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I have to post some more thoughts about Mutant Storm Empire after having played it more yesterday. The game is too awesome.
So, the original game has one of the most legendary achievements ever. Black Belt Grandmaster -- beat every level on black belt from 1 to 89 in a single go. Two guys keep selling their services for beating this achievement, so keeping track of how many people have actually done it is hard, but it's something like 15.
MSE brings this achievement back, but considering how the game has been changed, it carries a twist of sorts.
MSR is 89 rooms, mostly square-based, of various enemy configurations, and very few bosses. MSE is 16 worlds with 4 levels in each, one level containing 1-5 or so rooms depending on how you count. It's hard to say what's a "room" and what's just a corridor with enemies in it. The rooms aren't as square anymore, and are more freeformed.
With quick and dirty math based on simple guesses (as I have only cleared world 1), that's like 200 rooms. And if you play the first room in MSR on black belt, the enemies are still lame enough that they won't even get a shot off. Maybe one or two if you take too long to kill them. In MSE, on black belt, I died three times in the first room, because the enemies come out swinging hard. Bullets fill the screen almost instantly.
And they removed the bomb in MSE.
This game is ****ing sick. And so awesome.
So, the original game has one of the most legendary achievements ever. Black Belt Grandmaster -- beat every level on black belt from 1 to 89 in a single go. Two guys keep selling their services for beating this achievement, so keeping track of how many people have actually done it is hard, but it's something like 15.
MSE brings this achievement back, but considering how the game has been changed, it carries a twist of sorts.
MSR is 89 rooms, mostly square-based, of various enemy configurations, and very few bosses. MSE is 16 worlds with 4 levels in each, one level containing 1-5 or so rooms depending on how you count. It's hard to say what's a "room" and what's just a corridor with enemies in it. The rooms aren't as square anymore, and are more freeformed.
With quick and dirty math based on simple guesses (as I have only cleared world 1), that's like 200 rooms. And if you play the first room in MSR on black belt, the enemies are still lame enough that they won't even get a shot off. Maybe one or two if you take too long to kill them. In MSE, on black belt, I died three times in the first room, because the enemies come out swinging hard. Bullets fill the screen almost instantly.
And they removed the bomb in MSE.
This game is ****ing sick. And so awesome.
We should make a list of the XBLA super-hardcore achievements.aku:jiki said:
Off the top of my head:
Tier 3:
PoP Classic [Survival Mode]
Alien Hominid (Various)
Tier 2:
Eets [Double Marsho Burger]
Geometry Wars (Various)
Pinball FX (Various)
Tier 1:
Mutant Storm Reloaded [Black Belt Grandmaster]
Sounds about right, except that I can't really agree with Geometry Wars at all. It should be tier 3 or even tier 4. The game is much more intimidating than it is hard once you learn some useful moves.Bowen_B said:
Also, you're missing Joust (Wave 100 -- Tier 1), Robotron (Wave 100 -- Tier 0) and some people would say Tapper (Alien Bar), but I think that one's like GeoWars in that it only seems impossible until you 'get it'.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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I really kind of went on a XBLA spree (or at least for me) this morning. I ended up buying Marathon, Spyglass, Carcassonne, and Bomberman. I haven't bought that many arcade games at once since the first week I bought the system.
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix: Y Mode and Z Mode Gameplay Footage.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23005.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23005.html
Geowars is HARD, even when you 'get it' the Quarter Master achievement is quite difficult and the time it takes to learn 'how to play' in order to survive 1,000,000 means the amount of skill involved is high.aku:jiki said:
Tier 3:
PoP Classic [Survival Mode]
Alien Hominid (Various)
Root Beer Tapper [Alien Bar]
Tier 2:
Eets [Double Marsho Burger]
Geometry Wars (Various)
Pinball FX (Various)
Tier 1:
Mutant Storm Reloaded [Black Belt Grandmaster]
Joust [Wave 100]
Robotron [Wave 100]
Anyone wanna add some more?
Gigglepoo said:
Yeah, that's not even that bad; I'd consider it barely cheating. There are tons of programs that will unscramble letters for you and give you lists of words as well as I'm sure far worse designed specifically for Scrabble. It defeats almost the entire purpose of the game, but that never stopped anyone from cheating online before and when you can do it in a manner that's wholly independent of the game and completely imperciptible you've basically got a broken game for random play.
LakeEarth said:
Actually, you can see your opponent. 5 of the 6 games I played had opponents with the Vision cam. Technically, it's possible to fool someone on camera, but it would require having a buddy sitting next to you off-camera, whispering moves to you Cyrano de Bergerac style. If you talk to your opponent, it would be pretty difficult for him to carry on a natural conversation as he's getting moves whispered into his ear with a poker face, etc.
I doubt anyone is going to be able to top the leaderboards with a Vision camera. It's pretty easy to tell a guy is playing for real if you do a move he didn't expect and then he sits up straighter or focuses more on the screen. Also, I'd expect there to be a delay between moves if you're using an off-camera program. Anyone at the top of a chess leaderboard should have the first 10 moves of an opener memorized already.
AstroLad said:
Meh, I still think it's lame.
One of my good buddies (who also is a fellow GAFer) is one of those Scrabble prodigies that angers normal guys like me. He doesn't cheat with word lists, but he does play words that he doesn't know the meaning of. Quod? Come on, man!
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Cerrius said:
Hmm now I'm worried. Guess I better try the demo first.
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And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
there's something really wacky about the perspective in marathon, it's kind of hard on my eyes after a while. everything looks like it's up in your face or something. i found this out when i first played it on a mac, but i thought it would be tweaked on the 360. guess not.
Man I love Spyglass, XBLA is nearly complete!
Just Sudoku, A Mahjong game and scrabble (when the chat pad is out) & I will be more than happy.
Keep trying to get friends to spend the meassily 400points for chess, checkers, reversi and that wierd bean/backgammon game, they keep refusing GAHHH!!!!
Just Sudoku, A Mahjong game and scrabble (when the chat pad is out) & I will be more than happy.
Keep trying to get friends to spend the meassily 400points for chess, checkers, reversi and that wierd bean/backgammon game, they keep refusing GAHHH!!!!
Here's how I'd rate the ones I own. [All] doesn't mean literally every single one, but just that the game is generally hard to complete and has a few various hard ones.Bowen_B said:
Tier 5:
Gyruss [Mother Earth]
PoP Classic [Survival Mode] (Hard, but more about memorization than skill.)
Lumines Live! [Time Attack]
Tier 4:
Alien Hominid [All] (Cannot be cheated anymore, making it pretty hard.)
Bejeweled 2 [All] (Much more luck-based and time-consuming than skill-based.)
Catan [Chancellor of Catan] (Extremely time-consuming. Not skill-based at all.)
Hexic HD [Grand Pearl Pooh-Bah]
Tier 3:
Astropop [GAMMA Survivor / Brick Grinder] (Very hard, but veeery luck-based.)
Boom Boom Rocket [Sore Thumb Award / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Suma Cum Laude]
Centipede & Millipede [Stalker / Marauder]
Eets [Double Marsho Burger]
Geometry Wars [All]
Mad Tracks [Ultra Fast Food]
Tier 2:
Defender [Baiter Bane / Protect All Humans]
Root Beer Tapper [Alien Bar]
Rush'n Attack [Knife Master / Mad Marine]
Tier 1:
Mutant Storm Reloaded [Black Belt Grandmaster]
Joust [Wave 100]
Robotron [Wave 100]
Zuma [Score Champion]
PepsimanVsJoe
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Ew yeah Marathon just isn't clicking with me. I'll pass on this week.
Marathon is AWESOME. After having just finished DOOM on ultra-violence this is another splendid taste of the past. It really strives to be unique by immersing the player with triggered events and the like; I've already been caught by suprise at several instances, only a few levels in. Noticing the "Bungie touches" in an older title like this is gratifying as well. The competitive multiplayer is not terribly interesting, offering a wealth of modes for a title of its kind, but not a whole lot of substance within the levels. Haven't played co-op yet but I can see it being a blast.
Haven't felt any symptoms of motion sickness, but I can see where the game might have such an effect. Only time I ever encountered that was while playing DOOM 3 at sub 20 fps, when I actually vomitted because I refused to believe the game was making me ill.
Haven't felt any symptoms of motion sickness, but I can see where the game might have such an effect. Only time I ever encountered that was while playing DOOM 3 at sub 20 fps, when I actually vomitted because I refused to believe the game was making me ill.
GEON- Emotions (XBLA)
Rage Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23061.html
Rapture Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23063.html
Melancholy Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23054.html
Passion Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23059.html
Rage Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23061.html
Rapture Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23063.html
Melancholy Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23054.html
Passion Gameplay Trailer HD http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23059.html
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LakeEarth said:
What kind of loser would be the intermediary between a human and a chess program? :lol I guess someone who is pathetic enough to cheat like that for unknown reasons?
Game Added: Super Puzzle Fighter 2 HD Remix
Written Tuesday, July 31, 2007 by X360A.org
Earlier this month, we gave a sneak peak of the Puzzle Fighter achievements. Today, we have the entire list to share. We have an exclusive world premier of the achievements for the upcoming arcade offering by Capcom - Super Puzzle Fighter 2 HD Remix. The game has 12 achievements for 200 points. We would like to thank Capcom and DaKing240 for providing us with the list.
a typo right? thats from xbox360achievments.org 200pts for SPF seems cheap.
Written Tuesday, July 31, 2007 by X360A.org
Earlier this month, we gave a sneak peak of the Puzzle Fighter achievements. Today, we have the entire list to share. We have an exclusive world premier of the achievements for the upcoming arcade offering by Capcom - Super Puzzle Fighter 2 HD Remix. The game has 12 achievements for 200 points. We would like to thank Capcom and DaKing240 for providing us with the list.
a typo right? thats from xbox360achievments.org 200pts for SPF seems cheap.
Segata Sanshiro
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200 Gamerpoints. For your score.Grecco said:
SapientWolf
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I just realized that XBLA really carried the platform this summer. Almost singlehandedly.
I read bad things about the AI in the chess game. Pity, I would have bought it just for a bit of lounge chair chess practice against a competent AI opponent, but after reading that I think I'll pass. I'm really not interested in Live chess games.
I would have thought reasonable chess AI routines and libraries could be bought fairly cheaply off of the shelf these days but I guess I'm either totally wrong or the dev team decided to go it alone.
I would have thought reasonable chess AI routines and libraries could be bought fairly cheaply off of the shelf these days but I guess I'm either totally wrong or the dev team decided to go it alone.
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