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[JaggedSac]

Not sure how well the marker controls will work with Kinect or the pad. Definitely would be better for move.

 

[Withnail]

Max and the Magic Marker was completely ignored on PSN. Wonder how this will turn out. I guess the devs are pretty happy to have the MS hype machine backing them up.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Wow, that didn't inspire me with the screenshots, but in motion, looks like a great time! Any date on release or is this likely to be part of the Summer of Arcade this year?

edit: duh...read the "Spring" timeframe.

 

[Takao]

Looks fantastic. New IP too.

Spoiler

Although I'm sure it'll get ignored in "teh console warz" because it's downloadable.

It'll be ignored because it's actually a sequel to this:

(Released on a variety of other platforms as well)

 

[Raide]

Not sure how well the marker controls will work with Kinect or the pad. Definitely would be better for move.

Move cursor around, draw shapes, finish game. Will be interesting to see if they do something more than just drawing shapes using Kinect.

 

[Bgamer90]

add it to the list of 360 exclusives along with lococycle, state of decay, Charlie murder, motocross madness and crimson dragon that neogaf conveniently forgets when they say xbox has no exclusives. Still waiting for more XBLA announcements too.

Shhh... don't start that.

Been through it so many times (lol).

 

[Anticitizen One]

This game's story is the biggest ripoff of Labyrinth I have ever seen:

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Marker and Tentacles were both good phone games. And I think phone games are shit. Looking forward to this.

 

[Penguin]

Okay so this is a sequel to Max and the Magic Marker?

A game I dug more in concept and design than execution.

 

[Alx]

I admit I chuckled at "Giggle".

 

[abacab driver]

MS needed a studio like this. Looks great.

 

[watership]

Nice to see Microsoft backing something like this. Looks really cool.

Backing.. games? I mean they own the studio right?

 

[jbug617]

Backing.. games? I mean they own the studio right?

Yeah they own the studio.

 

[jagowar]

Not sure how well the marker controls will work with Kinect or the pad. Definitely would be better for move.

Actually looks like it would work best on a touchscreen.... shame they can't do some kind of smartglass thing to make it work well.

 

[sunnz]

add it to the list of 360 exclusives along with lococycle, state of decay, Charlie murder, motocross madness and crimson dragon that neogaf conveniently forgets when they say xbox has no exclusives. Still waiting for more XBLA announcements too.

State of decay is coming to the PC too... ( not same day as XBL, but it is soon)

Arcade exclusives, yea that is what you get.

 

[alphaNoid]

Looks great

 

[Psychotext]

Sweet. Will definitely give it a look.

Arcade exclusives, yea that is what you get.

For me this gen would have been shit if it wasn't for PSN and XBLA. So yeah, keep those sort of games coming, even if some people don't seem to think they count as "real" games.

 

[LQX]

Looks good. Oddly, it reminds me of Heart of Darkness on PS1.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Looks cool actually

 

[Platy]

I searched, but couldn't find anything posted yet.

Press Play ffinally announced their first Xbox 360 game, having previously released Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin and Max & the Magic Marker on other platforms. Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a spiritual successor to the latter. Apparently it started life two years ago as a PlayStation game, but then Microsoft bought the company so now it's on XBLA.

...spiritual sucessor ?

HOW ?

It is basicaly the same game with polygons and dark enviroments

 

[Monty Mole]

How is it a new IP?

It just is, alright?

Actually I didn't realise this character had been used before.

 

[Doffen]

It looks pretty. Will defiantly keep an eye on it.

State of decay is coming to the PC too... ( not same day as XBL, but it is soon)

Arcade exclusives, yea that is what you get.

More interesting; State of Decay will be one of the few 3. party XBLA games where Microsoft owns the IP.

 

[Vinterbird]

...spiritual sucessor ?

HOW ?

It is basicaly the same game with polygons and dark enviroments

It's a reboot more or less. And for those asking, not Kinect.

 

[bluemax]

Looks pretty cool, I'll add it to my radar.

 

[PhatSaqs]

More casual Kinect crap from MS. I bet theres a paywall to ads in here somewhere as well.

 

[XtremeXpider]

More casual Kinect crap from MS. I bet theres a paywall to ads in here somewhere as well.

Lol:

It's a reboot more or less. And for those asking, not Kinect.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Absolutely lovely. It's amazing what a good RGB spectrum can do.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Liking the look of this.

 

[kadotsu]

The game looks charming. If it plays well and has enough content I will get this one for sure. I will however wait my 6 months so I can be sure that no Steam version is planned. Regardless, it's great to see MS creating some non-Kinect family titles. Now they only need to promote XBLA again.

 

[CouldBeWorse]

Looks fantastic. I hope the drawing mechanic doesn't suck.

 

[Just_myles]

Here's hoping it's a straight forward platforming game. I mean kinect as an optional control would be cool too.

 

[Silly.Mikey]

Finally MS changing up the portfolio a bit. Nice addition. Hopefully a small bite of things to come next gen.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

That looks badass.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Lol:

It's a reboot more or less. And for those asking, not Kinect.

I think he was being sarcastic.

Or I hope so at least.

Game does look cool.

 

[Salsa]

I have Max and the Magic Marker on two different platforms, never played it

should I?

 

[gaming_noob]

Lol:

It's a reboot more or less. And for those asking, not Kinect.

It looks like a game that would work very well with Kinect. I hope there's an option for it at least.

 

[RibMan]

Looks great! Will keep my eye on this one.

 

[Dance Inferno]

That trailer was very impressive. Will keep an eye out for impressions.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Max and the Magic Marker was completely ignored on PSN. Wonder how this will turn out. I guess the devs are pretty happy to have the MS hype machine backing them up.

What the hell does this mean?

 

[Silly.Mikey]

Looks like its a "touch" focused game tho. That pen appearing seems to indicate that. I dont see how that would work very well with a controller and no touch.

 

[Tyrax]

Looks like its a "touch" focused game tho. That pen appearing seems to indicate that. I dont see how that would work very well with a controller and no touch.

a smartglass experience that actually factors into the core gameplay?

 

[Vinterbird]

It looks like a game that would work very well with Kinect. I hope there's an option for it at least.

Not from what the devs have told me. It's controller only.

 

[Feindflug]

State of decay is coming to the PC too... ( not same day as XBL, but it is soon)

Arcade exclusives, yea that is what you get.

You try to make it sound like it's a bad thing or something.

Indie games were cool in 2012, 3-4 months later they are back into "who cares?" territory...it's funny but somehow totally predictable.

BTW the game looks amazing visually, hopefully it will play as good as it looks.

 

[EdgeXL]

Wow, that looks awesome! I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.

 

[Silly.Mikey]

a smartglass experience that actually factors into the core gameplay?

I dunno, im getting an "iphone type game" vibe from this. Like the character advances automatically on his own and you touch the screen to make shit appear and make him jump when you have to. Unless they've confirmed a controller for this?

 

[Sydle]

Love the look. Hope it plays well.

 

[Vinterbird]

I dunno, im getting an "iphone type game" vibe from this. Like the character advances automatically on is own and you touch the screen to make shit appear and make him jump when you have to. Unless they've confirmed a controller for this?

Controller only.

 

[Silly.Mikey]

Controller only.

hmm

color me confused then. That pen appearing is throwing me off.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

That actually looks quite awesome!

This. Loved the art.

 

[abadguy]

More casual Kinect crap from MS. I bet theres a paywall to ads in here somewhere as well.

Ah so platformers are now considered "casual" these days eh? When did that happen?

EDIT: Oh wait maybe you were being sarcastic.( i hope). Detector is still on the fritz.