Xbox Live Arcade / PSN games (Summer of Arcade 2010 #34)

[nemesiswontdie]

yeah MK2 is on the PSN, I found it to be hard as hell too.

[The Dude]

XBL:
SSF2 Turbo HD Remix
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Shadow Complex *for the overrated piece of junk that it is*
UNO

[Stu]

Over-rated piece of junk? Don't make me laugh.

No need to sound so vengeful, it's no one else's fault you didn't try the trial first.

[Carnivol]

Shadow Complex is pretty overrated. It didn't deserve all those perfect and near perfect scores it got. It's not a bad game, and it's certainly miles above a lot of other stuff everyone keeps on praising, but it's still a broken mess that should've gone through many more months of tweaking, balancing and fine tuning.
(And the main character appears to be a psychopath like no other, but then again, I kinda got good laugh out of it, so I don't mind that part)

[WeskerIncarnate]

I've heard from many that Shadow Complex is merely Metroid on crack.

I can somewhat agree with this.

[The Dude]

No need to sound so vengeful, it's no one else's fault you didn't try the trial first.

Its a free country/board, im allowed to sound vengeful if I choose. So i'd appreciate if you wouldn't make comments regarding the tone of my responses mate .

I bought it because not only did most my friends say it was a good game, reviews were pretty good, and I was remotely impressed with the trial, and despite the jump mechanic being horrendous and the falls in the game arcadey, I figured it worth the points to play the full game.

Considering i've yet to go 60% into the game, and have since quit with no intentions to play the game, I think im allowed to state my opinion that the game is hugely overrated and I wasted my time playing it as far as I had.

The moment sub machine guns, and assault rifles are introduced as upgrades I found less of a reason to be stealthy and think levels through as bombing through them with the mass amounts of grenade upgrades I found, and good shooting pretty much saw me through everything to the point where I quit.

Poor checkpointing also hampered my enjoyment of the game.

[Beanovsky Durst]

Reanimating the corpse of this thread because there's new info that some of you may find interesting:

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR DOOM 2 ARE OUT. So this means that release date is near! FUCK YES. And there's a new episode on it. DOUBLE FUCK YES.

[Carnivol]

Randomwab linked me to the achievement list yesterday.

Sooooo good! Finally I can put my Doom 3 L.E. to rest and no longer rely on backwards compatibility for some of that Doom 2 action!

[Beanovsky Durst]

http://twitter.com/majornelson/status/14639854504

Yes. YES. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

[Carnivol]

Heard there was a minor fluke that made it pop up for a few hours on the Japanese Marketplace on Monday, to then get taken down again.

Need to stock up on MS Points again too . . .

[Beanovsky Durst]

Heard there was a minor fluke that made it pop up for a few hours on the Japanese Marketplace on Monday, to then get taken down again.

Need to stock up on MS Points again too . . .

Well I managed to download it from the japanese marketplace, shame I can't use my main (mexican) account to buy it. But I can't wait two more days

[Carnivol]

I wasn't able to grab it + still not showing for me.
Oh well... I can manage another day... Just. One. More. Day.

(And, yeah, I don't have any MS points on my JP account, so grabbing it there wouldn't have done me much good anyway. Only got points on my US and EU ones.)

[Beanovsky Durst]

This news might interest some of you, at least FPS fans, next week on DOTW Call of Duty Classic, Serious Sam HD and Battlefield 1943 get the axe and are available for 800 MSP, while Duke Nukem 3D will set you off 400 MSP. Other titles on discount are Worms 2 and Peggle. Plus Earthworm Jim HD sees the light on wednesday for 800MSP.

Best DOTW by far, IMHO.

[Stu]

Why must the Games On Demand be condemned to such a slow trickle of games each week? Get the fuck on with it.

[Carnivol]

Yeah. Would be nice if old "out of print" stuff just got a massive second (budget) life on Games on Demand. So far, only titles I've witnessed anyone buy there was my little brother buying the episodic Fable 2 and Saints Row 2.


Anyway, bump bump!

Coming Soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace

Holy bat shit insane E3 sales on Xbox LIVE!

Here is a list of upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*
Please see the blog post I’ll make for each of these for pricing and/or regional availability.


Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:

Next weeks Xbox LIVE Deal of the week is 5 different deals with savings of up to 50% off on previous Summer of Arcade titles:
Normal Price DOTW Price Savings
Shadow Complex 1200 560 53%
Trials HD 1200 560 53%
Marvel vs Capcom 2 1200 560 53%
TMNT Turtles in Time HD 800 400 50%
Splosion Man 800 400 50%




You must be an Xbox LIVE Gold member to access this special DOTW pricing which will start Monday, June 14, 2010. Remember: You can upgrade your membership to Gold a variety of way.


Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:

June 15: LEGO Batman: The Video Game

June 15: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames


Xbox 360 Game Add-ons
June 15: Mass Effect 2 Overlord add-on, 560 points


Avatar Marketplace:

June 17: adidas: Soccer Shop and Mass Effect 2


Plus, A Mass Effect 2 demo will be available on June 15th



You told us how much you loved our Inventory Blowout sale when we ran it in April, so we’re bringing it back to celebrate E3. You’ll find big discounts on top Arcade titles….don’t miss this one-week sale June 16 – 22.
Normal Price Blow out Price Savings
A Kingdom for Keflings 800 400 50%
Alien Hominid HD 800 400 50%
Banjo Tooie 1200 800 33%
Bionic Commando Rearmed 800 400 50%
Bomberman LIVE 800 400 50%
Braid 1200 800 33%
Castle Crashers 1200 800 33%
Castlevania Symphony of the Night 800 400 50%
Contra 400 240 40%
Crystal Defenders 800 400 50%
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 800 400 50%
Magic the Gathering 800 400 50%
N+ 800 400 50%
Panzer General 800 400 50%
Portal 1200 800 33%
TMNT: 1989 Arcade 400 240 40%
Uno Rush 800 400 50%
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment 1200 800 33%
Zombie Apocalypse 800 400 50%



You may want to follow my Twitter account if you want to be reminded when many of the above items become available.



Also, keep an eye on the automatic blog at Marketplace.majornelson.com that is updated in real time as new items appear on the Xbox Marketplace.



*Current schedule. Subject to change. All content may not be available in all Xbox LIVE regions.

I know for a fact that this means I'll probably be a cheapo and activate my regional versions of BC: Rearmed (so I'll have both full Censored and Uncensored on my drive ), and I think I might actually grab Trials HD while I'm at it too.

I may also add that I'll be all "Son... I am disappoint" over you all if you don't bite on Panzer General for that price.