Undertow: Path of the Elect Pack Hits Tomorrow - Kotaku Comments

Undertow: Path of the Elect Pack Hits Tomorrow

Karazzin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:05:43 MST

Undertow for free was a rip-off, why would I pay for an expansion?

Karazzin

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Tyle-Shananigin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:43:09 MST

Honestly, I don't car about Undertow, I mean yeah I played it. But GIVE ME ADVENT RISING 2!!!!
T~S
www.kotakuite.com

Tyle-Shananigin

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XbhaskarX — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:44:16 MST

"superior technology and fire power"

Will this new race be more powerful than the others?
Does this mean the game will no longer be balanced?
I hope they didn't ruin the game.

XbhaskarX

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Demaar — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:13:10 MST

@Ken Hikari:
There was nothing but love for the game until Microsoft decided to chuck it at people for free. I guess when MS devalued the game, the opinions of gamers dropped with the price?

Anyway, the game is fun for a freebie, but there's no chance in hell I'm plonking down cash on the expansion. Hell, this is the same price as the Mass Effect DLC.

Demaar

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Ken Hikari — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:25:50 MST

Why so much hate for this game? I had no idea there were so many negative people around here.

The game is no Mona Lisa, but it's fun and has some good multiplayer going for it, especially co-op.

Seriously you guys, it was free.

Ken Hikari

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DarkHogosha — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:56:46 MST

Good god, you guys are mean. I've had a blast with the thing. Not sure if I'm getting the expansion, but it's still a fun game.

DarkHogosha

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Duoae — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:33:23 MST

@Korbei: @DaiMacculate:

QFT...

How annoyingly Microsoft-like of Microsoft...

Duoae

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Ryumeka — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:10:43 MST

I'll just wait till there's more Live problems and MS give this away for free.

Ryumeka

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CanaryWundaboy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:57:16 MST

I have 200/200....so Ill be saving my 400 points for the Mass Effect DLC.

CanaryWundaboy

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Wubbytoes — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:36:00 MST

I had a lot of fun with Undertow. I will probably get this eventually.

Wubbytoes

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LORDofDANCE — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:19:23 MST

Undertow is decent when you're board. Not so much when you have other options.

If more people played online it will be alright, but there's only about 4 on at any given time. And that's not an exaggeration.

LORDofDANCE

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Rajio — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:14:43 MST

$5? No thanks. I'd be happier WITH the money.

Rajio

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Perdew — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:52:47 MST

@Korbei:

Yea that was my initial reaction. Also my lasting reaction.

Perdew

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Hagame — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:43:35 MST

Ahh, so there is a reason that MS gave this specific game away for free. It's much easier to sell an expansion pack for a game thats not selling if people have it downloaded

Hagame

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ShaggE — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:33:52 MST

Meh. I got sick of it after I finished the first campaign. Even the multiplayer bores me to tears.

ShaggE

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crapsh00t — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:26:04 MST

This just pisses me off because it reminds me of the time I got to endure the Xbox Live outage but then had my 360 in for repairs while Undertow was free to download. An unfortunate sequence of events, because the game looks cool.

crapsh00t

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godhandiscen — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:24:04 MST

Its an amazing game, but there are far better shooters out there. Sorry.

godhandiscen

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Luis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:16:23 MST

@GamerStuff: Based on that logic you must own 15 PS3's.

Luis

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Gex — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:15:05 MST

@GamerStuff:
Great for you then to be $10 poorer just to teach us a lesson, I think you may have to buy more copies since it takes a while for me to learn.

Gex

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Erwin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:10:11 MST

@The Cat With Two Heads: Whooo! Big nostalgia trip there. Head spinning so fast...

Erwin

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jslay012 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:09:52 MST

@Korbei: Bingo! I was thinking the same thing. Really makes the whole "free game as an apology" seem kind of dirty now...

jslay012

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Mr. Mastodon Farm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:04:08 MST

Did they use a Yak Back to record the voices and sound effects for this game?

Mr. Mastodon Farm

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GamerStuff — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:02:48 MST

what is wrong with you people? Is it really that crazy for a game developer to try to make money off of their game? Or, is it beyond your understanding that it costs a lot of money to make a game like Undertow? You have people complaining about MS for the game gave for FREE and others complaining the developer is charging for an expansion pack.

I'm buying two copies - just to make up for the harrassment these companies have to put up with from these boards!

GamerStuff

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MrBionic — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:59:59 MST

@Erwin: Oh.. oops. I stand corrected.

MrBionic

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Vexorg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:52:56 MST

I think that the game looks OK, but you've got a severe mismatch of style (2D arena shooter) and gameplay mechanics (better suited to a FPS style game) that result in an end product that just isn't all that entertaining.

Vexorg

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wired_fenix — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:46:55 MST

Man... Lots of Undertow hate going on in here...

I bought Undertow day one and have enjoyed it very much despite not spending a ton of time with it. will definitely take a look at the X-pack.

Oh, any word on if they add new achievements Crecente?

wired_fenix

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yashichi8bit — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:39:05 MST

Boring game.

yashichi8bit

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OtherAdam — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:38:44 MST

Undertow isn't bad for what it is but it in no way warrents a $5 expansion pack, imo. MS is really pushing it with their DLC pricing scheme.

OtherAdam

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Sandbox_Emperor — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:37:46 MST

underwhelming game IMO, so I'll pass

Sandbox_Emperor

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Erwin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:34:43 MST

@Fyren: I was lucky enough to get ONE achievement in Yaris. I took my five points and happily never played it again. So tell me MS: Why the hell is crap like that on marketplace but distilled awesome like Dishwasher isn't out yet?

Erwin

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ExistentialEgg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:33:09 MST

a shame people didn't like this one. I bought it back when it first came out, one of the better XBLA games I've played. And THEN I got reimbursed for my purchase from the holiday lag.

This wasn't some crappy game tossed out to make some cash, you can tell when playing it that a lot of love went into making it.

It makes me feel like i'm 11 years old playing with toy boats in the bathtub, just good old fun.

ExistentialEgg

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BlazinNoni — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:29:49 MST

@Lemming To The Sea: same here m8.

BlazinNoni

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Gadgetron — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:28:57 MST

even for free this game sucks.

Gadgetron

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MoarFightos — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:28:47 MST

Ah, so here's why they gave it away for free.

MoarFightos

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NPlace — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:22:00 MST

I felt like there was a solid idea there, but for some reason I could never really tell what was going on. Maybe it's because I'm terrible at the multiplayer and can never tell what's going on.

NPlace

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Quasimodo X — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:21:45 MST

Reminds me of Gunstar Heros.

Quasimodo X

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Fyren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:20:53 MST

@Erwin: Not only of its horrible quality. I haven't been able to unlock a single achievement :/

Fyren

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DaiMacculate — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:19:33 MST

Heh, yeah it become more clear why they gave it away... ;)

DaiMacculate

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Luis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:18:44 MST

It all makes sense now.

MS: Hey Chair Development (Undertow developer), can we give your game away for free?
CD: Um, no. It didn't sell well in the first place.
MS: Well, if you gave the game away you could ADD an expansion pack and then more people would have the OPTION to buy the pack for 400 points rather than the game for 800.
CD: Do you think we'll make it on the top 10 most played games of the week?
MS: Let's not get crazy now.

Luis

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johnnylineup — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:17:39 MST

Not to be a downer but in all honesty I wouldn't download this if they were offering it for free again, I just deleted the full game from my hard drive after getting my free copy from MS because well, it kinda sucked.

johnnylineup

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Erwin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:16:35 MST

@MrBionic: You didn't play Yaris, did you?

Erwin

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3BD — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:15:34 MST

Seems like a great way for MS to pay back the company for giving the damn game away. I hope they at least waived the publishing fee...

3BD

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Erwin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:15:28 MST

I think it's a pretty underrated game and new content is always cool.
By the way, 400 MS points are exactly $5. The conversion works out to 80 = $1
But since you have to buy points in groups of 500 ($6.25), it's all bull anyway.

Erwin

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Korbei — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:35 MST

And you thought they gave away Undertow for free as a gracious apology for the Live problems.. No no! Its because there werent any owners of the game to download the expansion apparently already in development at the time. Now thousands of people will buy the expansion based soley on the fact that they never had to pay for the original anyway, so they might as well upgrade it for a couple bucks.

Korbei

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rotcepsurt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:33 MST

I need to try this game out. I downloaded it free after the Xbox Live issues over the holidays, but I've heard it's pretty mediocre at best.

rotcepsurt

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MrBionic — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:32 MST

An expansion pack for a game nobody really cares about.

Well.. ok.. mostly only I didn't care about. Worst... free game.. EVAR

MrBionic

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Lemming To The Sea — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:12:04 MST

I still need to play the free full version I downloaded...

Lemming To The Sea

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Sam Smith — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:11:32 MST

I got Undertow for free but really didnt like it. I dunno if theres something I'm just not getting but I got bored off my arse pretty quickly and havnt played it again since.

Sam Smith

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Fyren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:10:35 MST

I did receive undertow for free. I'll throw down for the expansion. it will motivate me to finally get 10,000 kills.

Fyren