The 360 thread!

[Mark]

Rumours of an R-Type game on XBLA...

http://kotaku.com/5032877/r+type-coming ... ive-arcade

Fingers crossed that's for real.


And the pricing for Braid is confirmed as 1200 points:

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/ ... 60402.aspx

[Phineasfool]

So what does Braid play like anyway? Not really gotten the gist of it from reading articles.

[chub]

So what does Braid play like anyway? Not really gotten the gist of it from reading articles.

A puzzle-based platformer I believe. Looks like it has some unusual time-based mechanics too. I'm keen to give it a go.

[Deckard]

Edge gave it 9/10 which given their track record could be in the real world 6/10 or 10/10. Either way it should be good

[PVB]

Phishing scam via Box Live messages:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169147

[benedictw]

Edge gave it 9/10 which given their track record could be in the real world 6/10 or 10/10. Either way it should be good

Eurogamer gave braid a 10, reading the review, looks like they would've given it 11 if they felt they could get away with it.

[disciple]

Enjoying BRaid, pretty clever stuff. P:resuably there is no world 1 as such?

[PVB]

Enjoying BRaid, pretty clever stuff. P:resuably there is no world 1 as such?

There is, but at the end of the game.

Now for something completely different.....

Major Nelson:

Xbox 360 System update now available (no new features)

A few minutes ago, the team released a system update for the Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE. Sometime over the next few hours when you sign in to Xbox LIVE you’ll recieve a prompt to accept this mandatory update. This update contains code to ‘prepare for future growth of the service.’ There are no other changes or enhancements in this update…in other words no new features.

To be clear: This is not the new Xbox experience update. That will come in the Fall.

[fuwafuwa]

I tried Braid demo but still not sure if I buy the full version. It looks and sounds polished, yes. I know reviewers love it, for it will probably give people the sense of discovery/accomplishment for solving nice but pre-defined puzzles.

But I ask myself why *I* need to play the game myself... I can't help thinking this might be "nice ideas placed linear. everyone will solve the puzzles the same way" game. I think it's a easier and lazy way to wrap up new ideas - this will safely ensure that everyone can finish the game, but it kills certain depth I crave for.

Please correct me if I get Braid wrong. Do you think it has structural depth that makes it worth to play through more than once?

[PaulCunningham]

The one thing I wouldn't call Braid is lazy.

You've tried the demo so make up your own mind. If you think you'll get a tenners worth of entertainment out of it just buy it and enjoy it for what it is.

[PVB]

Please correct me if I get Braid wrong. Do you think it has structural depth that makes it worth to play through more than once?

Maybe after a few months.

Think of it like this:

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?p=1313802#p1313802

[PaulEMoz]

Raiden IV is out in Japan on September 11th. I hope we get it, too.

[Mark]

Raiden IV is out in Japan on September 11th. I hope we get it, too.

Yes please.

Hot damn - the 360 is shooter central these days.

[chub]

Raiden IV is out in Japan on September 11th. I hope we get it, too.

Yes please.

Hot damn - the 360 is shooter central these days.

I'm not hopeful though. Raiden Fighters Aces came out region locked for Japan only, so I wouldn't be surprised if Raiden IV is the same. Hopefully I'm wrong!

[turk182]

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Don't know but thought some might be interested.
I hope they fix the re-loading of live programs, they should cache the xbox live and local folders , I hate having to re-read the demos/games every time I trawl around,