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I guess you'll be able to duel against other players?

I do hope that they've taken out that weapon that has '50% for an extra turn when lining up 4 jewels' because together in combination with that Warrior spell of 'add X red jewels for each 4 of red mana you have', I managed to zap many many critters, and when a duelled a friend of mine on the PSP, "It was simply no fun"; I started so I won...

So I hope they managed to balance it a bit more...

But yes, it's an essential buy.
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Is that Bladestorm demo any good? I haven't tried it yet since I don't have enough free space for its quite large size, but now I'm wondering if it's worth clearing out other stuff to make room.
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Conan Demo - 484Mb
Simpsons Demo - 442Mb - Think its the Shadow of the Collossus Level.
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Speedball 2 on XBLA next Wednesday, says Eurogamer.
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chub wrote:Speedball 2 on XBLA next Wednesday, says Eurogamer.
Whooooooooo ! :D
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The third Lionhead dev diary is meant to be up on live now, it's on gametrailers as well though.

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Flabio wrote:The third Lionhead dev diary is meant to be up on live now, it's on gametrailers as well though.

Bloomin typical it is, the first one of these where you see my face and I'm in bloody fancy dress.
Ah "fancy dress" is it? We believe you ;)
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Flabio wrote:The third Lionhead dev diary is meant to be up on live now, it's on gametrailers as well though.

Bloomin typical it is, the first one of these where you see my face and I'm in bloody fancy dress.
Only up for the US and Canada. Its because nobody in europe speaks 'american'.
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chub wrote:Speedball 2 on XBLA next Wednesday, says Eurogamer.
A couple of reviews are starting to come in now. Fairly mixed. I hope the online control lag mentioned isn't too bad.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... =speedball
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PGR4 Demo - 1.2Gb
F.E.A.R.Extraction Point - 600MB - US only
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So, they're doing the first FEAR add on as a download for the 360? Nice.

It plays better than FEAR did, and theres more level variety. Story's shot to hell though.
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benedictw wrote:PGR4 Demo - 1.2Gb
Forgotten how much you enjoy stoving yourself into crash barriers, in the rain? Now you can do it on bikes - in HD! Such fun!

Was kinda looking forward to to PGR4, think it'll be skipped in favour of more Halo and the Orange Box though, and my driving slot can be filled by Burnout Paradise.

Thought the Conan demo was boring, the combat is so dry and flat compared to the better games in that genre. Very ploddy and mechanical with no flair or real kick to the action. Might be worth a look when it hits the bargain bins in January.
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Can you paint cars in PGR4 like you can do in Forza2?
And does it have as many assists like Forza2, so that people who basically can't drive still are able to enjoy the driving game?
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CarlBillen wrote:Can you paint cars in PGR4 like you can do in Forza2?
And does it have as many assists like Forza2, so that people who basically can't drive still are able to enjoy the driving game?
I don't think you can paint the cars, other than just choose the colour. I also don't think it has assists, except for automatic gearbox and being able to choose the difficulty. The car handling is more arcadey than Forza's simulation style, so maybe the assists like ABS, traction control don't make sense in a game like this? The Kudos system wants you to slide and wheelspin to get more points. I'd recommend you give the demo a try to see how it goes.
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Has to be said, bolting Forzas painting onto either BO2 or PGR4 would give a pretty perfect game IMHO. Heres hoping Burnout Paradise won't be another game with less than stellar server support from EA.

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