Xbox 360 Marketplace and Arcade thread

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:16 pm

SoMisss2000 wrote:i'm going to take it for what it is, a demo. no telling how old it is.

Right. That's pretty much what I am thinking. I was a fan of Madden last year, so I'm sure this will be fine. As long as they didn't spend all of their time just getting the teams/stadiums/etc. in the game and less time tweaking for the college game. We'll see next week.

And BTW...the playbook system sucks my ass. Who the hell designed that?

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:03 pm

I don't think this is Madden, not entirely at least. The graphics are improved with nice touches, but suffer from frame-drops in a way Madden didn't.

It's faster and smoother in the gameplay department (perhaps the trade-off for the lost frames?) It feels more like a traditional Madden/NCAA game than Madden did; the controls are more responsive and the overall feel is 'tighter' than Madden was.

I'm not in love, but I'm definitely encouraged and certainly still planning to pick this one up.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:26 pm

You could make the arguement that NCAA for the old box was Madden with quite a few tweaks. I don't know that I expected different from the new box.

AJColossal · Post by **AJColossal** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:26 pm

One of the big critiques I've read from those that have played the game for the 360 is that the game seems too offensive-minded (too easy to complete deep balls) and the AI is a little off when compared to the current gen versions.

For what it's worth, I didn't find these possible issues really jumped out at me in the little time I've spent with the demo.

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:10 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
SoMisss2000 wrote:i'm going to take it for what it is, a demo. no telling how old it is.
Right. That's pretty much what I am thinking. I was a fan of Madden last year, so I'm sure this will be fine. As long as they didn't spend all of their time just getting the teams/stadiums/etc. in the game and less time tweaking for the college game. We'll see next week.

And BTW...the playbook system sucks my ass. Who the hell designed that?

not to mention that Madden 360 wasn't as bad as it was made out to be, but bad nonetheless. The final version was head and shoulders better than the demo. Fight Night retail was better than the demo, and from what I hear, NBA Live 360 was way better than the demo.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:02 am

It's difficult to really make a sound judgement on the game thus far. We don't know how far along they were in development and how it compares to the final retail version.

From what I've played, I'm not overly excited about it but it's certainly not a disappointment by any stretch of the imagination. There's new animations and it definitely looks great, but nothing jumps out at me as "I gotta have this game now!" I think at this point, I'm willing to wait a few days after release and renting it.

I'm a bit aprehensive about purchasing it simply because it's the first NCAA Football game on the next gen console. I feel as though Madden will be a bit more polished and complete. It better show a marked improvement. Also, my past experiences tell me that once Madden is released, I'll be more apt to play a NFL game than a college game.

Boom · Post by **Boom** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:06 am

I haven't played the demo yet, but a buddy of mine who has had the PS2 version for nearly two weeks now and is eagerly awaiting his 360 copy isn't fealing the 360 ver at all.

Says it doesn't play nearly as well as the curent gen ver, but admits it's hard to tell from 1 min qtrs and doesn't know how early / late of a build it is.

He absolutely loves the PS2 ver this year, and hasn't really liked the game since 2004.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:26 am

Busy, busy. 40% after 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:24 am

One interesting thing in the two demo games I played. First game blocked PAT, Second game Blocked Field Goal. Those were with the straight standard FG Block play and me doing nothing.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:28 am

Oh yeah since this is the Marketplace thread, there is a movie of the Mass Effect E3 Demo walkthru. Even if it's not your type of game, you should watch it to see what next gen graphics should look like.

AJColossal · Post by **AJColossal** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:23 am

I was just going to write the same thing. The Mass Effect video had me more pumped than the NCAA demo.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:49 am

10spro wrote:Busy, busy. 40% after 1 hour and 10 minutes.

I was only at 69 percent from 7:15 to Midnight last night.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:18 pm

New ESIV content is up.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:17 pm

AJColossal wrote:I was just going to write the same thing. The Mass Effect video had me more pumped than the NCAA demo.

The Mass Effect video was amazing. I didn't even know anything about the game.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:20 pm

There's a Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II demo on the marketplace now. I thought it said it was online.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:59 am

Demos for Table Tennis and DOA4 are now up. Galaga was also released (400 points). Next Wednesday should be Street Fighter.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:55 pm

Ninety Nine Nights demo is up.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:57 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:Demos for Table Tennis and DOA4 are now up. Galaga was also released (400 points). Next Wednesday should be Street Fighter.

Hooray for Galaga

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:47 pm

Some of the DSP folks are pretty good at Galaga....FshGuy leading the pack, followed by Murph and Leebo.

I'm happy with my score of 32,000 and change.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:31 am

sportdan30 wrote:Some of the DSP folks are pretty good at Galaga....FshGuy leading the pack, followed by Murph and Leebo.

I'm happy with my score of 32,000 and change.

Did you see the guys score for the world wide leader board, that has to be hacked or something over 1 million.

Phototropic · Post by **Phototropic** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:15 am

Word is themes and gamer pics for NCAA are up. I've seen some of the gamer pics, and they don't have the nasty EA Sports name written across them like some of the other sports titles at least.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:13 pm

Danimal wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Some of the DSP folks are pretty good at Galaga....FshGuy leading the pack, followed by Murph and Leebo.

I'm happy with my score of 32,000 and change.
Did you see the guys score for the world wide leader board, that has to be hacked or something over 1 million.

SOmeone has over 2 million now.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:14 pm

Man, I really screwed up today on Galaga. I had over 90k on my first fighter, but only ended up with 98k after all 5

Besides a Steelers gamer pic, Galaga was my first Arcade purchase but since then I bought the PSU theme, pics, and Geometry Wars. Pac Man and Lumines are a given when they roll out.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:18 pm

Leebo33 wrote:. Pac Man and Lumines are a given when they roll out.

Hell yes!!!

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:37 pm

I've been waiting for Galaga- favorite arcade game ever. Mass Effect looks fantastic, but the combination of poorly written dialogue and awful voice acting takes a lot away from the graphics. I'm not sure I could listen to 40 hours worth of the stuff.