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[Graham Mitchell]

Wednesday's game is Mr. Driller Online.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/31/th...oming-to-xbla/

FUCK
YEAH.

I'll be post-call and home for half the day (and hopefully awake). I know what I'm doing that afternoon.

[diskoboy]

I just noticed there's a new Pinball FX table of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Is this a completely new table, or a remake of the actual Data East table? If it's the Data East table, I'm buyin' it....

Anyway, Mr. Driller Online is quite fun. There's alot more replay value on this one, compared to the DC version.

[Cantaloup]

I just noticed there's a new Pinball FX table of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Is this a completely new table, or a remake of the actual Data East table? If it's the Data East table, I'm buyin' it....

I have no idea, but there's a video of it at GameTrailers:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32432.html

[heybtbm]

Anyway, Mr. Driller Online is quite fun. There's alot more replay value on this one, compared to the DC version.

How so? I'm on the fence about downloading the XBL version seeing as it really didn't seem like much of an upgrade from the DC version. Does the game fill the whole screen or does it have those lame "placeholder" graphics on each side (like so many other XBLA titles).

[diskoboy]

How so? I'm on the fence about downloading the XBL version seeing as it really didn't seem like much of an upgrade from the DC version. Does the game fill the whole screen or does it have those lame "placeholder" graphics on each side (like so many other XBLA titles).

Actually, it shows your score, current power-up, and other information on either side of the screen. But I guess you could say it's a full screen game. Split screen for multiplayer.

Quest mode is the most fun. You have to complete certian tasks before you can pass the level. And one false move can literally mean game over. Even if you have 3 men left. The achievements also help alot.... These achievements are actually pretty hard for a Namco arcade title (or I suck at this game, one of the two...)

Sadly, the only thing missing from this version is the noise Mr. Driller makes when he picks up an air capsule.

[DP ServBot]

Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Casual

This Friday marks the debut of the final season of Battlestar Galactica, and while we have no delusions that the 60 minutes of commercial interrupted TV will leave us any more stupefied than we were at the end of last season wondering what in the frak is going on, we nonetheless cannot wait to pick our jaws up off the floor.

To celebrate the premiere, Sierra has chopped the price of its casual BSG-themed XBLA shooter in half to 400 points, and while playing the game still just serves as a painful reminder that we still lack a real Battlestar Galactica game, the new price is nonetheless a welcome treat. But get it while it's hot; the toasters are going to jack the price back up to 800 points 24 hours later. So say we all!
Gallery: Battlestar Galactica (XBLA, PC)


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[Graham Mitchell]

Mr. Driller does seem to have one problem though--online multiplayer is shit. I tried for a long time to get anyone to play with me. I was really confused because usually the day the games are released there's a lot of people in the lobbies just kind of experimenting with the multiplayer. But when I actually got some people I quickly learned why nobody was using it.

The lag was absolutely rediculous. It was literally unplayable. It's simply unacceptable how bad that was. Literally, you had to drill a block about 10-12 times before the game caught up with you and recognized that you had done it.

Did anybody else have this problem or is it just me?

[heybtbm]

Mr. Driller does seem to have one problem though--online multiplayer is shit. I tried for a long time to get anyone to play with me. I was really confused because usually the day the games are released there's a lot of people in the lobbies just kind of experimenting with the multiplayer. But when I actually got some people I quickly learned why nobody was using it.

The lag was absolutely rediculous. It was literally unplayable. It's simply unacceptable how bad that was. Literally, you had to drill a block about 10-12 times before the game caught up with you and recognized that you had done it.

Did anybody else have this problem or is it just me?

Does Mr. Driller have splitscreen "offline" multiplayer? Can I play with someone sitting next to me on the couch? The demo didn't give any indication of what "multiplayer" entailed.

[kaedesdisciple]

Maybe it's just because I was tired when I played it last night, but do the graphics for Mr. Driller seem not as sharp as they could be? I'm playing it over HDMI at a bit over 720 and only this game seems, not blurry, but just really soft around the edges. It looks like it delivers what it promises, but I don't think I'm going to pay the price for this one for quite some time.

[bazariah]

Mr. Driller does seem to have one problem though--online multiplayer is shit. I tried for a long time to get anyone to play with me. I was really confused because usually the day the games are released there's a lot of people in the lobbies just kind of experimenting with the multiplayer. But when I actually got some people I quickly learned why nobody was using it.

The lag was absolutely rediculous. It was literally unplayable. It's simply unacceptable how bad that was. Literally, you had to drill a block about 10-12 times before the game caught up with you and recognized that you had done it.

Did anybody else have this problem or is it just me?

i've had exactly the same problem.. yet the guy i was playing against was storming through the game.. till he got stuck too

with any luck they could release a patch soon which will sort it all out

[heybtbm]

IGN just gave Mr. Driller a 2.8...ouch.

[kaedesdisciple]

IGN just gave Mr. Driller a 2.8...ouch.

Yup, the reviewer agreed that the online multiplayer is crap, the local multiplayer doesn't exist and to him the in-game graphics seemed slightly out of focus too. Glad to know I'm not going crazy.

[heybtbm]

the in-game graphics seemed slightly out of focus too. Glad to know I'm not going crazy.

The "blurry" character/block sprites were the first things I noticed. It didn't look like much of an improvement from my DC version hooked up via VGA.

This release is a huge disappointment. It's a shame since I've really enjoyed the Mr. Driller series in the past and looked forward to this release. Hopefully they can fix the multiplayer issues. I'm not going to totally give up on the notion of buying the full version some day. Still, no local multiplayer is hard to swallow.

[s1lence]

Yeah, why is it so blurry??

Its like they recycled the GBA code for a tv screen.

Looks like an easy 200 points though.

[DP ServBot]

Filed under: Arcade, Microsoft Xbox 360

We got a tip that Mr. Driller Online for XBLA is having a problem with the online portion of the gameplay. Turns out that the person hosting an online game is fine while the other person can't drill anything. X3F put a video together of the bug which we've placed after the break.

Another test of Mr. Driller's online capabilities was done today with the same broken result. No word on a patch in the works. Best to save your 800 MS points for the moment, no sense in supporting broken titles.
Gallery: Mr. Driller Online (XBLA)

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[Graham Mitchell]

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]

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.

[Vectorman0]

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]

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










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







Ikaruga!!!

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/tr...his-wednesday/

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

[diskoboy]

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.