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pinata242 12-07-08 10:47 AM


Originally Posted by Shagrath (Post 9117195)
Looks like Powerup Forever is going to be coming out this Wednesday. Looks like a fairly awesome two-stick shooter.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1220377_1124.html

I'll definitely be checking this out. Might be my first purchase since Castle Crashers.

Looks promising. Further down, I'm interested in any game called Deathsmiles.

Groucho 12-07-08 10:57 AM

Yay. Falling blocks and dual stick shooters. Two genres that XBLA is truly deficient in.

Decker 12-10-08 09:38 AM

Just tried out both new game demos. I don't know....

It feels impossible to play Meteos and not be longing for the DS controls. They were as essential to the game as dual sticks were to Geometry Wars. This controls almost exactly like Poker Smash. Now I love Poker Smash,and maybe this will become more intuitve in time, but the difference is that in PS, you'vegot nice big cards to select and here, the Meteos tiles are so small that it seems really hard to move the right tile quickly. Still, the multiplayer aspect could make it a fun game.

pinata242 12-10-08 09:56 AM

Has there been any mention of the new Street Fighter Uno deck? This just caught my eye on the marketplace website: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...0-0000584107f3

280 points for the deck.

PixyJunket 12-10-08 10:02 AM


Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9117275)
Looks promising. Further down, I'm interested in any game called Deathsmiles.

I got to play Death Smiles Mega Black Label on Saturday! It's awesome!

Decker 12-10-08 10:05 AM

Power Up Forever is ..... just another two-stick shooter. There are no walls (a first for XBLA 2-sticks, iirc), so you can run away and shoot behind like in Super Stardust HD. It feels kind of slow and difficult to manuver. I sort of like the driving mechanic -- that as you continue, you get more powerful weapons but also get bigger and easier to hit. Still, it doesn't do much for me.

I'm curious what others think of it.

Decker 12-10-08 11:37 AM


Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9123983)
Has there been any mention of the new Street Fighter Uno deck? This just caught my eye on the marketplace website: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...0-0000584107f3

280 points for the deck.

I wonder why that deck is nearly three times the price of the other add-on decks. It's more expensive that the SSFHD Pinball table, which really makes no sense to me.



...Whoa, wait. Did I just see a posting by Pixy???? Welcome back! :D

Liver&Onions 12-10-08 11:48 AM


Originally Posted by PixyJunket (Post 9123997)
I got to play Death Smiles Mega Black Label on Saturday! It's awesome!

Welcome back Pixy.

Michael Corvin 12-10-08 12:34 PM


Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9124291)
I
...Whoa, wait. Did I just see a posting by Pixy???? Welcome back! :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...hand/keanu.jpg

UncleGramps 12-10-08 12:55 PM

Guess who's back? Pixy's back!

Welcome back to the forums. :)

PixyJunket 12-10-08 01:06 PM

There's too much love in here.

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/geo...yJunket360.png

There, now you can hate me.

Liver&Onions 12-10-08 01:24 PM

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/geo...randonions.png

Dammit - I thought i was beating you on something. Guess not.

Michael Corvin 12-10-08 02:02 PM


Originally Posted by PixyJunket (Post 9124530)
There's too much love in here.

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/geo...yJunket360.png

There, now you can hate me.

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/geo...h%20Draven.png

Why would I hate? Have you not played Pacifism in a while?

slop101 12-10-08 09:11 PM


Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9124006)
Power Up Forever is ..... just another two-stick shooter. There are no walls (a first for XBLA 2-sticks, iirc), so you can run away and shoot behind like in Super Stardust HD. It feels kind of slow and difficult to manuver. I sort of like the driving mechanic -- that as you continue, you get more powerful weapons but also get bigger and easier to hit. Still, it doesn't do much for me.

I'm curious what others think of it.

Seems like IGN agrees with you.

PixyJunket 12-11-08 08:48 AM


Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 9124652)
Why would I hate? Have you not played Pacifism in a while?

Pacifism can eat a bag of dicks.

Michael Corvin 12-11-08 09:35 AM

:lol:

Funny, my copy of G.Wars2 only came with that mode.

pinata242 12-11-08 09:40 AM

I like Pacifism the best myself, but I would hardly call it passive. The death tolls are catastrophic.

slop101 12-11-08 10:30 AM

I do have to say that Pacifism mode, not that it doesn't take skill, but compared to the other modes, feels less skill-based and more luck-based.

Michael Corvin 12-11-08 10:46 AM

I'd like to argue with that, but there is a lot of luck involved. Then again if it was mostly luck wouldn't everyone have 500 million?

slop101 12-11-08 11:10 AM

Not mostly, just more than the other modes.

PixyJunket 12-11-08 01:26 PM


Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 9126339)
Not mostly, just more than the other modes.

Definitely, lucky gate placement and hoping to have a cluster of grunts still around you as you pass through your third, fourth or fifth consecutive gate are big factors in it. Actually, I just haven't played that particular mode very often because I'm so addicted to Deadline and Waves. I almost forget about the other four modes (though I do like King, Evolved and Sequence a lot still).

Decker 12-15-08 03:22 PM

This week on Arcade: Dortios' Dash of Destruction
The long journey for the Doritos promotion is finally over! The winning concept, Dash Of Destruction, will be available as a full arcade title this Wednesday. The best part is that is will be available for free.

UncleGramps 12-15-08 03:26 PM

A free adver-game on XBLA? What could possibly go wrong?

Michael Corvin 12-15-08 03:27 PM

Like Yaris, I'll wait until you schmoes give it a run first. :lol:

GatorDeb 12-15-08 03:44 PM

Had a good gaming day today and got through 3 Zuma temples. Only one left !!


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