@ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: The only jealous people are the ones who bought it, as they're jealous of the ones who got to save thier $$$. I'm one of those jealous folk, Impulse purchases FTL! Why didn't I try the trial??:D
I'm going to partly disagree with you here on one major thing here Fahey, combat.
The combat system, a very x-wing like style, is better then advertised and plays slightly better on a 2d plane verses a first person view. The tactics of it are actually enjoyable.
but agreed, it isn't... star trekie enough. and is very limited in gameplay styles.
What do people expect from a half arsed Game that is only the milk from a milked movie? Nobody expected it to be an amazing game, better than Fallout 3 or Devil May Cry did they?
I haven't tried it yet, but I laugh in the face of people who think this could've actually been anything above a mediocre game.
You want a quickie Star Trek game? Clone Star Control. The first one. This would be a welcomed addition with Live support, and I was hoping for just that when I saw the screenshots. This looks too simplified to be entertaining or have much depth, like a Star Trek skinned Armada.
@bobdisgea3: How can you hate it? Never having watched Star Trek growing up and seeing the movie, I couldn't help but be pulled into the universe. By the end of the film, I was thinking of where I could get my own set of pointy ears.
@zgreenwell: Five dollar XBLA games trickle out from time to time. The last one I think was Minesweeper Flags back in February. Microsoft seems to want to have it so that XBLCG games comprise the lower pricing tier while XBLA games sport a higher price tag. Seemingly reacting to the complaints about XBLA pricing post-Braid, Trixie 360 did a spot highlighting $5 games, and they were all old XBLA titles or CG stuff. I think this would be a fine plan, and XBLCG development is starting to churn out some great stuff and gradually getting more professional looking, but too many XBLA titles still feel overpriced -- Death Tank and Lode Runner in particular.
Hopefully this isn't a pricing error on Microsoft's part a la Lode Runner. I'd definitely grab Blazing Birds for 400 but only if it stays that cheap to ensure a decent about of people to squash on-line with my mad angry futuristic unicycle badminton skills with a "Z."
I wish they would stop making Star Trek games where you have combat with the actual ships. Make one where you are inside the ship, and can walk around, give orders, etc. Travel to planets and shizz.
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Hey! That's just like the movie!
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The combat system, a very x-wing like style, is better then advertised and plays slightly better on a 2d plane verses a first person view. The tactics of it are actually enjoyable.
but agreed, it isn't... star trekie enough. and is very limited in gameplay styles.
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I haven't tried it yet, but I laugh in the face of people who think this could've actually been anything above a mediocre game.
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I would buy a Devil May Cry clone where Dante is replaced with Shatner-Kirk and the enemies with Klingons.
The rest can stay the same.
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@imdstig: Probably.
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Ninja Turtles Arcade game is 400 points when it launched.
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[www.xbox.com]
The Kotaku article stated it was 800 points.
[kotaku.com]
Hopefully this isn't a pricing error on Microsoft's part a la Lode Runner. I'd definitely grab Blazing Birds for 400 but only if it stays that cheap to ensure a decent about of people to squash on-line with my mad angry futuristic unicycle badminton skills with a "Z."
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No Danger Zone reference-FAIL
No Beach Volleyball reference-FAIL
No "Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!" reference-FAIL
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The first screenshot has your danger zone reference. YOU'RE IN IT, BITCHES!
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