Essential Live Arcade?

Esh

So I just bought a 360 Elite and I'm wondering what essential games I need to download off of Arcade. I already have...

Lumines
Uno
Catan
Carcassonne

I've got 2700 points left to spend. Help me pick out my last 3 or so.

Multiplayer is a big plus.

Bouncing_Soul

Obligatory Geometry Wars, no multi though.

Darth Aardvark

Symphony of the Night if your into metroidvanias

Aegis Wing because it is free

Esh

Oh, PS.

Where's the code so I can post my Gamer Tag or whatever in my Signature?

Mr Peepers

Worms

EDIT: mygamercard.net

Karf

As has been said, and will be said millions more times, Geometry Wars.

Also, Pac Man CE is pretty damned awesome.

bruin

Fucking Geometry Wars!

Burtletoy

I hear good things about Heavy Weapon, especially the multiplayer side of the game.

SniperGuy

Aegis Wing is FREEE and good multi fun for a bit. Worms, definitely. As with Geometry Wars. You'll get more time outta that than anything else. So good.

FreddyD

Band of Bugs is a lot better than the reviews are suggesting. The only reason I haven't bought it is because I cannot find out how many unit types there are in the final version.

TyrantCow

Has Geometry Wars been mentioned?

corin7

A 360 without Geo Wars on it makes the baby Jesus cry.

Pooch

Marble blast Ultra is lots of fun, though i'm not sure if anyone plays the online much anymore.
Pac Man CE is great, it makes Pac Man feel like a whole new game.

Hotlead Junkie

Catlevania SOTN and Heavy Weapon are both fucking awesome games, plus plenty of PAers play Heavy Weapon too, 4 way survival War Parties are tense and very fun.

Although I stopped playing recentley because I was really tired and ended up shouting at a kid with ADD to stop his god-damn talking and feel really bad about it, I don't want to riisk running into him again....

UnbreakableVow

SOTN
Prince of Persia Classic

I bought Geometry Wars but I can't really get into it at all, so I can't recommend it in good faith.

SalmonOfDoubt

Why the fuck hasn't anyone said DOOM yet

Elessar Elfstone

Castlevania, Uno, Geo Wars are my most played XBLA titles, highly recommended (and you already have one! The world makes sense again).

jackal

Cloning Clyde is very good if you are into that (lemmings-ish) type of gameplay.

Is that a damn pipboy gamer pic?

Something Witty

DooM for sure, as far as Geometry Wars goes I think you pretty much get the whole experience in the trial minus the achievements, the classic mode (which is pretty much the same) and the ability to upload your high scores. IMO anyway, I never played that game for very long.

Also I enjoyed Small Arms.

corin7

Something Witty wrote: »

DooM for sure, as far as Geometry Wars goes I think you pretty much get the whole experience in the trial minus the achievements, the classic mode (which is pretty much the same) and the ability to upload your high scores. IMO anyway, I never played that game for very long.

Also I enjoyed Small Arms.

So funny I have played more Geo Wars than any game on the 360 save maybe Oblivion and Gears... maybe. It is also the only game I have all the achievements for. I would also argue you don't get the whole experience until around 4 million points when the spawn maxes out. You certainly aren't doing 4 million points in the demo. Also Geo Wars is awesomesauce.


I have a few friends who feel as you do though so apparently it's not for everyone. But it is cheap as hell. I maintain a full version of it should be on every 360.

Esh

SalmonOfDoubt wrote: »

Why the fuck hasn't anyone said DOOM yet

Not that it matters. I played the hell (haha) out of it when it was released and I was in high school.

Lunker

You may want to get the Live Unplugged disc -- you can find it for $20 new, and it comes with six XBLA games (Geo Wars is the only must-buy, but there's also Texas Hold 'em, Bejeweled 2, Cloning Clyde, Backgammon and Wik) as well as a month of Live Gold.

Also, there's an option somewhere for your 360 to automatically download all XBLA demos -- I'd do that and then try every single freaking game out there.

But yes: Geometry Wars is a must-buy, and I'd also say Pac-Man CE and Heavy Weapon are, too. TMNT is also only 5 bucks and is fairly enjoyable.

jclast

Heavy Weapon and Aegis Wing are great multiplayer games if you're into shooters.
Band of Bugs is great if you like SRPGs. It has multi, but I've only ever been able to play Spider Hunt.

Now, no multiplayer, but everybody with a 360 should own and love PoP Classic and Pac-Man C.E..

Willeth

Marble Blast is excellent and I think it's only 400 points. The Live Arcade Unplugged disc is also a good buy - I still play Texas Hold'em. In fact, I think it's my most played, including disc-based games. And SotN holds up tremendously over time - never having played it before, the XBLA version still entertains me as a solid experience, which not a lot of the older stuff does for me. Heavy Weapon I don't know whether I can recommend, as it's another dual-stick shooter, but it remains the only XBLA game that I heard nothing about, downloaded the trial for, and just thought fuck yes. I imagine much of that was the title music, though.

The thing about Live Arcade, though, is that you can try absolutely everything and then pick what you want. So, that.

Local H Jay

TMNT 1989, PEOPLE!!!
4 player co-p is this shit.
And alien hominid.

Zilla360

Also save some points for Bomber Man which should be out soonish.

fragglefart

Geometry Wars, Heavy Weapon, Pac-Man C.E. , Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Those are what I've enjoyed the most. Only Heavy Weapon has multi though, and its damned fun in four player.

Also worth mentioning; Jetpac Refuelled, Worms, Alien Hominid HD, TMNT 1989, Aegis Wing, DOOM and Uno (which you've got). All multiplayer.

Upcoming multiplayer awesome, Sensible World of Soccer, Bomberman, Street Fighter II HD.

BaronVonSnakPak

geometry wars
pacman c.e.
castlevania
tmnt
alien hominid

trial versions are your best friend, considering every arcade game has one and atleast gives you a taste before you decide if you want to buy it or not.

edit: sensible world of soccer is gonna rock something fierce.

Omeks

I played the hell out of Doom. Of course, I'm young and was a lil' kiddo when it came out, so it was like a brand new game for me (save for the freeware version I played a while back). Still, it's great even if you've played it, I think.

UnbreakableVow

Local H Jay wrote: »

TMNT 1989, PEOPLE!!!
4 player co-p is this shit.

Too bad the multiplayer is only over Xbox Live. How retarded is that?

Hopefully they'll port The Simpsons to XBLA and fix this problem.

blanknogo

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Local H Jay wrote: »

TMNT 1989, PEOPLE!!!
4 player co-p is this shit.

Too bad the multiplayer is only over Xbox Live. How retarded is that?

Hopefully they'll port The Simpsons to XBLA and fix this problem.

It isn't only over Live though. I played two player co-op with a friend on the same console...

UnbreakableVow

Man...I bought the game and didn't know that. I could have sworn I read like five different reviews that expressed annoyance over the Live-only multiplayer. Odd.

Viscountalpha

I'm suprised no one has mentioned mad tracks. The multiplayer is light and fun!

Pooch

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Man...I bought the game and didn't know that. I could have sworn I read like five different reviews that expressed annoyance over the Live-only multiplayer. Odd.

I think the achievements for co-op are live only.

Also, when playing live co-op you have a set number of lives. i believe that's not the case in offline (though I could be wrong)

PeekingDuck

I've been playing Geometry Wars for a while now and I just figured out there were bombs. That's what I get for not paying attention to anything. The game is a lot easier now!

arcath

jackal wrote: »

Is that a damn pipboy gamer pic?

Can't knock the pipboy!

Esh

jackal wrote: »

Cloning Clyde is very good if you are into that (lemmings-ish) type of gameplay.

Is that a damn pipboy gamer pic?

Yeah, there's a Fallout 3 theme/player pictures packs now.

Nimble Cat

Outpost Kaloki is a great game.

FreddyD

Viscountalpha wrote: »

I'm suprised no one has mentioned mad tracks. The multiplayer is light and fun!

Someone should get around to porting over Micro Machines V3. Mad Tracks is okay... It's not offensively bad. But I wouldn't actually pay money to play it.

RainbowDespair

With those 2700MS points, I would recommend picking up Heavy Weapon and Pac-Man: Championship Edition now and wait for Bomberman to come out (scheduled for sometime this month). Heavy Weapon is a fantastic action game, especially with 4 players (and the online system works well with very little lag) and Pac-Man: CE is shockingly good: I don't think I'll ever be able to play the original Pac-Man or sequels again. Bomberman is, of course, the definitive action party game. Oh and also pick up Aegis Wing since it's free and I hear multiplayer on it is pretty fun.

Later, when you have more points, pick up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (one of the best games from the PS1) and Geometry Wars (a little too chaotic for my taste but still fun). In the meantime, pick up the demo for Geometry Wars since it has quite a bit of gameplay in it.

LCDXX

Heavy Weapon can't be recommended enough for multiplayer. It's insanity at its finest.

Castlevania
Catan
UNO
Texas Hold'Em
DOOM
Geometry Wars
PacMan C.E.
Aegis Wing (FREE shmup)
Alien Hominid
Carcassonne
WORMS

... fuck, there's more I know I'm missing, but you get the point. There's a lot of fun to be downloaded.