Considering it's generally free to game on a PC and it costs money to play on Xbox Live, it only stands to reason that a free PC game should also appear on Xbo LIVE Arcade for a fee. Yes, Tik Games has finally officially announced a "sequel" to Minesweeper, known as Minesweeper Flags. Now the staple of my Windows 32 childhood can return for cold, hard cash.
Team Xbox has gone hands-on with the game and returned with the following information:
Campaign Mode is a series of 140 of these terrain-based boards spread across the seven continents. You start with North America, which gives you boards surrounded by wildlife (such as bears and deer), a lake with a boat and similar views. When you get to South America, the boards have grass that’s a bit more scarce with such visuals as stone statues, cactus and grazing llama. When you get to the last puzzles in Antarctica, the whole terrain is covered with snow, with buildings, penguins and snowmobiles dotting the landscape.
Certainly a little more evolved from a bunch of grey blocks and a little yellow smiley face, but even so ... Minesweeper. I somehow don't think it will have quite the artistic and emotional impact that Braid had, to be honest.
Still, you never know.
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8:59 AM on 08.13.2008
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Why aren't you on GoogleTalk? You're clearly on the Internet. Also, what time should I get to your place tomorrow before we head out to meet Rocky and Blindside?
That said, if points were awarded for getting villagers and their herds of animals across the board without being maimed or blown into a fine, bloody mist I might be interested. Extreme violence makes anything more fun!
Who the hell is THAT fucking stupid to pay for this when it comes on hundereds of millions of computers all around the world, already installed, available for nothing, with better controls.
I do hope humanity is not that stupid to actually buy this shit.
Still wouldn't pay money for it though.
@njskora
Most American's don't use MSN remember, but indeed Minesweeper Flags is a great game.
And where the hell is my Minesweeper the Movie!?!
If this came as a free download in a special edition pack or something, I'd cry. So paying for would make me hand myself.
Thank god I only download Rock Band songs. I'm hardcore.
If this was April the 1st than I honestly would not believe it.
TBH you know what this means too...
Next time Xbox live goes down and people cry for there money back for that time period and XBL says that peeps can have a free game instead.... guess what they shall be giving you as compensation? Yup, this!
FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP
I can see it now this is the next UNO.
@ Cube
Could you go fanboy up Gamefaqs or some shit? Jesus Christ.
Also, this wouldn't be a bad thing, if they pumped it full of features. I can download a dozen Pac-Man clones, but none of them offer what Championship Edition offers. If they want to sell common games, they need to beef them up with special features.
But then, playing with the analog stick will kill my best times.
Mine has naked chicks. Advantage: me.