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Space Giraffe and Street Trace on XBLA this Wednesday!
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Gamerscore wrote:This week, prepare for a cosmic trip to outer space with the frenetic action game "Space Giraffe," or engage in futuristic combat in the streets of New York City with "Street Trace: NYC." Both games will be available for download this Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
From the legendary game designer Jeff Minter, "Space Giraffe" (Llamasoft) is a psychedelic shooter featuring mesmerizing graphics and 100 levels of out-of-this-world gameplay. Gamers can also complete all 100 levels and unlock a hidden gameplay mode.
* For more details on "Space Giraffe," please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/spacegiraffexboxlivearcade.htm
Set in the urban wastelands of New York City, "Street Trace: NYC" (Gaia Industries) is an all-in-one hoverboard racing and arena battle game featuring multiplayer over Xbox LIVE with up to eight players and an up to a four-way split-screen. Players can choose from four arena games, three street games and even "cash" tournaments that allow them to purchase board and weapon upgrades between games.
* For more details on "Street Trace: NYC," please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/streettracenycxboxlivearcade/
Fucking A.
I've been waiting forever for Space Giraffe!
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Not bad, I must say.
they might be good but I hold out no hope for them.
Been waiting like, ages for that one.
I want to feel my eyeballs simultaneously orgasm and ignite.
I'm not sure in which order.
I have no fucking clue what in the world is going on.
Is my brain broken, or does the game look like a winamp visualizer with a score?
This is why it is either going to be genius or fail miserably. At 400 ms points I am going to have a front row seat.
Worth a play nonetheless.
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It is a spiritual successor to tempest. When you have done as many drugs as Jeff Minter, Space Giraffe is a perfectly reasonable name. I know this because I thought it was reasonable.
It's from a guy who named his company Llama soft. So take that into consideration.
But the story I've heard is that when the first screenshots for the game were released, fans commented that the ship looked like a giraffe, which Minter found hilarious. So he ended up calling it Space Giraffe.
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We have to find out whether or not it's still in there! Span's purchase hinges on this fact!
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Indeed. This will be my first XBLA purchase when I get a 360.
Unity was one of the reasons I bought a GC...
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There never was any porn in it. Sorry, guys.
The vulgar language were just placeholder entries for the amusement of Jeff and us on the forums. They have since been updated and replaced with proper entries. I personally think "Space Giraffe" is a brilliant name. It originally appeared on the forums and everyone liked it, so Jeff went with it.
Jeff is a god and a legend when it comes to trippy intense shooters. If you have even the slightest interest in the genre, then SG is an obligatory purchase. At 400 points, it would be rude not to. And if you have doubts, then check out the demo and decide for yourself.
Goat in!
I love the visuals. I love the music. Easily the coolest and hippest game I've ever seen on XBLA or anywhere else. And I have today off from work! Don't miss out on this, you hosers!
Gameplay in short:
Keep your charge meter up! In order to raise your meter, shoot stuff or use jump powerups.
While your charge meter is up, you can safely run over enemies on the edge of the map to kill them. This raises your multiplier.
You can shoot diagonally while your charge meter is up.
You also have smart bombs for emergencies.
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Yeah seriously, I found the basic game mechanics pretty fun and straightforward. And man it looks damned insane on my 32" HD set. Cranking the sound on the 5.1, the whole crazy experience actually made me laugh. Very good fun, and the high score potential is obvious right from the off. I'm going to sink some time into this beaut.
The only thing I'm kinda confused about is the bullet juggling. Not quite nailed that yet. And I need to remember to use the smart bomb.
Bulling is awesome.
Do you move on a track or sumthing?
I'm a bit confused about the charge meter, though. Is that the same thing as the power-zone, or whatever? The area of play that's between you and the advancing white line?
My only complaint is that in the later levels, it does become genuinely confusing - Not in a "what's going on?!" sense, but more in an "I can't see anything" sense. Up over level 10, when I was trying to knock down some of those flowers, between the glowing flowers, the swarms of enemies, and the bright, huge, flashing score numbers floating over the field of play I couldn't see any incoming bullets. I just died without knowing why multiple times. Those score counters are the worst. I always think they're bullets.
Oh, and I desperately want the soundtrack now. I don't know why, but I like it a lot.