The 360 thread!

[chub]

The Walking Dead Free until January 1, 2013,
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Produ ... dType=Game

Only episode 1 is free, hence the special offer I mentioned yesterday, which I guessed you missed.

[Meow]

The Walking Dead Free until January 1, 2013,
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Produ ... dType=Game

Only episode 1 is free, hence the special offer I mentioned yesterday, which I guessed you missed.

Yes, Double so. Well starting a thread didn't hurt.

[Jonesey]

Tomb Raider is all kinds of aces. The only weird thing is the magical teleporting between camps - akin to the magical storage lockers in Resi Evil. Still - quality stuff and just shy of £32 on ShopTo.

I killed several bunnies wit ma bow.

[venusian]

What's the balance like between combat and exploration? I like the exploring part but the tutorials/videos/demos I've seen have just been full of "shoot this guy", "change weapon", "shoot that guy", "shoot the exploding barrel" - like an FPS in the second person.

[Jonesey]

Yeah there hasn't been too much gunplay so far - although most of it was by my own initiative because I have no patience with stealth and sneaking.

Enemy AI is as you'd expect nowadays - guys with blades will quite happily stop bullets with their faces. I was crouched down and hiding once and the bad guy knew exactly where I was somehow despite no line of sight when I hid. Weird shit like that. Bastards love to throw petrol bombs, too. Fortunately Lara is a bullet/arrow/fire sponge (strange considering one of the tasks is fetching a first aid kit for a geezer with a bumb leg ).

So yeah it's not a game breaker because the exploration is just so darned enjoyable!

[Geenius]

Assassins Creed III free for Chinese accounts! See Hot UK Deals for info

[fog]

Assassins Creed III free for Chinese accounts! See Hot UK Deals for info

Not any more. No great loss. Even though I loved the previous games I game up on AC3 halfway through the excruciating and seemingly infinite tutorial.

[Jonesey]

Is it wrong to admit to enjoying FUSE? Yes the AI is pathetic but the weapons kick- arse, some of the set pieces are actually quite enjoyable and the visuals aren't too bad at all...mind you I'm quite easily pleased by 3rd person cover-based run-and-guns.
I haven't tried any of the online shit, though - including co-op.

[fog]

Is it wrong to admit to enjoying FUSE? Yes the AI is pathetic but the weapons kick- arse, some of the set pieces are actually quite enjoyable and the visuals aren't too bad at all...mind you I'm quite easily pleased by 3rd person cover-based run-and-guns.
I haven't tried any of the online shit, though - including co-op.

Sounds like a typical recent Insomniac game then. Some interesting weapon design somewhat wasted on an average game.

Just like Resistance. Some fun to be had, but it felt like a missed opportunity.

[Mark]

You absolutely must check out Mount Your Friends on XBLIG. It's a bonkers-daft QWOP-like climbing game featuring lots of large semi-naked men with bulging pants and penis-physics.



Joyfully stupidly wonderful.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Produ ... 0258550d36

Edit:

Video of it being played:
[youtube]g_3aNnKo_zc#![/youtube]

[fog]

The next Game for Gold title is "Defense Grid: The Awakening" free for Xbox LIVE Gold members July 1st through July 15th .

http://majornelson.com/2013/06/30/games ... awakening/

Slightly underwhelming given the games they announced for it at e3 and the huge back-catalogue of 360 games there is to choose from now.

[The Caffeine Kid]

Yeah that's a bit cack. I don't get Tower Defence games anyway.

I will stick with playing my free Demon's Souls on PS3 I think.

(and my not free Dark Souls on Xbox too... Because I hate myself and love pain) lol

[fog]

Yeah that's a bit cack. I don't get Tower Defence games anyway.

I will stick with playing my free Demon's Souls on PS3 I think.

(and my not free Dark Souls on Xbox too... Because I hate myself and love pain) lol

As you're obviously some kind of masochist, you should get Hotline Miami and put yourself through some more suffering in a retro style. Even the early levels are kicking my ass

[fog]

Just a quick heads up...

The beta of the latest dash update has just rolled out with Microsoft Points replaced with real cash values. Here in the UK the price of all downloadable games has also been bumped up considerably :

400 points games are now £4.49 (were £3.40)
800 points games are now £8.99 (were £6.80)
1200 points games are now £11.99 (were £10.40)
1600 points games are now at £14.99 (were £13.60)

If you fancy buying anything I'd do it before updating!

[MattyP]

Here in the UK the price of all downloadable games has also been bumped up considerably :

Doesn't surprise me TBH. Last thing I bought (and will buy on 360) was The Cave. Then a month later Sony went and put it on PS+... dammit!

Sony have been getting my money this year TBH. However I'm glad MS are finally moving to real money.... only taken them what... 9 years since the Live first came out...

If only they had done this to start with I would have bought much more stuff from them. I was sick of having to spend over the odds in credits to get a game and have some remaining (effectively making the game more expensive anyway as I was spending more than I needed to get it!).