The 360 thread!

[chub]

I switched on the 360 today and got a system update, which I don't think has been mentioned here yet. Still, it's only minor as it apparently only adds support for wireless guitars.

It got me a bit worried though, as after the update had downloaded, the machine rebooted and the 360 logo came on as usual but got stuck showing it for a bit. Maybe it just needed some 'thinking time' to sort out the update.

[Mark]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23102.html

Mutant Storm Empires still lives. Woo!

James

It's been up on PartnerNet for a couple of weeks.

And it's lovely.

I've got the original in my top ten games ever. I'm not rashly going to claim that this will topple it, but having played through Empires over the course of a few lunchtimes I will say that it doesn't disappoint. It's enough like MS to push all the right buttons, but they've made enough changes to keep it feeling fresh.

[PVB]

I switched on the 360 today and got a system update, which I don't think has been mentioned here yet. Still, it's only minor as it apparently only adds support for wireless guitars.

It got me a bit worried though, as after the update had downloaded, the machine rebooted and the 360 logo came on as usual but got stuck showing it for a bit. Maybe it just needed some 'thinking time' to sort out the update.

Info on Major Nelson here:

Xbox 360 System update

Moments ago, the team released a system update (aka Dash update) to Xbox Live. Over the next few hours, when you sign in to Xbox LIVE, you’ll receive a prompt to accept this mandatory update. What’s in this update? The only thing this minor release will do is prepare your Xbox 360 for the wireless guitars that are being released in a few months.
No new features beyond this wireless support are included in this update. As usual, we’ve got some new features planned for later this year as part of our biannual release cycle.

[Anders]

I switched on the 360 today and got a system update, which I don't think has been mentioned here yet. Still, it's only minor as it apparently only adds support for wireless guitars.

Are there wireless guitars out for the 360?

[chub]

I switched on the 360 today and got a system update, which I don't think has been mentioned here yet. Still, it's only minor as it apparently only adds support for wireless guitars.

Are there wireless guitars out for the 360?

Not yet, but in a few months (says PVB's quote from Major Nelson). I don't know why they didn't just release the system update in a few months as well rather than doing it now.

[Kamineko]

I am very much enjoying the way that everybody's ignoring Vampire Rain in the hope that it will cease to exist if nobody looks at it.

[The Captain]

I was one of the unfortunate souls who played the Vampire Rain demo when it was released to Japan only. Seems a strange marketing move, given that the Japanese don't seem to give one thrust of fuck about the 360 anyway, so a hugely broken Splinter Cell clone with crap vampires won't really sway 'em, now will it?

I was very surprised to see that it had been released over here at all, but then there's an endlessly optimistic child in me that still hopes that bad games are just burnt before they get to the shop.

[Bubba]

I don't know why they didn't just release the system update in a few months as well rather than doing it now.

I suspect it was in fact fixing some security vulnerability that they've discovered. There is no sane reason to push the update out now, especially when they have the fall update to be working on...

Cheers

Bubba

[fog]

Has anyone tried the Stranglehold demo yet then? It's about as shallow as gaming gets but it's surprisingly fun. Or in some cases unintentionally funny like the way you slide across every table you brush up against

[WiredWorm]

Yeah, I had a quick try before I came to work this morning. As you say it was quite fun and fairly funny in places (unintentionally so).

Apparently if you play through it to the end then you can replay on a harder difficulty. Do it again and you get the 'hard boiled' mode which enables another of the 'special attacks'.

Might have another crack at it tonight.

[tentaclesex]

I absolutely love it. It's insane.

[/morten]

it is beautiful - I'm certainly getting this. I love the fact that pretty much everything is destructable - really makes it look like a good hong kong movie when you let loose and everything around you disintegrates.

These are the kind of busy graphics I was expecting when I bought into the whole 3rd gen 360 thing !

wow

[The Captain]

Had the briefest of goes on Stranglehold and so far I think it's brilliant. It seems an ideal platform for John Woo histrionics; the inherent silliness of the concept is embraced and expanded upon beautifully. It would control, far, far better on the Wii though, graphics be damned.

Special bonus points for the trolley rides, which feels like being three again.

[fog]

It would control, far, far better on the Wii though, graphics be damned.

Not convinced it would TBH. I certainly haven't played anything on the Wii so far that suggests it would anyway.

And in this case the graphics do add a hell of a lot to the game. Not because they have the GoW wow factor but because the extra graphical grunt is used in the destructable scenery etc.

I've played through the demo 4 or 5 times now and it's amazing how quickly you master the controls and start to string moves together. It almost plays like Tony Hawkes with guns at times.

[ravuya]

I clicked on Stranglehold, it said I downloaded it, but it didn't show up in my Active Downloads list. So I guess I'll have to download it again or something.