BenjaminBirdie
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Mr. Spinnington said:
It was my GOTY last year. I unabashedly recommend it.
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The Official Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Thread
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It was my GOTY last year. I unabashedly recommend it.
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
VP2 is pretty much the same game, but Banjo is amazing. Get it. Get it now or I'll come after you.Mr. Spinnington said:
AltogetherAndrews
Banned
If you've ever enjoyed playing with LEGOs, you will probably find at least $20 worth of fun here. The vehicle stuff really sneaks up on you, and the game is just plain pleasant. Mission variety is less than amazing, but everything in between makes it worthwhile. For example, there is a mission that tasks you with razing the highest amount of dominoes with a single impact point. Sounds basic, but the true fun is in crafting the plan and the vehicle to solve the problem.
I'm not thrilled with terms like "GOTY," but I'd say it's among the most fun games I've played this generation. For reference, other favorites include Super Mario Galaxy and Crackdown.
I'm not thrilled with terms like "GOTY," but I'd say it's among the most fun games I've played this generation. For reference, other favorites include Super Mario Galaxy and Crackdown.
Alaskanbullworm
Member
For those that don't know, L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges went up today. Currently downloading it.
CitizenCope
Member
I did NOT have fun with the demo and got the game as a gift so I gave it another go.Mr. Spinnington said:
LOVED the game. Such a blast creating vehicles for the task at hand. I actually enjoyed most of the tasks.
a Master Ninja
Member
I have Nuts and Bolts completed 1000/1000, but these challenges are fucking brutal. I can't even beat this stupid race, let alone TT it.
Edit: Argh! Rare, I want to kick you in the balls.
Edit: Argh! Rare, I want to kick you in the balls.
a Master Ninja
Member
I'm currently stuck on Jupiter. Are we the only guys suffering through this?watkinzez said:
Wizpig said:Can't find theseon the Marketplace, anyone has a link?
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410955/
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
For now, but I'll be joining you guys whenever they finally let silver members download it :'(a Master Ninja said:
autobzooty
Member
Downloaded the DLC. Love the price, didn't even have to add any extra points, I just purchased it with the points I had lying around. For some reason, even the LOG's Choice challenges amused me this time around, even the boring race type events. Go figure! :lol
What do you guys think the chances are that a new Banjo title will be shown at this year's E3? It's probably way too soon even for just a teaser trailer, but I've still got my fingers crossed. If anything, I'm hoping that Nuts and Bolts or the XBLA titles will be mentioned or acknowledged at the show and we'll walk away with a verbal confirmation that more Banjo is coming our way. Maybe? Please?
What do you guys think the chances are that a new Banjo title will be shown at this year's E3? It's probably way too soon even for just a teaser trailer, but I've still got my fingers crossed. If anything, I'm hoping that Nuts and Bolts or the XBLA titles will be mentioned or acknowledged at the show and we'll walk away with a verbal confirmation that more Banjo is coming our way. Maybe? Please?
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
:O It wasn't up last time I checked! ::goes to download::watkinzez said:
on another note, I finally played this game on HD for the first time. So beautiful... It even makes the gameplay better in some aspects because you can see more detail.
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
I put this in a night or two again, went to download the DLC, accidentally downloaded a fucking premium theme which was also 400 points (what the fuck), and then finally downloaded the actual thing. I tried one challenge, a LOG's choice race in a weird cart thing with a flame thrower, I got about 2 minutes in, and turned off my console in frustration.
...and I love the game.
...and I love the game.
Psychotext
Member
I must get around to buying the DLC. If only for the new Klungo levels. 
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Wizpig said:
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
So I have a question: Why isn't the final boss theme, Grunty's Final Challenge, in the game? I didn't even know it existed until I read about it on Grant Kirkhope's blog.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I got that achievement on the tiny little circuit on the Logbox stage.Wizpig said:
All My Own Work 20
Win a ranked solo game with a custom vehicle
Legit unlock, holy shit
I hate multiplayer achievements.
It was so fucking funny because everyone else had chose these massive behemoths and I just had a tiny little seat on wheels, so while they were all smashing in to each other and getting stuck together (winkyface), I just kept to the inside and breezed it.
Got the reverse over the finish in the same race. :lol
evilromero
Member
Did you guys download the latest B-T mp3s from Rare's site? Only two up so far but I'm sure they'll upload more in the coming months.
Actually, i can't found them.evilromero said:
But there are EIGHT B-T Mp3s from the N64 version.
BANJO-TOOIE (N64)
Isle O' Hags (2.4MB)
Jinjo Village (2.2MB)
Mayahem Temple (2.1MB)
Witchyworld (2.1MB) Glitter Gulch Mine (1.9MB)
Atlantis (2.4MB)
Weldar (1.9MB)
Hailfire Peaks (2.1MB)
EternalGamer
Banned
I really didn't love the demo but bought the game anyway due to the Amazon sale of $34 w/ free Banjo-Kazooie download. I played it for a few hours last fall and it never really hooked me. I was always fighting with the controls and had problems developing vechiles on my own that didn't control like crap.
I picked it out of my backlog last week to give it another go after completing the Xbox Live Banjo and I absolutely adore it now. I now understand the vechile building a lot more (it really wasn't that hard if you follow a few rules:
1. If you make vechiles with wheels further apart and low to the ground they are less likely to topple over.
2. If your vechile is spinning out when turning either make it heavier, take away some engines, or just get used to having a lighter touch on the gas.
3. High grip wheels are your best friends.
4. Spending some time exploring Showdown Town and hunting down LOTS of crates early on will really help give you more good vechile parts.
Alot of these things are probably fairly obvious to most people, but it took me a while to get the way to play the game since it is so unique. Once I started experimenting and making modest variations on vechile templates I had created to improve them for certain tasks, I started having a blast. This game has gone from one of my biggest disappontments to being one of my favorite 360 titles.
Really sucks that it sold so poorly.
I picked it out of my backlog last week to give it another go after completing the Xbox Live Banjo and I absolutely adore it now. I now understand the vechile building a lot more (it really wasn't that hard if you follow a few rules:
1. If you make vechiles with wheels further apart and low to the ground they are less likely to topple over.
2. If your vechile is spinning out when turning either make it heavier, take away some engines, or just get used to having a lighter touch on the gas.
3. High grip wheels are your best friends.
4. Spending some time exploring Showdown Town and hunting down LOTS of crates early on will really help give you more good vechile parts.
Alot of these things are probably fairly obvious to most people, but it took me a while to get the way to play the game since it is so unique. Once I started experimenting and making modest variations on vechile templates I had created to improve them for certain tasks, I started having a blast. This game has gone from one of my biggest disappontments to being one of my favorite 360 titles.
Really sucks that it sold so poorly.
evilromero
Member
I'm retarded. I mean the Nuts & Bolts mp3s. I'm sure they'll upload a couple more in the coming months but this is encouraging. Just sucks that Grant is no longer with Rare.Wizpig said:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
bottles said:
Pff. Fall to mediocrity how? By making a bunch of awesome games?
BenjaminBirdie said:
Arent you misguided. By making a bunch of painfully mediocre games (compared to their output during their N64 heyday), obviously: Star Fox Adventures, Ghoulies, PDZ and N&B.
Admittedly, N&B is a stunningly beautiful game, but its also shallow and mediocre.
N&B itself is awesome, but 70% of the actual N&B missions are mediocre or complete trash, especially the "L.O.G. Choice" ones where you are stuck with one veichle: sometimes it's awesome, sometimes it's shit, just like that huge motorbike in the Banjo Land mission where you have to pass in checkpoints and do tricks for Mumbo.BenjaminBirdie said:
No wonder Showdown town is the best level.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Neither of you have semantic leg to stand on if even one person (read: me) enjoyed N&B and Viva Pinata. That means that, far from being mediocre, they were successful in their intended goal, even if you didn't like them. "Mediocrity" is not a subjective appraisal, it's an objective statement about the merits of the company.
TriangularDuck
Member
bottles said:
Nuts and Bolts is only as shallow as you make it. Also, as mediocre as you make it. It's the most fun I've had on my 360.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
BenjaminBirdie said:
Same here mate.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
ElyrionX said:
Yes and Kind Of, depending on who you ask.