Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

**CS10029** · 08-20-2008, 01:16 AM

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You love your achievements don't you Extreme. How do you deal with PS3?

**ExtremeGamer** · 08-20-2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally posted by CS10029

You love your achievements don't you Extreme. How do you deal with PS3?

I don't turn it on unless I'm watching a movie

**boomhauertjs** · 08-20-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by TheBadazz

Shake it, baby!

"It's time to kickass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum."

**TJdaSportsGuy** · 08-20-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by boomhauertjs

"It's time to kickass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum."

"I'm going to rip off your head and **** down your neck!"

**fishepa** · 08-20-2008, 10:43 AM

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"Your face, your ***, whats the difference?"

**Jistic** · 08-20-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by fishepa

"Your face, your ***, whats the difference?"

Hey, he stole that from Andrew Dice Clay.

**mgoblue** · 08-20-2008, 12:05 PM

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"It's time to kick *** or chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum."

Duke Nukem Soundboard

I think I'll have to pick this one up for the memories.

**Flawless** · 08-20-2008, 12:37 PM

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**Kane182** · 08-20-2008, 12:42 PM

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"Damn! Those alien bastards blew up my ride!"

Great line to get the game started.

**cooldude32** · 08-21-2008, 02:11 AM

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New Galaga game is fun.

**ChaseB** · 08-21-2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally posted by cooldude32

New Galaga game is fun.

I would disagree...Didn't really like it when I played it at E3. I was never a fan of the original Galaga either -- though this obviously isn't the same thing. But I did like the Pac-Man remake and I wasn't a huge fan of the original Pac-Man either.

Considering both remakes are made by the same developers, it didn't make me feel the same way this go around. I think it's partly because in Pac-Man CE the action really ramps up quickly, where as in this game it's kind of a slow burn, which I'm not a fan of.

**ExtremeGamer** · 08-21-2008, 05:45 AM

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I didn't care for the new Galaga.

**Flawless** · 08-22-2008, 12:13 PM

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Soul Calibur IV demo is up.

**Pared** · 08-25-2008, 09:45 AM

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Just finished Braid this weekend.

What an amazing little game. Had some very difficult puzzles as well. The last level was just superb. I love the way it was done.

If you beat the game:

Spoiler

Bring on Castle Crashers!

**Flawless** · 08-25-2008, 05:38 PM

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Duke Nukem 3D Interview

Duke Nukem 3D on Xbox Live Arcade...that’s got to be pretty exciting. After a dozen years, are you expecting that you’re going to get a lot of those who played it to revisit it or more likely introduce him to a new audience...or both? And how do you think Duke holds up over time?

George Broussard: We see a lot of old fans who want to play the game again or on a new platform. I’d like to think that we can attract some new fans as well, even with it being a classic game. I’d hope some new players get the game just to co-op or DukeMatch with their buddies. For a game the scale of an XBLA game, we’re pretty proud of the features we were able to put into it. I think it has a lot of value.

Unlike many “classic” games brought to XBLA, you did a lot to freshen up Duke 3D and take advantage of the Xbox 360’s capabilities. How did the hardware and some re-coding time enable you to buff up your hero’s world?

George Broussard: We definitely put a lot of work into the game. It would have been simple to just port it and ship it, but people kept suggesting cool ideas and we just had to do them. Some of it was hardware, as in being Xbox Live, you open the game up to really solid matchmaking, voice chat and multiplayer.

There are other things that we just did, because it was cool or the right thing to do. Small things like letting you remap every button on the 360 controller to larger features like the User Clip feature. There are small features like the concept art gallery or in-game achievement list that we didn’t have to do at all, but we thought they were features we’d like to see in games.

In the end I feel like we added everything possible within reason to update the game and keep it within a reasonable timeframe (a first for us!).

What are User Clips and what do you expect to see from XBLA players? Do you expect any surprises?

George Broussard: Every time you play the game (single player, co-op or DukeMatch), the game saves a game clip. You can view the clip later or share it with your friends. You can even jump into old clips and play the game (in single player). Your clip can also be uploaded to the leaderboards if you get a top spot. We have a Time Trial leaderboard that tracks how quickly you play a level. It’s really cool to download people’s clips and see how they ran through a level, then try to beat their times. I think there will be some fun battles on the leaderboards due to this feature.

And Painless Death sounds like something everyone is going to want to know about. Tell us what that’s about...and how long do you think it will be before other developers start copying it?

George Broussard: One of the core things that makes you stop playing a game is dying. It’s frustrating. This is a feature that spun off the demo-recording mode that was already in the game. John Pollard, one of the programmers, said “Hey, I can do a cool death thing with demo recording, look at this.” Once we saw it, we had to pursue the idea.

What happens is that once you die, you are presented with a TiVo-style timeline of your play in a level. You can then scrub along the timeline and jump back into the game at any point during your play of the level. You can still quicksave your game, like 12 years ago, but you no longer need to. You just play. You never ever think about saving the game.

This worked well for a classic game where you don’t want to replay a level ten times and you don’t want to be bothered saving a game in a checkpoint world. Would this work in Halo or Call of Duty? Maybe, maybe not, but it’s a fun area in which to experiment and see where it takes us. Braid and Prince of Persia clearly show that the mechanic is a solid idea.

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