The definitive Space Giraffe thread

juice · Post by **juice** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:18 pm 0

PVB wrote: Yup, 400 points works out like this:

USD $5.00
GBP Â£3.40
EUR â‚¬4.65
CAD $6.40
AUD $6.60
JPY Y592

No arguments at all: SG is cheap as chips! However, I can't help but notice the disparity between the GBP and USD/EUR prices! Wikipedia puts it best - UK points are 33% more expensive than American points!

This appears to be because of the recent exchange rate swings (i.e. Microsoft haven't bothered remapping the prices), and it won't put me off buying SG (as and when I buy an Xbox 360, admittedly - now the price cut's due, it's looking economically feasible) but it will put me off buying further things - that kind of thing sticks in the mind, and 33% adds up fairly quickly

Can you use American points in the UK, or are they regionally locked?

Post by **gribbles** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:19 pm 0

Fuseball wrote:Cannot fucking wait to start my assault on that leaderboard. Hehe.

Lawks.

It's going to be brutal isn't it....?

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:22 pm 0

PVB wrote:
disciple wrote:
Ready for a space trip follow-up to Tempest 2000/3000? Coming this Wednesday to the Xbox 360's Live Arcade is Space Giraffe. Features of Space Giraffe include:

- Extensive gameplay: Play through 100 levels of shooting and strategy.
- Level design: Enjoy the unique graphical appearance of each level due to the use of the Neon engine.
- Special features: Learn special moves to increase the Bonus Multiplier, and collect power-ups to gain access to the Bonus Round.
- Bonus challenges: Finish all 100 levels to unlock a hidden gameplay mode.

What, no Live Vision camera support (as mentioned in an earlier article)? We'll have to wait and see on Wednesday, but Live Vision Camera support is not currently listed as a feature. Read more about it on Llamasoft's blog or on xbox.com. The game will be available for 400 Microsoft Points ($5).

In addition to Space Giraffe comes Street Trace:NYC, which will cost you 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Care to supply links to these, rather than just pasting them here?

Not a big deal is it? They're easily found through Google.

http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/2558/2/

http://xbox360.themanroom.com/news.php?id=1576

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:25 pm 0

disciple wrote:
What, no Live Vision camera support (as mentioned in an earlier article)? We'll have to wait and see on Wednesday, but Live Vision Camera support is not currently listed as a feature.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.0 / 10.0

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:28 pm 0

Gosh. So for Â£3.40 I can download the full version, and play it for as long as I like (whether it's 5 minutes or 5 years). Or for Â£5.99 I can read one game journalist's 200-word summary of the game, plus a few static photos? Blimey.

Why on earth would someone want to spend more than a fiver to find out what somebody else thinks about games anyway, when we have sites like metacritic.com? And in the case of 360 games, why spend money on magazines when you can usually download demos for free?

And it's particularly daft to take the word of a reviewer when it comes to Space Giraffe, bearing in mind (i) it's probably a "marmite" experience anyway, and (ii) it costs less to buy SG than it does to buy the magazine!

I just happen to have 400 points sitting in my account, I think. Even if I don't, I reckon I'll buy SG *just because* some reviewer tells me not to. Ha! There's one in the eye for conformity!

ElfQrin · Post by **ElfQrin** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:35 pm 0

juice wrote: This appears to be because of the recent exchange rate swings (i.e. Microsoft haven't bothered remapping the prices)

They'd bother if prices wouldn't swing in their favour. See Price stickiness.

oxo · Post by **oxo** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:47 pm 0

congratz to Yak and Giles, i'm chuffed for you

Fillyourboots · Post by **Fillyourboots** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:59 pm 0

I'm off work on Wednesday! I was off anyway as the plan was to take Dad to see 'The Bourne Ultimatum' early afternoon. Rest of the day will be all about the Giraffe.

and a little look at whatever that other demo is.

TwistedScrote · Post by **TwistedScrote** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:03 pm 0

Oh Wormy, I'm gonna enjoy beating your score!

And I aim to be in the top ten within a week!

Fucking yes!

I'm 15 again and all excited! Llamasoft game out soon!

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:03 pm 0

Viscount Charles wrote:Gosh. So for Â£3.40 I can download the full version, and play it for as long as I like (whether it's 5 minutes or 5 years). Or for Â£5.99 I can read one game journalist's 200-word summary of the game, plus a few static photos? Blimey.

Why on earth would someone want to spend more than a fiver to find out what somebody else thinks about games anyway, when we have sites like metacritic.com? And in the case of 360 games, why spend money on magazines when you can usually download demos for free?

And it's particularly daft to take the word of a reviewer when it comes to Space Giraffe, bearing in mind (i) it's probably a "marmite" experience anyway, and (ii) it costs less to buy SG than it does to buy the magazine!

I just happen to have 400 points sitting in my account, I think. Even if I don't, I reckon I'll buy SG *just because* some reviewer tells me not to. Ha! There's one in the eye for conformity!

Well said that man.

And Magazines for reviews = Dead.

Decent articals or nothing for me.

Toastontoast · Post by **Toastontoast** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:21 pm 0

Fillyourboots wrote:I'm off work on Wednesday! I was off anyway as the plan was to take Dad to see 'The Bourne Ultimatum' early afternoon. Rest of the day will be all about the Giraffe.

and a little look at whatever that other demo is.

Space Giraffe 2 simultaneous multimega release!

Probably! (not!)

hyphz · Post by **hyphz** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:36 pm 0

Fantastic!

Many congratulations to Jeff, Giles and the alphateam

Erm...

You don't know what time on Wednesday it's out, do you? (*twitches obsessively*)

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:41 pm 0

hyphz wrote:Fantastic!

Many congratulations to Jeff, Giles and the alphateam

Erm...

You don't know what time on Wednesday it's out, do you? (*twitches obsessively*)

Most likely 09:00hrs GMT

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:42 pm 0

disciple wrote: Not a big deal is it? They're easily found through Google.

http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/2558/2/

http://xbox360.themanroom.com/news.php?id=1576

Depends what you search for.

Jeff Minter's comments from blog: "You'll also get new Neon effects supporting the webcam input as unlockables. That's to make up for the fact that MS stiffed me on doing a proper new version of Neon to truly support the cam, and instead have done some half-assed thing where they just superimpose some cam effect layers over existing Neon. I figure that was a bit rude, so I'll put some proper cam-Neon stuff in the new game by way of schoolin."

Is this confirmed as not in SG any more?

Not that I'm complaining, just would be nice to know if it is.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:51 pm 0

TwistedScrote wrote:Oh Wormy, I'm gonna enjoy beating your score!

First order of the day for me will be whoring for achievements - then it's onto the high-score fest.

See you on the leaderboards - and we'll have no mention of Geometry Wars thankyouverymuch!!!

Oh, and i'm the lucky position of being off work too so I can get some more practice in - it's going to be great to see so many Yak Yakkers getting stuck in.