XBLA thread-oh

Jon · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 225

Lave wrote:

Apparently in R-type you can switch between 3D and traditional 2D sprites. Fact fans.

Where did you find out about? A cursory search I did yielded nothing but shedloads of links to sites telling me they knew little to nothing about "R-Type Dimensions" other than the name, so any links to further info would be appreciated.

Anything other than a straight port is a 100% guaranteed sale to me (in comparison, a straight port would have been probably around 73% guaranteed as much as I'd like to resist buying the same game again).

Sorry, I'm excited. Even though I'm ever so slightly dissapointed they didn't call it R-Type Final 2.

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:21

devilman wrote:

Lave wrote:

(The 360 is also getting Tekken 6, new Halo 3 single player and 99 nights 2.)

Hope the 99 nights sequel is better than the first game. It was very pretty but repetitive with your allies being very ineffective, especially in comparison to something like Warriors Orochi.

It did have some of the most hilariously stupid generic-fantasy character names ever, though. Inphyy. Klarrann. And of course the mighty Dwingvatt.

So there's that. Or possibly thaatt.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

any love for speedball 2 here?

I still haven't bought the 360, by this (and swos) are probably what appeals to me most.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Jon wrote:

Lave wrote:

Apparently in R-type you can switch between 3D and traditional 2D sprites. Fact fans.

Where did you find out about? A cursory search I did yielded nothing but shedloads of links to sites telling me they knew little to nothing about "R-Type Dimensions" other than the name, so any links to further info would be appreciated.

Anything other than a straight port is a 100% guaranteed sale to me (in comparison, a straight port would have been probably around 73% guaranteed as much as I'd like to resist buying the same game again).

Sorry, I'm excited. Even though I'm ever so slightly dissapointed they didn't call it R-Type Final 2.

From the liveblog of the keynote.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=255454

Quote:

03:28:15 -

R-Type Dimensions trailer. Side-scrolling retro fun!

03:28:31 -

The graphics look pretty, they definitely have a retro feel but some tip top next gen shading.

03:29:13 -

Local and online co-op for two people, and you'll be able to switch seamlessly between 2D and 3D graphics. Crikey.

Didn't notice the Dimensions subtitle before...

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 14:33

RuySan wrote:

any love for speedball 2 here?
I still haven't bought the 360, by this (and swos) are probably what appeals to me most.

speedball 2 xbla just isn't there, the new graphics are awful, and the old graphics, the feel and gameplay, just isn't there 100% it misses the completely playtested solid feel of the amiga version..

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

romanista wrote:

RuySan wrote:

any love for speedball 2 here?
I still haven't bought the 360, by this (and swos) are probably what appeals to me most.

speedball 2 xbla just isn't there, the new graphics are awful, and the old graphics, the feel and gameplay, just isn't there 100% it misses the completely playtested solid feel of the amiga version..

CUS · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 20:57

Jon wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

I bet I end up buying R-Type. Again.

I just recently picked up PS1 R-Types for two quid, and as it's arcade accurate I'd like to think this will be the last time I buy a version of the original R-Type having already bought it for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and Master System (twice, about ten years apart) already.

But I've got a feeling I'll still be tempted to finally get some MS Points, even if the only change is achievements and a leaderboard.

All of this. In the last three months alone I've bought R-Type for the Master System, PC Engine and Gameboy. Not tried the first two yet, really like the Gameboy version, been playing it on lunch breaks. And yet I'm immediately 'OMG R-TYPE ON XBLAH!!!'. It is to schmups as Outrun is to racers, or something,

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

GB or GBA?

I'm quite tempted by a decent GBA shooter for my micro.

CUS · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 21:22

It's GB. But played on my SP, it looks like it might have some kind of colourization going on, sorta. Maybe. Could be my imagination... Can't really think of any for the GBA. Er.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Ah well. Doesn't matter. Cheers though.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:18

R-Type Dx did something on the gameboy color didn't it? anyway r-type for the gameboy is a great conversion..

if you have a flashcart, bulletgba.gba, is a pd shooter which is really a bullet hell shmup brought back to its very basics,
http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/gba/bulletgba/

or from the same developer, the bit more evolved vulcanon

Jon · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 225

R-Type Leo would also make a wonderful addition to XBLA, seeing as it's not available anywhere else to my knowledge.

Well, I'd buy it, anyway.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Ah yes, BulletGBA is excellent. I too recommend it if anyone hasn't played it.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

ATTENTION N+ OWNERS

Third Level pack tomorrow and it's FREEEEE!

I for one am excitied.

Having finished all I can of the first game (about 75%), the DS game (99%), and the first level pack(100%)!

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 19:32

Haven't tried Age of Booty but Crazy Mouse is pretty dire. Why do so many of the XBLA games have such hopeless names?

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 18:33

Ive got 4200 ms points to burn, has there been any good xbla games recently?

Im tempted to get n+ for the cheapo dlc.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Define recently I suppose.

I haven't bought anything since the "Summer of Arcade".

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 18:49

Dudley wrote:

Define recently I suppose.

I haven't bought anything since the "Summer of Arcade".

yeah I havent bought anything since then.

Although once I buy things on wheels, the team fortress update and rock band bits and pieces I think Ill be one card down so I might keep it for something special.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:16

Eurogonks wrote:

Microsoft appears to be preparing three more games for the budget Xbox Live Arcade Hits range.

Halved in price to 400 MS Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.80) will be Worms, Feeding Frenzy and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, according to the list on the official US Xbox website.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Worms must be worth picking up for that price, always a laugh if there's a couple of you.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:19

markg wrote:

Worms must be worth picking up for that price, always a laugh if there's a couple of you.

Agreed. Does anyone know if UMK3 is any good?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

*will be buying worms @400. Oh Yes*

Anyone know if it's the original version or one of those cartoony new ones?

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

myoptika wrote:

markg wrote:

Worms must be worth picking up for that price, always a laugh if there's a couple of you.

Agreed. Does anyone know if UMK3 is any good?

Nope.

Difficulty ramps up to stupid after about 3 rounds in single player and trying to piss about doing a fatality on the 360 D-pad is akin to nailing jelly to the ceiling.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:26

Cartoony new ones. It's still worms, but rather bare compared to the PS2 one I bought. Still cheaty AI too.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

are you still able to go 'dark worm'? Where you dig below your opponent anf brutally slay him with minimal risk to youself? I'm not sure if that was the accepted term, but that's what my brother and I used to call it

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:31

davpaz wrote:

are you still able to go 'dark worm'? Where you dig below your opponent anf brutally slay him with minimal risk to youself? I'm not sure if that was the accepted term, but that's what my brother and I used to call it

It was called the Dark Side, and it was pretty much my staple tactics.

Dimrill, I know the graphics are cartoony, but would you say it's more faithful to the original Amiga version in gameplay? I really want a remake of that.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

davpaz wrote:

are you still able to go 'dark worm'? Where you dig below your opponent anf brutally slay him with minimal risk to youself? I'm not sure if that was the accepted term, but that's what my brother and I used to call it

You can go "brown worm" which involves getting behind your opponent and kicking their back doors in.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

myoptika wrote:

davpaz wrote:

are you still able to go 'dark worm'? Where you dig below your opponent anf brutally slay him with minimal risk to youself? I'm not sure if that was the accepted term, but that's what my brother and I used to call it

It was called the Dark Side, and it was pretty much my staple tactics.

Dimrill, I know the graphics are cartoony, but would you say it's more faithful to the original Amiga version in gameplay? I really want a remake of that.

Just check the demo, I only have vague memories of playing it first time around but I really, really enjoyed murdering Zardoz on this version.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:36

Yeah, I will do, I'm just not at my Xbox right now and wanted an opinion of someone who's played it.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

please

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:38

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:39

Bostin'.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

I will, as they say in manc-chester, be 'avin it

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 13:04

Working the Sunday shift at Eurotunnel's call centre when there were sod-all calls and even fewer people in the building, my mate used to bring in a portable telly and his Playstation and we'd spend hours playing Worms.

We'd set a CPU team to the lowest AI setting, give them the names of the Voyager crew and cackle madly as they repeatedly failed to get their thrown grenades over bits of scenery and blew themselves to Kingdom Come. The expression "oh no, I've Neelixed it up" still finds its way into our conversations today.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 13:14

Did anyone bother with Vigilante 8 last week? Wasn't impressed with the demo (in particular, the handling) so I gave it a miss.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Tried it, Vigilante 8, seemed like a poor version of Carmageddon with added guns and spongy controls. Deleted

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 13:35

Yep, played one game and binned it.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 18:15

what was released today?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 18:23

[18 November 1991]Terry Waite[/18 November 1991]

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Runcle wrote:

what was released today?

Nothing

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

V8 was rubbish.

I picked up Worms when it came out though and it's good. Although the DLC is a bit penny pinching.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 22:05

gospvg wrote:

Runcle wrote:

what was released today?

Nothing

Isn't the Streetfighter table for Pinball FX supposed to be out today? I'm not near my Eggybox so I can't actually check at the moment.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 22:06

Yeah, that's the only thing that's been released today. 200 points so I might get it.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Malc74 wrote:

gospvg wrote:

Runcle wrote:

what was released today?

Nothing

Isn't the Streetfighter table for Pinball FX supposed to be out today? I'm not near my Eggybox so I can't actually check at the moment.

Yep like I said nothing

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Today the "Releases" are the "Budget re-releases" of Worms and 2 others.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

I imagine they are probably going to do something decent next week...

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

worms is bought and is as good as I remenber

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 23:40

Were those car combat* games ever any good? I remember the original Twisted Metal was decent, but the sequel (which everyone raved about) seemed terrible, as was Vigilante 8.

*Carmageddon doesn't count, as it doesn't have guns and is excellent.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:28

I really liked Twisted Metal: Black on the PS2 in local multiplayer. I doubt it would stand up today, though - and the single player game was shite.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

I spent a long time playing Carmageddon 2 and had a great laugh, but time changes a man and returning to it know would make me think of Burny Pee, or even GTA (why can't I jump out of the car?). Some of the powerups were awesomesauce though. Pedestrian springs spring to mind

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