Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) News and Announcements Thread - 2012 Edition
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They don't see it as a beat-em-up. They see it as Gauntlet advanced. (Reference to the Dev diary for more info.)
Gauntlet Legends didn't have combos either...
I know... I think it's a funky idea too. Lionhead seems to make a lot of these.
Haven't played the demo myself yet, so can't say much more, will wait till playing myself
But...that doesn't even make sense. Gauntlet is simple because it's 30 years old, not because Midway wanted it to be. Making a game with one attack per character in 2012 is just weak, not "going back to the old school" or whatever.They don't see it as a beat-em-up. They see it as Gauntlet advanced. (Reference to the Dev diary for more info.)
Gauntlet Legends didn't have combos either...
I know... I think it's a funky idea too. Lionhead seems to make a lot of these.
Haven't played the demo myself yet, so can't say much more, will wait till playing myself
Also, wait, "Gauntlet advanced?" Then why is every single level a straight line from left to right when Gauntlet was a much more free-form game with open, sprawling levels? That comparison is just BS by Lionhead.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I bought Fable Heroes. It's fine for 800pts and fun seeing all of Albion in this cute style.
Are the cheevos easy?
Really? The "it's only 800pts" excuse? Like every good game on the service is 800!
Yes, the game is a complete joke difficulty-wise.UraMallas said:
So even without Moly, Lionhead is full of it?
Seriously though, you can't argue your logic.
Anybody purchased Nexuiz? I got hooked up on Quake Live the past days and I really liked the Nexuiz trial back when it was released, but my major problem seems to be unsolved ever since: there are no players. Because of that awful matchmaking system, I was waiting for 25 minutes yesterday and still was not able to find enough players to start a single match! Is it the same with the full version or only the trial is useless? Because I would definitely buy it ... :\
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I'm in the same boat dude, I loved the Nexuiz demo and would buy it in a heartbeat if it had any players on it.
bigtroyjon
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Taking the price into account when you buy something isn't an excuse, it's how rational people make purchasing decisions.
The problem nowadays is that they separated the trial and retail players with different matchmaking. It wasn't like that originally but some selfish fools on the official forums convinced the devs to patch it in. I kept trying to tell them that exactly what's happening to you would happen and they'd lose sales, but they went with the popular opinion. :/
The game is excellent though and, if people are still playing, well worth the 800. Check the official forums for activity; if there are still posts being made here and there, you should be safe. I don't have it installed and am hurting for space so I can't really check for you.
Way to miss the point! Point is that the 800 price point does not make a mediocre game better, because there are actually excellent games on the service that are also 800. No need to buy a lesser game just because it's cheap, when far better games are just as cheap. That's a pretty rational thought if you ask me, but that was a totally sweet burn brah.
FateBreaker
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That's pretty interesting. The new game announcement must be Mr. and Mrs. Splosion Man, or Splosion Man Jr.
I think the big question is if this will be retail or XBLA. Their last game was retail and it also seemed to push Microsoft to buy them. Also, I can't think of one internal studio at Microsoft that only develops XBLA titles.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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Yeah, probably this.
Nah, its too soon to reveal yet another 'Splosion game, the guys at Twisted P are full of ideas and would hate to only make 'Splosion games.
Expect this to be original, and count me in as excited as these guys are one of my fave studios.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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PixyJunket
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Achievements for Street of Rage and Golden Axe are out, lazy Sega still using twelve achievements although the points are boosted up to 400.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-golden-axe/achievements/
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-streets-of-rage/achievements/
Too bad Monster World Collection won't get that benefit. Boo.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-golden-axe/achievements/
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-streets-of-rage/achievements/
Too bad Monster World Collection won't get that benefit. Boo.
Infamous Chris
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Lol @ those achievements. An 100G achievement for an arcade game?
The Culture Vulture
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I just finished Ms. Spolosion Man on Hardcore Mode two days ago.
Just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in.
Vert boil
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DOTW
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/Promotion/dealoftheweek
Some GoD and various Hero music reduced as well - http://xbldb.com/offer-history/price-changes
New piece of Scarygirl DLC popped up,
--Enemy Within - 160msp
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/Promotion/dealoftheweek
Some GoD and various Hero music reduced as well - http://xbldb.com/offer-history/price-changes
New piece of Scarygirl DLC popped up,
--Enemy Within - 160msp
toythatkills
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Music DLC might be worth a look if you've got Xbox Rewards, because you get 80 back for spending 240. Of course, it's all Hero stuff and nobody owns those games do they?
Monkeylord
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I'm at work, and can't follow the link... any chance of a copy/paste?
I do
Seraphinianus
Banned
whew, almost missed Virtual On for 600 points
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I suspect that's a case of the achievements being developed/locked in before the 200->400 policy change and then the dev having to make a change on the fly.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I think there will be quite a few games forced to just double their achievements value.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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So what's up for the rest of the month?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Next Wednesday is Sonic 4-2 and Jam music game thing. Then Dragon's Lair on the Friday.
Can't remember passed that.
Edit: yeah, seems Lifelower has nothing further on, either. https://sites.google.com/site/xblareleaseschedule/home
Vert boil
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GRAW 2 Co-op Collection - 200msp (was 400)
GRAW 2 Co-op Collection 2 - 200msp (was 400)
Splinter Cell Conviction Deniable Ops: Insurgency - 400msp (was 800)
Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ch. 2 - 300msp (was 600)
Tom Clancys HAWX Air Supremacy - 400msp (was 800)
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - 800msp (was 1200) - may be 600
Splinter Cell Conviction Co-op Outfit - 200msp (was 400)
Tom Clancys Hawx 2 All in One Pack - 400msp (was 800)
Endwar Escalation Expansion Pack - 200msp (was 400)
Deus Ex: Human Resources - 2000msp (was 2400)
DJ Hero: David Guetta Mix Pack 01 - 320msp (was 640)
DJ Hero 2 : Hit Makers Mix Pack - 320msp (was 640)
GH 5: Megadeth Track Pack - 220msp (was 440)
GH VIP pass: Linkin Park Track Pack - 480msp (was 960)
GH WT: Country Track Pack - 220msp (was 440)
Monkeylord
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Much obliged.
j0hnny_385
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Revolution. Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
toythatkills
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Well, someone was looking for games set in an office.
Hope Perfect Dark/Joe Danger and other 20 ach. games get the bump...
Wishful thinking.toythatkills
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Hope Perfect Dark/Joe Danger and other 20 ach. games get the bump...
I don't think anything will go back and up its achievement points, I'm not even sure the system could cope with it. What would happen to my profile when an achievement worth 40pts was only 20pts when I unlocked it? At best they'll add DLC to up the value a bit but there's no way that's happening to Perfect Dark.
Vert boil
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MWC will have only 200 points of cheevos ?
PepsimanVsJoe
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Jeeze those achievements for the Vintage Collections are among the easiest I've ever seen.
Chiaroscuro
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That was always one of the main incentives to buy the Sega Genny releases.
Fox Mulder
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the ultimate genesis collection was the easiest 1000 points I've ever got.
Unregistered007
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Fking MS alway sneaking shit.
On major nelson's blog Chaos Theory is listed @ 50% off, thus it should be 600 MS points but its 800 points.
If it is a parkour game then we can expect it to be another Kinect title, which i hope it wouldn't have been.
PixyJunket
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Yup. Same as the Alex Kid and Unrelated Games pack.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-monster-world/achievements/
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/svc-alex-kidd-and-co/achievements/
I'm less annoyed at the points value than I am at the fact that they could be using thirty achievements now. Given that these are packs of three games, they could REALLY use the added bump in that regard.
It's just that these games were all basically completed months ago, adding more is more work for something they've probably paid and moved on from, development wise. Those achievements are in the system now, not much they can do with those, outside of adding more achievements (maybe?) via a patch, but by the time they can do that it wouldn't be worth it.
Still plenty of games with 200 Points still coming out, devs probably didn't even know this was a thing until Arcade Next lineup was announced.
akilshohen
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Looks like SoR collection might have Bare Knuckle 3 with Ash playable from the achievement descriptions.
Compare the last achievement to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Rage_3#Adaptation_differences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Rage_3#Adaptation_differences said:
Aren't these collections being developed by M2, the same guys behind NeoGeo Station?
If so, I expect the same quality, in terms of ports fidelity and options (such as a region switch to play uncensored SoR2 and SoR3).
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