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Woo hoo.
Now Capcom, get to it.
Now Capcom, get to it.
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IAmtheFMan
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So I downloaded Crystal Quest, being a big whore of the first one. Here's my thoughts:
First of all, they made this game waaaaaaaay easier than the original (you can check out the original with the game) and a lot of the precision work is gone. It used to be, you touched a star, the base, whatever... boom you'd die. Now, they give you a "safe time" where the controller shakes and the screen flashes telling you "stop rubbing up on that star or else you're gonna explode!" kinda thing. Also, the controls are a lot smoother, in that movement is not as "inertia" run as it was in the original (and even that version seems smoother than what I remember playing on my Mac back in the 80's.) The last thing they did that makes it easier, is you can now shoot in any direction Geometry-Wars style. Believe me, this makes a HUGE difference, and it's an addition that I actually appreciate, although some of the challenge is now gone. There are these moth-like Nasties that will chase you around on the upper levels; it used to be you ran your ass off trying to avoid these things, since you really couldn't shoot behind you, but now, it's no problem.
Other than that, the game is still just as addictive. I found myself wanting to check it out for 5 minutes, and wasting 30.
I recommend it. It's not OMG-shit-blowing-up a la Geometry Wars, but it's a dodging/precision kinda game, and it's helluva lot of fun too.
Okay Microsoft, good job guys. Now put Solarian II on Live Arcade!
First of all, they made this game waaaaaaaay easier than the original (you can check out the original with the game) and a lot of the precision work is gone. It used to be, you touched a star, the base, whatever... boom you'd die. Now, they give you a "safe time" where the controller shakes and the screen flashes telling you "stop rubbing up on that star or else you're gonna explode!" kinda thing. Also, the controls are a lot smoother, in that movement is not as "inertia" run as it was in the original (and even that version seems smoother than what I remember playing on my Mac back in the 80's.) The last thing they did that makes it easier, is you can now shoot in any direction Geometry-Wars style. Believe me, this makes a HUGE difference, and it's an addition that I actually appreciate, although some of the challenge is now gone. There are these moth-like Nasties that will chase you around on the upper levels; it used to be you ran your ass off trying to avoid these things, since you really couldn't shoot behind you, but now, it's no problem.
Other than that, the game is still just as addictive. I found myself wanting to check it out for 5 minutes, and wasting 30.
I recommend it. It's not OMG-shit-blowing-up a la Geometry Wars, but it's a dodging/precision kinda game, and it's helluva lot of fun too.
Okay Microsoft, good job guys. Now put Solarian II on Live Arcade!
im curious as to how the people at the top of the leaderboard got that score
especially after 12 waves
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oohhh up the difficulty
man! i was using too many bombs at level 8 thanks to the mine layer dudes
and the bonus crystals getting 1+ mil points
this game just got a lot more interesting
especially after 12 waves
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oohhh up the difficulty
man! i was using too many bombs at level 8 thanks to the mine layer dudes
and the bonus crystals getting 1+ mil points
this game just got a lot more interesting
I can't wait for SF2 Turbo Hyper Fighter to come out on XBLA. I wonder if it will have 800 or so gamerscore points for achievements. It will be the best fighter to come out on the 360, well for me anyway. I already own SFAC for the Xbox yet I will be buying this due to all the great new live features.
Also, I have to say I can't get enough of Hexic. What a awesome game.
I already own SFAC for the Xbox yet I will be buying this due to all the great new live features.Also, I have to say I can't get enough of Hexic. What a awesome game.
Small update on Canadians for buying points: Its cheaper to buy points at Wal-Mart then buying them online.
At Futureshop and Bestbuy, 1250 points are $19.99, but at WalMart? $18.77, plus tax, $21.5855, /1250 points = 0.0172684, or 1.7268 cents per point.
Buy points online, $15.50 -> 17.83 / 1000 = 0.017825, or 1.7825 cents per point.
So it is cheaper to buy it at WalMart than to buy them online. Just wanted to share
(to put a label on it, to buy 5000 points it'd cost $89.13 through the Xbox and $86.34 from Walmart... yeah okay, not that big of difference, but its there, and if you have a parent or friend that works at Walmart, the added 10% off can make it significant ($77 for 5000 points), etc)
At Futureshop and Bestbuy, 1250 points are $19.99, but at WalMart? $18.77, plus tax, $21.5855, /1250 points = 0.0172684, or 1.7268 cents per point.
Buy points online, $15.50 -> 17.83 / 1000 = 0.017825, or 1.7825 cents per point.
So it is cheaper to buy it at WalMart than to buy them online. Just wanted to share
(to put a label on it, to buy 5000 points it'd cost $89.13 through the Xbox and $86.34 from Walmart... yeah okay, not that big of difference, but its there, and if you have a parent or friend that works at Walmart, the added 10% off can make it significant ($77 for 5000 points), etc)
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ColdBlooded33 said:
Uh.. It says there's "over 60". I doubt it would be 80, otherwise they'd say "over 80". Could be wrong, but that's weird.
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ColdBlooded33 said:
you're*
(Pet peeve, heh.)
But yeah, guess I'm wrong. That's strange. You think they'd advertise it a little more accurately.
Beer Monkey
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Dr_Cogent said:
I think it's a bug. Ridge Racer 6 runs at about 5fps online with Media Connect instead of 60fps. MBU has a slight stutter. How bad the bug affects a game probably depends on what code loop, if any, contains the bug for a given title.
FrenchMovieTheme
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what a bunch of bullshit. i was playing hexic today, and i got a new high score (over 50,000, yes!) and the leaderboard doesn't reflect that! it still has me at 44,000. wtf is going on here? makes me mad
Bought Crystal Quest, which is pretty fun. But it took me less than 2 hours to get all 200 achievement points :S. Too much practice already from Geometry Wars.
BTW, when I first bought the game I got a score of 0 to see how many scores are on the leaderboards, and its only slightly above 3000 (and the game makes it very easy to switch profiles, so they're likely not all sales). This one doesn't seem to be firing up the charts despite being 400.
BTW, when I first bought the game I got a score of 0 to see how many scores are on the leaderboards, and its only slightly above 3000 (and the game makes it very easy to switch profiles, so they're likely not all sales). This one doesn't seem to be firing up the charts despite being 400.
Crystal Quest is not fun.
It might be worth the 400 pts for achievements addicts, but the game itself is so devoid of entertainment value, especially compared to Geometry Wars and Mutant Storm. The main problem is that there's no challenge at all for about 25 levels, and then after that, the nasties move in such random ways that you end up having totally random deaths that can't be avoided.
It might be worth the 400 pts for achievements addicts, but the game itself is so devoid of entertainment value, especially compared to Geometry Wars and Mutant Storm. The main problem is that there's no challenge at all for about 25 levels, and then after that, the nasties move in such random ways that you end up having totally random deaths that can't be avoided.
Yeah, Crystal Quest pretty much has no replay value once you get the achievements. Technically there are leaderboards, but the #1 guy has nearly 300 million points. What level did he make it on? 22. So its obvious that he just hung around one of the easier levels, collecting those bonus gems again and again (which at times can give over a million points on the hardest difficulty level) while avoiding the easier early enemies. What a bore.
He was playing on the hardest difficulty levels, but he only played up to level 23. I made it to level 23/24 on max difficulty too but only ended up with 40 million rather than his 250 million. I figured it had to be him picking up way more of those super-diamonds. Are you sure the limit is 2 super diamonds per level? I coudl've sworn I got 4 in one level when I was trying to get the super-diamond achievement.DopeyFish said:
LakeEarth said:
yeah i thought it was 2
the trick is to get one diamond at a time and take an attack wave one at a time
best level to do that: level 10
the enemies dont shoot, they give off mad points and you get like 50 million points for that level alone
LakeEarth said:
I think that the Arcade leaderboard is based on Classic Mode. That's the one that lists your top friends' scores in the Arcade launcher in the dashboard. If you haven't seen it, go to the page in Arcade that lets you choose which game you want to play and sit there for about 10 seconds. The achievement window in the lower right will eventually go through the scores.
I may be wrong about Crystal Quest's leaderboard being based on Classic Mode though.
BenjaminBirdie
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From IGN:
Publishers tell us that more than 30 XBLA titles from various third parties have already been submitted to Microsoft and that the company has them queued up and ready for release. These efforts are likely to trickle out at a rate of Microsoft's choosing, providing users new reasons to play with their 360 and Microsoft and its partners new and growing streams of revenue.
Publishers tell us that more than 30 XBLA titles from various third parties have already been submitted to Microsoft and that the company has them queued up and ready for release. These efforts are likely to trickle out at a rate of Microsoft's choosing, providing users new reasons to play with their 360 and Microsoft and its partners new and growing streams of revenue.
Beer Monkey
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Good gosh, you don't even have to port your own game and you can still get 60%. I can't fathom Nintendo doing something like this of their own volition. Ultimately this may get very competitive and should be good for fans of both services. Multi-console future FTW.
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Blimblim said:
I played it on Pop Cap for an hour the other day. Astropop fucking rules.
Is there a known bug with Geometry Wars achievements? I have made the quartermaster achievement, but it doesn't show up on my acheivement details. But it DOES show up on the window to the right, when I select Geo Wars on the "My Arcade Games" screen. It doesn't show up anywhere else though. Is this happening to anyone else?
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