March 4th 2009 11:35 am PT

Download doesnt work
And thats for 1600 Points, waht a service!

Nothing there, no demo, and the full game is locked, great…

why do the street fighter outfit packs never get posted on here ?

on xbox.com is the game listet for 1200 points???
http://www.xbox.com/de-DE/games/w/watchmenteinxboxlivearcade/
and u cant add it to your queue
whats going on?

There is a new blade Major Nelson is testing that lists all marketplace content…at the top of the screen hit “marketplace” and everything is listed there. I knew the game was supposed to be short, and I considered it a rip off, but WOW…1600 pts and you don’t even get to play! That’s an new all time low!!! Still not interested, even if they do fix it.

yer i know, even there the street fighter packs are not listed.

I can’t download it either
I am pretty sure neither my account nor my presence is in Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Portugal…

I’m a big watchmen fan and may be tempted by this despite the price… if.. I…can..just…down..load…game… … … fail!

Oh, okay, I thought was just me with difficulties with the Watchmen file.

@Big Guino
I’ve only seen one set pack officially on Xbox Live for the females, but some people have posted the others that are supposedly coming for the guys on youtube. Some look awesome, while some are just “What were you thinking?” (i.e. Akuma, Vega, E.Honda) I wonder if Cammy will sport Jill Valentine’s Resident Evil outfit or Morrigan from Darkstalkers? Or if Chun Li have a shotokan uniform like Makoto from Third Strike?

There is nothing on the Marketplace right now. Major, what if you blogged on something that can actually be downloaded? OK, jokes aside, you should definitely check this out because it is just not there, nor the Trial or the Full Game. I’d also like to note that according to the New Arrivals there are 3 new trailers for the game which are also NOT there.

And to be exact, there’s the “Ascension: Halo Universe Expanded Act 3″ video in the New Arrivals, yet it’s NOT on the Marketplace.

Please, sort these out because it’s quite ridiculous to have this amount of errors on a paying service.

@warrenngonlune

theres 3 packs on the market place as of yesterday (brawler,Ryu / akuma pack and girl pack) non of them announced here, only one announce on dashboard.

Just find it funny that every thing else gets listed here but they don’t. Cammy has a blue navy uniform in the outfit pack, I already have that one.

woo looks like we have issues at micrsoft, xbox.com is sllllllllow now….

wow another 1600MSP~~~

it says 1200 on one page and 1600 on another the download link is up now and I have the points but Im not going to spend them unless microsoft sort it out whats it to be 1200 or 1600? I think you should look at all the comments surrounding this, its a popular title but not at 1600

Glad to see its downloadable now. Have been playing the demo from PSN and liking it, but wanted full version on 360.

Watchmen can’t be downloaded.

New videos can’t be downloaded.

XBLA Awards 2008 application says “no longer available”.

Riddick demo says “no longer available”.

Did LIVE just collapsed or what? Wake up, Xbox LIVE team!

How nice.. Arcade games is getting bigger and bigger.. Filesize on marketplace is 1GB..

Queued up the full version on xbox.com… now my 360 freezes when I turn it on…

awesome… well done….

Cant download it.
Statuscode: 800700e8

wahhhh :p downloading the trial now, and yes its 1600 points, but its also 1.35GB, we aren’t talking a regular “Arcade” game here

Did E forget to feed the hamsters before he went home last night though?

Theres really something going wrong on marketplace today.

Nite Owl – Trailer (SD) > works
Watchmen: The End is near – Trailer > works
Rorschach – Trailer (SD) > Statuscode: 8007065d
Testversion – Watchmen > Statuscode: 800700e8

Whats going on there?

so the trial wont download or add to the que…. thats funny.

btw: error i get on the website is

”
Sorry

This offer is not valid in your region, or it has expired.
“

I bet by the time the next Xbox comes out. We’ll have 4800 MS-point games in Xbox Live Arcade. They will justify it in some way. Especially in these troubled economic times and they keep raising the prices of stuff.

Yeah Boy, Testversion download works now for me

WTF? 1.35GB and you seriously call this an Arcade Game????? Get back real Arcade-games for real prices, because this shit is just a bad joke. And I don`t give a … how good this is. I will NEVER buy it.

@IconicSoulJA Prices are decided by the publishers, not by Microsoft, and I hope there are 4800p games, with 1000 gamer points up for grabs…they’ll be called full releases, and they should have started it ages ago :p

nice, problem solved. This demo better be awesome otherwise the price is gonna need adjusting.

Yea getting an error trying to download as well Major.

File size is a little ridiculous can understand the pricing as it does not look like a typical XBLA release but for the money and the gameplay length I may have to pass on this one. [Plus I need to free up some space geeze!]

Well started playing, thought it was pretty cool and as soon as it said end of trial buy now or return to menu, the situation required me to buy it I think MS Arcade games of this price should have more gamerpoints attached though 400-500 maybe

Not in Portugal ohoooo amazing just amazing.

So much for the XBLA file size limit…. this just killed it.

1600 MSP? This trial so better be worth the asking…

wow a 1GB XBLA trial???

crazy

Xbox Live itself is revolting against the price of Watchmen: The End is Nigh! It won’t function properly again until its reasonably priced…..

So there is a trial game available? I have some space bucks burning a hole in my pocket, but something tells me this is going to suck horribly.

@Big Guino
Cool. I still need to unlock Akuma, Gouken and Seth. I would do the cheesy youtube thing like a lot of other friends to beat Akuma on EASY with 1 Round, but I honestly find it easier to play 1 Round Battles on the Hardest setting, but then Seth (aka The Pizza Man – cause he brings SO MUCH CHEEZE to the fight) and he teleport-piledrives me-and then that kick to the neck with Gambit’s “Pick-a-Card”-like attack for multiple hits. I bought the Collector’s Edition, so I got the first Brawler Pack free – love Zangief’s jeans with the strap over the should like Hagar from Final Fight. Hmmm, maybe we can battle this weekend so I can see?

After playing the trial, my guess is that they set the price because of the pretty graphics, violence, and language in this. The game’s not bad but 1600 MSP has me thinking if I should get it or not.

Hell, I just bought 2 4000 MSP ($50 each) cards yesterday and about 3000 of it is gone already.

Circuit City was selling MS Points for 30% off. I stocked up.

@ Big Guine

Because they are keys, they are not actual game content. I repeat, those outfits are already on the disc. If MN starts to post these, everybody’ll start wining because it was promised that this sort of stuff (buying content that’s already on the disc) won’t happen anymore.

I’m never going to spend $20 on anything that I can’t sell used when I’m doing playing with it.

XBLM needs to offer the ability to transfer game licenses to other gamer tags.

I played the demo. It was ok like I didn’t really have fun playing it but probably would’ve bought it if it was a bit cheaper just for the story. I would’ve debated on it for 1200 points and might have got it but not worth 1600.

wtf???
Why it is priced on 1600 Points or 20€ when you can get the PSN version for 14,99€???

“wtf???

Why it is priced on 1600 Points or 20€ when you can get the PSN version for 14,99€???
”
What? Is this true? MS you have some explaining to do there’s no reason we have to pay 5$ more than PSN users do!

Frayteez:
Don’t forget when you download a trial for xbla or community games, you are in fact downloading the whole thing. All purchasing does in UNLOCK the trial to full.
As for the price, seems fair if the 1.3 gb is game content and not full of crappy vids.

The game will be $20 on PSN tomorrow. I don’t know if I should get this for my 360 or PS3, that’s if I decide to buy it (which i’m leaning towards)

Am I the only one that will buy it if I go forward with it? It seems like no one here will lol

Here’s something a little off topic. I saw someone with a Rorschach gamer pic in the COD WAW forum. Where can I find it in the Marketplace?

@oY3o RocSqualie, I’ve already bought it

Since when can arcade games be over 1GB. Last I heard Microsoft’s limit was around 500ishMB, did I miss something, or does Microsoft just bend their own rules for profit now?

“XBLA STOPPED IN NEW ZEALAND!”

Well anyone would think that is the case. No Exit 2 last week and now no Watchmen. Not to mention the handful of XBLA titles from the past that still haven’t been released here.

And don’t get me started on ‘Inside Xbox’, ‘Community Games’ and the ‘Video Marketplace’. I like to list these things with Duke Nukem Forever….

Come on MS I want to give you money!!!

darn 1600 msp ? guess nothing comes along easy now days.

@Computerdude103 again, prices are chosen by publishers NOT microsoft, and they have always said they would allow more if they felt the game deserved it, Portal is over 600MB for example, I’m actually sure the regular limit is 250mb unless it’s changed

Warner Bros has obviously spent a lot of time and money on this and they probably feel they should get some back

xbl has been very slow all day,took ages to download the trial

the game looks great..but then it ends up just being a beat em up,they could of put some thought into the game play

and it doesnt help all those willing to pay 1600 that one of the achievements is to finish the game in under 80 minutes

Via Joystiq

“Let’s accept that, yeah, with a $20 asking price, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh goes in with one arm tied behind its back. It should come as quite a testament, then, to the sheer tedium of the game that I quickly forgot how much was being asked for it, and was instead stunned that so much development effort and cash would be spent on a game that’s so very, very boring.

TEIN begins by letting you choose whether you’ll play as demented vigilante Rorschach or the much more upstanding Nite Owl. Savor that selection screen, friends, because once you’ve selected your hero, the die is cast and you better be braced for three hours of punching.

Light attack or strong, it doesn’t really matter, they both seem to be pretty effective. You can occasionally do a finishing move with a timed button press, or you can just keep punching the guy instead. You can do a counter attack to disarm an enemy, so you can punch … but with a bat. (Full disclosure: There are also kicks.) If you are unsure of which of the punch buttons you’re pressing, don’t worry, as that information is displayed on screen every time you do it to help you string together combos. Yeah, it’s very immersive. It’s all sort of brain-numbingly fun for about 30 minutes, until it becomes mind-meltingly dull.

Okay, so there are a couple of other things happening. Rorschach gets a profoundly unenjoyable lock-picking minigame and Nite Owl can occasionally shoot a grappling hook. A few times per level, you’ll have to press “A” to open a gate for your teammate, though I refuse to classify that as “gameplay.” I’m pretty sure the developers are just testing to make sure you haven’t trained a baby or beloved family pet to mindlessly pound the “X” and “Y” buttons.

But that’s not the big surprise. What shocked me was just how much work was put into nearly every other facet of the game. It’s the best looking XBLA release I can remember, it’s got impressive voice acting and the combat animations are brilliant, especially those of Rorschach, who fights with a sort of visceral, wrestling-inspired style that almost (but not quite) makes the hours of punching bearable. There’s even a cool conspiracy story underlying the whole thing.

The presentation work feels like Warner Bros. desperately trying to justify a weighty price tag, but its efforts are clearly misdirected. I’d actually consider dropping two sawbucks for a sub-3-hour experience. What I can’t abide is paying $20 for a game that made me wish it was even shorter.”

$20 is far too much for a few hours of gameplay with little replay value. This price creep in XBLA is becoming quite pronounced. I have 56 Arcade games, so I’m not adverse to buying downloadable games. However, it’s been quite a while since I bought anything new since the increase in prices has not correlated to a increase in quantity or quality. Ironic that MS is increasing XLBA pricing after the competition has finally caught up to them in this arena. Shouldn’t that result in price drops?

Wow this is the worst game ever made.

Here’s hoping that the de facto rule of movie tie-ins applies and the quality of the game is inversely proportional to the quality of the movie.

Man this game was bad.

Ugh.

P00K: obviously youve never played Bible Adventures, ET on atari or the original Ghost Busters game on the NES…..

@ TUSOCK

EXIT 2 was released in our region as it was NEVER submitted for classification at OFLC, the publishers only submitted it to the ESRB which is AMERICA. it’s seems they did the same thing was WATCHMAN in your area, does New Zealand have a classication body that you can do a search on, and see if it was?

You’d think for the outlandish price we are paying for Watchman that it would be for all regions!

Major who is responsible getting games classified? ah forget it you never answer questions!

I guess most things are fixed. Allthough Lost Cities is still broken tried to buy it on my hubbies account to surprise him.

@ShaggyB: Actually I do recall playing ET at a friends house when I was a kid… (I had ColecoVision, he had Atari).

I think I might honestly pick ET over this.

Im not paying 1,600 ms pts for this……… now if it was Marvel VS. Capcom 2 then OK!

Is there a reason why this is €5 cheaper on PSN in Europe?

Or is it just MS points ripping off people with stronger currencies as usual?

I kept an open mind about the price until i tried the demo and now i can officially say it’s not worth the 1600 points…..800 points seems a good price for the game but not 1600.The demo was enough for me anyway, so i think i’ll save the cash for tomorrow night’s preview showing(thankfully which is already sold out, so i don’t have to go to fight a crowd).:)

@ Vegemite 98. Firstly, Marmite is better!
NZ is ok with the OFLC call if the rating is under M15. If it is higher then it goes through the NZ Censorship Board, funny enough I found the January Release list and Watchmen is on it!!??!!

http://www.censorship.govt.nz/pdfword/January%202009%20games%20newsletter.pdf

A friend of mine beat it. It took him around 4 and a half hours he said. I’m just going over there when I get off work and he is going to try for the beat hte game in x amount of time achievement so I can watch the story.

I really liked this… but won’t buy it … I wish it was cheaper.

According to several reviews, you are getting 2-3 hours of game play for $20. If the developers want my money they better have one hell of a product. Death Tank (1200) and Watchmen (1600) both received mediocre reviews.

I’d may of got death tank if it was 800 points seems the right price for anyone who likes that sort of thing. Games with little staff and that took well over 2 years + (castle crashers which is dept) was only 1200 points.

Some crappy game with good graphics for a arcade game and they want half retail price for it basiclly, no thanks I’ll pass Least the next arcade game I’ll get [if it comes out <.<] is Peggle and that won’t be stupidly priced, 800 points.

Well popcap ain’t stupid they are making A LOT of money in the casual market, the guy who made XBLA what it is now works for PopCap. Them sales charts show the story. (no shock that Braid is no1 this week with it being on sale last week)

Wow soo much hate for Death Tank….. I remember that game when it was called Scorched Earth and it was freeware on DOS…..

I bought it out of respect for the hours of fun i had playing it instead of listening to my class lecture…. Thats a game from my past that i find to be a bargain at any price….

Watchmen however…. while i love the comic and im betting the movie will be good….. The game isnt worth $20 if it only offers 3 hours of play…..

@Nitramuse – yer i know there keys, i ain’t thick, all other keys for likes of dead space, need for speed etc, got announced on here though.

It’s funny to hear people moaning about the price in a predictably childish fashion. Look, digital distribution is the future, and this is one of the first games to blur the line between a simple downloadable game, and a full retail game. Get ready for the revolution, soon you’ll be getting *all* your games this way, and if you don’t like that idea you’ll just have to give up gaming.

Played it loved it got it LOL. The co-op is cool so i thought what the hell its only 13 GBP and got the full game.

this game was suprisingly fun!:D

its fun and i love the animations but i will wait for a deal of the week

Okay, I finally played about 10 minutes of the demo, first, it is great for a download only game. The controls are nice, but more of a push-button game. The sound is cool too. Do I like it? Yes. Do I compare it to a bargain bin full retail game? Yes. Is it worth $20? Yes.

The ONLY quims I have with it: 1. I would truly appreciate it if the language (ALL the profanity could be toggled off – of the prison inmates I’ve ever met(in my work environment or casual chat in public, many have not used such language, why is it in action video games?) 2. The lighting is dark and caused me to get lost a bit, easily fixed with adjusting my brightness and contrast on my tv. 3. 1GB+ download on my HDD (13GB) taking up a chunk. If this was on CD for $20, I would not hesitate and buy 3 copies (as gifts) like I did for Crackdown used for friends coming aboard the Xbox360 Flagship. It is fun and the price fits just fine oddly enough. But I can see those who just rush through games and do not enjoy the experience and not liking the repetitiveness of ‘punch-punch-kick, find lever/button press it, punch-kick-punch’. Such was Stranglehold after playing level 6 and up. I’m not a fan of this series, so it is new and interesting to me.

I’ll save my points.. I enjoyed the 15 mintues the demo offered… That was enough for me.
800ms points yeah sure.
1200ms points no thank you sir/maam
1600ms points!!!!!!! lol you’re kidding me? Oh, you’re serious? I best be on my way……

Unforgivable what Microsoft is doing with portuguese Xbox 360 gamers. Besides the lack of products and Xbox 360 Games in Portugal (the same ones have high prices (like all games costs 70€, and some old games like Forza 2 have the same price when it was launched (70€))), besides don’t having NetFlix and other offers, promotions, events or even Arcade games (Watchmen), besides all that there are still gamers who support Xbox 360 and prefer Xbox 360. Unfortunatelly, we live in a SonyLand, and Xbox here isn’t welcome. So I challenge Microsoft to re-think what there doing outside America, what needs to be improved, not just in Portugal, but in other European countries. Because of your lack of interest in investing all your events, promotions, etc, in Portugal, made our Xbox 360 Official Forum and Website changed to Multi-Platform (htt*p://xboxportugal.sapo.pt/).

And that’s why I’ll never buy a console from Microsoft, again.

Adeus Xbox.

@Duarte360LIVE
Does this work in your region: http://www.themediamall.com/playon/ ?

I thought the trial was great! Was waiting for a game like this for a long time, old skool gameplay with combined with a nice next gen twist. 1600 is justified, concidering as how good the game even looks! It makes other retail games out look pretty bad!

1600 justified? Most 3 hour long gamed can never be justified for $20. Oh wait, this game has great graphics? Gasp! Never mind then, it’s definitely worth the 20 bucks!!

1600 justified? Most 3 hour long gamed can never be justified for $20. Oh wait, this game has great graphics? Gasp! Never mind then, it’s definitely worth the 20 bucks!!

1600 justified? Most 3 hour long gamed can never be justified for $20. Oh wait, this game has great graphics? Gasp! Never mind then, it’s definitely worth the 20 bucks!!

@Magical Pro
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doesint work its just a black screen