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Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) News and Announcements Thread - 2012 Edition
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Delusibeta
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Summer of Arcade locks everything else out of XBLA, so it's going to have to join the queue for release afterwards.
It was delayed. I don't know if there was an official statement but there are some posts about it several pages back.
That's a relief. I can still, for the time being, enjoy my pipe dream of it selling 10 mil causing SEGA to announce Orta 2. Thanks!
It's not Sega's, first off. Unofficial spiritual successor!
2nd, it was announced the game was being delayed, and no additional info could be given. This was mentioned on the Japanese side of things.
So yeah... just wait...
*Edit A bit late on the reply, doh.
To make this still somewhat relevant... I enjoyed the little peek at firepro in the "Avatar Famestars" trailer released on Live yesterday. Hopefully, we'll see more soon.
Bradigor, have you contacted me? I've been assembling the list for review codes, but have been too busy to respond to each person. If I have your email, you're on my list.
I've been living a lie! Ah well.
Trust me, a LOT of us still dream of Sega this way.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You know it's actually kinda sad that I couldn't imagine Sega bankrolling a game like Crimson Dragon these days.
Diablohead
Member
Tons of cheevos for Dust, LOVE IT!
show me your skeleton
Member
hey i work for xbox260gamesorwhatever.co.whatever so id like of them there review codes please cheers.
The most important thing is everything feels so damn right when you are playing it. There's so many little touches that are just wonderful.
Where is the OT?!
Family Fry
Member
Here's the Dust footage shown last week.
http://www.twitch.tv/xboxlivearcade/b/326469373
I only watched about a min and thought I'm saving this for final game to savour, not even looked at achievements either.
http://www.twitch.tv/xboxlivearcade/b/326469373
I only watched about a min and thought I'm saving this for final game to savour, not even looked at achievements either.
Four_Chamber
Member
I've been sold since this Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7vE6l1MN0
<bartscott>Can't wait!</bartscott>
Oh man, that's old. Very hard to watch (or listen) to that these days
I think I created that because it was a requirement to have a video when submitting to DBP, many thousands of years ago.Oh man, that's old. Very hard to watch (or listen) to that these days
what bothers you so much? did so many things change over the years?
Oh, just a billion things... how combat flows, the camera didn't zoom back then, we TOTALLY went with a different style of music (same theme, though), old sound effects, terrible run animation. But maybe I'll always see the flaws.
I'll just say I'm much happier with what's shipping.
ChosenPredator
Banned
If Noogy gets ManVsGame to stream the game it will definitely help boost sales higher then they'll already be thats for sure
Back then it already looked amazing. I still can't believe that this game is made by one person.
Deputy Dangle
Member
Isn't Hybrid this week's game though?
Diablohead
Member
I thought Dust was coming this week too. Thanks for ruining my night.
DUST is at the end for obvious reasons, it will destroy everything.
Yeah but for some reason I thought this was the last SoA week. Probably because I don't care that much for Hybrid.
Family Fry
Member
I'm giving Hybrid benefit of the doubt, 60fps couldn't play the beta, one hour demo will get a good play through Will see what happens
They really did save the best for last though.
They really did save the best for last though.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Metroidvania? My interest for Dust just went way up. Deadlight and Tony Hawk were pretty disappointing, and I didn't like the Hybrid beta enough to warrant a purchase, Dust is my last hope for this year's SoA.
Family Fry
Member
Wreckateer was a surprise one for me, actually wasn't expecting much but really enjoyed the demo, enough to buy it.
Deadlight I'm enjoying too, just what I thought it was gonna be.
Tony Hawk was a disappointment and I can't quite put my finger on why, just didn't click with me like the old days.
Dust is a full purchase no trial required type of game
Deadlight I'm enjoying too, just what I thought it was gonna be.
Tony Hawk was a disappointment and I can't quite put my finger on why, just didn't click with me like the old days.
Dust is a full purchase no trial required type of game
Vert boil
Member
Nice heads-up, thanks.
I may grab it with the DLC, now... 1200 for the complete pack seems fine to me.
Welp, gives me another week to clean up other games haha
toythatkills
Member
Make sure you have people to play with. It's a pretty terrible game in single-player, but is excellent in co-op.
Ouch... I played the trial in SP and, yeah, although I didn't think it was the most exciting gaming experience I've ever had, it surely didn't feel terrible to me.
Thanks for the advice tho, I'll keep that in mind.
electricpirate
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Man, Hybrid's beta was awesome, but judging by the reactions here, it's going to be a ghost town in a couple weeks .
Seriously though, even if you don't really like cover shooters give it a shot, it's more like a multiplayer Panzer Dragoon and strategy game welded together than a gears of war or Graw. I kind of wish the amazing creativity that the gameplay demonstrates extended to the art style, I feel like people would be more interested in it it didn't look so generic.
Seriously though, unless it's gotten worse since the beta; it's great, give it a few rounds.
. Seriously though, even if you don't really like cover shooters give it a shot, it's more like a multiplayer Panzer Dragoon and strategy game welded together than a gears of war or Graw. I kind of wish the amazing creativity that the gameplay demonstrates extended to the art style, I feel like people would be more interested in it it didn't look so generic.
Seriously though, unless it's gotten worse since the beta; it's great, give it a few rounds.
toythatkills
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Ouch... I played the trial in SP and, yeah, although I didn't think it was the most exciting gaming experience I've ever had, it surely didn't feel terrible to me.
Thanks for the advice tho, I'll keep that in mind.
The problem it's got is that it's balanced for co-op, and as far as I can tell it doesn't scale depending on how many players you've got. So if you have to kill 100 things with four players, you damn well have to kill them on your own as well, with a quarter of the firepower and quarter of the emplacements. It means that to be competitive in single-player you have to grind and lose a lot to get up to a decent level, whereas in co-op you're just free to enjoy it.
It's especially bad when you have things coming from opposite ends of a level and you're somehow trying to cope with everything alone, because there's no map so half the time you won't even know something's coming until you get told your base is under attack and you're on the opposite side of the map.
Thanks alot man.
Yeah, it looks like the summary of what I hate in a single-player experience... At this point I'll be sure to have at least one co-op partner before buying it.
What? It absolutely scales amount/toughness of enemies to the amount of players. I know because I recently completed it and had to do that survival level 30 achievement by myself, because it was too hard with four players. The only time you really need to have multiple players is when trying for gold on the boss on the beach, that one's near impossible to do alone for some reason.
It's overall the worst of the third-person tower defense games on XBLA, though. The lack of a map is a big one for why.
Don't bother, it's fine by yourself. toy is just posting drunk.
ToyMachine228
Member
Do we know what this week's deal of the week is yet?
Diablohead
Member
50% chance its borderlands
Yup, was a pleasant surprise for me as well - can't wait to try it.
Man, Hybrid's beta was awesome, but judging by the reactions here, it's going to be a ghost town in a couple weeks
Seriously though, even if you don't really like cover shooters give it a shot, it's more like a multiplayer Panzer Dragoon and strategy game welded together than a gears of war or Graw. I kind of wish the amazing creativity that the gameplay demonstrates extended to the art style, I feel like people would be more interested in it it didn't look so generic.
Seriously though, unless it's gotten worse since the beta; it's great, give it a few rounds.
It's more to do with the regulars in this thread liking XBLA titles because they're the opposite of shooters than anything else. They're just not interested in an mp shooter period.
FYI, PlayXBLA is going to do another Live Stream of Dust:AET Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 3PM PST. I believe it'll be the same playthrough, but I'll be there and hopefully a number of the voice talent drop in. And the echo issues from the last stream should be resolved.
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