Official Xbox Live Arcade Thread

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LakeEarth said:
Yeah, I'd like to know this too.

Hit the xbox button on your controller.
Go down to Personal Settings.
Notifications.

Since you didn't know where that was, I'm assuming you didn't know about the themes either. It's on that list also.
 
iceDragon7 said:
Hit the xbox button on your controller.
Go down to Personal Settings.
Notifications.

Since you didn't know where that was, I'm assuming you didn't know about the themes either. It's on that list also.
Thanks, I could've sworn I went into my personal settings but I guess my mind glossed over it.
 
Jesiatha said:
Sorry guys, I can't comment on Arcade related things for the forseeable future.

I've come to the conclusion that one of the following scanarios has happened to Jesiatha.

A: XBL Arcade is bombing hard and the team has to go back to the drawing board... I hope not

B: XBL Arcade is a huge hit and the team is busy making improvements... I hope so

C: Jesiatha doesn't want to be bothered because he is actively seeking to get every high score available. I'm not kidding... this guy gots game http://live.xbox.com/member/Jesiatha

D: Because he is a Microsoft employee, everything he says can be considered "Official"... and most likely violates company policy even though the information he gathered is available to the public.

Probably D. Thanks for all you have provided us. I hope you didn't get into trouble.
 
jedimike said:
I've come to the conclusion that one of the following scanarios has happened to Jesiatha.

A: XBL Arcade is bombing hard and the team has to go back to the drawing board... I hope not

B: XBL Arcade is a huge hit and the team is busy making improvements... I hope so

C: Jesiatha doesn't want to be bothered because he is actively seeking to get every high score available. I'm not kidding... this guy gots game http://live.xbox.com/member/Jesiatha

D: Because he is a Microsoft employee, everything he says can be considered "Official"... and most likely violates company policy even though the information he gathered is available to the public.

Probably D. Thanks for all you have provided us. I hope you didn't get into trouble.
You forgot E: Jes got a gag order from J. Allard :p
 
isamu said:
I would pay up to FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for online Super Puzzle Fighter II, Samurai Shodown 1 & 2, and Metal Slug 3 co-op....NO JOKE!!!!!!!!!!

But then you and I would be the only two people with these games, and it would get boring beating you down at Puzzle Fighter over and over... well, it wouldn't, but still... :lol

Now then MS, listen up please. I'm ready for XBLA Round 2: Featuring Killer Instinct and Puzzle Fighter II.
 
DrDogg said:
But then you and I would be the only two people with these games, and it would get boring beating you down at Puzzle Fighter over and over... well, it wouldn't, but still... :lol


BRING IT!!!!!!!!!! :D
 
does the geowars leaderboard list scores for people that dl'ed the full game only? or does it include demo users also? because theres 5,000+ right now on the leaderboards and that would be awesome if all those people dl'ed it.
 
Yup, its just the people who downloaded it. Actually that's a good idea, I'll look up at the leaderboards of some games and see the amount of people bought it.
 
damn. i only know of 5,000 because someone on my friends list is like 5,009. it might go a lot higher. that's a lot better than i thought it would be.
 
Yeah I can't find any way to go through the list faster than 10 at a time, and that'll take forever. The lowest on my list is 5019, he's got like 46000 so there are people below him. How many, I don't know.

But 5000 at $5 a pop is like $25000, I don't know how much a little game like this will cost to make though.

Lowest friend on Smash TV, 2237th but he has a decent score. So at least 2500 people got Smash TV.
Only one friend has Joust, at 1513.
My friends list has a Gauntlet player at 2849th place.
Lesser known game Zuma, I have one person on my list at 574th.

So it seems like a lot of the games are getting a few thousand buyers, which I guess is what they are expected to sell.
 
figure $25,000 so far for limited US numbers....thats pretty freakin good if you ask me. bizarre is getting half that, they'll definitely turn a profit. so far, so very good (IMO).
 
Joe said:
does the geowars leaderboard list scores for people that dl'ed the full game only? or does it include demo users also? because theres 5,000+ right now on the leaderboards and that would be awesome if all those people dl'ed it.

GeoWars 2 is also the cheapest Live Arcade game. I'm sure that has a lot to do with its success. $5 is the sweet spot for me, I'm not too keen on buying most of these Live Arcade titles for $10+
 
Joust, Smash TV and Gauntlet were the same price.

All the original stuff other than Geo Wars seems to be 800, which basically screams "don't touch me".
 
LakeEarth said:
Joust, Smash TV and Gauntlet were the same price.

All the original stuff other than Geo Wars seems to be 800, which basically screams "don't touch me".

The biggest rip off being Billiards. For 1200+ you better give me a 3-d billiards where I can hop the ball and put an English to the ball.
 
Thank god they give demos.

I wish there was a way that I could go to the last person on the list. The only way to see last place is to be last place, when you first get the game just lose at 0 points and see what place you are in. Only other way is to go through the list, 10 at a fricken time.
 
5,994 geometry wars purchases ($29,970).

im really (pleasantly) surpised by that number. if you would have asked me i would have said 2,000 tops and even that would have been stretching it.
 
After I got #1 on the 14th level of Outpost Kaloki I received a voice message from someone I don't know "threatening" that he was going to beat my score. Crazy...haha.
 
Joe said:
5,994 geometry wars purchases ($29,970).

im really (pleasantly) surpised by that number. if you would have asked me i would have said 2,000 tops and even that would have been stretching it.
That's a great number, and bound to grow too.
 
Seth C said:
After I got #1 on the 14th level of Outpost Kaloki I received a voice message from someone I don't know "threatening" that he was going to beat my score. Crazy...haha.
Thats awesome :lol
 
Seth C said:
After I got #1 on the 14th level of Outpost Kaloki I received a voice message from someone I don't know "threatening" that he was going to beat my score. Crazy...haha.

:lol :lol :lol

...and I will.
 
Geo Wars is probably the most popular buy. I just got my 360 last night, so I haven't ranked up hella points on anything yet. I did buy GeoWars, Outpost, and Joust. I bet I won't even put in a disc until this weekend.

Gamer achievements are ace. You really don't realize how long 60 seconds is until you have to go 60 seconds in GeoWars without firing a shot and without dieing.

I need some new "friends"... so add JediMike to your list if I'm not on there already.
 
Just finished playing Co-Op Smash TV with Coldblooded.

Coldblooded is ranked 13th
I ranked 14th In Co-op now.

Any other team thing they can beat that? :D
 
LakeEarth said:
You beat the game on Co-op? Good job guys, how many continues were used?

Yeah sorry I didn't say we beat it. I should have said just got back from playing.

All in all I would say I used about 6-7 continues myself. Not sure about coldblooded though.
We did manage to make it to the 2nd boss though. Farthest I've gotten so far in Co-op.
 
Shogmaster said:
It's crack with a nail spiked 2x4 aimed at your ass. I can't get to 300,000 even after a whole night's worth of trying. *crys*

:lol :lol :lol i broke 280,000 after a couple tries. If i didnt have school tomorrow, id be playing all night. Ill break 300,000 tomorrow
 
Shogmaster said:
Why you so cold blooded? *crys*


Those tiny ass purple boxes will be the death of me.....


And Fuck those Red homing ships while im at it
 
My suggestions are on last page. I'm actually taking a break from Geometry Wars, but once my score goes off the top 20 I think I'm gonna jump back on.
 
LakeEarth said:
My suggestions are on last page. I'm actually taking a break from Geometry Wars, but once my score goes off the top 20 I think I'm gonna jump back on.

:lol I was looking at your High score earlier. Noticed you were ranked about 16 or 17.
The I looked later when Coldblooded got his up. You got pushed to 18. Its almost getting to 20.

I can acctually reach 200,000 in a breeze but as soon as those super little things come out around 300,000 there are too many at once that I hit one on accident. They do give a ton of instant multipliers though.

My strategy for once everything gets crazy is to stick to the walls and when a ton of random things come out from all 4 corners, is to just clear one side and make the others move so they end up behind you. Then you have a better chance.
 
I kept on dying in Geometry Wars, got up to 181K and wondered how people got higher. Now I see you can use the R trigger to bomb! UGH. I wonder if this'll help me at all. Hope so!
 
jedimike said:
Geo Wars is probably the most popular buy. I just got my 360 last night, so I haven't ranked up hella points on anything yet. I did buy GeoWars, Outpost, and Joust. I bet I won't even put in a disc until this weekend.

Gamer achievements are ace. You really don't realize how long 60 seconds is until you have to go 60 seconds in GeoWars without firing a shot and without dieing.

I need some new "friends"... so add JediMike to your list if I'm not on there already.

hey i'll add you tonight jedimike. it's lonely out there on live right now. i've only got 1 friend. :lol
 
PhatSaqs said:
I'm a Hexic whore myself. Still working on my first black pearl tho :(

i finally got my first black pearl last night. i think it was pure luck though. i swear to god hexic burns my eyes. so many damn colors, by the end of my session i'm usually color blind and can't tell a dark green from a light. such a relaxing game that hexic. until the bombs come.
 
hyp said:
i finally got my first black pearl last night. i think it was pure luck though. i swear to god hexic burns my eyes. so many damn colors, by the end of my session i'm usually color blind and can't tell a dark green from a light. such a relaxing game that hexic. until the bombs come.
Congrats! Hopefully I get there soon.

Yeah, the colors start to look similar around 3rd or 4th level in :lol.
Feel free to add me to your FL.
 
HOw does two player mode work in mutant storm reloaded? Does it get too cumbersome with two people working together? Is two player also playable over Live?
 
PhatSaqs said:
Congrats! Hopefully I get there soon.

Yeah, the colors start to look similar around 3rd or 4th level in :lol.
Feel free to add me to your FL.

whats your gamertag Phat? i'll add you and jedimike tonight
 
Mrbob said:
HOw does two player mode work in mutant storm reloaded? Does it get too cumbersome with two people working together? Is two player also playable over Live?

not playable over live!!! that sucked when i found out. 2 player local is a blast though. i played it with my wife and we got pretty far. it helps to be able to back each other up and get out of tough situations. they MUST update this game with multiplayer live support. it's screaming it. same thing with GW2
 
Mrbob said:
Ahhh, I just missed an achievement by 125 points!! ;__;

Scored 249, 875 in Geometry Wars. Ugh.

:lol :lol I got there quite a few times myself. Don't worry your already inproving.
Your new task is to try NOT to use the bombs when you think you should. You'd be surprised the kind of matrix like skills you have once you hit 300,000 with all your bombs. :)
 
I got the 250,000 achievement but I just barely missed the 250,000 Survival achievement by like 1000 :(

After I die once I tend to lose the rest of my lives within 30 seconds.
 
I missed the QuarterMaster achievement by 3000 points, I made it all the way to 597000 points without using a bomb when I ran out of men. I eventually got that achievement but damn was I pissed.
 
Mrbob said:
Ahhh, I just missed an achievement by 125 points!! ;__;

Scored 249, 875 in Geometry Wars. Ugh.

Man now I got to top your score again :(
 
"FUCK!" = expression of choice for geometry wars 2.

damn you snake motherfuckers! and those damn magenta pests that break into pieces.
 
God, I hate you all. As soon as I get to 100K in Geo Wars, things go south real quickly. No matter how much I play, I keep hitting the wall somewhere between 100-150K. My top score of 144K is down in 3049th place. At least I can take solace that one fellow GAFfer, DCharlie, is directly above me in 3048th place.
 
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