The 360 thread!

[KidQuaalude]

Bought Space Invaders : Infinity Gene and King of Fighters : Sky Stage at the weekend. Both shooters btw.

Loving Infinity Gene, loads of play in that game with the main game and challenge modes, not to mention the mode that reacts to the music you are playing. The demo doesn't really do it justice imo.

King of Fighters : Sky Stage is just OK. The level design / waves are particularly uninspiring. If there were a boss attack mode I think I'd rather play that tbh.

[PVB]

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West demo is up on the Marketplace.

It's not on the main NXE Spotlight pages though, so you'll need to look for it in the New Arrivals bit of the Marketplace.

[Deckard]

Hadn't heard of it - downloading now - some fantastic YouTube trailer footage floating about

[PVB]

The demo's very short, but I'll buy it just for the gorgeous art design.

[Phineasfool]

I tried the demo on the PS3 last week and quite enjoyed it. Have a copy pre-ordered and paid off.

[Jonesey]

It's a bit of a buzz playing a game with similarities to Uncharted on the 360. Pre-ordered, also.

[chub]

I had a go at the Enslaved demo this evening, and rather liked it. It reminded me of Uncharted too, which is no bad thing as far as I'm concerned, as I like that sort of thing.

I actually tried the demo on both 360 and PS3, and thought the PS3 version looked a bit sharper, but the 360 version ran a bit smoother.

[Deckard]

I rather liked Enslaved too and the new Castlevania Lords of Shadow will be on my buy list too

[The Captain]

Having played the demo of Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow, I'm really not impressed. It wears its heritage very badly (if at all) and doesn't really stand up as as actioner in its own right, the feel is all wrong. It also interrupts the repetitive action every 30 seconds with a crap cut scene - there's no flow or feel to it at all, it's very portentous and dreary. The graphics are nice though.

It isn't as good as the disappointing Dante's Inferno, even - a bargain bin purchase for the curious, methinks. Oh God, I'm turning into Meow.

[betamax]

Having played the demo of Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow, I'm really not impressed. It wears its heritage very badly (if at all) and doesn't really stand up as as actioner in its own right, the feel is all wrong. It also interrupts the repetitive action every 30 seconds with a crap cut scene - there's no flow or feel to it at all, it's very portentous and dreary. The graphics are nice though.

It isn't as good as the disappointing Dante's Inferno, even - a bargain bin purchase for the curious, methinks. Oh God, I'm turning into Meow.

Nah, you suggested purchasing something

[Deckard]

Funny cause its had some stellar reviews ..... 94% from PSM3 and 9/10 from OXM and 8/10 from Games

[The Captain]

Well, that surprises me from what I've played. I was expecting to love it, whether it felt like a 'proper' Castlevania game or not. But the feel just isn't there, and I loves me a bit of hack 'n' slash actioner. I had no desire to play the demo again when I'd finished it, which is quite rare for me.

Still, I hated Uncharted from the demo, and I was wrong in that case.

[Jamesac]

I'm working a reviewable right now and it gets better as you go. The first few levels aren't designed to impress, though. My initial impressions after the first night were only slightly more favorable than The Captain's.

Too early to call a score yet, but the Games 8/10 score seems like it will be reasonable. I'm getting tired of re-doing levels for the bonus objectives and having to hit Start to skip cut-scenes, though. Chasing objectives = yay!, hitting Start to skip a scene, walking two feet, hitting Start to skip another scene (this actually happened once, it's not sarcasm) didn't impress me.

James

[Phineasfool]

hitting Start to skip a scene, walking two feet, hitting Start to skip another scene (this actually happened once, it's not sarcasm) didn't impress me.

James

Well Kojima is behind this one.

[Jamesac]

That was pretty much my thought when that happened.

Thankfully, both scenes were pretty short, unlike the section in Metal Gear Solid 2 that made me realize how much I truly hated that game. Loooong cut-scene going into a small square room, get to play, look around a bit and walk through exit, looooong cut-scene for a boss character.

God, that game sucked so hard! MGS3 Subsistence, on the other hand, was simply phenomenal. It was like a giant apology.

James