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Went into town to get Area 51 for some lighthearted meaningless blasting on Live.
Decided instead on:
Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (meaningless blasting)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (has to be fun)
RalliSport Challenge 2 (Dodgems!)
Flat Out (Hopefully crash-tastic)
Crash 'n' Burn (Also hopefully crash-tastic)
Hopefully non of these are dead on Live or I'll try and change them for NHL Rivals which I wasa also thinking of getting.
Not to bad for 50 quid of Live titles. Just hope there's still a fair few playing...
Decided instead on:
Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (meaningless blasting)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (has to be fun)
RalliSport Challenge 2 (Dodgems!)
Flat Out (Hopefully crash-tastic)
Crash 'n' Burn (Also hopefully crash-tastic)
Hopefully non of these are dead on Live or I'll try and change them for NHL Rivals which I wasa also thinking of getting.
Not to bad for 50 quid of Live titles. Just hope there's still a fair few playing...
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I've been wanting a Destruction Derby style game and Flatout turned out to be complete lame cack. Maybe I'll give Crash N Burn a shot - so you might see me online with it soon Hedfix. ;-)
We can return to our chav slapping ways over Live. :-) Thing is I wanna get Conker and Destroy All Humans, so I'll have to find some way to get it without using the funds I have for those games.
You should contact the developers of Crash N Burn and demand money off them - you seem to be running a much better advertising campaign than their marketing department. ;-)
We can return to our chav slapping ways over Live. :-) Thing is I wanna get Conker and Destroy All Humans, so I'll have to find some way to get it without using the funds I have for those games.
You should contact the developers of Crash N Burn and demand money off them - you seem to be running a much better advertising campaign than their marketing department. ;-)
29% through, spent quite a while online as the community is pretty decent (14 player games are fairly common).
Been invited to join a sort of make-shift clan but I have to unlock the best car first. Good thing is that doing that's fun because I enjoy the destruction and it takes a lot of skill to avoid all the fires, car shells and oil that ends up on the track during a race. The game completely destroys "the racing line" which is great because that's what makes your average racer so freaking dull.
Been invited to join a sort of make-shift clan but I have to unlock the best car first. Good thing is that doing that's fun because I enjoy the destruction and it takes a lot of skill to avoid all the fires, car shells and oil that ends up on the track during a race. The game completely destroys "the racing line" which is great because that's what makes your average racer so freaking dull.
Yeah, I just fancied some online blasting to keep me going until BHD and RS4 and 30 quid for Area 51 really didn't seem a fair price.
No offence, but Goldeneye:RA is so unbelievably lame.
Rallisport and Mortal Kombat both rule though. ;p
Rallisport and Mortal Kombat both rule though. ;p
Just had another 2 and a half hour session on it. Finally unlocked a new car but it is hard to win over a set of three races (like the later stages of Burnout 2 - except with destruction derby gameplay).
Slowly climbing up the best lap rankings.
The destruction, the experience progression and the odd bit of vehicular modding are great.
20% through the game now, 29% of modding parts purchased but only 10% of events completed though. No complex fiddling required.
Slowly climbing up the best lap rankings.
The destruction, the experience progression and the odd bit of vehicular modding are great.
20% through the game now, 29% of modding parts purchased but only 10% of events completed though. No complex fiddling required.
hm. Might try to pick up Crash N Burn cheap then. Sure i saw it somewhere...
Damn, well some american on my friend list was playing it about a week ago... unless it was just 'live aware'...
Anyway I've only managed to play Crash 'n' Burn so far and I've played it for almost 3 and a half hours non-stop since I started. It's not a Burnout clone at all (like many idiotic reviews suggest). It has 16 cars in races which are destructible and many of these races have the paths overlap each otherso you get side collisions and people can get eliminated through vehicular damage.
Now what game does this remind me of? Oh yeah Destruction Derby!
Excellent fun, was playing it on live against computer opponents and then the community started to come alive (at about 9am - american time) soon we had half a team of us going up against a team of computers in a mode called Kamikaze Team Race.
Both teams drive round the course heading head-on into the other team, points are scored for being the getting your teams cars round a lap faster than the other team. Oh and of course there's all the head-on collisions and wipeouts which are really good fun.
Oil goes on fire, cars skid, cars explode, other cars explode - 6 cars meet head-on in a tunnel and explode. Don't get me wrong though - these cars can take some serious punishment before they finally detonate and crashes don't go 'slo-mo' (like Burnout) this is all-out crazy action from start to finish!
Now the ranking... Well the only thing that's ranked is lap times BUT as you play the game (online and off) you get experience points which you can use to 'level-up' your car and make it better. You also earn money (online and off) for doing well in races and this goes on minor, non-fiddly, upgrades for your car(s) some cosmetic and others upgrading the power of the vehicle.
The music is really rather good, I haven't found a track irritating yet (one sounds like PWEI which is really odd).
This really has turned out to be a little hidden gem, it's the sort of game I'd make if I had the chance to make a fun racer. Decent customisation without getting really sad, PLENTY of destruction and fast crazy gameplay.
Fantastic.
Anyway I've only managed to play Crash 'n' Burn so far and I've played it for almost 3 and a half hours non-stop since I started. It's not a Burnout clone at all (like many idiotic reviews suggest). It has 16 cars in races which are destructible and many of these races have the paths overlap each otherso you get side collisions and people can get eliminated through vehicular damage.
Now what game does this remind me of? Oh yeah Destruction Derby!
Excellent fun, was playing it on live against computer opponents and then the community started to come alive (at about 9am - american time) soon we had half a team of us going up against a team of computers in a mode called Kamikaze Team Race.
Both teams drive round the course heading head-on into the other team, points are scored for being the getting your teams cars round a lap faster than the other team. Oh and of course there's all the head-on collisions and wipeouts which are really good fun.
Oil goes on fire, cars skid, cars explode, other cars explode - 6 cars meet head-on in a tunnel and explode. Don't get me wrong though - these cars can take some serious punishment before they finally detonate and crashes don't go 'slo-mo' (like Burnout) this is all-out crazy action from start to finish!
Now the ranking... Well the only thing that's ranked is lap times BUT as you play the game (online and off) you get experience points which you can use to 'level-up' your car and make it better. You also earn money (online and off) for doing well in races and this goes on minor, non-fiddly, upgrades for your car(s) some cosmetic and others upgrading the power of the vehicle.
The music is really rather good, I haven't found a track irritating yet (one sounds like PWEI which is really odd).
This really has turned out to be a little hidden gem, it's the sort of game I'd make if I had the chance to make a fun racer. Decent customisation without getting really sad, PLENTY of destruction and fast crazy gameplay.
Fantastic.
I have Goldeneye - the LIVE was dying when I got it so it should be smelling and full of maggots now.
It a shame really, Goldeneye on LIVE could have been a great thing but the characters don't look right and it generally just sucks, apart from the traps and stuff they are good fun.
It a shame really, Goldeneye on LIVE could have been a great thing but the characters don't look right and it generally just sucks, apart from the traps and stuff they are good fun.
It's a terrible thing :-)
Shame Elation. ;)
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