XBLA game recommendations

[Pikarya]

Deadliest Warrior: The Game

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The Game

My eyes.

[Kyo]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/31/bl...-wa/#continued

I'm looking forward to thi, I liked the other BloodRaynes.

[Eticket]

X-Men Arcade is on sale today for 200 points

[Atreides]

Lots of sales this week:

Deal of the Week:

Bionic Commando: Rearmed - 400 pts (50% off)
Final Fight: Double Impact - 400 pts (50% off)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - 600 pts (50% off)
Mega Man 10 - 400 pts (50% off)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - 600 pts - (50%)

Also there's a big sale on xbla games/dlc this week again too:

Braid - 400 pts (50% off)
Duke Nukem 3D - 400 pts - (50% off)
Duke Nukem Manhattan Project - 400 pts (50% off)
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Plainswalkers - 400 pts (50% off)
Perfect Dark - 400 pts (50% off)
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! - 400 pts - (50% off)
'Splosion Man - 400 pts (50% off)
Snoopy Flying Ace - 400 pts (50% off)
Toy Soldiers - 800 pts (50% off)
Uno Rush - 400 pts (50% off)

DLC
Alan Wake: The Writer - 280 pts (50% off)
Crackdown 2: Premium Deluge Pack - 280 pts (50% off)
Crackdown 2: Premium Toy Box Pack - 280 pts (50% off)
Forza 3: Community Choice Classics Pack - 200 pts (50% off)
Forza 3: Sidewinder Proving Grounds - 200 pts (50% off)
Forza 3: Hot Holiday Pack - 200 pts (50% off)
Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection - 400 pts (50% off)
Halo:Reach: Noble Map Pack - 400 pts (50% off)
Halo 3: Mythic Map Pack - 200 pts (50% off)
Halo 3: Mythic II Map Pack - 400 pts (50% off)
Trials HD: Big Thrills - 200 pts (50% off)

On top of that, on Friday 4/15 there will be a one day sale on the following:

Castle Crashers - 600 pts (50% off)
LIMBO - 600 pts (50% off)
Monday Night Combat - 600 pts (50% off)
Shadow Complex - 600 pts (50% off)
Trials HD - 600 pts (50% off)

Microsoft has been going nuts with these deals lately, although it never seems to be on stuff I don't already own... maybe I should pick up Braid finally, for 5 bucks?

[Kyo]

Buying Limbo finally and castle crashers. In the last few months I have ate through 20k points on sales items alone.

Also to add if you're a xboxlive rewards member, 5% of all purchases in April get 5% back on points.

[Kiarax]

Microsoft has been going nuts with these deals lately, although it never seems to be on stuff I don't already own... maybe I should pick up Braid finally, for 5 bucks?

I think they're just trying to contest with PSN+ a little better. I hope that's the case because it means these awesome sales will keep up. No free shit every month, but if they bust out ridiculous amounts of 50% off specials on awesome titles like they have been doing, sign me the fuck up.

[Mizango]

Buying Limbo finally and castle crashers.

Awwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaah

[Pikarya]

I still haven't completed all the achievements on CC yet. Same for TMNT. :/

[Mizango]

Neither have I

[Kyo]

The TMNT remake? That shit sucked.

[Pikarya]

What was so bad about it? Besides replay value being short (its a port from a 1989 classic) & horrible netcode (Almost all XBL games hurp).

[Qalbert]

AWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEAHHHH
http://kotaku.com/5805427/deathspank...iculous-sequel

There will be a new DeathSpank game this summer and it will involve a quest for the Fires of Bacon. It will also be a greatly improved follow-up to last year's downloadable DeathSpank adventures, two comedic riffs on Diablo.

Like Hothead Games' previous DeathSpank third-person action games, the new one will put players in charge of a silly self-important dope of a hero, the titular DeathSpank. Our hero spends his games beating up packs of bad guys who are mostly walking fantasy-genre jokes. He will gather loot, collect weapons and take many more odd jobs from odd characters.

The folks at Hothead gave us news of The Baconing early, and the normal course of action would be for us to take their info, cut out the boring parts and get to the meat of things. But at the risk of stretching a pun badly, we need to quote their press release extensively, to retain the flavor of this summer-scheduled Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC downloadable game:
DeathSpank returns for an all new adventure in The Baconing as he faces his most dangerous foe yet in the Anti-Spank as he tries to locate the Fires of Bacon. Players will settle in for the fun and familiar Monkey Island meets Diablo experience as the Vanquisher of Evil sets out to meet new acquaintances and some old friends in an all new science fiction post apocalyptic world with lots of exciting surprises, quests, puzzles and enemies.

Battle four all new bosses like the Minorque, fight alongside a new sidekick named Bob from Marketing, tame an all new insane level of difficulty and visit all new locations such as The Forbidden Zone, The Forest of Tomorrow, Barnacle Lake and others as you seek out to find the locations of the infamous Fires of Bacon to once and for all destroy the evil power of the thongs.

Enjoy the feel of countless gameplay improvements to the combat system. Dizzy enemies with the shield bash, deflect ranged weapons back at enemies and use devastating charged attacks to send a message to foes. Players will feel more in control of the battle situations than in previous DeathSpank games, providing gamers with opportunity and choice when engaging the enemies which stand in DeathSpank's way.

DeathSpank begins the game within the confines of the city of Spanktopia which will eventually lead him to the first opening boss fight with the Minorque…let the quests of Justice begin. Get ready for an all new and improved adventure with everyone's favourite Vanquisher of Evil in "The Baconing!"

New levels, new moves.... and Bob from Marketing.

The developers at Hothead tell Kotaku that this new game, which was made without the involvement of the lead character's creator, Ron Gilbert, should be more satisfying to play than last year's games. While the earlier DeathSpank adventures were funny, their enemy-bashing, loot-collecting gameplay got dull quickly. (It was their script and attractive cartoon graphics made them worth playing.)

For this new game, Hothead says players can expect smarter enemies who flank our hero and smarter enemy healers, who will strive to keep their hordes alive against the game's ridiculous hero. Combat areas will now include cover points for DeathSpank to hide behind. An internal document about the game states that "player's will now feel compelled to use tactics and strategy to defeat their opponent."

Hothead is promising more than 100 new quests, a new story, more than 70 characters (mostly new), more than 80 new weapons, new areas and a new, tougher difficulty level. They also, disturbingly, list the following special moves for the new sidekick, Bob From Marketing: "Laser eye beams; Eat dead bodies to restore health; Eat live bodies as an additional attack option." The main missing detail was co-op... it seems like it should be back, but Hothead hasn't said. We're checking with them and will update this story when we find out.

(Looks like today is the day for new Hothead game news... they've also announced a new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game.)

[Caiyuo]

Haven't heard much in the way of XBLArcade games here in awhile, and I can't think of a ton off the top of my head from the last few months, but after just playing the Half-Minute Hero demo, I cannot fucking wait to play it in its entirety.

As for games I've played, I'd recommend everyone at least try Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. For what starts as a very simplistic concept, it's incredibly addictive and the art is beautiful.

[Brimah]

As for games I've played, I'd recommend everyone at least try Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. For what starts as a very simplistic concept, it's incredibly addictive and the art is beautiful.

Such a great game. Obsessed with it online (PS3 though). Have a decent record too, 71 or so wins, only 8 losses. Pretty happy with that :D Had a steak of 18 wins at one point, but lost a match from lack of luck and a couple poor choices.

[Caiyuo]

I haven't tried online yet, but from a previous addiction with the DS version I was super excited to try Fiona with the item that cranks up your strength, only to see they fixed the cheap way it worked before, lol. You used to have your HP reduced to 25%, but retain your max so you could get off a vampire early and be at full strength, but no more! Now I have no idea who I'd even use for online lol.

[Brimah]

Using her or the guy counterpart is a common one using that item with the Champion unit that takes power away from the enemy units, as it takes 9 per turn rather than the normal 5.
Varkas (2nd human unit) is common with his ability to add 50% power to all charging units, normally see it with the crown that gives you double Mana. Normally with Swordmasters, but see Angels too.
I use the demon guy (drawing a blank on the name...) with the ring that gives you 4 turns rather than 3. Use the Champ unit that when another charging unit dies, it absorbs part of its power. So use one to block, and then hit them and use the fire wall ability to finish em off.

Lately though, been playing with no items. The undead item you are talking about makes the battle a lot more about luck. Where your champion units are, and how fast you can activate them. Somewhat same with Varkas. Find no items require a lot more strategy and are much more level on the playing field.

Elf's are easily the most defensive.... they can take forever to finish off, mostly the same with wizards, since all there wall are made pretty much full strength... ugh, now I want to play but packing and moving for the next 3 days

[Caiyuo]

Oh man I didn't even remember getting to use the secondary characters from the story, I seriously need to get on top of that shit. Thanks for the tips!

Is no items a match rule you can set or are you just banking on the other person not using one either? Sounds like a good idea for the reason you gave, I tend to want story battles to be level as well and get to outwit the game, while I watch other people play who either want to be under or overpowered and end up fucking themselves or sucking the strategy out of it.

[Doombear]

Are all the hyped releases over with now that Summer of Arcade is nearly done? Not so interested it Fruit Ninja or Toy Soldiers... but I have nearly 2k points just sitting there. Picked up Bastion and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet but now I am at a loss. Was considering From Dust, or even Outland + Lara Croft (since it is 800).

Anything else on the horizon after Summer of Arcade that would be worth hanging on to my points for? Oh and where the hell is fucking Fez?!

[Skidz]

Wanted to bump this, I got SkyDrift when it came out and its A-MAZING. Basically mario kart with propeller planes. Costs 1200 points. If you've ever played an old school PC game called Plane Crazy, you'll love this.