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benedictw wrote:Looks like Gripshift is coming to XBLA in December. Any PS3 owners care to tell us if its any good?
I don't know about the PS3 version, but I've got the PSP version. It was alright, but the woolly handling meant the later levels got very frustrating for me. They may have changed something in these new versions, but I don't know.
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benedictw wrote:Looks like Gripshift is coming to XBLA in December. Any PS3 owners care to tell us if its any good?
I don't know about the PS3 version, but I've got the PSP version. It was alright, but the woolly handling meant the later levels got very frustrating for me. They may have changed something in these new versions, but I don't know.
Likewise with the PSP version here. I was hoping for Rollcage or even Stunt Car Racer but it was more Drunk Car Racer due to the twitchy controls. There's a really good game in there though if they can fix those.
In other news Asteroids is, well, Asteroids, with the added option to have loads of cheap particles smeared over the top (I realises I might be on dodgy, ever so slightly hypocritical ground here ). If you just want to play the original then you're in luck. If you were hoping for something more, something with "better" controls, something that fills the screen instead of a small square portion of it, something with bullets you can see from more than 3 feet away, then no luck unfortunately.
fog wrote: If you were hoping for something more, something with "better" controls, something that fills the screen instead of a small square portion of it, something with bullets you can see from more than 3 feet away, then no luck unfortunately.
fog wrote: If you were hoping for something more, something with "better" controls, something that fills the screen instead of a small square portion of it, something with bullets you can see from more than 3 feet away, then no luck unfortunately.
/kicks cat.
Well I might have been a little harsh. It isn't really trying to be anything other than the original Asteroids so in that respect it works. I just thought the Deluxe versions were a missed opportunity.
XBLA has been a bit of a let down shmup wise recently what with Mutant Storm Empires, Undertow and now, to an extent, Asteroids. I've had far more fun playing Paul Cunnighams "Doppelganger" than all those put together and there's even a 360 ready version of that if Microsoft openly supported such things. In fact if the Creators Club was a little cheaper I'd happily join just so I could play Doppelganger and a few other indi games on my 360.
At long last XBLA demos are getting removed from the played games list. Hussah!
I wish they would improve the marketplace/demo listings and have a list by date on there as well as alphabetic.
The "what's new" is ok, but the cut off should be much longer than a few weeks.
As it stands Yak would be well advised to call his game next Agridrunner as you get bored quickly moving down the long list looking for stuff you've missed.
Misfit wrote:As it stands Yak would be well advised to call his game next Agridrunner as you get bored quickly moving down the long list looking for stuff you've missed.
Screwjumper was originally called "Aaaah! Screwjumper!". So someone's already tried that trick
Misfit wrote:As it stands Yak would be well advised to call his game next Agridrunner as you get bored quickly moving down the long list looking for stuff you've missed.
Screwjumper was originally called "Aaaah! Screwjumper!". So someone's already tried that trick
I'm surprised they didn't change it to Urrrggh! Screwjumper! (from what I've heard of the quality of it).
Perhaps the next game should be Aardvark runner. Change the players ship to an animal (quite legitimate in a Llamasoft game) and then they can't argue!
Misfit wrote:As it stands Yak would be well advised to call his game next Agridrunner as you get bored quickly moving down the long list looking for stuff you've missed.
Screwjumper was originally called "Aaaah! Screwjumper!". So someone's already tried that trick
I'm surprised they didn't change it to Urrrggh! Screwjumper! (from what I've heard of the quality of it).
Perhaps the next game should be Aardvark runner. Change the players ship to an animal (quite legitimate in a Llamasoft game) and then they can't argue!
I like the Aardvark runner name idea.
About the 'what's new' list, I'd like it if it indicated somehow whether I've looked at an entry before. I'm never quite sure whether each thing is completely new, or whether it was new a week or two ago and I've already looked at it.
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
). If you just want to play the original then you're in luck. If you were hoping for something more, something with "better" controls, something that fills the screen instead of a small square portion of it, something with bullets you can see from more than 3 feet away, then no luck unfortunately.
