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

Originally Posted by Detection

Yes! Finally something I can play on Live where I won't have to wait an hour to find an opponent. Hopefully.

Maybe.

Hopefully, I dunno.

Netcode seems spotty. Could be the people I was (attempting to) play against, could be the game. Unfortunately I was having a significant amount of trouble connecting to other players, so I only can speak of the one match. It went kinda iffy, and the other 8 I tried to join got connection refused.

Hopefully this will improve and it was just a bunch of bad luck. We'll see tomorrow, when I'll give it another shot.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well it plays perfectly on Player Match, no lag or latency at all. I got to play on two ranked matches and one was ok but the other one was completely unplayable, I could see stuff hitting my opponent but it wouldn't do any damage and his shots would come out of nowhere. I'm satisfied with the experience though, played it for about 4 hours against a friend right when I got it. Now all I need is Garou and I'll be happy.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The actual interface for joining games online is a ridiculous mess, though. Pick character first? Then this communal lobby thing? What the fuck were they thinking? It's a bit of a disaster.

I'm glad you found some matches that weren't laggy. I've played about ten online and even playing against people on this continent, I found it to be a bit of a crapshoot.

What is your gamertag? I'm absolutely horrific and out of practice, but perhaps playing a game against someone from 'round here will improve my experience with the online, as of right now it's pretty much the definition of

FELIPE NO

WHAT





I mean have people seen these? Apparently it's a work in progress of TURTLES IN TIME REMAKE for XBLA (possibly other systems as well). I'm still not sure, maybe it's f-



OH DEAR LORD STILL NOT SURE IF WANT AND UTTERLY CONFUSED IF EVEN REAL

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

IT SOUNDS AWFULLY TEMPTING, BUT THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY PACKAGE THE ORIGINAL GAME WITH IT AS WELL.

I ALSO HOPE THIS IS THE 4-PLAYER ARCADE VERSION AS WELL.

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Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

The actual interface for joining games online is a ridiculous mess, though. Pick character first? Then this communal lobby thing? What the fuck were they thinking? It's a bit of a disaster.

I'm glad you found some matches that weren't laggy. I've played about ten online and even playing against people on this continent, I found it to be a bit of a crapshoot.

What is your gamertag? I'm absolutely horrific and out of practice, but perhaps playing a game against someone from 'round here will improve my experience with the online, as of right now it's pretty much the definition of

I agree, and you can't switch characters once you go into battle so if your opponent asks to play again it'll be with the same characters. I'm not that good at the game either, I just get lucky sometimes. My gamertag is Kyetris, hope you like seeing Apharmd C and Bal-Bados.

Originally Posted by Luxray

THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY PACKAGE THE ORIGINAL GAME WITH IT AS WELL.

THIS. A remake is fine and all but I'd rather get the original. I hope it's based on the SNES version, though, you can't throw people at Shredder on the arcade version.

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Originally Posted by Qwarky

Well, judging by the size of the life/score box, I'd say there's enough room for 3 more, which could mean 4 players.

Detect, hate to ruin hopes, but usually, if there's an arcade version of a game on consoles, they go with the arcade version, especially in the case of beat-em-ups.

Plus, I don't see the Konami logo on the title screen anywhere, so I'm fairly sure they don't have much of a hand in re-releasing this one.

Frankly, from what I see, I'd say let's just wait a little while longer to see what else happens with this title, because I have eagerly been waiting for this game since 3 months after the first one came out (when I FINALLY managed to break away from it).

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I read about this on Wired yesterday. The original graphics will be included and it's based on the arcade version with things from the SNES version included. Which likely means throwing enemies at Shredder.

Here is the article.

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Originally Posted by WolfDemon

I read about this on Wired yesterday. The original graphics will be included and it's based on the arcade version with things from the SNES version included. Which likely means throwing enemies at Shredder.

Here is the article.

Then that just makes things ten times better! I'm fucking sold already!

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This Wednesday's a threefer, including two that I've been waiting for for a while now. Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid Live? Curse being next to broke and having finals this week!

Quote:

XBLA is up for another threefer this week, with Zombie Wranglers (no, really), Arkanoid Live and Space Invaders Extreme all hitting the service. Arkanoid Live and Space Invaders Extreme are both remakes of arcade classics, while Zombie Wranglers is a co-op game that tasks players with -- you guessed it -- wrangling zombies. All three games will be available this Wednesday for 800 ($10) each.

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What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

FELIPE NO

Yup.

The whole reason they got it was for an accessory that was only sold in Japan. What the fuck were people thinking releasing it over here without that. No wonder it's so fucking garbage, eh Tritoch? Jesus shit.

How ya doing, buddy?

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

...Space Invaders Extreme for the Arcade.

...

I'm just hoping [Jeff Minter] doesn't make the thing a visual mess.

I'm never hoping anything again.

Fuck this man with an axe.

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The Secret of Monkey Island Coming to Xbox Live Arcade? - Xbox

This is great news. Seems true.

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

If they do this, I will love them forever.

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Holy shit that'd be so sweet. I haven't played that game since it was new.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The original Perfect Dark is coming to XBLA.

Currently listed as a Winter release date (by one of Major Nelson's E3 twitters, apparently), or TBD as it says on the page. Definitely looking forward to this one.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Zakiller2000

The original Perfect Dark is coming to XBLA....

Oh, this should be good. Now, if only the folks involved with the legal brouhaha over GoldenEye could come to an amicable difference so that it too can be resurrected... ideally with PD's gameplay improvements baked in.
Also on my things-to-get-on-XBLA list: Shadow Complex (Joystiq entries; Kotaku entries).
Combine Super Metroid-styled exploration with Abuse-like free-aim, and it looks like you've got the building blocks of a wnner.

FELIPE NO

Well, shit.

Figured I'd post this since it's all over CAG/etc.

On the new eBay classifieds thing, there's a guy selling prepaid points codes.

Link is here: Microsoft Xbox 360 Live 4000 Points Zune Card - Fast - - eBay (item 370219198406 end time Jul-22-09 14:18:04 PDT)

Looks and sounds fishy, and I wouldn't blame you for thinking that, but a bunch of people on both those sites jumped on it since the cost was 40 percent off the price you'd pay normally. After everyone confirmed working reciept of codes I also decided to jump in.

Code worked fine. 4000 spacebucks for 30 dollars.

He's got only USA codes, but luckily I have a silver USA account so I just dropped it on that. I am saving the points for Turtles and BF1943.

Regardless, it's probably the best rate on points you'll get any time soon, and it's legit, so I just figured I'd point it out.

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America only? Faggots!

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Well I bought one. The feedback is almost perfect, so it isn't likely a fraud. I am waiting for the code now.

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If they're Zune ones, it's probably due to MS dropping the Zune recently and needing to shift out anything with the logo on it.

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

Originally Posted by Shin

If they're Zune ones, it's probably due to MS dropping the Zune recently and needing to shift out anything with the logo on it.

Dropping? They've got a new device on the way.

Anyway, where the cheap Euro points at.

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Ha ha ha, what a bunch of fucking idiots. The Zune team were disbanded in February and pretty much every commentator suggested that their pathetic 4% market share meant they were getting out of the market. I'm still not convinced there'll be another after the latest launch, I imagine they're simply chucking it out as they'd already nearly finished building it. They can't really give them away at the moment.

I was speaking idiomatically.