Morning Discussion

Quite the newsworthy day yesterday, eh? Starting off the morning, Nick has a review of sorts for Geometry Wars 2. It's almost silly how much depth that little game has in it. Guitar Hero World Tour is getting another instrument, a keyboard is apparently too awesome to be it. And litigation enthusiast Immersion is sampling their own medicine, after Microsoft wins a $20 million settlement regarding force-feedback. Finally, Alien Crush is getting Bionic Commando Rearmed-esque refresh. Neat!

From The Chatty
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    August 27, 2008 6:46 AM

    Downloaded and played Castle Crashers this morning before leaving for work. My time with the game was brief, but I can tell its going to be really cool. The art/animation is top notch.

    I think this has a real chance of being my favorite XBLA game yet.

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      August 27, 2008 6:47 AM

      whats with the hype around this game? is it just a side scrolling action game? coop?

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        August 27, 2008 6:50 AM

        I think that's it. Co-op over live is pretty huge for me, because honestly I play almost nothing over live. I'm not even totally sure why I have it most of the time. GTA4 multi is fun for a few nights. Most FPS' should be played on a PC (CoD4, nice exception). There don't really seem to be many interesting multiplayer strategy games, and finding say Carcasonne players is an effort. I mean I pay for it, but I don't really at all feel like I get that value out of it.

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        August 27, 2008 6:51 AM

        4 player co-op action game in the vein of TMNT, X-Men Arcade, etcbut with rpg-lite elements (unlocking new weapons, upgrading stats, 20+ characters)

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          August 27, 2008 6:52 AM

          thanks for just spending my xbox points!

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          August 27, 2008 6:55 AM

          I explained it to my friend that it was like Streets of Rage, except in medieval-ish times with cartoony graphics. Pretty much sold him on it.

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      August 27, 2008 6:49 AM

      It's fucking great and anyone who disagrees needs to eat a dick.

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      August 27, 2008 6:54 AM

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      August 27, 2008 6:56 AM

      It's fucking awesome.

      But I'm playing as a yellow alien with a fucking lance and shield. Everything else about the game pales in comparison to that most supreme fact.

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        August 27, 2008 6:58 AM

        haha, how do you unlock that?

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          August 27, 2008 7:00 AM

          He's one of the starting five characters.

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            August 27, 2008 7:03 AM

            Only if you bought Alien Hominid HD.

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              August 27, 2008 7:04 AM

              Oh. Yeah. I did (because I'm not a communist hippy).

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        August 27, 2008 7:19 AM

        Does it fire lightning and shurikens?

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      August 27, 2008 6:56 AM

      I lived and breathed the hype about the damn game for almost two years, and two days ago my xbox RRoD'd. Karma is a dirty bitch.

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      August 27, 2008 6:56 AM

      Who wants to play later? Figure around 6-7pm eastern.

      Live tag = l3ftonm32

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        August 27, 2008 7:01 AM

        I'll be down with playing at around 7pm.

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          August 27, 2008 7:06 AM

          Ok, now all we need is 2 more. Also you will have to bear with me it will be my first time playing the game.

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        August 27, 2008 7:07 AM

        ooh me. add me ant....'kainen1'

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        August 27, 2008 7:08 AM

        If I'm not passed out I'll definetely play. Live name is in my profile.

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        August 27, 2008 7:12 AM

        definitely me. I'll be on around 7 EST tag= bagelcc

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        August 27, 2008 7:18 AM

        Ok we have:

        kainen1
        skmittens
        bagelcc

        and

        SputnikSeven

        7pm eastern we play.

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      August 27, 2008 7:48 AM

      Can't wait to try this out tonight.

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      August 27, 2008 7:56 AM

      woot, can't wait to get off work.

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      August 27, 2008 8:01 AM

      How hard is it? I saw some posts earlier this morning talking about punching monitors. I tried Alien Hominid HD a couple weeks ago when I first found out about Castle Crashers, and it was stupid hard. Like, not even a little bit fun because it was just too hard.

      Is this new one the same difficulty?

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        August 27, 2008 8:03 AM

        Thus far it's not even close to Alien Hominid HD difficulty. Alien Hominid is just ass-raping while simultaneously fucking everyone in your family and murdering your favorite newborn kitten all whilst it occurs.

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        August 27, 2008 8:04 AM

        Lava World. Fuck Lava World. Up until then I was having a blast.

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        August 27, 2008 8:05 AM

        Alien Hominid was just too fucking hard. One day I will beat that game.

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        August 27, 2008 1:34 PM

        I played a little more at lunch (got to lvl 9) and didnt see anything too terrible. Maybe later it gets hard, but I imagine that you can grind a bit to level up and that won't be as big of a problem.

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