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Ikaruga XBLA

Post by Shaneus »

As you know, coming to XBLA soon, whatever yada yada. Just read this on GAF, courtesy of Blim:
Blimblim wrote:Only problem with the game is that they *butchered* the music to get it to fit in 50 MB (why did they stick to the old limit?). It sounds like a 11 khz overcompressed mp3.
Everything else seems spot on perfect.
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And yet the DC original was 17mb...
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'Twas reviewed on Teamxbox and got a 9, and they mentioned (in passing) how suitable the music was. I just wanna hear the original music in it's fully sequenced glory, rather than (what sounds like) is re-recorded and essentially compressed to low MP3 quality to fit into the package.

Couldn't they AT LEAST make it with the higher XBLA limit like Castlevania?
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Wonder if Rez HD will get the same treatment...
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Nah Rez had remastered sound into DD5.1
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Anyone know what size Rez is/will be? And why the fuck couldn't Ikaruga adhere to the same limit?!?
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Fuck that. :down:
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Seraph wrote:And yet the DC original was 17mb...
I bet it's because the Xbox 360 is ghey and has no MIDI hardware. They'd have no choice but to record the music as audio then cram it into the allocated space. Pretty sad really. I'd never given it a thought, but the only current console that would definitely have MIDI capabilities in the hardware would be the Wii, due to the hardware backward compatibility. :(

To elaborate on my previous "fuck that", Ikaruga has a really impressive soundtrack, and frankly I don't know if high-def and (presumably) online multiplayer are going to be enough to make up for the sound quality being raped. Watch me buy it anyway, fanboy that I am.
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Post by unfnknblvbl »

so.... anybody know when it's out yet?
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Famitsu still has "March" listed in it's release schedule.

And there is another DC shooter being released this Wednesday, Triggerheart: Exelica.
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Whens this out ffs?
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Tomoz :)
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It got 9.0 at IGN. Whoop whooop! Pity I have no cash, nor time to be playing such games.
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Post by Muzza »

No mention of any music issues in the review that Shaneus mentioned in his original post.

I look forward to finally passing the 3rd stage!

Should be sweet!
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Oh yeah almost forgot about this! Might add some more points on tonight..

After that I might actually have enough random left over points to buy the next XBLA game! Whenever that may come along.. I think I've only actually bought one or two XBLA games, the rest were from freebie promotions and such, like Undertow, Texas Holdem etc.
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Post by Gamma »

So it's out today? Time to dust off the 360. Expect a massive rant if the music's even slightly below par.
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Post by Shaneus »

Cheers Gamma! I doubt I'd be able to pick it, but if you can, then I'll start getting all pissy at Treasure for a shit conversion ;)
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Gamma wrote:So it's out today? Time to dust off the 360. Expect a massive rant if the music's even slightly below par.
i hope the server can withstand the rant...

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It's Out! Getting Now.
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Post by Shaneus »

Same same... getting now!

Ooooh, I need to get the arcade stick out!
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Post by Shaneus »

Hm... sadly, I do think that the music has suffered here over the DC one. I remember it being a lot more epic and mindblowing than this.

BUT.

Kudos to Treasure for including the DC's VMU beep sound when saving replays! Fucking awesome.
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Post by Muzza »

Overtakes REZ as best game on XBLA.

I'm still not hardcore enough for this game! It still owns me! :lol:

Music sounds good to me, although its been ages since Ive heard the DC's version.
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Post by Ben »

Yeah couldn't notice much difference in the music myself, but it's been a while since I've played last.

I'm super rusty though, I managed to after a bit of dying and retrying get up to the 3rd stage but died at the boss :(

It took a little bit before I remembered all the Stage 1 patterns, and actually being able to hit them without stuffing up my chain a little longer lol
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