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[Queasy]

MLB2K8 Demo

Content: Major League Baseball 2K8 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Canada, Asia, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Download the demo.
Size: 968.95 MB

Is it just me or has the demos been kind of sparse lately?

Rocketmen: Axis of Evil

Content: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan and Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10 (EVERYONE 10 +)FANTASY VIOLENCE, MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Single Player, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 1-4, Local Multiplayer 1-4, HD (High Definition). Join Rocketmen Nick Sion, Alec Mink and the Alliance of Free Planets in their white-knuckled struggle to free the solar system from the tyrannical grip of the Legion of Terra in this RPG styled shooter. Players have the choice to save the galaxy alone or cooperatively with up to three other players over Xbox LIVE or locally on the same console. With its distinctive cel-shaded art style, engaging storyline, customizable characters and RPG elements, this shooter will keep players coming back for more. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/Live/accounts.

I had zero interest in the game...thinking it just another shooter where you control movement with the left stick and shooting with the right stick....until I heard yesterday that it had the RPG elements in it. I'm going to have to at least give the trial version I try now to see how that turns out.

GRAW2 DLC

Content: GRAW 2 Co-Op Collection 2
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) BLOOD,LANGUAGE,VIOLENCE] GRAW 2 Co-op Collection 2 brings back some of the greatest maps in Ghost Recon history and let?s you cooperate and compete in exciting new locales. An all new co-op campaign with 5 missions takes you back to some of the greatest locations from the Ghost Recon franchise. Inspired from the original Ghost Recon and remade to the stunning benchmark from GRAW 2. 9 new adversarial maps ? 7 inspired from the greatest in the franchise and 2 brand new maps. 8 new Achievements with a total of 125 points. Exciting new challenges that encourage different tactics. The ghosts are back again. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts
Size: 976.09 MB

Weren't the other ones 800 points? So now these packs are 400 points? Self-correcting market?

 

[raystorm]

Rocketmen is AWFUL. I had some hopes for this game thinking it could be a fun Cannon Spike (also by capcom)/Smash TV co-op game but it stinks. The forced scrolling alone ruins the game.


I'm a baseball man so I'll probably just get 2K8 but I'm having a tough time with the new pitching mechanics in the demo.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: raystorm
Rocketmen is AWFUL. I had some hopes for this game thinking it could be a fun Cannon Spike (also by capcom)/Smash TV co-op game but it stinks. The forced scrolling alone ruins the game.

Well, I'm back to having zero interest in the game now.

edit: GameTrailers Video - Looks like some levels have forced scrolling while others don't.

I'm waffling. I'm going to give it a try tonight with my son when I get home tonight.

 

[JoPh]

damn. i wanted to buy rocketman. going to try the demo tongiht. hopefully its just your opinion. ill have to give it a try

 

[Queasy]

TXB gave Rocketmen a 4/10.

Negatives:
- RPG-lite stat boosting seems to have no affect
- Controls (having to pick up items with the A button)
- Can't backtrack (forced scrolling)

Positives:
- Co-op

 

[tdawg]

The new mechanics in MLB2k8 sound interesting and worth a try of the demo at least, but what I'm most hoping for is realistic atmosphere, not just in the stadium, but from the players and teams themselves. By now sports games should be able to capture the excitement of end-game heroics, exciting moments, or emptying stadiums when the home team is losing. And when I win the world series, I want to see and hear the excitement on the players and announcers. If I'm throwing a no-hitter, or looking to hit for the cycle, the announcers should be that much more animated. I don't know exactly how to express it, but I think people understand what I'm talking about.