Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:45:21 GMT

OrochiOkami, I checked with the Xbox Live folks and Buku Sudoku should be available in Egypt. My contact is going to check with a project manager and see why this problem might be occurring.

Sorry for inconvenience on this and thank you for your interest.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

KFelon — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:10:20 GMT

Should've been Baku Baku... now there's a game worth playing.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

KP ScuzzyBunny — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:54:49 GMT

I really don't understand the majority of the complaints (other than the region-locked one's...that is inexcusable). A 1200 puzzle book cost $5...well this is 2400 and cost $10, and it has local and online multiplayer, music, leaderboards, and achievements, not to mention it was put together by a team and not one computer networked to a printing press (if anything you are getting ripped off for buying the books for that much, considering what it cost to make..20 cents maybe?). I played this game yesterday for almost two hours with my wife, and we had a blast. The difficulties are perfectly balanced so you can play with the "family" (including younger children) on easy small puzzles, and can play with friends on the large puzzles on hard and it takes a little more thought. We had a lot of fun (especially arguing over who exactly put the wrong numbers in certain spots), and this is a game I can see us playing well after we are done with the Achievements...Great work guys (and thanks for posting feedback in this forum ANON employee!)

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

iShaidarHaran — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:13:58 GMT

re Goopher "I play with all the small 'note numbers' visible from the start and when eliminating already-taken numbers I rub the note numbers out one by one, hopefully leaving only one (the "sure" number for that square).. All good so far..

BUT when towards the end I've filled in for instance all "sure" 9's, all the small 9's in the note numbers become grey (signifying they can't be chosen anymore). All good, but they clutter up the remaining 'note number' fields.

So, my tiny request: Please let also that colour be user-selectable. I would of course then choose invisible instead of grey.."

If I understand correctly, try using different color schemes on different themes. For example with 360 Degrees, use a gray unmarked color and the transparent marked color. The All 9's color will then look invisible. Let me know if that works

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

tyrone hawk — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:49:10 GMT

Add Venezuela to the list, OrochiOkami. Once again, I'm left without a demo for a game I was so interested in reviewing it.

(add to the list the Map Pack 2 for Gears, Smash TV, Bourne demo and the Penny Arcade game. Wonder what else will be included).

Althought, I'm amazed that Atari didn't botch up the Warlords game. I played it on my 2600 and let me tell you, I was impressed with the new XBLA title.

Take care you all.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

TAREKEGYPT — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:20:30 GMT

"This item is not available from your current location."

I am in Egypt i Can't download/purchase the game altough you've said for all Regions.

Major help!

2nd game in a row that we can't buy or download why?

TAREKEGYPT

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:07:02 GMT

OrochiOkami, I don't think Egypt was on our list of launch countries. Quite frankly, I don't understand all the nuances of who can download the game in certain countries. I will be talking to Microsoft today and will try to find out what the situation is.

Sorry about the problems you are having...

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

OrochiOkami — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:08:55 GMT

Ok, you explained Japan and Mexico, so is that also the case for why I can't download it from Egypt.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Goopher — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:57:09 GMT

To the Merscom employee:

Thanks for reading and responding here in this 'non-official' forum..

Disclaimer: I'm not a native english speaker.

I have a small request for change which requires a bit of explanation..

(I'm not by my 360 so I don't have the proper names of elements handy.)

I play with all the small 'note numbers' visible from the start and when eliminating already-taken numbers I rub the note numbers out one by one, hopefully leaving only one (the "sure" number for that square).. All good so far..

So, my tiny request: Please let also that colour be user-selectable. I would of course then choose invisible instead of grey..

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Shiaoran — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:23:14 GMT

IP restriction AGAIN?? And for THIS?? LOL and SHAME on you guys, Live staff.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:21:22 GMT

Anon 24 and Nod Nolan, thanks for the kudos. After 2 1/2 years of working on this game, it is great to get it out into gamers' hands and to hear they enjoy it!

Thank you and enjoy!!!

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:18:51 GMT

Anon 22, you are right that we are doing a play on beaucoup. We pronouce buku like beaucoup but write it to look like sudoku. A bit lame, but it sounds kind of cool

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:18:46 GMT

Anon 22, you are right that we are doing a play on beaucoup. We pronouce buku like beaucoup but write it to look like sudoku. A bit lame, but it sounds kind of cool

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Merscom Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:12:38 GMT

Sorry to hear that Bool Zero is having problems with buying the game. I was also stationed overseas and understand your gripe. Part of the problem is that Sudoku is trademarked name in Japan and Mexico so we had create special versions for those two countries. This created a number of challenges with billings and languages and obviously Bool Zero got caught up in that.

I really appreciate the feedback on the pricing. It was a real difficult decision for us and we knew that we would lose some people by keeping the price at 800. Hope you will give it a try and see if you like it. I spent the evening playing online and had a great time.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

hjetyekus — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:56:17 GMT

I absolutely agree with remark from Anon 32. Just the same case.

re: Arcade: Buku Sudoku (and free puzzle pack)

Joe Herczeg aka hjetyekus from Hungary — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:46:57 GMT

Sudoku with region lock? Why? Any acceptable explanation?