Free Arcade Game Revealed

Mr Murda - 711 days 16 hours ago

I agree, normally 800 points ($10) and it's a new game, and not some rehashed arcade classic. This is better than what I expected, so I'll happily download it free of charge. In all fairness, I think this is a good compensation for lost time on LIVE for those few weeks. People were wanting free year subscriptions and 2000 MS Points, and that simply was not going to happen nor was it even owed to us for the inconvenience. This is fair.

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Johnny Blaze - 711 days 10 hours ago

Major Nelson has commented on his site:

"If you have already purchased the game, you can contact support and they will take care of you."

Just so you don't go crazy for nothing....

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Close_Second - 711 days 5 hours ago

...a half decent game. I felt a little ripped off that I paid $14 NZD for it as its not as good as I was hoping. The graphics are certainly very smart but I was hoping for a 3d, sideways scrolling shoot-em-up and not a game based on a headquarters multiplayer game.

I think MS should have given everyone 800 points so they could decide how to use them how they wanted. I find it really unfair that if you already own the game you now have to chase up with MS for another deal.

Oh well, never mind as I sold up my 360 in favor of the PS3 this week. On-line console gaming has never been better...or less expensive.

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Jenzo - 711 days 2 hours ago

You could have downloaded the free trial demo before you bought it. If you had ever owned a 360 you would have known that. Stop trolling.

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Close_Second - 710 days 23 hours ago

...as you can see I still have my 360 avatar displayed in my profile. I downloaded the demo and was not 100% happy about it. However, my two boys thought it was pretty cool so I purchased the full game. Still does not change the fact that I thought it could have been better.

I am annoyed that you consider it trolling when I owned a 360 for over a year and was an avid on-line Xbox Live gamer. However, we have had connection issues for some time in New Zealand and I was sick of paying near $13 a month for the service.

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ben hates you - 710 days 21 hours ago

you pay 13 dollars a month i pay like a dollar a month???

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Jenzo - 710 days 19 hours ago

$13 NZD or $13 USD?

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Close_Second - 710 days 14 hours ago

...VISA charges it cam to about $13 NZD per month. A real rip off considering you can get 12 month memberships for $80 NZD. Problem was, I paid for one month Xbox Live using the VISA and MS automatically kept rolling it over without my OK. However, I just got use to paying by VISA.

All I can say is never pay month by month!

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Syko 360 - 711 days 16 hours ago

I love how people b!tch about free $hit. If you want more than this Kelkoski go join the $5 million dollar lawsuit. That would probably make you happy, and also show the true depth of your douchebaggery. Now would you kindly not download the game and move on.

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Syko 360 - 711 days 15 hours ago

Ahhh, Why do I bother with you asshats anyway? So one month of LIVE at it's most expensive (Month-to-Month Membership) is $7.99. While the yearly membership is $4.16 a month. This game is worth $10, Yeah it sucked LIVE was down but I am not an unrealistic prick that can't understand that $hit happens and life sucks. DEAL WITH IT.

Best part of all is if you read the Xbox LIVE TOS, They don't owe us a god damn thing. Of course I wouldn't expect you to worry your sweet little brain with all that info. Something for FREE when they could of told us to suck it up, is fine in my book. If it happened all the time I would be really pissed. At that point I might stop "swallowing MS cum" as you so eloquently put it.

So by your same logic since you don't pay for PSN and it goes away for 3 or 4 months with no access at all you have no recourse because you pay nothing for the service. Just use some logic dude it will serve you well in the future.

Well that's 2 trolls fed, Anyone else hungry?

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urban bohemian - 711 days 15 hours ago

He probably doesn't even have a 360.

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wageslave - 711 days 15 hours ago

Dont worry, Undertow wont play on your PS3 anyway.

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Feihc Retsam - 711 days 15 hours ago

Seriously, Syko just served up a nice facial on the turds above...

I have to say, Microsoft is doing OK with this compensation, but ultimately, I would have been happier with 500 MS points instead of limiting the selection to one game...

Yeah, it's probably a great arcade title, but I prefer to spend my points for DLC and other content...

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christopher6453 - 711 days 13 hours ago

Yea, RRoD allright...Whatever, I've had my XBox 360 since DAY ONE, and still running perfectly.

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EastCoastSB - 711 days 10 hours ago

Yea, I'm sure you and the other 5 people feel special.

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Lex Luthor - 711 days 8 hours ago

ROFL, bubbles for Syko.
Why are sony fanboys in this thread anyway?

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gta_cb - 711 days 6 hours ago

i bet he feels as though the RRoD is a bit overhyped by all of the Sonyfanboys, not saying its not a problem but they have nothing else to speak of so they concentrate on this and this only. i have had my Xbox 360 since Oct 06 so it is the old motherboard design and i have had no problem what so ever, oh but dont worry IF i have a problem with it like the RRoD i will say about it, so dont start calling me an Xbot either.

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Mwaan - 711 days 5 hours ago

I have a launch day 360. Never had a problem. The secret is letting it breathe. I'm satisfied with this news. Undertow is one of the highest rated games on XBLA.

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AngryTypingGuy - 711 days 2 hours ago

Great post Syko. People always feel like they're entitled to things, when they are really not. That is pretty good compensation for the time that Live was down.

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EastCoastSB - 710 days 16 hours ago

I was just kidding around with my comment. I know the RRoD is not THAT rampant, but it is pretty widespread.

I'm not a fanboy because I have both consoles. I'm just partial to the PS3. ;)

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gta_cb - 711 days 6 hours ago

i have only played two Arcade games, but never purchased them (free trail) so this is going to be my first :p just didnt like the way the trial arcade games stuck on your played games list :(

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rogimusprime - 710 days 20 hours ago

yeah, it would have been nice to "try", but that's where demo's come in.
The previous posters are dead on when they say M$ should have just given us the points instead.

The poster above me had a point when he referred to M$ not owing us anyything because of the TOS. But that's garbage customer service. If you prefer to grab your ankles at every turn based on some agreement M$ paid 10 laywers to draw up that you probably didn't even read anyway, then you are the ultimate lemming consumer and don't deserve to keep a penny you earn. But at least you will stimulate our $hitty economy!

I'd be pissed if Sony's Network went down too, but since THAT is a FREE SERVICE, then they actually DON'T owe me anything.

It's not like they charge you at the end of the subscription. If I miss a week of my sports illustrated magazine, I expect to be compensated somehow....and SI would do it no problem. So should M$.

But if you want my money up front, then you have to deliver.....
just like prostitutes.

I understand $hit happens, but for the service to go down during a time of year WHEN EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS TIME TO PLAY is pretty bad.

At the end of the day, I'm glad M$ did SOMETHING!

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DeltaP42 - 711 days 16 hours ago

Omega 5 is awesome, I've been playing it non-stop for the past 3 days. It's insanely hard though, just warning you =) I still think you should download it though, it's so damn good.

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whoelse - 711 days 16 hours ago

They should give away a free 360!

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ChaosKnight - 711 days 16 hours ago

They actually gave me PGR3 when my first 360 hit the RRoD... but they don't do that anymore =( Oh well, I learned not to expect anything that is over $50 for free.

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wageslave - 711 days 12 hours ago

No one is "complaining". The intermittent issues that happened during the holiday affected very few people -- no one I know, nor myself.

The only people who arent overjoyed with getting a free $10 Xbox LIVE Arcade game are the Playstation 3 owners.

They're just here to spread their misery as best they can...

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iceman2929 - 711 days 15 hours ago

i dont think it comes with the elite... mine didnt have it but im not sure when the game came out so maybe i bought mine before ( i still very much doubt that it would come with the xbox, otherwise it would be adverstied)

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Feihc Retsam - 711 days 15 hours ago

Nice ass

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wageslave - 711 days 12 hours ago

That is some seriously inaccurate shiat you're making up there.

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jmiscavish - 711 days 12 hours ago

I'm on my third console. Anything I bought before hand I can't access without being signed in. I spent three weeks not being able to sign in. Therefore, I couldn't play my arcade games.

Let's just add undertow to the list of stuff I won't be able to access. What's so inaccurate about that? It's pretty much the exact situation I've been in for awhile now.

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ReBurn - 711 days 11 hours ago

When I got my 360 back all I had to do was download the stuff I had again and it all worked fine when I wasn't signed in to Xbox Live. It took all of 5 seconds per item.

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jmiscavish - 711 days 9 hours ago

done that. Redownloaded several times since that seems to be the consensus solution to the problem.

It's like people think I'm lying. When I'm not signed in, I can't play. When my XBL is broke (now and the last three weeks), I can't sign in. All I'm saying is this will be one more game I won't be able to play the next time XBL breaks. I'd merely rather have my month of live back rather than the game.

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