edstein

I like they way they did the new content for COD2. Give me a couple of free maps and the option to buy others. I think all of the themes and gamer pictures should be free. Maps, characters, quests, cars, etc. should be free or pay depending on the extent of the content.

xmiyux

I would really like to see more games unlock new gamer pics when you beat them or get a certain achievement. I believe this happened when i did something in the Rockstar Table Tennis game.

Liver&Onions

Agreed. I like it too I know some arcade titles do it...Astropop, Hexic, Feeding Frenzy...

xmiyux

Sadly enough and due to my gotta catch em all mentality at times this will probably get me to play Hexic more (even though i'm not really a fan) as well as possibly buy Astropop. Did Geometry Wars have this feature?

I think i have also gotten some gamer pics from the Official Xbox Magazine discs. Some of the secret vault stuff you get from getting all the magazine points on the disc.

slymer

How do I get the backwards compatability update to work? I don't have Xbox live, so I'm burning the June 2006 updated to CD. When I put the CD in the player it keeps saying the disc is unreadable. At first I thought it was because I was using cheap discs, but I tried it again with another brand and got the same result.

Liver&Onions

I didn't see any Geo wars pics in my list... The pictures just kind of appeared, not like table tennis where a message popped up though. Astropop and Geo Wars are worth it, even without the gamerpics btw

xmiyux

Geo Wars was neat but didn't hook me. Oddly enough i enjoyed Feeding Frenzy more... i think because it wasn't as stressful to play. I'll have to check out Astropop since i only looked at the demo once. I was disappointed because i thought Astropop was going to be like Puyo Puyo Pop.

DJ_Longfellow

As mentioned in other threads...the Ghost Recon AW map-pack is up for DOWNLOAD. 1200 points.

xmiyux

i don't think the 360 will read CDRs. Can you not even get online w/the free silver account or no broadband? If that is the case you probably want to subscribe to the Official Xbox Magazine - i think (doublecheck me on this) they sometimes distribute updates on those demo discs. They did for the original Xbox at least.

edstein

Here are the instructions for creating an update disk using a DVD or a CD-R.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ility.htm#disc

Liver&Onions

or 14 posts up from yours

Giantrobo

Say, is it just me or are the CoD2 achievements spread out few and far between?

The Bus

CoD2 has plenty of achievements... if you play it in super-hard mode.

Giantrobo

Well fuck that. I can barely get through on "normal" without a headache and palpatations.

Michael T Hudson

Same here.

xmiyux

Heh i played through it once on hardened and got the first 200 points, then i decided to give veteran a shot. Holy crap is it difficult. I doubt i will ever finish it on veteran as any time a different game pops into my head i play that game instead of bashing my head against the veteran wall.

1998Nole

The Saint Row demo will be out August 1 according to Teamxbox. Hopefully it will actually hit marketplace that day and not be delayed for any reasons. It will be a single player only, but at least I can try it before wasting $60, but I have a feeling the fun thing about this game may be the online aspect.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11234/...ow-Demo-Dated/

Blitz6Speed

Ive been playing that damn Battlefield online demo for a bit now, and i truely enjoy it. Are there a lot of matches/games for all the maps you get on the full retail or is it a ghost town and only the demo is getting a lot of action?

edstein

<--- Beat COD2 on Veteran. You guys need to step up your game

xmiyux

I'm slowly working on it - although i am dreading the missions where you are driving the tank and have to take out the other tanks. On hardened it took me days to beat that level due to the extreme difficulties i had driving the stupid thing.

edstein

Clearing the houses and the silo during the US missions were the hardest levels for me.

JM

There is no shortage of games on all maps in the full retail. On the vote servers, many people will end up voting on a handful of favorites (such as Bridge Too Far--the demo map). However, you can choose to join rotation servers to ensure that you play on some of the less popular maps.

xmiyux

On hardened clearing the houses i thought was very difficult. The silo on hardened wasn't bad at all though.

1998Nole

The hardest thing for me was clearing the church in Caen, it too me longer to do that than to pass silo and the houses combined. I think I made it more difficult than it should have been though.

Michael Corvin

I played up through the beginning of the British campaign on Hardened and switched to Veteran. I couldn't tell the difference. I think they are basically the same, maybe a bullet less knocks your health down quicker, but there isn't much of a difference.