Video Games...Discuss Them

[bac0n]

X-Box live is activated. Please PM me your names.

And while you're at it, if any of you wanna PM me your names too, that would be most appreciated.

[D_Davis]

So, last night I played the demo of Geometry Wars 2 I had downloaded off of XBLA. Cool game, although I had to stop playing after awhile lest the acid flashbacks I was having graduate to full-blown aneurysms.



Does the game play very in the purchased version, or is it just you scampering around a room as progressively more and more things show up to try and kill you? Do the rooms change? Do the enemies change? Why does it hurt when I pee?

Just buy it - it rules.



Second best $10 you'll spend on an XBLA game (first being N+).

[megladon8]

Yeah, "Geometry Wars 2" looks amazing on the new TV.

I just need to get a an extension cord so I can plug the 360 into the receiver and use surround sound. The sound from the TV speakers isn't too good.

[megladon8]

"Geometry Wars 2" is proving to be one of the most addictive games I've played since "N+"!

Would it be wrong of me to say I find its visuals more impressive than something like "Gears of War"?

[Sven]

So tell me what the best XBLA games to get are. I've got N+, Geometry Wars, Ikaruga, and Rez. I am planning to get Geometry Wars 2 in the very near future. Any other staples?

[megladon8]

So tell me what the best XBLA games to get are. I've got N+, Geometry Wars, Ikaruga, and Rez. I am planning to get Geometry Wars 2 in the very near future. Any other staples?

"Braid" definitely. A really cool puzzle game, with gorgeous 2D graphics.

And if you like fighting games, I'm really enjoying "Soul Calibur".

If you're into RPGs and/or puzzle games, apparently "Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords" is pretty great. I've never played it, myself.

[EyesWideOpen]

my favorite XBLA game hands down is Puzzle Quest. i put more hours into that game then the other 30 or so XBLA games i own combined.

[Morris Schæffer]

So tell me what the best XBLA games to get are. I've got N+, Geometry Wars, Ikaruga, and Rez. I am planning to get Geometry Wars 2 in the very near future. Any other staples?

From this wednesday, it could very likely be Bionic Commando Rearmed. Perhaps not as unique as "Braid" and "Rez" but it looks like the hawtest XBLA release evah!

[megladon8]

I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't really give a flying fart about "Street Fighter IV".

Also, who the hell is this? Freaking Doc Manhattan?

[number8]

I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't really give a flying fart about "Street Fighter IV".

That's unfortunate. It's going to be teh rulz.

[Morris Schæffer]

Playing Streetfighter 2: The World Warrior for the Snes sixteen years ago was one of the great gaming moments of my life. As an experience, an eye-opener (arcade-perfection at home!!!) it was unmatched by any of the successors. Indeed, most beat'em sequels are all about perfecting an existing formula, adding a few new names, a few new stages etc... Lord knows there have been numerous Streetfighter games.

Streetfighter 4 doesn't appear to stray from that path, but it sure looks dazzling. Perhaps I'm gonna get it after all for the Xbox 360, but I will expect nothing less than arcade perfection.

[Skitch]

That's unfortunate. It's going to be teh rulz.

It's the first one I've been excited about since Alpha.

[megladon8]

Would someone mind helping me out a bit with "Braid"? I just can't seem to "get it".

I haven't been able to finish any of the worlds. For example, in World 2 (the first one you get to explore), the second or third stage is called "The Cloud Bridge".

In this stage, you first collect a key so that you can jump up and unlock the door that allows you to use the cloud bridge.

Near the end of the level, there is the jigsaw puzzle. And right after the jigsaw puzzle, there is the end of the stage, and two puzzle pieces - one is up high on a ledge, and the other is just out of jumping reach, above the door to the next stage.

How the hell do I get these last two pieces in this stage? What am I missing about the game mechanics? I just can't figure it out.

[D_Davis]

So tell me what the best XBLA games to get are. I've got N+, Geometry Wars, Ikaruga, and Rez. I am planning to get Geometry Wars 2 in the very near future. Any other staples?

Assault Heroes 1 and 2 are both good shooters.

Puzzle Quest is awesome - but I've only played the DS version.

Lumines is amazing if you like puzzled games and cool music (made by the dude who made Rez)

I also like the Mutant Storm games - fun, but nothing great.

Castle Crashers is coming out very soon, and that is going to rule - hard.

Pac Man CE is pretty cool.

[Stay Puft]

Lumines is great, as is Pac Man CE. Two of my favorite XBLA games.

How the hell do I get these last two pieces in this stage? What am I missing about the game mechanics? I just can't figure it out.

Ah, this was the coolest surprise so far. I don't really want to spoil it, but...

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The painting (or jigsaw puzzle) itself can be used to your advantage. Study it closely.

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[D_Davis]

Ah, this was the coolest surprise so far. I don't really want to spoil it, but...

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The painting (or jigsaw puzzle) itself can be used to your advantage. Study it closely.

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Yep.

I just finished the first two worlds completely. It's awesome how stuff just dawns on you, and you have an "A ha!" moment.

Remember, stuff that is flashing in green is not effected by time manipulation.

[Morris Schæffer]

Download Braid just now. Will give it a go soon.

[Winston*]

Finished Black. Died like a dozen times at the final bit. I liked the bit of the game where I shot the dudes with the guns. Also liked how it was short so I could finish it in the week I had it out from the video store without too much play. I give it the Winston* thumbs up!

[Scar]

Finished Black. Died like a dozen times at the final bit. I liked the bit of the game where I shot the dudes with the guns. Also liked how it was short so I could finish it in the week I had it out from the video store without too much play. I give it the Winston* thumbs up!

First time I played the Bridge sequence near the end, I cleared half of it, came running off the top of the bridge right into a bunch of land mines.

Yeah, I was pissed.

[megladon8]

"Braid" is just starting to piss me off now.

I feel like Lisa in that episode of "The Simpsons" where everyone got the puzzle except her.

I still can't even figure out "The Cloud Bridge" level in World 2, or the level right after that called "Hunt".

I think I'm too stupid for this game.

[D_Davis]

Braid Clues

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The Hunt - clue - if you jump on an enemy from a higher distance, you get more bounce.

The Cloud Bridge - I think you have to return to it after you get 2 certain puzzle pieces from the other levels in the same world.

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I'm stuck on the second Hunt right now, in the forwards backwards world.

My God this world is wicked.

[D_Davis]

Man, I can't believe how good that Dead Space game looks.

[megladon8]

I'm going to resist looking at the spoilers until later today. After I'm done working on the computer for a bit, I'm going to go give it another shot.

If I get mind-numbingly frustrated again, I'll come back here and look.

I just really don't have the mind for this game.

Though it's definitely gorgeous. I might even say it's one of the best looking 360 games, XBLA or not.

[megladon8]

And "Geometry Wars" continues to be more addictive than the drugs it makes you feel like you're on.

[Dukefrukem]

god damn. I'm trying to be uncharted on CRUSHING mode.. it's so hard it's not even fun now....