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First N+ XBLA DLC Pack to be released this week
- Thread starter Shard
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rohlfinator
Member
Awesome, I was just wondering when this would show up.
It seems like they had tossed around an estimate of $2 back when the game first came out, but I could be remembering wrong.Haeleos said:
DeadFalling
Member
rohlfinator said:
$2? Sold. I haven't even finished half of the main game though...
Psychotext
Member
As much as I loved the game I don't think I can support the devs due to their attitude not only towards fixing their game (the fact they wont make changes because it costs them money) but also towards other devs and XBLA in general.
rohlfinator
Member
200 points, actually. So $2.50 apiece, which is still a pretty nice price, especially compared to a lot of other XBLA DLC.DeadFalling said:
Diablohead
Member
Yes, damn it's one thing that let's N+ down on xbla is no way to share files without playing it with a friend, you can't save it or anything apart from trying it out online with the person who is hosting it.Gowans007 said:
If nintendo allow it on the DS then why can't microsoft, oh wait they want DLC to sell 10% better.
gregor7777
Banned
Psychotext said:
What's all this about?
Psychotext
Member
In this interview where they rip XBLA to bits: theres like a hundred games, and theyre all shitgregor7777 said:
and in this one
where they talk about basically not fixing bugs / improving their netcode because it will cost them money
and their infamous XBLA "reviews" here and here.
Diablohead
Member
No way we are ever going to get level sharing then, apart from playing it live online of course but that's crap!Psychotext said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I read that whole thing, and it came off as their way of repping the indies and letting them know that they didn't sell out to MS. They had a hidden agenda for their reviews, which was to put the spotlight on other talented indie devs that haven't gotten their break yet. I appreciated their intentions but I didn't care for their methods.Psychotext said:
They are still fixing bugs and they mentioned that they spent most of their development time working on the netcode so it sounds like they are getting diminishing returns from it. I would rather see them put that time into making more levels, which is what they have been doing. I don't think you can make the case that they are abandoning their fanbase here.
But that drama shouldn't take away from the game they made, which is the only 2D platformer I'd use in the same sentence as Super Mario.
Psychotext
Member
No, they're just focussing on what gets them more money easiest. What irked me was that even though their game was a far bigger success than anyone expected they still kept the same penny pinching attitude.SapientWolf said:
But anyway... like Shard said this is best left in the past. I don't have any recent reason to hold their attitude against them.
Psychotext
Member
Not going to argue that there's a lot of junk on there... but 90% is well off. Someone ran the metacritic numbers on them at one point and there was a pretty good spread.HolyStar said:
gregor7777
Banned
Psychotext said:
Agreed, and one man's garbage.....
My father loves all the old ass arcade games people seem to hate, and my wife loves the puzzle games, and my daughter loves the kiddie type games.
In having so vast a selection, there really is something for everyone, but not everything will please just one person.
I would say that the ratio of good/bad games on XBLA is likely to be very similar to the ratio for full retail games. There are lots of games on XBLA that aren't the type of games that I really like, but I certainly wouldn't call them crap.Psychotext said:
As for N+, I was one of the winners of the "Pick the Level Names" contest. I hadn't bought the game yet so this works out pretty well... although I might need to go buy a new controller now to replace the one I will inevitably break.
Stoney Mason
Banned
Very fun game. Tried the single player and didn't see what all the hullabaloo was about but then tried the multiplayer with a friend and I completely got it.
rohlfinator
Member
Heh, this game always amazes me with the realization that one extra player can turn deaths from being "throw-your-controller-across-the-room frustrating" to being straight-up hilarious.Stoney Mason said:
(Not that the single player is bad, by any means, but frustration sets in a lot sooner when you're playing by yourself.)