The 360 thread!

[fog]

That's an XBLA release btw chaps.

That does look promising - reminds me a bit of Freespace

If you watch the trailer it looks like its on rails rather than being a dogfighter. Could still be good though.

On rails and with a strange aiming system from what I can see (although in all the chaos it's admittedly hard to tell).

Looks potentially ace though.

[teamonkey]

Penny Arcade game next Wednesday, 1600 points.

I thought most reviews had that down as a total piece of shite?

Annoyingly, I just tried the demo and quite enjoyed it. It reminds me a bit of Bad Day LA, only nowhere near as shit. I didn't think the gameplay was broken in the same way that Edge did, I think they just wanted a reason to slate it. It may get a bit repetetive, but I think a 4 is unfair.

At 800 points I'd probably buy it on the strength of the demo, at 1600 it's a bit overpriced, especially as they'll be wanting you to shell out more for future episodes. One for PartnerNet.

[The Captain]

The big problem I have with Penny Arcade is that bloody voiceover, which totally chokes some of the excellent humour. The guy just isn't any good - reminds me of the sort of 'comedy acting' we were subjected to in Overlord.

And you can't turn the voice off. So they aren't getting my 1600 points. Which is a shame, because it really does have some funny bits and the presentation is gorgeous. For the first time in an RPG I can have an avatar that looks and dresses like me in a world that really flicks my switches. And then they get a dick to play the narrator.

Should have been Tom Baker....

[teamonkey]

Yeah, fortunately you can press X to skip a line of dialogue, JRPG-style.

[Ratsoap]

It's by Ron Gilbert isn't it? So it ought to have at least some decent bits.

[teamonkey]

[GeeZa]

The Penny Arcade game is a 360 exclusive isn't it?

/punches air.

[teamonkey]

Nope.

[GeeZa]

Nope.

NOoooooooooooo.

[RageMatrix]

Nope.

NOoooooooooooo.

Hell, no. In fact, think of the biggest number you can and then imagine that the entire contents of the Library of Congress had every word in every book substituted with the word "no" and then dictate each book in a monotone using the aformentioned number for the amount repetitions you must repeat each word on each page before moving onto the next. Thats how much "no" there is on this particular topic.

Jesus, I've scored some good weed tonight.

[Jamesac]

I'm enjoying the Penny Arcade game. It's a nice chunk of RPG/adventure gaming.

James

[Mark]

Warlords and Sudoku on XBLA today:

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/ ... 59413.aspx

Warlords is another Stainless Atari remake. I know how popular they are around here, but I would suggest this one's at least worth a look. I'd never played the original before, but the remake seemed quite nicely done from a quick play on PartnerNet.

[Anders]

Warlords and Sudoku on XBLA today.

Two games destined to be delisted..?

[Chunk]

Warlords and Sudoku on XBLA today.

Two games destined to be delisted..?

I don't mind a bit of Sudoku, but there's a time and a place. On the train, with nothing else to do ... fair enough.

Why, however, would anyone sit at their x360 and play Sudoku, when there are games like GTA4 ready to be played?

[benedictw]

This is out next week chaps, 800 points.

Also, the NG2 demo should be out today - in Japan.