[Official] Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2010

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Hydro is out now :)

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I purchased Hydro Thunder a few hours ago. I personally really like it as it truly reminds me of sitting in an arcade cabinet. It is just pure old school fun. Definitely a game you can just pick up do a few courses/challenges and come back to it later. At least right now. Also seems like it is going to present a solid challenge getting gold on everything.

So I am 2 for 2 so far, and for sure I am also picking up Tomb Raider as well, and also maybe Castlevania, so at the very least I'll be getting 400 points back from Ms for buying 3 out of the 5 games being offered.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

So I am 2 for 2 so far, and for sure I am also picking up Tomb Raider as well, and also maybe Castlevania, so at the very least I'll be getting 400 points back from Ms for buying 3 out of the 5 games being offered.

Huh?

MS aren't giving points this year. If you buy 4 of the games they'll give you the 5th for free.

[Lingwo]

They are doing free points

Purchase all 5 Summer of Arcade games: Limbo, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Castlevania Harmony of Despair, & Monday Night Combat before August 31, 2010 11:59pm EST, and receive 1200 Microsoft® Points – FREE! (Or, purchase at least 3 Summer of Arcade titles and receive 400 Microsoft Points for FREE!) Limit one (1) gift per person: either 400 Points or 1200 Points.

Source: http://www.xbox.com/.../summerofarcade

I think i am only going to end up with 400 points too.

Monday night combat just doesn't interest me at all.

[metal_dragen Veteran]

Huh?

MS aren't giving points this year. If you buy 4 of the games they'll give you the 5th for free.

Actually they are. If you buy 3 games, they give you a 400 points rebate, if you buy all 5, they give you a 1200 points rebate (essentially making the 5th game free). It's not instant, and it is a rebate in the form of points.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Oh nice, they must have added that just last week. My mistake then :p

Updating the OP..

edit: also sweet that they changed it to just rebate the 1200 points instead of giving you the 5th game. Choices (Y) :D

[Guest xiphi]

Hydro Thunder Hurricane was an instant buy for me, and definitely don't regret it. Game looks good, easy to pick up, and is a blast to play. Definitely presents a challenge with the Pro and Expert races as the latter is pretty frickin' hard! The game, also, reminds me of the experience I had with the arcade original. Only thing missing is the seat with a built in subwoofer!

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

They are doing free points

Source: http://www.xbox.com/.../summerofarcade

I think i am only going to end up with 400 points too.

Monday night combat just doesn't interest me at all.

Yep same here, no interest at all in Monday Night game.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane was an instant buy for me, and definitely don't regret it. Game looks good, easy to pick up, and is a blast to play. Definitely presents a challenge with the Pro and Expert races as the latter is pretty frickin' hard! The game, also, reminds me of the experience I had with the arcade original. Only thing missing is the seat with a built in subwoofer!

Yeah definitely with the seat and the subwoofer. That and one broken quarter slot and it would feel just like the arcade!!

BTW Happy Birthday, but seriously, the pro challengers are seriously hard.

[Guest xiphi]

Yep same here, no interest at all in Monday Night game.

Yeah definitely with the seat and the subwoofer. That and one broken quarter slot and it would feel just like the arcade!!

BTW Happy Birthday, but seriously, the pro challengers are seriously hard.

Thanks! :D

I can manage to place in the top 3 on Pro, but I've yet to place higher than 5 on Expert. Even then, I believe it was pure luck. At least the game is more forgiving when you first play it than the first Hydro Thunder was.