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Decker 08-12-09 01:35 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by boredsilly (Post 9639187)
Ok, Trials is going to be my shit. I can see how it's going to get hard as balls, and I'm not usually one for headache games, but I LOVED the demo. I love how quick you can restart after you bail.
Yeah, it's going to be super-hard, but at least it feels do-able on the lower difficulties. On the PC with their lack of analog controls, I struggled to get through the freaking tutorial! -eek-

PixyJunket 08-12-09 01:46 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
SHADOW COMPLEX! SHADOW COMPLEX! SHADOW COMPLEX!<b></b>

RichC2 08-12-09 01:50 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
...is still a week away.

PixyJunket 08-12-09 01:52 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
I'm allowed to be excited now. :(

GoVegan 08-12-09 01:56 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Ooh, I didn't realize that one was only a week away. It seemed so far away last time I saw news on it.

superfro 08-12-09 02:05 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by PixyJunket (Post 9639365)
I'm allowed to be excited now. :(
Yes....yes you are. Me too!

Michael Corvin 08-12-09 02:06 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
I'm excited to see Shadow Complex since it's the last of the Summer Arcade promo. I'm ready to see if Serious Sam or Bubble Bobble are going to follow it up.

Matt 08-12-09 02:10 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
I'm so geeked for Shadow Complex that I read the Orson Scott Card novel that it's kind of based around to get some more background on it. :lol:

EDIT: Speaking of which: Orson Scott Card talks 'Shadow Complex' and the future of 'Empire'

Spoiler:
Beyond being an award-winning author, Orson Scott Card has some gaming cred on his resume. An avid old school gamer himself, Card has worked on a few notable game projects, including The Secret of Monkey Island, for which he penned the swordfighting insults. On August 19, Card returns to gaming by creating the world that surrounds Shadow Complex, which runs parallel to the events in Card's best-selling novel, Empire.

However, unlike his experience working on the poorly-received game Advent Rising -- which Card was brought into late to develop the game's story -- the author and Chair Entertainment collaborated from the beginning to bring the Empire book trilogy and Shadow Complex to life. "They do their thing and I do mine. Two very different arts end up working together to tell the same story," Card told Variety. Card says, he enjoys Shadow Complex's main character so much, he suspects readers will see Jason Flemming (voiced by Nolan North) appear in a future novel within the universe. Shadow Complex's story was written by Star Trek novelist Peter David.

Card also notes that he is confident he has "come up with something" to allow future games in the series to be different. "Nothing would be worse than if they play the second game is the same as the first," Card said. Apparently in Card's world, gamers love change.


(And I still say it's gonna need it's own thread.)

pinata242 08-12-09 02:38 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by MWB (Post 9639403)
(And I still say it's gonna need it's own thread.)
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/images/buttons/newthread.gif

JasonF 08-12-09 02:39 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by MWB (Post 9639403)
(And I still say it's gonna need it's own forum.)
Fixed! [Trump]This game is going to be huge. Huge![/Trump]

PixyJunket 08-12-09 02:46 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9639447)
I'm working on it. :o

Matt 08-12-09 02:47 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9639447)
I'd do it myself but I'd be afraid that someone would yell at me.

Originally Posted by JasonF (Post 9639450)
Fixed! [Trump]This game is going to be huge. Huge![/Trump]
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/915...6be2663544.jpg

boredsilly 08-12-09 03:00 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9639319)
Yeah, it's going to be super-hard, but at least it feels do-able on the lower difficulties. On the PC with their lack of analog controls, I struggled to get through the freaking tutorial! -eek-
Yeah, it's hard, but do-able, and when I make a mistake it's always my fault and not the game's which minimizes frustration. Having spent an hour or two with it, Trials is definitely my next Geometry Wars/Pacman: CE. I can see the challenges providing hours of "fun" when I get tired of the tracks themselves. Rings of Flames is so addictive.

I don't like that you can only get tracks from people on your friends list though. I know there are going to be some masters out there with tracks, and I hope they're made available to all eventually. Or maybe I'm not seeing something that allows me to download other's tracks.

Decker 08-12-09 04:04 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by boredsilly (Post 9639497)
Yeah, it's hard, but do-able, and when I make a mistake it's always my fault and not the game's which minimizes frustration.
That might be underplaying things a bit. Splosion Man really makes you feel that mistakes are your fault alone -- this game you're still a hostage to their floaty physics which is sometimes hard to predict. Sometimes you do a perfect backflip and other times you'll knock your rider's head off on the ramp. Still, getting a clean run down the track is truly a thrilling experience.
Originally Posted by boredsilly (Post 9639497)
Having spent an hour or two with it, Trials is definitely my next Geometry Wars/Pacman: CE. I can see the challenges providing hours of "fun" when I get tired of the tracks themselves. Rings of Flames is so addictive.
Yeah, I can see this game becoming seriously addicting since it's so easy to just fire up and play a couple of levels and then to replay and replay them until you get the gold medal. It should have a lot of longevity. It's not the sort of game that can be beaten in the time it takes to order a pizza (cough, cough).

superfro 08-12-09 05:06 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
FYI from Twisted Pixel (via Twitter) about the 'Splosion Man avatar rewards....

To all who've been asking, just got word: thru no fault of our own, Splosion Man Avatar update has been delayed. Thanks for your patience!

boredsilly 08-12-09 05:53 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9639658)
That might be underplaying things a bit. Splosion Man really makes you feel that mistakes are your fault alone -- this game you're still a hostage to their floaty physics which is sometimes hard to predict. Sometimes you do a perfect backflip and other times you'll knock your rider's head off on the ramp. Still, getting a clean run down the track is truly a thrilling experience.
I see your point, but I think the floatiness of the game is consistent, so when I tumble I feel like it's because I leaned over the handlebars for a second too long, or hit the gas too heavy. The bounciness of the more advanced bikes is really tough to get a grip on though. They remind me a lot of the F1 cars in Burnout that I could never get a handle on.

Liver&Onions 08-12-09 06:57 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9639658)
It's not the sort of game that can be beaten in the time it takes to order a pizza (cough, cough).

It doesn't count as BEATEN!!!!!!!!!!

slop101 08-12-09 08:52 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/197...6064252031.jpg

UncleGramps 08-12-09 10:12 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Trials is awesome. I just spent most of the late afternoon and evening playing it. Lots more bells and whistles than the PC version, and a much better difficulty ramp-up. The PC version was super tricky almost right off the bat. The XBLA version eases you in a little better. A couple of the achievements are pretty clever, too. I figured out one which had a fairly cryptic description, and it was really satisfying. There's another vague one that I didn't get yet but I think I know how to get it.

Decker 08-13-09 12:34 AM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by UncleGramps (Post 9640417)
A couple of the achievements are pretty clever, too. I figured out one which had a fairly cryptic description, and it was really satisfying. There's another vague one that I didn't get yet but I think I know how to get it.
I spent like 20-30 minutes trying to get the one on the Groundhog level where you complete the course flawlessly without ever changing position. It took a while, but I finally did it. No Achievement popped though. I went back and saw I was on Groundhog Begins, not Groundhog Returns! :doh:

pinata242 08-13-09 12:18 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Spotted at QuakeCon:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...a-quakecon.jpg

Also they mention that Quake Arena Arcade is also in attendance.

pinata242 08-13-09 12:21 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Oh, and apparently there's a new episode included in DooM II:

A whole new episode will be included, along with all of Doom 2's original content. Four-player split-screen multiplayer will be available in addition to online play.

PixyJunket 08-13-09 12:36 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9641494)
Also they mention that Quake Arena Arcade is also in attendance.
Delicious.

fumanstan 08-13-09 12:45 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
Sweet, so I assume a version of Quake 3/Quake Live.

pinata242 08-13-09 02:26 PM
Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 
According to the Ubisoft site, this is our 9/16 release: http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=8092

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...zer_keyart.jpg

Panzer General® Allied Assault takes place during the last phase of World War II, from 1944 to 1945. The dramatic events of D-Day finally gave the Allies a foothold on Fortress Europe, allowing them to push the Germans back to Berlin.

Recreate actual battles such as Utah Beach, Operation Market Garden, and the infamous Battle of the Bulge in the hopes of turning back the German tide. Build, customize and fight with your personalized deck of 60 cards. History is in your hands!

Key Features

CARD GAME MEETS BOARD GAME
Thanks to the Collectible Card Game mechanics, you can swap out Unit Cards in your deck for the perfect mix of tanks, artillery and infantry. Add in special Action Cards to “break the rules” and surprise your opponent with air strikes and reinforcements. Then, retool your deck with new cards awarded after each single or multiplayer victory.

A TASTE OF HISTORY
Dive into the history of World War II. 3D models of vehicles used during the War march across your board. Discover the cities where desperate battles took place, such as Bastogne and Carentan. It’s a new and exciting way to learn history.

PLAYER V. PLAYER (PVP) MODE
Play with a friend and have access to the special Unit and Action Cards you have unlocked in the single player Campaign. The more you play, the more cards you unlock!

Screenshots:


/Interest-Piqued


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