Playing Catchup – XBLIGs, Road to Ruin, and the Dashboard Update Preview
Since finishing Damnation I’ve been playing catch up on a lot of the recent Indie Games. You can see my recent ratings of them here. Nothing super outstanding but a few fun titles. I did get to try out an early release of Horn Swaggle Islands and I’m really enjoying it. I need to put more time into it before giving everyone a full review. Still, how can you go wrong with a pirate themed tower defense game?
I also have played through the new Gears of War 2 single player DLC Road to Ruin. It is not really that long but I had a surprisingly fun time. I had forgotten how much fun the single player is in Gears of War 2 and the DLC has really gotten me wanting to play through the main campaign on Insane with a friend in co-op.
I also got into the new Dashboard Updated Preview this week. A few quick thoughts on that.
- I have noticed that the Guide seems much faster and smoother now. I use to get a lot of hang ups and lag when in the guide if I opened it while in a multiplayer match. Since getting the updated I’ve not had that happen once.
- Also, the My Games list loads much quicker. It use to populate very slowly and it is much better now.
- User Ratings – The option to have user ratings for everything in the Xbox Live Marketplace is a nice touch, but should people really be able to rate games they have not played? How long until that is abused?
- Avatar Marketplace – I did not buy gamer pics and themes, and I’m not buying clothes for my Avatar. However, I am looking forward to unlocking Awards for my Avatar to wear just like unlocking achievements.
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