The 360 thread!

stefcha · Post by **stefcha** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:45 pm 0

matt wrote:There were a few quirks when I played the press-day version. But I'm hoping they've ironed them out

What sort of quirks?

stefcha · Post by **stefcha** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:50 pm 0

matt wrote:800pts i'm afraid!

Oh well, with a bit of luck I'll be able to raise the extra 400 in exchange for my soul or something

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:51 pm 0

matt wrote:Sensible Soccer is apparently now on PartnerNet, looking good for a release this or next Weds.

Any early reviews - especially of the online play - appreciated.

matt

I've had one quick game of it so far - single-player only though. It seemed very good, although not really enough time to make a proper assessment. I was rubbish though, and lost to a single poxy goal that my keeper should have saved. I'm a bit rusty, haven't played in a fair while - that's my excuse. I'd like to have a longer play, but have limited opportunities for commandeering a dev kit, sadly. One negative - unless I'm mistaken, whilst a lot of the comedy teams are in there, my personal fave - Mass Murderers (or was it Dictators?) seemed to be missing. I used to like having a high-scoring Hitler in my team.

turk182 · Post by **turk182** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:10 pm 0

peter_cushion wrote:The ATV vs MX Untamed demo is brilliant. Another YakYak regular xbox live fixture in the reckoning I reckon.

Also has the best loading screen ever: you bomb about doing jumps and stunts while the game loads!

Also has the stamp of approval from Mrs Cushion who hates driving games.

Damn this game is fun and looks very pretty. I have to stop spending...

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:40 pm 0

SWOS release date is 19th December, apparently:

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/ ... p?t=238031

chub · Post by **chub** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:51 pm 0

Asteroids tomorrow.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:00 pm 0

chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.

I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:05 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.

It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:25 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.
It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/

Yeah but haven't the "Deluxe" versions to date been the same game but with new, usually worse, graphics, whereas PacMan CE actually had some tweaks to the gameplay that freshened things up a bit?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:16 pm 0

fog wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.
It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/
Yeah but haven't the "Deluxe" versions to date been the same game but with new, usually worse, graphics, whereas PacMan CE actually had some tweaks to the gameplay that freshened things up a bit?

Asteroids is another Stainless game, so it's had a lot more effort put into it than many of the other arcade ports. However, in this case a fair bit of that effort seems to have been spent on adding hooning great day-glo explosions that really obscure what's going on.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:56 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.
It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/

Is it not just Asteroids Deluxe, though? That was an arcade game too, if I remember right.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:37 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.
It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/
Is it not just Asteroids Deluxe, though? That was an arcade game too, if I remember right.

I'm sure it will be like Centipede/Millipede on XBLA, where Millipede would be like Asteroids Deluxe. On the Atari VCS, the box would say "8 video games!" (all for for 400 points!)

Centipede Classic
Centipede Evolved
Centipede Throttle Monkey
Centipede Evolved Throttle Monkey
Millipede Classic
Millipede Evolved
Millipede Throttle Monkey
Millipede Evolved Throttle Monkey

Classic = just the ROM
Evolved = trippy pixelshatter effects
Throttle Monkey = crazy speed.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:47 pm 0

Back Compat Update:

Nvember 2007 Back Compat titles added:
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany
25 to Life
AMF Bowling 2004
Apex
Arena Football
Armed and Dangerous
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Bionicle
Blade II
Blinx: The Timesweeper
Blitz The League
Blood Omen 2
Blowout
Breakdown
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2
Championship Manager 2006
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
Crime Life: Gang Wars
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Dungeons& Dragons Heroes
ESPN College Hoops 2k5
ESPN NFL 2k5
Fantastic 4
FIFA 06 Soccer
Fight Night: Round 3
Final Fight: Streetwise
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Freedom Fighters
Freestyle Street Soccer
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
Godzilla Save the Earth
Goldeneye Rogue Agent
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
High Heat MLB 2004
Hunter: The Reckoning
Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
MLB Slugfest Loaded
MVP Baseball 2003
MVP Baseball 2004
Nascar Thunder 2002
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA 2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Inside Drive 2002
NBA Street V3
NCAA College Basketball 2k3
NCAA March Madness 2005
NCAA March Madness 2006
NFL 2k2
NFL 2k3
NHL 2005
NHL 2K3
NHL Hitz Pro
Nightcaster: Defeat The Darkness
NTRA Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championships
Playboy The Mansion
RLH Hunt or be Hunted
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Rocky
Rugby 2006
Shattered Union
Shrek Super Party
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Starsky & Hutch
Syberia II
Techmo Classic Arcade
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Test Drive
The Bard's Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Guy Game
The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
Thousand Land
Thrillville
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
Turok: Evolution
Van Helsing
WarPath
Worms 3D
Zathura

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:18 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
chub wrote:Asteroids tomorrow.
I thought this was going to be a PacMan CE style remake? Would be fucking excellent if so.
It is - there's a deluxe version..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/26/this- ... s-to-xbla/
Is it not just Asteroids Deluxe, though? That was an arcade game too, if I remember right.

The package is both Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe. Both are original arcade games. I never played Asteroids Deluxe back in the day, but from the little I've played in Mame it seems to differ mainly in the fact that you have a shield rather than hyperspace. There's probably more to it, but the rose-tinted specs lead me to the original in preference every time. Maybe I'm missing out.

This XBLA port contains them both, in original, updated and ThrottleMonkey (maxed difficulty from the offset) formats.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:24 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Back Compat Update:
Nvember 2007 Back Compat titles added:

Nice that they haven't forgotten the backwards compatibility, but still no Oddworld Stranger.