The 360 thread!

[Mark]

Rez on Wednesday!

I know that date's been rumoured for a while, but as far as I know it was never absolutely confirmed until now.

Also there's Chessmaster Live out too.

[PVB]

Rez on Wednesday!

I know that date's been rumoured for a while, but as far as I know it was never absolutely confirmed until now.

Also there's Chessmaster Live out too.

Always check with Major Nelson, just to make sure.

Which in this case is correct:

http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008 ... -live.aspx

[mutopian]

And as luck would have it, I've got this Wednesday off (local holiday) so I know what I'll be up to for a good bit of the day

[The Captain]

That is just fecking typical! My 360 is currently being 'serviced'. Only been waiting 5 years to see Rez again . . . Still, I'm moving house on Wednesday so it's probably a good thing.

[PVB]

And as luck would have it, I've got this Wednesday off (local holiday) so I know what I'll be up to for a good bit of the day

I'm out to dinner with my sister's family tomorrow evening, then having a bath (so I smell a bit better for a night out on Thursday), so I guess the earliest I'll get to have a good play of Rez will be Friday night.

[The Captain]

What exactly is the deal with Rez? Is it what we saw on the Dreamcast/PS2 given a HD overhaul? Or are there any extra bits?

It could just be what was on the demo level and I'd be happy. It's sort of the opposite of Space Giraffe in many ways - it is hugely 'trippy', but the gameplay and atmosphere sort of wash over you, rather than force you to concentrate so hard that you find peace above the storm-clouds! Interesting to see them juxtaposed on XBLA. 'tis a very good time for games (or would be if my 360 was here).

[fog]

What exactly is the deal with Rez? Is it what we saw on the Dreamcast/PS2 given a HD overhaul? Or are there any extra bits?

From Wiki...

Mizuguchi noted during the Show that "I always dreamed of a high-def wide screen and very good sound. Now the future has come.", and described the game as "100 percent the same game" as the original Rez.

Also

there are no plans for a 360 compatible Trance Vibrator peripheral though the same functionality will be provided through the use of extra Xbox 360 controllers (up to three more).

[Flabio]

I never really understood the fuss with Rez, it's alright I suppose but hardly the second coming some people seem to think it is.

[Rod_S]

I don't get the deal with Rez either - always found it kinda pedestrian and weak as a shooter, and quite tame visually and sonically. I always thought I was playing it wrong, but the fact is it's not very deep or demanding. Never been much of a fan of games that are so strictly on rails.

Level five was where Rez started getting warmed up, and I thought yeah, here we fucking GO, but, um, then it just ends...

Overrated/10

[Ratsoap]

Is sir perchance passing by the infirmary on his way home? If so perhaps he'd like to stitch this fucker

[PVB]

Is sir perchance passing by the infirmary on his way home? If so perhaps he'd like to stitch this fucker

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"It's just a flesh wound!"

[Rod_S]

D A M N.

Got a feeling Devil May Cry 4 is going to be completely humiliated by that.

[Anders]

I love bloody games and want that one badly. Just hope no one tries to censor it...

[Dave]

Rez is a game for people who LOVE techno/trance music. It's more of a musical experience, with a game attached, than the other way around.

It's Panzer Dragoon, slightly watered down gameplay-wise, with techno/trance.

Rez HD = same old rez, except in higher-rez (1920x1080p instead of 640x480), and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound (older versions were just stereo, I assume).

I'm a HUGE Rez fan, but most people I've shown it to don't like it. It's one of those games that you either "get" and absolutely are enthralled by it, or kinda go "meh" when you look at it. Musical taste has a large say in that.

[Dave]

Turok Demo is out now too. 1.2GB.

Edit:

Not really a fan of it. It runs a bit too choppy at times, especially when you're facing dinosaurs (which is the one time you want the framerate to stay steady, so you can properly aim).

The stylized "you're being attacked" or "your slitting a dinosaurs throat" aren't really for me. The camera pops out of 1st person to 3rd person a lot of times, or completely distorts your field of view a little too often.

The dino's do seem to act like real animals when you're killing them. A few well-placed shots can take one down quick.

It's bloody, but it's not really cool bloody. It's OK. Not great or bad. Just OK, IMHO.