The 360 thread!

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:15 pm 0

It's incredibly flaky. Just got signed out, it's taking ages to matchmake and then the games aren't persisting very long.

Sigh!

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:23 pm 0

Only been playing bomberman / carcasonne but has been fine today. Even managed an account recovery or two this morning without it completely fucking up

Cheers

Bubba

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:12 am 0

Here's something I've been wondering about.

Now that there are bigger harddrives out, is it just a matter of removing the old drive, slapping the new one in there, do an account recovery, and download everything I've bought again? Or is it more complicated than that?

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:22 am 0

If you're not bothered about game saves then that's basically it. If you buy a 120gb hard drive (and remember it has to be a 360 hard drive - you can't just use any drive a la the PS3) separately it'll come with a transfer cable which you can use to copy everything over - you just attach one drive to the system and one drive to the transfer cable. If you get an Elite systems these cables aren't included but you can fill in a form and get one from Microsoft (although expect long delays with this!).

Cheers

Bubba

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:34 am 0

Over on the Xbox.com forums the thread is still going, with people reporting various gaming online problems, including matchmaking.

Major Nelson says:

Edit: As people have noticed, we have made good progress. We have a bit more work to do, but weâ€™re doing much better now. I know some of you still may be having issues, and weâ€™re working on those. Oh, and Happy New Year to those that are celebrating.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:30 am 0

Metal Slug 3 is out - 800 pts - REQUIRES A HARD DRIVE.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:46 am 0

benedictw wrote:Metal Slug 3 is out - 800 pts - REQUIRES A HARD DRIVE.

Much like the entire system.

I'm passing on Metal Slug 3, I've owned both the Xbox version and the Metal Slug Anthology. I really think I've played this enough.

James

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:51 am 0

benedictw wrote:Metal Slug 3 is out - 800 pts - REQUIRES A HARD DRIVE.

There's an achievement for completing it on one credit!

Linky.

Post by **RiK** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:49 am 0

PVB wrote:Over on the Xbox.com forums the thread is still going, with people reporting various gaming online problems, including matchmaking.

Major Nelson says:
Edit: As people have noticed, we have made good progress. We have a bit more work to do, but weâ€™re doing much better now. I know some of you still may be having issues, and weâ€™re working on those. Oh, and Happy New Year to those that are celebrating.

What's the betting they will 'fix' it today?

i.e. Now that everyone is back at work and the demand is lower it will work again and MS can claim that it was due to the the tireless efforts of their top network monkeys. i.e. they just sat it out for a few days and now they can get back to figuring our more things to stick up on marketplace?

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:01 pm 0

I doubt it was a load based issue - the fact that it worked fine after Halo 3's launch would certainly support that

.

Oh, and it's now slightly more official that Gold members are to get something for the troubles with Live over xmas. Again, I suspect a free month or some MS points / an arcade game

.

Cheers

Bubba

Post by **RiK** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:06 pm 0

Yeah I'd read about the potential 'compensation'. What they can't compensate for is the time issue. i.e. the fact the service was not available over the holiday period when we all had the free time available to get some decent play time in. Now we're all back to work we've got other stuff to do.

Can MS give me some more holiday time please?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:09 pm 0

Omega Five next Wednesday.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/01/03 ... a-release/

Looks quite pretty. Has anyone tried it on Partnernet?

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:12 pm 0

Yeah, couldn't get on with the controls much myself, but I played it aaaaaages ago now so it may well have changed. I'm also not really into shooters much.

Closest game comparison I can think of is Forgotten Worlds.

Post by **RiK** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:16 pm 0

Ooh, quite like the look of that. Been waiting from some scrolly shooter goodness on the 360 for ages now.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:17 pm 0

I used to like Forgotten Worlds. I'll definitely be downloading the demo of this.