Time to Drill Some Blocks.... Part 2

Okay, expect my review of Mr. Driller Online sometime this weekend (as early as Friday night maybe). No pic for this blog post, even though I like my blog to be all colorful and stuff.

So far, Namco has screwed up big time with this one, which is sad since Mr. Driller is a great series for Japan making the importers happy, but usually gets the shaft here at the U.S. The same thing can be said for this entry because when you have the online on the title and that itself is flat out broken, then we have a big problem. The netcode is barely visible currently with laggy matches as worst as some SSBB matches I had, basically it is unplayable online. Other than that, the single player and the music are the only things saving it from the whole package being an abomination. At least, the single player is challenging and getting achievement points does require some skill, speed, and luck (other than the online ones since it is broken).

Bottom line, Ikaruga is XBLA's only saving grace at this point now with such crap out in the past month. More Mr. Driller on my review soon.

UPDATE - Video evidence of the horrible online from Xbox 360 Fanboy (This is true for all online games as I noticed today myself - host gets advantage, other players get screwed).

X3F TV -- Mister Driller Live multiplayer is a laggy mess from X3F on Vimeo.

Tom Clancy takes it to the Sky.

This year so far, Ubisoft has brought out Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the first of many Tom Clancy games slated for this year. Add another to the other upcoming 2 (Splinter Cell Conviction, if that is ever coming out, and EndWar) with H.A.W.X. This is Ubi's so-called Ace Combat killer that was rumored for a bit, but this debut trailer seems promising and faithful to the Tom Clancy brand. Hopefully the quality can remain on the same level as Rainbow Six, GRAW, and Splinter Cell, but is too many different Tom Clancy games too much for Ubi to handle? Considering buying out the name, looks like they're ok as Ubi's cash cow besides Assassin's Creed. I'm not that hyped into it since it is not my type of game, but I think Clancy fans should give it a chance. IGN has first dibs on the trailer as well as a long MGS4 preview (this is the game Shane was teasing during the 1up Yours podcast for two weeks meaning how journalists have already beaten the game to give feedback to the developers.

 

Music Video of the Day - Kanye West's Homecoming

This is from Kanye's blog and his Homecoming video with Chris Martin from Coldplay is now up. Pretty good video fitting the vibe of the song. Looks like Ye is set with singles from his Graduation album unless he has a 5th one set later this year (Hopefully it is I Wonder), but since he will busy and all in the Glow in the Dark Tour (such a dope tour with him N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco, and Rihanna). The tour stops by Los Angeles later this month and has been sold out for a while since the tour was announced, so good luck trying to get tickets for the show.

HOMECOMING from kwest on Vimeo.

April Fools Clips of the Day (A Zelda Movie!! and Assasin's Solid)

Okay, IGN went a little crazy with this Legend of Zelda movie trailer. It is clearly their April Fools joke, but if this is actually real, this movie might be a little decent. It is based on the Ocarina of Time storyline (I think) and Link doesn't speak staying true to the game. Some of the characters look weird especially Ganondorf, but hey it is an April Fools joke. This is likely piss the Nintendo fanboys off for the day. Runner-up video is probably the Assassin's Solid video of Altair in MGS4. Check the NeoGAF thread for more on that. Here's the Assassin's Solid video since I can't upload or embed the fake Zelda movie trailer. Here's IGN's story in this link.

UPDATE - The Zelda trailer now Youtubed.

Still Alive is Up and Early!!!

This was announced earlier today for to be released tomorrow, but apparently someone pulled the trigger to put it early on both XBL Marketplace and the Rock Band store.  Still Alive, the end song from Portal, is up and it is what u expect from a free song which is easy and simple on guitar (Expert). Maybe drums are a different story from what I read, but Portal fans should download this in a heartbeat. Kind of cool that this is the first free song for Rock Band considering a handful of free songs in Guitar Hero III. Here's already a video of someone FCing it (the first video I found).

Clip of the Day (3/31/08) = Jabbawockeez!!!

If u became a Jabbawockeez fan like me after watching MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. Here's a nice set of all their dances in one 10 minute YouTube clip. They were also on Regis & Kelly earlier today doing an alternate version of the 2nd to last dance on this Tube clip. Enjoy or not.... I feel like buying some Jabba merchandise now like a mask and a shirt. (Note - this clip does not include the mashing performances with the Final 4, the West Coast only performance, and the faceoff with Status Quo).

Time to Drill some Blocks.....

The next two weeks for Xbox Live Arcade are going to be good. First off on Wednesday is Mr. Driller Online (Screenshot above and trailer below). Honestly, I never played a Mr. Driller game before so this will be all new to me. This game is 800 MS Points with online play (hence the online on the title) for the first time in the series and classic Driller as the fans know and love. After some lackluster games in the month of March, XBLA is stepping back up with Ikaruga supposedly next week (for 800 MS Points as well), even though Microsoft claims they are limiting themselves on the "faithful arcade ports" and some backlash was the result (They actually rejected some of Cave's hardcore 2D shumps on the service like Don Donpachi, whatever it is called). Hopefully, a review of Mr. Driller Online will happen this weekend after playing the crap of it. Speaking of reviews, I haven't gotten around towards redoing my Smash Bros. Brawl review, oh well. Maybe I should waste 10 bucks on Cruisin' USA on the Wii Virtual Console (refer to that blog post for more).