The 360 thread!

[PVB]

99$, wonder how much that would be over here. 61 quid+VAT, 71 quid. Hmm. Certainly a lot more buyable than the ludicrously overpriced 120Gb HD.

£71+other transport costs+warehousing costs+retailer markup costs=£109.99

[WiredWorm]

Another Demo up on XBLM.

Demo: Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts

Content: Banjo Kazooie N&B Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) CARTOON VIOLENCE,COMIC MISCHIEF] Build awe-inspiring vehicles and tackle the Jiggy challenges in any way you see fit! Show your creations off over Xbox LIVE.
Size: 1.07 GB
Posted: Oct 29 2008, 02:00 AM by Major Nelson | with 13 comment(s) |
Filed under: Marketplace, Demo

[The Captain]

Banjo Kazooie is great fun, and beautiful to look at. A really generous demo, too. Rare might just have got this one right....

[Rod_S]

Mirror's Edge demo Friday, looking forward to that.

Anything decent on XBLA recently? Not had a look since Galaga.

[PVB]

Anything decent on XBLA recently? Not had a look since Galaga.

Portal?

[disciple]

Found it unplayable with the joypad.

[Rod_S]

Tomb Raider demo - fiddly, fussy, frustrating, fuck off. Another one off the list thanks to the demo.

Banjo next...

[Jonesey]

Tomb Raider demo - fiddly, fussy, frustrating, fuck off. Another one off the list thanks to the demo.

Banjo next...

Everything looks lush and the platforming is fine. Them tigers are a bit bloody harsh, though, eh? Adrenaline head-shots are tricky when there's three of the beggers clawing at your extremities!

I found myself using the sprint button to run like a bastard, finding a high platform, hauling-arse up it and then picking them off from there!

[Bod]

Mirror's Edge demo Friday, looking forward to that.

Yep me too ... this one is on my buy list already.

[Rod_S]

Everything looks lush and the platforming is fine. Them tigers are a bit bloody harsh, though, eh?

Just found the whole thing a massive comedown after the ultra sophisticated and progressive Dead Space - the lack of imagination and forward thinking was depressing, I was actually sighing and doing a rolleyes when I had to kill the shark circling the boat. So dated, really didn't enjoy the combat at all.

Dunno, maybe it'd work as a point and click or a Myst style game, anything to shake it up a bit. It peaked at TRII and never properly recovered.

[The Captain]

I found Tomb Raider Underworld really slick and fluid - it certainly continues the upward trend of Legend, and I thought the platforming was a joy. The demo has made me considerably keener for the full game than I was before. Perhaps I'm getting soft in my old age, but I thought this was excellent. Being able to pacify the wildlife with a dart gun rather than shoot it is an excellent touch - not that there isn't a certain pleasure to be derived from kicking a tiger in the face. Stripy cunts.

[Rod_S]

Banjo is literally the worst thing I've played on the 360, I thought Rare would at least be able to do storytelling now but this is like a fucking low end Megadrive game. I found everything about this demo unappealing, garish, and unsophisticated.

Killer Instinct or GTFO!

[Rod_S]

not that there isn't a certain pleasure to be derived from kicking a tiger in the face. Stripy cunts.

excellent/10

[disciple]

Tried that Tombraider thing, Lara's got really nice legs and all that but that first climbing bit really pissed me off. I went up the right side and found the glowy thing then tried the left which I'm presumably supposed to jump from at the end but every time I tried I just fell in the sea and had to do it again, after 5 or so failed attempts I felt all angry inside and switched off the XBOX in frustration.

[Jonesey]

Tried that Tombraider thing, Lara's got really nice legs and all that but that first climbing bit really pissed me off. I went up the right side and found the glowy thing then tried the left which I'm presumably supposed to jump from at the end but every time I tried I just fell in the sea and had to do it again, after 5 or so failed attempts I felt all angry inside and switched off the XBOX in frustration.

I think once you've shimmied to the end you need to jump backwards, away from the wall you're gripping. There's a platform to grab behind Lara.