Best of the Arcade

Adamcp898

So I havn't bought anything off the Live Arcade before but I have some points and I want to know what games should I be looking at?

Moiph

Worms 2, its a great laugh with a few mates playing it as well. Peggle is great. Braid is supposed to be excellent as well but I havent played the full game.

rizzla

You should also bee looking forward to Shadow Complex.

Kenny_D

Splosion Man!! Great game.
Peggle is like crack.
Monkey Island is a great classic.
Braid!!
Cloning Clyde is good fun.
N+

SeantheMan

GStormcrow wrote: »

Peggle
Monkey Island.
Braid!!

+1 on these 3, great games.

GStormcrow wrote: »

Splosion Man!! Great game.
N+

Planned on getting these 2 myself also

And I'd throw in Battlefield 1943 too

MayoForSam

BF1943 blows many full price games out of the water. The 3 island maps are perfectly balanced, the other one is great if you like dogfighting.

0ubliette

Monkey Island sepcial edition
REZ
Outrun online arcade
DOOM
Soul Calibur
Prince of Persia
Duke nukem 3D

All of those well worth a few quid

Fingleberries

A couple of ones I liked:

- Portal (if you don't have Orange Box already)
- Sam & Max / Monkey Island (pointy clicky goodness)
- Battlefield 1943
- Bomberman (it's still great if you've a few mates over)

There's probably a heap more, but I can't think of them now...

deise48

how do you go about getting these points do you just buy them

Mancho

deise48 wrote: »

how do you go about getting these points do you just buy them

Yes you can either get 2100points for about 22euro at most games shops or buy them using a credit card on xbox live.

Kenny_D

€24 for 2000 if buying them through the xbox. Better off getting a 2100 point card online

ironictoaster

Peggle
Marble Blast
Splosion Man
Duke Nukem 3D

Retr0gamer

Not one mention of Castlevania Symphony of the Night? Shame on you all.

I'd like to add Bionic Commando Rearmed and Puzzle Quest.

Sabre0001

Peggle
Castle Crashers
Geometry Wars 2
N+
3-on-3 NHL Arcade
Splosion Man

Mindkiller

Res HD
Castlevania: SotN
Braid
Geo Wars II
The DIshwasher ( Hard as nails )
Marble Blast Ultra
Duke Nukem 3D
Doom
Ikaruga
N+


I also would recommend Portal were it not for the fact that the XBLA version is a rip off. Everyone has played through Portal at least once by now anyhow

Adamcp898

Do many people still play the first worms online anymore?, just seen it's only 400 points

Moiph

I havent played the first Worms in ages. Been playing the 2nd one a lot lately, if you buy it add me for a few games if you like

Liathroidi Dana

Just realised how many excelent games on the arcade.

Castle Crashers is a muct buy if ya ask me.

miju

MayoForSam wrote: »

BF1943 blows many full price games out of the water. The 3 island maps are perfectly balanced, the other one is great if you like dogfighting.

+1 have been playing it non stop recently myself

corcaigh07

bloody peggle, now Im stuck in it too, very addictive

chrislad

Marvel Vs Capcom today. w00t!

dMaN24

Isn't Trials HD coming to arcade?
Played it on PC (Trials 2: Second Edition) And it's crazily addictive.

DeVore

Castle Crashers is a good dungeon romp with quirky graphics.

Braid is an awesome platform and puzzle game involving the control of time and space. Beautifully executed.

Catan is a good, tight, board game that I keep going back to.

Carcassone is like Catan on steroids.

DeV.

Thomas-G

Another +1 for Castle Crashers, if you played something like Golden Axe on the megadrive you'll love this!

TheAlmightyArse

Here's what I've bought and what I think of them:

Geometry Wars 2: Typical twin stick shooter down very well. Six distinct modes of varying difficulty and game length, and brilliantly integrated leaderboards. 5/5

The Secret of Monkey Island SE: Terribly animated but wonderfully voiced remake of one of the very best point n' click adventures, with "use" mapped to a diagonal on the d-pad. Nnnngh. 4/5

Jetpac Refuelled: Compulsive floaty shooter with lots of levels and a pleasantly sloped difficulty curve. Playing for high scores meanss milking stages for points, which is boring and rubbish. 3/5

OutRun Online Arcade: Rubbish leaderboards, rubbish multiplayer, but beautiful, joyous racing. 5/5

N+: INFURIATING. 1/5

SUPER PUZZLE FIGHTER II TURBO HD REMIX (or something): Fast and tense like a fighting game, full of coloured blocks and patterns like a puzzle game. Excellent local multiplayer. Single player isn't nearly as good and online is a bit empty. 5/5

Bionic Commando Rearmed: Platform shooter in which you swing around like a loon because you can't jump. The main game can be a bit trying but there are lots of short, exacting challenge rooms that can be quite compulsive, if you're into that sort of thing. 3/5

Bomberman Live: The only Bomberman game you'll ever need, unless you've got another good one already. There's no single player because it's always rubbish. 5/5

Braid: A couple of hours' worth of puzzles that are clever but not very difficult. 2/5