer? The single player demo was enough to pique my interest, and a good multiplayer would seal the deal for me.

Also loling at Lumines milking even more cash from the saps that bought it.

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Did anyone else buy Carcossonne yet? I played a few matches last night, and I think it's my new favorite arcade game. It's completely different from Catan, and the game moves a lot faster too. Definitely one of those games that's easy to pick up but difficult to master.

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

Poor Yie Ar Kung Fu. Totally blown away by Bomberman. Why would anyone buy that anyway, if it's the same title that's on the Konami Arcade Classics DS? Completely worthless.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'd buy Hexic 2 if it wasn't $10. Unless it's some great surprise like Pacman CE turned out to be, the game is worth at most $5.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm going to download the demo tonight, if I remember, but I doubt it'll be worth 800 points.

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

Don't feel bad; I didn't get it either. I tried the demo and it was just...odd. The humor was good, but there's such a thing as too retro. It was difficult telling the difference between bullets and powerups, and the whole thing just looked like a big mess.

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

The demo of Small Arms failed to impress me, but I'll definitely be picking up Dig Dug, and maybe Zuma. <3 Dig Dug

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've already got Magnetica for DS, which I think is the same thing as Zuma, but I don't get acheivement points for that.

As for flash games, I don't play any games on my computer, so that doesn't matter to me.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Not bad, I guess, but Billiards is still over $10, which I have a problem with. Still might pick it up though, because I'm a sucker for a decent pool game.

FELIPE NO

No, it's pretty pointless if there's no online play. I've still got my DC and a Soul Calibur iso, so there's no reason for me to spend money on this. All they're doing is drumming up hype for the release of Soul Calibur IV.

Did anyone pick up Battlezone? The single player is so-so, though better if you use the Throttle Monkey mode to speed things up. The multi-player, on the other hand, has the potential for some fun in 4 player matches (and it supports the camera, lol).

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Meteos is coming to XBLA, at least in Japan.

I'm in the minority, but I've always preferred Meteos to Lumines, and the chance to finally play it over the internet is excellent. The only problem is, how could you possibly play the game without the stylus control?

How ya doing, buddy?

The release of Vigilante 8 may be big news, but of far greater importance is that Yaris is no longer available for download. Why do the good ones always die young?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SILBER-1

Now I must download V8 immediately to console myself.

Be careful, Skills likes it. That could mean it's toxic poison for the rest of us.

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As thrilled as I am about VO:OT, the arbitrary 1200 MS price point pisses me off. We've already had several DC games ported (Ikaruga, Vigilante 8) at the 800 price, so why all of a sudden are they charging 1200? There's nothing about VO:OT that sets it apart from other DC games as far as I know.

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

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?

Actually, VO isn't worth 1200 points, seeing as I could probably find the original used for cheaper (and I own it anyway). I'll probably buy it because I want to play it on Live, but that doesn't justify their price point, as I've already said. And no, I didn't think Braid was worth 1200 points either, but at least the guy had a defendable argument about it being an indie one-man operation.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Just because they can charge more and people will still pay it doesn't mean they have to be dicks and actually do it. If/when oil companies start charging $3.50 for gas, people still buy it, but it doesn't mean they should charge that much.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

800 points for each? Screw that. Scrabble is probably the only one worth the points, and according to IGN, there is no single player mode against the computer. I'd buy Yahtzee if it were 400, and maybe Battleship (though you can't see your ships after you place them), but not for 800. If enough people pick up Scrabble, I might be persuaded.

FELIPE NO

I suppose it's too much to hope that Scrabble supports the Vision Camera. The only proper way to distract an opponent is waving your junk around.

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Good news for those of you who 1) hate buying more points than you need to get a game or 2) want to gift XBLA games. Amazon.com has opened their Xbox Live store, through which you can purchase XBLA games, and they'll email you a code for download. The good news is that games are priced in actual dollars (for the same price as on XBL), and it says you can gift games via email after purchase. It's unclear whether they mean they'll do the gifting for you, or if they just mean you can forward the email with the code to someone else for use. The bad news is that although they seem to have almost all the games, they don't have things that have come out in the past few weeks (Dishwasher, Flock, Galactrix). You can also buy and gift points, but currently only the 4000 points card is available; 1600 is listed as coming soon.

Jam it back in, in the dark.