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Xbox Live Arcade Roundup Comments by Dan Whitehead

10 September, 2008

Shred Nebula, Rocket Bowl, Gin Rummy, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Sam Shodown II, Shogi.

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pikemon
10/09/08 @ 12:44
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moar liek samurai slodown II amirite
beholdthelantern
10/09/08 @ 12:55
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Er... do you mean 'more like Samurai 'Slowdown' II, am I right?'
YoshiIsland
10/09/08 @ 12:58
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I think Pikemon might need to use his spell checker.....

Anyway, poor selection of games this week. I had the unfortunate 'pleasure' of downloading Gin Rummy. Two words - Don't bother!
sickpuppysoftware
10/09/08 @ 13:02
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I think two people need to look at shodown to see what pikemon was doing
ccfb
10/09/08 @ 13:29
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The gf plays gin rummy like crazy, but it very quickly reveals its flawed AI, particularly in cases when it gets Gin and doesn't Knock to win, leaving you to play a winning hand one turn later. Other than that, seems like a nice diversion.
Machiavellian
10/09/08 @ 13:40
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Gin AI is not that great but I picked up the game to play friends that play Gin and it works pretty good.
Shred Nebula reminds me of a game called subspace which was a lot of fun. Just like subspace, it takes a little while to get with the controls but once you do, you will be blasting your friends in no time.
ThePissartist
10/09/08 @ 15:03
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Where's Goldeneye?
spadge
10/09/08 @ 15:41
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Roll on 2009 =)
tincanrocket
10/09/08 @ 15:54
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Whassuuuuuuuuuup?

/gets coat
jonarob
10/09/08 @ 18:44
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"Grading these sort of retro games is always tricky. Do you rate the game itself, the modern experience or compare it to every similar fighting game available?"

None of the above: You tell us if it's worth paying money for.
JayScott
10/09/08 @ 23:26
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@ jonarob

Crock of shit. Of course the other things are considerations. To simplify everything down to 'you tell us if it's worth paying money for' would be awful. Just awful. What are you, a fucking accountant? (not that there's anything wrong that, of course).
NegativeZero
11/09/08 @ 02:01
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It would be nice if they'd follow up Shogi with Go. A decent Go game with a reasonable AI player, tutorials and online play would be a fantastic addition to the platform.
pikemon
11/09/08 @ 07:04
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re: samurai shodown ii

uhhh.. i heard that the netcode is good and a lot of people don't seem to be talking about the slowdown issues that much.

so probably when i get my 360 arcade stick somewhere in 2009 i'm going to try and convince my local xbox live friend to get this for online battles. even soul calibur 2 had slowdown (on ps2) so i guess it isn't that bad actually :D
Machetazo
11/09/08 @ 08:57
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Reading the PvN assessment only made me wish all the more that Midway would just get its act together and release a multiplatform, online-enabled new DEATHROW (where everybody plays as one character on the team of five - in multiplayer - and obviously, there's be no arguing who got hit with the "dodgeball", because the announcer would let everyone know!) :D
Garulon
11/09/08 @ 09:08
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If anyone buys pirates vs ninjas dodgeball I'll stab them. You know what'd be funny? Gamecock employees living in a cardbox box. That's my idea of funny.
subtlesnake
11/09/08 @ 09:15
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"None of the above: You tell us if it's worth paying money for. "

And what criteria do you use to decide if the game is worth paying money for? That's the problem.
Ryze
11/09/08 @ 09:32
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A nice surprise seeing Samurai Slodown II on XBLA last night.

I completely understand the reviewer, however, re slowdown, controls and uglyness. If enough people on my friends list get this then I'll bite. For now, the trial playing as Haoumaru against several opponents is just fine until someone offers me an online duel.
Ranger101
11/09/08 @ 09:44
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beholdthelantern & YoshIsland are suffering from a case of "senseofhumourfailure".
[eSc]Demon
12/09/08 @ 07:24
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Wow, Samurai Shodown. I must have spent literally thousands of hours with that on neo geo cd when I was like 15. For me its a must buy. I am not worried about the d-pad problems - the neo geo cd didnt even have a real d-pad, only a really shitty stick-type of thing

I love the ref by the way: "Ibumne... ZWOO" - priceless :-)

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