The 360 thread!

[disciple]

Aye, I really enjoyed the Shadow Complex demo, surprised really as I seem to be a bit "meh" with most things I play nowadays. Just the 1200 points put me off, cheap bastard that I am.

[HGFB]

I'm playing Shadow Complex but I have no idea where to go next. I've just got the foam gun. I can't go back the way I came since the instadeath crushing machines have sped up. I can't go the other way because it's electic water. Where am I supposed to go?

[HGFB]

Ah. Sorted it. Helpful hint. If you get stuck anywhere start shining the torch around

[Jamesac]

Hey neat! Mark Incitti's Atomhex just showed up on Indie Game for $1. That was unexpected.

James

[teamonkey]

I just played through the Shadow Complex demo again, making sure to skip the cutscenes as soon as possible. It made it a thousand times more enjoyable. Not enough to actually make me buy it though.

[The Caffeine Kid]

Hey neat! Mark Incitti's Atomhex just showed up on Indie Game for $1. That was unexpected.

James

Come on XBox! Hurry back from Germany!

[merman]

Madden 10. Wow. I was playing earlier, my dad looked at it and thought I was watching a live game, not playing on the console...

[PVB]

Hey neat! Mark Incitti's Atomhex just showed up on Indie Game for $1. That was unexpected.

James

Grabbed it. 80M$ points is great.


Oh, and I tried the demo of Dirt 2: Amazing visuals!

The trash talk from the other drivers (during the race) is fucking stupid though.

[disciple]

Having much fun with Shadow Complex, kinda like Bionic Commando only 1.75 times better.

[betamax]

Ah. Sorted it. Helpful hint. If you get stuck anywhere start shining the torch around

The real puzzly fun begins when you get the turbo boots

Also dont forget

Spoiler: show

you can stick grenades to patches of foam

[chub]

Yeah, I always reckon with these types of games, the real game doesn't begin until you get the double jump.

Anyway, finished Shadow Complex yesterday, and really enjoyed it. I thought it got better as it went on, once you get more toys to play with. The only one I didn't like was the Hook, which only seemed to latch on about 50% of the time. There was one part I died so many times because it wouldn't latch on properly. Good thing there are save rooms everywhere!

I also tried and failed to get 100% of the items. I was basically at the end of the game when I decided to mop up the ones left, and I was doing fine until I found that I couldn't get to the far right side of the map anymore. Oh well, perhaps I'll try again another time.

Also is there something wrong with the leaderboards at the moment? After the credits, I got the achievement, but my final score didn't get uploaded at the end.

[TodaysForgotten]

Hey neat! Mark Incitti's Atomhex just showed up on Indie Game for $1. That was unexpected.

James

Grabbed it. 80M$ points is great.

Atomhex is awesome. Dare I say its a refreshing twist on the arean shooter genre? I wasn't expecting such a fun game. It's a shame that XNA has crappy leader board functionality and 95% of games don't even offer any leader board. It's also a shame that there are some issues with the game (ie., crashing, exploits). It's also a shame that XNA has yet to take off. All that's on there now is shit, crap,and poo. Once and awhile there is that golden nugget, but how often is that? Especially with crap games infiltrating the service everyday.

I think with some more love and care this could possibly be an XBLA game, although I'm sure it wouldn't be easy to get on the service unless you are known and I personally don't know much about Mark.

[betamax]

Anyway, finished Shadow Complex yesterday, and really enjoyed it. I thought it got better as it went on, once you get more toys to play with. The only one I didn't like was the Hook, which only seemed to latch on about 50% of the time. There was one part I died so many times because it wouldn't latch on properly. Good thing there are save rooms everywhere!

Lasers?

I also tried and failed to get 100% of the items. I was basically at the end of the game when I decided to mop up the ones left, and I was doing fine until I found that I couldn't get to the far right side of the map anymore. Oh well, perhaps I'll try again another time.

You can, but you need to be circuitous in your thinking. Also triggering the end battle doesnt lock you out of the rest of the complex. You can in fact run away from that area and carry on about your business.

I do however believe that some of the item locations blips are broken. At least one area in the mines has a question mark (unfound item) but theres nowhere it can logically be except in a totally solid roof section with no breakable walls and no alternate metheod of approach. Im probably missing something really obvious.

[chub]

Lasers?

Yeah.

You can, but you need to be circuitous in your thinking. Also triggering the end battle doesnt lock you out of the rest of the complex. You can in fact run away from that area and carry on about your business.

I triggered the end battle, then ran to the right. However the game prevented me from going too far by vapourising me! I also tried going to the right before triggering the battle via the bottom part of the map, however the way seems blocked now (unless I'm looking in the wrong place).

I do however believe that some of the item locations blips are broken. At least one area in the mines has a question mark (unfound item) but theres nowhere it can logically be except in a totally solid roof section with no breakable walls and no alternate metheod of approach. Im probably missing something really obvious.

There is always a way. If you're stuck, use this handy map with videos showing how to get each item: http://www.jackpattillo.com/shadowcomplex/

[juice]

Stuff on reviews and things

Nice one. I'll pop a link on xnPlay later. If I forget, give me a nudge because I'm rotten at times

*nudge*nudge*

It's now up to 81 reviews, with another 70 or so waiting to be typed up...

*bump*

150 reviews and a bit of UI tweaking to better utilise the available real estate and give more up-front information: a paging system (25 games/page) has been implemented by default and hovering over the game link pops up a xbox.com-style info box. Comments should now work under IE (would someone please test this and confirm? It all works fine for me, but it's nice having external confirmation!)

Link in the .sig below...