X06 - Huge Announcements!

[Peanut]

So it looks like we've got the final big to-do in the videogame industry before the big holiday season. Microsoft's X06. There's expected to be a ton of pretty big announcements in the next couple days for the 360.

In particular the guys at Bungie have some stuff to announce. My guess is it'll have something to do with the Halo brand extending. Maybe they'll announce the Halo RTS that's been talked so much about. There were some guys making one as a C&C mod. Bungie told them to stop, then hired all of the devs to go work for them, so I think there's something to that. Maybe even the Halo MMO that's been hinted at.

We're also finally going to get to see the good stuff. Not that TGS wasn't a decent show, but that crap isn't my cup of tea. We're probably going to hear more about Gears of War as it gears up (horrible pun intended) for it's November release. We'll get to see some stuff about the localized Sonic. Apparently that white hedgehog's name is Silver. :dead: There's been talk of Rockstar showing up to shed some light on the long hidden GTA4 as well.

Ubisoft is another to keep an eye on. They've got the new Rainbow game, which harkens back to the original RS3, one of the better Xbox online shooters. I'm super hopeful we'll get some news on Assassians Creed. All the signs are there, let's hope Ubi pulls it off. Then of course there's the rumor that we'll be hearing from my main man, the Prince of Persia. News is some of those leaks were from a Ubisoft showing for X06. I hope that's true.

In terms of some exclusive 360 stuff, we're finally going to get to see some more on Mass Effect. I watched a demo/video thing for it on the newest OXM game disc...lets just say I nearly exploded...in my pants. Then you've got Too Human and...VIVA PINATA! Reports are it actually plays kind of fun. Weird. And one of the bigger things is that Rare is rumored to be getting ready to show something off, and rumors are it's not going to be a new IP, but a return to an older franchise. I cross everything possible on my body, hoping that it's either a new Banjo-Kazooie or Conker. Please God, please!

So basically, I'm really excited for X06. Leaps and bounds beyond TGS. Anyone else looking forward to this show?

[Barkworm]

Kind of. I'd like to know how (or if) Too Human has improved since E3. The Rare announcement also sounds interesting.

[Peanut]

That's it? GO BACK TO TOKYO!

Edit: A big one here. I just jumped on my 360, Microsoft updated their "Bringing It Home" section on the marketplace with some stuff. There's some new videos for various things, a Lego Star Wars 2 demo...and...a demo for the new Sonic! I'm about to play it and see how it is. I'll be back with impressions.

Just played Sonic...uh...yeah. Bad frame rate, clunky control, you fly off the level a lot...for no reason. Aside from Sonic it doesn't look that good. The stuff I predicted came true. Stupid level design, you need to stop and look around a bunch, which isn't helped by the god awful camera. We're talking worse than any other 3D sonic game here in terms of the camera. Music was bad...just nothing was good about it. Didn't even seem to go very fast. It was a short demo. That junglish ruins type place. Completely underwhelming. This is just the demo though. Let's hope they fix it up. :(

Edit 2: There's just so much crap going on right now...from all over the place. I don't know what to make of it, but this show will be insane!

The press conference is about to start. Word is there's a weird electricity in the room. Like a crazy vibe. Exciting.

[Peanut]

DOUBLE POST FOR AWESOME! WE'VE GOT A NEW BANJO-KAZOOIE COMING TO THE 360!

Thank you, Rare. Thank you.

Edit: The whole press conference will be availble on XBL later. Awesome.

The original DOOM set to be released for XBLA. Online deathmatch included. Releases tonight! Wow.

More XBLA announcements. Contra, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Small Arms, Gyrus, TotemBall, Defender, Assault Heroes, Heavy Weapon, Settlers of Catan.

Talking about GTA4 now. They're talking about how it's going to have 2 episodes with hours of gameplay on XBL, which will be exclusive to 360.

THEY'RE SHOWING A LIVE ASSASSINS CREED DEMO! Jesus Christ. This game is INSANE! Ok. Assassins Creed is going to be the best game ever made.

They showed a mega creepy video for Bioshock and now they're showing an extremely impressive Lost Odyssey demo. The crowd is eating this stuff up.

Square has announced they're supporting the 360 as much as PS3 and Wii.

Splinter Cell has been named as an Xbox 360 exclusive franchise. Microsoft is coming out swinging.

They annouced their HD-DVD player for 360. $199.99 USD. Amazing! It also comes bundled with a 360 remote control and King Kong on HD-DVD. They're just sticking up everyone ass so HARD.

They just dropped an exclusive 360/Games for Windows MMO...based on Marvel. Holy sh*t.

Peter Jackson came out. He's working with Bungie on something that isn't the Halo movie. For 360 and Xbox Live. I don't even know.

They just showed an AMAZING trailer for Halo Wars, a Halo RTS by the looks of it. F*cking insane!

What a conference. Holy sh*t.

http://www.halowars.com/trailer.html Halo Wars trailer.

[Spitfire]

Alright kicking it up a notch. Microsoft sure knows how to make me a proud 360 owner.

There are also rumors flying around about a new Killer Instinct.

[Mecha Cow]

Looks like Microsoft is eager to take Sony down. I'm still not really interested in the 360 personally, but they've come a long way since last gen and I applaud them.

[Spitfire]

They don't have to try very hard. Sony makes itself look bad virtually everyday.

[愛]

I watched this conference with Peanut earlier today, and sweet Jesus, was I blown away. Everything they have shown, from Assassin's Creed to Halo Wars, I was on the edge of my seat, screaming at my monitor, saying, "WHAT THE FU*K IS GOING ON HERE?!"

I had no idea they had this much stuff in development. I know I haven't been in the 360 circle (no pun intended), but I've been doing my best to keep up. Today, I was grabbed by the nuts and swirled around. Everything they have shown at the conference has purchase potential, granted I get a 360 come Christmas. Even if I don't, I'm gonna have to steal one or something, because there's no way I can miss out on any of the release titles coming up.

And Peanut pointed out at the beginning of the conference, they couldn't reveal some things until early 2007, meaning there's even bigger stuff coming. It's a good time to be a gamer, like everyone else has been saying. With such a big lineup coming, I laugh at Sony even being part of the future of gaming, especially with all of their mistakes recently. gg Sony. Go die in a PS3 fire.

[Peanut]

Looks like Microsoft is eager to take Sony down. I'm still not really interested in the 360 personally, but they've come a long way since last gen and I applaud them.

You don't know what you're missing. Honestly.

All these people who don't want to try new things...I don't know. I'm just glad I play everything I can get my hands on. It makes me an extremely happy game player.

[Spitfire]

Played the new Sonic demo...I personally hate Sonic games but the demo was small so I gave it a shot. Plus I got a friend whose a huge Sonic buff. Anyways I played it and beat it and it was pretty damn fun. I might rent the full version of wait for a price drop seems pretty intresting.

[Mecha Cow]

You don't know what you're missing. Honestly.

All these people who don't want to try new things...I don't know. I'm just glad I play everything I can get my hands on. It makes me an extremely happy game player.

It has absolutely nothing to do with not wanting to try new things. At the moment there just aren't many games for the system that interest me personally. It's that simple. Assuming I can afford it, I will get either a 360 or a PS3 at some point in the future, but not right now.

[Spitfire]

It has absolutely nothing to do with not wanting to try new things. At the moment there just aren't many games for the system that interest me personally. It's that simple. Assuming I can afford it, I will get either a 360 or a PS3 at some point in the future, but not right now.
Being a Nintendo fan I would think you'd be getting a Wii

[Mecha Cow]

I'm getting a Wii for sure, but I'd also like a 'normal' console with a bit of extra horsepower.

[Peanut]

There are videos up for a ton of the games shown at the keynote on XBL. Banjo Kazooie looks sooooo good. I was so happy to hear that theme song again.

Microsoft is really using XBL for some ground-breaking stuff. First those demo's from the show floor at E3. Now all brand new trailers and demo's from TGS and X06. Plus they're going to have the entire keynote available for download later on.

For anyone interested, DOOM is all up for download. I was going to get it, but my sister wasted all my points on that crappy SFII port. Ugh.

[Hannah]

Just played Sonic...uh...yeah. Bad frame rate, clunky control, you fly off the level a lot...for no reason. Aside from Sonic it doesn't look that good. The stuff I predicted came true. Stupid level design, you need to stop and look around a bunch, which isn't helped by the god awful camera. We're talking worse than any other 3D sonic game here in terms of the camera. Music was bad...just nothing was good about it. Didn't even seem to go very fast. It was a short demo. That junglish ruins type place. Completely underwhelming. This is just the demo though. Let's hope they fix it up. :(
Oh Jesus Christ. Secret Rings better be good, or I might just kill myself.



Go die in a PS3 fire.
roffles

[ThirdMarioBro]

Okay folks, been out of town, missed the whole damned thing. I'm just catching up. Dancing with the Stars is on, so I'll play the Sonic demo in an hour, but I'm pretty sure it's the exact same as the E3 demo, so keep that in mind.

Also.....BANJO FU*KING KAZOOIE!!!!!!!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwNdZ7lr_Y

And somebody has got to play me Doom tonight. I'll read the rest in a bit.

[Peanut]

Banjo Kazooie is the best announcement I could possibly ask for. I called either that or Conker, but deep inside I wanted Banjo Kazooie to be the one. Besides being one of my favourite N64 games, I just NEEDED a platformer. So badly did I need one. It's weird I'll be getting my fix from the 360.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Hahaha, Rare to the rescue. It'll be nice to see some "Non-Nintendo-N64-censorship" Banjo-Kazooie game. Damn that was a lot of hyphens. :lol:

Seriously, I've waiting for this since that damned rabbit in Banjo-Tooie started making "splashback" jokes. This is going to RULE. Mark me a 360 fanboy too. X06 put that sucker right under Nintendo for me.

[Kid Icarus]

Peter Jackson came out. He's working with Bungie on something that isn't the Halo movie. For 360 and Xbox Live. I don't even know.


Everything is pretty damn cool, aside from this.

Oh, and Banjo Kazooie... great. Hopefuly RARE can make it a not-so-tedious collecting game.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I don't see why everyone complains about the collect-a-thons. They were fun than the brawling in Kameo. I hope they don't change a damn thing.

[Peanut]

I don't see why everyone complains about the collect-a-thons. They were fun than the brawling in Kameo. I hope they don't change a damn thing.

Agreed X10! I want a game just like BK1 and 2, but with a ton more levels. Man, I'm so hyped for this and we haven't even seen gameplay yet. I must have watched the trailer about 20 times already on my 360.

The only news out of this event so far to kind of irked me was the announcement of Guitar Hero 2 coming to the 360. GH to the 360, I don't mind, but GH2 to the 360....DAMN IT! I just spent $70+ USD on a new wireless GH guitar for my PS2, and then this news hits? Now I'm up in there air on if I'll buy the PS2 version, then get the 360 version when it comes out, or just buy one version. I guess it all depends on the release of the 360 version. If it's coming half a year or a year down the line, I'll get the PS2 version and then the 360 version, but if the 360 version is coming in a month or two, no GH2 on PS2 for me. Guitar Hero + XBL Marketplace + DLC = Heaven.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Who would've thought XBL would become such a kickass thing in such a short time.

[Peanut]

XBL has been kickass since it started on Xbox, but 360 has taken it to an un-seen level.

[The Clerk]

XBL has been kickass since it started on Xbox, but 360 has taken it to an un-seen level.


agreed.

I just got trying out the Sonic demo and I agree with Peanut.... I kept falling off the level for no reason what-so-ever and such. Now I'm DLing the SmackDown! vs RAW 07 demo!! :D :D :D :D :D

[Peanut]

YEAH! I'm in the middle of downloading that too. Microsoft has made me more excited about the future of the 360 than the launch of the Wii. I can't believe I'm saying it, but it's true.

[Kid Icarus]

I don't see why everyone complains about the collect-a-thons. They were fun than the brawling in Kameo. I hope they don't change a damn thing. Banjo Kazooie did it right. Donkey Kong 64 didn't. DK64 came after Banjo Tooie, so it wouldn't supprise me if the design of DK64 sticks.

Then again, with all the bitching about having run the same courses five times each in DK64 I'd hope RARE learned something. As it stands, Banjo is one of the games I'll eventually get, when I have enough cash for a 360.

[Peanut]

Yeah, DK64 was over-board on the collecting crap. It also just wasn't as good as Banjo in many respects. BK had it right I thought. I'm just itching to catch me some Jinjo's. I wish they would release the first one on XBLA or something. That would be INSANE!

[Duke]

I wish they would release the first one on XBLA or something. That would be INSANE!I'd be all over that in a heart beat.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Uhhh, no. Banjo-Tooie came after DK64 if memory serves. BK came in '98, DK64 in '99, and Tooie in 2000.

[Peanut]

Yeah, BK2 came after DK64. DK64 in 99' and BK2 in 2000. DK64 was really the only down point in Rare's 64 career, and even that wasn't bad. I enjoyed it, they just went a bit crazy with collecting things.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I don't see why people complain about the collecting aspect in the old Rare games. DK64 was overkill, so people grouped them all together and bitched relentlessly. If people want to condemn all of them, then put Mario 64 with the lot. You went around collecting Power Stars. A game has to have some motivating factor, and Rare chose collectables. Banjo-Kazooie was the perfect balance. It had adventure, action, platforming, puzzle solving, and collecting. I enjoyed the crap out of finding the musical notes and Jiggies.

Tooie was just as good, but I loved wandering about the Witch's lair. It was one of the few hub worlds that in a game that was basically a stage in itself.

[Kid Icarus]

Either way, BK > DK64, and it's going to be one of the games I'll buy with my 360. I'm going to hold out on a price drop still, though. And for my roommates to get a HD set.

[The Clerk]

just got done playing the SD!vsRAW07 demo and wow.... simply.... wow. It's beautiful. You can only play as Triple H and Kane but the entrances are breath taking, the more you move the more sweat you get, and what I liked was when you make someone bleed on the forehead the blood will slowly run down their faces and onto their chests. Everyone; go DL it.

[Peanut]

I haven't played it yet, but I will soon. I was watching the live demo of it on On The Spot and wasn't too impressed. They still seem to move like robots, float across the ring, and clip through everything. I was kind of expecting more from a next-gen wrestling game.

[The Clerk]

just wait till you play it... it's awesome. Very VERY nice.


...and... I DLed the demo for FUZION FRENZY 2!!!! :) :)

[Stimor]

a halo mod for zero hour (c&c!) was ended by microsoft right before it was complete (and it was going to be the prettiest, niftiest mod for the game from what people saw!) which was a bummer and an extremely bizarre action. now a week or two later microsoft announces their halo rts, that seems kind of weird and mean ._.

[ThirdMarioBro]

It was a good buisness decision though. Here's hoping some underground people finish it anyway.

[Peanut]

I already mentioned that earlier in the thread. They hired some of those guys developing it and threw them in to help Ensemble with Halo Wars.

Anyways, played SvsR2007. They really did an awesome job this year. I'm still kind of iffy on some of the animations and stuff, but the game plays great, which is the most important part. I love all the new context sensitive stuff. Such as pulling off the turnbuckle pad, or crotching them on the ropes and shaking it up and down. The controls aren't very n00b friendly, but it doesn't take all that long to get the hang of. I was whooping down on Kane after getting destroyed the first two matches. I agree that the blood and sweat are really cool. It's kind of disappointing that everything still disappears though. Watching some of the tutorial videos really got me excited for the full version of the game. Looks like it's going to be a ton of fun.

[The Clerk]

I love all the new context sensitive stuff. Such as pulling off the turnbuckle pad,



that was in the last SD!vsRAW game. :D


but yeah, I like how you can rip off the announce tables monitors and such. This game is going to rule and if you ain't down with that, I've got TWO WORDS FOR YA.....

[Peanut]

Oh, was it? Sorry. I haven't played a wrestling game in God knows how many years. Probably not since RAW 2 on Xbox and Here Comes The Pain, or something...they all kinda ran together, on PS2. I used to be huge into them when I was big into wrestling.

I say with complete and utter confidence, and this is rare, because I don't like competitive games and I'm rarely any good at them, but I can kick anyones ass in the old 64 games. I was unstoppable. I was to the point where I was banned from competing in tournaments at a couple of local, and now defunct, videogame places, because no one else had a chance in hell of winning. I've been pretty crappy at every wrestling game since though. :(