Xbox 360 Marketplace and Arcade thread

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:30 pm

Demo time! Has anyone but me tried the demo of Mirror's Edge? It's got me pretty excited about this game. It gives a pretty exhilarating sense of leaping around high up above the streets, not unlike Crackdown but with a really high tempo, and the aesthetic of the design and sound is pretty cool. It seems like a pretty good little story, too. It's definitely a unique game, and I'm really looking forward to it now that I've had a chance to try out the demo.

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:48 pm

Yeah, I was surprised to get jazzed up about Mirror's Edge, but the demo has me intrigued. I had begun to hear some negative things in terms of people saying it wasn't going to be as good as expected, but I think the demo hints at a really strong/interesting game.

That said, I'll probably wait for reviews/opinions before picking it up.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:01 pm

Played the demo but Mirror's Edge didn't do anything special for me. I thought the sense of speed and agility would be a bit better considering all the hype but it ended up feeling like a regular FPS to me with a bit of jumping and climbing here and there. I'm feeling a bit burned out on FPS's these days so that could have something to do with it. Maybe the full game will have a fantastic story to go along with the newish FPS stuff but I'm not holding my breath.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:25 pm

Zeppo wrote:Demo time! Has anyone but me tried the demo of Mirror's Edge? It's got me pretty excited about this game. It gives a pretty exhilarating sense of leaping around high up above the streets, not unlike Crackdown but with a really high tempo, and the aesthetic of the design and sound is pretty cool. It seems like a pretty good little story, too. It's definitely a unique game, and I'm really looking forward to it now that I've had a chance to try out the demo.

I get a very strong Assassin's Creed vibe from the demo, in that I think they set up some cool moves, some neat mechanics and an interesting world, but I get the sense that the game itself may be a little bit shallow.

Definitely going to Gamefly it at some point, though!

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:58 am

Skate 2 demo is out...I cannot wait for this game in a few weeks. Gonna be sweet.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:48 pm

Not out as of this posting, but advanced notice is always a good thing.

Xbox 360 gamers get a two-level demo of Resident Evil 5 exclusively for one week on January 26.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/944/944888p1.html

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:16 pm

No talk about the next XBox Original available for download?

BlowOut

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox/blowout

Game Informer says...

It is a good thing this game only costs $20, because that's exactly what it's worth. [Feb 2004, p.109]

And GameSpot believes...

It offers very few thrills, and instead, an overly cumbersome control scheme and some insanely convoluted level designs suck just about all the fun out of what could have been an entertaining shooter.

I like what Kotaku said, "I am convinced the XBox Originals selection process features a hat and a blindfolded child."

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:40 pm

Murph wrote:Not out as of this posting, but advanced notice is always a good thing.

Xbox 360 gamers get a two-level demo of Resident Evil 5 exclusively for one week on January 26.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/944/944888p1.html

If it's anything like the Japanese demo I'm not impressed at all.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:29 am

Fear 2 demo is coming out on the 22.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:51 am

10spro wrote:Fear 2 demo is coming out on the 22.

Nice !

I thought the first one was excellent sans the repetitive environments. Alma still creeps me out when I play the original FEAR.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:17 pm

Fear 2 demo now on XBL. (758.86 MB)

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:10 pm

'The Maw' (Arcade) has a lot of character and a neat design.

It seems a bit short and perhaps pricey for $10, but it seems like a good game to play with the kids.

I'll probably get the full game.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:20 pm

'Wheelman' and 'Wanted' among the new demos available today.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:40 pm

Peggle is out today in the Arcade for $10. I have yet to experience this thing, but it's supposedly digital crack.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:20 pm

webdanzer wrote:Peggle is out today in the Arcade for $10. I have yet to experience this thing, but it's supposedly digital crack.

I've had it on my iPod for awhile now...that's pretty much how I'd describe it...

AcemanPR · Post by **AcemanPR** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:44 am

Yeah, Peggle is about as close to crack digitally as you can get. I played the PC version quite some time ago. Bought the 360 XBLA version and it feels fresh all over again.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:47 am

It actually took me a bunch of levels to get into it, but Peggle is definitely a blast! I guess the XBLA version has online multiplayer? If that's right, I could see this being a really fun ultra-casual game to pop in and play with some buddies from time to time.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:37 pm

I downloaded the $15 NCAA MM standalone and the free 09 bracket.. I'll play some this weekend and post some impressions.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:23 pm

Guitar Hero Metallica Demo is up on the marketplace:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/offer ... ajorNelson

Playable songs:

No Excuses - Alice In Chains
Sad But True - Metallica
Seek & Destroy - Metallica
Stone Cold Crazy - Queen

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:54 pm

webdanzer wrote:It actually took me a bunch of levels to get into it, but Peggle is definitely a blast! I guess the XBLA version has online multiplayer? If that's right, I could see this being a really fun ultra-casual game to pop in and play with some buddies from time to time.

I'm so addicted to this stupid *#^#$$ game, it's making me crazy. A+

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Fri May 28, 2010 10:05 am

RISK coming to XBLA!

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:33 pm

Torchlight is coming to XBLA! This is a really awesome little Diablo clone that's a piece of cake to pick up and play and has a great sense of humor in the writing and art design.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/06/torch ... for-house/

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:37 am

vader29 wrote:RISK coming to XBLA!

It's 400 points Feb. 14th, 50% off. Is it worth getting?

Also has anyone tried ilomilo? I tried the demo and at first impressions it looks kiddie but it's a puzzle game which I like that work the noggin.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:19 pm

I picked up a crazy game called Unbound Saga on sale for 160 Microsoft Points. It's a side scroller beat-em up that is played out inside a comic book. The graphics are very good and when new bad guys appear you see some dudes hand drawing in the bad guys into the comic book.

Yeah it looks like it could get repetitive but for 160 points it's a no brainer.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... ?cid=SLink

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:42 am

I purchased a few more games on sale.

Alien Assault 1&2 are ridiculous fun for 400 points each and it's a top down 3rd person shooter fighting off aliens on a damaged space ship. It has a story and light RPG aspects. Kind of looks like the old Fallout games back in the late 90's.

Also picked up Dead Comic, platformer for 400 points 67% off. It has some extra levels for Splosion man and a few other freebies.

If any of you have Alien Assault 1 or 2 i'd like to do some co-op.

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