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MaestroRyan said:
don't those who bought the camera get totemball for free? i mean, it'd be pointless without the camera, so i'm guessing we have to pay for it? shucks.


edit: if anyone wants UNO, i'd like to trade for another XBLA code. any game i don't have. i have geometry wars, texas hold 'em, uno, robotron, hexic hd.
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Totemball is free for everyone.
 
posted this in the totem ball thread. Its kinda fun, but it feels more like a tech demo than a game. Its kinda fun in a "wee Im controlling a game with my arms" way than the actual game.

The real problem with the game is it doesnt let you tell it how to control the game, it tells you. You should be able to calibrate the controls. Why does it tell me when my arms are all the way to the top. Why cant I tell it where I want the range of motion to be?
 
I was #4 on the TotemBall leaderboard! I bet you guys saw me. Jealous, huh. Admit it.

Then I got bumped down badly. Oh well. But I was up there!
 
God help me I can't stop playing Doom.

My secret finding ability is piss-poor though. Did they add new secrets or something?
 
UMK3 is due to come out in November some time.

This Wednesday : ??? No one knows. They really gotta announce these things.

I'm still playing Doom, going through the 4th Episode levels. Holy shit is the 2nd level the hardest level ever. At once point I had 6 Barons surrounding me and all I had was a shotgun. Luckily the 3rd level is a "load up on health and weapons" stage.
 
jetjevons said:
God help me I can't stop playing Doom.

My secret finding ability is piss-poor though. Did they add new secrets or something?
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No, it's all the same.

I have all the achievements except the two Deathmatch ones. Too bad Deathmatch sucks ass. Anyone want to help me get those two and let me kill you?
 
demi said:
No, it's all the same.

I have all the achievements except the two Deathmatch ones. Too bad Deathmatch sucks ass. Anyone want to help me get those two and let me kill you?
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Is the "Every level on Ultra-Violence" achievement including the hidden level in each episode?
 
Insty said:
Apparently this is a new XBL Arcade game coming out next year.

Limbo Website

Looks freakin amazing!!
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Holy shit HOLY SHIT that little video on the main page is HOT. I love it already, and I don't know if that was gameplay. I hope that is how the game is.

Out of This World / Heart of Darkness!!!
 
demi said:
Holy shit HOLY SHIT that little video on the main page is HOT. I love it already, and I don't know if that was gameplay. I hope that is how the game is.

Out of This World / Heart of Darkness!!!
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Yeah, very stylish. So simple with the black foreground but it looks unbelievable. God I hope this is a trend for the independent developers.
 
DOOM rocks. Wow. I love it. Too bad I'm not good enough yet to get through the fourth episode on the skill levels required to get the achievements. :(

But I can at least play the deathmatch. This is the first time I've ever actually enjoyed deathmatching. And that includes Halo and Halo 2... and any other game I've ever played. I'm serious.

At least I'll get 10 out of 12 Achievements when I get the DM ones.
 
Where on earth did someone get the idea that Limbo was gonna be for XBLA? It doesn't even have a proper team working on it yet, let alone a platform.
 
Jonnyram said:
Where on earth did someone get the idea that Limbo was gonna be for XBLA? It doesn't even have a proper team working on it yet, let alone a platform.
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I made the mistake of lurking a bit over at TeamXbox. It happens. Since I'm an Xbox whore at heart and Gaf tends to be more of a Sony\Nintendo allegiance site I sometimes creep over to other sites for a bit of news (or in this case lack there-of).
 
Insty said:
My bad, should have done a little more research. I got the info from another website claming that it was for the Arcade. I will put myself in timeout as punishment.
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Well I appreciate you bringing it to my attention. This game looks hot, somebody pick it up or something.
 
From the official XBLA site it looks like the current lineup could be Dig Dug -> Lumines Live -> Contra. Dig Dug is confirmed as the 11 Oct game, so that least two more in "coming soon".
 
*grumble*

Fuck Dig Dug.

Actually I wouldn't mind having these retro games on XBLA if they were a little more timely with the releases....something like 2 or 3 of 'em a week sounds about right. Right now I feel like I'm dying of thirst and MS is giving me water one drop at a time.
 
I'm definitely gonne get Dig Dug.

I know it makes more sense to release Contra before Super Contra, but when it comes to the arcade versions, Super Contra is soooooo much better.
 
I think i've only ever got to level 3 or 4 in dig dug so the demo is enough for me :lol

I wish ported retros like this were 200 points instead of moneygrabbing 400.
 
I just got Dig Dug. When are Namco going to stop it with the absolutely ridiculous achievements? What good are they if you have every single one within an hour of playing? I already have half of them after like 2 rounds!

Anyway, am I the only one having some d-pad issues with this game? Granted, the 360 does have the worst d-pad since the Gamecube, but I haven't had this many problems with it before...it feels like 50% of the time I press right, the ****er goes upwards instead, making the game a million times harder and more frustrating than it should be. :(
 
Well, the achievements are better than any of Namco's past XBLA offerings... at least they aren't all "Get to level 5, get to level 10, etc."

I am willing to forgive them because even though the Namco games are just classics, they are presented so well. LISTEN UP KONAMI, I AM SICK OF YOUR "STARRY NIGHT" BACKGROUND FOR ALL YOUR DIGITAL ECLIPSE-****ED ARCADE GAMES." Pay attention to Namco's hi-res awesome retro backgrounds.

That's the reason I am okay with paying $5 for each of these games. It's like having nice boxart or a nice instruction manual.
 
aku:jiki said:
Anyway, am I the only one having some d-pad issues with this game? Granted, the 360 does have the worst d-pad since the Gamecube, but I haven't had this many problems with it before...it feels like 50% of the time I press right, the ****er goes upwards instead, making the game a million times harder and more frustrating than it should be. :(
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You're just realizing this?!
 
SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Well, the achievements are better than any of Namco's past XBLA offerings... at least they aren't all "Get to level 5, get to level 10, etc."
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True. Reach level 30, wow, that might be kinda hard....wtf select level option!?!?
 
aku:jiki said:
I just got Dig Dug. When are Namco going to stop it with the absolutely ridiculous achievements? What good are they if you have every single one within an hour of playing? I already have half of them after like 2 rounds!
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I see that they're still making up for Ridge Racer 6(Which has IMO the hardest/most time-consuming achievements of any X360 game released so far).
 
dskillzhtown said:
Lumines next week?
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Stop asking this question, it'll only end in disappointment. As of right now, it SEEMS to be the case, but who knows if it'll actually happen. Like Street Fighter before it, Lumines is now in "it'll come out when it comes out" territory. You'll drive yourself crazy if you ask yourself every week.

That being said, the current RUMORED release date is Lumines, followed by Contra.
 
PepsimanVsJoe said:
I see that they're still making up for Ridge Racer 6(Which has IMO the hardest/most time-consuming achievements of any X360 game released so far).
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More time consuming than FFXI's achievements? :P
 
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