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Vert boil
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show me your skeleton
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huh, thought it was 1200!
anyway, opinions on warhammer 40,000: kill team & bionic commando rearmed 2?
They're the worst of the games during these sales, but that doesn't necessarily make them terrible games. BCR2 is just decidedly worse than it's predecessor but is actually a decent platformer with many levels, a myriad of bosses and lots of variety. Adding the ability to jump and giving the dude an ironic hipster moustasche make the game a bit lamer than the first one, though.
Kill Team is the lesser of the two and while it doesn't really do anything specifically poorly, it doesn't do anything very well either. There's just no reason to pick it up over games like Geometry Wars, Mutant Storm or Gatling Gears. It will fit the bill if you want 1 or 2 nights of shooty entertainment, if you enjoy 40k stuff and want some quick and easy achievements, though.
Vert boil
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Major Nelson initially listed Motorcross Madness at the wrong price yesterday.
They updated the Information on the Twisted Pixel bundle last night,
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...s-Bundle/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa
They updated the Information on the Twisted Pixel bundle last night,
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...s-Bundle/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa
Just played a tutorial and quick race (finished 6th) and a quick go on the first small exploration map.
Very different feel from old Motorcross Madness that I spend ages titting around in.
Its got a funny look to it to, not even close to the beautiful IQ in Joyride but almost looks lowres and murky with some shimmer to the frame rate.
Very different feel from old Motorcross Madness that I spend ages titting around in.
Its got a funny look to it to, not even close to the beautiful IQ in Joyride but almost looks lowres and murky with some shimmer to the frame rate.
I think my favourite part of Motocross Madness is the "exploration mode". Just it existence basically means that the developers knew how I played the Motocross Madness demo all those years ago.
Basically the exploration mode opens up the race maps entirely -- go anywhere, wherever. Even a single map goes through three separate levels. It's huge.
Each part of the exploration mode has coins and skulls to collect -- and they're put over big jumps, or up areas you'd never go like up the pyramid, or by boosting up the side of this mountain you're never meant to get up. It's exactly how I played the Motocross Madness demo.
Think of it as sort of like Rovio's Bad Piggies' super big levels where you have to figure out how to get up there, but with Bikes. Kind of like an open world Trials type of thing.
Also when you go outside the level's boundaries it flings you in the other direction, which was basically the goal of the PC demo.
Basically the exploration mode opens up the race maps entirely -- go anywhere, wherever. Even a single map goes through three separate levels. It's huge.
Each part of the exploration mode has coins and skulls to collect -- and they're put over big jumps, or up areas you'd never go like up the pyramid, or by boosting up the side of this mountain you're never meant to get up. It's exactly how I played the Motocross Madness demo.
Think of it as sort of like Rovio's Bad Piggies' super big levels where you have to figure out how to get up there, but with Bikes. Kind of like an open world Trials type of thing.
Also when you go outside the level's boundaries it flings you in the other direction, which was basically the goal of the PC demo.
Diablohead
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I just downloaded motorcross madness, going to stream it for a few hours if anyone is interested in taking a peek,
http://www.twitch.tv/diabuk
http://www.twitch.tv/diabuk
Thanks for the stream, looks like a lot of fun. Will give the demo a whirl at the very least.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
For me this is the only bit of Motocross Madness that matters. The races were always utter shite, but exploring the stunt quarries was the best thing EVER. Nice to see they've kept it in! Ooh, forgot to ask - can you do Exploration in the demo?
milkybar1983
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back for now...
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
So awesome. Looks like it's coming along nicely.
Diablohead
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Really like motorcross so far, the open world stages are just like the original's open maps, great stuff.
Phonomezer
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I just discovered I have 600MSP. I don't know what I can get for that, anything good?
Diablohead
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off the top of my head, counter strike GO is 600msp this week.
Phonomezer
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Oh yeah... hmm, tempting.
Been waiting for Castlestorm for a long time. Can't wait to get my hands on it as a castle defense fan and a person who loved King Arthur on the SNES back in the day.
Motocross Madness is disappointing. Doesn't seem to be much content and the handling, physics, collision detection, etc are crappy. You have very little traction and it is very hard to pull back into a turn without losing a whole bunch of speed. You slide a lot and not in a good way.
Motocross Madness is disappointing. Doesn't seem to be much content and the handling, physics, collision detection, etc are crappy. You have very little traction and it is very hard to pull back into a turn without losing a whole bunch of speed. You slide a lot and not in a good way.
Diablohead
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Just had the game hard lock my 360 as I was racing (and winning!) just completely froze, no sound, was only turning a corner.
Vert boil
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One guy is having the same problem on the xbox forums. Just tried the demo and had no problems personally.
Stumpokapow
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Motocross Madness seems to play well enough to me. The exploration mode being limited in area and to five minutes in the demo is a little unfortunate. It reminds me of Joyride in a good way. I like the clan stuff although I don't think there's going to be enough players to justify it long-term. I'll pick it up on a 400 msp sale in a few months.
I noticed something weird in the demo, though--if you go into Avatar Famestar, a) the demo prohibits you from seeing what the Favstar challenges are (? why?), but even stranger, b) you can't click on the "Recommendations" section. Why on earth would they prohibit me from looking at advertising until I buy the game?
I noticed something weird in the demo, though--if you go into Avatar Famestar, a) the demo prohibits you from seeing what the Favstar challenges are (? why?), but even stranger, b) you can't click on the "Recommendations" section. Why on earth would they prohibit me from looking at advertising until I buy the game?
ChosenPredator
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when is the Dungeon & Dragon game suppose to come out
Diablohead
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I have played a fair bit of motorcross now, I think they have done a great job making parts of the new game feel like the classic, the open stunt areas, all the tricks you unlock and the OOB wall launching you back really hard if you hit it, just like motorcross madness 2.
Only bad thing is the really REALLY generic guitar music, it's a shame there was not a few licensed tunes here or something less plain overall, even the menu is some generic guitar loop.
Very nice that this game was 800 allards also, could have easily been set to 1200 but I feel that 800 is the great sweet spot for this kind of title.
Online right now is a little empty but it's only 8 hours after launch.
Only bad thing is the really REALLY generic guitar music, it's a shame there was not a few licensed tunes here or something less plain overall, even the menu is some generic guitar loop.
Very nice that this game was 800 allards also, could have easily been set to 1200 but I feel that 800 is the great sweet spot for this kind of title.
Online right now is a little empty but it's only 8 hours after launch.
SapientWolf
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Castlestorm was supposed to be happening this month. But it's looking like it got delayed.
Doug Heffernan
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Anyone want to make an OT for Motocross?
I could do it but not until I get home...
I could do it but not until I get home...
You can still find games but I wouldn't call it active.
Phonomezer
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A lot of people still play it, myself included from time to time.
Hmmm, is it difficult to find games?
Vert boil
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I finally got around to playing it last month. There is still a large player base and every time I booted it up I was in-game and running around within 45 seconds with a good number of other players. DICE made a very solid game.
The demo gives you a bit off free time to play with other people so you can check if there are enough people playing at the times you would likely be playing at.
Should be out in June.
Marketplace link for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons popped up - http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Brothers/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584112a5
Going through cert at the moment.
Same for me. I guess it's not a buy from me then.
CrashPrime
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I love classic games with scanline emulation. Makes them so much more tolerable on modern TV's.
Diablohead
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I could whip up some simple screen grabs and a header maybe, but not tonight as i'm off soon.
There are some serious flaws with this game in two parts, firstly landing big air is a roll of the dice, you can do your best or even touch nothing but you will crash on landing, second is that on the fire and ice track there is an invisible wall in the middle of the track, I just hit it twice in 3 laps online and it lost me first place :/ i doubt it will ever be removed but it's right on the racing line near the start.
Also playing online, like with sonic ASR transformed it causes collision differences and lag, you will play worse online for some weird reason because of weird collisions.
TwiztidElf
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You and me both. Been waiting since it was announced back in mid 2012. Great to see it's nearly here. The Zen website says 'Spring 2013'.
Vert boil
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Trailer for the Flashback remake was posted - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_tRZwpSYk
Interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKpcwz21vEY
Thread here.
Sacred Citadel was confirmed for wednesday next week and they change the boxart to a crapper one over night.
They put up the fourth and last character reveal as well,
Seraphim Mage
The other ones are Ancarian Ranger, Khukuri Shaman and Safiri Warrior.
Interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKpcwz21vEY
Thread here.
Sacred Citadel was confirmed for wednesday next week and they change the boxart to a crapper one over night.
They put up the fourth and last character reveal as well,
Seraphim Mage
The other ones are Ancarian Ranger, Khukuri Shaman and Safiri Warrior.