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Xbox 360 Live demo availability thread
- Thread starter LakeEarth
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DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Damn. I just left the house too. I could've had it DL'ing while I'm at the office. Oh well, no biggie.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Any impressions?
Mine finished in like 20 minuets at most. Framerate is jittery and the grahics are uneven. Some areas look amazing but other stuff looks like crap. The gameplay had been pretty fun, similar to prince of persia, till i got to the first bullshit "crate pushing onto buttons" puzzle inside the temple. Dont know if its bugged or im just missing something but i cant figure it out.
TheDuce22 said:
I thought the same thing about the framerate, but I think it's just the water effects and waterfalls. There are some ground textures that arent bump-mapped and look real strange next to the other shiny, blinged out textures; that kind of bugged me. Aside from those minor graphical problems, the game looks amazing-- especially for a port. So far I really love the animations, theyre so damn fluid.
And I cant fucking figure out this button-crate puzzle too :-0
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah, I've slowed to a crawl too.
First time this has happened to me with an XBL Demo. Did that many people make the switch last weekend? Maybe all this damn fresh supply at retail? GET OFF OUR SERVERS, JOHNNY COME LATELYS!
First time this has happened to me with an XBL Demo. Did that many people make the switch last weekend? Maybe all this damn fresh supply at retail? GET OFF OUR SERVERS, JOHNNY COME LATELYS!
It took me roughly 15 minutes to download. I'm really impressed. The main problem with the recent Tomb Raider games was the controls, and the setting. The controls have been completly fleshed out, and this does feel more like the recent Prince of Persia games, although I would say the actual jumping controls and such seem even more intuitive. The graphics are a mixed bag. It looks like an XBOX game, but with random elements looking a lot sharper then others. Not really a next gen Tomb Raider, but we never really had a good one last gen so this will work. A lot of fun. The lock on mechanics for shooting are spot on, but make the fighting a little to easy, but that isn't that important really.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Ditto. That physics puzzle really doesn't make much sense.TheDuce22 said:
Just finished it.
Some quick impressions.
Controls are solid. A bit loose, both in character movement and the camera, but they work well enough.
Visuals are nothing special. They work, but it's not *ahem* "next-gen" enough. You can tell it's a upgrade from a last gen game. That said, it's more than enough. A personal note, although it's pretty decent in the demo, I still find lighting to be out of place in this type of game, but that could just be me. Animation's pretty solid, too (especially Lara's slow head over heels flip onto a ledge.. Growl).
Combat's not so hot. Barebones, but acceptable if the game keeps combat to a minimum. A wee bit less combat than the demo had would be good overall, I'd say. It does help that they tried to speed it up with the environmental stuff, which is pretty fun and, again, speeds it all up.
Sounds nothing special. Ambient effects are there, if a bit bland. Voice work's decent, well sans the clone enemies of yesteryear. Gun effects and such sound pretty weak, though, but this isn't some FPS gun blazer.
What else... Puzzles were ok. Ranged from a bit too confusing for most (last puzzle, although I had no trouble *toots horn*), to pretty easy yet logical, they were fun to run through.
Not much else to say. I told Cogey a few minutes ago, it's fun, and one of the better demos, but I'm not sure I'd pay 60 bucks for it, made worse by people saying it's short.
Some quick impressions.
Controls are solid. A bit loose, both in character movement and the camera, but they work well enough.
Visuals are nothing special. They work, but it's not *ahem* "next-gen" enough. You can tell it's a upgrade from a last gen game. That said, it's more than enough. A personal note, although it's pretty decent in the demo, I still find lighting to be out of place in this type of game, but that could just be me. Animation's pretty solid, too (especially Lara's slow head over heels flip onto a ledge.. Growl).
Combat's not so hot. Barebones, but acceptable if the game keeps combat to a minimum. A wee bit less combat than the demo had would be good overall, I'd say. It does help that they tried to speed it up with the environmental stuff, which is pretty fun and, again, speeds it all up.
Sounds nothing special. Ambient effects are there, if a bit bland. Voice work's decent, well sans the clone enemies of yesteryear. Gun effects and such sound pretty weak, though, but this isn't some FPS gun blazer.
What else... Puzzles were ok. Ranged from a bit too confusing for most (last puzzle, although I had no trouble *toots horn*), to pretty easy yet logical, they were fun to run through.
Not much else to say. I told Cogey a few minutes ago, it's fun, and one of the better demos, but I'm not sure I'd pay 60 bucks for it, made worse by people saying it's short.
rocksolidaudio
Member
Mrbob said:
yup, chicago. stuck at 55%.