Chromehounds demo on Live

By Tom Bramwell Published 29 June, 2006

Everywhere except US/Canada.

SEGA has released a demo of Chromehounds on Xbox 360, and the Americans don't get to play it! Hahaha!

That's because, well, we don't know - but the bottom line is that the single-player demo, weighing in at 554.89MB, is available everywhere except the US and Canada. (Update: Apparently it's not available in Mexico either.)

"If you've ever tried to take your lemonade stand worldwide you'd understand," says the Marketplace FAQ on Major Nelson's blog.

The full game allows you to rumble around big landscapes as huge robots shooting at people, and includes some interesting multiplayer modes and customisation options - as you'll know if you read our extensive E3 impressions.

It's due out in Europe on July 7th.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (30) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • S.J.Rogers #1 6 years ago

    Woo Hoo

    And i do mean that.

    Must go home and give it a try...
    Edited by 1 at 29/06/06 @ 11:08

  • Fatnick #2 6 years ago

    Its solid stuff. Its refreshing being able to play a mech game without
    a)having to fork out £200 for the privilege
    b)having the whole experiance ruined by ill-thought-out powerups.

    With that said mind, a game like this lives and dies by its customisation options. I hope i'll be able to recreate my Mechwarrior monstrocities which would overheat and explode if you tried to fire more than 2 shots in a row...

  • Azazel #3 6 years ago

    Cool.

    Now all I have to do is sit in work all day thinking about downloading it when I get home.

    ah... :(

  • octo #4 6 years ago

    If it degenrates into "running around in a circle twenty feet from your enemy whilst pressing both triggers as fast as you can" it will not be a buy from me.

  • peterfll #5 6 years ago

    I thought this was already getting a bad rap on the forums? People are saying it = bland and clunky.

    I will decide myself when I download tonight.
    Edited by 1 at 29/06/06 @ 11:16

  • Yossarian #6 6 years ago

    I probably won't download it, but this one example of Europe getting something first is pretty funny

  • Fatnick #7 6 years ago

    The mechs you can drive (you get two missions, with one ready-made mech available in each) are clunky. But do you want anything else from a mech game? It certainly isn't mech assault, thankfully.

    The landscapes present in the demo are a little bland though, and their are some Vsync issues. The buildings you can destroy also have a habit of dissapearing into the ground in a Rampage style. Still, the smoke effects look quite good and the weapons feel reasonably satisfying.

  • neilka #8 6 years ago

    That's not all, we also get "Bing Bing Diggit Picture Pack 1". Rejoice!

  • karlidog #9 6 years ago

    I'm really, really disappointed with it, based on the demo. It's bland and drab and dull, dull, dull. I'd been looking forward to this, too...

    Still, I actually like Armoured Core, so possibly my opinion doesn't count for much :)

  • Darren #10 6 years ago

    I was really looking forward to this demo but I tried the game this morning and it's so slooooooooooooooow and crushingly dull. Not only that but it's yet another Xbox 360 game with infamous "wobbly" tearing syndrome when you turn. It's not too bad as the game is slow paced but should we be seeing this in £50 next-gen games? The mechs look fantastic, the explosions cool and the lovely-looking trees are the best I've seen in a game of this type but it's pretty bland graphically otherwise with large empty landscapes. Nice presentation though.

    I've now cancelled my pre-order. Thank goodness for playable demos, eh?

  • Darren #11 6 years ago

    Oh and I see that 360Gamer magazine gave the single player game just 6/10. It could be great online but I buy games predominantly to play solo so it won't change my opinion of it no matter how good it might be.

  • Hunamster #12 6 years ago

    Whats it like? this is the only 360 game ive batted an eyelid about and could very well get one placed in my house...

  • jlaakso #13 6 years ago

    I already dissected the demo elsewhere, but suffice to say that it's a major disappointment. However, this was always going to be a Live title first, so we'll see about the multiplayer and customization options. Hopefully they'll release some sort of multiplayer demo, too, maybe with a handful of prebuilt Hounds to play with.

    Don't you let me down, From. It'd be a first.

  • The-Bodybuilder #14 6 years ago

    sounds like single player is dissapointing, as everyone expected considering it was made for the online multiplayer aspect.

  • Xerx3s #15 6 years ago

    Why on earth do they demo the least apealing aspects of the game while they should be advertising their custom build mech's & MP. :\

  • Zero Beat #16 6 years ago

    Excellent voice acting, shame about the script!

  • Kiigan #17 6 years ago

    Not as good as the Mechassault games.

  • Flabio #18 6 years ago

    I actually thought Mechassault was a pretty decent game. It's no Mechwarrior, but it wasn't ever meant to be. It's certainly better than this Chromehounds demo.

  • Walshicus #19 6 years ago

    I imagine there'll be a multiplayer demo sometime soon.

  • S.J.Rogers #20 6 years ago

    Once i download this tonight (After work) if is as bad as it sounds i am going to be really Pissed Off as i have been really looking forward to this game for over six months...!!!

  • S.J.Rogers #21 6 years ago

    Off of the subject but I need to know, is the COD 2 new map pack available on 360 live yet?

  • TelexStar #22 6 years ago

    Wouldn't it be nice if you could remote log into your 360 and kick off a download from your PC at work?

    Oh well...

  • Skooch #23 6 years ago

    "Now all I have to do is sit in work all day thinking about downloading it when I get home"

    No, you don't...read the last line of the article - "It's due out in Europe on July 7th".

  • Skooch #24 6 years ago

    @ myself

    Scrap that! Darren's already downloaded it by the sound of things!

    Doh!

  • Mordum #25 6 years ago

    Noticed this demo up for download at 2:30 in the morning... waited for it to download (15-20 minutes), and gave both missions a quick go.
    It's a game I've been looking forward to, but the demo does'nt blow me away (its very short for one thing)... although having said that, the two things I've been looking forward to the most (customization & multiplayer over Xbox Live) aren't here to try, so I'll probably still pick this up when its released (along with Prey... I think thats released around the same time, give or take a week).

    I wish any demo's released would include online multiplayer (if the game supports it), as Xbox Live takes up about 80% of all the gaming I do... so its a big factor for me when deciding which games to buy.

    Edited by 2 at 29/06/06 @ 17:38

  • Mordum #26 6 years ago

    @Darren
    "£50 next-gen games"

    you really should'nt be paying £50 for your 360 games... I've never paid more than £39.99 for any of the ones I've bought (thats right from day of release too).
    where do you shop for your games? online or high-street?

  • NthSimulachum #27 6 years ago

    Blergh. Looks good, plays like a wounded dog. A wounded dog with leprosy...


    Now if they made a sequel to hostile waters...

  • bloodflowers #28 6 years ago

    I was hopeful about this - won't be buying it now. The mechs move too slow - even by slow mech game standards these are wading through treacle. The controls have a funny glitch (zoom in, then out, then in - why are we now looking at the sky?), you get no sense of where the weapons are firing close range, and the graphics are poor.

    The mechs look nice, the scenery is sparse. I wouldn't mind that in the slightest if it moved smoothly. Mostly it does, but then comes the tearing. When things get slightly busier the tearing gets worse, and along comes some frame dropping.

    I'm starting to feel far less positive about the 360 - so few games are managing a solid tear-free experience. What's the problem?
    Edited by 1 at 30/06/06 @ 10:27

  • Macross #29 6 years ago

    Thought the demo was a bit short, but still it was enough to whet my appetite. I really miss the old mech games, and the Chromehounds multiplayer will be ace.

    I will definately be buying this.

    Shame they didnt demonstrate more squad mechanics as thats another thing this game is supposed to champions "hunt as a pack or die like dog" or somthing like that wasnt it, both the slightly bland demo missions where solo.

  • Krun #30 6 years ago

    I had pre ordered this, but the demo put me right off.

    Very slow mechs and Bland weapons. Maybe a mutli player demo would draw me back, but this demo is a dog.