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Released today,

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Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons - 800msp, 623MB.

Looks like Nelson was wrong a few week ago about the price.
 
Vert boil said:
Released today,

boxartlg.jpg


Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons - 800msp, 623MB.

Looks like Nelson was wrong a few week ago about the price.
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I think the juxtaposition between Double Dragon Neon and this one is pretty awesome. Neon is just a giant pile of nostalgic sarcasm, while this one is an uncool and stupid looking game that takes itself seriously with its "gritty artstyle" and shit.

Personally, I know I want more Neon humor and less "gritty badassery."
 
So with Duck Tales coming out at some point, I was wondering if anyone had a list of old games that have been remade with upgraded sound/graphics.

Those are probably my favorite games to play since they feel very dated sometimes on the ol NES.
 
Vert boil said:
Released today,

boxartlg.jpg


Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons - 800msp, 623MB.
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The game isn't that bad at all. Combat is pretty solid but takes some getting used to. The only thing I do understand is that this game is balanced to be played co-op for the simple reason of how the enemies work. If you play solo learning how to do Perfect Guard on command is key and even then if you Perfect Guard you can still get hit by another incoming attack for another enemy which is all sorts of weird. I'm on the fence if I should plop the 800 or wait for the eventual sale that'll come. At least give the demo a shot before damning it.
 
PixyJunket said:
So was that Double Dragon II revived (so to speak) because Neon became a thing?
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Actually this was known about way before and was supposed to come out way before Neon but M$ being who they are prevented that from happening as it should've. It would seem it was a good thing in the end because the game needed the polish.
 
ReXXXSoprano said:
Actually this was known about way before and was supposed to come out way before Neon but M$ being who they are prevented that from happening as it should've. It would seem it was a good thing in the end because the game needed the polish.
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Why are you using a dollar sign in MS?
 
tried the DnD download but asks for 800 pts here in Canada, link given here says free but once you try to download it asks for pts.
 
Noogy said:
I believe it's bannable, and honestly shouldn't be brought into threads like this.
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If it's not, it should be! Or better, it should be auto-replaced. On another forum I use, they apparently used to replace any instance of "M$" or "Micro$oft" with "Microsoft Corporation®," which is excellent.

UraMallas said:
Does this have Avatar Fame Star?
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Yeah. Does this affect your purchasing decision, out of interest?
 
Gamejunky said:
So this is probably asked a lot but any new info on Shenmue HD/Skies of Acadia? Are they still a thing?
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SEGA doesn't have too much on their plate for HD remasters this year so far.

I'd expect an announcement soon of the heavily rumored Skies to finally become official, and possibly Shenmue 1+2 HD or just Shenmue 1 HD to be announced this year too. I previously guessed E3 2012, but there was a pretty heavy release schedule in 2012. 2013 there doesn't seem to be much.

An image from PartnerNET leaked awhile ago combined with a few other rumors since then. Titled "Project Berkley II", it was probabbly a beta version of Shenmue II HD, so there's a hint that there could be two separate releases, probably with Shenmue 1 HD releasing months pto a year or so prior. Much smarter business-wise than releasing both at once. Get fans and first time players to fully experience the first (without being overwhelmed by two at once) then have them hyped for the second.

In the PartnerNET image was also Jet Set Radio HD which is now a thing. Combined with the obvious cult classic status it's gained, both from a mix of fans and people who never played the game, it must be obvious it'll be a big deal. Much bigger than their other HD ports, Sonics aside.
 
Rawker said:
tried the DnD download but asks for 800 pts here in Canada, link given here says free but once you try to download it asks for pts.
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You need an Indian xbox account.

Fuck it, I took one for the team and migrated my 'international' account to India. It's downloading now, I'll let you guys know if it works.

Edit: it works! Downloaded without a hitch and I tested it from my main Australian account. Don't know if the game is worth the effort though.
 
Noogy said:
I believe it's bannable, and honestly shouldn't be brought into threads like this.
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toythatkills said:
If it's not, it should be! Or better, it should be auto-replaced. On another forum I use, they apparently used to replace any instance of "M$" or "Micro$oft" with "Microsoft Corporation®," which is excellent.



Yeah. Does this affect your purchasing decision, out of interest?
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Actually curious not trolling or anything, but why? I see really no offense if your are talking of a big company really (I own a lot of Microsoft products, it doesn't change a thing). Maybe it's a cultural difference because in almost any spanish forum you will see it written like that.
 
I dunno about Motocross Madness, but I'm looking forward to giving it a chance.

Can I add that it's really convenient to have one giant thread instead of having to subscribe to a new one every month?

Valkyria said:
How is it NO. I said it is used in many places (which it is) and FOR ME it's easier to understand. What kind of reply is just a "No".
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I sense that this poster is not long for this board.
 
Slygmous said:
You need an Indian xbox account.

Fuck it, I took one for the team and migrated my 'international' account to India. It's downloading now, I'll let you guys know if it works.

Edit: it works! Downloaded without a hitch and I tested it from my main Australian account. Don't know if the game is worth the effort though.
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I'm gonna try moving my China account I used to get Assassins Creed 3 free to India and see.

Edit: The migration worked, got the game for free, and sent it to my 360. Will check the system shortly when I get a chance.

Edit Edit: Game downloaded fine and was playable on my China account. It shows up on my main account but I never started it. Maybe tonight.
 
Valkyria said:
Actually curious not trolling or anything, but why? I see really no offense if your are talking of a big company really (I own a lot of Microsoft products, it doesn't change a thing). Maybe it's a cultural difference because in almost any spanish forum you will see it written like that.
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It's stupid. Should every company with an s in it have the s replaced by a dollar sign?

Perhaps I should start writing Spain as $pain.
 
ReXXXSoprano said:
A force of habit to be honest. I use it all the time. And reading the after I didn't know it was that big of a deal.



Since when? I'd never use it so loosely if that was the case. And since it is allegedly a big deal I will be more cautious in the future.
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I could be wrong, I just know that mods frown upon console-war bait-words like that. Sort of like port-begging and negative comments about a platform's library.
 
So, I've finished up Retro City Rampage today. The good news is that I played for about 12 hours and I enjoyed it a lot more than I enjoyed the demo. It's got a pretty brisk pace, a good amount of content, it's fun to just rampage through the city, I like the score attack mission rampages. It reminded me a lot of the kind of fun I had with the first GTA game. I also like that the city itself is fairly small, so you pretty quickly memorize where the things you want to go to are, which I like in an open-world game.

Now, that being said, it's not a great game. There are some pretty severe flaws. It's supposed to be a parody humour game, but most of the parodies are just references and puns. It's not absurdist or anything like that, it's just... I don't know what to compare it to. Like a bad video game Family Guy? I laughed every so often but I wouldn't call it funny on the overall.

The story is complete nonsense, every 45 seconds some totally random thing happens. Most of the story missions are fairly crummy as well--of the 62 missions I'd say there's maybe 15 that have interesting design. The final mission of the game an Outrun-meets-3d-world-runner clone that requires frustrating precision (this at the end of a 2d top-down GTA clone).

Also most of the stores in the city just sell character skins--this is a two-fold problem, one because there's like 10 stores that do only marginally different things and I kinda wish there could just be a menu that let you pick your character skin outright, and two because your character is like 8x8 pixels so most of the looks aren't really that interesting.

I did 100% the game--still working on the last achievement (edit: done!), but 100% in-game completion. I think in terms of recommendations, I'd say it's okay, but it's not a must play. I don't feel robbed for 600 msp, but I think holding off for a steep Steam sale might be the better way to enjoy the game. Almost no one bought it on 360, I'm in the top 100 of a whole bunch of the rampage leaderboards and in the top 20 of three or four--that's a sign there ain't many people playing.
 
Vert boil said:
I'll update throughout the day.

DOTW

Axel & Pixel - 400msp (was 800)
Mercury Hg - 200msp (was 400)
Pool Nation - 400msp (was 800)
Puzzle Arcade - 400msp (was 800)
Quarrel - 200msp (was 400)
Retro City Rampage - 600msp (was 1200)
Swarm - 200msp (was 400)
The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom - 400msp (was 800)

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Guardian Heroes - 400msp (was 800)
Renegade Ops - 800msp (was 1200)
Sega Bass Fishing - 400msp (was 800)
Wreckateer - 320msp (was 800)


-----

Microsoft Studios Sale

A World of Keflings - 400msp (was 800)
Castle Crashers - 800msp (was 1200)
Deadlight - 600msp (was 1200)
Dust: An Elysian Tail - 600msp (was 1200)
Full House Poker - 400msp (was 800)
Hydro Thunder Hurricane - 600msp (was 1200)
Hydrophobia - 200msp (was 400)
ilomilo - 400msp (was 800)
Pinball FX 2
--Marvel: Avengers Chronicles - 400msp (was 800)
--Pinball FX 1 Classics - 400msp (was 800)
--Plants Vs. Zombie table - 120msp (was 240)
Magic 2013 - 400msp (was 800)
--Expansion - 200msp (was 400)
Mark of the Ninja - 600msp (was 1200)
Trials Evolution - 800msp (was 1200)
--Origin of Pain - 200msp (was 400)
Trials HD - 400msp (was 800)


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WWE Sale

WWE 12 - 1200msp/15$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region
--Fan Axxess - 480msp (was 960)

WWE 13 - 3200msp/40$ (was 4800/60$)
--Fan Axxess - 800msp (was 1600)

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The sale is ending soon so today I bought:

Mark Of The Ninja
Quarrel
Trials HD
Trials Evolution + its Origin of Pain DLC
ilomilo

I already owned:

Axel & Pixel (decent)
PB Winterbottom (amazing)
Dust An Elysian Tail (amazing)
Castle Crashers (haven't played it)


Anything else I should be getting? I think the members in this thread already described Deadlight to me and I find it's not up my alley. And someone suggested Guardian Heroes but I looked at that game and I don't think it's for me.
 
I enjoyed a World of Keflings a lot but it is mostly just a game to relax and chill out to, there is no risk of dying, no risk of losing, just a matter of how smart you can set up your city to get to the end goal with keflings doing the lifting for you...It also is on Windows 8 now

Mercury Hg is probably worth 200 if you like puzzle games

I think almost any gamer would like Pinball FX2, a tip I have is to set the camera angle to the one that is top down (4?) it will prevent you from getting dizzy
 
Montresor said:
The sale is ending soon so today I bought:

Mark Of The Ninja
Quarrel
Trials HD
Trials Evolution + its Origin of Pain DLC
ilomilo

I already owned:

Axel & Pixel (decent)
PB Winterbottom (amazing)
Dust An Elysian Tail (amazing)
Castle Crashers (haven't played it)


Anything else I should be getting? I think the members in this thread already described Deadlight to me and I find it's not up my alley. And someone suggested Guardian Heroes but I looked at that game and I don't think it's for me.
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I heard some very bad things about Deadlight myself from several GAF members and a couple of reviews which is I've been hesitant to check it out. But I am thinking about it.

I think you should check out Pool Nation. I checked it out myself upon the praises of it in this thread and it's pretty damn good. It's probably the best pool video game I've ever played (but it's no substitute for a real game of pool with friends). The physics are perfect just like the real thing. It has a ton of stuff to unlock as well. This seems like the kind of game I can boot up when I don't want to do a ton of thinking. The only weird thing is (this is nitpicking) that there's no people in the halls. You simply hold a disembodied pool stick which I find a bit creepy.

I ended up checking out Quarrel myself. It's pretty good. Scrabble meets Catan with very vibrant and charming visuals. Making anagrams is pretty challenging despite the fact that I have an Associates Degree in English, but when I nail them, the game does a nice job of providing satisfying feedback. I haven't played with human players yet but I imagine it must be more fun.

I don't know whether or not to check out Trials Evolution and the DLC. I'm leaning towards checking it though.
 
Gaspode_T said:
I enjoyed a World of Keflings a lot but it is mostly just a game to relax and chill out to, there is no risk of dying, no risk of losing, just a matter of how smart you can set up your city to get to the end goal with keflings doing the lifting for you...It also is on Windows 8 now

Mercury Hg is probably worth 200 if you like puzzle games

I think almost any gamer would like Pinball FX2, a tip I have is to set the camera angle to the one that is top down (4?) it will prevent you from getting dizzy
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I was going to post these exact same choices. World of Keflings is easily worth 200 points and is strangely addictive. Mercury Hg can be frustrating but for 200 points it's a fun time. I went through and beat it and even replayed some levels a ton of times to set better times on the leaderboards. And I've been slowly picking up all the Pinball FX 2 tables after trying it out with the Avengers set that came out and I now own at least half of the tables, I believe. Way too good as time wasters.
 
Mercury Hg is short and sweet and even with its well-priced DLC packs it doesn't overstay its welcome. One of my favorite games on XBLA, even if it can get frustrating as hell. Use your own music, it's awesome!
 
Stumpokapow said:
So, I've finished up Retro City Rampage today. The good news is that I played for about 12 hours and I enjoyed it a lot more than I enjoyed the demo. It's got a pretty brisk pace, a good amount of content, it's fun to just rampage through the city, I like the score attack mission rampages. It reminded me a lot of the kind of fun I had with the first GTA game. I also like that the city itself is fairly small, so you pretty quickly memorize where the things you want to go to are, which I like in an open-world game.

Now, that being said, it's not a great game. There are some pretty severe flaws. It's supposed to be a parody humour game, but most of the parodies are just references and puns. It's not absurdist or anything like that, it's just... I don't know what to compare it to. Like a bad video game Family Guy? I laughed every so often but I wouldn't call it funny on the overall.

The story is complete nonsense, every 45 seconds some totally random thing happens. Most of the story missions are fairly crummy as well--of the 62 missions I'd say there's maybe 15 that have interesting design. The final mission of the game an Outrun-meets-3d-world-runner clone that requires frustrating precision (this at the end of a 2d top-down GTA clone).

Also most of the stores in the city just sell character skins--this is a two-fold problem, one because there's like 10 stores that do only marginally different things and I kinda wish there could just be a menu that let you pick your character skin outright, and two because your character is like 8x8 pixels so most of the looks aren't really that interesting.

I did 100% the game--still working on the last achievement (edit: done!), but 100% in-game completion. I think in terms of recommendations, I'd say it's okay, but it's not a must play. I don't feel robbed for 600 msp, but I think holding off for a steep Steam sale might be the better way to enjoy the game. Almost no one bought it on 360, I'm in the top 100 of a whole bunch of the rampage leaderboards and in the top 20 of three or four--that's a sign there ain't many people playing.
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Not sure if it was fixed, but a lot of RCR's leaderboards were backwards when I played, so it was hard to tell where I was
 
ReXXXSoprano said:
The game isn't that bad at all. Combat is pretty solid but takes some getting used to. The only thing I do understand is that this game is balanced to be played co-op for the simple reason of how the enemies work. If you play solo learning how to do Perfect Guard on command is key and even then if you Perfect Guard you can still get hit by another incoming attack for another enemy which is all sorts of weird. I'm on the fence if I should plop the 800 or wait for the eventual sale that'll come. At least give the demo a shot before damning it.
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Felt quite surprised as well.
Combat system seems reasonably deep and enjoyable but... I personally can't deal with the utter jerkiness of the whole thing: nothing runs smoothly or how I'd love for it to run, and in the end I realised it was ruining my experience.
Not buying it for now.
 
milkybar1983 said:
won't be anymore new boxart or screenshots leaking early from now on

good while it lasted I suppose
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Could you be more specific? Have you seen/heard that they'll switch to the seemingly random URL's that non-arcade games have or if they are just going to start putting thing up at the last minute?

Presuming that you aren't just basing this on the one pre-cert boxart from last week.
 
Every time I see those deal of the week posts I remember that I bought Alan Wake: American Nightmare on a deal and put off playing in the hope the DLC goes on sale, and then I remember that it never will.

Can I skip the two DLC episodes and go straight to AN or should I watch them on youtube or something?
 
Vert boil said:
Could you be more specific? Have you seen/heard that they'll switch to the seemingly random URL's that non-arcade games have or if they are just going to start putting thing up at the last minute?

Presuming that you aren't just basing this on the one pre-cert boxart from last week.
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non-XBLA IDs aren't random
 
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