Hitler Stole My Potato
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OMG! PUZZL FIGHTER 24 HOUR XBLA EXCLUSIVE! EAT IT PS3! EAT IT NOW!
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IGN XBOX 360 has a new preview of Commanders: Attack!
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/814/814162p1.html
They also have some brand new video footage.
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/949/949502/vids_1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/814/814162p1.html
They also have some brand new video footage.
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/949/949502/vids_1.html
I just had my mind blown by Space Giraffe. It looks so fucking good.. I wasn't even drunk or stoned but I felt like I was whilst playing it. So incredibly trippy.
I had been waiting for this game for a while, even though I've never liked any Minter game before. Then the bad reviews came, and then a friend of mine who had also been waiting for it tried the demo and said it was crap. So I didn't have much hope and downloaded the demo instead of the full game like I was planning. But 2 minutes in and I had to buy the full game because this is just too awesome.
I had been waiting for this game for a while, even though I've never liked any Minter game before. Then the bad reviews came, and then a friend of mine who had also been waiting for it tried the demo and said it was crap. So I didn't have much hope and downloaded the demo instead of the full game like I was planning. But 2 minutes in and I had to buy the full game because this is just too awesome.
Steverulez
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Sensible Soccer got delayed until September I think...
Shard said:
The Codemasters site for SWOS now says "Summer 2007". Was that always the case?
http://www.codemasters.co.uk/games/?gameid=2546
PepsimanVsJoe
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I can't get into Space Giraffe. Too much going on at once and my poor eyes can't take it.
Yeah, I'm feeling the same. I don't think I've ever died once in a way that was actually my fault. Every single time, it's just "WHAT THE FUCK?!" and I have zero clue what exactly killed me.PepsimanVsJoe said:
When you get hit by enemies, you have a slight pause to pull off a "tail bomb" and save yourself. Getting hit by flowers and bullets should've provided the same option to make it more playable. It'd still be pretty damn hard, and Minter claims in that presentation that he didn't even want SG to be hard. He failed!
I must've "gotten it" now, seeing as how I shot up from 100+ to position #9 on the leaderboards. :lol
The key for me is looking for flowers, catching them before they bloom. You can see the green lines showing that they're about to spawn and, basically, you never have to keep track of the basic enemies so you can just focus on keeping your power zone up and getting rid of flowers before they grow (I have never needed to actually actively keep them around to expand the power zone as you have the jump pods for that).
Later on, there's worse enemies that kill you when you reach the rim and shoot diagonally and annoying shit like that. Trick to killing them is to either push them off the edge (of the max power zone) like you'd take out a flower, or wait for them to reach the rim and jump and shoot them.
Kind of annoying that Minter's pretty clueless about his own game, though. In that Google presentation he talks about not having brick walls and not having difficulty spikes, but I think he's completely wrong. Every time a new enemy is introduced, there's both a brick wall and a huge spike for me. I need to practice it a few times to "get" the enemies, and if I'm getting there from level 1 I can be sure that my score ends there. Figuring new enemies out takes a bunch of extra lives, considering the fact that you don't really have time to focus completely on what they're doing with all the chaos going around. It's a very stop-and-start game and you have to start over a hell of a lot if you want a score or the 1-to-100 levels achievement.
It's getting more fun as I learn more, though. 400 well spent!
The key for me is looking for flowers, catching them before they bloom. You can see the green lines showing that they're about to spawn and, basically, you never have to keep track of the basic enemies so you can just focus on keeping your power zone up and getting rid of flowers before they grow (I have never needed to actually actively keep them around to expand the power zone as you have the jump pods for that).
Later on, there's worse enemies that kill you when you reach the rim and shoot diagonally and annoying shit like that. Trick to killing them is to either push them off the edge (of the max power zone) like you'd take out a flower, or wait for them to reach the rim and jump and shoot them.
Kind of annoying that Minter's pretty clueless about his own game, though. In that Google presentation he talks about not having brick walls and not having difficulty spikes, but I think he's completely wrong. Every time a new enemy is introduced, there's both a brick wall and a huge spike for me. I need to practice it a few times to "get" the enemies, and if I'm getting there from level 1 I can be sure that my score ends there. Figuring new enemies out takes a bunch of extra lives, considering the fact that you don't really have time to focus completely on what they're doing with all the chaos going around. It's a very stop-and-start game and you have to start over a hell of a lot if you want a score or the 1-to-100 levels achievement.
It's getting more fun as I learn more, though. 400 well spent!
Doomgaze-MWFR
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Someone can tell me if super puzzle fighter is the same of Dr Robotnik Mean Bean's machine ? Which was an awesome game
Forgotten Ancient
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Just finished playing space giraffe for about 30 minutes. I feel a little funny now, and the first picture I saw on GAF after I was done looked like it was animated but it wasn't.
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Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
Shard said:
Switchball looks fun and I like how it looks. The night-time stage is nice!
Hitler Stole My Potato
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Switchball is the new XBLA hotness.
Open Source
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gameshark.com has a weekly feature called "This Week in Downloads" that gives general comments, but not scores. http://www.gameshark.com/features.htm
Crab Milk Mickey
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Correct.Hitler Stole My Potato said:
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Gowans007 said:
http://www.xblarcade.com/node/1027
DLC Reviews: (Buy, Fanboys Only, or Deny)
* Lumines Live! Packs -- Deny
* Mad Tracks Encore -- Buy
* Soltrio Solitaire Game Packs 1-3 -- Fanboys Only (And we're up to Pack #5 now)
* Small Arms: Ivar & Gullarp -- Fanboys Only
BenjaminBirdie
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Hitler Stole My Potato said:
BioBall. I love it. Andrew Ryan has created an uncompromising marble game that could not have been made by conventional means.
Wow, I can't wait for next week.
Anybody got any info (a name would be great too) for that Siera game, It looked like a total ripoff of AdvancedWars I saw a video for it on Gametrailers but can't find it now. That's the game I can't wait for, if it has online play (which I'm guessing it does I'm so there.
Anybody got any info (a name would be great too
) for that Siera game, It looked like a total ripoff of AdvancedWars I saw a video for it on Gametrailers but can't find it now. That's the game I can't wait for, if it has online play (which I'm guessing it does I'm so there.BenjaminBirdie
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AstroLad said:
And I found Mad Tracks worthless, much less its DLC. What is the matter with us.
CajoleJuice
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SOTN and Geometry Wars were my first XBLA purchases as a 360 owner. Geometry Wars is fuckin' awesome. I'm probably going to be playing it for 30 mins every night before I go to bed for a while. I have 800 points ready for Puzzle Fighter.
besiktas1 said:Wow, I can't wait for next week.
Anybody got any info (a name would be great too
Yea, that would be Commanders: Attack! and I posted the new IGN Preview and thier video footage of the game a couple of pages back.
http://blogs.capcomusa.com/blogs/digital.php/2007/08/22/rocketmen_feature
On the Capcom Digital Blog attention is being shifted to another one of their upcoming multiformat downloadable games, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil. Detailed on said page is Rocketmen's character customization features, multiplayer, and some new screenshots.
On the Capcom Digital Blog attention is being shifted to another one of their upcoming multiformat downloadable games, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil. Detailed on said page is Rocketmen's character customization features, multiplayer, and some new screenshots.
Review Round-Up: Gamespot on Space Giraffe (Good)
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/spacegiraffe/review.html?sid=6177425
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/spacegiraffe/review.html?sid=6177425
Bearillusion
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AstroLad said:
I second this.
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/900/900198/img_4826271.html
Right, here were hace the first background unveiled for Super Street Fighter II HD Remix, it is Balrog's stage and just try not to point and laugh at it.
Right, here were hace the first background unveiled for Super Street Fighter II HD Remix, it is Balrog's stage and just try not to point and laugh at it.
http://www.xblarcade.com/node/1048
Right, those in the know are probably aware that Metal Slug has been slated to hit the favored XBLA service for sometime now. According to our friends over at XBLArcade.com SNK Playmore has come clean with the details that it will be in actuality one Metal Slug 3 according to their website. Those looking for corresponding evidence might want to check the big TGA Game list where under SNK Playmore they do indeed have Metal Slug 3 (in addition to Fatal Fury Special) slated to appear at TGS.
Right, those in the know are probably aware that Metal Slug has been slated to hit the favored XBLA service for sometime now. According to our friends over at XBLArcade.com SNK Playmore has come clean with the details that it will be in actuality one Metal Slug 3 according to their website. Those looking for corresponding evidence might want to check the big TGA Game list where under SNK Playmore they do indeed have Metal Slug 3 (in addition to Fatal Fury Special) slated to appear at TGS.
http://www.xblarcade.com/node/1052
Bit of an update on Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Gamecock has been announced as the publisher for the game, downloadable platforms remain unspecified.
Bit of an update on Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Gamecock has been announced as the publisher for the game, downloadable platforms remain unspecified.
So I went digging around the old PN today again. I saw that Axis of Evil game but it was password protected so I didn't bother. Would've been nice to try.
The real find, though, was an actual factual manic vertical shmup. :O
No, it's not by Cave and it's not Ikaruga (and it's not by Treasure either), but it's a japanese arcade game now converted, which has to count for something. At least more than Aegis Wing. Either way it played fine and was fairly fun to me. Perhaps not the best entry into the genre, but the downloadable services have been sorely lacking true shmupping action.
And the achievements are in-fucking-sane. Like worse than Robotron. It has one for beating the game without ever dying, one for beating the game using no bombs, and one for not dying, not bombing and not missing a single boss (and from what I've played, some of the midbosses leave really quickly before you get a chance to blow them up). That's just stupid hard, and I love it.
The real find, though, was an actual factual manic vertical shmup. :O
No, it's not by Cave and it's not Ikaruga (and it's not by Treasure either), but it's a japanese arcade game now converted, which has to count for something. At least more than Aegis Wing. Either way it played fine and was fairly fun to me. Perhaps not the best entry into the genre, but the downloadable services have been sorely lacking true shmupping action.
And the achievements are in-fucking-sane. Like worse than Robotron. It has one for beating the game without ever dying, one for beating the game using no bombs, and one for not dying, not bombing and not missing a single boss (and from what I've played, some of the midbosses leave really quickly before you get a chance to blow them up). That's just stupid hard, and I love it.
Crab Milk Mickey
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That's how achievement should be.aku:jiki said:And the achievements are in-fucking-sane. Like worse than Robotron. It has one for beating the game without ever dying, one for beating the game using no bombs, and one for not dying, not bombing and not missing a single boss (and from what I've played, some of the midbosses leave really quickly before you get a chance to blow them up). That's just stupid hard, and I love it.
Review Round-Up: Gamespot.com on Street Trace: NYC. (Mediocre)
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/streettracenyc/review.html?sid=6177548
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/streettracenyc/review.html?sid=6177548
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