The 360 thread!

[PaulEMoz]

I hate puzzle games, and all that jewel swapping stuff.

However, I've played Puzzle Quest quite a bit on various formats, and it's oddly compulsive. I'll be having it later, once I've bought some more points.

[benedictw]

You HAVE to arrange a line of 3 or more each turn or take damage ? Only had a brief play so its a bit unclear at this point.

[HGFB]

If there are no moves left I think it resets the board and wipes everyone's mana.

[CarlBillen]

Yup. Make a mistake and it hurts. But there's no time limit, and if the board is full it'll reset (and all mana of both players is lost).

[Flabio]

Yes, you have to make a line of 3 or more in order to avoid taking damage. But the board will reset if there are no lines available.

I wouldn't leave a line of skulls open for your opponent either, unless you need the mana more and can take the damage.

[hyphz]

Yea, that's one of the things that's most annoying about puzzle quest. You can have a huge amount of mana while having kept the computer from getting any, and then the computer decides to generate a board with no matches and it's all wiped out. It's only slightly less annoying than when the CPU makes a single match, then generates a huge combo for itself by dropping just the right items.

I'll still probably play it though

(Although I wonder what the game would be like if you, the player, could choose what's dropped on the computer's turn, the same way it does for you...)

[RageMatrix]

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.

Sweet! Is it available in the UK yet? I've not had time to check on LIVE yet.

[Flabio]

Looks like it's a standalone demo of it. Maybe it won't be a download after all. Which would be lame.

[Sickboy]

Simpsons is fucking ace. Surprise hit of the year.

PGR still bores the nipples off me.

[Bubba]

The Simpsons looks absolutely gorgeous I'll give it that, thought the demo was a little on the short side to be honest

Will probably still get the full version though

Cheers

Bubba

[PaulEMoz]

I thought the look of The Simpsons was fantastic. Couldn't get on with the gameplay at all, though.

But, I did only basically load it up to see what it was like, and not make any serious attempt at actually playing the thing. I should probably do that.

[Ratsoap]

Yeah, I enjoyed the Simpsons demo. Apparently there is something like 8000 lines of original dialogue in the game too.

[Sickboy]

I thought the look of The Simpsons was fantastic. Couldn't get on with the gameplay at all, though.

But, I did only basically load it up to see what it was like, and not make any serious attempt at actually playing the thing. I should probably do that.

I think they've put up a bastard-hard level as the demo. Bit perverse. Sure, the gameplay's a bit inelegant, but I love the cartoonish chaos of it all. Made me smile a lot. Fantastic authentic/official feel, too.

[Kamineko]

The 'Homer Ball' thing really grates.

[aureole]

I thought the look of The Simpsons was fantastic. Couldn't get on with the gameplay at all, though.

But, I did only basically load it up to see what it was like, and not make any serious attempt at actually playing the thing. I should probably do that.

I think they've put up a bastard-hard level as the demo. Bit perverse. Sure, the gameplay's a bit inelegant, but I love the cartoonish chaos of it all. Made me smile a lot. Fantastic authentic/official feel, too.

Is it like a posher Simpsons Arcade game? That was ace - multiplayer online and I'll be there.