THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: The Sceneman on August 31, 2010, 06:34:29 PM
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Unbelievable. Awful title, it's basically Summer of Arcade part deux, AKA. Microsoft's excuse to charge 1200 points for every damn XBLA game. How did this happen to us.
Line up:
•September 29: Hydrophobia – 1200 Microsoft Points
•October 6: Comic Jumper – 1200 Microsoft Points
•October 13: Pinball FX 2 – Tables purchased individually, free import from original Pinball FX
•October 20: Super Meat Boy – Pricing TBD
Comic Jumper is a day 1 for me.
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Will probably buy all of these when they're 800 points.
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Skipping every PSN/XBLA game at $15. Will check some/most out when $10 or less in sales.
BUT
Am buying:
GUWANGE
BANGAI-O
day 1 @ $15 each
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Guwange is 800. I expect Bangai-O to be 1200 though.
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:bow Cave :bow2
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Just wake me when the biggest 360 release of the year is available.
I'm ready to make some crazy money.
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•October 13: Pinball FX 2 – Tables purchased individually, free import from original Pinball FX
What? Free import from original Pinball FX? Someone explain that to me.
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they're overhauling the graphics and updating the physics engine on all the previous tables, if you bought the first (or any table packs) you can upgrade and import them for free into PFX2
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X360 is the shooter box of the forever.
Just a few more quality games from someone other than Cave and it really will dethrone the Saturn. :rock
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That was quick. Couldn't wait till Thanksgiving for GameFeast?
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They should have used GAME FESTIVUS
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(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e86/PhoenixDark1/lilb.gif)
Xfags fine dining :bow
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I'll get the comic jumper demo, but nothing here looks like insta-purchase.
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I'm a Twisted Pixel fanboy who believes everything they touch turns to GOLD.
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEagPXFBa90[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT2oZyxaCVY[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13HOKIicz1A[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AErQfh2Fwac[/youtube]
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They all look pretty cool. Solid lineup but it's a weird title to brand this latest batch of releases with,
Agreed. All the games seem fine to me. But "Game Feast" is the worst name ever. Shitty ms marketing dept.
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they could have called it something as useless as "Month of Good Games" and it still would have been better than Game Feast.
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"Month of Us Overpricing Video games and raising the price of xbox live so we can screw over our loyal customers some more because they're xbots and bohica" would work nice.
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Or "the month of games on the console that keeps outselling shitty PSN stuff and the PS3, and the console methodis masturbates to every night."
Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Can't you at least be funny instead of just being shitty.
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Or "the month of games on the console that keeps outselling shitty PSN stuff and the PS3, and the console methodis masturbates to every night."
Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Can't you at least be funny instead of just being shitty.
Castle crashers has already outsold the xbox 360 6:1.
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Huh? What are you trying to say there?
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don't bother, he doesn't know
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man, getting sick of these 1200 pt games. i dont even bother checking them out because of the price.
space invaders infinity gene just got confirmed for 800 pts next week, instant purchase. could care less about these marketed overpriced XBLA titles.
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man, getting sick of these 1200 pt games. i dont even bother checking them out because of the price.
space invaders infinity gene just got confirmed for 800 pts next week, instant purchase. could care less about these marketed overpriced XBLA titles.
You're still paying 800pts for Space Invaders Infinity Gene though. I think I bought that for 99 cents on the app store.
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Why are they overpriced, though?
Games are $15 bucks on the service now. People need to get over it. If they don't want to spend $15 on those games. Then that's cool. But complaining about it is like complaining about $60 dollar retail games. It is what it is. If you don't want it at that price then wait for the inevitable sale way down the road.
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Anyone seen the new Enslaved footage? It's the game developed by the guys over at Ninja Theory.
XBLA and PSN this October. Looks amazing.
[youtube=560,345]SloHoIo8mC8[/youtube]
Oh for fucks sake. I don't know why I thought this was a XBLA/PSN game. Nevermind.
Still looks awesome though...
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Nah. It's still a full retail game. I got it confused with something else.
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good job
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Super Meat Boy is 1200 points, confirmed: http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/09/21/coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-september-21.aspx
Passing on all of this shit until they're priced appropriately.
Will pay 1200 for Clash of Heroes HD though.
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Super Meat Boy will probably be worth $15 though. Seems like a meaty (no pun intended) platformer. I'll grab the PC version for sure.
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I'm day 1 for Comic Jumper because I've been hot for the game since it was announced. A shame Hydrophobia is releasing around tons of big ass blockbusters (Halo et al), as I might've picked it up during a quieter period.
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Super Meat Boy will probably be worth $15 though. Seems like a meaty (no pun intended) platformer. I'll grab the PC version for sure.
Eh, N+ was 800 pts and to me it looks like the same thing as Super Meat Boy. But I'll admit I don't know a ton about the game.
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Will get Supoer Meat Boy for $0 on WiiWare
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At least your not stealing the dev's bandwidth.
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When N+ came out for 800 points everyone bitched that N was free.
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N+ was plenty of fun, but it basically requires me to start playing from the beginning every single time to refresh my muscle memory on the controls. :-\ I got to the stage with the missiles, tried it a dozen times, got incrementally further each time, and put it aside for something that didn't feel like stapling my sac to plywood.
Deathspank is a lot of fun, though it appears to have a demographic of the subset of "people who like Ron Gilbert" and "people who haven't already played too much Diablo." I'm in that subset.
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I'll buy Deathspank when they either port it to PC or do a bundle deal on the consoles for both games at 1 price. I thought the demo was funny even if the gameplay was kind of hmmm
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Yeah, honestly the gameplay didn't wow me either, but I liked the humor, laughed out loud a bit, and loved the art style.
Sceneman hated the humor, it just rubbed him the wrong way. Apparently not enough fart jokes and, if you can believe it, NOT ENOUGH BACON.
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What's new about Deathspank 2?
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I liked Deathspank but I don't really need to play another so close to after finishing the first.
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What's new about Deathspank 2?
The deuce suffixed to its moniker! Clearly all is new and good.
I dunno, probably not much. I'm not even thinking of buying it until I finish the first, and I've been balls-deep in Red Dead Redemption lately, so it's unlikely to be soon. Also heard that Mr. Gilbert is not doing the writing chores for 2. I also bought Hothead's Penny-Arcade episode 1, and never bought 2. I may do the same here.
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I've been balls-deep in Red Dead Redemption lately
ew. :yuck
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I've been balls-deep in Red Dead Redemption lately
ew. :yuck
It's OK, they're someone else's balls.
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Hydrophobia is a phobia tat is hydro
It has a neat fluid dynamics system but the gameplay is stinnnnky
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Hydrophobia rocks... gives me Advent Rising chubs
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komTgAEyXDk[/youtube]
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I had no idea hydrophobia even came out. Will try the demo tomorrow.
also read that in October if you spend $30, they give you back $10 (in points I think it is 2400 and 800?) Good deal and it makes the kinda make $15 games $10 again.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2010/0930-thankyougift.htm
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Alan Wake + Borderlands = 1360 already
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I had no idea hydrophobia even came out. Will try the demo tomorrow.
also read that in October if you spend $30, they give you back $10 (in points I think it is 2400 and 800?) Good deal and it makes the kinda make $15 games $10 again.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2010/0930-thankyougift.htm
That's good info! I'd love to pick up Case Zero and get myself 400 pts. closer! OH WAIT, I CAN'T BECAUSE I LIVE IN FREAKIN' JAPAN. :maf :maf :maf
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That's a pretty good deal, going to pick up another 1600 point card to get up to $30.
Not sure what to get though. Hopefully Guwange and KoF2002 are out in October. Stupid Game Feast blocking the road for superior games.
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whoa awesome. I've already spent (wasted) 400 on the new Castlevania level. Add Comic Jumper at 1200 and Red Dead Zombie DLC at 800mp on the 26th, Ive got 2400 covered. Fucken sweet.
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Dead Space Ignition comes out next week for $5
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHT8OvhSRVs[/youtube]
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whoa awesome. I've already spent (wasted) 400 on the new Castlevania level. Add Comic Jumper at 1200 and Red Dead Zombie DLC at 800mp on the 26th, Ive got 2400 covered. Fucken sweet.
I've got the new Double Fine game for 1200, Red Undead Redemption for 800, and 200 already spent on... oh, crap, the Avatard stuff doesn't count, does it? So much for my new Stormtrooper costume. :-\ Anywho, 400 more points is easy. Too bad I can't spend it on Dead Rising Case Zero.
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What, no SONIKKU
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Alan Wake DLC today woot
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Gears 2 All Fronts is only 400 points until the 18th
Grabbed that fa sho
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apparently barry isnt in the alan wake dlc, so theres microsoft taking away the great characters once again
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That's the only Game Feast game I want. Reminds me of N+
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[youtube=560,345]ZQZeQSaXwR8[/youtube]
Kinda wanna buy Super Meat Boy now.
holy shit :lol
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Why don't these fake commercial makers ever grasp the fact that a fucking commercial is not a minute+ long.
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My final tally:
Borderlands Claptrap (800)
Alan Wake The Writer (560)
Gears 2 All Fronts (400)
Dead Space Ignition (400)
Game Room pack (240)
= 2400
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Apparently Pinball FX is delayed by two weeks. Game Feast is embarassing.
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There's a free Pinball FX table (Buccaneers) - I grabbed it in case you can use it for achievements :o
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You can 8)
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They probably have level-specific achievements that you have to buy anyway. But I'll get me some freebie pts
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You can get Dead Space Ignition for free by preordering 360 version on Amazon, then canceling.
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What is that, a light gun game?
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... no
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My final tally:
Borderlands Claptrap (800)
Alan Wake The Writer (560)
Gears 2 All Fronts (400)
Dead Space Ignition (400) Magna Carta 2 DLC (400)
Game Room pack (240) Sonic & Knuckles XBLA (240)
= 2400
Apparently Game Room doesnt count (why? distinguished mentally-challenged) so I had to do some changes
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I thought the Game Room Packs are free, but purchasing individual games from within them costs points, right? It's another grey area where MS has ignored their own software architecture. It is probably not possible to track those purchases in line with the other Game Add-On items.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-18-super-meat-boy-review?page=1
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/10/05/super-meat-boy-review/
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/06/super-meat-boy-review/
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iayxzN7QJg0[/youtube]
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Super Meat Boy looks ridiculously awesome. Blind-buying it as soon as it goes up. :rock
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GiantBomb played it for 50 minutes
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-super-meat-boy/17-3387/
Looks awesome. Is there co op?
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http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/112/1128601p1.html
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3181956
http://www.destructoid.com/review-super-meat-boy--3
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Game has always looked rad. Challenging good platforming with tons of content like N+
Will get it after the "hold so pirates won't get it day 1" PC version finally comes out.
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Super Meat Boy looks ridiculously awesome. Blind-buying it as soon as it goes up. :rock
Super Meat Boy looks ridiculously hard. Will not be buying it as soon as it goes up. OLD MAN REFLEXES :rock
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Super Meat Boy is starting at $10 until November
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sold!
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Super Meat Boy is starting at $10 until November
As much as I am not going to be purchasing this penis-stompingly hard game, I think this pricing model is great for XBLA. I see a lot of iPhone games move really well by offering an earlybird discount. It's got to be smarter than putting potential customers into a "wait and see" state by offering frequent and unannounced discount periods. I always feel bad when I see something for sale shortly after I've paid full price.
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It's going to be the most nut busting 200 on my gamercard next to Peggle and Bionic Commando, and I'm going to LOVE IT
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Super Meat Boy will also have some free DLC
The free downloadable chapter for the Xbox Live Arcade version of rock hard 2D platformer Super Meat Boy is a "f**k you" to the system of paying for DLC, the developer has said.
The Xbox-exclusive chapters, part of The Internets package, will be free to download because of what's called Title Managed Storage (TMS), a Microsoft feature that allows developers to add new chapters to games whenever they feel like it.
"In a world where it costs $2 to unlock content in a game that you've already purchased it is nice to have the power to totally say f**k you to that system and go our own way," said Team Meat on its site
"As we upload content there are no micro transactions to play new chapters and we can basically do whatever we want with these chapters and it costs you, our adoring fans, nothing. We love you."
Super Meat Boy launches on 20th October on XBLA. Team Meat – made up of developers Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes - is yet to announce a release date for the free DLC, but did share some details.
"Each internets chapter contains 20 levels and can be tailored to allow all characters to play them, or lock in a specific character allowing us to create levels that only certain characters can defeat using their special abilities."
Team Meat also explained the DLC's Xbox 360 exlcusivity.
"Before we all start to bitch and moan about this, know that in order for the game to come out on XBLA, we had to offer something exclusive and this was the best and coolest option for us," said the tiny studio.
"Also, quite frankly, Title Managed Storage on Xbox Live took all of the difficult parts of getting this system up and running out of my hands. It literally took me a week to implement the Internets Chapter fully, that's a huge deal for what it is."
So there you go.
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Yeah, the Title Managed Storage stuff may be what allowed them to "end run" around the for-pay DLC model that Valve is fond of complaining about, but it's not like Microsoft said "WHAT? You're using Title Managed Storage to give away stuff for free? FORFEND! PRITHEE GIVE UP THIS MADNESS!" -- this is what TMS is for, and they're using it in accord with the design. It's just that it's not applicable to the kind of DLC Valve wants to offer. Or Epic. Or so many others, I'm guessing.
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apparently because the temp drop to 800 is considered a deal on its own, it doesn't count towards the spend 2400, get 800 deal. but I can't really find a reason to complain about that.
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Huh? 800 pts. is 800 pts. how can they rationalize that?
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someone on gaf pointed out that the xbox deal says it "cannot be combined with any other offer" and technically the Meatboy sale is an offer. I think this is all assumptions for now and it might turn out to be false.
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No, I'm pretty sure it still counts.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=264333
Originally Posted by Me
@XboxSupport What sale/promotions are excluded from counting toward the spend 2400pts / 800 pt rebate? I can't find a concrete answer...
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Originally Posted by XboxSupport
@reddjoey The concrete answer is all Arcade games and game add-ons count. =) ^RR
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Originally Posted by Me
@XboxSupport So deal of the week and the sequel sale extravaganza will work toward it? Sorry to be a pain about it...
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Originally Posted by XboxSupport
@reddjoey Yep! Anything listed under Arcade and game add ons. ^RR
:bow 800 pt games
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http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/10/19/coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-oct-20.aspx
- Borderlands DLC $5 a piece (except Claptrap)
- RDR Undead $10
- Hydro Thunder $5 DLC
- Blade Kitten $7 ( :shh )
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so is Meat Boy out yet? I want to play it when I get home.
And ouch at Blade Kitten half price already
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I told Gazza and Steve that $15 was too much. But I got told off, lol. WHO LAUGHING NOW
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so is Meat Boy out yet? I want to play it when I get home.
And ouch at Blade Kitten half price already
Should be out in 11-12 hours.
Still too much for Blade Kitten.
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Will get the Hydro Thunder DLC too
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Meat Boy looks interesting but I hate that whole "zany internetzzzz" style of humor that it seems to be infected with. Almost puts me off entirely from buying the game.
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Meat Boy is out. The SF2 spoof opening already cements this game as XBLA GotY
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This game is actually pretty good
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Now that "Game Feast" is over we can now say that it had an even shittier line-up than all the Summers of Arcades. Can we? One great game. Just one
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moar liek Lame Feast amirite?
Guwange in two weeks.
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Now that "Game Feast" is over we can now say that it had an even shittier line-up than all the Summers of Arcades. Can we? One great game. Just one
Pinball FX 2 is out on Wednesday.
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Is Shank worth getting? I played the demo last night, and it seemed smooth and fun for a brawler but maybe a bit mashy? It sure is pretty.
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I've heard they should change the name to Stank
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Is Shank worth getting? I played the demo last night, and it seemed smooth and fun for a brawler but maybe a bit mashy? It sure is pretty.
I've heard it gets repetitive real quick.
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Is Shank worth getting? I played the demo last night, and it seemed smooth and fun for a brawler but maybe a bit mashy? It sure is pretty.
You cant use the d-pad in a 2D game
Fail from the design document
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Well, poop on that, then.
1200 for Costume Quest
800 for RDR: Undead Nightmare
...it would have been an easy 440 for The Rocky Horror Picture Show Pack for Guitar Hero, except I own GH2, GH3, GH5, and Band Hero, but apparently this will only work with GH: Warriors of Rock. LAAAAAAME. Kotick's dense and unfathomable DLC fortress will remain unviolated by my points.
Will prolly scope some Rock Band tracks when I get home.