9 posts tagged “xbox 360”
Well I just completed Gears of War for the second time now. Both on Casual mode. I am thinking that I will need to have a real person with me when I run through it on hardcore and insane difficulty mode. I wanted to play with someone today, but no one was around. Can’t blame them, why sit inside infront of a screen on the weekend! Oh well, I managed. I did at one point break out my players guide from BradyGames. I knew I needed some advice on killing Raam. I think I played through that scenario 10 times and I finally killed him. At first I saw an exploding body, and though it was me, *grumble, grumble, I get to play through that again…* I was wrong though! Raam fell to the ground and I won! The ending movie is absolutely excellent, especially when the Locust goes off on his Brumak.
The reason I purchased an xBox360 was because of this game. I am glad I did because this is probably one of my all time favorite games, maybe it’s the amount of detail, maybe it’s the badass weapons in they game or how you can play co-op mode over xBox Live! I’ve completed the game once with a friend over live and once by myself. I must say, doing it by yourself isn’t nearly as fun as doing it with someone. Dom acts like an idiot half the time and is completely useless. He tends to get in the way more often then not.
Multi-player deathmatch is another reason why this game kicks ass. That and Epics already released a new map pack, both new maps are excellent. Something that I thought would be really would be to have even more people (4) in co-op mode. The more the merrier.
Well if anyone wants to play Gears online let me know! It’s a wonderful game and I can’t wait for Gears of War II!
- Jimmy
Wow, I've been so so very busy that I've not had any time to update the Vox blog! Well here's a couple things that have been keeping me busy!
- Setting up 2 new WoW realms
- Setting up another Gentoo Linux DEV box
- Playing a lot of Gears of War with Keith and Morgan
- Playing Lost Planet, xBox Live Arcade Vol.1, Viva Pinata, Sonic the Hedgehog demo, Crackdown demo
- Watching season 3 of CSI: Las Vegas
- Watching Flicka
- Going to the Hamptons and New York City
- Setting up my original xBox as my new media center
- Starting to learn about digital photography with my new books
- Visiting the 5th Ave Apple Store in New York City
- Setting up Emilie with the PowerMac G5
- Playing Mario Hoops 3-on-3
- Visiting the Museum of Natural History in New York City
- Cleaning the apartment
- Visiting my horse
- Working
Something that I really enjoy about the xBox 360 over any other console that I've owned is the ability to connect to the internet and download demos. It's very simple to do and you can do it from any account type (silver/gold).
I've downloaded about 7-8 demos so far but one demo was so good that I went out and purchased the game the following day! Burnout Revenge looked so graphically amazing and was so much fun to play that I bought the game. It hasn't come yet (I just barely ordered it) but I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Not only did I enjoy the demo but my girlfriend had some fun smashing through the streets.
I think the ability to play and easily download these demos is a smart move for Microsoft and any contributing developers. I am sure there's other people besides myself who have tried out a demo and liked it so much they went out and got the full game.
There's actually another couple games I am thinking about getting because they have awesome demos!
Look for an initial impressions entry about Burnout Revenge soon!
- Jimmy
I've downloaded about 7-8 demos so far but one demo was so good that I went out and purchased the game the following day! Burnout Revenge looked so graphically amazing and was so much fun to play that I bought the game. It hasn't come yet (I just barely ordered it) but I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Not only did I enjoy the demo but my girlfriend had some fun smashing through the streets.
I think the ability to play and easily download these demos is a smart move for Microsoft and any contributing developers. I am sure there's other people besides myself who have tried out a demo and liked it so much they went out and got the full game.
There's actually another couple games I am thinking about getting because they have awesome demos!
Look for an initial impressions entry about Burnout Revenge soon!
- Jimmy
My good buddy rented this game from Blockbuster the other day and let me borrow it (he's engrossed in Call of Duty 3). The only thing I heard about this that is wasn't anything special. I didn't hear anything good about, but not to many bad things I heard about it, but it wasn't going to be the best game.
Upon turning the game on I wasn't that impressed. The graphics were clunky and blocky and the controls were a little odd at first. After playing through a couple levels I started to get the hang of it all. Something that I find to be very annoying is the fact that you don't get a real HUD so you're clueless as to how much ammo you really have.
A neat feature (or not so good) is that when you're using a spear, the end of it will start to split apart just as it would in real life after being used a lot.
Fighting enemies is a bit difficult because of the controls. I ended up dying multiple times because I couldn't move fast enough or have good enough aiming control to stab or throw my spear at them.
I am only on the 3rd level but I am not so sure about the game. I think it definitely needs some improvement but it's an okay game as-is. The voices sound authentic and some of the graphics are note-worthy. The controls and UI do need improvement. I did notice this game works on Live! but I have to see what elements they are. Maybe I should just stick to Cars and Gears of War.
- Jimmy
Upon turning the game on I wasn't that impressed. The graphics were clunky and blocky and the controls were a little odd at first. After playing through a couple levels I started to get the hang of it all. Something that I find to be very annoying is the fact that you don't get a real HUD so you're clueless as to how much ammo you really have.
A neat feature (or not so good) is that when you're using a spear, the end of it will start to split apart just as it would in real life after being used a lot.
Fighting enemies is a bit difficult because of the controls. I ended up dying multiple times because I couldn't move fast enough or have good enough aiming control to stab or throw my spear at them.
I am only on the 3rd level but I am not so sure about the game. I think it definitely needs some improvement but it's an okay game as-is. The voices sound authentic and some of the graphics are note-worthy. The controls and UI do need improvement. I did notice this game works on Live! but I have to see what elements they are. Maybe I should just stick to Cars and Gears of War.
- Jimmy
I spoke of this game not too long ago. I just played it again tonight while waiting for a friend to get on Live! The first time around I was holding first place and managed to hit some rock or something stupid. I was literally 20ft from the finish line when it happened. I ended up getting 3rd place. I felt that I had the controls and idea of how the cars and the track works about half way through the 2nd lap.
The second time around I think I really had an idea of how it all worked. I managed to hold onto first place through the first lap, lost it most of the 2nd and 3rd but managed to come back and just barely win the race!
Something that kind of annoys me about this game is that you cannot go off the track for more then 3 seconds. I did find an advantage to this because at one point if you go off you can get placed back on the track ahead of everyone else. Other then that, I find it pretty annoying. The shortcuts are seemingly a pain in the butt to use. They're hidden but also semi-difficult to get too, especially when you're going 140 MPH.
Now that I've accomplished that I can move onto the second mission of the demo. I won't go into much since my last post covered it. I think I just need to go a couple more rounds to get the hang of it.
- Jimmy
The second time around I think I really had an idea of how it all worked. I managed to hold onto first place through the first lap, lost it most of the 2nd and 3rd but managed to come back and just barely win the race!
Something that kind of annoys me about this game is that you cannot go off the track for more then 3 seconds. I did find an advantage to this because at one point if you go off you can get placed back on the track ahead of everyone else. Other then that, I find it pretty annoying. The shortcuts are seemingly a pain in the butt to use. They're hidden but also semi-difficult to get too, especially when you're going 140 MPH.
Now that I've accomplished that I can move onto the second mission of the demo. I won't go into much since my last post covered it. I think I just need to go a couple more rounds to get the hang of it.
- Jimmy
I don't actually remember downloading this but I was looking throught the files on my xBox 360 last night and I found this. It seems like you can download the demo from xBox Live! Arcade for free and then you have the option to upgrade it to the full copy.
This game reminds me of Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo systems. Basically you just smash and bash your opponent until their remaining lives is none. It's a lot more mature then SSB though. The weapons are less childish (and fun).
You run through about 10 stages just like SSB. I only made it to stage 2. One of the things I didn't like at all was how fast I was running out of ammo. The levels don't seem to be original nor does the game.
I would probably give this a 4 out of 10 stars. Sorry. The demo was fun, but I doubt I would purchase this game. I'd love to hear anyone elses thoughts about Small Arms.
- Jimmy
This game reminds me of Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo systems. Basically you just smash and bash your opponent until their remaining lives is none. It's a lot more mature then SSB though. The weapons are less childish (and fun).
You run through about 10 stages just like SSB. I only made it to stage 2. One of the things I didn't like at all was how fast I was running out of ammo. The levels don't seem to be original nor does the game.
I would probably give this a 4 out of 10 stars. Sorry. The demo was fun, but I doubt I would purchase this game. I'd love to hear anyone elses thoughts about Small Arms.
- Jimmy
After a friend telling how fun the Cars demo was I just had to download it. I did put it off for probably 3-4 weeks but last night I finally played it! While you'd think this to be a childish game I had a lot of fun (although I act more like a child over anything else)!
The demo includes 2 levels. The first level is a racing level where I managed to get 2nd place. I think if I actually used the tools provided to me I could have gotten first. I only used my speed boosts in the last lap and I only learned about the sliding ability after the race was over. The controls are so so, I did find myself eating the wall/rocks several times but overall they're decent.
The second level is a non-racing level. You get to drive around the level as the tow-truck and tip tractors! You need to avoid the spotlights and the big tractor. The level is fun but could be bigger. I ended up getting caught by the big tractor but I did get to tip a lot of the other tractors!
I have a feeling this would be fun game that anyone could enjoy. Even my friend who likes only shootum up games had fun with it. I do think the controls could use a little work, but that's about it.
Anyone who has a full copy of this game want to chime in. Or even someone else who's played the demo?
- Jimmy
The demo includes 2 levels. The first level is a racing level where I managed to get 2nd place. I think if I actually used the tools provided to me I could have gotten first. I only used my speed boosts in the last lap and I only learned about the sliding ability after the race was over. The controls are so so, I did find myself eating the wall/rocks several times but overall they're decent.
The second level is a non-racing level. You get to drive around the level as the tow-truck and tip tractors! You need to avoid the spotlights and the big tractor. The level is fun but could be bigger. I ended up getting caught by the big tractor but I did get to tip a lot of the other tractors!
I have a feeling this would be fun game that anyone could enjoy. Even my friend who likes only shootum up games had fun with it. I do think the controls could use a little work, but that's about it.
Anyone who has a full copy of this game want to chime in. Or even someone else who's played the demo?
- Jimmy
I got this lovely xBox 360 skin from my friend for Christmas! I absolutely love it. Fits me quite well huh?
Anyone else skin their 360 or do case mods to it. I'd love to see, put some links to pictures in the comments!
- Jimmy
Anyone else skin their 360 or do case mods to it. I'd love to see, put some links to pictures in the comments!
- Jimmy
Yesterday my good buddy Keith came over and we got down to Gears of War right away. We had stopped at the first Berserker about 3 weeks ago. She kept whopping our butts so we just gave up. Finally last night we picked it up again and we actually got through that stage quickly. We had some good stragedies and got pretty far.
I've already beaten the game once with someone on xBox Live! but I could play through game tons of times. How does chainsawing zombies into pieces and watching the blood spray everywhere get old?! It's so stress relieving!
I read on several places that there will be 2 more games to make a trilogy. Without giving too much of the game away, there's definitely a place for another game after this one. They ended the game that makes you WANT more!
Both Keith and I are highly impressed with Gears of War, and we're not the only ones, Gears of War is the most popular game on the 360 right now and it's getting very good reviews. Some thing that makes Gears of War and amazing game is the fact that you can play co-op mode over Live!
If anyone else has a 360 and plays Gears of War, I'd love to get some co-op going! My gamer tag is 'vtequine'. Even if you don't have Gears of War feel free to add me to your friends list!
- Jimmy
I've already beaten the game once with someone on xBox Live! but I could play through game tons of times. How does chainsawing zombies into pieces and watching the blood spray everywhere get old?! It's so stress relieving!
I read on several places that there will be 2 more games to make a trilogy. Without giving too much of the game away, there's definitely a place for another game after this one. They ended the game that makes you WANT more!
Both Keith and I are highly impressed with Gears of War, and we're not the only ones, Gears of War is the most popular game on the 360 right now and it's getting very good reviews. Some thing that makes Gears of War and amazing game is the fact that you can play co-op mode over Live!
If anyone else has a 360 and plays Gears of War, I'd love to get some co-op going! My gamer tag is 'vtequine'. Even if you don't have Gears of War feel free to add me to your friends list!
- Jimmy
