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Old 07 August 2008, 02:57 PM
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Anyone played it yet ? Supposed to be pretty fantastic for an XBLA game. Looks like the kind of retro goodness I'm into.

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Old 07 August 2008, 03:06 PM
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It should be good it's 1200 points

I downloaded the trail but not played it yet, i'll give it a whirl tonight.
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Been reading about the saga that is GoldenEye - it may never see the light of day.

Rare have confirmed it's existence, but there's Problems with Microsoft wanting to use a Nintendo game that's liscened to Activision - Apparently there's 11 or 12 different licensee's involved... Rare's left it to MS to sort out.
Old 07 August 2008, 03:23 PM
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Activision are dropping a lot of their upcoming catalog.

Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, more dropped by Activision - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot
Old 07 August 2008, 03:58 PM
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It got 9/10 in this months Edge. One of the very best games on Live Arcade apparently. Available on PC too.
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Ghostbusters was a misprint - it is still coming, Activision spokesman said it was listed by accident.
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paid for it, mainly as i think it will be perfect for the missus, got to keep getting her the odd XBLA title to get addicted to, just so she has now way of complaining about how much time i spend playing "shooty 3d games" as she calls them
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I paid for it and am already hooked. Damn, this game is fun and tough at the same time. You really have to use your head for this. Well worth the money so far!
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I really hope this sells. I've always thought since the introduction of 3D games, that there was STILL a market for this type of game.

Hats of to Microsoft and XBLA for making this available.
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Had a quick go last night, seems good but not really my thing.

Last week we had Geo Wars 2 scoring a metacritic of 90, this week Braid scoring 92. Nice to see the arcade titles showing you don't need fancy graphics and fmv to produce a good game
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Originally Posted by bob269
Had a quick go last night, seems good but not really my thing.

Last week we had Geo Wars 2 scoring a metacritic of 90, this week Braid scoring 92. Nice to see the arcade titles showing you don't need fancy graphics and fmv to produce a good game
damn right!
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Originally Posted by spectrum48k
damn right!
Looks like you won't need to buy a 360 after all


There's one downloadable game that's been the talk of everyone in the industry lately: Braid. Unfortunately, PS3 owners are currently unable to try the XBLA game that has gripped so many gamers.

According to GameFocus, Braid may arrive on PSN later on, once a timed exclusivity contract with Microsoft is finished. Johnathan Blow, developer of the game, also added that while a PSN version is possible, a WiiWare version is not, due to the system's limited memory resources.
Full Story: PS3 Fanboy
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managed to get all the bits from the 1st world on saturday, with help from the missus

we got the last 2 bits by accident
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righty, got past all the levels but still need loads of puzzle bits.

iirc i think we have 27 bits so far so nearly halfway.

actually quite enjoyable after you have sat staring at the screen for 10 mins trying to make your brain work out everything, and you manage to get something you thought was impossible.

bloody frustrating as hell at the same time

dont want to have to google the answers but we are stuck!
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