Microsoft touts "amazing" XBLA summer News
Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Xbox Live boss Marc Whitten reckons XBLA title Shadow Complex can be as good, if not better, than Braid when it's released this summer.
"I actually think it's going to be an amazing year for the Summer of Arcade," he told GamesIndustry.biz. "And the truth of the matter is that at the time we were talking about it last year, everybody didn't know whether Braid was going to be as good as it was.
"I think those games [for 2009] are amazing. Shadow Complex will be one of the biggest games ever. I don't mean biggest in size, but biggest in terms of quality, depth, story, that we've ever seen.
"Marvel vs. Capcom is another one a lot of people have been asking about. So I'm actually really excited about that line-up," he added.
Shadow Complex will made by Epic's internal studio Chair (of Undertow fame) and was announced during Microsoft's E3 keynote address. The first trailer
shows a 2D side-scrolling platform game interspersed with third-person turret shooting and cinematic cut-scenes. It looks strong.
Joining Shadow Complex this summer will be Marvel vs. Capcom 2, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Trials HD, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled and 'Splosion Man.
That's not bad.
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Personally, I didn't get on with Braid - it wasn't awful per se, just very dull - so I reckon there are much better games on XBLA already than that game... Wallace & Gromit, Banjo-Tooie, The Maw and OutRun Online Arcade to name but four recent examples that have impressed me.
I'm more excited about Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Perfect Dark and The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition to be honest than Shadow Complex, probably because I know exactly what to expect from those three games as I've played them before. And, yes, I'd love to revist them with their new HD make-overs. Still I'll try the trial demo of Shadow Complex at least, that's one of the great things about XBLA really, everything is free to try. :) |
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kinky_mong
09/06/09 @ 10:11
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I've got a horrible feeling Shadow Complex is going to be more than 1200 points. I'm interested in it but that price would be excessive.
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muscleblade
09/06/09 @ 12:25
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I probably buy all of those. Huge Xbla fan. Shadow Complex certainly looks to be a winner. We know what to expect from MvsC2
and TMNT. Looking forward to some rainy days this summer. |
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muscleblade
09/06/09 @ 12:25
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I probably buy all of those. Huge Xbla fan. Shadow Complex certainly looks to be a winner. We know what to expect from MvsC2
and TMNT. Looking forward to some rainy days this summer. |
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Braid was amazing, the best thing so far in the arcade along with Geometry Wars. Yes the story was pretentious but you didn't need to bother much with it to fully enjoy the game..
Anybody knows how Monkey Island is going to play? are we stuck with a mouse pointer and no mouse or have they changed the control method? |
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Tiberianus
11/06/09 @ 00:11
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Going for another 2/10 spadge? Or pushing the envelope with 5/10 this time?
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