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XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) News, Announcements, Reviews, and Impressions Thread
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
What is this?
Before it got cancelled forever NBA Live 13 was going to be salvaged as a digital only release.
Oh wow, Mushroom Men! I thought the Wii game was kinda neat. Surprised the IP has survived.
This game sounds horrible man... You were bitching about it when you didn't spend money and now that you've spent money on the microtransactions it's fun? I'll try to keep an open mind if I ever try it but it sounds like a pay-to-win game rather than a free-to-play game.
I used to have reservations about Doritos Crash Course 2 but it is soooo good, and you don't have to spend a single cent. I haven't spent a dime on the game and I'm well on my way to the 400/400.
Haven't played the game yet, but the other posters it sounds like they're talking about the in-game money you earn, not actual money/MS points.
Yes. Silver is free currency earned from fights, gold is the paid-for currency (that you also get free from leveling up). I haven't spent an actual cent on the game.
So I found Joy Ride Turbo on my HDD. Seems like I bought it and forgot about it (I do this a lot with digital titles).
Just started playing this today though and I'm having fun with it. It is actually pretty cool. Wouldn't have thought that since that Kinect game sucked so much.
Just started playing this today though and I'm having fun with it. It is actually pretty cool. Wouldn't have thought that since that Kinect game sucked so much.
toythatkills
Member
Or paying.
milkybar1983
Member
Doodle Jump Kinect release today (400msp)
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Product/Doodle-Jump-for-Kinect/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113f6
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Product/Doodle-Jump-for-Kinect/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113f6
Vert boil
Member
Any word on wether Doodle Jump has a controller option or not? No way do I want to play a hectic platformer by jumping around in front of my TV. I'll be evicted after 20 minutes!
On top of that, gold is incredibly expensive and absolutely not worth it. I'm level 13, out of 50, and I'm already seeing weapons that cost 35-40 gold, and they're just level 17 weapons. What's a level 35 weapon going to cost; 250 gold? That's over 1600MSP. For one weapon that you would be able to buy with free currency 2-3 hours later. Who the fuck does Ubi think is going to do that? This game is going to make 0 dollars.
But it doesn't work like that and they fucked up the F2P model pretty badly. What you can buy with gold is just a shortcut to items/characters available at later levels, but it's not like the game offers you a level 45 character when you're level 5. It offers you a level 7 character. He's not going to have much more luck with the boss with that. Ubisoft is being incredibly stupid with this, they're trying to keep the game balance by not allowing pay to win, but that means that they're not offering anything worth buying.
On top of that, gold is incredibly expensive and absolutely not worth it. I'm level 13, out of 50, and I'm already seeing weapons that cost 35-40 gold, and they're just level 17 weapons. What's a level 35 weapon going to cost; 250 gold? That's over 1600MSP. For one weapon that you would be able to buy with free currency 2-3 hours later. Who the fuck does Ubi think is going to do that? This game is going to make 0 dollars.
There is quite a lot of grinding to get your fame up, yes, but you can beat Oenemaus by buying a semi-decent dual dagger or dual sword character and, in the fight, holding down on the left stick and mashing X. Yes, the game is that easy to break!
Vert boil
Member
You can only play with the kinect. You just move sideways and do things with your arms,
toythatkills
Member
It's Kinect only, and shit, naturally. The game itself actually could be pretty good, because it has decent scoring mechanics and so would be quite fun to battle on leaderboards. It also looks really good, it's bright and colourful, and Doodle Jump has always been a good game.
The problem, naturally, is the controls. They seemed to work well enough but the whole time you're asking yourself what the point is. It's just control by gestures, like basically every single "motion control" game aside from Dance Central is. You move left and right to move left and right, but you could do that on a controller. You clap to activate powers but that's just the equivalent of "press A." Every single thing the game does has its equivalent on the controller, and so it's just completely and utterly pointless.
When Kinect is exciting (so, just Dance Central) it's because it's giving us experiences that we simply can't get on a controller, or that are genuinely improved because of the way the controls are implemented. Doodle Jump is a controller game with its buttons mapped to gestures, and so is just a waste of time.
I'll probably get it if it's ever 160pts though.
You jump to go higher on trampolines
I really don't get the point of that. I can find some dumb fun in pretending to swing a baseball bat in Home Run Stars and likewise throwing the pitch in Diabolical Pitch, so even though both game designs would've been playable with a controller, I can understand why they're Kinect games. It just is kinda fun to pretend to bat.
But I don't understand the point of making a Kinect platformer at all. That doesn't sound any more fun than using a controller in any possible way.
Vert boil
Member
Ahh, sorry about that. Browsed through a few previews that didn't mention it or said the opposite and the first chunk of the demo didn't have any jumps.
Vert boil
Member
Big sale next week - http://majornelson.com/2013/06/28/xbox-live-ultimate-game-sale-preview/
statham
Member
I disagree. I think it is more representative of a licensed title than a f2p game. Regardless, the frame rate makes it damn near unplayable.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Heh, not like the GoD thread is going to be the stage for much excitement
I own:
Maybe if the price is right:
Nope (either because I'd rather on PC or because you couldn't pay me to take them):
I just picked a double dagger guy and spammed hold down+XXXXXXXXX over and over.
Beat him first try. :/
You can get a long way with double dagger d+XXXXXXX I've found.
Anyone else have any move chain for another style the AI/a particular style can't really deal with?
https://twitter.com/4JStudios
Death by creeper if old.
Dem legs. It's getting pretty damn close to 10 million units sold.
toythatkills
Member
Is it the best selling game of all time on Xbox 360 yet?
I'm just guessing here, but it's probably a few million units behind Halo 3, GTA IV and the CODs.
Vert boil
Member
Nothing official, devs have just said the next couple of months.
Wikipedia dude has it down for the last Wednesday of July but he's had a few misses lately, probably due to SoA shenanigans.
Doug Heffernan
Member
That's a stretch, even if this was a Steam sale. No way Microsoft would go that low on these.
I could definitely see the older games like Prey going for $1-3 though.
Holy crap at those Minecraft numbers!
toythatkills
Member
Some more new heads in Battleblock, one for logging in and one for completing a playlist.
I've tried the solo playlist but I'm stuck as hell on the ninth level. I can't work it out at all. I can get to a bit with some fans where you have a one-block gap to jump through over some spikes but yeah, fans pointing down make a jump impossible. I've no idea what I'm supposed to do to get through that.
I've tried the solo playlist but I'm stuck as hell on the ninth level. I can't work it out at all. I can get to a bit with some fans where you have a one-block gap to jump through over some spikes but yeah, fans pointing down make a jump impossible. I've no idea what I'm supposed to do to get through that.
blackMamba1187
Member
Linkified w/pre-sale price (as of 6/28):
$40 Assassin’s Creed 3
$60 Bioshock Infinite
$40 Borderlands 2
$30 Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
$20 Bulletstorm
$15 Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
$20 Crysis
$60 Crysis 3
$30 Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga
$15 Dragon Age Origins
$60 Far Cry 3
$20 Far Cry Instincts Predator
$40 Forza Horizon
$40 Gears Judgement
$30 Hasbro Family Game Night 3
$30 Hitman Absolution
$30 Kinect Sports 2
$30 Left 4 Dead 2
$20 Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes
$30 Lego Lord of the Rings
$15 Mass Effect
$40 Max Payne 3
$50 Metal Gear Rising: Revengence
$30 Monopoly Streets
$15 Perfect Dark Zero
$20 Prey
$15 Rockstar Table Tennis
$20 The Orange Box
$30 Tomb Raider
$40 Witcher 2
$60 WWE 13 GonD
$40 X-com: Enemy Unknown
$40 Assassin’s Creed 3
$60 Bioshock Infinite
$40 Borderlands 2
$30 Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
$20 Bulletstorm
$15 Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
$20 Crysis
$60 Crysis 3
$30 Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga
$15 Dragon Age Origins
$60 Far Cry 3
$20 Far Cry Instincts Predator
$40 Forza Horizon
$40 Gears Judgement
$30 Hasbro Family Game Night 3
$30 Hitman Absolution
$30 Kinect Sports 2
$30 Left 4 Dead 2
$20 Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes
$30 Lego Lord of the Rings
$15 Mass Effect
$40 Max Payne 3
$50 Metal Gear Rising: Revengence
$30 Monopoly Streets
$15 Perfect Dark Zero
$20 Prey
$15 Rockstar Table Tennis
$20 The Orange Box
$30 Tomb Raider
$40 Witcher 2
$60 WWE 13 GonD
$40 X-com: Enemy Unknown
Awesome! Thank you
I really wish they'd toss everything up at once, or at least let people know prices ahead of time... There's a few things I'd like On Demand [or would grab if stupid cheap]
-only I have a limited amount of points to spend and will more than likely pass up something I would get on the off chance of getting something else in the future [but then don't because what I was holding out for was barely on sale]
There were three or four games last GoD sale I would've gotten if I wasn't holding out... :/
I'll be looking out for Far Cry 3. Just picked up X-Com last week, so hopefully this won't be too cheap! (although its still £45 on GoD at the moment anyway...
xcom will be $19.99
Prepare to be disappointed
Down+Y for trident, XXX for shield+spear, down+XXX for dual sword, YY for two-handed sword and forward+YY for two-handed hammer. The game has almost zero balance or thought behind the fighting mechanics. Can't believe this company thinks that they specialize in fighting games...
This weekend is double fame weekend, supposedly. They might skip it and focus on the server issues, I think. But if it does kick in, I'm going to give it a few hours to see how much it speeds up the grind before I decide if I'm going to bother with level 50 or not.
Monumental
Banned
Why do you dislike Forza Horizon?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I don't play driving games and I already own a gazillion of them that I haven't played.
Monumental
Banned
Fair enough. That tends to happen to me too.
*Looks at the Criterion Need for Speed games begging me to play them*
Family Fry
Member
Hope you don't mind me putting them into price order, from highest to lowest in $.
I did add the current GoD GBP £ price too, although that confuses things more as the prices really do vary from USA-UK.
So as region specific GoD sale amounts may apply?
Edit- For some reason I thought this was the sale thread and not the XBLA thread, may shift this into the appropriate thread as it's a great list compiled by blackMamba1187.
I did add the current GoD GBP £ price too, although that confuses things more as the prices really do vary from USA-UK.
So as region specific GoD sale amounts may apply?
Edit- For some reason I thought this was the sale thread and not the XBLA thread, may shift this into the appropriate thread as it's a great list compiled by blackMamba1187.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Disgraceful that games like BS:Infinite and Judgement are still £50. Even more so that were even put up for that price in the first place.
How does charging £10 more than retail even make sense?
How does charging £10 more than retail even make sense?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Looks like there's another Arcade bundle incoming.
ilomilo, ITSP, Lazy Raiders and The Splatters.
Lifelower found an image of another bundle, this time of Kinect XBLA games.
- Dragon's Lair
- Diabolical Pitch
- Wreckateer
- Haunt
- Home Run Stars
GoD could have been something but the bullshit prices kills it.
I bought Skulls of the Shogun yesterday and I'm really enjoying it. Not many turn based strategy games on XBLA, but I'd have to say that this is the best one from what little I have played. I did read/hear that it didn't do well in sales which is a big disappointment. I hope they do better on STEAM.
It's the official MSRP. Steam works the same way, as new and recent games are usually priced 10-15 higher than retail here. If Steam didn't have those mega sales, it would be as shit as GoD.
That's actually a pretty good pack. That's all the playable, even kind of enjoyable, Kinect games on XBLA. Aside from Fruit Ninja, I suppose.
Wait, Skulls is a Microsoft-owned game. Do those actually show up on Steam? I thought they just went to the Windows Store or whatever it is.labadal said:
Also, there's Military Madness, Vandal Hearts, Band of Bugs, Commanders, Greed Corp and Panzer General on XBLA. I don't know which one's the best but if you like the genre, there's lots more to check out after you finish Skulls.
Microsoft published, not owned. In this case they self-published on Steam, but Microsoft does publish plenty of games on Steam, including Deadlight, Mark of the Ninja, and my own Dust: An Elysian Tail.