Official Xbox Live Arcade Thread

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nextgeneration said:
Incredible. XBLA is poised to explode big time. We'll see/get to play games that we'll never have been able to otherwise. This is a win-win situation for consumers and developers alike. Bring on more games!

Oh, another request. How about a new Doom? Give us the gameplay of the originals (Doom 1, 2, etc), but spruce it up with next gen graphics!
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That's Doom 3
 
snatches said:
That's Doom 3
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well, doom 1 & 2 didn't have a "free look" camera system. i think that's what he meant by keeping it old school. doom 3 is just a piece of crap in general.
 
Is anyone else having problems with the MBU leaderboards? When I select my friends list, the only person that shows up is MrBob, but I know that a lot more of my friends have the game.
 
jedimike said:
Is anyone else having problems with the MBU leaderboards? When I select my friends list, the only person that shows up is MrBob, but I know that a lot more of my friends have the game.
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I'm the *only* one that shows up on mine. Maybe they only show when they are online, playing, as well? That would be kind of lame, but who knows.
 
jedimike said:
Is anyone else having problems with the MBU leaderboards? When I select my friends list, the only person that shows up is MrBob, but I know that a lot more of my friends have the game.
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Is there a glitch in the friends leaderboard? I can't see anybody, and I know for a fact somebody on my friends list has already played through these levels.
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Glad to see it's not just me.
 
I'm loving MBU! Anybody who wants to play or just have someone else on your friends list to compare times with add me. XBL Tag - AZ Greg

How in the hell did somebody get 00.03.44 on level 2? I've been doing it over and over and I keep getting 00.03.82 or 00.03.83.
 
well, doom 1 & 2 didn't have a "free look" camera system. i think that's what he meant by keeping it old school. doom 3 is just a piece of crap in general.
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That's exactly what I meant. I put the etc. there because I don't recall what other iterations of Doom came out that wasn't Doom 3. While Doom 3 is not a terrible game, the gameplay isn't the same as the old school Dooms. Doom 3 wouldn't be doable on Live Arcade anyway, due to the size of the game. The old school Dooms (or a new version of the original Dooms), I would imagine, would fit on XBLA?
 
I have discovered that any friend you add after you've downloaded the game will show up.

So whoever the hell is Chickengrease, I'm beating the pants off your scores.
 
nextgeneration said:
That's exactly what I meant. I put the etc. there because I don't recall what other iterations of Doom came out that wasn't Doom 3. While Doom 3 is not a terrible game, the gameplay isn't the same as the old school Dooms. Doom 3 wouldn't be doable on Live Arcade anyway, due to the size of the game. The old school Dooms (or a new version of the original Dooms), I would imagine, would fit on XBLA?
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Doom 1 fit on like a handful of floppy disks, so I imagine so. Doom would be a good XBLA game because of both deathmatch, and best times/best times with 100% leaderboards (codes disabled, of course).

EDIT - post 100 in this thread from me... oh god :lol
 
AZYUMA86 said:
I'm loving MBU! Anybody who wants to play or just have someone else on your friends list to compare times with add me. XBL Tag - AZ Greg

How in the hell did somebody get 00.03.44 on level 2? I've been doing it over and over and I keep getting 00.03.82 or 00.03.83.
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Yeah, I couldn't break 3.60, myself.
 
ZeMMiK said:
i saw the movie of Crystal Quest.. I cannot discover what the addiction is in this game.
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It's easier to understand once you just sit down and play it. It kind of plays similarly to Geometry Wars in that you control a ship and can fly around and shoot.

The difference is that when you move your ship, inertia plays in so if you move too fast, you're not gonna be able to turn on a dime. Second, you're not all that powerful; you have a gun, but it's kinda limited in that it shoots slowly and only in the direction you're going, and some smart bombs too which are the "field clearers." The game relies much more on your skill in navigating around the screen, getting the crystals, then getting the hell out of dodge to the exit. Enemies come out of these bases, slowly at first but faster, will follow you around, or shoot at you. Also, the number of "mines" in a level will go up which are just more obstacles for you to dodge (and it gets f-ing hectic pretty quickly.)

The game is not completely a shoot everything in sight thing like Geometry Wars, but a very careful precision/movement based game... again grab everything and get the hell out.

Damn... I'd love to see some of the games from my adolescence and childhood on this service. Here's MY wishlist:

Crystal Quest (done!)
Solarian II
Diamonds 1 and 2
Glider
Spectre
Doom 1 and 2 (with online; make it happen)
Test Drive II: The Duel (updated for color preferrably)
Some of Will Wright's earlier sim games; Sim City (2000) and maybe SimAnt
Hell... even Marathon and Myth They'd make sense obviously since they're Bungie's bunch
 
MBU is very very well done. As soon as I can charge my pre-paid card (thanks Amazon.fr for the mess :() I'll get the points.

Rleaxing, yet challenging with very sharp looking graphics moving at a VERY fluid frame-rate even during online multiplayer. sopme nice graphical effects for a 36 MB download.

I said it and I repeat it, XBLA is a potentiallly HUGE goldmine.
 
I got to try the new (future) XBLA titles on the beta marketplace, and they seem to be less interesting, or at least simpler looking and playing. Jewel quest is nice to play but really looks like a windows shareware, and feeding frenzy too. For some reason novadrome's main menu doesn't work so I can't start a game.
 
Blimblim said:
I got to try the new (future) XBLA titles on the beta marketplace, and they seem to be less interesting, or at least simpler looking and playing. Jewel quest is nice to play but really looks like a windows shareware, and feeding frenzy too. For some reason novadrome's main menu doesn't work so I can't start a game.
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well jewel quest and feeding frenzy ARE windows shareware ;)

Novadrome is XBLA exclusive and fully 3D so it should be good.. It's done by the guys who did carmageddon no?

What other games are there?

I hope in the future they move the 50MB limit to 100-150MB, to allow "bigger" games..
 
Panajev2001a said:
Rleaxing, yet challenging with very sharp looking graphics moving at a VERY fluid frame-rate even during online multiplayer. sopme nice graphical effects for a 36 MB download.
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Am I the only one that has annoying hicups in this game? :/ If you don't notice it while playing, look at the background, in the main menu, where there are these halo-like things spinning in the background. You can clearly see them stutter every second or so... Seems like a 60Hz-50Hz thing, but I'm using the VGA cable...
 
Just wanted to chime in and say Marble Blast Ultra is a hilarious online. It's pretty much a race to get gems, and gets pretty frantic on the King of the Hill board (forgot the actual name). I only played for about 2 hours and had so many close call games and awesome things happened.

One funny moment that stood out was me and a friend were making a mad dash for 1 gem - both neck and neck. My freind thought he had the rocket powerup and pressed the button, only to realize he actually picked up the super jump power-up and all of the sudden his marble just shoots 30 feet into the air.

I hope they add some online modes like tag or something, seems like it has so much more potential to be a classic online game.
 
TekunoRobby said:
I managed to get rank 6 on Level 25 in Marble Blast Ultra. How first place managed to shave five seconds is beyond me.
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Yeah, I thought the trick was managing to catch that one platform before it went up, but apparently there's another trick there somewhere... You did half a second less then me on that one. :P

Oh, and I finally cleared the first 40 levels.. #1 on level 40 too! :D
 
We need to start a GAF MBU tips & tricks collection. Although I'm getting a majority of the level tricks already (keeping a consistant sub 400 rank) some of these times are downright insane.
 
TekunoRobby said:
We need to start a GAF MBU tips & tricks collection. Although I'm getting a majority of the level tricks already (keeping a consistant sub 400 rank) some of these times are downright insane.
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Yeah, that would be really cool.
 
I think we should also have an easter egg hunt. I've only found the one on the first level, and even checking through most of the levels I couldn't find anything.
 
TekunoRobby said:
We need to start a GAF MBU tips & tricks collection. Although I'm getting a majority of the level tricks already (keeping a consistant sub 400 rank) some of these times are downright insane.
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That's a good idea. I think we should also do a time trial thread similar to what is being done with PGR 3, especially since not everyone has eachother on their friends list, and since the friends leaderboard isn't exactly working perfectly.

I also think they should have included better levels in the demo, I almost didn't buy it. I decided to take the plunge anyway and I'm so glad I did, one of my favorite games on XBLA!
 
This isn't a XBLA question but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this, so here it goes.

My cats chewed up my headset like around the second night I had the system and it didn't bother me that much because A) I wasn't looking to play online just yet and B) I still had my old cell phone ear piece that I used with my Xbox. Well tonight I wanted to play some online matches and I got out my cell phone set and plugged into the controller but I couldn't get it to work at all. I could plug it in but I would get no response. Son of a bitch. Can you use any kind of headset with the 360 or do I have to go out and buy another crappy MS one?

Anger at my cats.....rising......
 
joaomgcd said:
Am I the only one that has annoying hicups in this game? :/ If you don't notice it while playing, look at the background, in the main menu, where there are these halo-like things spinning in the background. You can clearly see them stutter every second or so... Seems like a 60Hz-50Hz thing, but I'm using the VGA cable...
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yes, you can see THOSE elements stuttering their animation even in the intro.

The thing is that while they stutter, NOTHING else does: the animation is still silk smooth and there is no screen tearing in the moments thsoe elements stutter. Either it is bad animation code or it was intentional.

I use the XBOX 360 in PAL-60 mode.
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
This isn't a XBLA question but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this, so here it goes.

My cats chewed up my headset like around the second night I had the system and it didn't bother me that much because A) I wasn't looking to play online just yet and B) I still had my old cell phone ear piece that I used with my Xbox. Well tonight I wanted to play some online matches and I got out my cell phone set and plugged into the controller but I couldn't get it to work at all. I could plug it in but I would get no response. Son of a bitch. Can you use any kind of headset with the 360 or do I have to go out and buy another crappy MS one?

Anger at my cats.....rising......
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I was under the impression you could use any headset. Half the time I use my old Xbox Live headset, and that's just a plain old headset that works with any phone - nothing unique about it.
 
Panajev2001a said:
yes, you can see THOSE elements stuttering their animation even in the intro.

The thing is that while they stutter, NOTHING else does: the animation is still silk smooth and there is no screen tearing in the moments thsoe elements stutter. Either it is bad animation code or it was intentional.

I use the XBOX 360 in PAL-60 mode.
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The thing is, I see those same stutters in-game... :/ No screen tearing though, just stutters... Maybe it's just a matter of people not noticing it ingame?...
 
joaomgcd said:
The thing is, I see those same stutters in-game... :/ No screen tearing though, just stutters... Maybe it's just a matter of people not noticing it ingame?...
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I do too, but if you notice the frame-rate does not change, the ball still moves smoothly and so does the camera. either it is intentionally or it is unintentionally bad animation.
 
rod said:
um, i cant find hexic HD for download in xbla. do they remove games after some time?
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Its never been there, it comes preloaded in your harddrive when you buy the system (and I think if you buy the harddrive too). I think there was word that they will eventually put it download anyways. Don't know when though.
 
Panajev2001a said:
I do too, but if you notice the frame-rate does not change, the ball still moves smoothly and so does the camera. either it is intentionally or it is unintentionally bad animation.
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What I meant is, the ball and the camera don't move smoothly for me ingame... They have the same stutters as the halo-things in the background.. I can see the framerate is 60fps, but there is stuttering every second or so...
 
joaomgcd said:
What I meant is, the ball and the camera don't move smoothly for me ingame... They have the same stutters as the halo-things in the background.. I can see the framerate is 60fps, but there is stuttering every second or so...
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Weird, maybe I did not notice the ball and the camera stuttering and trust me I am very sensitive to stuttering in animation usually.
 
Okay after looking for it the background elements do have a weird stuttering to them but the game itself is rock solid as far as frame rate goes.
 
joaomgcd said:
What I meant is, the ball and the camera don't move smoothly for me ingame... They have the same stutters as the halo-things in the background.. I can see the framerate is 60fps, but there is stuttering every second or so...
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Are you sure it's just not your camera hitting something? I know of at least one level where the camera hits some girders right off the bat.
 
jedimike said:
Are you sure it's just not your camera hitting something? I know of at least one level where the camera hits some girders right off the bat.
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I'm sure it's not that... It's weird that most people are not noticing it, but at least there are some other that are, in the Official MBU thread... So it's not just me. Maybe it's just us PAL users?

I can see this very clearly in-game if I stand still, and slowly rotate the camera around me... I just did it in level 1, and it clearly stutters.. You guys try it out.. If you don't see it there, it must be some weird region kind of problem, I guess.. :/
 
joaomgcd said:
I'm sure it's not that... It's weird that most people are not noticing it, but at least there are some other that are, in the Official MBU thread... So it's not just me. Maybe it's just us PAL users?

I can see this very clearly in-game if I stand still, and slowly rotate the camera around me... I just did it in level 1, and it clearly stutters.. You guys try it out.. If you don't see it there, it must be some weird region kind of problem, I guess.. :/
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I just tried rotating the camera, no stuttering. Tried everything I could think of to try to make it slow down and nothing. Maybe if we got 8 people to all do the marble blast at the same time in multiplayer...
 
man i hope MS releases a 60+ GB hard drive... i'm going to run out of space very quick when the stream of games picks up
 
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