The 360 thread!

[Rod_S]

Anyone tried the Wheelman demo yet?

Yeah. It's wheely shit.

[chub]

Major Nelson says that they are having a 'Days Of Arcade' promotion, which means from 18th March the next six weeks of XBLA releases will be (not in this order):

- The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
- Flock
- Hasbro Family Game Night
- Lode Runner
- Outrun Online Arcade
- Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
- UNO Rush

The first one is actually the Hasbro one, and one of the other weeks will have two releases.

I'm most looking forward to Outrun and Flock. Cars and sheep!

[HGFB]

How the fuck are you going to do the hacking in Puzzle Quest on a joypad? I'll have me some Outrun though.

[Kelloggs]

I've just noticed - the top of this thread says "The 360 thread" followed by "Page 360 of 360". How cool is that!

alright, i don't get out much...

[Jonesey]

Anyone tried the Wheelman demo yet?

Yeah. It's wheely shit.

B-dom, TISH!

[PVB]

Tried the Wanted - Weapons of Fate demo just now (didn't see a mention of it on Major Nelson).

Selected Easy difficulty ('Pussy' ) and managed to get through most of the demo before (I think) time ran out, enjoying the game a lot, so may pick this up when it's released.

That's what a demo should be like for us skill-challenged gamers. Giving us the chance to see a fair bit of the demo/game.
Are you listening, Starbreeze Studios (Riddick)?!

[The Captain]

Despite the terrible layer of Hollywood cream cheese, I actually really enjoyed Wanted - it feels very slick and impressive, with overtones of The Club. I like the cover mechanics and the ridiculous curvy-bullet thing and the whole thing seems very polished.

As for the Wheelman. . . .Some great ideas in there but it actually plays like a PS1 game - would have been great applied to Midnight Club, for example - but here everything feels cheap. And - erk - the 'script' seems to have been written by writers deemed too lowbrow for Hollyoaks. There's been a lot of Ctrl+v-ing from straight-to-video scripts here. . . Overall, what Rod said.

[The Captain]

Are you listening, Starbreeze Studios (Riddick)?!

But. . . Riddick is really, really easy, isn't it? Most of the demo involves hiding and/or controlling disposable drones and hammering the right trigger. If you can play Fallout 3, then surely. . . .

Shame if you suck so badly you can't enjoy it, it's aces. Is there someone who could play it for you?

[PVB]

Are you listening, Starbreeze Studios (Riddick)?!

But. . . Riddick is really, really easy, isn't it? Most of the demo involves hiding and/or controlling disposable drones and hammering the right trigger. If you can play Fallout 3, then surely. . . .

Died at second fight.

Set difficulty to Easy.

Died at third lot of enemies.

Tried again. Died again.

Tried again. Died again.

Repeat until fed up.

Deleted demo.

Shame if you suck so badly you can't enjoy it, it's aces. Is there someone who could play it for you?

Fuck off.

[Phineasfool]

I couldn't do much better with the Riddick demo, PVB. Had about the same reaction as you.

[Rod_S]

The Riddick demo did a fairly poor job of explaining the mechanics and that you're playing a stealth-em-up. If you're unfamiliar with the first game the new demo was probably frustrating and hostile.

If you play it somewhere between Manhunt and Splinter Cell you'll get the idea.

Shit, where's Splinter Cell? Been a while hasn't it?

[Flabio]

Shit, where's Splinter Cell? Been a while hasn't it?

Ubi seem to have delayed a whole pile of projects recently. Splinter Cell was almost ready for launch (it was due around the same time we dropped Fable2), but then got put back, and that's the last we've heard of it. They've just done something similar to 'I Am Alive', which was originally down for release any day now, but has been yoinked from it's developer and pushed out another year.

[PVB]

The Riddick demo did a fairly poor job of explaining the mechanics and that you're playing a stealth-em-up. If you're unfamiliar with the first game the new demo was probably frustrating and hostile.

If you play it somewhere between Manhunt and Splinter Cell you'll get the idea.

I played a bit of Butcher Bay previously, but got bored with the shiv-based combat (move forward, stab, retreat, move forward, stab, retreat, etc. etc.) and also died many times without seemingly getting very far in the game.

Have never played Manhunt or Splinter Cell.

Granted the demo may be early code (and therefore the difficulty in the full game may be easier/tweaked a bit) but I have my doubts.

[The Captain]

Fuck off.

[Rod_S]

Have never played Manhunt

Oh you're shitting me. Have I not evangelised this masterpiece enough on here?