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Xbox 360 Live demo availability thread

pr0cs said:
Odd, I remember playing it with a co-worker online.
Or perhaps the update was to play through the co-op story part online (which wasn't possible in the demo).
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I tried several times to play it online the day it came out, made my own rooms but nobody joined, searched for rooms and none were there. Whatever the problem was I think I should be able to play with other people now.
 
Wasn't there a Viva Pinata demo, has it been removed or something? I want to try it out but all i can find is some crummy video
 
a Master Ninja said:
I tried several times to play it online the day it came out, made my own rooms but nobody joined, searched for rooms and none were there. Whatever the problem was I think I should be able to play with other people now.
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I guess I just had good luck then.
Too bad my coworker despised the game, I thought it was pretty fun though co-op through the story would have been the best part of all.
 
A demo for The Darkness will be hitting sometime early June.

A bulletin recently posted by the official MySpace page of the upcoming 2K title, The Darkness, has clarified several details about the new release. The juiciest of these tidbits is the revelation that a demo is slated to be released before the game hits store shelves. The bulletin notes that the demo won't be finished in time to make any magazine covers, so it will download only. Currently, the demo is scheduled to arrive approximately 3 weeks before the title debuts on June 25th, so it should be on Marketplace in the first week of June or so.

Also mentioned in the bulletin, a new video has been created, though it has yet to escape the evil clutches of the "certain voluntarily regulatory agencies." We can't imagine what sort of agency would prevent the distribution of horrifyingly violent material, but then again we're to desensitized to judge anymore. The bulletin also reveals that those who pre-order the title from EB or GameStop get an exclusive 2K Sports Darkling that wields a baseball bat. Nice.

Here's hoping the demo comes out sooner rather than later.
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http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/05/07/the-darkness-demo-slated-for-early-june/
 
So I was finally able to play some Monster Madness online. CTF was pretty bad. Deathmatch wasn't well constructed, but fun in a chaotic way as long as you don't care about winning or balance. A lot of wasted potential, all in all.
 
Shawnwhann said:
I read that the same way newsguy, but it looks like Cipher just was excited about the idea of a demo. So no it aint up!
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Dammit! I'm not home so when people yell fire I get excited :(
 
E3 am here, so much surprise marketplace stuff

didn't expect a demo this early considering the game is coming out in september
 
IGN announced it yesterday.

Anyways, the DL is moving at a snails pace... which is really uncommon (at least for me). I wonder if it has anything to do with the spring update.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Patching demos?

Anyways......

I did try the MM demo, for a few minutes. Was pretty disappointed. Great presentation and theme, though.
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I believe Hexic HD and SF2 also got patched, the full games though, dunno about the demos.
 
Name: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Not available in Asia, Canada, Mexico or the U.S.
Dash Details: LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD! Jack is back in an all new swash-buckling action adventure, Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End from Disney Interactive Studios. Now’s your chance to download this exclusive first level tutorial from the forthcoming game based on the smash hit movies!Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is inspired by the events, environments and characters surrounding the second and third instalments of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Players must demonstrate their cunning, swashbuckling creativity and swordsmanship as they encounter all manner of crazed pirates and cursed creatures in treacherous, exotic locations. Play as the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann to prevent Jack’s dark past from catching up with him. Look out for the full game on May 22nd, in the meantime; download this first level tutorial demo to get a taste for what’s to come!

Name: Viva Piñata Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Available to Xbox Live Gold members in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States
Dash Details: Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence] Want to see what happens when a Mousemallow meets a Syrupent? Want to try your hand at raising your own Sparrowmint? Now is your chance to download the demo for Viva Piñata, the critically acclaimed, award-winning game from Rare and Microsoft Game Studios.
 
Anamoly said:
Wait, what?
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Yay for YUROP! :lol

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Heh... I'll download it for the hell of it I guess - it really is the best lookiing movie game I've ever seen though! :lol
 
I just finished playing through the Pirates demo (UK account). Not good at doing detailed impressions so I'll just summarize:

+ The presentation is pretty nice.
+ Good graphics (great for a movie game)
+ Combat is decent I guess (but gets old quick). It's very basic but there's several counter-attacks and finishing moves and stuff.
+ The analog based sword dueling was pretty cool. You'd press up on the analog stick to do a high attack, medium for the middle body, down to do a low slice etc.

- Level design was no fun (and very repetitive) though to be fair it was a tutorial.
- Camera is shitty, I found myself wrestling with it the whole time
- Controls are poorly mapped and non-standard ... LB picks up items, B button jumps, etc.
- Jack only speaks like two lines in the demo despite being so talkative in the movies. And voice acting seems low quality too.

Overall it's better then most movie games I'd guess. If you're a fan of the movies it might be worth a play-through, otherwise there's nothing really special about the game. I'd give it around a 6 or 7 based on the demo.
 
Sean said:
I just finished playing through the Pirates demo (UK account). Not good at doing detailed impressions so I'll just summarize:

+ The presentation is pretty nice.
+ Good graphics (great for a movie game)
+ Combat is decent I guess (but gets old quick). It's very basic but there's several counter-attacks and finishing moves and stuff.
+ The analog based sword dueling was pretty cool. You'd press up on the analog stick to do a high attack, medium for the middle body, down to do a low slice etc.

- Level design was no fun (and very repetitive) though to be fair it was a tutorial.
- Camera is shitty, I found myself wrestling with it the whole time
- Controls are poorly mapped and non-standard ... LB picks up items, B button jumps, etc.
- Jack only speaks like two lines in the demo despite being so talkative in the movies. And voice acting seems low quality too.

Overall it's better then most movie games I'd guess. If you're a fan of the movies it might be worth a play-through, otherwise there's nothing really special about the game. I'd give it around a 6 or 7 based on the demo.
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Yeah, pretty much exactly how I feel. Don't think I'll be buying it, maybe a rental.
 
Sean said:
I just finished playing through the Pirates demo (UK account). Not good at doing detailed impressions so I'll just summarize:

+ The presentation is pretty nice.
+ Good graphics (great for a movie game)
+ Combat is decent I guess (but gets old quick). It's very basic but there's several counter-attacks and finishing moves and stuff.
+ The analog based sword dueling was pretty cool. You'd press up on the analog stick to do a high attack, medium for the middle body, down to do a low slice etc.

- Level design was no fun (and very repetitive) though to be fair it was a tutorial.
- Camera is shitty, I found myself wrestling with it the whole time
- Controls are poorly mapped and non-standard ... LB picks up items, B button jumps, etc.
- Jack only speaks like two lines in the demo despite being so talkative in the movies. And voice acting seems low quality too.

Overall it's better then most movie games I'd guess. If you're a fan of the movies it might be worth a play-through, otherwise there's nothing really special about the game. I'd give it around a 6 or 7 based on the demo.
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I'd pretty much agree with all of that. Overall I just found it so dull and uninspiring though. But can't say I expected much better from such a licence.
 
Silicon Knight said:
So, any impressions of the Blacksite demo? I've never heard of the game before btw.
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The demo was ok, but exceedingly short. If the framerate is fixed up (it was pretty bad) then it could be pretty cool. Very atmospheric. I think it has the best rain I have yet seen in a game.
 
shantyman said:
I think it has the best rain I have yet seen in a game.
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Gears does it a lot better, even though they run on the same engine. For example you can see rain streaming down the trees in Gears. In Blacksite the trees just look like they are covered in glue.

They game doesn't seem to bring anything new to the table (hard to tell from a 3 minute demo) and feels like a poor man's Resistance/Half-Life 2. Very unpolished. I don't remember the release date for this game, but if they want it to sell they better release it long before Halo 3.
 
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