Boo, trying to play crackdown with stevie but it won't let us because we don't have the same amount of downloaded content. Sucks!
― JimD, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry about that jim! i started dling stuff but then couldn't get it up and running again... soon though!
― stevie, Saturday, 22 March 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i was up very late jumping and climbing to the top of buildings, it is an ace game
― stevie, Saturday, 22 March 2008 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone else getting or heard about random crashes and full system stalls when playing cod4?
: (((
― czn, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
OK so it seems like it was because I was just about to earn my red rings
fuck sake, microsoft
― czn, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
O HAI
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2367450478_040d7f9550_o.jpg
― czn, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh - sorry. Send it in a.s.a.p and you should get it back in time for GTA IV, at least (I hope)
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
It... actually rebooted, for some reason and I'm enjoying some CoD4 right now.
It's done this before - I believe there's two grades of red rings tho, one that means O HAI and another which is softer and just means something went wrong try back in a bit. It's done the latter a few times before and almost instantly rebooted. This time it took 6 or 7 tries and I was sure it was done for, but no, working fine now. Phew!
― czn, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Fuck, sorry man. I've felt this pain :(
― melton mowbray, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there any evidence that more recent 360s (say, from December) are less likely to go red?
― Euler, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Are all (or most?) new games coming out region free? Coz I have a (recently acquired) PAL system and got assassin's creed and Bioshock NTSC and they work on it. And they are a heap cheaper than buying Australian versions.
― wilter, Monday, 31 March 2008 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know about December but I bought mine last year and so far no red rings.
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 March 2008 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I bought mine in August or something, and mine hasn't RRoD'd but it is starting to skip during some audio and video and it is louder than it used to be, I'm convinced... if it decides to red ring, I hope it's in the next wek or two, or long after GTAIV.
― Will M., Tuesday, 1 April 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone else should get Culdcept Saga so I have someone to play against in the future. That game is more fun than I thought it'd be.
― Will M., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Cozen, you could try this.
http://www.team-xecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47293
― JimD, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks jim
I did the towel trick and its back again, but for how long...
folx: I played some crackdown w. jimd recently and kicked his ass (tho the 2nd time ws an accident, sorry!!). tht game is funnnnnnn!!
― czn, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, yeah. I actually quite enjoyed spectating while coz picked up, threw around and generally ABUSED my corpse!
― JimD, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
oh god ikaruga tomorrow
― Will M., Tuesday, 8 April 2008 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
A vertical shooter remade for widescreen TVs! Not sure I see the point in that myself. Surely it's going to mean 70% wasted space.
― JimD, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a vertical mode, aka turn your TV 90 degrees, or lie down on the couch as I did with Triggerheart Exelica = huge game space!
― Will M., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I was really looking forward to this game :(
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
was? ? ? ? ? what happened?
― Will M., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
dead 360
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
ok downloaded ikaruga
I will complete this!!
you can play online coop right?
― czn, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
can you ever
i will have this tonight, i reckon.
― Will M., Thursday, 10 April 2008 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
got a bit dispirited watching the replay of the top ranked player on xbla
nice feature being able to download replays but, as I said, dispiriting
― czn, Thursday, 10 April 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I know next to nothing about Ikrauga, save reviews of this rerelease. How difficult and costly would it be to track down a GameCube copy, and would the hours and dollars combined exceed ten bucks?
― Garrett Martin, Thursday, 10 April 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Garrett - I was just looking into that yesterday myself. In the US, it looks like the cheapest used copies are going for around 40 bucks, with "new" copies fetching a whopping 120+
Plenty of copies to be found on amazon or ebay, etc...
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 10 April 2008 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
it si very much a collector's game these days, and that's just the GC version forget about the DC version!
― Will M., Thursday, 10 April 2008 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
ikaruga. fucking hard.
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
srsly the rotating bullet showers in level 2 just before the boss kill me every fucking time. what is teh knak?
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
forget it, i got to level three and it's even harder ;_;
i know it's only five levels, so if it weren't tough you'd feel cheated, but there's no sense of progress, just of crushing futility.
― ledge, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
^co-sign
― czn, Thursday, 24 April 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
With the 360 version I thought you could download other people's runs, so maybe watching those will help you out. Or go cry in a corner some more.
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 24 April 2008 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I've just given Microsoft 99 US dollars to fix my console - hopefully a decision I won't come to regret. I want to play more N+
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm kind of liking this viking game. It's sooo dumb though.
― wilter, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone tried the Codemasters Racedriver Grid demo? It's been a long time since I played a trad racer (the original Gran Turismo so like ten years) but this looks like a lot of fun, racing with realistic damage (try maintaining your lead after you've smashed into a wall and the steering is pulling heavily to the left), and I'm particularly loving the drift mode, makes me feel like I'm in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (embarrassed cough)
― ledge, Monday, 26 May 2008 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot about MSR, I played that quite extensively. But have tried Project Gotham (3) and it didn't appeal.
― ledge, Monday, 26 May 2008 12:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I've tried the GRID demo but it hasn't sold me on the game. First the graphics are kind of ugly (compared to GT5, Forza 2 or PGR 3&4). Second, I don't really like drifting (so that kills off 1/3 of the game right there for me). Third, the camera (just like in DIRT, which uses the same engine) kind of annoys me - I like a first person cam when racing, but they only give you the bumper view (too low) or the hood view (too much real-estate taken up by the reflecting hood). I also noticed the other day that the way they've placed the speedometer stuff at the edges of the screen, instead of in the center, makes it harder to see. Finally, when I tried to race online it crashed my system, and I had to do a hard restart (scary). I think I liked DIRT more, because it was a different experience than you could find in other racers, while this game travels over the same ground as other games that I think do a better job. It does have a good damadge engine, like you say (same as DIRT), but maybe it's too easy to smash up your car - kind of frustrating (never tried the rewind feature).
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
You should try more of the rewinding as I think it's one of the main "points" of the game that makes it "fun." But I couldn't get into it for the same reasons as you (but I haven't dug a non-arcade racer since Gran Turismo 2, except for a very slight love affair with my free copy of Forza 2)
― Will M., Monday, 26 May 2008 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
guys, when we play gta IV it says something along the lines of 'you cant do online stuff because your user id doesnt have the correct access/permissions'
is this about the silver/gold memberships?
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
You have to have a gold membership to play 360 games online - yes. I think each copy of GTA IV came with a one free month of live card though - you may want to dig that out.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
okay. i was saving that for the mystery exclusive content. what else can you do online with the game besides multiplayer
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
"the game" being gta IV
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Nothing yet, but they've promised downloadable content (which I expect will just mean extra missions) in the future. I expect you'll be able to get that whether you're a gold or silver member though - Gold memberships are usually just for actual online play.
― JimD, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
ahh...gotcha. Thanks!
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, one other thing. is a wireless broadband connection good enough for playing online or do you really need to be plugged in?
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been using xbox live wirelessly and it's been fine, no noticeable problems (I have dsl).
― Euler, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Wireless works great for me, and my xbox is quite a long way from our router too. (xp)
What's your gamertag Sunny?
― JimD, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i THINK its rabbitwithfangs1
ill check tonight
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link