I downloaded and played a bit this morning. First of all, the visuals are down right amazing. They're sharp, detailed and colorful.
I didn't finish the demo but unlocked one of the worlds. The area was huge as was the draw distance. I made some vehicles and played around with them. It's not super technical but you do need to think how to make the vehicle for the objective needed. I had to get into work so I'll finish it up tonight and see how far they let you progress.
Too bad MS will send it to die without any promotion
Nice bait Rare. Well played. There's a lot of subtle humor and such all throughout and that was ultimate joke on me. It's impressive what you can create with the limited number of parts. I tried the pre-built vehicles given to you by Humba, but I found those weren't very effective, except for the racer. I ended building a similar vehicle to one of the pre-built one's with the U shaped front. I just made the U a little bigger and added a spring to shoot the balls into the goal instead of having to push them all the way through. One thing I was concerned with was how the vehicles would handle, but I thought they handled fairly well. I thought the challenge where you're defending Clanker's eyes was bit tedious. The others I had fun with. While you're in vehicles most of the time, there's still some traditional platforming in Showdown Town. Nuts and Bolts is very charming and the Banjo humor is very much still intact. Music and presentation is excellent. It's something different. There's really nothing quite like it on the 360 and I'm very much looking forward to playing the full game.
