If you like shelling out money for JPEGs, then you'll drop your trousers with delight with the news that a funky Crackdown theme is now available for your Xbox 360. It can be yours for the silly price of 240 Microsoft Points, and those who buy it are guaranteed to have something to look at for five seconds before getting bored.
I remenber when themes were not only cheaper, but better. It seems to be that these "premium" themes aren't really very good, especially as half of the Xbox background is taken up by some big curved thing. The only place where premium themes look interesting is the the friends list, and even then, it's much easier to use the Guide Button to look up friends, so it barely gets looked at.
Again, I must say that paying more money for a lesser quality product is not a "new" Xbox Experience. Not new at all.
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8:20 AM on 05.15.2009
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I barely use my 360 now because of this lame "experience"
It's about avatars, isn't it?
Because I would for sure do it for free (both Braid and Crackdown themes), but having to pay my precious microsoft moon moneys for it offends me.
again, Yes. (although, I still wouldn't pay $3 for it)
What's the most I'm on the Dashboard, 2 minutes? FUCK THAT. And for a game that's 2 years old? Fail.
I really liked Crackdown but am not currently in the market for any ancilliary, Crackdown branded, virtual crap. When you actually have some more Crackdown gameplay content for me, either though DLC (the harpoon gun was awfully nice but what have you done for me lately) or an actual new Crackdown game then by all means let me know.
In the meantime I'm buying inFamous and Prototype and Red Faction:Guerilla because Volition, Sucker Punch, and Radical seem to genuinely WANT my money enough to produce games that convey essential elements of "Crackdown-ness" rather than offering mere empty rederences.
Also, I've been stealing lawn furniture out of people's yards lately.