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Schizoid's the first title developed in XNA to make it on to XBLA. It's rather pretty and worth a look if only so you can fry your brain with the Uberschizoid mode - a single player mode with both ships controlled on one pad.
Golf:Tee It Up looks like a blatant Everybody's Golf rip-off. I do hope so
Mark wrote:Schizoid's the first title developed in XNA to make it on to XBLA. It's rather pretty and worth a look if only so you can fry your brain with the Uberschizoid mode - a single player mode with both ships controlled on one pad.
I enjoyed that about Raiden III on the PS2. I'll definitely be at least looking into both titles this Wednesday.
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Mark wrote:Schizoid's the first title developed in XNA to make it on to XBLA. It's rather pretty and worth a look if only so you can fry your brain with the Uberschizoid mode - a single player mode with both ships controlled on one pad.
I enjoyed that about Raiden III on the PS2. I'll definitely be at least looking into both titles this Wednesday.
Yeah - I loved the Raiden III dual mode. I can actually play it fairly well providing I don't cross the ships. If left is on the left and right is on the right I can do fine. If I cross them I become utterly confused and bewildered within a second, and have to wrestle my own brain to try to make sense of what's going on - usually unsuccessfully. Something about it amuses the hell out of me though, especially after a few beers.
So Schizoid isn't a shmup. Not what I was expecting. I would imagine there's some fun in there for two players which is all it's essentially designed for, but not for one. Or not this one anyway.
fog wrote:
Mark wrote:Schizoid and Golf: Tee It Up on XBLA Wednesday:
Schizoid's the first title developed in XNA to make it on to XBLA. It's rather pretty and worth a look if only so you can fry your brain with the Uberschizoid mode - a single player mode with both ships controlled on one pad.
Golf:Tee It Up looks like a blatant Everybody's Golf rip-off. I do hope so
Well Golf: Tee It Up is indeed a "lite" version of EG. Arguably a bit too lightweight for it's own good, but I bought it anyway. Got up to No.4 in the world for a few minutes too.
fog wrote:So Schizoid isn't a shmup. Not what I was expecting. I would imagine there's some fun in there for two players which is all it's essentially designed for, but not for one. Or not this one anyway.
Not this one either. Not sure why I'd want to play it with anyone else either... it's too close to "my first flash game" but with co-op wedged in and pretty graphics on top.
Not impressed at all.
However, on a lighter note - Braid has passed final cert. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I played with the wingman for about 20 mins or so and then had a game of uberschizoid. Neither mode really grabbed me. I wasn't expecting a shooter as I'd been following progress for a while and to be honest the vids never made it look that interesting but the XNA GS angle kept me intrigued. Sure the graphics are nice and some of the particle effects are lovely but it's just a bit...dull?
I've just been having a go at the Too Human demo. The intro is straight out of Aliens, but the game itself seems a bit Mass Effect to me, although more swords and less talking (a bit). I haven't read anything about the full game yet, but from the demo it's hard to tell how it progresses. Certainly there's plenty of going from room to room wiping out waves of enemies, followed by bouts of juggling equipment in the menu system. It seems when you die you get resurrected, so I'm not sure if there are any real consequences of death other than being a bit of an annoyance and losing a bit of experience. The swords are good though. The camera isn't. Overall I'd say the game has potential despite some issues.
"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."
There should be a Fable2 one there different from what was shown in the press conference. Let's play guess who the narrator is... (assuming it's the one I saw at work the other day anyway)
Flabio wrote:There should be a Fable2 one there different from what was shown in the press conference. Let's play guess who the narrator is... (assuming it's the one I saw at work the other day anyway)
Well, it's a woman narrator if that helps. The game looks great by the way.
"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."
