The 360 thread!

[Flabio]

I'd be very surprised if Ninja Gaiden 2 arrives in EU and JPN land without having had the gore toned done.

[HGFB]

Rez and Chessmaster are up.

[Anders]

I'd be very surprised if Ninja Gaiden 2 arrives in EU and JPN land without having had the gore toned done.

Arggh.

[benedictw]

I'd be very surprised if Ninja Gaiden 2 arrives in EU and JPN land without having had the gore toned done.

Arggh.

Seconded. As microsoft game studios are publishing it, are their other games region free (it would make sense to do so eh?)?

[benedictw]

Beautiful Katamari demo is up for people in EU or Aus - this means it must be getting released here.

[Ratsoap]

Yeah, apparently it's realeased this month.

[chub]

Play.com says 29th Feb.

[Jamie]

Beautiful Katamari demo is up for people in EU or Aus - this means it must be getting released here.

Yeah, saw that on Major Nelson but unfortunately it's not actually up (on my 360 at least)

[fog]

Beautiful Katamari demo is up for people in EU or Aus - this means it must be getting released here.

Yeah, saw that on Major Nelson but unfortunately it's not actually up (on my 360 at least)

Nope not here either.

[Dave]

Beautiful Katamari is great. It reminds me more of "Katamari Damacy" than "Everybody Loves Katamari," which is a good thing.

A couple things worth noting:

- All levels occur in the same world (Earth). You might start off small in a Toy Shop, or a Fast Food place, or a Bedroom, but you always end up growing up into the same planet Earth (if you happen to get huge in that level).
- 6-ish levels you have to buy separately online (200-300 MS Points each). They don't really buy you new levels, but rather different things to do on the same planet Earth. Think of racing the same track, except in backwards and mirrored mode.

It's a fun game, though more than just "Earth" would be nice. You can probably beat it in under 5 hours easily. But it's a fun game that you'll want to play over and over again.

[Rod_S]

It's no bother to create a US Live account to d/l regional demos:

http://www.gamersreports.com/article/19

Katamari's OK - another game I found overrated though.

[benedictw]

It's no bother to create a US Live account to d/l regional demos:

Thats working a LOT less than it used to now.

[Dave]

Just to note, Rez HD defaults to Stereo sound, and not 5.1 DTS. Go into the options and switch it. I played the first two levels, thinking that the sound was a bit off, and BOY does it make a difference (assuming you have surround sound).

Haven't played in almost 2 years, but I managed to clear Level 2 perfectly on the first go.

[rowan]

REZ. How hard is boss on level 2?

I know for a fact I can sit down in front of the DC and not really struggle to do the first 4 areas, entering the fifth with a maxed out char.
Fucking thing's killed me twice now.

Also, where are the points in score attack? I got better ana, shot and item than tons of people with higher scores.

And the sound seems a bit off, tune sounds dischordant on area 2 compared to DC and sometimes samples seem cut short.
60hz is nice though.

[Dave]

The sounds on the PS2 version were slightly altered from the DC. Apparently the DC sounded better, but ran at 30fps instead of 60fps like the PS2.

I don't know if they ported the DC or PS2 version over. If it's the PS2, maybe that's why you're noticing things.

Level 2 boss is the weird octopus-like guy. Aim for the ends of the tentacles when it's firing yellow stuff. You can only kill the main boss (the cylinder-shaped craft) after you've gotten inside of the beast. You can use your Bombs to really knock a lot of damage into it.

It's a fairly easy boss, after you've memorized its game patterns, and know where to shoot.