April 29th 2009 7:53 am PT

xbox.com appears to be totally screwed for me – can’t access anything that requires me to log in

works now

link works fine now.

This really needed a tutorial or something. I got a chance to see the descriptions of two buttons before the match started, and dropped in a game not knowing what to do. Given what I saw of the game from the demo, it’s off my must buy list.

@Wickedneoq – I didn’t notice that, but thanks for pointing it out. I’ll check it out next time I play it.

@Wickedneoq
Thanks and precisely. When I first heard of the game (before the arcade version), I was psyched. THEN I saw the video of the ‘drealoc wearing’ hero with a Lost Planet grappling hook and how he maneuvers. I was “Oh, new ‘Lost Planet’ skin.” The pulling opponents towards you and objects was cool for a sec. I’m downloading the demo as THIS is the first time I’ve EVER heard of Multiplayer and I look forward to playing it when I get home. I’m also looking forward to the Marvel vs Capcom 2 demo.

Hmmmm will try

Im trying to play but …. Im always disconnected from the server

meh

I’m usually really open-minded and objective when it comes to games and demos and stuff, but I have to be honest, this game is terrible. I just played the demo, and that was one of the absolutely least exciting, cool, or fun experiences I have had in quite some time. What an enormous waste of time, and an intense disappointment. It feels like a game that should have been on PS2, but with nicer graphics. The swing mechanic is neither fun, nor cool. Everything is super shoddy and repetitive. The gun system, movement, sound effects, everything is just really bad IMO. I’m honestly surprised, I was very excited to try this out. The swing mechanic is my biggest problem, it just isnt fun. It’s more like a huge pain in my butt. I could tell that no one in my game had any clue what to do in order for it to be fun. Extremely underwhelming.

Biggest problems with the demo I thought was “collision detection” and some “laggy players”, but come on kicking someone in the face off a roof or skyscraper never felt so good

@DJ Deathstar
Yeh, it is a PSN Exclusive early release. I’ll be going over to three different friends’ places to possibly play it and post a video later. But all want the Xbox Live version with online multiplayer WITH 4+ player lobby. Honestly, whatever Tomonobu Itagaki and TECMO’s Team Ninja did in Dead or Alive 4 on Xbox360 – 16 player lobby, join game in progress and watch the game in progress almost instantly, drop out of the ‘game lobby’ and into the ‘area lobby’ and watch the fights without having to fight – should be implemented in ALL fighting games. Why this technology is not used or shared beats the heck out of me? Also recording the fights and saving them to your hard drive for later viewing is awesome too.

Thanks MACPH1ST0

Cool contest, but why not give away a copy of the new game instead? I imagine most of the people who are getting this demo already have the arcade game anyway. One of the best remakes in XBLA if you don’t already have it, btw!

@RingoDot97: So you can’t match with friends before going in/invite them while in (ala Conquest demo)?

is there any kind of offline play in this demo?…i hate online multiplayer demos,when you haven’t got a clue what you are doing,i like to play offline first get used to the controls and then take it online

The blog link doesn’t exist.

have anybody had any problems connecting to a game? My xbox freezes everytime it tries to load up a map/entering the game. happened 2 times in a row.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS SILLY DEMO!!! First of, it will randomly cause your console to lock up and then on multiplayer, you cannot invite your friends and if 1 person quits even if he/she is not host, the game will end for everyone just like in Resi Evil VS. Also the win 64,000 MS Points thing is US only yet again which ridiculously just does not makes sense as it is just codes, capcom once again screwed the rest of the Xbox Live Community AGAIN!!!

@XGC Thermophile: Didnt look like you could. It threw you right into an open matchmaking session.
I still liked the demo. Took a bit to get the ebb and flow of swinging down, but when you do, you can really move around well.

Hmmm, not to down this demo, but am I the ONLY person that thinks the BEST demos are Crackdown and Burnout Paradise (outside of FPS genre)? I will say, I like what the demo showcased, but the game took a while to get people in my lobby and I guess everyone was in a party as there was no talking. It’s not going to hurt sales, but looks like it won’t help much either.

This demo would benefit of being on ONLY 1 map, 5 weapons out of all the weapons and a 15 minute time play shut off. It did not wet my apetite as I thought, but I think I may just buy it for the story AFTER its release. IF you let the title screen play through that piano music that sounds a little rough (I think it should be a mix of rock and techno upbeat/apocalyptic) you can see more footage of the actual game. Also that guide worms really intrigues me more. A tentacle boss with THAT kind of fluid animation – “WHAO!”. But bottom line, this demo is not a good experience as it could have been. The controls were simple to pick up (ala Lost Planet grappling hook/Prince of Persia wall drag experience). As for it locking up, it plays just fine for me, except for finding people to play with fast.

Didn’t enjoy it. I got the hang of it, did some zip kicks, etc, got a few kills. But the whole thing felt like little toys running around on crack. The characters are so little on the screen, you don’t get a good feeling of place. I actually didn’t have an issue with the controls. I’m still looking forward to the single player, but this ain’t going to pull me away from L4D and Call of Duty.

Wow, quite the mixed response I’d say.

Oops, not = now (many what a typo).

this is bizarre, i downloaded it, tried twice to play a game and it would never find me a game ??

i assumed it was crap and nobody was playing it online, i dont have a problem with any other game, including gears 2`s shonky multiplayer system, so i can only assume that this demo is beyond gash and has a serious bug ?