The 360 thread!

[merman]

Anyone excited about the Halo:CE remake? I am.

Is it sad to get excited about a 10 year old game, that I still have sitting on a shelf and can play any time?

I wasn't really interested in it... but then they announced there is extra content and links to Halo 4, so it did move up onto the "possible purchase" list.

[Ratsoap]

Although apparently it's going to be £34.99, which is a bit steep really.

Could be worth it for multiplayer though, don't think any of the later games could match it. 8 player system link was hours of fun.

[Terrypantsman]

Go and listen to the "Truth and Reconciliation" soundtrack.

Back in business


PS Ratsoap pm me and Benidictw for COD multiplayer mate. miss it dude.

[Jonesey]

Well it's Bastion day on XBLA, 1200 points. I may purchase on a later date, though - it's EDF week this week.

[Mark]

I'm too weak to resist Bastion. I'll be grabbing it despite already having a load of XBLA games I need to find the time to get back to. The narration is just such a neat hook.

Got EDF pre-ordered too. Looking forward to that a lot. From what I've read most people reckon it's not quite as good as 2017, but it's good enough to be well worth playing (and replaying with the 4 different armour classes playing quite differently apparently).

[ThetaReactor]

I've still got a healthy stack of things from the Steam summer sale [and the holiday sale, and the oh-it's-tuesday sale, etc.], but I'll still be picking up Bastion. It just looks so lovely. So anti-brown. Probably won't get EDF just now, but when it gets down in the $10 range I'll pick it up and spend an evening blasting bugs with a friend or two.

[chub]

I had a quick go at Bastion, and really liked the little bit I played. It looks great, and I think the narration is a brilliant idea! I'll probably buy this evening.

[chub]

Last night I finished my first run-through of Bastion. Personally I think it's brilliant!

I love the 'Old West' style narration. Initially I was worried it would be repetitive, but actually I'm pretty sure he didn't say the same thing twice. The voice actor did a wonderful job.

Graphically it's great, with a lovely variety throughout the game. Nice to see the artists using all the colours available, and adding lots of little detail. I really liked the music too, just suited to the style of the game. A certain song was hauntingly beautiful and still going through my head.

The game provides various weaponry during the game, and I really enjoyed trying out different combinations to find out what worked best for me. There is quite a variety of monsters to eliminate, some more challenging than others. It's possible to increase the difficulty in different 'ways', but I didn't dare use them during my first run. The Proving Grounds provide kind of mini-games to learn the weapons, and Who Knows Where is a nice diversion too!

Next thing for me to do is New Game Plus. I'm going to try and pay a bit more attention to the story this time, and try to fully understand it! Some levels were quite surreal, and I think the story is a bit too.

Anyway, well done to Supergiant Games. A rather good first game from a new studio!

[ThetaReactor]

Bastion may be pulling ahead of Portal 2 on my GOTY list. It just keeps getting better. And the soundtrack blends into the background so well, but every now and then it perks up and it is simply fucking fantastic...

[Phineasfool]

I went ahead and put a pre-order down for one of those Star Wars 360 bundles.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/07/ne ... -revealed/

[ThetaReactor]

It is teh sex. My Xbox just turned five years old a few days ago, and I've been wanting one with an HDMI port anyhow. Is there an official release date for that thing yet?

[Phineasfool]

It is teh sex. My Xbox just turned five years old a few days ago, and I've been wanting one with an HDMI port anyhow. Is there an official release date for that thing yet?

Not that I know of yet. The computers at my work just have December 31st right now, but I'm sure that's just a placeholder date.

[Ratsoap]

Is that a US only thing? I might have to get one if not.

[Fil]

[Mark]

Just finshed Bastion, and yes it's up there as a GOTY candidate for me so far too.

Loved the ending I got

Spoiler: show

I ditched the battering ram and carried matey-boy. I guess doing the opposite gets you a different outcome though.

The issue now is I wanted it out of the way so I could move on to From Dust, but I just want to go back in to this on NG+ and go again, and maybe see the other ending. Good problem to have though.