Galaga Legions (XBLA)

nem · Post by **nem** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:25 pm

New Galaga coming this fall to Xbox Live Arcade from the developers that gave us the absolutely superb Pac-Man Championship Edition.

frothing demand +1

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:52 pm

Frothing demand: INFINITY!!

This looks amazing; the shots from your ship remind me very much of Ikaruga, and you can shoot in multiple directions, too!

(OT, watch MS's press conference on IGN or Gametrailers; I am VERY impressed with their line-up!)

jp · Post by jp » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:31 pm

Game looks damn solid, for sure!

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:50 pm

Whoa. Talk about popcorn hell. A must-buy on my watch lest there cease to be a hitbox in the player ship.

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:23 am

I loved Galaga 90 for the turbo grafx. This looks 10X better. I'll definitely buy this one.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:58 am

Screenshots, Video

There's the standard purty colors that come with every game update, but this one looks especially crazy.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:26 am

More detailed (pretty amazing) screenshots posted at official site

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/viewer. ... 1&shotId=0

TFIV and Galaga Legions within the span of three months, this is a crazy time for retro shmuppers.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:30 am

I don't think we can call TFVI or GL a "retro games"

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:30 am

This game is Galaga only by name it seems. That's fine by me though. A little bit more speed would be nice but apart from that it looks good.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:49 am

new versus classic styling:

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:33 pm

The score font reminds me of Rayhound's score font

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:17 am

Wow..."Classic" version actually looks good.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:30 am

WTF? Analog stick only for movement? Can someone please fire the 18 year olds working on this and get some real developers!?

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:34 am

Dave_K. wrote:WTF? Analog stick only for movement? Can someone please fire the 18 year olds working on this and get some real developers!?

Have you tried to use the 360's d-pad before? It's pure garbage, almost as bad as the phat psp's.

I do agree though, that not having the option to at least choose the d-pad or analog stick is bullshit.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:42 am

Dave_K. wrote:WTF? Analog stick only for movement? Can someone please fire the 18 year olds working on this and get some real developers!?

It's very likely still in there.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:16 am

Wow, this looks really nice.

I'm not a big fan of single screen shooters, but more than likely i'll be snagging this. SIE and now this.

s/m

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:09 am

This looks more like a Gaplus sequel, only with the Galaga name for marketing reasons.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/950904/61 ... -show-demo
Here's a demo from Gamespot. Gotta have this game.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:22 am

So what they have done is swapped bullet patterns for enemy patterns. If you want to reach people outside these forums I guess that is a wise choice. I've been craving more enemy patterns in shmups for a long time myself. You have to wonder at the difficulty though. Will it be hard enough? Will you have to play trough 50+ levels before the action starts to heat up? Slow enemies will trick reviewers into thinking the game is 'tactical'. Smart!

The game actually looks more Robotron-like than anything - like a non-scrolling arena shmup.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:19 pm

gameoverDude wrote:This looks more like a Gaplus sequel, only with the Galaga name for marketing reasons.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/950904/61 ... -show-demo
Here's a demo from Gamespot. Gotta have this game.

I love how the player sucks at it.

pablumatic · Post by **pablumatic** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:35 pm

That classic mode looks very good. Definitely going to be getting this.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:09 pm

gameoverDude wrote:This looks more like a Gaplus sequel, only with the Galaga name for marketing reasons.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/950904/61 ... -show-demo
Here's a demo from Gamespot. Gotta have this game.

The game looks amazing, and I'm especially excited considering this is from the team that did Pac Man CE, which is mindblowing.

The real prize of this particular demonstration video, however, is watching and hearing these guys play and talk about the game. They do a hilariously bad job covering up how obviously bored they are, and the fact that none of them have any desire to play it. I love how that dude near the end reluctantly picks up the controller because no one else will, and after, literally, 15 seconds blurts out his full hackneyed Game Informer bullshit-brand review:

"I remember playing Galaga back in the day. It was totally sweet, but you've reinvented the classic faithfully, and given an old game new life. This game is totally true to the original game in every way, but adds a lot of depth that just wasn't in those old arcade games."

Comedy gold.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:15 pm

So, you shoot the orange ball to destroy the entire wave at a 16 multiplier?

SeashoreandHorizon · Post by **SeashoreandHorizon** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:18 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:So, you shoot the orange ball to destroy the entire wave at a 16 multiplier?

I believe so.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:50 am

Necronopticous wrote:
gameoverDude wrote:This looks more like a Gaplus sequel, only with the Galaga name for marketing reasons.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/950904/61 ... -show-demo
Here's a demo from Gamespot. Gotta have this game.
The game looks amazing, and I'm especially excited considering this is from the team that did Pac Man CE, which is mindblowing.

The real prize of this particular demonstration video, however, is watching and hearing these guys play and talk about the game. They do a hilariously bad job covering up how obviously bored they are, and the fact that none of them have any desire to play it. I love how that dude near the end reluctantly picks up the controller because no one else will, and after, literally, 15 seconds blurts out his full hackneyed Game Informer bullshit-brand review:

"I remember playing Galaga back in the day. It was totally sweet, but you've reinvented the classic faithfully, and given an old game new life. This game is totally true to the original game in every way, but adds a lot of depth that just wasn't in those old arcade games."

Comedy gold.

That was absolutely hilarious.

Anyway, I can't wait to get my hands on this.

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Post by **Zuhzuhzombie!!** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:58 am

320x240 wrote:So what they have done is swapped bullet patterns for enemy patterns.

It's not Galaga without the crazy enemy patterns.

Diggin the look of this game. Dunno how faithful to the series it will be.

Will still download it.

caligvla · Post by **caligvla** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:46 am

Pac-Man Championship Edition was the only reason why I bought an Xbox 360... Now I hope they will put Galaga on Disc, I have an xbox w/o HD.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:30 pm

caligvla wrote:Pac-Man Championship Edition was the only reason why I bought an Xbox 360... Now I hope they will put Galaga on Disc, I have an xbox w/o HD.

They won't but if Pac-Man CE is everything that you have on your memory card (I assume you bought the arcade pack), there should be enough space left for Galaga...

caligvla · Post by **caligvla** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:13 pm

Necronom wrote:
caligvla wrote:Pac-Man Championship Edition was the only reason why I bought an Xbox 360... Now I hope they will put Galaga on Disc, I have an xbox w/o HD.
They won't but if Pac-Man CE is everything that you have on your memory card (I assume you bought the arcade pack), there should be enough space left for Galaga...

If not can I assume a 2nd memory card in slot #2 should do the trick?

thanks,

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:04 am

The enemy formations just look so atypical of the genre. This game is going to be good times.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:26 am

Lucky for me, the game came up on Partnernet today so I got to sit down with the trial version and give it a whirl:

My initial impression is that the controls are just god-awful. I don't know what the heck they were thinking here:

RT: Fire (can be set to continuous fire so you don't have to press a button)
RS: Choose the fire direction of your options
LB: Bring your options back to default near you

I can see why the fire is on the Right Trigger if you have to use the Right Analog stick to control the options, but why is the option reset on the Left Bumper? Madness.

Gameplay-wise I can't really say much positive about it so far. I only have access to the trial version, so this isn't a fair review, but the first ten minutes of gameplay so far is uninspired and just plain boring. Enemy patterns are incredibly simple and only the "leader" ships can actually shoot at you. Out of the dozen or so games I played, I think I died once and it was totally my fault. Now, I'm sure it will ramp up, but the rate at which it ramps seems to be so slow that I'm not sure I could really get into it if the first half-hour of play is going to be challenge-free. This is a shmup for the masses, make no mistake, and hardcore players will feel left-out I fear.

The score system seems to be based entirely around shooting down the "leader" ship. Killing the leader also kills the smaller ships in formations around it and the multiplier is based around how many small ships were left when the leader was killed. Before each formation comes out, white lines telegraph their pattern so you can get into position and nail the leader. This has potential, but it ends up making it feel much more like a puzzle game than a shooter. Simply get into position, aim at the leader and soak up the points. Again, this is a trial version so I'm sure it gets more challenging, but damn, it's so SLOW to get going I just don't care to play it much more than I already have.

Graphics are passable but rather ugly, with tons of bloom to hide the simple ship models. It's like a cross between Lumines and a PSone era shmup.

Overall, I'll probably still pick this up, but it's not the series reboot that Pac-Man CE was, nor does it have the content or quality of Geometry Wars 2.