The 360 thread!

[louiecat]

Peggle hits on wednesday! YAAAY!!

[Mark]

Peggle hits on wednesday! YAAAY!!

Part of me wishes I was ashamed about liking Peggle quite so much, but right now that part can shut the fuck up, quite frankly. Peggle with Acheivements! Oh Yes!

Some tough ones in there too: http://www.achieve360points.com/game/peggle/

[fog]

Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders as well, which looks like an interesting take on the TD genre. If you really need another TD game that is.

[The Captain]

Oh no! Not Peggle! That's every machine in the household infected with its addictive cheese!

Mind you, Peggle's kept my dad going through the last two months of redundancy blues. Daren't tell him about the 360 version or I'll have to sacrifice my Xbox for a few weeks.

[Phineasfool]

Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders as well, which looks like an interesting take on the TD genre. If you really need another TD game that is.

Sure I'm missing something obvious, but what's the TD genre?

[The Caffeine Kid]

Is it tower defence? I've never really "got" that to be honest.

[Mark]

Is it tower defence? I've never really "got" that to be honest.

Yep, Tower Defence I believe. There aren't many console versions (although there's PixelJunk Monsters on PS3, and possibly a WiiWare one I seem to recall), but there are loads of the buggers on the PC. Desktop Tower Defense, for example.

[Phineasfool]

Ah, ok. I have Pixel Junk Monsters on the PS3 and it's pretty fun even if I'm not that good at it.

[fog]

Yeah sorry, I did mean Tower Defence. It's been pretty much unavoidable for the last year or so. As Mark says there are loads of PC versions, there are already a few on XBCG and an absolute stack of them on the iPhone/Touch.

The new XBLA Final Fantasy one has a huge 300 levels, so, like I said, if it's your thing then it should keep you occupied for a while.

[Misfit]

Yeah sorry, I did mean Tower Defence. It's been pretty much unavoidable for the last year or so. As Mark says there are loads of PC versions, there are already a few on XBCG and an absolute stack of them on the iPhone/Touch.

The new XBLA Final Fantasy one has a huge 300 levels, so, like I said, if it's your thing then it should keep you occupied for a while.

There are loads (of supposedly good) ones on the iPhone too. But I really don't get it either when I've tried them...

[chub]

There are couple of new demos on XBLM.

The first one is Ninja Blade, which seems to be a crapper version of Ninja Gaiden, with about half the demo involving QTEs. Boo.

The other one is Call of Duty World at War.

[venusian]

Tried Peggle last night. I felt a bit guilty about liking it though: it all seemed a bit random. I press the button then just sit and watch for a bit. It's very pretty and feels nice but also like a snow dome with a simple version of pinball built in.

[louiecat]

Tried Peggle last night. I felt a bit guilty about liking it though: it all seemed a bit random. I press the button then just sit and watch for a bit. It's very pretty and feels nice but also like a snow dome with a simple version of pinball built in.

noo!! it has layers of strategy and a fine balance between luck and getting the right angles - thats what makes it so great!

[The Caffeine Kid]

Tried Peggle last night. I felt a bit guilty about liking it though: it all seemed a bit random. I press the button then just sit and watch for a bit. It's very pretty and feels nice but also like a snow dome with a simple version of pinball built in.

noo!! it has layers of strategy and a fine balance between luck and getting the right angles - thats what makes it so great!

Noo.. That's just what they want you to think, and how your brain makes you justify playing it.

[chub]

Noo! I've fallen for Peggle.

I'd never played it before this XBLA version, but it's got its hooks in me. It's the little things, like the way it zooms in and goes all slow motion when you narrowly miss a vital peg. Like the final peg on the final level with my last ball. Good job the bucket was there! This game has caused quite a few sharp intakes of breath, followed by muttering and swearing of course.

Anyway I've finished Adventure mode and have the Challenges to try now. Some of them look tough though.