Offical Xbox Live Marketplace Update List [Archive] - Page 14

Graham Mitchell

04-03-2008, 11:46 PM

Damn. Oh well. At least when/if they come up with a patch it'll already be paid for. This is disappointing, but there's potential for an awesome game here if Namco gets their shit together.

Oh and yeah, I did notice the blurry graphics. It looks like I hooked up my Genesis through the composite cable, not a 360 via HDMI. Interestingly, it's only the actual playfield that seems muddled. The scorebars and other areas of the screen seem sharp enough.

diskoboy

04-04-2008, 02:15 PM

Vectorman0

04-04-2008, 02:52 PM

I'm still enjoying the single player mode.

A 2.8 is a bit harsh. The reviewer must have totally ignored the single player mode. But then again, the review came from IGN..... The game is still as addictive as it was on the Dreamcast.

Yeah, IGN is extremely harsh on Live Arcade games, especially remakes of older games. Normally I like how they review games, but they seem to not appreciate XBLA games as much as they should.

diskoboy

04-07-2008, 02:34 PM

This Wednesday's game.......

wait for it...........

Ikaruga!!! :D

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/treasure-website-ikaruga-coming-to-xbox-live-this-wednesday/

Oh, and if anyone cares, there will also be DLC for Poker Smash....

diskoboy

04-09-2008, 04:30 PM

kaedesdisciple

04-10-2008, 12:58 PM

heybtbm

04-10-2008, 02:38 PM

If I already own it for the cube, is it worth the 800 pts to buy it again in your opinion?

It's worth it. Especially if you ever want to see Radiant Silvergun on XBLA. If Ikaruga sells well, good things will follow.

diskoboy

04-10-2008, 03:22 PM

If I already own it for the cube, is it worth the 800 pts to buy it again in your opinion?

I own the Dreamcast import, and I bought it again, if that says anything....

segagamer4life

04-10-2008, 06:40 PM

I own the Dreamcast import, and I bought it again, if that says anything....

yeah i have the dreamcast and gc versions..... the xbl version is totally worth the 10 bucks

Half Japanese

04-10-2008, 11:41 PM

My 1 and only complaint with this version of Ikaruga - how they handled the continue feature.

They made it to where if you turn the continues on, you cant save replays, and it won't post high scores to the leaderboards.

But the game is still just as fun and challenging as ever. And IGN finally gave it a worthy 9.0 rating.

What's wrong with this? It sounds perfectly reasonable to me, as it allows the hardcore types to spend afternoons toiling away at perfect runs to see their name on the leaderboards and it allows average joes to finish the game they paid money for. It's seems to be a damn-near perfect compromise. It also beats some of the Metal Slug ports and Strider 2's always-on unlimited continues.

Graham Mitchell

04-11-2008, 12:13 AM

I've played Ikaruga briefly at a friend's house a couple years ago, but this was the first time I really sat down to play it in detail. What a great game! I tried an online co-op game and I think I pissed the other guy off because I sucked so bad. Oh well, you've got to learn somehow.

I'll probably never get my friggin' name on that leaderboard, either. Life's just too short to get that good at it.

This game makes up for last week's Mr. Driller abortion.

boatofcar

04-11-2008, 12:28 AM

What's wrong with this? It sounds perfectly reasonable to me, as it allows the hardcore types to spend afternoons toiling away at perfect runs to see their name on the leaderboards and it allows average joes to finish the game they paid money for. It's seems to be a damn-near perfect compromise. It also beats some of the Metal Slug ports and Strider 2's always-on unlimited continues.

QFT. I agree completely.

segagamer4life

04-18-2008, 03:34 PM

FYI Iron Man demo up, 623 mb... enjoy!

Vinnysdad

04-18-2008, 06:29 PM

Anyone tried the Rocky & Bullwinkle game yet? The demo of mini-games was fun but im not sure if I should buy it.

s1lence

04-19-2008, 12:23 PM

Anyone tried the Rocky & Bullwinkle game yet? The demo of mini-games was fun but im not sure if I should buy it.

Its Warioware basically. If you liked the demo thats basically all it is. I'm enjoying it so far.

Nature Boy

04-22-2008, 06:55 AM

If I already own it for the cube, is it worth the 800 pts to buy it again in your opinion?

I admit I haven't tried the 360 version yet, but I own the GC version and there's no way I'm spending 800 points to buy a game I already have a decent version of at this point. I'm just a casual Shooter fan mind you.

diskoboy

05-05-2008, 03:29 PM

The Bourne Conspiracy demo is now up, at a whopping 1.24GB.

Nesmaster

05-05-2008, 07:16 PM

The Bourne Conspiracy demo is now up, at a whopping 1.24GB.

Anyone have an opinion on the game yet? It got me curious but I probably won't check out the demo for myself, for a while at least.

diskoboy

05-06-2008, 01:40 PM

Anyone have an opinion on the game yet? It got me curious but I probably won't check out the demo for myself, for a while at least.

I Downloaded it. But I've been playing GTA 4, too much, to care about anything else at the moment.

And while I'm here - this Wednesday's 'game' is "Wits & Wagers". A simple trivia game which I'm sure no one will be buying. (EDIT:Except for S1lence... ;) )

s1lence

05-06-2008, 10:04 PM

I Downloaded it. But I've been playing GTA 4, too much, to care about anything else at the moment.

And while I'm here - this Wednesday's 'game' is "Wits & Wagers". A simple trivia game which I'm sure no one will be buying.

I will be......

diskoboy

05-14-2008, 04:03 PM

Assault Heroes 2 is a far cry better than the first one, IMO.

Viraneth

05-14-2008, 05:27 PM

Ikaruga and Triggerheart Exelica are great games. HArd to get in the states, so gald we can get it here on XBLA.

diskoboy

05-21-2008, 04:01 PM

Buns34

05-23-2008, 03:57 PM

The game is a pretty awesome! The humour is great, and the old school battle system rocks. Its like Paper Mario and Shadow Hearts combined. I am in the early stages of the game, but the only complaint i am hearing is that it is to short.

s1lence

05-24-2008, 11:44 AM

Has anyone tried Penny Arcade Adventures yet? I won't be around my 360 until later tonight.

I assume its not worth the 1600 points they're charging for it, seeing as how I'm not a fan of the strip...

Its actually not bad. Its more like a retail release then the typical XBLA game. I'm barely into it but it isn't bad. 1600 points though is a little steep, for 200 points anyway.

diskoboy

05-27-2008, 06:59 PM

2 games tomorrow....

Warlords and Buku Sudoku

I'd be all over Warlords in a heartbeat, if MS would get off their asses and release a proper paddle (and ONLY a paddle) controller. This game is what online multiplayer should be all about.

But mark my words, the game will get negative reviews simply because the 360's controllers will affect gameplay, and make the game more frustrating.

s1lence

05-27-2008, 09:50 PM

Well, Warlords is developed by Stainless. They have brought us almost all the poor Atari ports so Warlords is probably going to suck.

diskoboy

05-29-2008, 01:08 AM

Warlords is actually pretty good, judging by the demo.

It doesn't have the frantic speed of the original, because of the controller substitution, but Atari/Stainless finally made a decent remake.

Frankie_Says_Relax

05-29-2008, 01:10 AM

Warlords looks decent. Wonder how it plays w/o paddles tho.

http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/photo-m.phtml?post_key=87799&photo_key=44373

An even better question is : does it work with the Mad Catz Arcade Stick with the actual SPINNER on it?

(My guess is no, as like, NOTHING works with that damned spinner.)

TVs Hasselhoff

05-29-2008, 10:56 AM

I spent about an hour with the demo of Warlords last night, playing with what options were available, and I thought the port controlled well with the 360 controller.

The updated version of the game plays slow at the standard speed, but if you go into options and choose the custom difficulty level, you can throttle the game speed to a decent, but not ridiculous, level.

This has always been more of a multiplayer game than anything else, so I can't say if the online for mulitplayer works well. It does support camera use, so you can see who you are playing against, which is nice, and the it is always good to see the classic version of the game.

Unless there are dramatic lag issues with the online play, I think the game is worth the 400 points MS and Atari are charging. But, again, this game is best played with other people.

s1lence

05-29-2008, 02:54 PM

I played Warlords and thought the controls were terrible. They are WAY too twitchy.

They need to make a REAL spinner if they are going to continue with these games.

GrandAmChandler

05-29-2008, 06:32 PM

An even better question is : does it work with the Mad Catz Arcade Stick with the actual SPINNER on it?

(My guess is no, as like, NOTHING works with that damned spinner.)

And you'd be correct. Warlords does NOT work with the spinner on the Mad Catz joystick.

:shameful:

diskoboy

06-03-2008, 04:39 PM

Wednesdays game is "Aces of the Galaxy". And apparently, it's an on-rails space shooter, a la After Burner/Galaxy Force/Panzer Dragoon but at hyper-fast speed.

IGN gave it a pretty good review, and it looks pretty fun.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/878/878506p1.html

EDIT - I have also just found out Roogoo comes out tomorrow, as well. It's also gotten a pretty good review.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/878/878952p1.html

I may be buying 3 games, tomorrow.

diskoboy

06-04-2008, 02:00 PM

Aces of the Galaxy is totally bad-assed. Think Starfox 64, on steroids...

If you like the old Sega system-16 shooters (Space Harrier, After Burner), then this game is definitely for you.

And it sticks to it's arcade roots. No continues. No unlocking stages. You start at the beginning with 3 men, that's it. You die, you start over.

Great game. Totally unexpected. But great, nonetheless.

I'll give Roogoo a try after I go pick up my copy of Nina Gaiden 2, in a bit.

diskoboy

06-09-2008, 02:13 PM

This weeks games:

-Commando 3 (with the Beta for Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix)
-Frogger 2.

I haven't heard a thing about Frogger 2.... But it's NOT 'Frogger 2: Threedeep". And it has 4 player co-op.

s1lence

06-09-2008, 11:08 PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/frogger2xboxlivearcade/default.htm

Looks kinda......lame.

diskoboy

06-27-2008, 10:18 PM

Drag0nsfyre

06-28-2008, 05:37 AM

Has there been any more info about 1942: Joint Strike? When it may be released here?

Nebagram

06-28-2008, 09:39 AM

Word on the street is, Wednesday's games will be Schizoid, and Soul Calibur.

Soul Calibur is definite, because IGN has already reviewed it. And 9 years later, it still gets an 8.1. It probably would've scored higher, if Namdai would quit being so goddamn lazy about including online play, in their games....

IGN Soul Calibur Review:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/885/885060p1.html

Shit yeah. :D Online play or not, and despite having played the DC version to death- twice- I'm still pumped for this one. And I haven't even played this Wednesday past's TtR yet! :D

diskoboy

07-09-2008, 01:31 PM

Has there been any more info about 1942: Joint Strike? When it may be released here?

July 23rd for XBLA
July 24th for PSN

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/1942-joint-strike-set-to-deploy-7-23-to-xbla-7-24-to-psn/

skaar

07-09-2008, 02:07 PM

I WANT MY BIONIC COMMANDO DAMMIT.

WHEN!?

They shouldn't have teased like that. Bastards.

randomuser83

07-09-2008, 03:01 PM

I WANT MY BIONIC COMMANDO DAMMIT.

WHEN!?

They shouldn't have teased like that. Bastards.

Welcome to that which is the video game world ;). The devs and companies in the industry like to tease us.

Graham Mitchell

07-09-2008, 10:56 PM

Welcome to that which is the video game world ;). The devs and companies in the industry like to tease us.

It's bad practice, really, because by the time they make good on their promises I'm no longer interested.

diskoboy

07-10-2008, 02:11 AM

It will probably come out the same time the new Bionic Commando comes out.

s1lence

07-10-2008, 09:37 AM

It will probably come out the same time the new Bionic Commando comes out.

Thats what I would figure as well.

I haven't had a chance to play either of yesterday's titles yet. Tee-Off Golf and Schziod or however you spell it.

diskoboy

07-10-2008, 04:49 PM

Thats what I would figure as well.

I haven't had a chance to play either of yesterday's titles yet. Tee-Off Golf and Schziod or however you spell it.

I'm not too interested in the Golf title, but Schizoid is pretty fun. Especially with a second player. And if you happened to like Namco's Libble Rabble, you'll love Uberschiziod mode - if the controls don't fry your brain.

DaveD

07-12-2008, 01:11 AM

Dloaded this and have played it several nights in a row now and must say, while it has promise, it is only ends up being a a C+/so-so title for me, as much as I love golf games. IMHO, it is (barely) worth the $8 (or is it $10?, I keep forgetting the X-change rate). The meager two courses get old quickly as well, though the graphics look pretty nice in places especially for an XBLA game. The game actually has it's challenging and difficult moments and forces you to frequently make risk vs. reward type choices. I assume (hope, at maybe 150-200 points a course, no more) more downloadable courses are otw...hopefully along with better (and more powerful) characters as well and more customzation.
IGN actually rated it an 8.2....interesting...hmmm. On their 1-10 scale I rate it at about 6.8: acceptable but not life/mind-altering...but for less than the cost of a sleeve of Big Berthas, I'll see myself chilling out with it on occasion. ;)
Also would love to see some of Camelot's HotShots Series/Minna No Golf make it over to XBLA...THAT would be f...ing COOL.....Camelot are U listening....?

s1lence

07-12-2008, 04:35 PM

It seems to me like its a Hot Shots rip off.

It needs more courses as well.

heybtbm

07-14-2008, 11:14 AM

The E3 stuff is starting to show up. Has anyone tried out the Too Human demo yet? By the time I get home tonight, the XBL servers will be maxed out. It will probably take 3 hours to download.

diskoboy

07-14-2008, 03:48 PM

I'm downloading it now.

First screenshot of Galaga: Legions! Brought to you by the Pac-Man: CE team!

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/galagarevamp.jpg
Looks suspiciously like Space Invaders Extreme, IMO.. But who's complaining? SIE is a great game.... The original Galaga still kicks major ass, why wouldn't this one?

jcalder8

07-14-2008, 03:54 PM

The E3 stuff is starting to show up. Has anyone tried out the Too Human demo yet? By the time I get home tonight, the XBL servers will be maxed out. It will probably take 3 hours to download.
I tried it and promptly deleted it it. I could not stand the controls and the camera angle just sucks, IMO

Drag0nsfyre

07-14-2008, 03:55 PM

Galaga looks sweet! :D
dunno about the Wii-like avatar thingy's though :?
The new dashboard looks interesting.

cyberfluxor

07-18-2008, 05:23 PM

About the Street Fighter II Turbo release, OCR (Overclocked Remix) had a little announcement in regards to the music:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/ocremix.ars

randomuser83

07-23-2008, 08:35 PM

Newer NIN on Rock Band and did 1942 FINALLY come out?

diskoboy

07-23-2008, 10:11 PM

did 1942 FINALLY come out?

Yes.

I was gonna buy it until they announced at E3, Geometry Wars 2 and Galaga Legions would be out by the end of the month.

PapaStu

07-24-2008, 01:06 AM

Not that anyone but myself cares, they re-released the first Marathon Map pack as well as adding the second pack. A bunch of new multiplayer levels, some new achievements all for 800 points and a huge 10mb for both packs.

diskoboy

07-28-2008, 01:33 PM

Bojay1997

07-28-2008, 01:50 PM

This Wednesday's game - Geometry Wars 2.

Bionic Commando Rearmed also got a definite release date today. And it's sooner than you think.

The releases for August will be:
August 6 - Braid (never heard of it)
August 13 - Bionic Commando Rearmed
August 20 - Galaga Legions
August 27 - Castle Crashers (finally)

Played Rearmed at Comic Con and I gotta say I wasn't blown away by it. I will probably buy it still just like I did 1942, but I really feel like they are missing the point on some of these remakes and really failing to capture the feel of the original games.

unwinddesign

07-29-2008, 01:08 AM

Geometry Wars 2. Roll on Wednesday, roll on.

diskoboy

07-30-2008, 01:55 PM

Geometry Wars 2 is a far cry better than the first one.

I like the addition of collecting geons, and the ability to unlock different game modes, over time.. Not to mention the achievements seem a little easier than the first game. Now I have to go get a points card, to buy this, and for the rest of this months releases.

And Ninja Gaiden 2 players - the Mission mode is (again) available for 800 MS points.

Also, according to Xbox Japan, Braid is going to cost 1200 MS points, and Castle Crashers will cost 1800 - yikes!

RetroYoungen

08-01-2008, 02:54 AM

I'm really loving Geometry Wars 2, especially the Pacifism mode (which was my favorite achievement in the last GW). It really is worth the 800 points I paid for it, which is good since I bought the card today, bought the game, downloaded and interrupted the demo of the Penny Arcade game to test that bitch. :D

diskoboy

09-02-2008, 03:11 PM

Good news - 3 XBLA games, this week!

Bad news - Out of the 3, only Shred Nebula looks interesting.

The other 2 games are Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, and Gin Rummy.

s1lence

09-02-2008, 03:42 PM

I think NFL Stat Manager comes out this week as well, though its not posted on Major Nelson. (NFL Draft Manager wasn't at first either)

diskoboy

09-09-2008, 12:41 AM

Lets talk Wednesday...

We got Rocketbowl, Shotest Shogi, whatever the fuck that is.

Oh, and some game called Samurai Showdown 2.....

It must suck, because it's only 400 points ;)

kaedesdisciple

09-09-2008, 09:10 AM

Oh, and some game called Samurai Showdown 2.....

It must suck, because it's only 400 points ;)

Online play, maybe, could be, possibly, PLEASE????

scooterb23

09-09-2008, 09:23 AM

Dude, Rocketbowl, and a Shogi game? I'm going to be in for those.

heybtbm

10-20-2008, 11:00 AM

GTA: San Andreas (1200 MS points) is available for download today via XBL. I'm sure at this point, most people that had any interest in playing this game have already played it. However, the Xbox version is graphically light years ahead of the dark and muddy PS2 version (even playing it on the PS3 can't help this thing). The downloadable 720p version of GTA:SA could very well pass for an early 360 game if it wasn't for the bland textures. It's crisp looking and surpasses the PC version from a few years ago IMO.

I would think this downloadable version has a pretty limited audience. Especially considering all the must-have games dropping right now. Even so, it's nice to have the definitive version of this game available to play right from the 360 dashboard.

At one point I had the PS2 and Xbox versions but ended up selling the Xbox version on ebay. My rationale at the time was even though the Xbox version looked better, I had 60+ hours of progress on my PS2 save file vs. 5 hours or so on the Xbox. Now that I have this new version, I can't wait to start a new game. If I can even fit it in, that is. Too many good games, too little time.

Nature Boy

10-21-2008, 01:49 PM

I would think this downloadable version has a pretty limited audience.

It's an "Xbox Original" or whatever, right? And they don't offer achievements, right?

I agree with what you've said (I beat GTA: SA on my PS2 back in the day), although I'd be tempted to pick it up *if* it offered me Achievements. I *loved* SA - so much so that at first I was down on GTA IV. By the time I beat IV, though, I came to love it equally I figure, maybe a little more.