[360] CHROMEHOUNDS - GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCE

Right now I haven't bothered with X-Box Live. I can't stand the control scheme on Blazing Angels, I hate Perfect Dark Zero with a passion, and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion is a single player game. Thus I only have Dead or Alive 4 to play online which isn't worth it to me. I've been watching Chrome Hounds with interest. If I do get this one it might be what tempts me to finally bother with getting my 360 online. I've always been fond of mech games although I have to admit that I consistently suck at them(well the ones where you pilot them anyways....I'm pretty good at the strategy games). You'd laugh at how poor I am at Mech Warrior or Zone of the Enders. On the other hand as long as my team doesn't mind watching lots of terrible deaths or mind the fact that I tend to be online at odd hours I'm a fan of multiplayer gaming. This and Gears of War are probably the two games I'm most looking forward to at this point.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

To me Blazing Angels had the potential to be an awesome game. Two things ruined it(well three but I haven't personally come across #3 because I don't play online).

1. The control scheme. I was expecting it to control like Crimson Skies. But it doesn't and more than once I've gotten myself killed by the control scheme.

2. The voice acting. *Shudder* This isn't that big to me but it annoys.

3. I can't vouch for this but I've been told online that you have to fly one of two different planes or you can forget about any hope of winning.


On the other hand if they do a Blazing Angels 2 with a fixed control scheme plus better plane balance I think they'll have a real winner.


As for Chrome Hounds, I'll let you guys know if I get it. A lot of my friends IRL have 360's....unfortunately I'm the only mecha lover in our group so it's looking like none of them will be getting Chrome Hounds.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Colonel Skills

Blazing Angels is a terrible game, and I agree with you on PDZ.

But Live is extremely cheap. It works out to something like 5 bucks a month. That's basically the price of one game a year. Just the ability to download arcade games is worth that much, let alone the multiplayer for games like Burnout and PGR3, and the downloadbale content for ES4. This'll sound like an ad, but Live is fucking awesome and I heartily recommend it.

Also, if you decide to get CHROMEHOUNDS be sure to let us know. So far I haven't been able to raise much....uhhh...enthusiasm for it. So I dunno if I'll be able to get a GFF clan or group together. The more the merrier.

The problem being I don't like the arcade games they've got available(plus you have to pay for them seperately from Live anyways) and the games you mentioned being great are from a genre I don't enjoy(racing). The limit of my racing enjoyment are F-Zero and Mariokart.

But like I said, as more games come out that make Live worth it, I'll probably get it. Chrome Hounds is a solid step in that direction and I'll bet Gears of War will be as well.

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

I didn't pre-order it but if they have a copy when I check the store later today I'll probably pick it up. If not I'll probably get it whenever I happen to see a copy in.

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

Alas, they only had pre-order copies. I'll get this eventually. Most likely as soon as I actually see a copy of it in somewhere. From reading the book on it I saw at Gamestop I'd personally probbly like either Sal-Kar or Morskaj. Obviously I've got to get the game to confirm my inclinations but I suspect that I'll probably either enjoy the role of scout, heavy gunner, or defender the most. Sniper and Commander are definate no's for me and soldier is just a maybe.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Picked up the game about 20 minutes ago. I'll be trying it out soon.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Been playing a bit. Still not very far in(I've been busy) but at least I've gone through some missions. I always seem to end up with damaged legs. Do they just like to shoot you there or something? All in all I'm having fun. Instead of doing it in order, I think I'll try out mission one for each role just so I can get a feel for it. I'm getting impatient as I've only been using the soldier type. Want to see what fits my personal taste for combat.

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