The 360 thread!

[Ratsoap]

[DTB]

Anyone playing left for dead?.
Just had a blast at my mates house and we were screaming at each other for hours, "fucking smokers got me ahhh!, tank run away get to high ground" and the constant "horde I can here a horde form a circle".
I'm gonna have to get this when I have some money not scarey as such but plenty of jumpy moments and panicky reloading mid swarm, good fun.

[Jonesey]

Anyone playing left for dead?.
Just had a blast at my mates house and we were screaming at each other for hours, "fucking smokers got me ahhh!, tank run away get to high ground" and the constant "horde I can here a horde form a circle".
I'm gonna have to get this when I have some money not scarey as such but plenty of jumpy moments and panicky reloading mid swarm, good fun.

There's some DLC next week as well - LINKIE!

[disciple]

This will require significant amounts of ammo!

[Kronos]

Aah, Outrun. The consummate arcade racing game.

This version is basically Outrun 2 SP, which suits me as I have Outrun 2 for the original Xbox, but not the 2006 Coast 2 Coast version which includes the SP tracks (although I have this for the PSP). It has heart attack mode and time attack mode, but it's missing some of the things present in the other retail versions like missions.

Still, the main Outrun mode is brilliant as always, and I had great fun with it last night. I'm going to need more practice though to get some of those achievements.

Ooooh Great news, was a shame I never got it to run in BC mode so that's a sale here *kerching*

[SiN]

Just had a go at Space Invaders Extreme ... love it!

Game mechanics are solid, if a little simplistic. The graphics are *gorgeous*! Jeff, nice job on the backgrounds.
Music is suitably techno-like, but in an awesome Rez-esque twist killing off invaders adds notes to the song and the controller vibrates to the beat.

The only thing I don't like right now is a lack of auto-fire. I just played through the demo and my thumb is already a bit sore!

Mo

[oddbob0]

Having auto fire would destroy the scoring completely though!

[PVB]

Having auto fire would destroy the scoring completely though!

Yup, the idea is to time your shots, which can't be done with auto-fire.

Bloody kids and their wanting auto-fire wiv everyfink.

[fog]

Oh wow, how does something like Zombie Wranglers ever get released on XBLA? It's staggeringly bad. Embarrassing attempts at humour, soulless presentation, the blandest gameplay and clumsy, basic technical and design flaws. Did this game ever go near a designer?

You can't move and shoot. Actually that's wrong, you can't move until the shoot animation has finished which is just enough time after you've shot to leave you open to attack. Oh and there's no autofire (hello PVB ) so you need to mash the right-trigger to fire again, but if you press and hold the trigger before the previous shoot animation has finished then nothing at all happens, so you have to release it and press yet again.

You could always try the melee attack, but if you mash that (as you obviously do), then don't expect to be able to turn around as well, so when surrounded you have to make a conscious effort to pause, turn and then mash that melee button again.

My favourite has to be the camera though. It doesn't pan around to show you what you're looking at so expect to spend a lot of time controlling it, until that is you you shoot, at which point it decides it does want to pan around and show you what you've just fired at. Am I the only one that sees the flaw in that?

And how does the camera handle objects that come between it and the player? Occasionally well, but stand in the street,rotate the camera around the player and laugh as it gets stuck on the many lampposts.

[PaulEMoz]

Ooh, I was just downloading that demo to see what it as like! Won't expect too much then...

Not that I care... I've got Space Invaders Extreme already downloading (purchased) and the Arkanoid LIVE! demo/trial downloading. Doubt I'll like that enough to buy... then again, I have got that crappy MadCatz spinner controller... hmmm...

[fog]

Ooh, I was just downloading that demo to see what it as like! Won't expect too much then...

Not that I care... I've got Space Invaders Extreme already downloading (purchased) and the Arkanoid LIVE! demo/trial downloading. Doubt I'll like that enough to buy... then again, I have got that crappy MadCatz spinner controller... hmmm...

Go on I give up. Where is Arkanoid? If it isn't somewhere obvious then I'll never find it on NXE's shit interface and it isn't on the new releases list.

[anosou]

Ooh, I was just downloading that demo to see what it as like! Won't expect too much then...

Not that I care... I've got Space Invaders Extreme already downloading (purchased) and the Arkanoid LIVE! demo/trial downloading. Doubt I'll like that enough to buy... then again, I have got that crappy MadCatz spinner controller... hmmm...

Go on I give up. Where is Arkanoid? If it isn't somewhere obvious then I'll never find it on NXE's shit interface and it isn't on the new releases list.

Game Marketplace > Arcade > New Arrivals

I'm enjoying (but sucking at) Space Invaders Extreme a lot. On a not-so-related note, did anyone except me adore Omega Five?

[fog]

Ooh, I was just downloading that demo to see what it as like! Won't expect too much then...

Not that I care... I've got Space Invaders Extreme already downloading (purchased) and the Arkanoid LIVE! demo/trial downloading. Doubt I'll like that enough to buy... then again, I have got that crappy MadCatz spinner controller... hmmm...

Go on I give up. Where is Arkanoid? If it isn't somewhere obvious then I'll never find it on NXE's shit interface and it isn't on the new releases list.

Game Marketplace > Arcade > New Arrivals

Not for me it isn't.

I've just had to find it by browsing for all games beginning with "A". If you aren't on "New Releases" on XBLA then you're as good as invisible so shit like this could seriously damage sales and potentially sink a small developer.

NXE sure was money well spent.

EDIT:
And now that I've found it, there is only the option to download the trial and not buy the full game. I can obviously buy it from within the trial, but this whole system really is piss poor.

[anosou]

Game Marketplace > Arcade > New Arrivals

Not for me it isn't.

I've just had to find it by browsing for all games beginning with "A". If you aren't on "New Releases" on XBLA then you're as good as invisible so shit like this could seriously damage sales and potentially sink a small developer.

NXE sure was money well spent.

Crazy strange. It was for me, though I'm in Sweden.. and yes, browsing for games is a PAIN on NXE, I tried to find Crystal Quest to spend my leftover 400 points and it took me numerous minutes

[PaulEMoz]

Not for me it isn't.

I've just had to find it by browsing for all games beginning with "A". If you aren't on "New Releases" on XBLA then you're as good as invisible so shit like this could seriously damage sales and potentially sink a small developer.

NXE sure was money well spent.

EDIT:
And now that I've found it, there is only the option to download the trial and not buy the full game. I can obviously buy it from within the trial, but this whole system really is piss poor.

You can't even buy it from within the trial, or at least, most people can't. It's a known problem... bit stupid though.

As is the fact that people who do have the game are reporting you only get half of it, and the rest will be DLC. That might put the brakes on me buying it, if it's true.