The 360 thread!

[Fil]

I heard from a reliable source that fez was being eaten by moths in a cupboard along with the creators beard.

[Ratsoap]

The Space Marine demo is up for gold members, and very good it is too.

It's managed to avoid becoming just another shooter. You have to perform melee attacks to regain health, so you really need to get stuck in with the chainsword if you want to survive. The game it reminds me of most is Spartan: Total Warrior. There is jump pack section as well, which is super fun times.

[Jonesey]

I'd agree with all that, so it's still on my pre-order list.

The movement and combat is like some unholy Gears of War and God of War combination, but the melee/stun/execute=health mechanic introduces a bit of interesting risk reward.

Looking good.

[Mayhem]

Yeah I rather enjoyed it as well, after it finally downloaded heh...

[chub]

I found the Space Marine demo really tough going to start with, and was dying over and over. Once I got used it though, I got on much better, and was enjoying it by the end.

[Phineasfool]

I gave the Space Marine demo a play and enjoyed it once I got the hang of it. Have it pre-ordered and paid off now.

[Ratsoap]

I found the Space Marine demo really tough going to start with, and was dying over and over. Once I got used it though, I got on much better, and was enjoying it by the end.

Yeah, I found it tough at first. I think it's a good thing really, proves it's not just a by the numbers affair and you actually have to learn how to play it. Definite purchase for me, not sure if I should get the 360 or PC version though?

[chub]

I tried the Driver demo yesterday. Brilliant to look at, but they forgot the handling & gameplay!

I disagree.

Although when I first played the demo, it didn't quite grab me. I was using the chase cam, but it's too close for my liking, and I was struggling to keep the car under control.

However, I've been mucking about with the demo again today. This time I used the in-car view and it's completely transformed the game for me. It feels 'right' to me, and I got on so much better. Soon I was whizzing round San Francisco, doing jumps over the famous streets, doing handbrake turns round corners, and absolutely loving it!

Before the summer I watched a load of 70s car chase films, so to get a chance to do that stuff in a game is very appealing. Also when shifting around I found a Lamborghini Jalpa, which I don't think I've ever seen in a game before. I love old Lambos.

[chub]

Radiant Silvergun is out on 14th September, says Eurogamer. I was starting to wonder if this was ever coming out, so yay!

[Jonesey]

Radiant Silvergun is out on 14th September, says Eurogamer. I was starting to wonder if this was ever coming out, so yay!

Anyone tried it yet? Still hard as nails I'm guessing.

[turk182]

Erm , Watched my 10 year old play the GunStringer demo and erm.. its actually pretty cool, Love the intro about 'take that unreal' beard 2.0 or something like that...On my radar now.

[Misfit]

Erm , Watched my 10 year old play the GunStringer demo and erm.. its actually pretty cool, Love the intro about 'take that unreal' beard 2.0 or something like that...On my radar now.

I only had a quick go and was left rather unsure. The aiming mechanism seemed a bit on rails shooter style where it targets things your sights go over and then shoots them when you pull the trigger. Seemed to lose any sense of shooting because of that.

Could be wrong and will give it another go soon when I have a bit of time to concentrate on it, but it actually went down my list...

[chub]

Radiant Silvergun is out on 14th September, says Eurogamer. I was starting to wonder if this was ever coming out, so yay!

Anyone tried it yet? Still hard as nails I'm guessing.

I've never actually played it before, so I tried the demo (level 2C). Died in about 3 seconds.

I was still figuring out what button does what though. Once I'd done that, I lasted a few more seconds.

I can see this game will require much practice, and no doubt more skill than I've got. I still want to try though.

[bcass]

It's a great game, and a solid conversion from what I've seen so far. But if you've never played it before then prepare to be severely battered. If you're not an expert on these things then turn the difficulty down to Very Easy, or even better, play Story mode, which allows you to save your weapons powerup levels so that each time you start a new (Story mode) game you can start with your weapons powered to the level you last saved them at.

[KidQuaalude]

Fixed my b0rked 360 today and downloaded Radiant Silvergun...gettting raped and loving it! Nice to play a non-bullet-hell shooter for a change. Eschatos on 360 is another great shmup without bullet hell.