Xbox Live Market Place - General Discussion Thread 1

[Spatial]

Don't think it has any extras as it's just a port. And no online either by the looks of it.

From the Xbox.com official page:

Players: 1-2
System Link Multiplayer
HDTV 480p
2 Players
Leaderboards
Player Stats

Shame as I hadn't realised that until now.

[Ajay1986]

There is a dev interview at gamespot which to me makes it sound much more then a port, sounds like there will be a lot of changes to the game balance.

GS: In the handheld game, we found that the ability to forge superior items eventually trivialized the store-bought equipment, so we were left with a lot of money but nothing to spend it on. Have you made the economy more robust this time around?
SF: We've performed a full rebalancing on the abilities of forged items. They're still very good, but now you have a real decision [about] whether you want to use the unique items you find in quests and in the shop or whether you'd rather craft a themed and customized set.
With some changes to the cost of things, along with a few new rule changes (such as no monthly income from your home city), this really sets up the economy to be in good shape well into the late game.

Oh and it seems it does have online play

GS: Walk us through the online experience. Will it include more features than the handheld versions? Will there be support for the Vision camera?
SF: We've got a lot of features in here specifically for multiplayer. To start with, there is the local multiplayer I mentioned earlier. Then, we have player matchmaking and ranked games, which makes it as easy as a few button presses in order to jump into a quick game with either a friend or a stranger and test out your hero's mettle.
Next, we have our rich presence and invite system to make it really simple to see if your friends are playing the game, see exactly what they're up to within the game, and to invite them in for a quick multiplayer match.
Leaderboards are implemented, as is voice chat during play. And finally, we've allowed players the option to craft powerful multiplayer heroes without doing the story every single time. Once an element from the story is unlocked, such as a rune or a spell, future heroes can either buy it from the shop, or in the case of monsters, capture them in a regular single-player battle.

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/puzzlequestchallenge/news.html?sid=6180450&om_act=convert&om_clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;title;6

[Spatial]

Xbox.com in being out of date shocker.

Cheers for that Ajay. But you have just made not spending 1200 points this Wednesday much more difficult

[Psyduck]

Problem is multiplayer pretty much requires beating the game and getting to level 50 first, which is a pain since I've done it twice on the DS already...

[ChrisF]

So is this Puzzle Quest just some Bejewelled clone with a spot of anime thrown in for good measure?

Never actually played it... See it gets a good score on IGN!

[chopemon]

Owning it for the DS I've promised myself I wouldn't buy it... but come Wednesday you just know I'm going to be hovering over that button

Find solace in that you won't be the only one...

I was a wee bit drunk last night and after promising myself that I wouldn't, I bought Tetris

[toythatkills]

HDTV 480p

What? I thought that wasn't allowed?

[Ajay1986]

Take no notice of anything off Xbox.com its all totally wrong.

[rmoxon]

So is this Puzzle Quest just some Bejewelled clone with a spot of anime thrown in for good measure?

Never actually played it... See it gets a good score on IGN!

its a puzzel game crossed with an RPG, as such, its alot deeper than bejewled and has a proper single player quest where you buy weapons and kill monsters and stuff.

[ChrisF]

Sounds... well... different? Looking forward to giving it a go!

[cavalcade]

So is this Puzzle Quest just some Bejewelled clone with a spot of anime thrown in for good measure?

Never actually played it... See it gets a good score on IGN!

Puzzle Quest is simply superb. The only flaw is a slight accusation that the AI "cheats" at times, but in terms of a time sink, very few games come close. If you want a closer look at the mechanics take a look at this weeks On The Spot, where it's previewed with the developer.

[ChrisF]

Does sound very interesting. Whats On The Spot?


In other news, Simpsons and Conan demos up on Marketplace now.

[Yoshimax]

Don't think it has any extras as it's just a port. And no online either by the looks of it..

If a game's on XBLA and it's multiplayer it has to have online play - I'm sure it's part of the T&C's ?

I'm trying to think of one that doesn't but I can't.

[ChrisF]

Didn't Street Trace NYC (or some such toss) only have local multiplayer?

[cavalcade]

Does sound very interesting. Whats On The Spot?


In other news, Simpsons and Conan demos up on Marketplace now.

Gamespot's (.com) weekly vodcast. A lot of large men talking games. Fairly rubbish, but a good look at upcoming games if you haven't been to trade shows etc...