Culdcept Saga, E3 and Minecraft

On 06/16/2015 at 01:17 AM by KnightDriver

I brought over to Mark's place several arcade collections I had today: Data East Arcade Classics for Wii, SNK Arcade Classic Vol. 1 for Wii, and Taito Legends vol 1 for Xbox. The Xbox game wasn't backwards compatible with 360, so I put that aside. Then I got a bug to play Culdcept Saga instead, and when I did, I realized I could update my rig shot with the new TV. Pic below:

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So last gen, I know. But at least the TV is ready for current gen consoles.

I played a few more single player rounds in Culdcept Saga. I got to the point in the story where the main character regains his freedom by beating several opponents in an arena. Each round took at least a half hour. I gained a lot of new cards, redesigned my deck to be water element centered and prepared to play against Mark, who was replaying early story levels. But then it was 7pm and time for the Xbox live recap of their E3 presentations of the day.

The show had some interesting things for Xbox. I liked the backwards compatibility with 360 games feature. It's being done with software emulation, which I guess is fine. It's supposed to allow all the features in the original games. I hope that means online play for those with active servers. The added ability to take screen shots of 360 games is nice too.

The Gears of War remake looks great. Rare's unveiling of their online store (that's what it looked like) with every game they've ever made minus the Nintendo owned properties was exciting. I also liked the footage of their new game Sea of Thieves. I kept thinking MS told Rare to make them an Assassin's Creed and this was the result. Still, I like what they showed.

Then there was the new controller. I hope it is game changing like they advertise. Sure looks cool with all the modifications you can make to it. And that's about all that really opened my eyes. Halo 5's doing the Destiny thing, or MMO type thing, with their 12v12 mode. That's cool I guess. I only had a few goosbumps watching the trailers. Usually I get all worked up for a Halo game.

Then, when that was over, it was diving into Minecraft again. I made it to bedrock in my very dangerous dig site. Then I built an observation deck with a glass floor so you could see all the way to the bottom. I took an old school screen shot with my old school pocket camera.

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This so called glass isn't greatly see-through.

Super Step Contributing Writer

06/16/2015 at 01:53 AM

Cool R2-D2 skin.

KnightDriver

06/17/2015 at 03:55 AM

That's the Star Wars custom deck. I got it used at GS when my friend's 360 died. I gave him my old one and got that. It has a little issue with the disc drive. Sometimes you have to reload it for it to read. It's like R2-D2 is just messin' with me. I think that's his style though, so I'm cool with it. I try and curse back at it in machine language. BEEP BOOP BLEEP!

VisuaLIES

06/16/2015 at 02:03 AM

Microsoft had a good press conference from what I've heard. Backwards compatibility is always welcome, but I'm kind of surprised they're doing it, since the 360/original Xbox compatibility wasn't all that successful (I did enjoy playing Panzer Dragoon Orta years after getting rid of my OG Xbox though). The controller is also neat, but I heard the price is $150. That's a lot unless you're getting paid to play games. I'm more of a Sony guy and I am always working during MS E3 press conferences, so I always have to read about their announcements later, so they don't have the same impact. Can't wait to play Tomb Raider. Eventually.

06/17/2015 at 03:57 AM

150 buckeroonies?! I guess they won't be bundling it in with a console for 350 anytime soon. Oh well.

Monday was the only day I could watch any of E3. I'll get the new here and then all over my podcasts next week when the journalists come back from it. I can't wait to hear about Nintendo and Sony.

goaztecs

06/16/2015 at 10:53 AM

I was never big into backwards compatability, but I'm happy for the folks who have their 360 games and an X-Box One. More gaming is always good. I missed the announcement of a new Gears game. It's going to be one of those must buy games a couple of years down the road when I finally decide to buy the current X-Box.

06/17/2015 at 03:59 AM

It won't cover every 360 game, so I'll be keeping my old deck around. I do like the ability to take screen shots though on Xbox One. They'll look better than the ones I take now.

06/17/2015 at 10:58 AM

Yeah that's how the 360 was with original X-Box games. I actually think I've never used the backwards compatablility. I did a couple of times on the PS2 but not the 360.

06/18/2015 at 04:53 PM

I just tried to play Taito Legends vol. 1 on my 360 but no go. I looked up the list though and I swear it's grown.

PixlBit