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Just in case anyones interested: Play have 360 Premiums for 199.

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/65 ... ource=9593

Presumably this is stock clearing before Falcon\HDMI start appearing????
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I loved the PC online Tetris. That was fun. Should've done that.
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Apparently Tetris Splash is upto the wazoo with purchaseables. (Oh and Carcassone has the Kings & Barons expansion now available).
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benedictw wrote:Apparently Tetris Splash is upto the wazoo with purchaseables. (Oh and Carcassone has the Kings & Barons expansion now available).
Is there a dedicated Turd Polisher add-on pack? Good money thrown after bad. The best thing about Tetris Splash is that it the demo is soon over. I can't imagine buying the game, let alone more stuff for it.

No wonder Yak has his darker moments, with shite like this commanding 800 points.
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benedictw wrote:Apparently Tetris Splash is upto the wazoo with purchaseables. (Oh and Carcassone has the Kings & Barons expansion now available).
It's one of the most cynical things I've seen on XBLA so far. I wondered why it had the aquarium theme when I first heard about it, then when I went to download the trial I saw there were a shedload of single fish add-on packs, and it kinda made sense. Admittedly they're fairly cheap at 50 points a pop, but I think it's the fact that they're all there on day of release that makes it look so grasping. It's a shame they didn't spend less time on making fishies, and more on making a decent version of Tetris though, because I really didn't find much to like about it.

Or alternatively, perhaps ditch the shonky Tetris game entirely, bundle a few of the fishy packs in and sell it cheap as a virtual aquarium...
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Mark wrote:Or alternatively, perhaps ditch the shonky Tetris game entirely, bundle a few of the fishy packs in and sell it cheap as a virtual aquarium...
Aquazone?
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/01/aquaz ... ms-points/
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fuwafuwa wrote:
Mark wrote:Or alternatively, perhaps ditch the shonky Tetris game entirely, bundle a few of the fishy packs in and sell it cheap as a virtual aquarium...
Aquazone?
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/01/aquaz ... ms-points/

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Demo: Bee Movie Game

Content:Bee Movie Game Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Are you fly enough? In this demo, race, chase and fly your way through an adrenaline-fueled world of adventure as Barry B. Benson. Dodge cars and other danger as you follow the honey truck through the wild streets of New York City.
Size: 444.90 MB
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My god - can't anyone make a decent kids movie tie-in game?

Rattatouile was dire as was Shrek 3, but Bee Movie is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Sure, it looks really pretty - but what's the point when the gameplay is basically 'push left, push up, press x, press a'. My 6 year old daughter would quickly get bored of this so they can't even claim that it's because it's aimed at kids.......
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I'm told the game for Pixar's 'Cars' is quite passable.
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WiredWorm wrote:My god - can't anyone make a decent kids movie tie-in game?

Rattatouile was dire as was Shrek 3, but Bee Movie is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Sure, it looks really pretty - but what's the point when the gameplay is basically 'push left, push up, press x, press a'. My 6 year old daughter would quickly get bored of this so they can't even claim that it's because it's aimed at kids.......
There are younger children than 6 though.

Action game wise finding something my 4 year old can cope with is tricky. Mentally there isn't a problem finding stuff, she was completing Solitaire at 2 on the PDA....
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/me hypnotises everybody's children with Tetris Attack
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My mystical Tarot cards suggest that we'll be seeing Puzzle Quest on XBLA this week and that it will set us back a stonking 1200 points.
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If you havn't played it in one of it's previous incarnations, it's definitely worth the points. It's hella addictive. (And probably less buggy on XBLA).
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Flabio wrote:If you havn't played it in one of it's previous incarnations, it's definitely worth the points. It's hella addictive. (And probably less buggy on XBLA).
I have it on the DS, but I'll probably buy this one too. No more squinting. :)
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