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Banjo nuts and bolts demo up on XBL now!!
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FUCK!
1.01 GB!
Impressions incomming!!
1.01 GB!
Impressions incomming!!
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Queue it to download and press the power button. There *might* be a system setting to enable it though -- can't remember.
There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
I've been really looking forward to this
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Thanks, there was a setting in shutdown
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"Is it me or is your nose square? The fans will hate it!"
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Presentation wise, this is exactly like the old Banjo games. From looks to music, they nailed it. It's been a long time since I played the other two games, but man did I get nostalgic goosebumps in the first world when they start playing a meledy of all of BK1's world music. Basically, Rare never lost it, this feels like a true sequel.
Gameplay... ehh, I don't know. I just played around with the default vehicles you get, and well... the controls sucked. With the racing games, just driving around was way too squirelly. The soccer game wasn't much fun either, since one hit and the ball goes flying, and it's near impossible to steer with the damn thing. And the tank was all but useless in the attack game. I had better results just getting out of the damn thing and meleeing. It felt like I was having to fight with the controls every step of the way, and it was simply a chore and not very fun.
Maybe it gets better when you get better parts and blueprints. But from the demo, I was completely sold by the looks, and completely turned off by the vehicle parts. But there were a few more blueprints I didn't buy, like the airplane one, so I'm going to go back later and mess around with them some more.
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Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
How do the missions work?
Your avatar fits this so well.
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Err, yeah, paradoxal statement. Sorry.
Ok, so you enter this overworld, about the same size as any of the ones in the previous games. Only this time, you have jiggy icons on your maps, which are being held by characters who ask you to do a mission. A menu comes up that lets you change your current vehicle and start the game. 2 of the missions are flat out racing games, taking your vehicle and doing a lap of the world. 3rd one is sort of a soccer game. You hit this giant button and a ball comes out, and you have to drive it to the goal while avoiding some enemies. And the 4th is defending the eyes of Clanker (from BK2 if I remember right) from being destroyed by monsters. You're supposed to use the tank vehicle to shoot at them, but the geography of the area makes it too much of a pain in the ass, so you can just get out and punch them.
That's pretty much the demo. Going up to 4 people, playing their 2 minute side game, and getting a jiggy if you win.
The soccer game was a little difficult if you had to maneuver the balls around, but i think that's due to the vehicle you were given. If you had something that could carry the ball instead of just push it, it'd be a lot easier. Like if your original vehicle had a ramp and so you could drive into a ball, have it roll up onto the ramp and sit in the tray. Then you could just drive through the goal posts. Hell, if the tray was big enough you could do it two at a time.
I didn't have time to get to the tank one because i was already late for work, but if the terrain is the problem, couldn't you build a vehicle with the turret up higher so it'd be easier to shoot over the terrain?
I realize this might not be possible in the demo, but what i'm getting at is that your problem seems to be with the default vehicles and not the gameplay. I mean, half of the gameplay is creating a vehicle that will solve the problem. You can use the default vehicles to get a sense of the challenge and then work on improving it.
I did the race. The way the vehicles hit eachother and uh. . .get stuck or spin out was kind of weird. I had a hard time at the beginning since I'd just hit something and get stuck but after you get in front of them, then it's simple.
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Wait, what? Why the hell wouldn't they make the text large enough to be readable on an SDTV?
were you guys using the pusher for the soccer game? it still wasn't perfect, but I thought it was pretty easy getting the balls into the goal with that. they practically stuck in the vehicle to allow for easy transport.
overall a lot of the vehicle control is a little too fine, easy to get turned around, run into walls, and flip the vehicles. maybe as you level them up you can make heavier vehicles that control a little better. the scale of the game at least seemed pretty good in that you could walk or use a vehicle and both seemed viable, but never too wide open or too cramped.
edit: as far as presentation goes, i thought it was pretty top notch. I mean I've only played for about 30 minutes, but things seem very lively for the most part and the world designs are interesting from what I've seen.
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Because, don't you know, EVERYONE has an HDTV!!
The game is supposed to appeal to casual gamers, damn it.
Sadly, they don't
I think you may have just sold me on this game (haven't been able to try the demo myself, because, you know, Silver membership).
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You have to preorder -and- pay off the game completely. And then you only get the code on release day.
Yes and yes.
It's worth noting, in Ameribuxx, anyway, that Nuts & Bolts is retailing for $40, and the XBLA BK is going to be 1200 MS Points ($15), which effectively makes the retail 360 game a whopping $25. It's really the only reason I've preordered the game; hell, I might even not keep N&B and just Goozex it for full price while keeping the preorder code, but I'll try out this demo when I get home tonight and see how the game is!
You can just hold down rb when they fall off and theyll attach back automatically without having to get out the vehicle.
Well, never mind then!
Also, when you get the 4 puzzle pieces and return back to town and put the pieces in that thing-a-ma-jigger, it'll open up another portal. DO NOT go in that portal because all it does is play a trailer and end the game with no way of going back. Just a heads up.
MUST RESIST THE DEMO!
But I can't!
also for shits and giggles i asked my bro to put the seat down, slap a medium sized engine to the back along with a fuel tank, then a propellor underneath the engine to see if it worked. it does. its glorious. Banjo has his own jetpack.
i dont even know if there is a point to the demo, we have just been collecting musical notes and messing with the creator.
kudos Rare.