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

How hard? Hoth hard?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hoth wasn't even hard you fucking poser.

Or was that Mo0 that was complaining about Hoth. I don't remember but whoever it was sucked at Lego Star Wars, ok.

EDIT: Confirming that it was Mo0 and that he sucks.

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Definitely not me, chief.

Good work catching the implication I was making, though. I'm impressed.

FELIPE NO

Look, it's not my fault that it is a highly kept secret that you are capable of failure on a Mo0 level at times.

How ya doing, buddy?

Y'know, I'm sitting here, trying to think of an insult that's possibly worse than that, but I can't come up with shit.

Time to become an hero.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You know, I kinda feel bad now after realizing what I just said. Nobody should be compared to Mo0 at games, nobody. I take it back, GELB-1 old buddy.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

All is forgiven. Can we go back to ridiculing Mo0 now?

There is one Hoth joke and two of us, that works in our favour.

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

What is this cockfest.

So anyway Bomberman is filled with bugs:

- If you pick up a dangerous bomb just before it's about to explode (I mean JUST before), your character's frame will freeze, and you won't be able to move, and it'll blow you up.

- Sometimes an error will occur where people are invincible, and people will still be in the game even though other people are sitting at the results screen.

- You can throw bombs over falling blocks which appear in a clockwise position, making the bombs bounce across the screen indefinitely.

- Remote detonator bombs can't be detonated if they've been kicked (why the hell)

- If you throw a bomb quickly, against a bomb you've just planted, in revenge cart mode, they'll both explode.

- On the map with all the power ups in the middle, sometimes you can get "stuck" and can't move, although you aren't trapped between bombs at all. You're just stuck.

- You can indefinitely trap people with Line Bomb providing you have enough bombs. Just trap them, kill them, line bomb again, wait until they've stopped flashing, repeat.

- Punching bombs requires you to touch the bomb first. Simply bomb punching on the tile next to it won't work.

I'm sure there's more bugs but these are the only real ones I've come across frequently. Especially the one where half of the people in the room are/aren't in the game, which fucks everything up.

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

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Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe has been delayed until mid-October.

The Live Arcade title was originally expected in August, but mysteriously disappeared as the release date approached.

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The Live Arcade version will add polished-up visuals and leaderboards, and is expected at a price of 800 points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).

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Shame about the delay, but this is still one I've got my eye on. Loved Speedball 2 back in the day so I just hope it's aged well.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Speedball 2 and Sensible Soccer remain two of the greatest games ever made. The more old Amiga games come out on XBLA arcade the better really. Here's hoping they get hold of the Bitmap Brothers back catalogue or something similar.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Shin

Here's hoping they get hold of the Bitmap Brothers back catalogue or something similar.

That would rock. I remember me and my mate playing our way through Choas Engine and loving that at the time.

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A look at some of the upcoming XBLA games from the TGS:
First Impressions - TGS: Xbox Live Arcade Roundup // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer

EXIT and EEEE looking rather intruiging, but all of the games mentioned sound like excellent additions to the XBLA roster.

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

They're doing another limited time reduction on the price of a few XBLA titles: Bankshot Billards 2, Frogger and Hardwood Spades. For more info, follow the link: Limited Time Price Cut on Select Xbox Live Arcade Titles - Xbox

None of them look all that interesting, but if they're something you've considered then a reduced price might be the temptation required to make the purchase.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Except that everyone who's played it told me nothing but bad things, often referring to BB as one of the worst decisions you could make on the service.

I personally haven't played it, but that's just what I've read, and near unanimously too. Can't hurt to demo it first, though.

It should be mentioned that Bomberman's getting a new content update this Wednesday. Dunno if any games are going with it. It'd be the first gameless week in a LONG TIME if we don't get anything, but it's also understandable. Who would buy and play some arcade title this week? Especially if it's not something people are looking forward to. Likely candidates are Undertow and War World, though, IF we get something.

Just a guess though?

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

Equally they might use this week to push out some shite no one's likely to play to keep the string of new releases going.

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Empire Interactive has said that Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe will be on Live Arcade next Wednesday.

It will cost you 800 points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30) and feature more teams, better graphics - including a 3D option, head-to-head online multiplayer and an improved upgrade system.

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Hell fucking yes. This is one XBLA release I'm definitely looking forward to.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So today a game I've always been interested in, Every Extend Extra Extreme was released for XBLA for 800 MS Points. I grabbed it, and it's pretty fun. Only 6 songs built in, but you can add your own (along with BPM tracking) for a little extra replay value. I've only played one match online, and the person I played against was god-awful. Also today from Q Entertainment...

Originally Posted by 1up.com

Speaking of Lumines Live -- Microsoft also announced a permanent price drop for the title, which will take effect at 2am PDT on Wednesday. Previously priced at 1200 Microsoft points ($15), Lumines Live will soon sport an 800 Microsoft point ($10) price tag, timed to launch simultaneously with the previously confirmed "Rockin' Holiday Pack" and the free "Heavenly Star" and "Breeze" skin downloads.

This is awesome. I was holding off on Lumines Live before because of the 1200 point price tag, and furthermore because Heavenly Star was only a limited time skin from before I even owned a 360. Now with the cheaper price, the return of Heavenly Star, and the new Genki Rockets song "Breeze" available (For free at that!) I'll definitely be picking this up as Lumines is one of my favorite puzzle games of all time.

How ya doing, buddy?

How the devil is the last post in this thread back in last October?! That is wrong on a whole number of levels, especially given there's been some decent XBLA titles that have hit in the last few months (Rez HD comes to mind, and I'm sure Skills would point to Ikaruga).

Anyways, this is fairly interesting news:

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Namco Bandai has announced plans to blow the dust off the original Soul Calibur and whack the game on Xbox Live Arcade.

Apparently it'll feature "a variety of leaderboards spanning every character and mode", and you'll be able to choose from Arcade, Training and Survival modes. A "local-play Versus mode" is also listed but there's no suggestion you'll be able to battle it out online.

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Coming sometime this summer, it sounds like. Hell yes is all I have to say about that. Will be a bit of a shame if there's no online battles, but if they price it OK, liveable-with.

FELIPE NO

Without online vs mode it'd be a pretty pointless release, surely? I don't think the lure of achievement points would be enough to make up for having to pay for it again and the slightly dubious d-pad on the 360 controller.

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

Indeed, but still... yet another game released on Dreamcast showing up on next-gen consoles is pretty awesome. Ikaruga, Rez, Samba de Amigo, etc. ....and now Soul Calibur.

Release Jet Grind Radio, please! And maybe some Power Stone 2, yeah!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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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Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

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.

I still have my DC and the original disc of Soul Calibur, and yet I would buy this if it were priced reasonably. Two reasons. My first reason is that online sucks for fighting games, due to unavoidable lag. My second is that I wouldn't mind playing through the mission mode again, assuming it is included. If I can earn achievements, so much the better.

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

Additional reasons for myself:

3. The Dreamcast pad sucks, and I'd much rather use the Xbox 360's pad, especially since it's wireless.

4. XBLA titles tend to get a little bit of polish to make them look respectable on HDTVs, and while Dreamcast was awesome for its time... stretching 640x480 across my 46" 1080p panel looks awful.

So yeah, I'd definitely buy it, just like I repurchased Rez and Ikaruga.

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Originally Posted by Dennis Franz

Without online vs mode it'd be a pretty pointless release, surely? I don't think the lure of achievement points would be enough to make up for having to pay for it again and the slightly dubious d-pad on the 360 controller.

I can see there being a lot of people who have a 360 who didn't have a Dreamcast for a number of reasons, and having a way to legitimately play the game would be a good sell for people who, say, grew up playing SCIII.

I was speaking idiomatically.