The 360 thread!

Bod · Post by **Bod** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:54 am 0

kel wrote:The Prey demo's up, and apparently its 1.17BG compared to the PCs 449MB.

... was just about to order this from Play.com, but downloading the demo now. Phew!

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:29 pm 0

The prey demo came down pretty fast for me - looks nice, plays well. The only bit I cant get my head round is this concept of a normal bloke carrying half a megatonne of weapons. Surely someone must have learned something from Halo?

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:58 pm 0

Downloaded and had a brief play on the Prey demo - was very impressed with the way it told the story - some of the effects were stunning.

Will hopefully get chance to play it a little more later tonight - it's one of those games where I feel that to do it justice it must have 100% of my attention (which I consider a good sign).

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:07 pm 0

Yeah I've flagged it for purchase. So this month we've got Prey, Chromehounds and BFME. My bank account is going to cry.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:32 am 0

benedictw wrote:The prey demo came down pretty fast for me - looks nice, plays well. The only bit I cant get my head round is this concept of a normal bloke carrying half a megatonne of weapons. Surely someone must have learned something from Halo?

Maybe he just has very large pockets?

Bod · Post by **Bod** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:19 am 0

Just finished playing Prey.

Reminds me very much of Quake 4, but that is probably to do more with the game engine.

Quite enjoyed the liitle touches, like messing about with the tele & duke box in the bar! Nice visuals all round & the gameplay seems quite nice.
Still felt a little like I was being led round by the hand, but it did open up a bit towards the end.

Think I'll order this one.

K3V · Post by **K3V** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:29 pm 0

WiredWorm wrote:
benedictw wrote:The prey demo came down pretty fast for me - looks nice, plays well. The only bit I cant get my head round is this concept of a normal bloke carrying half a megatonne of weapons. Surely someone must have learned something from Halo?
Maybe he just has very large pockets?

Yeah if Leisure Suit Larry can do it, so can the Prey guy

Neon360 · Post by **Neon360** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:09 pm 0

Downloaded it and have played it for a good 2 hours now. Very cool... I can almost feel the next-genness in this title and I'm thinking, this is JUST a demo?

I'll be looking forward to this once it's released.... as stated above all the nice little touches and attention to detail make it just that much more.

Multiplayer I had a problem seeing the screen the first 3 times but someone sent me an invite to their game and it worked (weird) very laggy.... kinda cool.... it'll take some time getting used to.

Nice Pac Man rip-off also =)

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:38 pm 0

Christ, Chromehounds is awful

Stone

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:05 pm 0

Stone wrote:Christ, Chromehounds is awful

Stone

Is it? It seems a lot like Armoured Core to me. Oh wait, it's the same people.

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:35 pm 0

Prey I thought was average. Nothing there that Doom3, HL2 and other FPS games haven't already done, and no-where near as involving as Far Cry was when it first came out. Saved me Â£40.

Chromehounds was awful. Sort of mechwarrior but less so. Why is it that the console games can't get close to the original series on PC?

So that's three games off the list for this month (including Over-G, which garnered some very lack-lustre reviews). And nothing worth spending money on since Easter.

I'm waiting for this whole "next gen" thing to take off. Approaching twelve months since the 360s launch and there's been very little worth buying, and even less which has been ground-breaking to the extent that I'd call it "next gen". I want something new, somthing radical, and most of all something really good. Fingers crossed for Viva Pinata.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:44 pm 0

Viscount Charles wrote: I want something new, somthing radical, and most of all something really good. Fingers crossed for Viva Pinata.

Have you tried Hitman Blood Money? Well worth a look if you're after something unique, deep and highly challenging. Requires a lot of patience, but the payback is huge if you can put the time in. It's the most satisfyingly sick game since Manhunt, but doesn't have any of the annoying stealth sections that you might associate with the Hitman franchise.

Give it a go, it's ace.

kel · Post by **kel** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:48 pm 0

Viscount Charles wrote:
I'm waiting for this whole "next gen" thing to take off. Approaching twelve months since the 360s launch and there's been very little worth buying, and even less which has been ground-breaking to the extent that I'd call it "next gen".

Yeah, there's only two games I'm looking forward for the 360 for this year, Dead Rising and Gears of War, and gawd knows when they'll be out. I'd hate to think that Microsoft are holding them back so they can be released closer to the PS3 launch date, for massive damage.

DS Lite couldn't have landed at a better time

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:54 pm 0

kel wrote:
Viscount Charles wrote:
I'm waiting for this whole "next gen" thing to take off. Approaching twelve months since the 360s launch and there's been very little worth buying, and even less which has been ground-breaking to the extent that I'd call it "next gen".
Yeah, there's only two games I'm looking forward for the 360 for this year, Dead Rising and Gears of War, and gawd knows when they'll be out. I'd hate to think that Microsoft are holding them back so they can be released closer to the PS3 launch date, for massive damage.

DS Lite couldn't have landed at a better time

Yeah, I can't wait for Dead Rising, it may get a bit "samey", but looking at the variety of things that you can twat Zombies with, it should be good for larks-o-plenty.

kel · Post by **kel** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:05 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote: Yeah, I can't wait for Dead Rising, it may get a bit "samey", but looking at the variety of things that you can twat Zombies with, it should be good for larks-o-plenty.

That's the only concern I have about the game, it looks like a blast though and I can't wait to dish out some ollie to head mash moves on the skateboard, not to mention the other vehicles/weapons and stuff. The story looks potentially ace as well, bring it on capcom!