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August 27, 2008 3:13 AM

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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!

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pandastrong

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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.
- maulla
  
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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?
  - geedeck
    
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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.
  - pandastrong
    
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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)
    - maulla
      
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      August 27, 2008 6:52 AM
      
      thanks for just spending my xbox points!
    - zerog83
      
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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.
- SiW73
  
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  August 27, 2008 6:49 AM
  
  It's fucking great and anyone who disagrees needs to eat a dick.
- [deleted] 354686
  
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  August 27, 2008 6:54 AM
  
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  - pandastrong
    
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    August 27, 2008 6:57 AM
    
    yeah, up to 4 player local or online
- mittense
  
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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.
  - pandastrong
    
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    August 27, 2008 6:58 AM
    
    haha, how do you unlock that?
    - mittense
      
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      August 27, 2008 7:00 AM
      
      He's one of the starting five characters.
      - SiW73
        
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        August 27, 2008 7:03 AM
        
        Only if you bought Alien Hominid HD.
        
        mittense
        
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        August 27, 2008 7:04 AM
        
        Oh. Yeah. I did (because I'm not a communist hippy).
  - Masem
    
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    August 27, 2008 7:19 AM
    
    Does it fire lightning and shurikens?
- galewind
  
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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.
- ant_hillbilly
  
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  August 27, 2008 6:56 AM
  
  Who wants to play later? Figure around 6-7pm eastern.
  
  Live tag = l3ftonm32
  - mittense
    
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    August 27, 2008 7:01 AM
    
    I'll be down with playing at around 7pm.
    - ant_hillbilly
      
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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.
  - kainen1
    
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    August 27, 2008 7:07 AM
    
    ooh me. add me ant....'kainen1'
    - ant_hillbilly
      
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      August 27, 2008 7:12 AM
      
      will do.
  - AgentPothead
    
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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.
  - bagelcc
    
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    August 27, 2008 7:12 AM
    
    definitely me. I'll be on around 7 EST tag= bagelcc
  - ant_hillbilly
    
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    August 27, 2008 7:18 AM
    
    Ok we have:
    
    kainen1
    skmittens
    bagelcc
    
    and
    
    SputnikSeven
    
    7pm eastern we play.
    - mittense
      
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      August 27, 2008 7:20 AM
      
      Do you know if you can have multiple characters going at once?
      - ant_hillbilly
        
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        August 27, 2008 7:24 AM
        
        no idea.
      - pandastrong
        
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        August 27, 2008 7:41 AM
        
        you mean leveling up multiple characters? im pretty sure you can.
- stonedonkey
  
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  August 27, 2008 7:48 AM
  
  Can't wait to try this out tonight.
- mwasher
  
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  August 27, 2008 7:56 AM
  
  woot, can't wait to get off work.
- Goncyn
  
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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?
  - mittense
    
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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.
  - AgentPothead
    
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    August 27, 2008 8:04 AM
    
    Lava World. Fuck Lava World. Up until then I was having a blast.
  - ant_hillbilly
    
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    August 27, 2008 8:05 AM
    
    Alien Hominid was just too fucking hard. One day I will beat that game.
  - pandastrong
    
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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.