Assault Heroes - XBox Live

MDY · Post by **MDY** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:42 pm

Great looking Mercs style shooter (vehicles and on foot)

800 points $10/£6

Bargain!

IGN review
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/750/750694p1.html

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Video trailer download mirrors here:
http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3440_1_en.html

PPA · Post by **PPA** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:07 pm

seems cool, dommage i sold my xbox360

Bishamon · Post by **Bishamon** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:11 pm

I'll be downloading it tonight!

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:50 am

I was wondering what all the fuss was about today. Then I realized I lost another 15 dollars this week because of it. ;_;

I didn't notice the boss of the water stage area was a Giant Enemy Crab until I beat it. Taking a break after letting my brain digest that information. Overall, a fun game, and it does punish you accordingly if you're pretty stupid in not dodging/destroying enemy projectiles/running into stuff.

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:47 am

I'm loving this game, its awesome.

jp · Post by jp » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:44 am

This is a shmup?

It would appear I must buy it then.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:36 am

It seems surprisingly good. Sort of like Ikari Warriors with a heavier emphasis on your vehicle.

I'm going to buy it as soon as I restock my MS points.

I did find the demo level a little easy - I didn't die at all. Hopefully the later levels include some actual difficulty.

ctx · Post by **ctx** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:23 pm

I think it was a bit disingenious to require you to play on foot as much as possible to get the highest scores.

It is also a bit slowly paced and I could definitely do without the mandatory cut scenes.

There are some other dubious design decisions too, but I don't mean to complain too much. It is a fun, enjoyable game and worth the 10 bucks IMHO. Just that I think some relatively minor tweaks could have made it deeper and even more enjoyable.

BTW from what I've played so far, I really recommend bumping the difficulty up to Hard.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:43 pm

Impressive. And now that my XBOX magazine has expired, I might not have heard of it otherwise. Thanks.

jp · Post by jp » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:53 pm

I checked out the demo.

Definitely a top notch title. I'll be buying it Friday.

Cranky · Post by **Cranky** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:29 pm

Good little title. I hope it sells heaps and xbla gets a few more shmups