Destination Arcade (Formerly Xbox LIVE Arcade)

[JasonXe]

9/10 IGN http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/903/903047p1.html

[SuperLuigiBros]

Haha yeh the end was funny. I didn't realise what was going on at the end until I read the blurb thing. "Take out a big boss with your friends, but only one can get the princess!" I didn't realise they were fighting each other.

Now, I have 3 things to say:

-It looks freaking awesome. Best flash animating skills ever. Maybe second best, to that other guy.
-I played it at a games thing a few months back. It was frustratingly hard, but probably because I was playing it one player.
-It looks almost too chaotic with 4 people running around. I don't know if Id enjoy it, but since it looks soo cool Ill give it a chance.

[JasonXe]

Some updates from his blog

Status Update!
July 27, 2008 by James
To divert your attention from the late night rant below, here’s a Dishwasheriffic status update:

http://skasoftware.wordpress.com/200...status-update/

The Dishwasher has a million, billion bugs. I’m fixing them all very quickly.

The GDC build of The Dishwasher was sort of slow. The frame rate hovered around 30. This has been fixed–it’s now a steady 60!

I’m locking the screen size at 1280 x 720. I figured that because all of my favorite AAA games do this, I’ll do it too. This addresses frame rate fluctuations and cramped menu issues.

The dishwasher’s weapons and clothes now get stained by blood (small detail).

There is now a Ranked story mode–it’s a brutal difficulty that’s roughly the same difficulty as Samurai. Ranked is more strict, but playing ranked obviously allows you to compare score and speed against the rest of the world.

The game supports 3 player co-op in story mode (unranked only). It’s kind of messy. I’m going to make it a little less messy.

It’s been a wild ride, but I’m nearing the end of the tunnel!

T-shirts: Front

Back: Awesome...


Buy it here.. http://store5.esellerate.net/store/c...3931639140&pc=

Forum warning: May not be appropriate for viewers under the age of 17...ahh who cares.
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Big fan of this game. The way he is talking about it, may come out in 2 months.

Edit: Just bought a shirt. 10 buxs + 5 shipping.

[OG_Monkey]

No thanks on the shirt but I cannot WAIT for this game to release! Loved the demo

[HPK]

I'm going to pass on the shirt as well, despite how interested I am in this game.
I thought the demo was great. I can't wait to get the full game.

[speed stick]

Haha yeah I couldn't see myself wearing that shirt. That game doesn't look half ass bad.

[JasonXe]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37674.html?type=flv

I didn't notice the xp system so I guess there taking a rpg approach to your characters as well.

haha look at that dude with the arrow.

[D3adcell]

Yeah I think I remember hearing that the guys that are making it are fans of Guardian Heroes and making the game somewhat like that.

[JasonXe]

I was thinking of using that shirt more around the house/sleeping then taking it outside lol.

I'll take pics of how it looks when it comes in the mail.

What I really want is that cod4 shirt that John had that seem to fit endlessly over his budging muscles lol.

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Hmm you think being on xe staff I could of gotten a cod4 shirt lol.

[JasonXe]

Yeah I think I remember hearing that the guys that are making it are fans of Guardian Heroes and making the game somewhat like that.

Another thing is that each person has there own pet. Not sure what it does yet..

[Omega Blue]

This will be the first, game i buy on XBLA.

[JasonXe]

New update..btw i think he means local co op.

Crazy Modes

It’s about as good a time as any to go over the game modes in The Dishwasher. Everything’s still being tweaked a little bit, but for the most part it’s all pretty much locked in.

Dish Challenge. Fight off wave after wave to compete for the highest score. This is sort of like the standard game arena, ranking overall score and a weekly rush score.

This one is all about combos. The way scoring works is a bit like Tony Hawk–the more hits and kills you get, the higher your multiplier is. It counts like this:

Kills = 2x
Hits = 0.25x
Messy Kills = 5x
Clean Kills = 5x

Your multiplier is accumulated while you keep a combo running. How can you tell a combo is running? There’s a little red progress bar under your combo count that let’s you know–once the bar runs out, your combo ends and the combo score x multiplier is added to your current score.

This leads to some super-addictive game play–the challenge for Dish Challenge is not to survive the level (well, it isn’t a cakewalk either) but to do it as one long combo. My personal best is in the upper 500 million neighborhood, but for months the highest I could get was around 180 million or so.

Arcade. Arcade game levels are short, one room arena areas. They usually go on a particular theme. They also lock you in with a two weapon loadout and one Dish Magic technique. They sometimes employ certain modes, such as:

Vampire. Your health is draining, but monsters give more health when killed.

Bullet Time. All monsters move at half speed. I’ve fantasized about doing this in real life for years now.

Aerials. Monster are only damaged while airborne. Learn those air combos!

Instakill. Everything deals 4x damage, so baddies turn into red mist pretty quickly.

You can play arcade co-op. It does get a bit crazy, and also I think I’m going to double the monster pool size for co-op play (otherwise it’s over too quickly).

Story Mode. Oh yeah, this is where it started! There are 14 levels of story mode over 3 normal difficulties and the elite Samurai and Ranked difficulties. Play guitar solos and complete time attack areas to earn Psycho Picks, upgrade your health, magic and weapons, and so on.

At some point I’m going to talk about 3 player co-op a little bit more, but hopefully this is enough for now .

[OG_Monkey]

...I can only fear the price for this game

[JasonXe]

hmm if he passes this through as a xna game then the max he can charge is 800 ms points right? haha the system works!!

btw he responds to questions on his blog and i asked him if it's only local multiplayer... he replied..

Local, online, system link.

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also got the shirt and will post pics on here tomorrow.

[OG_Monkey]

Yeah I'm guessing it'll be 800 MS Points.

[JasonXe]

Taken in low light so bad shot..

Back:


Kind of disapointed of the size of the image but the shirt fits me nicely.

[OG_Monkey]

dork

[JasonXe]

<< had a dork moment. Oh well, at least the shirt fits nicely. Good for wearing around the house letting loose, not in public .

[JasonXe]

Wallpapeeeeeerrrrrr

http://www.happypirate.com/sites/hap...background.png

[OG_Monkey]

Dammit can we get a damn release date.