Xbox 360

[I-n-j-i-n]

Anybody purchase "portal: still alive"?
I am hard pressed, since I already have the orange box. But I am still interested.

I never got around to playing it for HL2's expansion, but from the demo, it's pretty much perfect. The controls, the visuals, everything. The only thing bad is the 700mb of data it's consuming, but for what is probably one of the best 3D puzzlers, it's not too bad.

Also the extra rooms helps the purchase. So it's around $15 for a standalone. Which fits me fine since I couldn't care less for Team Fortress 2 and other Half Life addons except for Episode 2 itself.

Vesperia's a great game, but man... I can't help but feel sorely disappointed by the story. Not even Blue Dragon let me down this much (granted, BD was pretty mediocre in terms of story from the start). Not to spoil anything, but the final boss and ending were absolute, predictable lameness.

I guess I just put my expectations too high after Abyss's refreshing characters and extensive, tight plot. Vesperia's story ultimately proves lazy and sapped a good deal of enjoyment from the game for me.

That said, I'm on my second playthrough now. I even mastered all the recipes with Yuri.

For what it's worth, I never thought any Tales games had much of a captivating story. Always the same formulaic 'two political factions fighting over a mythical power than can DESTROY THE WURLD' BS with the same anime archetypes we've seen a billion times.

Considering how great the character interactions are in Vesperia (IMO one of the most likable crews in RPG I've played in a while), and it's a shame most of it is wasted and crucial characters are killed unspectacularly and some characters like the two lackey girls basically disappear for no good reason. It's like they couldn't give a damn about the story. The battle is good, even though there's no reason to max everything up by the end since there really are not many ultra-side bosses to deal with.

[Thalzon]

Those assassin gals can be fought in a side quest, but it requires going to so many random locations that I was lucky enough to happen upon it by accident.

And there is one big evil enemy boss in particular... The final boss has a third form, but only if you completed the Fell Arms side quest, that side quest found in pretty much every modern Tales game where you round up as many weapons as there are characters, beat the hardest thing in the game, and THEN they become useful.

[sgx]

Anybody purchase "portal: still alive"?
I am hard pressed, since I already have the orange box. But I am still interested.

I don't think it is worth it if you already own the Orange Box.



BTW, Fable 2 is awesome. You can buy properties and make rent money every 5 minutes even if the game is off. $$$$!!! Oh, and it is fun to play too. Combat is actually pretty kickass for an action RPG.

[Schwaltzvald]

I don't think it is worth it if you already own the Orange Box...

Not to mention the flash version is FREE (http://www.fileplanet.com/186458/180000/fileinfo/Portal---The-Flash-Version-Mappack) for the PC. :lol:

[anosou]

I don't think it is worth it if you already own the Orange Box.



BTW, Fable 2 is awesome. You can buy properties and make rent money every 5 minutes even if the game is off. $$$$!!! Oh, and it is fun to play too. Combat is actually pretty kickass for an action RPG.

Damn europe, Fable 2's released tomorrow here :'(

Still, I'm looking forward to starting an orgie and whatnot :3

[prophetik]

i totally had sex with another woman WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS HOME. she caught us, then promptly gave me a present =)

[anosou]

i totally had sex with another woman WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS HOME. she caught us, then promptly gave me a present =)

I want to hit you in the face.

[prophetik]

then i married a bi dude and we rocked out

no really it happened

i'm working on getting the archaeologist to marry me. or the master rifles guy.

[anosou]

then i married a bi dude and we rocked out

no really it happened

i'm working on getting the archaeologist to marry me. or the master rifles guy.

You're suddenly forgiven!

[Schwaltzvald]

then i married a bi dude and we rocked out

no really it happened

i'm working on getting the archaeologist to marry me. or the master rifles guy.

When did Fable II become something of a pseudo-The Sims:2 set in a fantasy world..? :lol:

[Maco70]

Not to mention the flash version is FREE (http://www.fileplanet.com/186458/180000/fileinfo/Portal---The-Flash-Version-Mappack) for the PC. :lol:

Not all people's computers can make good things happen.

Oh btw, my computer can't let good things happen.

This might be because I have approximately 2 gigs left on my hard drive.

[Schwaltzvald]

Not all people's computers can make good things happen.

Oh btw, my computer can't let good things happen.

This might be because I have approximately 2 gigs left on my hard drive.

Yet this is easy to fix by simply deleting anything you don't even touch on the drive any more. Not to mention shuffling it away on storage drives could help as well

[prophetik]

250g hard drive = 50$. i bought a 640g a little while back for 65$.

fail.

[Maco70]

250g hard drive = 50$. i bought a 640g a little while back for 65$.

fail.

They're really that cheap these days?

...Maybe.

[prophetik]

this should be a good link for you. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=2010150014%201035915133%201035507776&Manufactory=1077%2C1305%2C1306&PropertyCodeValue=359%3A15133%2C353%3A13428%2C353% 3A7797%2C353%3A7873%2C353%3A20984%2C353%3A7794%2C3 53%3A35532%2C353%3A7886%2C353%3A7883%2C355%3A7776% 2C354%3A24340%2C354%3A7760%2C360%3A7800&bop=And&Order=REVIEWS)

[Maco70]

Not bad...
I haven't even begun to check out stuff for upgrade, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that I need to.
I built my computer (with some help) almost 6 years ago.
It's time.

[kitty]

this should be a good link for you. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=2010150014%201035915133%201035507776&Manufactory=1077%2C1305%2C1306&PropertyCodeValue=359%3A15133%2C353%3A13428%2C353% 3A7797%2C353%3A7873%2C353%3A20984%2C353%3A7794%2C3 53%3A35532%2C353%3A7886%2C353%3A7883%2C355%3A7776% 2C354%3A24340%2C354%3A7760%2C360%3A7800&bop=And&Order=REVIEWS)

I was just about to link that because I saw it in my Newegg newsletter. I usually don't subscribe to ads but Newegg has a lot of good deals.

[prophetik]

yeah. that link is actually just to a searchtext that's only samsung, wd, and seagate drives between 160-750g with a sata3.0 interface and 16 or 32mb cache. sorted by most reviews first.

=)

i aim to please.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Those assassin gals can be fought in a side quest, but it requires going to so many random locations that I was lucky enough to happen upon it by accident.

And there is one big evil enemy boss in particular... The final boss has a third form, but only if you completed the Fell Arms side quest, that side quest found in pretty much every modern Tales game where you round up as many weapons as there are characters, beat the hardest thing in the game, and THEN they become useful.

Yeah, I thought they were not showing me everything without unlocking everything.. meh. Time for a second run.

[SwordBreaker]

I'm so on the fence on getting a 360 right now...but I'm one of those people who got RRoD...twice with each 360 console. I was able to replace the first but not the second one. I'm not sure if the current Falcon units are reliable as people say.

[Bigfoot]

I'm so on the fence on getting a 360 right now...but I'm one of those people who got RRoD...twice with each 360 console. I was able to replace the first but not the second one. I'm not sure if the current Falcon units are reliable as people say.

Well, they do back it with 3 years now.

[Kureejii Lea]

characters like the two lackey girls basically disappear for no good reason. It's like they couldn't give a damn about the story. The battle is good, even though there's no reason to max everything up by the end since there really are not many ultra-side bosses to deal with.

There's some later sub-event stuff that ends with a fight with Gauche and Droite (like a lot of backstory in this game, it's optional events you have to dig into), not to mention nine "ultra side bosses" who respawn, "unlockable" challengers in the coliseum (letters-of-challenge characters + four cameo bosses), the final boss's third form, and a huge bonus dungeon that contains most of the aforementioned bosses plus other story ones. Seems like a fair amount of challenge to me.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

There's some later sub-event stuff that ends with a fight with Gauche and Droite (like a lot of backstory in this game, it's optional events you have to dig into), not to mention nine "ultra side bosses" who respawn, "unlockable" challengers in the coliseum (letters-of-challenge characters + four cameo bosses), the final boss's third form, and a huge bonus dungeon that contains most of the aforementioned bosses plus other story ones. Seems like a fair amount of challenge to me.

...As if this game wasn't making me happy enough, this info just caused me to cream my pants.

So far 20 hours into the game about to return to Nordopolica and still loving the hell out of it.

[Kureejii Lea]

Oh? If you're not too far in, here's a little hint: sleep often. Every chance you get, stay at an inn someplace. This triggers tons of scenes, some allowing for artes and titles.

[kitty]

I'm so on the fence on getting a 360 right now...but I'm one of those people who got RRoD...twice with each 360 console. I was able to replace the first but not the second one. I'm not sure if the current Falcon units are reliable as people say.

I fixed my Xbox 360 myself and it's worked perfectly ever since. If you want I can fix your Xbox for you (assuming you still have it). Though I charge $25 for labor and parts and to ship an Xbox in a flat rate box it costs about $13 each way. Or I'll also buy the console and the cables off you for a fair price. PM if you're interested.

[I-n-j-i-n]

There's some later sub-event stuff that ends with a fight with Gauche and Droite (like a lot of backstory in this game, it's optional events you have to dig into), not to mention nine "ultra side bosses" who respawn, "unlockable" challengers in the coliseum (letters-of-challenge characters + four cameo bosses), the final boss's third form, and a huge bonus dungeon that contains most of the aforementioned bosses plus other story ones. Seems like a fair amount of challenge to me.

Good info. I'm still puzzled why Tales games puts so much stock into unlockables instead of making the actual quest filled with the progression of super monsters and more practical use of higher level fighting styles (level 4 Overdrives are basically overkill with the exception of super bosses).

I still can't believe how rote the final hours of the game's story was. It felt like the game could have taken way more interesting turns, but nothing much to show for it. At least the character interactions make it all worth it. Even if the characters don't get much to work with near the end.

[prophetik]

if someone's done with tov and wants to sell it...let me know.

[Bahamut]

So...does anyone have a strategy for the second form of the last boss in Tales of Vesperia? I'm like level 68 and got owned pretty hard, while only taking off like 1/4 his HP.

[Thalzon]

Some status immunity accessories would probably help. The bastard inflicts status ailments like no tomorrow. Heal poison, paralysis, or contamination immediately. If you have Rita in your party, take her out. Her spells are too slow and the boss can teleport at will. Raven or Karol can act as a supplemental healer to Estelle. If you still have an open party slot, I recommend Judith for raw damage. Repede's only necessary if you want to steal from him.

[Kureejii Lea]

Actually, Repede could be good in the final battle if you have his Speedy Item (I think that's the one) skill. Whichever it is, it allows for item use with zero cooldown, which would probably be useful if you're having a lot of trouble. Repede's defense kinda sucks and early on he's rather useless against aeriel enemies, but he eventually gets a lot of varied artes as well as unique skills, plus he's the fastest character in the game.

Set the Immunity skill to everyone who has it (it's fairly common for everyone to learn) so as to lessen stat changes if you don't want to use accessories. Karol's pretty reliable with Nice Recovery Smash despite primarily being a melee fighter. Raven's Love Shot, with enough uses, can heal three people at once without any casting time. If you're using Estelle, have her use Cavalry just before casting.

Rita can be particularly vicious if you're controlling her; go into lvl 1 Overlimit and you can spam spells repeatedly (with skills like Resilience and Spell End, she's pretty much broken), often building up enough hits to just go into Overlimit again the second it runs out. As the boss can teleport, you needn't worry about aiming or missing with spells like Tidal Wave or Meteor Storm - the former especially, while not heavily damaging, will keep him staggered, giving you some breathing room or a chance to beat on him. Or, if your melee fighters have him pinned, Gold Cat, Violent Pain and Crimson Flare can rack up tons of hits fast, refilling your OL meter easily.

Also, keep in mind that if you've done the Fell Arms sidequest, you're in for a third fight after the second.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Wait... So are there actually multiple endings?

[Kureejii Lea]

No... that last fight ties into sidequest stuff.

[I-n-j-i-n]

To me, Rita was broken the moment Overdrives were attained. I never saw many spellcasters that vicious before.

[Thalzon]

Blah blah blah Tidal WAVE!

And suddenly I have 6500 grade.

[Kureejii Lea]

I'm SO gonna make you hurt!
Blah blah blah TIDAL WAVE!
Blah blah blah METEOR STORM!
Blah blah blah CRIMSON FLARE!
Meow! GOLD CAT!

<3 Rita. Even if she (alongside Estelle's Holy Rain and Raven's Havoc Gale) mauled the 360.

Still feels kinda cheap that I could get a 227-hit combo with a single spell from Rita whereas in Symphonia it took a coordinated effort from the entire party to hit 186. Here multiple characters can do infinite combos all on their own.

[Maco70]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171133

I'm not kidding. I actually laughed out loud when I read this.
Made me glad I still have the game on my MU. =D

[FuriousFure]

so anyone played V8: arcade yet?
I played the game back on the N64 and was wondering, since IGN hasn't reviewed it, what do you guys think?

[Maco70]

Is it free?

[BardicKnowledge]

Demos of XBLA things are always free -- go give it a shot!

[Maco70]

I meant the full game.
I am always on the lookout for free stuff.

Like today there was a speaker and they were giving out free condoms.
...I'll think of something constructive to with them.

[kitty]

I meant the full game.
I am always on the lookout for free stuff.

Like today there was a speaker and they were giving out free condoms.
...I'll think of something constructive to with them.

Like have sex?

[Maco70]

That was the joke after all.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

So I've finally finished Infinite Undiscoevry and wow what a ride it was. Loved it from beginning to end. Let's get into it, shall we?

For starters, it's a Tri-Ace game so that should give you an idea of its pedigree. The plot is rather unique(at least to me) in the sense that it doesn't really on the same elemental schtick like so many other JRPGs tend to do. The characters are all very likable and believable, and I think it has some of the better voice acting jobs I've heard in awhile. Nothing stellar like FFXII's work, but still a nice job nonetheless. I actually found the protagonist, Capell to be very endearing and Aya, the female lead, to be very different than your standard fare in a good way Although there is one drawback to the characters being that there are just too many of them. I think the total was around 18, and while they do have motives and such for being in there, it just seems like a lot. What's worse is that several of them can only be used as secondary party members, which means that you never actually get to use them. Oh well... At least I get to use my samurai and ninja.

The graphics are nothing like anything using the unreal 3 engine, and yes the character animations seem like they're straight out of last gen, but some environments are simply stunning and nice to look at, and complaints withstanding, it's still a nice looking game.

On to the nitty gritty of it. The entire game is in real time. There are no pauses between anything including the main menu other than during cutscenes or by actually pressing the pause button. combat as thus is real time as well. Enemies appear onscreen and can be attacked or avoided at will. However, be careful as if you're surprised, you'll lose certain things such as AP which is used for tossing enemies up for aerial combos or down to the ground for ground combos. You can also surprise enemies yourself to gain xp bonuses as well as critical damage boosts. You can only totally control Capell in battle and have full use of his combos, finishers and skills, however you can "connect" with other characters in order to use certain abilities in battle. Certain skills also have uses outside of battle like Aya can shoot down far away objects, you can ride Gustav, and Komachi can pull inaccessible items to her and open locked chests.. You can also give your characters generalized commands such as save MP, spread out, or wait.

As to be expected with most Tri-Ace games, there's a pretty decent crafting system and plenty of secrets and side-quests tossed about here and there. If you are an avid fan of JRPGs and RPGs in general and can look through the minor faults of the game, I'm sure you'd be able to enjoy it as much as I have.

Happy gaming.

[anosou]

Happy gaming.

I love you! I've been going on and on about getting this game but nobody's said anything good so now you gave me a legitimate reason to spend money!

Now if my X360 would be back from repair.. It got RRoD suddenly when I started Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for the first time. Sure it's a 2005 X360 Core but still :/

Ah well, at least the warranty covered it (since I bought it new in february this year where I work for like $100).

[Deathtank]

stay tuned for Deathtank! :mrgreen:
http://www.snowblindstudios.com/games.php?game=death_tank
:)!!

[prophetik]

lol, that game looks almost as good as the vbasic gorrilaz game that came with my 386 computer that my dad got me in 3rd grade.

[Deathtank]

lol, that game looks almost as good as the vbasic gorrilaz game that came with my 386 computer that my dad got me in 3rd grade.

?¿ that was sarcastic or what? :/

[JH Sounds]

Why do the control sticks squeak so much?

[prophetik]

mine don't. break them in.

@deathtank - it was just a joke.

[Bahamut]

So I know most of you already have 360s, if not all, but here's a pretty good deal if you don't have one yet (even if you don't want the games packed in): http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref_=amb_link_82351331_2&docId=1000305461

[prophetik]

also, the arcade bundle is 200 bucks for the holidays...and arcade owners can buy a 20g hard drive and a 3-month live trial for 30 bucks through m$. so, 230 for a console is pretty damn good, all told.

i might also sell mine and buy a modded one from kittykar.

[Dash2110]

I've been playing games like mad recently. Picked up GOW2, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and COD: World at War. Been borrowing some oldies from friends and family, like Fight Night Round 3, Viva Pinata, Oblivion, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Biggest surprise for me is Oblivion, I usually can't stand RPGs but I'm effectively addicted to it. After I'm done with it I might be inclined to borrow Fallout 3 from the same friend.

Midnight Club is a blast, if anybody enjoyed MC3 for PS2, you should definitely buy/rent/steal a copy. World at War is basically a COD4 WWII mod. I'm not complaining, especially when it comes time for some multiplayer, and the campaign manages to stay mostly fresh despite the ten gazillionth time a WWII game has been done, but if you're really sick of the time period, you may want to just borrow it. GOW2 is good, and mostly feels like the first one with new levels/enemies/weapons. Multiplayer for some reason tends to take FOREVER to match teams up, I'm not sure if anybody else is having the same problem.

[Zombie]

cool i'm making my mii right now.

this new update is pretty cool so far. :nicework:

[Nekofrog]

also, the arcade bundle is 200 bucks for the holidays...and arcade owners can buy a 20g hard drive and a 3-month live trial for 30 bucks through m$. so, 230 for a console is pretty damn good, all told.

i might also sell mine and buy a modded one from kittykar.

Yep, probably going to snag the HD myself.

[prophetik]

hey dash, you want to play some coop gears? i've been looking for someone to get the coop achievements with. i've got the first act, i need the rest.

edit: to get a cool sig like mine, just look at the gif's properties, copy/paste the location to your sig, and replace my gamertag with yours. figured it out off of jack keiser's sig a few days ago. pretty cool, huh?

[kitty]

also, the arcade bundle is 200 bucks for the holidays...and arcade owners can buy a 20g hard drive and a 3-month live trial for 30 bucks through m$. so, 230 for a console is pretty damn good, all told.

i might also sell mine and buy a modded one from kittykar.

The only bad thing about the Arcades is that they don't play Xbox 1 games. =(

[Maco70]

The only bad thing about the Arcades is that they don't play Xbox 1 games. =(

If you have the hard drive, it is.
Or so I was lead to believe.

[anosou]

I totally recommend this game to everyone:

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19534

You know you want it!

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Just installed Left 4 Dead to the HDD, fast install, fast loading, and holy shit literally no sound whatsoever. Made my avatar, tried out the party system. Once I get my credit card back I'm gonna get netflix.

Microsoft for the motherfucking win.

[kitty]

If you have the hard drive, it is.
Or so I was lead to believe.

Ah you are correct. I researched that further and I found out that the emulation data for each individual game is saved onto the hard disk. Previously I thought it was handled elsewhere in the console.

[prophetik]

anso, that's awesome =) all these new professional mixers - stevo (level 99) just got a job writing the soundtrack for an XBLA game as well, and i recently got a job doing some stuff for an iphone game. we're all pros here now =)

[anosou]

anso, that's awesome =) all these new professional mixers - stevo (level 99) just got a job writing the soundtrack for an XBLA game as well, and i recently got a job doing some stuff for an iphone game. we're all pros here now =)

DAMNIT, you got the iPhone gig? They didn't want me because I wanted to get payed even if the project failed to see release :tomatoface:

[prophetik]

yeah, at some point i apparently mentioned that i'd do it for the lulz (exact wording) even if i wasn't going to get paid, and they ran with it =)

i think you win harder, though, that xbla game is awesome-looking. next time i get ms points, that's where some of them are going.

[anosou]

yeah, at some point i apparently mentioned that i'd do it for the lulz (exact wording) even if i wasn't going to get paid, and they ran with it =)

i think you win harder, though, that xbla game is awesome-looking. next time i get ms points, that's where some of them are going.

<3 u, keep spreading the word!
Although I'm certainly looking forward to hearing some of your original stuff in a game. VGMdb, here we come!

[JH Sounds]

cool i'm making my mii right now.

Lawl, I knew someone would eventually say that. :-P

[Dash2110]

hey dash, you want to play some coop gears? i've been looking for someone to get the coop achievements with. i've got the first act, i need the rest.

I've been wanting to play through the campaign on insane, and definitely need to do that co-op. My cousin and I started on it, but stopped at like Act 1 Chapter 4. Since I know we planned on doing it at one point let me mention it to him.

First impressions on the new interface people? In my opinion, it certainly LOOKS nicer, but it seems a little more complex. Party mode is definitely nice, and the one button invite feature. I was really hoping for a one button chat/party acceptance capability, like having the option to set it up so if you hit the center button while the invite notification is still on the screen, automatically putting you in the chat/party. It really is key if you're in the middle of a multiplayer match and somebody invites you to chat.

As for the avatars, I could care less. I was tad bit excited since I don't own a Wii and it IS new to me, but the clothing options are weak. I like how there are 50 pages of hair styles but like 2 or 3 of shirts I can wear. Hopefully they'll add more without charging us. One thing that I would really like would be themed outfits, i.e. dressing up your guy in a game character's outfit (I'd love a R6 Vegas one or something).

I also like how the center button now brings up a mini version of the old dashboard, and it actually runs smooth! My biggest complain with the old in-game "dashboard" was how it would run painfully slow sometimes, which got really annoying when you were getting messages and such. Hopefully its performance stays consistent. Another neat feature is the new images/backgrounds for games that you have. Go to your arcade and select your different games. Each time you do it, it essentially 'themes' the interface while you're viewing that game's respective add-ons/achievements/etc.

Oh, and for anyone that has a new theme that's been optimized for the new interface (the people who pre-ordered GOW2 should have a code for one), it's pretty nice how the diorama backgrounds for your friends turn into scenes that relate to the theme.

[BardicKnowledge]

Anyone who currently doesn't have a Live account: Microsoft offered my wife a free 1 month trial of Gold membership when she signed up for a Silver account. I don't know if everyone will get the same offer, but it's certainly something worth trying if you're interested in trying out the multiplayer (though if you're the main user of a 360, you really should have it already).

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

The above is true, as I sold my old 20 gig pro to my younger cousin, and just by signing up with silver he managed to score a month of gold free as well. Also, important to note if you or family members are still on the fence that the arcade pack is just simple $199 and Microsoft still has the sale of a 20 gig HDD AND 3 months of Live Gold for $30 bucks more. For 230, you can get some serious gaming started. For the kids, there are plenty of games like Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata, the LEGO games(Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman), Beautiful Katamari, and a host of others. For guys like us? Well, we've got a DELUGE of crap coming out this holiday, which is turning into yet another wallet killer, with games like Left 4 Dead(yes!), Gears of War 2, Tales of Vesperia, Last Remnant, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, etc. The Xbox Live arcade already has a flurry of casual games on it like spyglass board games, uno, puzzle games, and MS is starting to push out even more and more casual stuff like Lips(which I bet I could get my mom and step dad to play), more Scene it!, etc.

I know at this point I've just started to sound like a billboard for Microsoft, and I'm not trying to leave out the other 2 systems which have their own strong points(I guess...), but I honestly feel that the Xbox 360 is turning into the next best system since the SNES, an I'm a HUGE PS2 fan.

Happy gaming this holiday season, everyone.

[Bahamut]

In addition, Dell is selling Rock Band 2 with their XBox 360 Arcades (just the game though) on Black Friday, so you can score an extra freebie next Friday.

[kitty]

Or you can always buy a premium refurb from me! >_>

[Zombie]

For the kids, there are plenty of games like Banjo-Kazooie.


Are you calling me a kid. :razz:

I need to upgrade to a bigger hd, it seems... only 7 GB left? Not good.

[Penfold]

Just got Netflix recently, specifically because of the update, and I gotta say I love being able to stream stuff straight to the 360...works like a charm. If the 360 had a bluray drive, I'd have no conceivable reason to turn on my PS3 again till either getting LittleBigPlanet or playing through MGS4 again :P.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

That's good to hear as I'm grabbing Netflix as soon as I get my new credit card when I get home. Have you tried using it in a Live Party yet? And speaking of which, have any of you been getting disconnected randomly and often from any of your parties?

Also, Left 4 Dead is an amazing game. I can't get enough of it. Some friends and I tried going through No Mercy on expert however, and must have tried for about 2 hours to get past that finale. We're SO CLOSE to having it done, but something always goes wrong at some point. For all I know, they're probably still trying. I had to stop after I started feeling mental fatigue. Still an amazing game though, and once we get enough people together at once, we're definitely gonna be doing versus more often. As of late, I don't really like playing it with other people online due to the online douchebag epidemic.

Also, Mega Man 9 and Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Can I get a fuck yeah?

[The Damned]

I suppose. Mega Man and Bionic Commando are good things.

Ahem.

Fuck yeah.

[FuriousFure]

Are you calling me a kid. :razz:

I need to upgrade to a bigger hd, it seems... only 7 GB left? Not good.

7? how about 1.2 gigs left? ha ha

[Maco70]

7? how about 1.2 gigs left? ha ha

I have 6 mb left.

In other news, select games are available to play over live for free in the month of December. Titles include Aegis Wing and Uno. For silver members like me, this is something to be excited about.

[SoloGamer]

In other news, select games are available to play over live for free in the month of December. Titles include Aegis Wing and Uno. For silver members like me, this is something to be excited about.
The complete list:
A Kingdom for Keflings
Aegis Wing
Bomberman Live
Hardwood Hearts
Hardwood Spades
UNO
Small Arms
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

If I had known about this earlier, I'd have held off on getting a gold account for another month, since the only game I'm playing online is SF II (for now anyway).

[Cerrax]

Just got the Red Ring of Death. I thought it was worth mentioning. Not a moment too soon either. The three-year warrantee was about to run out.

[anosou]

Just got the Red Ring of Death. I thought it was worth mentioning. Not a moment too soon either. The three-year warrantee was about to run out.

Same, Microsoft was really good about it though! They are sending UPS to pick it up, take it to germany, and bring it back like new all for free. The three year warranty since production was out too but I bought it late so they were nice. Sometimes, M$ are ok.

[Dash2110]

Wtf No Free Play For Yaris

[prophetik]

Just got the Red Ring of Death. I thought it was worth mentioning. Not a moment too soon either. The three-year warrantee was about to run out.

=(

there's a dude on these forums who does repairs for really cheap, and rrod doesn't happen again. look up kittykar.

[Maco70]

Wtf No Free Play For Yaris

You're kidding, right?

[Native Jovian]

Okay, so I know I'm like lulz way behind the times and all that, but I downloaded the Mirror's Edge demo off XBL last night. I played around with it for a while, and while it was pretty neat, I can't help but feel like it was disappointingly linear. The whole thing is supposed to be about the freedom and expansiveness of leaping from rooftop to rooftop, isn't it? It creates that illusion very well, but the actual gameplay is fairly linear from what I can tell. There's a distinct point A to start at and point B to finish with -- which is fine -- but there's also a well-laid track to follow to get from point A to point B, which sort of defeats the purpose.

Am I wrong? Is the demo misleading? Or is the gameplay really as linear as it seems to be?

I would also seriously hope that there's some sort of "free run" mode in the full game. While mission-based gameplay is fine, there really should be some way to just explore the game environment without getting shot to death by irate guards or having someone yelling about mission objectives in your ear -- especially for a game like Mirror's Edge. If there really is nothing but the story mode and a time trial mode (which is what seemed to be the case from the demo's menu screen) then it would be very, very sad.

[I-n-j-i-n]

You can experiment a bit more with different ways to parkour your way through in Mirror's Edge, but it is a bit linear in some ways. It gets really free-for-all-like in speedruns. Don't expect total freedom. That's not exactly the ideal they reached yet. It sorta comes close, but mostly with all the running through the stages part.

[Native Jovian]

Well, the thing is that I can imagine the game being really fun if they give you the freedom to choose your own path, but from the demo it seems to be all spelled out point A -> point B -> point C like "wallrun across this billboard, slide under these pipes, jump off this part of the building, grab this pipe on another building etc etc in order and without pausing or else you lose momentum and get shot/miss the next part of the level/fall of the building and die."

One thing I will give them props for regardless of anything else, though, is having a futuristic dystopia that's none the less bright and clean-looking. I mean, I enjoy rust and grime as much as the next guy, but it's good to see a dystopia that didn't fire all their janitors first thing.

[prophetik]

if anyone wants to sell their copy of mirror's edge, LET ME KNOW. cause i want it.

[Cerrax]

So I've been playing Fallout 3 on my 360 and it was freezing sometimes when I played. It was extremely annoying and when I got the RRoD, I figured the freezing was because of that. It had happened with a few other games as well (Guitar Hero 3, Oblivion).

But now I'm playing on my roommate's Xbox 360 and Fallout 3 still has issues with freezing. No other game does this on his console, and I'd hate to think that the RRoD is creeping up on his system as well.

So the question is, has anyone else experienced freezing with Fallout 3 that hasn't gotten a ring of death?

[Doulifée]

Mine is in perfect condition, but it still freeze from time to time, i now play the game via the hard drive and it's better (still crashing but ocasionally)

[prophetik]

i heard it was related to the massive amounts of textures the game attempts to display at any one time. my computer is ridiculously powerful when it comes to stuff like that - i could run two full instances of oblivion on max settings - but i still had framerate slowdown occasionally.

[anosou]

So I've been playing Fallout 3 on my 360 and it was freezing sometimes when I played. It was extremely annoying and when I got the RRoD, I figured the freezing was because of that. It had happened with a few other games as well (Guitar Hero 3, Oblivion).

But now I'm playing on my roommate's Xbox 360 and Fallout 3 still has issues with freezing. No other game does this on his console, and I'd hate to think that the RRoD is creeping up on his system as well.

So the question is, has anyone else experienced freezing with Fallout 3 that hasn't gotten a ring of death?

Never had a freeze, just a few bugs from what I remember. I got RRoD though :tomatoface: life's hard

[sgx]

<3 u, keep spreading the word!
Although I'm certainly looking forward to hearing some of your original stuff in a game. VGMdb, here we come!

Sup guys. I'm working on finalizing a deal with a group working on an XBL Community Game also. Should be rad. :)

[anosou]

Sup guys. I'm working on finalizing a deal with a group working on an XBL Community Game also. Should be rad. :)

OCR INVASION!
Congrats man! Time to show them what we're made of ;)

I've just started to work on a new XNA game too. We'll see how it turns out, haven't got any artwork yet so I'm running around in the dark so to speak..

[Dash2110]

Since not too long ago we were on the topic of the illusion of freedom, let me bitch and moan about the COD games, especially anything on Veteran difficulty. Now, I don't mind the fact that a couple quick shots and I'm dead, or if I pop my head up I'll get hit and have to sit back for a second while my health regenerates. No, that's fine.

What I hate is how when you play it on Veteran (it applies to every difficulty, but Veteran is obviously the most frustrating), it makes the game extremely linear. We all know the concept is that you have to move to an objective, and the enemy AI will re-spawn forever unless YOU the super war hero moves to a certain point and trigger your AI allies to move up, thus helping eliminate the bad guys and secure a checkpoint.

That's great and all, since the essence of the battle is to clear an area/building, or take a defense line, and nobody wins wars by sitting around, but how about giving us more than a single way of getting to that objective. Discover an effective way to flank the enemy? Better hope the game is programmed to allow you to go that way. If not, be prepared to see roughly 50 grenades magically appear at your feet, thus putting indicators at every conceivable angle, or better yet get hit from absolutely nowhere. This happens a lot when you stay back and not move up after a while too.

COD4 was tough, but World at War is even more ridiculous with this MO. I don't mind realistic health and damage, and cunning AI, but don't get cheap if I happen to find a way to win the battle other than the one you wanted me to do.

[wiredzombie]

ah, i still have yet to play World at War. but i really enjoyed the fact that it was modern war, i'm getting pretty tired of playing WWI games

[prophetik]

cod4 wow is a WWII game - cod4 was the modern one :<

[Dash2110]

My reactions on World at War are mixed.

For the campaign, some missions really make you feel like you're playing the first three Call of Dutys. Specifically the Eastern Front missions (Ah great, I'm a Russian sniper in Stalingrad, oh, now I'm driving a tank). On the flip side though, some missions are fresh, thanks to the inclusion of the Pacific Campaign. Running around the tall grass of Okinawa with a flame thrower fending off Bonzai attacks is pretty fun.

Also, there's one mission called "Black Cats" where you're a Navy guy on a PBY Catalina, raiding a convoy and defending a fleet against Japanese Zeros...which is by far one of my favorite missions of any COD game.

I love the music in the game, it can go from fairly low key orchestra (what you'd expect in a WWII game), to this fusion of rock and more tense orchestra with vocals. Sounds weird but it's awesome, especially in the last couple missions when you're storming the Reichstag (if anyone remembers the first COD, you storm it as well, but I'd have to say this one is ten times better).

Multiplayer is exactly like COD4, but WWII. I would even say it feels like a WWII mod for COD4. Co-op campaign is pretty cool, and I'm sure you've heard of Nazi Zombie mode, unlocked after complete the campaign. It's basically like horde mode in GOW2, with a few slight differences. Pretty fun to play IMO.

Overall I'd say it's a good game, with some fairly repetitive COD1-3 missions, but also a few jewels thrown in there as well. If you're REALLY sick of the WWII period, it might now be for you, but it's still worth a play.

[Alexis]

Bethesda just announce some new DLC for Fallout 3...and I'm ridiculously excited.

Operation Anchorage - the first of three planned DLC packs for the game - is set in the game's "distant past", with players able to access a dusty old military simulator that "teleports" you into a battle against the Chinese army, in the days before the a-bombs started falling.

The second, called The Pitt, takes players to Pittsburgh, a city that while still in a state of disrepair, never took a bomb or three like DC did.

The third, "Broken Steel", is mentioned only briefly, and will bring increases to level caps, new bad guys and new perks.


I'm mostly excited since I live in Pittsburgh, and I'm looking forward to walking around my real life apartment and stuff in the Fallout 3 world. :-P

[Maco70]

So, I've been wondering...
...What do you think the free XBLA game will be after the live servers are overloaded after the holidays?

[Red9]

Bethesda just announce some new DLC for Fallout 3...and I'm ridiculously excited.

Operation Anchorage - the first of three planned DLC packs for the game - is set in the game's "distant past", with players able to access a dusty old military simulator that "teleports" you into a battle against the Chinese army, in the days before the a-bombs started falling.

The second, called The Pitt, takes players to Pittsburgh, a city that while still in a state of disrepair, never took a bomb or three like DC did.

The third, "Broken Steel", is mentioned only briefly, and will bring increases to level caps, new bad guys and new perks.


I'm mostly excited since I live in Pittsburgh, and I'm looking forward to walking around my real life apartment and stuff in the Fallout 3 world. :-P

I'm just sad that sony decided to not fight for dlc for the ps3...damn microsoft! i'm just too poor to afford a 360 anytime in the near future

[Dash2110]

I'm just sad that sony decided to not fight for dlc for the ps3...damn microsoft! i'm just too poor to afford a 360 anytime in the near future

I call BS. What are you making in COLA now? Take your ass to the BX and buy one.

[Red9]

I call BS. What are you making in COLA now? Take your ass to the BX and buy one.

300...but AF galley decides to take it automatically for food I dont eat (am currently resolving this issue). btw who are you and what exactly do you know?

[Dash2110]

what exactly do you know?

Oh, I know everything. I know where you sleep, I know where you work. I know the roads you take to get there. I know where you spend your free time, where you go to drink, to smoke, to enjoy yourself. I quite possibly know almost exactly your day-to-day activities, from now until your PRD.

[Gollgagh]

so then why the hell are you asking him how much he's making in COLA

[Maco70]

Doritos finally released that game.

"dash of destruction" is availible in the marketplace for free.

Not a bad game, multiplayer is pretty fun.

[anosou]

Doritos finally released that game.

"dash of destruction" is availible in the marketplace for free.

Not a bad game, multiplayer is pretty fun.

I still haven't been able to get into a multiplayer game, I don't get the lobby :/

ah well 190/200 gamerscore in 30 minutes ain't a bad deal :tomatoface:

[Maco70]

I still haven't been able to get into a multiplayer game, I don't get the lobby :/

ah well 190/200 gamerscore in 30 minutes ain't a bad deal :tomatoface:

Yeah, I got them all in about 20 minutes as well.

What confuses you about the lobby?

It's only local, not live if that clears anything up.

[anosou]

It's only local, not live if that clears anything up.

That explains a lot :tomatoface:

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

So I finally bought my new HDTV(and I love it), and my games look beyond awesome now.

There is a tiny bit of lag in the controls though. Any help on how to fix this?

[Maco70]

There is a tiny bit of lag in the controls though. Any help on how to fix this?

Sorry, I have no idea.

Around these holidays, outside of the gifts I get; I plan to buy one 360 game.

Just one.

Suggestions?
I am considering Bioshock and Mirror's edge.
Also, maybe Sonic Unleashed.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Nobody ever buys only one games for the 360. They say that then they proceed to buy 20 more. The 8-game ratio for the 360 is THE highest in game consoles, so the numbers seems to support that idea.

[sgx]

So I finally bought my new HDTV(and I love it), and my games look beyond awesome now.

There is a tiny bit of lag in the controls though. Any help on how to fix this?

Most TVs nowadays don't have the lag problem so much anymore, but there are a few ways that generally can speed it up. Look for a "Game mode" in the settings. This basically turns off a lot of features like noise reduction, scaling, some color modifications, etc. If you don't have a game mode, try turning off noise reduction functions, and make sure your screen size is set to "native" or "just scan (on mine)". This means its outputting the same resolution as what the game system is putting out. If your TV is 1080p, make sure the 360 is set to output 1080p. This makes it so the xbox does the scaling (with no lag) and the TV doesn't have to do any processing on the image which can add lag.

[Maco70]

Nobody ever buys only one game for the 360. They say that then they proceed to buy 20 more. The 8-game ratio for the 360 is THE highest in game consoles, so the numbers seems to support that idea.

The difference is I can only AFFORD one.

I would love more, but my options are limited.

Although, I could buy several arcade games instead. =D

[Native Jovian]

Okay, so I have a problem with my 360. (And no, it's not a RRoD, so no worries there.) Whenever I'm played on Xbox Live (which is frequently at the moment, considering that I just got Left 4 Dead for Christmas), there's a fairly good chance that I'll get randomly disconnected. There's no rhyme or reason to this that I've been able to find; it just sorta happens.

Now, my setup is a bit odd. My modem is in another room, with my mom's computer, and I have both my computer and my 360 in my room. So the modem goes to a router, which splits off into my mom's computer and my room (this is a fairly long cord, which is why I only have the one). In my room is another router that splits off into my computer and my 360.

So has anyone run into this sort of thing before? Have any idea how to fix it? Is my setup killing my signal or something?

[Alexis]

The difference is I can only AFFORD one.

I would love more, but my options are limited.

Although, I could buy several arcade games instead. =D


Oh, I can't afford them, but I buy them anyways. The only food I have in my apartment right now is ritz crackers and ramen noodles, thanks to fallout 3.
It's worth the sacrifice.

[Alexis]

Sorry for the double post but this is funny.

http://i40.tinypic.com/xkneae.jpeg

[Bill Lumbergh]

first off yadiobetuer thats not funny and use the edit button

secondly the reason im jacking my bros account for 1 post is because no one will post my help for jovian

[16:29:44] <atmuh> hey someone post in the xbox360 thread on ocr that the dude with the problem is probably having NAT issues and should run the xbl test connection and if nat doesnt say super happy working he should forward some ports

[Native Jovian]

Actually, that's the odd thing. After it boots me, if I tell it to just reconnect to Live it says that it can't connect. But if I go back to the dashboard and run the XBL connection test, it'll say everything's fine and THEN I can reconnect.

The new dashboard doesn't have all the nice technical things like the old one had; all it has is "connected to network", "connected to internet", and "connected to Xbox Live", all of which work whenever I test the connection (but it still randomly drops).

[Bill Lumbergh]

they dont include a NAT field?
hm well you might wanna try googling for the ports that xbl uses and forward them on the local ip of your 360 of both routers

[SwordBreaker]

Well...my newly-released Holiday Bundle 360 is starting to hang...just after a month of purchase. I know it's not a Jasper unit, but it's simply pathetic that 360 consoles are still sucking to this very day. Despite the excellent line-up of games, the 360 is simply the worst console of all in terms of hardware. Even my age-old n64 and SNES still work today.

And to those who are wondering; this is my 3rd 360. And no, I can't send it to MS 'cause I don't live in the US. It all depends on the warranty from the shop I've bought it from. People have suggested that console hangs are due to the hard drive...and I'm starting to suspect it a bit 'cause I'm using an old 20 GB hard drive from my first 360 with the Arcade one I have now. Then again, with all these problems we've been hearing from these days...particularly ones that come with those who downloaded NXE...anything's possible.

I wonder if any of you people are going though the same thing. Old hard drives on new 360s? Problems with the latest NXE update?

[Bill Lumbergh]

sucks for you

[Alexis]

first off yadiobetuer thats not funny and use the edit button

secondly the reason im jacking my bros account for 1 post is because no one will post my help for jovian



Stop being a dick, it's Christmas. Also, learn to fucking type, get off your brother's account and make your own.

[anosou]

Also, learn to fucking type, get off your brother's account and make your own.

This made me laugh pretty hard. You don't know about atmuh I take it? :tomatoface:

Still, he helped the guy and you double posted without needing to.. get off your high horse, it's christmas.

[Alexis]

You don't know about atmuh I take it? :tomatoface:


Nope. This is why I usually lurk and don't post much.

[Native Jovian]

Alright, I switched my whole home setup around so now there's only one router, and then I went ahead and forwarded the ports that Google said I needed. I was playing Left 4 Dead for about two hours and didn't get disconnected once, so that's certainly an improvement... Though that may just be the whimsical internet gods messing with my head.

On a side note, Left 4 Dead is insanely awesome. I played most of the way through No Mercy, and we did fine up until the part where you have to wait for the helicopter. There were only three of us (Bill was being NPC'd), and the other two guys weren't particularly good, so try as I might I could get them organized enough to actually survive the ending. At one point the helicopter was actually overhead, but a Tank creamed us before we could even get out of the building with the minigun, much less get all the way over to the helipad. The short version is: I played the hell out of the demo, so I was good enough to rescue them (unless they did something insanely stupid), but whenever a boss zombie managed to get me they could never get around to rescuing me, and once I was gone they folded fast.

We played the finale a good half-dozen times before giving up. Good times were had by all. And hey, my connection seems to work now!

[anosou]

Nope. This is why I usually lurk and don't post much.

Don't feel bad, I still like you. Just don't come to conclusions that include you being an ass at a forum, it never turns out well.. for anyone. atmuh is probably the most efficient troll on OCR ever, he's also quite funny at times.

Now, spread the love :wink:

[Nekofrog]

atmuh is probably the most efficient troll on OCR ever


:cry: how could you

[anosou]

:cry: how could you

It's true.. I secretly adore atmuh. I want his babies. You're nothing compared to the great one!

[Nekofrog]

It's true.. I secretly adore atmuh. I want his babies. You're nothing compared to the great one!

You weren't around during my golden era, so your opinion means nothing!

[anosou]

You weren't around during my golden era, so your opinion means nothing!

Then again, I'm pretty damn handsome AND some kind of judge :twisted:

YOU IS SUCK!

[Toadofsky]

You weren't around during my golden era, so your opinion means nothing!

Oh I remember your golden time friend. Boy those were some days. You, Cuddlypyramidhead, and Firedrake, were some bad dudes. Dissing the noob opinions, and getting into heated discussions too. I can recall several conversations between you and CPH.

[Nekofrog]

I miss Firedrake, whatever happened to that fellow?

cph can suck it

[Toadofsky]

I miss Firedrake, whatever happened to that fellow?

cph can suck it

Don't know what happened to Firedrake, maybe he found a better place to troll? Probably figured out this whole forum thing is just a fad, like Spiro graphs....

Yeah, CPH was a cretin most of the time. He pretty much hated everyone's opinion that wasn't in line with his own. Remember talking about N64? I remember the only thing he said from that, that it sucked considering all the good games he could only count on his hands (his opinion, not mine, but he's not that far off on that).

[Maco70]

I decided.

http://www.amazon.com/Sonics-Ultimate-Genesis-Collection-Xbox-360/dp/B001G3AZS2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1230500288&sr=8-2

Don't make fun of me.


Also, to the guy who posted above me: Howard the duck is not a B movie.

[Bahamut]

Don't know what happened to Firedrake, maybe he found a better place to troll? Probably figured out this whole forum thing is just a fad, like Spiro graphs....

Yeah, CPH was a cretin most of the time. He pretty much hated everyone's opinion that wasn't in line with his own. Remember talking about N64? I remember the only thing he said from that, that it sucked considering all the good games he could only count on his hands (his opinion, not mine, but he's not that far off on that).

I seem to remember Firedrake got banned for trolling in PPR before.

[anosou]

I decided.

http://www.amazon.com/Sonics-Ultimate-Genesis-Collection-Xbox-360/dp/B001G3AZS2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1230500288&sr=8-2

Don't make fun of me.

In related news, I pre-booked that yesterday :3
I never had a Sega-console and I haven't emulated shit so this is kinda the best thing that's ever happened to me lately.

[prophetik]

didn't that happen repeatedly?

[EdgeCrusher]

CPH. What a tool. I got into it with him and Halfshadow all the time cause they both seem to be the dense grouping of tards here.

[Maco70]

In related news, I pre-booked that yesterday :3
I never had a Sega-console and I haven't emulated shit so this is kinda the best thing that's ever happened to me lately.

I was gonna preorder, then I realized that there is absolutely no reason to preorder.

I'm excited even if I've played most of these games before. It;s the closest vectorman and Ristar will ever come to xbla.

[Toadofsky]

Also, to the guy who posted above me: Howard the duck is not a B movie.

What movie is it? Crap? Please, I've heard that before... And that doesn't really matter to me...

Besides, it's a joke, probably a bad one...

In regards to Sonic's Genesis Collection, I may check it out, as long as I can play Sonic 3 and Knuckles on it. I had a PC set of Sonic games (non illegal emu disks), and Sonic 3 and Knuckles I'd play non stop!

Been Paying Rez HD, almost got the Eden achievement, god that's so hard. My thumb was firing as fast as an AK47!

[Maco70]

In regards to Sonic's Genesis Collection, I may check it out, as long as I can play Sonic 3 and Knuckles on it. I had a PC set of Sonic games (non illegal emu disks), and Sonic 3 and Knuckles I'd play non stop!

I still have the pc disc version of that. Good times.

The collection will have s3&k on it. It will probably be an unlockable.

[anosou]

I still have the pc disc version of that. Good times.

The collection will have s3&k on it. It will probably be an unlockable.

It will have 40 games, I'm pretty sure at least 10 are Sonic ;)
Since I have Mega Collection for GC I'm more excited about Space Harrier and Phantasy Star. I'm lame like that.

[Maco70]

It will have 40 games, I'm pretty sure at least 10 are Sonic ;)
Since I have Mega Collection for GC I'm more excited about Space Harrier and Phantasy Star. I'm lame like that.

I own the sonic mega collection on ps2 and xbox, and I'm still buying this.
No matter how many times I play it, the sonic games never get old for me.
I've been looking for vectorman 2 and some of the other genesis games for a while, this is a cheaper and easier way to accomplish that.

I am very excited for this. Sucks that I have to wait for february.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

First off, happy holidays to everyone. I hope it's been a safe and sound(and relatively painless as far as family reunions go) time for all. Anyway, I've been slacking lately, so it's time to give out my impressions on the RPG I've been playing a lot over the past week: The Last Remnant

First I'd like to get the cons out of the way. There's really only one that I've seen thus far in my 10 or so hours of gameplay, and that has to do with graphical issues. Yes, they're there. I don't blame the designers of the game(although make no mistake they have a part of it) as much as I blame the Unreal Engine for sucking in general, and only the people at Epic games have the power to make it not suck. I have the game installed to my HDD as was recommended to me, so I can't really comment on how it is without the install(which is about 6 gigs per disc), but while there's definitely some framerate issues and texture popping, it's not as unbearable as the media would make it seem.

Now then, on to the game itself. At first glance, it seems like there's no substance to this game other than some pretty graphics and an interesting story with some decent voice-acting and great music, but play on for about an hour and you'll really start seeing how good the combat really is. For starters, you will use what are called "unions" which is basically just one big party that shares the same general commands, as well as HP, AP, etc. Although you won't be able to control that many in the beginning of the game, you'll eventually be controlling up to 5 unions at a time with 5 units each(made up of leader characters and soldiers) for a total of 25 fighters at any given time. Right now I have a max of 12. Combat is turn-based and has traces of the CTB system used in Final Fantasy X. For the most part, the game selects which attacks/spells that will be used in each of the many commands available to you. Make no mistake, the game doesn't "play itself" like some think. While there is a lot left to chance, things like critical offense and defense triggers, flank attacks, deadlocks and rear attacks play a lot into it. Formations of unions also play a key role in that some will increase overall attack, magic attack or defense just by equipping them. Maybe you want a mystic art heavy formation with a few bruisers on hand to defend the flanks, maybe you just wanna go all out with combat arts. The options are there and the combat is deep. There are plenty of other things involved in combat in relation to morale, capturing monsters, collecting crafting components, learning new arts, etc., but I think I'll leave it at that for now.

The designers like to hail the game as being an "RPG for the world" quite often. I don't know how accurate they are, but I definitely see a few things that are unconventional in most JRPGs I've seen. For one, the ability to save anywhere(ANYWHERE) is a huge boon, as well as having your stats recover after every battle. The cutscenes have characters with lip movements that are in sync with the English language, so I guess that's cool, and the dialogue is pretty well done.

As I've said before, the graphics are quite pretty(the Unreal engine doesn't fail there), and I believe the music is done by The Black Mages, who are responsible for many rock arrangements of FF tunes. I think my favorite aspect about the music department is the fact that there are MULTIPLE BATTLE THEMES. I think I've counted about 5 or 6 thus far, including 2 themes that will appear randomly in battle based on current conditions.

All in all, I think the game is definitely worth a try if you're looking for a spin on turn-based RPGs. I don't know if it'll win any awards for best RPG of the year or anything, but I haven't been able to pry myself away from it if that says anything. But enough talk, go play it.

Happy gaming all.

tl;dr: The Last Remnant is good.

[CC Ricers]

Perfect time for my Xbox 360 to RROD, right in the middle of playing Fable 2. So it's true, these boxes magically crap out approximately one year after buying them.

Well, while I get that fixed, it leaves me more time to buy Mirror's Edge and Gears of War 2 out of my backlog. Oh, and a couple JRPGs but I don't know what to get first. Should I get Tales of Vesperia first, or Eternal Sonata? Isn't ToV just like the gameplay of Symphonia, but with a different 'skin'? (just different characters and plot)

[Maco70]

Perfect time for my Xbox 360 to RROD, right in the middle of playing Fable 2. So it's true, these boxes magically crap out approximately one year after buying them.

My brother's g1 360 is still going strong.

I really wonder how the RROD works.
As far as I know, it's caused by the motherboard warping due to overheating.
That would take a hell of a lot of heat.

[prophetik]

My brother's g1 360 is still going strong.

I really wonder how the RROD works.
As far as I know, it's caused by the motherboard warping due to overheating.
That would take a hell of a lot of heat.

wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRoD#Three_flashing_red_lights) has a biased article about it.

[The Womb]

Hey I was wondering if anybody could do me a favour, a while ago I rented Tales of Vesperia and me and my friends got fairly addicted to it (thus resulting in a prompt re-rental so we could finish it off), can anyone think of any other local multiplayer rpgs for the xbox 360 that are acctually half decent?

[Red9]

I wonder about the RROD a lot actually, my friend got it on his while in Iraq and he shut it down and fired it up the next day. It worked just fine, and the same thing happened to myself, so I think it's more of an overheating problem than an actual critical error.

[Maco70]

I wonder about the RROD a lot actually, my friend got it on his while in Iraq and he shut it down and fired it up the next day. It worked just fine, and the same thing happened to myself, so I think it's more of an overheating problem than an actual critical error.

Was that actually the red ring though?
I've talked to several people who were freaking out because they claimed to have the red ring, but it ended up being loose wires, or the hard drive wasn't connected properly.

One friend of mine had a hard drive failure. The system still worked fine, just the drive pooped.

A lot of the RROD shenanigans is just people being over dramatic I say.

[prophetik]

it's related to the crappy thermal paste they use on the heatsinks on the gpu and cpu of the unit. the coolers become unseated, the system detects a dangerous rise in temp over a certain amount of time, and it'll shut off until you fix the error and reset it.

kittykar here on ocr fixes them for minimal cost. it's really not a big deal, you can buy the stuff to fix them for like 20$.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Hey I was wondering if anybody could do me a favour, a while ago I rented Tales of Vesperia and me and my friends got fairly addicted to it (thus resulting in a prompt re-rental so we could finish it off), can anyone think of any other local multiplayer rpgs for the xbox 360 that are acctually half decent?

I thought Eternal Sonata was good, and it has local multiplay, although it's not quite as good as ToV, it's still fun.

[anosou]

Was that actually the red ring though?
I've talked to several people who were freaking out because they claimed to have the red ring, but it ended up being loose wires, or the hard drive wasn't connected properly.

One friend of mine had a hard drive failure. The system still worked fine, just the drive pooped.

A lot of the RROD shenanigans is just people being over dramatic I say.

if you knew your xboxes you'd know there are tons of Red Rings. :) The RRoD is the one where every "area" on the xbox button is red except the upper right which isn't lit.

Other red rings mean other errors including, but not limited to: no video output, faulty wire or such...

[Maco70]

if you knew your xboxes you'd know there are tons of Red Rings. :) The RRoD is the one where every "area" on the xbox button is red except the upper right which isn't lit.

Other red rings mean other errors including, but not limited to: no video output, faulty wire or such...

I knew that; I was commenting that others don't.

[anosou]

I knew that; I was commenting that others don't.

It's okay, I still love you. Also I forgot it was new years eve and shit so Ikaruga will have to wait a while ;P sorry

[Sole Signal]

Have an opportunity to buy a X360 20 gb, with 7 games, 2 wireless controllers, and Guitar Hero controller for $300. Seems like a pretty decent deal. It's already been sent in to fix the RROD once, so I assume it'd be a safe assumption to assume it won't happen again?

[Brushfire]

Prolly not, I have heard several horror stories of folks getting back their 360s only to have them RROD again about a week later.

But on the other hand, if the 7 games are good, it is kinda a hard deal to pass up. And if all else fails, you can always do the towel trick.

[sgx]

Have an opportunity to buy a X360 20 gb, with 7 games, 2 wireless controllers, and Guitar Hero controller for $300. Seems like a pretty decent deal. It's already been sent in to fix the RROD once, so I assume it'd be a safe assumption to assume it won't happen again?

It's probably just as likely to do it again as the first one. MS is only recently rolling out the newest hardware revision that should just about eliminate the problem. $300 is pretty good if those 7 games are good games. But you can get a 360 arcade for $199 and MS will sell you a refurb 20gb drive (they don't ever have problems, so refurb is fine) for $20.

[Red9]

towel trick? (i don't own one so i don't really know deese tings here)

[Enigma]

There's really only one that I've seen thus far in my 10 or so hours of gameplay, and that has to do with graphical issues. Yes, they're there. I don't blame the designers of the game(although make no mistake they have a part of it) as much as I blame the Unreal Engine for sucking in general, and only the people at Epic games have the power to make it not suck. I have the game installed to my HDD as was recommended to me, so I can't really comment on how it is without the install(which is about 6 gigs per disc), but while there's definitely some framerate issues and texture popping, it's not as unbearable as the media would make it seem...




The Unreal Engine is can be pretty bad if not used right, but dont say EPIC is the only ones who can make it work. Rainbow Six Vega 2 runs on Unreal and looks about 50-60% better than TLR. As for the actual game (not the install) it has a few framerate problems as soon as it switches from the load screen to the combat portion, but after that its all been gravy.

I dont recall seeing any press on this game though, which is weird considering its a Square Enix game. *shrug* maybe i just wasnt paying attention!

[The Xyco]

So I got the 360 arcade package as a combined birthday/Christmas gift from my significant other.

My girlfriend > yours

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

I dont recall seeing any press on this game though, which is weird considering its a Square Enix game. *shrug* maybe i just wasnt paying attention!

Which is why I put the word out on the forums so that more people will be aware of otherwise great games that go on forgotten.

Also, if that 360 you're buying is refurbed, i think it has a high success rate. My first one(didn't RRoD, I just sold it to my little cousin so I could upgrade) was a refurbed one and had been through a pretty nasty water leak in which the bottom was actually submerged, a fall, a few airplane trips and more than a year later is still working perfectly.

Take that as you will.

[Sole Signal]

Thanks for the info! I received more details of what the deal entails. Here's what I'll get for my $300:

X360 20gb
Test Drive Unlimited
Midnight Club: Lost Angeles
Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon 2
Guitar Hero w/ controller
GTA4
Forza 2
NFS Carbon
Call of Duty something or other
2 wireless controllers w/ chargers (?)

Is 20gb going to be large enough for comfortably saving replays, save files, and perhaps (in the future) game demos? I'm not going to be using it for videos or music or anything like that.

Overall, seems like a good deal.

[EdgeCrusher]

Most of the games listed are 14 dollars or less at gamestop, besides the obvious GTA 4, and if you could give us the number Guitar Hero and what call of duty.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Guitar Hero 2 is great, I feel Guitar Hero 3 is relatively lacking and just feels unpolished. As long as it isn't CoD3, you should be fine.

Those other games are pretty ass though.

20 gigs would give you 13 gigs free, and it would be enough for some XBLA games, demos and videos, but if you want to put games in that thing and high def vids, you're gonna need to up it to 60 at least.

[zircon]

IMO it's stupid to install your games. I've tried it myself and there has been NO noticeable drop in load times at all. A waste of space. The only benefit is not having to switch the game discs or listen to the noise of the disc spinning, but those are really minor.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

IMO it's stupid to install your games. I've tried it myself and there has been NO noticeable drop in load times at all. A waste of space. The only benefit is not having to switch the game discs or listen to the noise of the disc spinning, but those are really minor.

I've noticed a small decrease in load times, and as most have said, I kind of don't like my game system to sound like the flight prep of an F-16 on the tarmac. It also lowers the wear and tear on the disc drive.

[Nekofrog]

Is 20gb going to be large enough for comfortably saving replays, save files, and perhaps (in the future) game demos? I'm not going to be using it for videos or music or anything like that.

Overall, seems like a good deal.

20GB = 13.6 or something like that in real numbers. It's not a whole lot once you have stuff installed, but it's enough to store a bunch of demos (I've never come close to filling it up, but then I don't keep demos for TOO long).

Eventually I will upgrade to the 120GB 2.5 drive you can flash to have the 360 bios for like $40, as opposed to MS's overpriced drives.

[Maco70]

It's okay, I still love you. Also I forgot it was new years eve and shit so Ikaruga will have to wait a while ;P sorry

Yeah, what was up with that?
I didn't expect Ikagura of all games to be unplayable online.

I was disappointed.

[Native Jovian]

IMO it's stupid to install your games. I've tried it myself and there has been NO noticeable drop in load times at all. A waste of space. The only benefit is not having to switch the game discs or listen to the noise of the disc spinning, but those are really minor.
I was amused by the message that appeared on Halo 3 to this effect when I first installed the new dashboard. It basically said that the game is designed to be played from a disc, not a hard drive, so loading it on a hard drive will actually decrease performance. The exact wording was something to the effect of "you'll use up a bunch of space on your hard drive, your game will load slower and be more laggy, and your friends will make fun of you."

Call me cynical, but it seems to me that the "load games onto your hard drive" thing is a gimmick to sell bigger hard drives. It's pretty damn pointless in most cases.

[anosou]

IMO it's stupid to install your games. I've tried it myself and there has been NO noticeable drop in load times at all. A waste of space. The only benefit is not having to switch the game discs or listen to the noise of the disc spinning, but those are really minor.

IMO you're stupid :'( some games really benefit from this and the loading times get shorter. Also, the noise issue could be a good reason if you're playing late at night or listening to music or something. My point is: it's not stupid, it's a good option to have for games you play alot!

Yeah, what was up with that?
I didn't expect Ikagura of all games to be unplayable online.

I was disappointed.

Same here. Though my wi-fi connection is pretty unstable so it might've been me too.. At least I took down the first boss :<

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

I have an interesting predicament. While I'm playing a DVD on my 360, the volume is relatively low on what I'd call a normal setting for watching a downloaded video or playing a game. This didn't happen on the last TV I used my 360 with(although that was a whole other 360 ago), although it seems strange that only DVD playback would be affected. Any ideas?

[anosou]

I have an interesting predicament. While I'm playing a DVD on my 360, the volume is relatively low on what I'd call a normal setting for watching a downloaded video or playing a game. This didn't happen on the last TV I used my 360 with(although that was a whole other 360 ago), although it seems strange that only DVD playback would be affected. Any ideas?

That's always been the case with DVDs on my 360. The volume difference is HUGE. Haven't thought much about it since I just turn up the volume ;)

[sgx]

Thanks for the info! I received more details of what the deal entails. Here's what I'll get for my $300:

X360 20gb
Test Drive Unlimited
Midnight Club: Lost Angeles
Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon 2
Guitar Hero w/ controller
GTA4
Forza 2
NFS Carbon
Call of Duty something or other
2 wireless controllers w/ chargers (?)

Is 20gb going to be large enough for comfortably saving replays, save files, and perhaps (in the future) game demos? I'm not going to be using it for videos or music or anything like that.

Overall, seems like a good deal.

Midnight Club and GTA are the only games that are still worth any money. If you're interested in those games, I'd say probably go for it, but if you don't care about those, it may be a safer bet to just spend $300 on an equivalent new xbox (60 gb with the new chip that likely won't RRoD), and buy the games you DO want to play.

20 gb is perfectly fine for game saves, lots of XBLA games, and around 5 demos. My 20gb is mostly full because I have like 8 gb of rock band songs on it.

[anosou]

Midnight Club and GTA are the only games that are still worth any money. If you're interested in those games, I'd say probably go for it, but if you don't care about those, it may be a safer bet to just spend $300 on an equivalent new xbox (60 gb with the new chip that likely won't RRoD), and buy the games you DO want to play.

20 gb is perfectly fine for game saves, lots of XBLA games, and around 5 demos. My 20gb is mostly full because I have like 8 gb of rock band songs on it.

QFE, everything this man said here is absolute truth.
I kinda wish I had 60GB though since I'd love to play some games from the HDD.

[prophetik]

Thanks for the info! I received more details of what the deal entails. Here's what I'll get for my $300:

X360 20gb
Test Drive Unlimited
Midnight Club: Lost Angeles
Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon 2
Guitar Hero w/ controller
GTA4
Forza 2
NFS Carbon
Call of Duty something or other
2 wireless controllers w/ chargers (?)

Is 20gb going to be large enough for comfortably saving replays, save files, and perhaps (in the future) game demos? I'm not going to be using it for videos or music or anything like that.

Overall, seems like a good deal.
i enjoyed nfs carbon, all the cod games, and midnight club. it's a lot of racing, though, and that's not really the 360's strength.

[Red9]

ZOMG! almost forgot Rainbow Six Vegas 2. the better of the too in my opinion.

[Nekofrog]

Holy shit Castle Crashers is one cool motherfucking game.

I want the full version, more controllers, and Xbox Live Gold now, just so I can play more.

[I-n-j-i-n]

They finally patched Castle Crashers after months of it being so buggy, online play was unplayable. I guess it's time to see if it actually works now.

[prophetik]

i need to get that, braid, and a few others, but i don't want to spend 50$ on a 4000 point card =(

[anosou]

i need to get that, braid, and a few others, but i don't want to spend 50$ on a 4000 point card =(

Learn to use credit cards :/

[prophetik]

i just meant i have no money.

[anosou]

i just meant i have no money.

Aww damn.. eeh.. learn to .. find money? Like, on the street? Consider prostitution? :nicework:

[Enigma]

Aww damn.. eeh.. learn to .. find money? Like, on the street? Consider prostitution? :nicework:

hmm.....always wanted to be a pimp.....starting bid is $10 for your body....

[Toadofsky]

I just managed to find a copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for Xbox. Got the update, and I'm completely frustrated. The character sprites have glitches in them (I even saw the "hit" box, for a second on one of them). So now I see the problem everyone had with backwards compatibility, but it angers me even more with the fact that Halo 1 and 2 work perfectly fine on it, with absolutely no hitches in gameplay, but not every game does.

Why?

And yeah, welcome to three years ago with this issue, I know. But rarely do I find games like MvC2. I wonder how Shenmue 2 or Outrun 2 plays on it.

I think I just need to find an old Xbox and have my friend mod it so I don't have to keep the discs in it (ala install to hard drive!)

Of course, you didn't hear that... ;)

[I-n-j-i-n]

Shenmue 2 sorta works, but its music loops over and over again or doesn't play. Shenmue 2 was slightly buggy for the old Xbox as well, and it only got a bit more buggy on the 360.

[Native Jovian]

Why?
Because 360's backwards compatability is software emulated instead of actually hardware supported. There's a page on Xbox's official site somewhere that has a list of all the Xbox games that work properly on the 360, but I'm at work so it's firewalled so I can't post an actual link at the moment.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Because 360's backwards compatability is software emulated instead of actually hardware supported. There's a page on Xbox's official site somewhere that has a list of all the Xbox games that work properly on the 360, but I'm at work so it's firewalled so I can't post an actual link at the moment.

I have provided. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_backwards_compatibility) :-P

[Toadofsky]

Eh, I took the game back, and got my money back and then went around and put it on the Special Edition of Street Fighter IV. Now I'm gonna dl ST2HD Turbo Remix, in support of OCR.

And that listing of problems on emulating original xbox games, sad, just freaking sad.

Maybe I can at least play Panzer Dragoon w/o a problem... maybe...

[Schwaltzvald]

So hey, looks like you guys playing TF2 on the console are gonna get some new shit coming your way :D (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54351)

too bad you guys have to pay for what's free for PC users (http://kotaku.com/5040417/team-fortress-2-updates-coming-to-xbox-360-later-this-year)








:lol:

[anosou]

Just wanna give a shout to Senko no Ronde (awkwardly renamed WARTECH: Senko no Ronde by Ubisoft in the US/EU).

This is pretty much the best game I've played in a long time. A cross between a beat 'em up and a bullet-hell shooter (and apparently very much like the Sega game Virtual-On) it's one of the best VS. experience you can have. Xbox Live battles are a blast if you find a player so make sure you urge a few friends to buy it too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senko_no_Ronde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mf96wa7f6Q

Seriously. Awesome.

[Maco70]

So hey, looks like you guys playing TF2 on the console are gonna get some new shit coming your way :D (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54351)

too bad you guys have to pay for what's free for PC users (http://kotaku.com/5040417/team-fortress-2-updates-coming-to-xbox-360-later-this-year)
:lol:

This is good news to me anyway.
I just prefer to play on consoles.
I wouldn't mind paying for DLC for this game. It might be free eventually, considering how opposed to charging for it valve was.

[Zeklan]

So guys, I was wondering, think we could get one of those Community Playdate things going for OCR?

We got enough of us here to fill out a roster. We would most likely play SSF2HDR due to the site's obvious tie-in. Maybe throw in TF2 or L4D?

What do you guy think? Would you be interested?

[Maco70]

So guys, I was wondering, think we could get one of those Community Playdate things going for OCR?

We got enough of us here to fill out a roster. We would most likely play SSF2HDR due to the site's obvious tie-in. Maybe throw in TF2 or L4D?

What do you guy think? Would you be interested?

I am 100% down for team fortress 2 if this works out.
It'll have to be within the next month though.

[Nekofrog]

A lot of OCR people already play L4D and TF2 -- on computer.

Not a big following for those games on the 360.

SF2HD? Sure

[BardicKnowledge]

So guys, I was wondering, think we could get one of those Community Playdate things going for OCR?

What do you guy think? Would you be interested?

A lot of OCR people already play L4D and TF2 -- on computer.

Not a big following for those games on the 360.

SF2HD? Sure

For 360 games, I've found that the best way to get in touch with people is via the IRC channel (http://www.ocremix.org/info/Chat)-- just ask around if anyone wants to play (especially SF2HD...it's quick and we're always looking for more players)

[Maco70]

A lot of OCR people already play L4D and TF2 -- on computer.

Not a big following for those games on the 360.

Not all people have computers that can handle things...
I prefer playing console games.


Still yes for TF2.

[prophetik]

Not all people have computers that can handle things...

this is why i'm around.

[Maco70]

this is why i'm around.

Not that I don't want you to build me one, or I don't want to build one myself. But I am a cheap ass, I just wouldn't buy anything but bear minimum.

I don't even own a 360.

[Zombie]

I am down for SSF2THDR anytime

[prophetik]

Not that I don't want you to build me one, or I don't want to build one myself. But I am a cheap ass, I just wouldn't buy anything but bear minimum.

I don't even own a 360.

why are you so active here, then? roomie's system?

that's how i started - i didn't own a 360 until last april, when i finally bought one.

[Maco70]

why are you so active here, then? roomie's system?

that's how i started - i didn't own a 360 until last april, when i finally bought one.

My brother has one at home, and all of my room mates have one.

Figures I play more than all of them combined, but am the only one who doesn't own one.

[Schwaltzvald]

Not that I don't want you to build me one, or I don't want to build one myself. But I am a cheap ass, I just wouldn't buy anything but bear minimum.

I don't even own a 360.

Not meant to be offensive but, isn't it time to quit being a cheap ass..?

Unless you have huge bills that need to be paid every month, not to mention basic necessities, there's nothing wrong in getting something fun for yourself once in a while. Heck drop the alcohol/smokes for a while and you'll see cash build up fast.

Now if you're a cheap ass because you get shit wages then that's another thing that I can only say, sorry brah.

[prophetik]

Not meant to be offensive but, isn't it time to quit being a cheap ass..?

Unless you have huge bills that need to be paid every month, not to mention basic necessities, there's nothing wrong in getting something fun for yourself once in a while. Heck drop the alcohol/smokes for a while and you'll see cash build up fast.

Now if you're a cheap ass because you get shit wages then that's another thing that I can only say, sorry brah.

seriously, it's worth putting in to get your own, really =)

[Maco70]

Now if you're a cheap ass because you get shit wages then that's another thing that I can only say, sorry brah.

That's the one.

I make decent wages, but only a fraction of the months out of the year.
Full time college student puts a serious crimp on my income/spending.

My priority at the present is to get a car. Once that happens, I can make more money and maybe buy things.

I've never liked buying things for myself though. I always feel guilty, like I could be putting the money to better use. ESPECIALLY with big ticket items like a 360 or a PC.

[prophetik]

That's the one.

I make decent wages, but only a fraction of the months out of the year.
Full time college student puts a serious crimp on my income/spending.

My priority at the present is to get a car. Once that happens, I can make more money and maybe buy things.

I've never liked buying things for myself though. I always feel guilty, like I could be putting the money to better use. ESPECIALLY with big ticket items like a 360 or a PC.

i had two bank accounts in college - one for essentials and one for saving. i had my work check (i worked in the library) split in half, with one half going each way. of course, selling what you're skilled at (computers and music, for me) is a good way to make money, too.

[Schwaltzvald]

We could start a "Get-Mac70-a-360-Fund" :lol:

$5 "donation" from each and every poster on this site to fund it and it could net you a sweet system with a couple of titles all put in to a temporary paypal account for ya; though perhaps my math is wrong if $5 is good enough :lol:

But hey if it actually happens and it's successful, you'll be able to join the few, the proud, the xboxers.

[Bleck]

so I've had a 360 since December and the only game I have for it is Tales of Vesperia

what games should I consider that aren't Gears of Manly 2 or Halol 3

[Schwaltzvald]

so I've had a 360 since December and the only game I have for it is Tales of Vesperia

what games should I consider that aren't Gears of Manly 2 or Halol 3

Can I assume you want rpgs..?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=abcat0701007&type=category

Oddly enough for some reason at the time of this post, Valkyrie Chronicles shows up on the listing of 360 rpg games despite the fact that it's a PS3 exclusive. :lol:

[zircon]

The Force Unleashed
Fallout 3
Crackdown (pretty fun)
SSFT2 HD Remix

[Native Jovian]

Crackdown is hilariously awesome and it gets no love. It's basically GTA, except that you're a cop instead of a criminal, and you're some sort of crazy cyborg badass so you can leap tall buildings in a single bound and throw cars at people and stuff. It's got co-op on Xbox Live, too!

[Maco70]

We could start a "Get-Maco70-a-360-Fund" :lol:

$5 "donation" from each and every poster on this site to fund it and it could net you a sweet system with a couple of titles all put in to a temporary paypal account for ya; though perhaps my math is wrong if $5 is good enough :lol:

But hey if it actually happens and it's successful, you'll be able to join the few, the proud, the xboxers.

I won't hold my breath... but thank you for thinking of me.


so I've had a 360 since December and the only game I have for it is Tales of Vesperia

what games should I consider that aren't Gears of Manly 2 or Halol 3

The orange box, if you haven't played it on PC already. TF2 on live is pretty sweet. That alone is worth the $30, never mind that you get portal and Half Life 2.

Rainbow six vegas is pretty good. The versus mode is garbage though. Co-op and terrorist hunts are what make the game worth buying. And the second game is quite a step up from the first.

I'm more into arcade games than retail. So from there I can recommend:
Worms; even with it being watered down, it's great. And for 5 bucks, you really can't complain.

Marble blast ultra is a great introduction to leaderboards, and the game is very fun to play. The versus mode is a little strange, but it gets intense as you get better.

Aegis wing; I always recomend this. Partially because it's a very solid shmup, with 4 player co-op. And also because it's freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Schwaltzvald]

Speaking of arcade games, Death Smiles is coming out on the XBOX Live arcade over in Japan this coming spring. If we're lucky we may see it here as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0ucrsjn4U

[DarkeSword]

While I know that Bleck already has TF2 for PC, I just want to jump in and say I don't know any good reason to play TF2 on 360 over TF2 on PC.

[anosou]

While I know that Bleck already has TF2 for PC, I just want to jump in and say I don't know any good reason to play TF2 on 360 over TF2 on PC.

Except perhaps if you don't have a PC to play it on. Otherwise, Shariq knows truth.

[Schwaltzvald]

Except perhaps if you don't have a PC to play it on. Otherwise, Shariq knows truth.

Wouldn't simply waiting till a new PC is built for the PCless/macUser :< be better than settling for less played version; especially with games that have a large community on another platform..?

[anosou]

Wouldn't simply waiting till a new PC is built for the PCless/macUser :< be better than settling for less played version; especially with games that have a large community on another platform..?

Sure thing. It's just that he asked for some games for 360. Ah well :)

Anyway, get these games:
Armored Core: For Answer (or 4) - best mech simulator ever. Fast paced like hell and fun!
Lost Odyssey - if you like RPGs. I loved this to pieces.
Civilization Revolution - surprisingly good turn-based strategy on console. Prettier than Civ IV ;P
Fable II - because it IS good.
Bioshock - Google it.

Some niche titles you should at least research:
WarTech: Senko no Ronde - shmup/beat'em up hybrid. Cheap and awesome multiplayer.
Project Sylpheed - space dogfighting. hard but rewarding.
Enchanted Arms - RPG that most people dislikes. not me :)
Earth Defence Force 2017 - BEST CRAP GAME EVER
Dynasty Warriors Gundam (1, then 2) - seriously, awesome.

Also, RE: Deathsmiles, I hate that it's not going to be released in US/EU. :'( Also, it's retail not XBLA. The addon Black Label is downloadable though.

[Native Jovian]

Dynasty Warriors Gundam (1, then 2) - seriously, awesome.
As much of a Gundam fan as I am, I couldn't get into the Dynasty Warriors Gundam thing. I mean, I wouldn't have thought that they could make rampaging through hordes of enemy mechs in a Gundam dull, but by God, they managed it somehow.

[anosou]

As much of a Gundam fan as I am, I couldn't get into the Dynasty Warriors Gundam thing. I mean, I wouldn't have thought that they could make rampaging through hordes of enemy mechs in a Gundam dull, but by God, they managed it somehow.

You are officially not my friend.

Also, yeah, it's Dynasty Warriors :D If you don't like Hack'n'Slash this probably ain't your cup of tea. That's why I put it under niche.

[Native Jovian]

Also, yeah, it's Dynasty Warriors.
OH! Well, yeah, that explains it then.

[Maco70]

While I know that Bleck already has TF2 for PC, I just want to jump in and say I don't know any good reason to play TF2 on 360 over TF2 on PC.

Agreed, I thought I made that clear.

Also, the 360 TF2 is pretty active, I don't know what you've heard.

[sgx]

Burnout Paradise is now $20 everywhere. It has a ton of free upgrades as well. I bought it off of PSN (too bad MS doesn't allow full, large games to be sold on XBL) and as soon as I booted it up, it upgraded to 1.5 which added motorcycles, a bunch of cars, and some other stuff. More free stuff is coming this week as well as a paid expansion.

[DarkeSword]

Also, the 360 TF2 is pretty active, I don't know what you've heard.
It's not a matter of how active it is. My point is that PC is where you get patches, class updates, etc. for free. TF2 on the 360 still hasn't gotten any of that, for various reasons, and once it finally does get it, it'll cost money and it'll be a long time after that before the next update pack hits.

[Maco70]

It's not a matter of how active it is. My point is that PC is where you get patches, class updates, etc. for free. TF2 on the 360 still hasn't gotten any of that, for various reasons, and once it finally does get it, it'll cost money and it'll be a long time after that before the next update pack hits.

This is true.

I personally can only deal with achievement whores once, I'd rather not deal with them again.
I like the updates and all, but I think the game is fine without them.
Not that the updates would break the game, but it would surely jack up the number of people playing any class.

Plus, I just plain and simple prefer console over PC.

Just my personal preference.

[prophetik]

Agreed, I thought I made that clear.

Also, the 360 TF2 is pretty active, I don't know what you've heard.

and you get wasted with sentries built below the ground wherever you go.

i really want to play earth defense force 2017 - i heard it was so bad it was awesome.

[Maco70]

and you get wasted with sentries built below the ground wherever you go.


I've only seen that happen once or twice.

Report and avoid.

[maniater]

Xbox 360 thread Aye? i own a 20gig xbox 360 and it rules! but as soon as i heard that the 40 or maybe 60 gigs came out, it costed the same as my 20gig one T_T i was so pissed! although i got it couple months earlier which is nice.
Now im wondering what games should i get :P I have Tales of Vesperia, Halo 3, and Lost Odyssey, still working on ToV and lost Odyssey, both very long and hard games >_<.

[Gollgagh]

protip: costed is not a word

[maniater]

:( please excuse my bad english skills, i live in america!! but suck at english

[Gollgagh]

don't worry about it, I'm just joshin' ya

[prophetik]

:( please excuse my bad english skills, i live in america!! but suck at english

hey, you're from buffalo? i grew up there, went to high school in clarence. where do you live?

[Bleck]

gonna get some Lost Odyssey up in here when I get the chance

[maniater]

hey, you're from buffalo? i grew up there, went to high school in clarence. where do you live?
lol that sounds like what a bad evil man would do XD, but im not from buffalo NY tho btw XD if thats what you mean

[LuketheXjesse]

Blue Dragon.

For those who've played it: Was it good???

[BardicKnowledge]

hey, you're from buffalo? i grew up there, went to high school in clarence. where do you live?

lol that sounds like what a bad evil man would do XD, but im not from buffalo NY tho btw XD if thats what you mean

rofl at brad being a "bad evil man."

On topic, what have people heard about SFIV, and who are people going to play in the upcoming tourney? Not to mention that it's under two weeks until it comes out...

[prophetik]

Blue Dragon.

For those who've played it: Was it good???

childish gameplay, poor story. supposedly it picks up after the first disc, but i put five hours on it and was so incredibly annoyed by the main character's voice that i couldn't bear going any farther.

i'd stay away unless you're a huge fan of japanese-style rpgs and can put up with it. i'm not a big fan of anime, so i'm not into it.

[anosou]

childish gameplay, poor story. supposedly it picks up after the first disc, but i put five hours on it and was so incredibly annoyed by the main character's voice that i couldn't bear going any farther.

i'd stay away unless you're a huge fan of japanese-style rpgs and can put up with it. i'm not a big fan of anime, so i'm not into it.

I throroughly enjoyed it (and still do since I'm still at disc 1) I say buy since it's so cheap!

[prophetik]

this is why me and anso are different people when it comes to games =)

[anosou]

this is why me and anso are different people when it comes to games =)

True story :D but we can get along anyway, TAKE THAT WORLD!

[prophetik]

True story :D but we can get along anyway, TAKE THAT WORLD!

peace, love, and all that jazz

[Thalzon]

Man, I tried so hard to like Blue Dragon. But the story is dumb and the characters (with the exception of Zola) are all morons. The battles are fun, I guess, but it never really gets hard.

I finally gave up after traversing yet another optional dungeon that just sticks a worthless spell at the bottom, does not have a boss, and forces me to travel back through its maze-like archetecture to the entrance using the useless map system. I got lost and simply shut the damn thing off.

[EdgeCrusher]

I know I'm late on this, but if anyone wants to play some rock band 2 or SSF2THDR or SFIV when it comes out, I got live now, name is tentonhammer23 so add me.

[Overflow]

So I saw Blue Dragon used for $15. Worth it? I've heard that it's a cookie cutter game, but a very pretty one.

[prophetik]

look at page 149.

[Overflow]

Soooo... I should get it?

[prophetik]

did you even read my opinions?

basically, no. it's not worth it. the game's way too long, and unless you're obsessed with jrpgs like a certain shtyjdgfgt, you'll hate it.

[Overflow]

Okay. I couldn't seem to find anything on it in those pages, I think for some reason my browser does something funny on the forums here: all the posts are from the bottom up. I need to scroll to the bottom of the page and read up. It only does this when I'm logged in and I'm can't figure out how to fix it.
So yeah, sorry, I didn't want to come across as a prick or anything :tomatoface:

[Zombie]

As there is all this blue dragon talk i am currently selling it in the sell/want thread (i put it up quite a while ago).

it says 25 bucks but i'll sell for 20 or maybe 15

Also Star Ocean: The Last Hope, anyone? That game looks like it is going to be a pretty sick rpg. :D

[prophetik]

Okay. I couldn't seem to find anything on it in those pages, I think for some reason my browser does something funny on the forums here: all the posts are from the bottom up. I need to scroll to the bottom of the page and read up. It only does this when I'm logged in and I'm can't figure out how to fix it.
So yeah, sorry, I didn't want to come across as a prick or anything :tomatoface:

it's a setting in your control panel. go to edit options, and about halfway down is 'thread display mode'. set it to linear - oldest first.

[anosou]

unless you're obsessed with jrpgs like a certain shtyjdgfgt, you'll hate it.

In other words: it's a freaking awesome game well worth the low low price it's going for nowadays!

[Overflow]

Cool... Thanks: I got the setting to work now. Now I just need to get used to it, lol.
I'll do a bit more research on Blue Dragon before I make a decision. $15 is a pretty good price.