XBLA - Pac-Man Championship Edition - 800pts

[quote name='javeryh']All of the arcade sticks are 8-ways (to my knowledge) so it wouldn't fix the diagonal problem when playing a game like Pac-man. For example, when the "down-left" diagonal is pressed should Pac-man move down or left? The joystick just doesn't know which sometimes causes Pac-man to go the wrong way or even stop completely.[/QUOTE]

This is not a problem on this title (as it certainly was with the original). You have nothing to fear by using the standard d-pad. I actually prefer the analog stick!
 
[quote name='fraggedbylaggers']Holy crap...
It's good?[/quote]

I just tried the demo and I am shocked at how much I like it. I haven't dropped the points yet but I am VERY tempted. It really feels like a proper sequel to Pacman and I could see myself getting addicted to it.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Yes:


$39.99 @ ebgames/gamestop

* Official licensed Xbox 360 product.

* Full-height joystick for the ultimate arcade experience.

* 360 degree spinned control for all new types of gaming experiences.

* Includes 3 Xbox Live® Arcade games: Frogger®, Timepilot & Astropop.

* Includes FREE Xbox Live Gold Trial Membership.

* Works great with all Xbox 360 games.

* PC USB compatible.[/quote]
Yea OXM said it was horrible, worst controller ever lol.
For me I'm gettin this game as I loved the demo and it was great to show off in front of my mom who loved playing the old one but says she can't play pac man without a proper joystick.
 
I will not spend $10 on another Pac-Man... I will not spend $10 on another Pac-man... I will not spend $10 on another Pac-Man... I will not spend $10 on another Pac-man...

Or will I? Will have to grab the demo tomorrow. Cause, you know, I don't have like 7 PSP games and 3 360 games to play.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']I love the reversal of opinions in this thread. For the first 3+ pages, everyone is bitching. Thereafter, everyone seems to be loving it.[/QUOTE]

Count me into the "made-fun-of-this-release-then-loved-the-demo-now-anguishing-over-whether-it's-worth-$10" crowd. :)
 
fucking Pac-Man made me a hypocrite. I made fun of this game and was pissed about the announcement, played the demo, loved the shit out of it and shelled out 800pts and almost got the gamerpics because I loved the art style so much....fuck you Pac-Man....no wait sorry, didn't mean it. I love you!
 
The game is great but I am disappointd that there isn't a mode where you can play until your lives run out. It seems that the maximum time you can play is 10 minutes no matter what. Or am I missing something?

I love the game but a normal gameplay mode and 2 player co-op would have made this game amazing.
 
Demo is good but price is still too much. If this was 400 points then it would be alright.

Maybe they are making up for the free Aegis Wing. :roll:
 
[quote name='toper']Count me into the "made-fun-of-this-release-then-loved-the-demo-now-anguishing-over-whether-it's-worth-$10" crowd. :)[/quote]

+1
 
Soltrio's demo tricked me in that same way. I am enjoying my full Soltrio right now.

How the fuck are we supposed to deride MS's overpriced arcade prices if they keep releasing shit good enough for us to buy!
 
I took the plunge since I enjoyed the demo way more than I thought I would. I too would really like an untimed mode. Great game though, just need more.
 
[quote name='RollingSkull']Soltrio's demo tricked me in that same way. I am enjoying my full Soltrio right now.

How the fuck are we supposed to deride MS's overpriced arcade prices if they keep releasing shit good enough for us to buy![/QUOTE]


I hear ya...I keep feeling like if I "give in" and buy this (at a price-point which I really don't agree with) then that makes me part of the problem. :(
 
See those 2600 devs were really ahead of their time....
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..... creepy
 
Man I'm lovin this and it is the most intense gameplay I've ever played with a Pacman game. Oh I bet DLC will add a free mode where you get to do whatever you want for however long you live. I also hope some DLC comes by for more music, the bass thumping is starting to get to me already.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']fucking Pac-Man made me a hypocrite. I made fun of this game and was pissed about the announcement, played the demo, loved the shit out of it and shelled out 800pts and almost got the gamerpics because I loved the art style so much....fuck you Pac-Man....no wait sorry, didn't mean it. I love you![/quote]
Haha, that's damn funny. My friend was just like that. He bashed the announcement but he also gave in after trying the demo. I played the game at his house and I had to admit the game was quite addicting. But Namco Bandai & M$ won't win me over that easily. :D
 
[quote name='Sporadic']Just remember kiddies



:lol: ;)[/QUOTE]

If you'd prefer a re-make with new levels and pretty graphics, fine. I'd prefer a new game.
 
Wow, the demo is fuckin awesome, I played the demo alone probably 10 times last night.



Man, I have to decide if I really want to spend 800 on it :(


I think I'm gonna do it, I only have two arcade games as it is (Paperboy and TMNT 1989). I need me some more.


And with PoP coming out next week, I'll have 4.
 
[quote name='RollingSkull']How the fuck are we supposed to deride MS's overpriced arcade prices if they keep releasing shit good enough for us to buy![/quote]

Couldn't say it better myself, even if I added another couple shaq-fu's in frustration.
 
[quote name='ThatDamnDave']This thread should serve as a memo to Nintendo VC folks that seem to think that demos aren't necessary.[/QUOTE]
That would require work, which Nintendo does not want to do.


May have to check this game out, I suppose. I haven't bought an XBLA game since SOTN so I'm due...
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']That would require work, which Nintendo does not want to do.

[/QUOTE]

Well when they are selling 4.5 million VC titles without demos, I doubt they want to add much work either. They don't need it.

Just polished off 200/200 on this Pac Man. Only one that took some time was the 400,000 one. Pretty easy 200, much like the two other Pacs on the system.
 
[quote name='BustaUppa']Remember, if this came out in the PS1 days it would have been $20 at the VERY least. Just keep telling yourself that![/QUOTE]

Yeah, but we would have gotten a disc and box/docs with that! :)

The problem I have with downloads is that you can't "resell" the stuff you don't play anymore (ie, what the hell am I gonna do with the original pacman now?!?).
 
It's hard to say if $10 is too much for this. It definitely needs a few new modes, and it would have been nice if it came with a visualizer to create psychedelic graphics to custom soundtracks, rather than the same trance remix of the original Pac-man music over and over and over again. And I've seen everyone else wishing it were Vs., and I think in order for it to have more value it should have included a multiplayer mode.

But aside from all that, the game plays like a dream. It's awesome. It's more like a puzzler and less like a classic arcade game, yet it still feels like Pac-man. Visuals are beautiful, music is cool. This wouldn't feel out of place at a chill bar or lounge nightclub. It makes Pac-man hip again.

So is it worth the $10? It sure plays like its worth it, but it's a pretty much what-you-see-is-what-you-get package, which is why it might not. I bought it and I'm still torn...
 
Now the 190 points for pictures...THEY can go fuck themselves for that.
However, I would gladly pay 150 points for an awesome theme, and there REALLY can be some really awesome looking themes just from screen shots from this game.. ::excited::

Even my gamercard in my sig below right now looks awesome because of the pac-man backround!

So i wonder if they'll give us DLC? Endless Mode..co-op mode.. it IS possible I'm sure..sadly this will then bring the game up more money .. but it's SO good :(
 
[quote name='Corvin']They HAVE to give us an endless mode. I hate having a half dozen lives and bamm, it's over. Quite anti-climatic.[/quote]

I cannot believe there is no endless mode. Whose dumb ass idea was it to not include it?
 
[quote name='javeryh']I cannot believe there is no endless mode. Whose dumb ass idea was it to not include it?[/QUOTE]

Why include an endless mode now when they can charge extra for it later.
 
Ah, how quickly I forgot one of my top ten "God fucking Damn Asshole" gaming moments.


When you get ready to eat a ghost and it turns back to normal. I was on my last life and seriously, it was a split second when it turned back to normal. It's enough to make you crazy.
 
Man...Challenge 2 is fucking hard. I swear I sounded like I had turrets syndrome when I was playing this for the past hour. fuck you Pinky...fucking ghosts....die you fucking bitches....god damn ghosts...fucking turds....etc...

The closest I got was 40seconds to finish and fucking Pinky bit my ass!!!:bomb: After that the closest I can get is 2min....

I realized that the more you eat the ghosts the faster they get, so if you don't eat them it goes slower but I'm not sure if that makes the game easier or harder yet.
 
Yea there is a strategy as you can see the game's results are broken into three categories, how much you eat, how many items you collect and how many ghosts you gobble down. Frankly you can string in some serious points and lives if you can chain downed ghosts but as you said it makes them faster so sometimes its more strategy than arcade! It's funny, once you play the really fast levels like I think it's extra 1 and then you play the other modes where you go normal speed, you're like come on pac man jeez you are slllooooowwww! hehe But seriously, title should have been PacMan Evolved or Pac Man: On cRAcK!
 
This is the best game I've played so far this year, which makes the first third of this thread all the more funny to me. This is how XBLA games should be done.

Maybe if they had called it Pac-Man Retro Evolved people would have expected a little more than "HD Pac-Man."
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Man...Challenge 2 is fucking hard. I swear I sounded like I had turrets syndrome when I was playing this for the past hour. fuck you Pinky...fucking ghosts....die you fucking bitches....god damn ghosts...fucking turds....etc...

The closest I got was 40seconds to finish and fucking Pinky bit my ass!!!:bomb: After that the closest I can get is 2min....

I realized that the more you eat the ghosts the faster they get, so if you don't eat them it goes slower but I'm not sure if that makes the game easier or harder yet.[/QUOTE]

Which one is that? Is that the one that starts off with 10 power pellets around the ghost box? Or is that the one with all the 10 exits on the left and right?

Can't help you but the one with all the power pellets is perfect for the 400k achievement. If you do it right you can eat one power pellet then 4 ghosts, eat another pellet, and 4 ghosts, etc. Chain them together for a perfect run and eat all 40 ghosts(10 pellets) and the two fruit that pop up near the end of that run and you will have roughly 120k starting out. If you miss a ghost, start over, those 3200 points each time add up quick so if you miss a couple it really hurts your score.
 
God damnit, why do they have to do this again? I'd have bought this already if it wasn't for the overzealous price. Namco really did do a great job evolving the game, but they've complicated what would've been an easy impulse buy. And it'll be even more difficult to justify the 10 dollar price after PoP hits next week for the same amount.

edit: Looks like the 800 point figure for Prince of Persia is just a rumour at the moment
 
[quote name='Corvin']Which one is that? Is that the one that starts off with 10 power pellets around the ghost box? Or is that the one with all the 10 exits on the left and right?

Can't help you but the one with all the power pellets is perfect for the 400k achievement. If you do it right you can eat one power pellet then 4 ghosts, eat another pellet, and 4 ghosts, etc. Chain them together for a perfect run and eat all 40 ghosts(10 pellets) and the two fruit that pop up near the end of that run and you will have roughly 120k starting out. If you miss a ghost, start over, those 3200 points each time add up quick so if you miss a couple it really hurts your score.[/quote]
Yeah, its actually Challenge 1, the one with the 10 power pellets in the beginning. Thanks for the tip. I'll try that.
 
[quote name='slickkill77']Arghhh I love this game but i cant get past 120,000 points[/quote]




In Championship Mode?




I can't get past 196,000. It's pissing me off.


It's also taking me back to the days where everyone would compete to get the high score at the Pac-Man arcade game. I was doing that all day yesterday. The highest I was ranked was 150 :(
 
Why is this fun? My mind says it's just PacMan, but the rest of me says shut up, buy it, and enjoy.

I've never had such a quick turn-around via a demo. From mocking to really, really digging.
 
The best way to get up in points in championship mode is to eat the shit out of the ghosts early on, and then ignore them until you get into the last minute or so when you get the stage with a shit load of power pellets. The last minute and 30 seconds is critical to getting a good score. So far I am up to about 231K.

edit: Up to 268K and 38 on the leaderboard. After you eat the keys, kill yourself to reset the ghosts. With 8 power pellets total you can rack up a ton of points. After you focus on the ghosts right there, blow through the rest of the game focusing solely on the fruit. Most of the stages are short and bring 5K plus for every fruit after eating the key.
 
I really don't know why people are this surprised. Pac-Man has always been a great game, if it wasn't it would of never lasted all these years. it's the SAME game, but it's got some twists to it..so of COURSE it's going to be fun :razz:

I am still kinda mad that we do have 3 pac-mans on the XBLA, and with me owning all 3 LOL but still. this is a great game, probably one of the best *NEW* single player games in quite some time!
 
Nice Casey. Thanks for the tips.

lilboo, I have all three as well and if they put up Super Pac, I'll buy that as well. :)
 
[quote name='Corvin']Nice Casey. Thanks for the tips.

lilboo, I have all three as well and if they put up Super Pac, I'll buy that as well. :)[/QUOTE]


It's expensive being a Pac-Man fan :whistle2:(

..And I joked about how it would be a punch in the face if and when they release "Mrs. Pac-Man Championship Edition"..it's 100% a rip off..but ya know what? I'll still buy it!! :whistle2:(
 
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