I have browsed many of the XBLA demos (not all, but many) and am finding a lot of them don't have MP/Coop for the demos so I am hunting for feedback. I am looking for the following:
Platform: Xbox 360 titles
Type: Arcade or Retail
Style: Coop or "fun multiplayer" (not ultra competitive)
For: child (4 years old), wife
For the child (boy, 4 years old) I am looking for something simple enough--coop "Feeding Frenzy" would be great. The new GeoWars has coop but it is a little fast, can be difficult to keep your eye on your player, and the dual sticks is a tad bit advanced right now. My son likes racing games (he can drive the Nissan Speedway track with an R1 racer in FM2 without hitting walls when using the wheel!) but Mad Tracks didn't seem to click (and boy, Revolt! on XLBA would rock! MUCH better game) and Cars was a little too difficult. I am looking for something "age appropriate" in content as well as controls. He really likes Feeding Frenzy (watching and playing) so I am hoping there may be something similar to this that has coop or "fun" multiplayer. Marble Blast is something I have looked at, but the camera was a little tough for him. I want to avoid blatant killing, shooting, and such (although eating other fish is ok
Double standards ftw!) We don't play much, but I would like to find something easy enough for him to pickup (or worth learning) that we can enjoy together once in a while. He did like the Burnout Paradise demo (he loved crashing head on into cars... it was ok I thought, but the "racing" part seemed totally missing) but alas no splitscreen. (It is hard to find split-screen games, even hard to find such that also have AI support w/ split screen... sad!)
For the wife ... she doesn't really like gaming although I have found a couple games here or there she liked. She liked Mario Kart and, interestingly, Battlefield 1942 (only shooter ever she could stomach; mainly because it was very team oriented, shooting wasn't even necessary to achieve objectives, and it was very very easy to pick up but took time to master--KUDOS Dice). FPS with a gamepad are a no go. Anything that involves a lot of time is a no go (sorry VP). She thought GeoWars was dumb... tough cookie here! I thought Carcassonne was interesting (tile based card game). The Castle Crashers demo was interesting but it got a little too tough and bloody for her pretty quick. A more strategical game that puts wits before gaming braun would be nice... but it has to be interesting (no action games so far have interested her at all, like Kameo) and easy to pick up. My wife is liking FM2 with the wheel, so that is nice... although not quite easy to pickup!
This is a pretty tough assignment, so kudos to anyone who can help me scope out titles :smile:
Ps- I can squash any music games out of hand unless they released a piano game that allows a digikeyboard to be plugged in. GH, RB, Singstar games need not apply. Scene It also is a no go seeing as my wife has watched maybe 20 movies ever.
Platform: Xbox 360 titles
Type: Arcade or Retail
Style: Coop or "fun multiplayer" (not ultra competitive)
For: child (4 years old), wife
For the child (boy, 4 years old) I am looking for something simple enough--coop "Feeding Frenzy" would be great. The new GeoWars has coop but it is a little fast, can be difficult to keep your eye on your player, and the dual sticks is a tad bit advanced right now. My son likes racing games (he can drive the Nissan Speedway track with an R1 racer in FM2 without hitting walls when using the wheel!) but Mad Tracks didn't seem to click (and boy, Revolt! on XLBA would rock! MUCH better game) and Cars was a little too difficult. I am looking for something "age appropriate" in content as well as controls. He really likes Feeding Frenzy (watching and playing) so I am hoping there may be something similar to this that has coop or "fun" multiplayer. Marble Blast is something I have looked at, but the camera was a little tough for him. I want to avoid blatant killing, shooting, and such (although eating other fish is ok
Double standards ftw!) We don't play much, but I would like to find something easy enough for him to pickup (or worth learning) that we can enjoy together once in a while. He did like the Burnout Paradise demo (he loved crashing head on into cars... it was ok I thought, but the "racing" part seemed totally missing) but alas no splitscreen. (It is hard to find split-screen games, even hard to find such that also have AI support w/ split screen... sad!)For the wife ... she doesn't really like gaming although I have found a couple games here or there she liked. She liked Mario Kart and, interestingly, Battlefield 1942 (only shooter ever she could stomach; mainly because it was very team oriented, shooting wasn't even necessary to achieve objectives, and it was very very easy to pick up but took time to master--KUDOS Dice). FPS with a gamepad are a no go. Anything that involves a lot of time is a no go (sorry VP). She thought GeoWars was dumb... tough cookie here! I thought Carcassonne was interesting (tile based card game). The Castle Crashers demo was interesting but it got a little too tough and bloody for her pretty quick. A more strategical game that puts wits before gaming braun would be nice... but it has to be interesting (no action games so far have interested her at all, like Kameo) and easy to pick up. My wife is liking FM2 with the wheel, so that is nice... although not quite easy to pickup!
This is a pretty tough assignment, so kudos to anyone who can help me scope out titles :smile:
Ps- I can squash any music games out of hand unless they released a piano game that allows a digikeyboard to be plugged in. GH, RB, Singstar games need not apply. Scene It also is a no go seeing as my wife has watched maybe 20 movies ever.
