The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
10-21-10, 01:03 PM
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10-21-10, 01:57 PM
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I'm probably going to buy it to play with my daughter as well.
There is one problem with the game (as for playing with kids). There are no voice-overs so all the text must be read. Many of the conversations auto-advance and advance pretty quickly. Several times I have not been able to read the text out-loud quick enough before it advances to the next bubble. That was in the demo.
There is one problem with the game (as for playing with kids). There are no voice-overs so all the text must be read. Many of the conversations auto-advance and advance pretty quickly. Several times I have not been able to read the text out-loud quick enough before it advances to the next bubble. That was in the demo.
I think it's a problem even if you're playing it yourself. For me, the text is too small to read quickly on my HDTV and then it will auto-advance on you so you're Catch 22'd into trying to read it quickly.
I think my oldest would like to play this but IMO it should have had at least some voice-overs.
10-21-10, 02:41 PM
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This.
I think it's a problem even if you're playing it yourself. For me, the text is too small to read quickly on my HDTV and then it will auto-advance on you so you're Catch 22'd into trying to read it quickly.
I think my oldest would like to play this but IMO it should have had at least some voice-overs.
I think it's a problem even if you're playing it yourself. For me, the text is too small to read quickly on my HDTV and then it will auto-advance on you so you're Catch 22'd into trying to read it quickly.
I think my oldest would like to play this but IMO it should have had at least some voice-overs.
10-21-10, 02:43 PM
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It is a small studio so I can understand no voice overs... but at least make me hit a button to advance the dialog. My 6-year old gets a kick out of reading everything and this game would be perfect for us to slowly play together and practicing reading. With no voice and quick autoforwarding dialogs it will be a little rough.
10-21-10, 02:47 PM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
10-21-10, 02:48 PM
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Tim and others are chatting it up right now on Facebook: http:///deYOJP http://apps.facebook.com/kinectchat-costume/ (stupid forum rules)
Go tell 'em!
Go tell 'em!
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10-21-10, 03:28 PM
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It is a small studio so I can understand no voice overs... but at least make me hit a button to advance the dialog. My 6-year old gets a kick out of reading everything and this game would be perfect for us to slowly play together and practicing reading. With no voice and quick autoforwarding dialogs it will be a little rough.
At least it came out. I saw in OXM that they reviewed an XBLA game - an Atari remake called Haunted House. They didn't like it much, giving it a 5.0 or 5.5. If that game doesn't get released next week (and it's not been announced yet), they should probably just scrap it.
10-22-10, 08:30 AM
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http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Pr...5-d802585506a2
Only 80 space points. Buy this now! Every game this guy has put out has been really good or great.
10-22-10, 08:48 AM
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I'm hoping to get the chance to review it as I have the last three games.
10-22-10, 09:03 AM
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10-22-10, 09:08 AM
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2. Eh, it's not really a matter of "holding off," but we have gotten review codes from them for everything else.
10-22-10, 11:17 AM
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1. They are on www.gamerswithcasts.com.
2. Eh, it's not really a matter of "holding off," but we have gotten review codes from them for everything else.
2. Eh, it's not really a matter of "holding off," but we have gotten review codes from them for everything else.
I found the blog post on why they release the game when they do intersting. It is the reason I bought it this morning rather than waiting until I got home.
10-22-10, 12:28 PM
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Fluid gameplay trailer.
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10-22-10, 02:02 PM
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Fluid gameplay trailer.
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10-22-10, 02:11 PM
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I just won Fluid off his Twitter account and I had previously won Crossfire. I need to get off my ass, spend the $2, and complete the collection.
10-22-10, 05:51 PM
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10-23-10, 09:02 AM
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Fluid is good, but it's not quite as addicting as Inferno was IMO. I think it's more of a small doses game. That said, I got rather annoyed when I got my first 5 star level and realized I'll have to spend even more time on it than originally planned. 
10-23-10, 10:03 PM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Finished up Costume Quest and loved every minute of it well worth $15.
10-24-10, 11:16 AM
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Re: The official Xbox Live Arcade/Indie Games/Game Room Thread of Space Bucks for Fun
Francis Rizzo III was right on the money with the review for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.
i dl'd the demo and hours later i was still playing and having so much fun. i am not sure if the demo ends and the only difference is you can't save to the HD and thus lose all progress when turn off, but after some serious game time and just having a ton of fun i bought the game and thankfully could save permanently.
it isn't an easy game (having never played the Doom's, Quake's or whatever other on-rails FPS this game harkens back to) and with exactly as he describes hundreds of enemies coming at you at once, with the volume of characters, the volumes of weapons at your disposal it makes the experience so thoroughly enjoyable. not to mention the lush 3D enviornments, that yes, look a little dated, but just seems to fit this remake.
seems like a long game as well, so for me the pts were justified. and there is also some thought involved which i was surprised and like as well. you really need to distinguish between which weapons will work best with certain hordes of enemies. there isn't one sure fire weapon and if there was you'd certainly run out of ammo clobbering with just it. the sheer awesomeness of some are just stupidly fun. even the simple chainsaw provides oodles of entertaining slayings.
you also have to be cautious about when to save. sure, you can save at any moment, but if you do and you have too little health you might get screwed and it might be best to get killed and start from a fresh save, beat it with a good amount of health, save and then move on. of course, forgetting to save after you just killed an arena full of baddies and then die can be a frustrating experience, but replaying the section is not unwelcome.
all these characteristics and more really makes for a surprisingly fun little FPS.
nice review Francis!
i dl'd the demo and hours later i was still playing and having so much fun. i am not sure if the demo ends and the only difference is you can't save to the HD and thus lose all progress when turn off, but after some serious game time and just having a ton of fun i bought the game and thankfully could save permanently.
it isn't an easy game (having never played the Doom's, Quake's or whatever other on-rails FPS this game harkens back to) and with exactly as he describes hundreds of enemies coming at you at once, with the volume of characters, the volumes of weapons at your disposal it makes the experience so thoroughly enjoyable. not to mention the lush 3D enviornments, that yes, look a little dated, but just seems to fit this remake.
seems like a long game as well, so for me the pts were justified. and there is also some thought involved which i was surprised and like as well. you really need to distinguish between which weapons will work best with certain hordes of enemies. there isn't one sure fire weapon and if there was you'd certainly run out of ammo clobbering with just it. the sheer awesomeness of some are just stupidly fun. even the simple chainsaw provides oodles of entertaining slayings.
you also have to be cautious about when to save. sure, you can save at any moment, but if you do and you have too little health you might get screwed and it might be best to get killed and start from a fresh save, beat it with a good amount of health, save and then move on. of course, forgetting to save after you just killed an arena full of baddies and then die can be a frustrating experience, but replaying the section is not unwelcome.
all these characteristics and more really makes for a surprisingly fun little FPS.
nice review Francis!
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10-24-10, 06:30 PM
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OK, so after I dogged Fluid for not being too addictive, I've been playing it a lot this weekend. I have about half at 5 stars, the rest at 4 except for stupid level 24, which took me forever just to get to 3 stars. Gah!
10-24-10, 07:05 PM
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Inferno and now Crossfire are underpriced at 80 points. Fluid feels like an 80 point game, but at least it's a good one.