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XBOX LIVE STUFF Ok so today I have been scanning XBLA for some juicy videos and stuff, and I found a few things I thought I would share: Street Fighter 4 Gameplay Intro (E3 2008) Ken is Hot Shit This is the first time I have been able to watch street fighter 4 in action and I have to say, what I'm seeing is very impressive. Street fighter 4 looks like an honest fighting game, and is obviously t...

XBOX LIVE STUFF


Ok so today I have been scanning XBLA for some juicy videos and stuff, and I found a few things I thought I would share:

Street Fighter 4 Gameplay Intro (E3 2008)
Ken is Hot ShitThis is the first time I have been able to watch street fighter 4 in action and I have to say, what I'm seeing is very impressive. Street fighter 4 looks like an honest fighting game, and is obviously trying not to be anything more than that - a similar ethos to  the likes of Ninja Gaiden 2. Hopefully it will retain the balence between simplicity and depth - whilst taking full advantage of the great new aesthetic. That game looks beautiful, truely. I do not own any fighting games on my 360 yet, opting out of Soul Calibre IV in my anticippation of Street Fighter 4, and this video has simply made me more excited. There new special moves and revenge system look very fluent within the gameplay, I cant wait to master it and get online.

Too Human Demo
Its got potential...I was away in Mexico when this got released but here are some of my (late) impressions. Too Human has got a lot of potential. But its also got several flaws that I found very frustrating. Its a tough call, because Too Human is not like anything I have ever played before, and as a result I'm unfairly ranking it up alongside games to which it holds little contextual relationship. For a start, I want to be able to move and attack at the same time. At the moment when you swing your blade it brings Baldur to a standstil which can be very disruptive. Also I do not believe the camera is robust enough to allow the player the fluency which was intended whilst fighting. I have been excited about Too Human for a while, but now I have actually had a hands on experiance I have become more interested than excited. I want to know what the large-scale reaction is going to be, and how the game is going to hold up on Xbox Live. One to watch I think.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Trial Version)
I was going to buy this at release but i'm kinda strapped for cash so for now I have to make do with the Demo.Brain... melting... The single player remains consistantly brilliant, it was the multiplayer that I was set to test. Me and my brother spent a lot of time taking it in turns to compete at the original Geometry Wars so we hopped into the two player modes and had a look. I'm very pleased with the way it has turned out, the muliplayer looks amazing - double the amount of flashes and explosions and bullets whizzing around making it a magnificent spectacle to watch and completely brain-melting to play. I have always been a huge fan of local multiplay and it has always been dissapointing to me that many games like Gears Of War can only go 2 player slitscreen and not 4. It is therefore heartwarming to see a great game like Geometry Wars embracing 4 player co-op with such poise and enthusiasm, demonstrated by the extensively different game modes. I am very impressed with this game and as soon as I have saved up enough pennies I am adding it to my collection.

IN OTHER NEWS


  • I updated my WoW subscription so I have been shooting around Azeroth again for the last couple of days. Its still just as much fun as it ever was, though a little overwhelming jumping into a level 60 character after not playing for over a year.
  • My brother ordered Medal Of Honour 2 for his Wii. Should be delivered here in a few days.
  • er... thats about it.

Anyways thanks for reading
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