Force Unleashed, Bionic Commando: Rearmed...

socket · August 23, 2008, 11:06:53 AM

Just played the Star Wars Force Unleashed demo yesterday and man am I impressed. I generally have kind of a love/hate relationship with Star Wars video games. It's like I always want them to be so much better than they end up, but this time I think the game is pretty close to what I imagined. The controls are good enough as I just picked up and played, the graphics are purty and it's just all around great.

And now, Bionic Commando: Rearmed is like a dream for me. I had been patiently waiting for this to come out ever since I heard about it. Bionic Commando was one of my favorite NES games of all time. It had great music, quirky but fun gameplay, and was fairly complex for a NES game. Now, I was of course, concerned that they might "ruin" the game like they did to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with that crappy remake, but I think they did an awesome job. The updated music is really good - I'd listen to it on it's own - and the graphics, animations and art are really nice. For some reason this is one of my favorite games of the moment. I think I really miss the simplicity of "2-D" platformers.

DeVS · August 24, 2008, 02:53:10 PM

Force Unleashed is great! Can't wait for the whole game now. On a note about this demo, XboX Live SUCKS ASS! They want you to pay $50 a year for a Gold Membership in order to download the Force Unleashed demo now. For everyone on a silver XBL account, they have to wait like a week to play the DEMO, its a damn DEMO! I was pissed about this until I fired up the PS3 and got the demo for free without having to wait or any of the other BS that XBL is starting to use in order to bleed more money from us.

kkan · August 24, 2008, 08:07:07 PM

LOL that explains why BILL GATES is the RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD!!!

he TRULY CAN SQUEEZE BLOOD OUTTA A STONE

bitblt · August 25, 2008, 01:50:52 PM

I also purchased Bionic Commando on PSN. I wouldn't call it my favorite PSN download but it's definitely a neat game. I never played the original NES version back in the day so maybe that's why. Bionic Commando has received great reviews on metacritic.

The Force Unleashed demo looks and plays un-freaking believable. Not since the Jedi Knight series have I been so exited about a Star Wars title. I'm really looking forward to this one.

754boy · September 05, 2008, 11:30:22 PM

Quote from: DeVS on August 24, 2008, 02:53:10 PM
Force Unleashed is great! Can't wait for the whole game now. On a note about this demo, XboX Live SUCKS ASS! They want you to pay $50 a year for a Gold Membership in order to download the Force Unleashed demo now. For everyone on a silver XBL account, they have to wait like a week to play the DEMO, its a damn DEMO! I was pissed about this until I fired up the PS3 and got the demo for free without having to wait or any of the other BS that XBL is starting to use in order to bleed more money from us.

Considering I get all my games for free, I have no complaint watsoever paying for XBL Gold. And I only paid $35 for my year subscription so its all good

DeVS · September 06, 2008, 08:12:55 AM

Well if your getting all your games for free then your paying for the best part of XBL and are not even able to use it,lol.

754boy · September 06, 2008, 04:29:22 PM

Quote from: DeVS on September 06, 2008, 08:12:55 AM
Well if your getting all your games for free then your paying for the best part of XBL and are not even able to use it,lol.

Hmm, I dont quite understand ya there lol

All pirated games work like retail versions including online play so yeah I'm able to use it

DeVS · September 07, 2008, 06:48:17 PM

Ya the games work with online untill they ban you like they have been doing for over a year. Believe me, if you play your system online you are just asking for a ban.

754boy · September 07, 2008, 10:37:22 PM

Quote from: DeVS on September 07, 2008, 06:48:17 PM
Ya the games work with online untill they ban you like they have been doing for over a year. Believe me, if you play your system online you are just asking for a ban.

Personally I think its well worth the risk considering the reward. Besides, if I get banned, I can just sell it and use that cash to finance another one. Especially since they're only $199 now

DeVS · September 08, 2008, 12:30:24 AM

$199 is alot to keep paying just to play a game online.

754boy · September 08, 2008, 12:39:25 AM

Quote from: DeVS on September 08, 2008, 12:30:24 AM
$199 is alot to keep paying just to play a game online.

Like I said, IF I ever get banned. Been playing "hot" for almost a year now and nothing yet. Only idiots who dont make sure their games are proper get banned

DeVS · September 08, 2008, 01:09:57 AM

It was proved during the last ban that their is no stealth disk or stealth firmware that prevents people from getting banned. I never play online with it myself so I really have no use for gold, but I stand by my original remark that it is pure greed to charge someone $50 to have access to demo's of games.

754boy · September 08, 2008, 10:22:56 AM

Paying $50 gives you access to the online servers to play games and first access to demos. Anyone will tell you that XBL service is MUCH better than PSN for the simple fact that you have to pay for it. Now normally, I would say "free" trumps all lol. But not in this case. So for now I'm gonna keep cruising around XBL with my free games

socket · September 08, 2008, 11:01:14 AM

PSN has been making some decent strides with in game XMB and whatnot. But from what I've seen I have to agree that XBL is superior. If I want to play a game with a friend on PSN I dont even really know how.

DeVS · September 08, 2008, 05:27:21 PM

XBL is better for playing games online, but PSN is KILLING XBL with it's line up of games. I mean hell you can get brand new bad ass games like Rachet and Clank through PSN and can only get games like Pac-Man on XBL,lol. I will give it to M$ though when it comes to Braid, thats an amazing game but those types of games are rare on XBL.