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Originally Posted by Sath666 Is Doom available on xbox.com? Can't find it. :S btw Will give a try to Scarygirl today. If is any good will buy it. 800MSP is the right price for new XBLA's. EDIT: Ok, just checked through xbox and Doom is not available. Only Doon II for 800MSP, plus that new game Scarygirl cost 1200MSP. Good luck to them selling more than 1k copies at that price. -_-

Sorry guys, looks like I was spreading misinformation :(

I got the info from http://www.xbox360achievements.org/n...-on-Xbox-Live-[XBLA-and-DotW].html and didn't check it. Humble apologies.

Originally Posted by Gnort Sorry guys, looks like I was spreading misinformation :( I got the info from http://www.xbox360achievements.org/n...-on-Xbox-Live-[XBLA-and-DotW].html and didn't check it. Humble apologies.

Nothing wrong with that man. It's a shame 360a put news like this one, even with wrong prices.

Originally Posted by Gnort XBLA games for release today: Haunt and Scarygirl

Sweet. I've been waiting for a kinect game to pick up. I will buy haunt later today.
I like the art style of scarygirl. I'll wait for a couple of positive reviews before picking it up.

Originally Posted by VexxedCS I'm gonna be content with just unlocking the ME3 armor for starting the demo, because that game was seriously channeling Fable III and made me want to punch the power button on my 360.

That is one of the most scathing phrases I have read for an assessment of a game (demo) on this thread, ouch and bravo! (I refer to the latter portion, because I have not played Fable 3 and the previous two are on my backlog).

Originally Posted by Gnort XBLA games for release today: Haunt and Scarygirl, 800MSP each. Doom is back on XLBA at 400MSP after being delisted a while ago. I guess they replaced the Activision logos with Bethesda ones and were good to go Glad to have it back on the market.

The term "scarrygirl" makes me think of Gaz of Zim fame (I'm old), which was my favorite character in that series. So now whatever my first impressions of this game called Scarrygirl are already tainted, it will have a lot to live up to. =P



I guess I was wrong in my earlier guess the GTA sales will coincide with the House Party promotion. So let me revise my prediction:

While I have a passing interest in the House Party games, most have this "will debut at 1200MSP" vibe to them, meaning I will likely wait. I figured DotW may suffer durring promotions like this (House Party, Block Party, Summer of Arcade, Game Feast, etc.). Since the GTA sale coincides with House Party, let me try to guess the other 4 sales: Ass Cred 2: Creed Harder DLC sale, Fallout 3 DLC sale, Halo 3 DLC sale, and Borderlands DLC sale ... I set the bar low, now it will all be surprisingly better ^^

Invader zim was great, I thought the same thing. Amalar was pretty meh, from the demo feels pretty standard, you must play for 15 min, then it starts te 40 min timer. Then it'll give you a notice when 20 min are left then it will say you unlocked shit and you can quit. Good names behind the ip, but I wasn't too impressed

I've been playing Choplifter HD for a review, and let me tell you, the OXM review was way off. It's a terrific game and an especially good update/sequel to the original. The production values really are higher than most XBLA games and the game feels massive. 1200 MS Points is a lot, but not really a rip-off in this case (and a sale would make it a must-buy IMO).

I guess I'm in the minority with Kingdoms of Amalur. I really enjoyed the demo. It's obviously not the deepest RPG available, unless there's a lot more to be revealed, but the combat was simple to pick up and felt satisfying in a way the Fable games never managed for me. The demo took me from "intrigued" to "want."

What happened to Swarm?

would love to hear thoguths on Haunt :0)

Originally Posted by Surreal_Sunshine I guess I'm in the minority with Kingdoms of Amalur. I really enjoyed the demo. It's obviously not the deepest RPG available, unless there's a lot more to be revealed, but the combat was simple to pick up and felt satisfying in a way the Fable games never managed for me. The demo took me from "intrigued" to "want."

Actually youre in the majority on this. The demo took the game from a little known new ip to a potential sleeper hit. Impressions all over are pretty positive all around. Skyrim fanboys are hating of course but most people are really enjoying the demo.

Originally Posted by Surreal_Sunshine I guess I'm in the minority with Kingdoms of Amalur. I really enjoyed the demo. It's obviously not the deepest RPG available, unless there's a lot more to be revealed, but the combat was simple to pick up and felt satisfying in a way the Fable games never managed for me. The demo took me from "intrigued" to "want."

I can see how people like it, but i cancelled my pre-order after playing the demo. I'll give it a shot when it gets to around $20-ish. It basically felt like a smoother playing Fable 3, and thats not exactly a day one buy for me.

Major Nelson originally had Scarygirl listed for 800 as well, but that has been bumped up to 1200 on his site too. I assume it will tank at 1200, as well it should.

I wish I liked Kingdoms of Amalur as I was actually trying to talk myself into picking it up with that Newegg coupon, but I found myself so bored with it after the intro that I just layed the controller down unpaused to run out the last 20 mins of the demo and walked into the other room to take a nap, all just so I could unlock the ME3 item and delete it from my HD.

Wish I liked it more, but it felt like more of a budget type game to me and not something that EA puts it stamp on...guess I'm probably the minority of people that got bored of Skyrim and didn't like this either

Can't wait for Mass Effect 3 though!

Originally Posted by mnuttster I wish I liked Kingdoms of Amalur as I was actually trying to talk myself into picking it up with that Newegg coupon, but I found myself so bored with it after the intro that I just layed the controller down unpaused to run out the last 20 mins of the demo and walked into the other room to take a nap, all just so I could unlock the ME3 item and delete it from my HD.

Exactly my thoughts! It was chore to play and everything feels like a bit better version of Fable 3, which bored me to death as well (loved Fable 1 btw).
I love more rewarding games like Dark Souls, so maybe that's the reason i got bored with these casual rpg's.

Originally Posted by Althax Actually youre in the majority on this. The demo took the game from a little known new ip to a potential sleeper hit. Impressions all over are pretty positive all around. Skyrim fanboys are hating of course but most people are really enjoying the demo.

Maybe I'm just in the minority here, then. I'll have to start checking gaming news sites to try to make myself feel better about my opinion.

We really have become spoiled. Calling Amalur a budget game is only proof of this. I just finished RAGE last night and now I am so disappointed it most likely won't get a sequel because we do not give new ip a chance anymore. The ending was meh but that is easily the best looking and smoothest FPS I have ever played on the xbox. It really is an amazing game from a technical standpoint and they story was building to potentially something great. I fear Amalur will end the same. It was also not a cheap game and will need better than Rage like sales numbers or else it is gone.

Originally Posted by cancerman1120 We really have become spoiled. Calling Amalur a budget game is only proof of this. I just finished RAGE last night and now I am so disappointed it most likely won't get a sequel because we do not give new ip a chance anymore. The ending was meh but that is easily the best looking and smoothest FPS I have ever played on the xbox. It really is an amazing game from a technical standpoint and they story was building to potentially something great. I fear Amalur will end the same. It was also not a cheap game and will need better than Rage like sales numbers or else it is gone.

I know, I felt horrible saying it, but it was the best way to describe how I felt...it was the same feeling when I played Two Worlds a few years back and how disappointed I was by that.

The 10,000 year backstory and character design are cool, it just was more of a chore to finish the demo than anything

Originally Posted by mnuttster I know, I felt horrible saying it, but it was the best way to describe how I felt...it was the same feeling when I played Two Worlds a few years back and how disappointed I was by that. The 10,000 year backstory and character design are cool, it just was more of a chore to finish the demo than anything

Yeah I did not mean to point a you directly but I understand that for $60 a game better make you feel like you are getting your moneys worth. I bought Rage at retail the day the game released but sat on it because of middling reviews. Sometimes I wish I could take a game like that back 10 years and blow my mind...nowadays we just have so much to choose from that new ip has a hard time to take hold. Oh well I hope the full version offers a lot more and it reviews well. I would be nice for 38 studios to be around to make another game.

I think Assassins Creed is a great example of what can happen when a new ip sells well. The 1st game was pretty meh but success lead to sequels that turned out to be awesome.

It looks like that earlier info was correct. Doom is back on the marketplace today for 400 msp. I guess it just hadn't shown up yet and there's no trial version so maybe it takes a bit to roll this out.

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If someone here is interested in swapping their 1600 MSP code for 20 X 100 MSP codes please let me know. Or if you have 400 MSP codes I am prepared to offer you 6 X 100 codes for each one.

As to why: I am trying to make a trade with someone and he requires the points to be in 400 denominations at minimum so I have to convert my points this way. I am trying to get a combination of 2400 MSP.

Thanks

Update: Sorry guys. I am out of MSPs. I really appreciate all the trade offers.