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snowpork
07/14/11 7:02:00 PM
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Bastion seemed rather intriguing, and I'm sure I could find enjoyment from From Dust. I'll have to heavily consider that promotion.

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Icehawk
07/14/11 7:04:00 PM
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Bastion: July 20th: 1200 Points

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/53656/bastion-e3-2011-interview/

From Dust: July 27th: 1200 Points


Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet: Aug 3rd: 1200 Points



Fruit Ninja Kinext: Aug 10th: 800 Points


Toy Soldiers: Cold War: Aug 17th: 1200 Points



-Bastion is an action RPG with amazing art and a narrator describing your every move, it has a lot of other neat small touches that really look cool. If you are interested, Giant Bomb has some long episodes where they talk about the game with Greg Kasavin and crew, and they also take you inside their little home studio, pretty interesting look at the game and game development itself.

-From Dust is a god game, looks really beautiful and interesting. You use the elements to stop natural disasters from OWNING your people basically. They have a quick look at Giant Bomb, and they seem to love it so far.

-ITSP aka TRANNY HYPE MACHINE. Another big Metroid/Castlevania type game, this time WITH A SPACE SHIP. It's being animated by a former pixar guy or something, and it looks freaking amazing. Watch both trailers and odds are you will be impressed.

-Fruit Ninja Kinect is exactly what it sounds like! If you have a Kinect, might just be worth it.

-Toy Soldiers: Cold War is the sequel to the super popular original. Seems to have improved gameplay, and cool new mini game modes, and some other stuff. If you liked the first, you'll probably like it!

and if you buy all 5 (which sucks, since there is a Kinect Title in there), you get Crimson Alliance (modern successor to Gauntlet) for free on Sep 7th when it comes out.

Also, XBL Rewards is running a promotion where if you buy 2 games worth 800 points or more in July (so ms splosion man counts towards it too if you are signed up), you get 200 MSP, which helps make up for the summer of arcade bonus, so if you plan on buying Bastion and From Dust, I highly rec you sign up.

http://rewards.xbox.com/

If you don't own an Xbox and are curious about the titles, Bastion is coming to PC near the end of the year, ITSP seems to be XBLA exclusive as of now, From Dust is coming to the PC the same day and the PS3 later this year, Fruit Ninja Kinect and Toy Soldiers are XBLA exclusive.

WHO IS PUMPED.

ps buy ms splosion man

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TeeVeeDinner
07/14/11 7:21:00 PM
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Last year I bought all the Summer of Arcade games but this year is looking like probably only two. Sort of wish I could find a Kinect laying around, Fruit Ninja would be fun with friends over.

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Icehawk
07/14/11 7:37:00 PM
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what are you buying besides Bastion TeeVee?

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Icehawk
07/14/11 7:57:00 PM
#5:


woooo

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TeeVeeDinner
07/14/11 11:06:00 PM
#6:


From Dust and maybe Toy Soliders.

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Icehawk
07/15/11 12:02:00 AM
#7:


no interest in ITSP!?!?

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TeeVeeDinner
07/15/11 7:58:00 AM
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Not really and I'm not really sure why.

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beavis666x2
07/15/11 8:08:00 AM
#9:


The From Dust quick look was awesome, so I'll probably get that. Bastion looks awesome, so I'll probably get that as well.. Didn't like the first toy soldier and don't have kinect. ITSP looks okay, but I'm not completely sold on it yet. The song in the trailer is awesome though.

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TeeVeeDinner
07/15/11 9:16:00 AM
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I want the Bastion guy's voice.

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KCF0107
07/15/11 11:02:00 AM
#11:


From Dust and Toy Soldiers are the only ones that I am really interested in. I am on the fence with Shadow Planet. I will need to see more on that one

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transience
07/15/11 11:04:00 AM
#12:


hey, good topic. you put effort into this one!

I'm going to try Bastion's demo because what I've seen so far has been completely unimpressive for me. usually this kind of thing appeals to me more than the rest but I can't even bother to pay attention in quick looks or trailers. maybe the demo convinces me otherwise.

I'll probably buy ITSP. the rest are a pass even if they are quality.

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The Mana Sword
07/15/11 11:53:00 AM
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"Action RPG" is almost enough to get me interested in Bastion on its own, though I'll have to try the demo.

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ZFS
07/15/11 11:59:00 AM
#14:


From Dust the only good looking one.

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Icehawk
07/15/11 1:07:00 PM
#15:


are you saying I don't put effort into my other XBLA topics tranny? lol.

and yeah the bastion launch trailer rules, I was going to post it!

Didn't you like Outland a lot ZFS? Why not ITSP? I can sort of understand people not being interested in Bastion if the narrator aspect doesn't immediately grab them, but ITSP just looks great.

The other 2 are the more "casual" ones, so I'm not sure how much B8 will be into them.

out of curiosity tranny, you gonna get fruit ninja MR. KINECT OWNER? >_>

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Icehawk
07/15/11 3:23:00 PM
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wooo

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DigitalIncision
07/15/11 3:29:00 PM
#17:


Was there ever anything else on Dust: An Elysian Tale? :[

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DigitalIncision
07/15/11 3:34:00 PM
#18:


Oh and the guy in the video for the From Dust preview is annoying. He has no idea how to read from a script at all and I want to punch him.

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transcience
07/15/11 3:46:00 PM
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Dust isn't coming out this year.

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DigitalIncision
07/15/11 3:57:00 PM
#20:


why not

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ZFS
07/15/11 4:00:00 PM
#21:


Icehawk posted...
Didn't you like Outland a lot ZFS? Why not ITSP? I can sort of understand people not being interested in Bastion if the narrator aspect doesn't immediately grab them, but ITSP just looks great.

I don't think there's too much overlap between Outland and ITSP. Outland wasn't a Metroidvania, it was basically an action platformer. I like Metroid, but that formula is very hit-or-miss outside of that series. ITSP is one of those games that's just not up my alley.

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Icehawk
07/15/11 4:12:00 PM
#22:


It had pretty much all the same elements, finding powers, getting stronger, backtracking, hidden stuff/exploration.

you just aren't interested because it's xbox only! LOLOL

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ZFS
07/15/11 4:18:00 PM
#23:


Backtracking / exploration was minimal in Outland, unless you were trying for all the Money Vases and Tokens. It's like saying Outland and Shadow Complex are the same!

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Icehawk
07/15/11 4:25:00 PM
#24:


CONVENIENTLY IGNORES MY XBOX STATEMENT HMMM

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transience
07/15/11 4:34:00 PM
#25:


you haven't played Shadow Complex! it's the same as Outland.

Dust is just one guy so development is very slow.

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DigitalIncision
07/15/11 4:38:00 PM
#26:


From: transience | #025
you haven't played Shadow Complex! it's the same as Outland.

Dust is just one guy so development is very slow.


Alright, I was just making sure there weren't any "issues"

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Icehawk
07/15/11 6:13:00 PM
#27:


MS signed "Skulls of the Shogun" to an exclusive agreement today, it's a cool looking strategy game coming to XBLA.

reading the article made me think, MS doesn't seem to have tons of interest in getting tons of exclusive retail games, but man they put a lot of stock and effort into the digital download stuff. I wonder what makes them do that. I don't have a problem with it at all, it's just an interesting strategy, I can't imagine it's as profitable...

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ZFS
07/15/11 6:16:00 PM
#28:


You have a very broad definition of "Metroidvania" if you consider Outland one, I think!

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Icehawk
07/15/11 6:17:00 PM
#29:


Outland is definitely unique, but seriously, it has every mechanic that is in those games. I'm just saying I would hope you would at least try out the demo for it, since you like something similar (WHETHER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT)

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YetAnothrShadow
07/15/11 6:23:00 PM
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YetAnothrShadow
07/15/11 6:24:00 PM
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ZFS
07/15/11 6:30:00 PM
#32:


I don't have anything against ITSP, and I might try the demo sometime if I remember, but I don't think it looks all that appealing. Outland doesn't even factor in here - it's not the sane type of game!

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Icehawk
07/15/11 8:42:00 PM
#33:


and yetanothershadow's posts were NEVER KNOWN TO THE WORLD

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Icehawk
07/16/11 1:19:00 PM
#34:


only 4 days! thank god for ms splosion man to occupy me in the meantime.

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Icehawk
07/16/11 3:36:00 PM
#35:


I was kinda hopin thered be a quick look of bastion by now, but I guess they have showed a lot of it already in their video series >_>

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TeeVeeDinner
07/16/11 4:55:00 PM
#36:


There's a little something about Bastion on the xbox dashboard. Pretty much the same news though. I hope I can beat MSM before it comes out! I can't play too much of it though, it gets rough sometimes.

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Icehawk
07/16/11 5:27:00 PM
#37:


man, I get pretty into MSM. a few levels have taken me like 20 minutes and Im still engaged, I just love the gameplay.

PS, Teevee, do you have XBL gold? I need a MSM co-op partner!

time to go check out the dashboard bastion stuff!

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TeeVeeDinner
07/16/11 5:32:00 PM
#38:


I have gold, my gamertag is Flanberry.

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Icehawk
07/16/11 7:19:00 PM
#39:


I'll have to add you!

The Inside Xbox video of Bastion was pretty cool. Just glad to see it gettin dat hype. I really hope it sells well, which I imagine it will, being a summer of arcade title.

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Icehawk
07/17/11 11:16:00 AM
#40:


Building the Bastion:

Part 2: http://www.giantbomb.com/building-the-bastion-part-02/17-3563/
Part 3: http://www.giantbomb.com/building-the-bastion-part-03/17-3735/
Part 4: http://www.giantbomb.com/building-the-bastion-part-04/17-3959/
Part 5: http://www.giantbomb.com/building-the-bastion-part-05/17-4178/

if you are interested (cant find part 1) pretty interesting video series for Bastion itself and game development.

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TeeVeeDinner
07/17/11 11:31:00 AM
#41:


The ESRB scene of part 5 is pretty interesting, what a hassle for a developer.

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Icehawk
07/17/11 1:47:00 PM
#42:


yeah the ESRB, and the "certification" stuff too, part 5 is a pretty interesting look at some things you might not think about in game development. lol guitar hero controllers

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Icehawk
07/17/11 2:48:00 PM
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hopefully some bastion reviews start coming in tomorrow

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Icehawk
07/17/11 5:14:00 PM
#44:


Deal of the Week is both the GTA4 add ons, plus GTA: SA, not bad.,

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ZFS
07/17/11 5:16:00 PM
#45:


anything involving gta4 isn't much of a deal tbqh

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Icehawk
07/17/11 5:25:00 PM
#46:


lolol

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Icehawk
07/17/11 6:59:00 PM
#47:


me and koolaid just played MSM co-op.

friggin awesome. it has the title for co-op game of the year so far for me (trenched was winning before)

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DigitalIncision
07/17/11 7:12:00 PM
#48:


GTA4 was so awful. Ugh

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Icehawk
07/18/11 5:46:00 AM
#49:


Oh I didn't know Giant Bomb wasn't doing a Bastion review, I guess that makes sense. I'm hoping the reviews pop up today... I feel like they did around mid-day monday last week for MSM

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Icehawk
07/18/11 9:51:00 AM
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so ready for bastion augh

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