Before we even start -- yes, you can get the following Xbox games from either your online or B&M store of choice for a much lower price than Xbox Originals charges. However, when you factor in the sheer convenience of the downloadable service, it's really not so terrible.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points each come this Monday. Since I've played no more than a whopping 10 minutes of Chaos Theory, I'm going to take this opportunity to pimp Metal Arms instead.
To make a long story short, Metal Arms is a clever, humorous, all-around challenging (General Corrosive is so cheap) third-person shooter that didn't do nearly as well commercially as it did critically. If you haven't gotten to play it yet, there's simply no reason why you shouldn't download it on Monday.
Hell, even Lord Sterling loves it.
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2:57 PM on 04.15.2008
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Also, chaos theory was the ONLY good Splinter Cell game. The rest were garbage imo.
At least play it if you like Ratchet and Clank style gameplay because it's very similar in it's humor, controls, and weapons. What's different is this game is WAY more challenging and I mean that in a good way. When you beat a particularly difficult spot it's because you found the perfect way to use your weapons, the environment, and your enemies to win.
"I can't jump up there, it's too high!"
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Classic...
buying this manaana
Also @ Rainbowblack saying Manana (sound so cute)
that was kind of gay now...
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It was a damn shame it didn't sell.
also, random trivia about metal arms:
1. The developer is swinging ape, the guys who went on to work on that Starcraft:Ghost game that never came out...
2. Patrick Warburton (family guy) and Dan Castellaneta (simpsons) do voices in the game.
3.I'm in the credits under testers :D
The guy who worked on it emailed me after my BBL on it. He wanted to make a trilogy, but Vivendi screwed him over on rights, so yeah, we'll never see another sequel thanks to them, most likely.
sweet!
game testing FTW!
That doesn't surprise me. The game basically had 0 marketing push behind it and thus, noone knew about it till it already failed.
There was a sequel on the slate for quite a while and those who knew me back in QA remember my outrage when we saw a big ol CANCELED beside it.
In sum, I'll have to give this game a try, and see what I've missed.
So badass, so very badass. Hated the driving level(s?) though.
My one cinplaint os that you'll noptice tearing but I'll accept a little tearing for 60 pfs. Bioshock does the same at an unlocked framerate btu I still think it feels better.