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So I spent the last 6 hours not sleeping, but playing the new Xbox Arcade game From Dust
You get too morph your own islands out of dirt, water and lava. Theirs a tribe kicking about aswell, but I only really try make really cool looking islands/waterfalls etc
HellsGuardian316 wrote:Is it me or is this a take on the acclaimed game "Black and White", released years ago?
Not really, its not focused on you as a god developing a society, but instead your defending it from Tidal waves, Volcanos, Drought etc. The tribes stay completely primative, and are only there to be kept alive.
You could easily complete the game in about a few hours, but I like making each island real purtty looking, with volcanos and waterfalls and stuff
Have to say, a very enjoyable game. I'm near the end where you've appeared in a vast ocean with little landmass, just a volcano in the middle.
But as enjoyable as it is, I'm gonna be extremely miffed if they don't include more map packs, The game has so much potential it will be a crime to leave it so short. I'd personally like larger and more time consuming levels rather than being able to solve a lot of the levels in 15-30min.
Cheers for highlighting the game though Toastedandy
It is only like 5 hours long. But, in the final level you get the breath of eart, lava, water and plants. That lets you make anything you want, like mountains, volcanos, deserts, rivers etc.
If you enjoyed the demo, and would enjoy the sandbox final level than I would recommend it. But it is a bit pricey for its length. I'd wait until Microsoft has a sale, it would more than likely be half price in a few months.
Managed to get to the second to last level "Movements" with only needing to restart some of the levels a few times. "Movements" though, is damn hard! lol
Failed this one over and over so decided to look at a walkthrough, turns out I had the right idea and the right order, but was doing it too quickly and got swamped.
I'm seriously hoping for some more additions to this game. Namely the ability to build a level and send it to friends to try. Maybe have timed scoring or similar.
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Beat this game on release. Took about 5-6 hours... Well, after you're done there are 30ish challenge maps that are EXTREMLY difficult.
Buy this game, it's very fun, and, once you make it to the last level, is fun for a few days to mess around with...
I'm trying not to spoil it...
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Thunderfrog wrote:
+1 Str for like 5 points? To autocannons or assault cannons? Hell yea. Then the Reinforced Aegis upgrade for free AND the ability to ignore stunned shaken.. pretty much for free..
Other Dreadnaughts should just go somewhere and be a toaster.
Mattieu~~~~ It's not that eldar are bad, it's that they require a lot of intergration between units. Also, that doesnt prove anything other than GW has a huge hard-on for marines, and, given the option between making a xeno the best psykers or making a marine the best psyker, they will 9 times out of 10 choose the marine.
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Tzeentchling9 wrote:Mephy can't be swept. He is still a marine so he has the, "And They Shall Never Get Removed From The Table After Losing Combat Like Everyone Else Because They Are The Poster Boys" special rule.
