In case you're looking for a little Death Rally-esque racing, then you may want to check out today's Xbox Live Arcade title Scrap Metal. I haven't played it, but it looks totally rad.
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Content: Scrap Metal
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in this fast-paced, top-down racing game. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add their vehicles to your garage. Customize your newly-acquired cars and then return to the track to blast through more enemies. Jump online with Xbox LIVE to race against your friends and crush their cars with the wheels of your monster truck in pulse-pounding online multiplayer matches. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
disappointing that it's only averaging 7.5s on the review sites. Also disappointing that this, along with most new xbla games, are now going for $15, as opposed to $10. Sure it might not seem like that much more, but it's still a 50% increase. Imagine if your lunches suddenly started costing 50% more. Anyway, I digress on account of inflation..
Anyhow, I think the coolest part of this game is that it's 4-player splitscreen. Great for some couch coop or multiplayer. It's hard to find... really ANY game with 4 player splitscreen these days. N+ was awesome for a quick 4 player pick-up-and-play. With the basic top-down style of this game, I'm sure it'll be great for game nights.
Partly the cost of the title is to subsidize the 400 point discount if you buy the pack.
Partly the cost is due to the impression that the market will bear the cost after seeing other XBLA do well at the 1200 price point - like Castle Crashers, 1943, and Shadow Complex... but we will see if that pricing configuration does well for them. There's a site that tracks new users on the Leaderboards monthly
Meh. Not liking the compact scale or Pro Am style of this. Probably just because I'm so hungry for some serious Twisted Metal style epic maps that this "Calling All Cars" arena stuff just won't do it for me.
