The 360 thread!

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:06 pm 0

Fried gold. Defintely lots of oppurtunity for some Shaun of the Dead moments. All the best stuff is in the sports shop though...

And TheBag seemed obsessed with killing things with the golf club for some reason.

Looks like any kind of zone change will end the demo, such as going into the cinema. But there's certainly plenty of fun to be had with just the one area.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:33 pm 0

So has anyone worked out whether you can actually help the guy out or not? I just spend my 15 minutes wailing on Zombies and taking pictures

Technically speaking it's rock solid. Framerates there, and I didn't see any page tearing. However, it's a right bugger for reading the small text on our fuzzy old 4:3 SD set! Still, it's got a fuckton of zombies and more weapons than you can shake a vial of the T virus at - what more could you want! Load times are a little on the long side (which is a shame), but way short of the longest. And decent level sizes obviously

. Admittedly it would have been nice to see a fully streaming Mall with no loading sequences, but honestly after a few minutes gaming I couldn't give a shit

Fantastic stuff, not regretting pre-ordering this one whatsoever. For the Zombie fans out there this really is a must have title!

Cheers

Bubba

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:35 pm 0

Damn it damn it damn it, download got to about 54% before I had to go to work and now I have to wait 4 1/2 hours + 1/2 hour drive home + rest of download time before I can get any zombie killing goodness

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:40 pm 0

Bubba wrote: Fantastic stuff, not regretting pre-ordering this one whatsoever. For the Zombie fans out there this really is a must have title!

Damn you!

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:05 pm 0

Shooting zombies with regular guns is nicely handled. Press the right trigger button and the game zooms in to an over-the-shoulder look where you can aim properly to pop those undead heads.

There's a scythe-like weapon that I'm not sure what it is, but it looks like a long stick with a big hook at the end. Attack with that and you'll tear the heads of the zombies, but I took off a leg from a guy standing on the stairs too.

My favorite weapon is the frying pan, though. I like the "klonk" sound it makes.

happy_jack · Post by **happy_jack** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:46 pm 0

Bubba wrote:So has anyone worked out whether you can actually help the guy out or not?

Theres a guy to help? lol

Nope I'm like you, far to busy killing zombies 'through the face' as you say. Whats the highest you got so far? I'm up to about 160 before I get killed.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:51 pm 0

I time out rather than die most of the time (Orange Juice = lots of health!), and have managed just over 200 kills

Cheers

Bubba

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:01 pm 0

Apparently there's some hidden cool weapons in there. There's shots of where they are over on NTSC-UK's forums, but I won't spoil here...

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:08 pm 0

What? Cooler than a park bench or the golf clubs?

Cheers

Bubba

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:19 pm 0

Dead Rising comes out here on Wednesday. My willpower to just wait for the full game lasted all of 45 seconds. Downloading now!

James

TwistedScrote · Post by **TwistedScrote** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:21 pm 0

Leaving work in 10 mins and just spotted this thread!

The North Circular will be fucked tonite just to spite me...

Cant wait to get home!

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:21 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:Dead Rising comes out here on Wednesday. My willpower to just wait for the full game lasted all of 45 seconds. Downloading now!

James

I'm slowly becoming a zen master by withstanding the purchase of a 360. I think I'll be able to keep at it for another 14 days until I collect the money from a check.

Cire · Post by **Cire** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:40 pm 0

Dead rising demo now avialiable for donwload on xbox live marketplace.

let the fun begin.

[edit] Sorry this has been posted already, applogies, damn u guys are quick!

++Cire.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:43 pm 0

Their servers must be getting hammered... started off at 3 oclock and still only got about 40% on an 8mbit line..

Can't wait

Orangy Tang · Post by **Orangy Tang** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:54 pm 0

I thought it was great fun. Lots of zombies, snappy controls and a nice smooth framerate. Not quite sure how the mindless killing expands out into a full game, but one to keep an eye on I'm sure...