Miles Quaritch
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I wish I knew. It's getting pretty annoying seeing games I really want on sale but not to being able to buy them.
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XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) News, Announcements, Reviews, and Impressions Thread
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I wish I knew. It's getting pretty annoying seeing games I really want on sale but not to being able to buy them.
Vert boil
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toythatkills
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Gonna give Charlie Murder a miss because I've heard that while it can be fun, the enemies later on are total bullet sponges, which sounds about as little fun as I can imagine in a game of this type.
Plus, it saves me some HDD space! Games on Gold and a few GoD sales have destroyed my free space, my 250GB drive is down to its final 5GB and that's having deleted loads of XBLA and XBLIG stuff to make room. I have a rule, though. I am not allowed to delete any XBLA game unless I have achieved all of the achievements for it, so if I am to make some room, I have to clear my backlog.
(The exception to this is Dungeon Defenders, which is the shittiest game I've ever played and I happily reclaimed my 2GB having earned no achievements at all in however many hours of my life I wasted waiting for it to get fun. It never did.)
So, yeah, I've been backlog clearing. Pretty much looking for the games with the biggest file-sizes or quickest achievement hunts.
Crash Course 2 you all know, I guess. I know it has some critics but I really like this game, and the freemium nature is almost non-existent, there was no point at which I couldn't afford something else to do. It's quite a satisfying 400/400, having got achievements for skill (no dying!) and for exploration, too, nice and varied.
Trine 2 just has really easy achievements. I don't think much to the game though, tbh. It's so clearly designed for co-op and the puzzles seem to have been just left as they were when you're playing single-player. This means that half the puzzles in the game I solved by fudging the physics in some way because the proper elegantly designed solutions were unavailable. Really hard to feel satisfied this way.
Harm's Way took literally 2 minutes. I should have got the last few I needed years ago.
World Gone Sour is bizarre. It's not brilliant, the platforming and collision detection are amateur at best, but it's still somehow fun, ish. It's incredibly dark, though, humour-wise, which is kind of weird for a candy tie-in but I guess I don't know how these things are marketed in the US! When you beat the game you unlock a rap video about penis pumps. Not a joke.
That's four cleared in two days! Running out of easy ones now, though :lol
Plus, it saves me some HDD space! Games on Gold and a few GoD sales have destroyed my free space, my 250GB drive is down to its final 5GB and that's having deleted loads of XBLA and XBLIG stuff to make room. I have a rule, though. I am not allowed to delete any XBLA game unless I have achieved all of the achievements for it, so if I am to make some room, I have to clear my backlog.
(The exception to this is Dungeon Defenders, which is the shittiest game I've ever played and I happily reclaimed my 2GB having earned no achievements at all in however many hours of my life I wasted waiting for it to get fun. It never did.)
So, yeah, I've been backlog clearing. Pretty much looking for the games with the biggest file-sizes or quickest achievement hunts.
Crash Course 2 you all know, I guess. I know it has some critics but I really like this game, and the freemium nature is almost non-existent, there was no point at which I couldn't afford something else to do. It's quite a satisfying 400/400, having got achievements for skill (no dying!) and for exploration, too, nice and varied.
Trine 2 just has really easy achievements. I don't think much to the game though, tbh. It's so clearly designed for co-op and the puzzles seem to have been just left as they were when you're playing single-player. This means that half the puzzles in the game I solved by fudging the physics in some way because the proper elegantly designed solutions were unavailable. Really hard to feel satisfied this way.
Harm's Way took literally 2 minutes. I should have got the last few I needed years ago.
World Gone Sour is bizarre. It's not brilliant, the platforming and collision detection are amateur at best, but it's still somehow fun, ish. It's incredibly dark, though, humour-wise, which is kind of weird for a candy tie-in but I guess I don't know how these things are marketed in the US! When you beat the game you unlock a rap video about penis pumps. Not a joke.
That's four cleared in two days! Running out of easy ones now, though :lol
MikeJAMoran
Member
Really annoyed I can't buy El Shaddai!
Chiaroscuro
Member
The GoD version of DSII was a experiment from Cave, which published themselves on the US marketplace. Usually they licence their games to local publishers, but I guess demand for DSII was that right (poor reviews) to make a retail release. I guess publishing agreements hold the digital release of it in other markets.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Bought Charlie Murder. I'm a fan of Ska Studios and this looks fun. Castle Crashers with loot drops and crafting. Plus an awesome soundtrack.
Monkeylord
Member
It's not even at retail. JPN and US only... and to add insult to injury it's also region locked.
Miles Quaritch
Member
No wonder I couldn't find a PAL copy on Amazon. This is pure BS. Gah.
Don't watch Kick Ass 2. For the love of God, do not watch Kick Ass 2.
Vert boil
Member
Took a while for it to go up but the Runner 2 dlc also came out today.
Runner 2
--Good Friends Character Pack - 240msp
Runner 2
--Good Friends Character Pack - 240msp
Twisted Pixel is slowly becoming one of my favorite MS devs as I play through their bundle. I just started Splosion Man, and as I usually do I play around with settings before I jump into a game. I laughed when I saw SPLODE show up in the controls menu for buttons A, B, X, and Y, along with an option to map the controls from Splode to Splode. And then the game gives me an achievement for doing this. Lol... love these guys.
edit: I'm genuinely impressed with this game. Splosion Man has fantastic game play.
edit: I'm genuinely impressed with this game. Splosion Man has fantastic game play.
Don't forget to play the co-op levels! It's definitely one of the best platformers of this gen and easily their best game IMO. If you want more of this you should also get Ms 'Splosion Man, it's not as good but it's still a decent game.
BTW after playing the Charlie Murder trial I can say that this looks like Ska's best work so far, game will probably be a blast at co-op, curious to see if the 800 points price will help the game sales wise.
hospitaldriver
Member
Got some points burning a hole in my virtual wallet, 2200 to be precise, what should I pick up?
Played the State of Decay demo and it ran like a dog for some reason. Has this been patched?
Been looking at either Blood Dragon or Gunslinger, kind of put off Blood Dragon due to me going through Far Cry 3 at the moment.
Played the State of Decay demo and it ran like a dog for some reason. Has this been patched?
Been looking at either Blood Dragon or Gunslinger, kind of put off Blood Dragon due to me going through Far Cry 3 at the moment.
Haven't played Blood Dragon yet (I'm waiting for a sale
) but Gunslinger is a really great game and definitely worth it for 1200 points...game looks and runs really smooth, story, characters and the Bastion-like storytelling is well made, gunplay/gameplay is excellent and the replay value is amazing for a downloadable title with NG+ for higher difficulties, Arcade missions and a Duel mode.I've spent more than 20hrs on this one and had a blast, I'll just say play the demo and if you like it then you'll most definitely love the whole game.
Vert boil
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http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258411414/1033/screenlg1.jpg
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The Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that forces the player to reevaluate their preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures. Explore increasingly difficult worlds, each uniquely detailed and designed to leave the player with a pronounced sense of intellectual accomplishment. The Bridge exemplifies games as an art form, with beautifully hand-drawn art in the style of a black-and-white lithograph.
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Capy have started putting out trading cards for the Super TIME Force characters. One a week.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Super TIME Force shoulda been an SoA game.
Yeah it looks great, hopefully the puzzles are as interesting as the art direction of the game.
Super TIME Force shoulda been an SoA game.
Yes it should be but I guess we should be thankful that we'll be able to play this on our 360 sometime soon without the next gen plans of MS getting in the way like Crimson Dragon which is now a XB1 exclusive and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood which probably got delayed due to a simultaneous 360/XB1 release.
SonicXtreme
Member
the whole game is the same fight over and over and over again
it's great if you're on drugs though, the art and sounds are incredible.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Although this is an XBLA thread and not a Windows/PC thread, since GAF's achievement community lives here, I thought this might be worth cross-linking:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=652647
GFWL Marketplace ends August 22nd. GFWL games can still be bought on Steam and come with achievements, but some of the games (like CarneyVale Showtime's Windows version) only exist on GFWLM. So you only have a week to buy those if you want the achievements ever.
TA inexplicably is not covering this yet.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=652647
GFWL Marketplace ends August 22nd. GFWL games can still be bought on Steam and come with achievements, but some of the games (like CarneyVale Showtime's Windows version) only exist on GFWLM. So you only have a week to buy those if you want the achievements ever.
TA inexplicably is not covering this yet.
Chiaroscuro
Member
What happens if I already own the game and want to reinstall it later? The Marketplace launcher will not work? Can I re-install the games from xbox.com?
There is also the exclusive Dark Void GFWL version there, plus a couple of indie games (Where is Waldo, Wolrd of Goo, among others).
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Redownloading is apparently possible.
I have a full list in the above thread of every GFWL game and what the deal is going forward (which can't be bought, which can be bought on Steam but when GFWL shuts down will be toast, which have GFWL-free versions)
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
for now, yes, GFWL still exists.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Probably better that they can take their sweet time instead of crunching to get onto SoA.Super TIME Force shoulda been an SoA game.
Vert boil
Member
Released today,
Mark of the Ninja
--Special Edition - 400msp
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Game with gold bits, (these expire in a fortnight)
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero - free (was 400)
Dead Rising 2 - free (was 2400/30$)
Biohazard: Code Veronica - free (was 1200¥) Japanese gold account needed
Lost Planet 2 - free (was 20) German gold account needed
Additional reductions, (these expire in a fortnight)
(these are currently listed as gold only. The previous extra offers have all (eventually) been available to everyone. We'll have to wait and see.)
Dead Rising: Case West - 400msp (was 800)
Dead Rising 2
--Skills Pack: Ninja - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills Pack: Psycho - 80msp (was 160) (If the psycho's give you trouble, consider buying this one. Rips straight through them.)
--Skills Pack: Soldier - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills Pack: Sports Fan - 80msp (was 160)
Mark of the Ninja
--Special Edition - 400msp
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Game with gold bits, (these expire in a fortnight)
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero - free (was 400)
Dead Rising 2 - free (was 2400/30$)
Biohazard: Code Veronica - free (was 1200¥) Japanese gold account needed
Lost Planet 2 - free (was 20) German gold account needed
Additional reductions, (these expire in a fortnight)
(these are currently listed as gold only. The previous extra offers have all (eventually) been available to everyone. We'll have to wait and see.)
Dead Rising: Case West - 400msp (was 800)
Dead Rising 2
--Skills Pack: Ninja - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills Pack: Psycho - 80msp (was 160) (If the psycho's give you trouble, consider buying this one. Rips straight through them.)
--Skills Pack: Soldier - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills Pack: Sports Fan - 80msp (was 160)
Miles Quaritch
Member
Would have preferred free CV to DR2. Ah well...
Also, MoTN DLC is finally here. Looks like it has a few new achievements too.
Also, MoTN DLC is finally here. Looks like it has a few new achievements too.
hospitaldriver
Member
Many thanks to everyone who recommended Gunslinger, what a great little game. Fantastic story telling
Yeah CV would've been really cool, wondering if I could download it if I made a new Japanese account and get the one month of free Gold...I guess it will probably be region locked. :/
About the new Mark of the Ninja DLC on one hand it has new achievements but on the other hand I have a feeling that it will be on the short side and the price isn't helping either. And of course right now on my account I have 360 points...oh well.
Have fun, the game is indeed great!
Anyone else "bargain" with themselves as they go through their backlog? I love getting completions but I've already decided I'll go for 175/200 in Splosion Man and something like ~890/1000 in Halo 1 (not an xbla game I know).
I can't sing enough praise onto Splosion Man. The level design and game play is so crisp and satisfying and challenging. It feels great pulling off difficult splode jumps. And I really enjoy sploding off of green barrels and flying at super speed, especially in those rare sequences where the camera zooms in after a green barrel jump.
Splosion Man himself is hilariously hyper. I love his animations whenever you let go of the stick or splode buttons.
The only negative, as Stump mentioned a couple of pages ago, is the colour variety. The puzzles and platforms and level design in general is superb and varies excellently from level to level. But the colours and backgrounds are so repetitive.
I can't sing enough praise onto Splosion Man. The level design and game play is so crisp and satisfying and challenging. It feels great pulling off difficult splode jumps. And I really enjoy sploding off of green barrels and flying at super speed, especially in those rare sequences where the camera zooms in after a green barrel jump.
Splosion Man himself is hilariously hyper. I love his animations whenever you let go of the stick or splode buttons.
The only negative, as Stump mentioned a couple of pages ago, is the colour variety. The puzzles and platforms and level design in general is superb and varies excellently from level to level. But the colours and backgrounds are so repetitive.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
'Splosion Man reminds me of Crash Bandicoot and I don't even know why. It's just platforming bliss at its best.
I am thinking of getting it. Do you get some decent exercise while playing it? I am on a Kinect kick and trying to find games that are both fun and require a bit of energy to play.
chemicals
Member
Ms Splosion Man is even better, if you can handle all of that PINK.
I have to disagree. It certainly has more variety, but I found the backgrounds in certain levels to be extremely distracting. Especially in the air car segments. It is a little busy for its own good, but still very solid.
you guys are making me want to play Splosion Man and Gunslinger again. don't think I ever even finished splosion man actually, oddly.
I need more free time.
I need more free time.
I don't think it's a Kinect game, is it?
Miles Quaritch
Member
You're thinking of Gunstringer.
Ha! Complete brain fart there. All the Twisted Pixel talk in the last several posts broke my brain... Well I still would like an answer from anyone who has played Gunstringer. Is it an active physical experience, or is it just painting targets with your arm?
Miles Quaritch
Member
I've heard good things but I haven't played it myself as I don't have Kinect.
Here's a pretty in depth gameplay demo,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJBuZdRZHs
Hope that answers any questions you have...(apologies for it being German)
I'm getting to this point myself- I was wondering what the best/most cost effective way to expand your xbox drive space?
320GB HD, and a buncha usb3.0 flash drives with a high speed splitter?
The Culture Vulture
Member
Yeah I prefer the original as well, my favorite XBLA game. Got all cheevos for Splosion Man but can't do it for the misses since the multiplayer is pretty much dead.
I started playing Comic Jumper this week...I've put it off forever and now I know why. I enjoy the Twisted Pixel meta humor but the gameplay is just not fun. Laboring to finish it and I'm only on the second (guest) comic.
statham
Member
its the same price on amazon too. should be the price going forward.