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Sonic the Hedgehog 360 Thoughts
I decided to check out the demo on the XBOX Live Marketplace for Sonic the Hedgehog. It was a 350MB download. That was good news since I had less that 1GB free on my XBOX 360 hard drive.
I thought my XBOX 360 had locked up once I loaded the game. I was stuck at a black screen for about 20 seconds. During that time, the controller was not responsive. That had me cringing. The last time that happened, I was out $130 and had to send my XBOX 360 back to Microsoft.
Once in the game, I noticed a slick UI. The loading screen and splash screens looked vivid and crisp in 720p.
I hopped into the first level and noticed the graphics. They were last-gen HD in my opinion. They looked good, as good as Sonic has ever looked, but these graphics aren’t pushing the 360. Still, it was great playing Sonic on a Microsoft console.
Two New HALO Games Announced at X06
It’s been a huge news day for XBOX fanboys. The meat? Microsoft announces new HALO titles available exclusively for the XBOX 360.
HALO Wars is the next big real-time strategy game from Ensemble Studios, creators of Age of Empires. Designed exclusively for the Xbox 360, “Halo Wars” allows you to take charge of the human UNSC armies and see the Halo universe from a totally new perspective. It is being developed by Ensemble Studios. Go check out the HALO Wars website at http://halowars.com.
Peter Jackson was on hand at X06 to announce that he and Fran Walsh are creating two new interactive HALO series for the XBOX 360 and XBOX Live Arcade. It’s a brand new game based on the HALO intellectual property. For now, the will be little details about the type of game this series will be. Here’s hoping it’s a MMORPG.
Also, it appears the HD-DVD player for the XBOX 360 is going to be $200 in the US. That’s not a bad price and much lower that I thought it would be. But still, I’ve got to be convinced that I need one.
Head on over to XBOX.com for more details.
Texas Hold 'Em and the Tens of Clubs
Some weird stuff happened today in Texas Hold 'Em for XBOX Live Arcade. I was delt a pair of 10 of clubs several times in a row. Read: I had two 10's of clubs in my pocket. Not only that, but twice I was delt only one card and it was...guess what...the 10 of clubs.
In all, it was a terrible gaming experience for me. I waited near 35 minutes to play the game and I never got to play. I joined up and had to wait 7 hands before I could play. At a full table with people making a lot of bets, this took 15-20 minutes before I was even allowed to play. With one hand left to go before I could play, someone quit out. This, for some reason, set me back. I now had to wait 3 more hands.
