The 360 thread!

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:35 pm 0

Misfit wrote:
chub wrote:Speedball 2 out on XBLA in August: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=77634

Woo!
Great.

Although I would have liked to have seen it look a bit shinier, just looks like they made the screen a bit wider....

Having said that the screenshots for the new PC version of SB2 are shinier but don't look that amazing.

For me, it doesn't have to be "amazing," simple and clear isn't such a bad look. Sensible Soccer is coming soon too, right?

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:50 pm 0

PVB wrote:
Bubba wrote:Ohh, Overlord is a little bit special Wonderful length of demo with a decent amount of stuff to do. So many demos seem to throw the tutorial level and 5 minutes at most of gameplay at you whereas Overlord gives you a really decent amount of play time (~30 minutes). It was enough for me to slap down a pre-order for it straight away

Yes, it does involve killing of fluffy video game sheepies. But if you fancy something distinctly Dungeon Keeper-esque in humour and don't mind being a teeny bit evil then do check out the demo. It looks remarkably pretty as well - nice art direction, feels distinctly World of Warcraft and combined with Fable in graphical style, wrapped up in a nice evil portion of Dungeon Keeper .

Out at the end of this month, Â£39.99 from Play, Â£34.99 from dvd.co.uk or a bit less from Ebay Preorders.

Cheers

Bubba

Cheers

Bubba
It just seems to me to be a bit lazy (for want of a better word) to have real world 'friendly' animals as energy-fodder, in a game which is fantasy-themed.

Why not just invent some ugly little monster beasts, like those small things on the old Oddworld games?

Demo left me cold to be honest - the art direction seemed to be a cut & paste job, with the character design being lifted straight out of Gremlins -
Dunno, (IMHO) this sort of stuff makes being a gamer a little bit embarrassing.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:38 pm 0

I really did like the right stick being the control for the minionoids. The game itself could work quite well, so I'll have to have a good look when that comes out.

The Captain · Post by **The Captain** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:58 pm 0

Meatpuppet wrote: Demo left me cold to be honest - the art direction seemed to be a cut & paste job, with the character design being lifted straight out of Gremlins -
Dunno, (IMHO) this sort of stuff makes being a gamer a little bit embarrassing.

Couldn't agree more - such a good idea, so wasted. The only good ideas in it have been lifted directly from Pikmin and Dungeon Keeper, and it just doesn't have an identity. I can imagine a truly funny, darker version of this with Ian McKellen and not Joe Pasquale as the game's vocal director.

It keeps expecting you to find the central conceit intrinsically hilarious and riveting, which it would be if it didn't keep winking at you and nudging you in the ribs and putting on a silly voice like some wanker in the pub telling a joke.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:08 pm 0

It's Pikmin on crack. Less annoying and easier to approach than Pikmin (as well as appealing to your evil side).

I was holding out hope it'd be Dungeon Keeper on crack, but a different pikmin isn't necessarily bad either

Tenchu is just Thief without any of the character or ambience.

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:37 pm 0

benedictw wrote:I really did like the right stick being the control for the minionoids. The game itself could work quite well, so I'll have to have a good look when that comes out.

I've just been playing FPSes recently so that properly shit me up; I'd rather have a modifier to use rightstick as sweep, instead of having to hold a button to look.

Nice concept though, liked it

Not very subtle, but I guess I'm the target market, so...

Stone

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:36 pm 0

Marathon 2:Durandal has just been given a rating by the USK. Live Arcade anyone?

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:16 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Marathon 2:Durandal has just been given a rating by the USK. Live Arcade anyone?

More likely a freebie in the Halo 3 "expensive version" a la Doom 3. An XBLA download would be cooler, though.

In the meantime, there's always the original version.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:59 pm 0

New â€œGears of Warâ€ Multiplayer achievements and title update

It has just been announced that Gears of War will be getting a title update tomorrow. Inside the Title Update, youâ€™ll find eight new Achievements for the "Annex" gametype and the "Hidden Fronts" Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE.

In addition to adding new Achievements, worth a total of 250 points, Epic has improved the Roadie Run controls so players have greater control of their movement. The title update will also help squash multiplayer exploits and provide general housekeeping.

The "Annex" gametype is now available for free and the "Hidden Fronts" Multiplayer Map Pack is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points.
All four multiplayer maps will be available for free after Sept. 3, 2007.

Edit: The title update will be released June 14th after 0900 GMT/0200 PT.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:05 pm 0

Project Sylpheed demo up on Marketplace.

God knows if this is US only or something

chub · Post by **chub** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:23 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Project Sylpheed demo up on Marketplace.

God knows if this is US only or something

I've never even heard of it.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:45 pm 0

chub wrote:I've never even heard of it.

I believe the demo for this has been in available in Japan for some time.

For some reason the name rings a bell with me. I was originally thinking it was on the Playstation but now I come to think of it I think my brain may have malfunctioned!!

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:56 pm 0

There was a game called "Silpheed" for the Megadrive CD-ROM. Rails shooter against a streaming backdrop IIRC. I guess this is a remake.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:02 pm 0

I think there's a PS2 shooter called Sylpheed too isn't there?

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:07 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:I think there's a PS2 shooter called Sylpheed too isn't there?

Yep, thanks for that Lansy and Yak - turns out I wasn't going bonkers.

This confirms that a game called Silpheed was originally released on the PC and MegaCD and then a follow-up came out on the PS2.

Might be worth a look.