Yeah, it doesn't come up nearly often enough and there are a couple of medals I need from it. They did a great Infection double EXP thing a while back with Foundry turned into a giant haunted house looking thing, that was terrific. I have "Zombie Killing spree" but I haven't got Hell's Janitor or the various sprees you get as a zombie.

Infection is awesome, but I've never had it in a playlist, only a custom game.

It occasionally comes up in Rumble Pit and has been on the Double EXP weekend playlists on two occasions. That's it as far as I know.

I've just got back from a weekend away with a bunch of mates and we system-linked two consoles and played 8-man Infection, tweaking it to give zombies the ability to use vehicles. Much hilarity ensued.

When it was on the Playlist they had one set up on Snowbound so that the Zombies (Elites with swords in a funky colour) were permanently cloaked, and they made it so the motion sensor dots were absolutely tiny. They also only seemed to reveal themselves when they were hit directly, grenade splash damage didn't make them flash up.

Being out in the snow and seeing footprints churning up the snow and spinning wildly with your shotgun in an attempt to save yourself was genuinely frightening stuff. Loved it.

Also "Braaaiiiinnns..." on Rat's nest, where the zombies could be killed with magnum headshots but were otherwise tough as hell.

Speaking of headshots, I'm fully addicted to SWAT at the moment. Brrr, brr, brr, TRIPLE KILL. BR = Awesome. SHWATguns is absolutely absurd though, especially on Cold SWATage.

I only recently got Halo 3 and barely played it online (like literally 5-10 matches).

Do I need to 'level up' before I can play these kinda games?

Nah, your skill level won't stop you playing on any of the playlists, it just varies as to what comes up on the rotation. For instance, if you play "lone wolves", you might get three games where it's a simple "First to 25 kills wins", then the next game might be "oddball" where you have to hold onto a skull for a certain amount of time to win. Over time you'll play most things, but games like Juggernaught and Infection come up quite rarely on the online playlists.

The only thing that'll stop you playing certain playlists is the map packs. If you don't have the Heroic map pack you can't play ranked Team Slayer, if you con't have the Legendary pack you can't play SWAT and possibly one or two other things.

He won't need it tbh. He'll only be playing games on it and he won't be set up on live until we can afford to get him the wireless adaptor.

Yeah, but once you ARE set up on live, the HD will be essential, and then you'll have to save for that too.

Trust me dude, it may be a little more expensive, but I'd get a premium straight away.

I have to agree. The difference is only £40 and the standalone hard drive will be more than that for a while, so if you then get him the (ludicrously overpriced) wireless adapter and then need the hard drive, you'll end up spending more. They do like to charge for their add-ons and accessories.



"Come on Stevie-baby. Buy the Premium. I'll make it worth your whiiiiille "

Is live down or is it just me? I have a blatant "Xbox LIVE is currently unavailable" message right across my screen.

Frank, you don't have the HD do you? Do you think it's essential for playing live? I know you can't DL additional maps and stuff on Halo but your still able to save game data on the memory card can't you?

I'm not discrediting your opions (MRMIdAS & JLM), but if all he's going to be doing is saving game data and playing live then the £40 I'll be saving could go towards his wireless adaptor. If I could afford it I would buy the Elite for myself and give him my Premium. Money is quite precious at the moment.

I don't have a hard drive no, I don't really need one tbh. A memory card will be fine for saving profiles and game saves to.

My live is back now btw, PANIC OVER BOYS,

JUST BUY THE FUCKING PREMIUM YOU PEASANT.

you need a hard drive to play on live though. If its any help, I saw a preowned wireless adapter in Blockbusters for £29.99, by far the cheapest I've seen it anywhere.

Damn, I've never seen one close to that cheap. I couldn't imagine having my 360 without the hard drive, both for the map packs and expansions mentioned earlier and for the the game demos and the amazing XBLA games.

yeah ditto, I love my HDD, especially now I have the 120gb.

Lol!

You don't need a HD for live Andy, just ask frank. My lads only 11, he won't be bothered about additional maps, especially considering you have to pay for them. My boy don't like to part with his money. I think he may be Jewish.

I have an elite. I paid £330 for an elite ,2 games and an extra controller (and a live pack thing).

It's almost £100 cheaper now.

DOH!!!


I love my Elite though. I love it far too much. I clean it regularly and occasionally talk to it. Only to say what a good job he is doing.

2 years ago I got my premium with Saints Row for £210, almost £100 cheaper than it should've been.

It doesnt suck as bad as when I bought my PS3, for the console and extra controller, 1 game, HDMI cable and a controller adapter I was pushing 500 notes, this was at launch though and since then Metal Gear came out and made it all worthwhile.


I was always under the impression you needed a HDD for live, I have been misinformed. Or maybe I was just not really paying attention. Both totally possible.

I had a £10 gift voucher to use up from Zavvi, so I bought Rainbow Six Vegas. I really wanted Vegas 2 but I'm sure this is a good game. Haven't played it yet. What's it like guys?

It was my thoughts initially too, until frank proved otherwise.

Anyone here played The Darkness?

I have a great gaming PC, and I was amazed to pay £7 for this in GAME (it came out over a year ago), and it is by far the most visually amazing things I've ever seen. The game looks stunningly beautiful for the 360. I would even go as far as say it looks way better than GTA4 and Bioshock, even though it came out before them.

Anyone into horror FPS's should really get this one.

Rainbow Six Vegas is a very good game, both single and multiplayer. I personally don't like the frantic fast paced action of call of duty 4, and so prefer the slow methodical pace of games like R6.

Personally I think R6 is better than Vegas 2. If you do a co-op story mode, you can have 4 players along with you doing it, and it makes it very fun indeed to be playing with real people as opposed to sometime dodgy AI characters. On Vegas 2 Bizarrely they took out 4 player co-op instead only letting you play with 1 friend and 2 AI characters.

Terrorist hunts are very very addictive, and I think the multiplayer maps are better on Rainbow 6.

So Rainbow6 is an excellent game, and i think like the majority of people when you eventually play vegas 2 you'll find it very underwhelming and disappointing compared to the first

Is it £7 for the 360 or for the PC game?

If for the 360, i'll be defo getting that, always wanted to play it and Fear (opinions welcome on that please anyone?)

But my 360 is being repaired at the mo it's ring of deathed the other week grrr

Also, anyone played Army of Two? what's people's thoughts on that?

It was £7 for the 360. However I bought it pre-owned, but I see it going for £10 new sometimes. It was in the Stockport branch, and considering you live near me, I guess it's not an impossibility you'll visit the same store.

Really loved that game. It was the first FPS that I actually enjoyed. Multiplayer was superb.Quite dated now though seeing as it came out on the PC in 2005. Wait towards the end of year for the new one. Looks good.

I have The Darkness but I've only played the first few stages. Was enjoying it quite a bit but, as with so many games, it's fallen by the wayside because I don't get enough chances to play single-player games and so have to prioritise absolutely essential titles above the mere "very good" ones.

Memories of it include using the funky Darkness powers for the first time and removing some hearts, the surprisingly well acted and immersive set-pieces including a tender moment with the missus and the first time I encountered an enemy goon at close range. The latter was memorable because, instead of pistol whipping him or doing some other kind of close-range striking attack, my character put the gun in the poor bastard's [i]mouth[/b] before dispatching him. Also had a moment where I snuck up behind a guy unnoticed, setting up a Manhunt-esque stealth kill involving two lightning-fast shots to the back of the knees and then one in the head.

Fun stuff.

Agreed. Amazing game, play it with the lights off late at night and Bob's your uncle.

The Darkness is a one trick pony and once you get over that trick it is rather mundane, it also has some of the clunkiest controls I've seen on a console FPS.

Playing in the dark was shit scary. I remember knocking over a barrell for the first time or something off the shelf and thinking what the fuck it was.


Also agree with The Darkness. Hated that game.

That's great to know considering it cost just £10 brand new. Bargain me thinks.
How do you actually get rid of the red ring of death? (<Puns on the back of a postcard please) Seriously though...How?

Send it toff to the nice people at Microsoft . LIKE DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Yeah I got that bit. Wondered if it was something that some clever bod could do from home. What is it that actually goes wrong? What needs replacing/ repairing?

Just started playing Vegas and fuck me, talk about throw you in at the deep end. No tutorial or anything. I'm on the first mission and I've reached the church roof, where I'm supposed to get my team mates to kick arse and I'm supposed to be healing them when they are shot. I don't have a fucking clue what I'm doing. I just get shot to fuck while trying to press on the D-Pad (like it says in book) doesn't seem to be doing a lot. Any help?

Wank.

It's an ace idea, it's just any game where you get shot while you're behind cover, then your computer controlled friend who is right next to you, DRAGS YOU FROM COVER TO HEAL YOU is a total bag of wank IMO.

Even worse, you've got to get up onto something, you give your friend a boost, and, before he dangles his hand down to pull you up, he gets shot.

You're fucked, you can't heal him, because he's too high up, and you can't get to him, BECAUSE HE'S FUCKING DEAD!

Annoyingly Americanised Wank.

It does have an achievement called "Arnold Braunschweiger" and thats the only thing i liked in the game

It seems my Tiger Woods career is over. Whilst purchasing some very nice gloves to go with my outfit, I decided that one glove was better than two, when I removed the glove my hand went with it. I'm an amputee. Are their many one handed golfers out their who have gone on to be sucessfull in the sport?

LOL!

BUG REPORT!

Seriously, mail that shit to EA, tell 'em to get of their overpaid arses and fix a major bug THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE TESTING PHASE!

Fuck sake, YES there is a work-around, but we shouldn't HAVE to work around your fucking lazy half arsed programming.

GET THAT FUCKER FIXED YOU RETARDS!

EDIT:

If Rick Allen can play the drums with one arm, you can sure as fuck play golf with one hand..............

Kid is allowed to quit school to play Guitar Hero!

This still seems to be the main setlist for World Tour as well, which is looking good, (Tool overload ~~~)
Eagle Rock High School Tour:
"Dope Nose" by Weezer
"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
Encore: "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins

Big City Kids Tour:
"Roland" by Interpol
"Santeria" By Sublime
Encore: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers

Feelin' Nostalgic Tour:
"Take It on the Run" by REO Speedwagon
"Hold the Line" by Toto
Encore: "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol

Vixens Tour:
"Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar
"All Around Me" by Flyleaf
Encore:"Misery Business" by Paramore

Undertow Tour:
"Stinkfist" by Tool
"Lateralus" by Tool
"Schism" by Tool

Synchronicity Tour:
"Guitar Battle Vs. Sting" (Guitar Career Only)
Encore: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

Fight the System Tour:
"The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
The Good Left Undone" by Rise Agaisnt
Encore: "Bleed it Out" by Linkin Park

QQ Tour:
"Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
"The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars
Encore: "Thank You for the Venom" by My Chemical Romance

Rockin the Carnival Tour:
"Dammit" by Blink 182
"When Your Heart Stops Beating" by +44

Neva' Forget Tour:
"Jumpin Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
Encore: "Light My Fire" by The Doors

We Want the Funk Tour:
"Take it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Renegades of Funk" by Rage Agaisnt the Machines
Encore: "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys Feat. Kerry King

Rockin' the Joint Tour:
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz
"I Don't wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith

On Top of the World Tour:
"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains
"Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe
Encore: "Spin the Black Circle" by Pearl Jam

G. Stinger Tour:
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
"Car Chase City" by Tenacious D
Encore: "Everlong" by Foo Fighters

Lands End Tour:
"Animal" by Def Leppard
"Runaway" by Bon Jovi
Encore: "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses

Doin' it Different Tour:
"Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots
Encore: "Assassin" by Muse

Hootin' and Hollerin' Tour:
"The Boys Are Back in Town" By Thin Lizzy
"Life in the Fastlane" by The Eagles
Encore:"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

All Pissed Off Tour:
"Here to Stay" by KoRn
"Dragula" by Rob Zombie
Encore: "Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold

Here Me Roar Tour:
"10,000 Fists" by Disturbed
"Duality" by Slipknot
Encore: "Toxicity" by System of a Down

S.D.M.F. Tour:
"Guitar Battle Vs. Zakk Wylde" (Guitar Career Only)
*Encore: "Demise of Sanity" by Black Label Society

Fathers of Metal Tour:
"Don't Talk to Strangers" by Dio
"Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath
Encore: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne

Making Progress Tour:
"The Spirit of Radio" by Rush
"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
Encore: "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theatre

Eruption Tour:
"Beat it" by Micheal Jackson Feat. Eddie Van Halen
"Hot for Teacher" by Van Halen

Tooth Fang & Claw Tour:
"Guitar Battle Vs. Ted Nugent" (Guitar Career Only)
Encore: "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent

Decades of Metal Tour
"Warriors of Time" by Black Tide
"Leather Rebel" by Judas Priest
Encore: "Hallowed be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden

Livin' in a Nightmare Tour:
"Angel of Death" by Slayer
"Tornado of Souls" by Megadeth
Encore: "Master of Puppets" by Metallica

Legends of Rock Tour:
"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
Encore: "Purple Haze (Live)" by Jimi Hendrix

Bonus Tour:
"45" by Shinedown
"96 Quite Bitter Beings" by CKY
"Bombshell" by Powerman 5000
"Clavado en un Bar" by Maná
"Enjoy the Silence" by Lacuna Coil
"Feuer Frei" by Rammstein
"Fury of the Storm" by Dragonforce
"Never Too Late" by The Answer
"Nottingham Lace" by Buckethead
"One Armed Scissor" by At The Drive-In
"Satch Boogie" by Joe Satriani
"Schrei" by Tokio Hotel
"Soul Doubt" by NOFX
"We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad
"Guitar Battle Vs. Sting" by Sting
"Guitar Battle Vs. Ted Nugent" By Ted Nugent
"Guitar Battle Vs. Zakk Wylde" by Zakk Wylde

Sample Songs:
"Untitled Drum Sample" created by Chad Smith
"Untitled Drum Sample" created by Dave Grohl
"Untitled Drum Sample" created by Travis Barker
"Cliffs of Dover" created by Neversoft
"Misirlou" created by Neversoft
"Walk This Way" created by Neversoft
"YYZ" created by Neversoft

As in, the famous comedian?

Heard about that kid, what a fag. Theres some good songs as you get further down the setlist there. I'll be picking it up. Comfortably Numb = Win. Guitar battle against Sting is pretty lame though and of all the Aerosmith songs they pick the one with hardly any guitar in it. Rock Band 2 on the whole has a better tracklist, but this one isnt bad.

I downloaded the burnout paradise bikes update last night. Great fun, although somewhat unrealistic

Fuckin' hell that Guitar Hero setlist is awesome! 'Master of Puppets'?!?

Finally some CKY as well. I wouldn't have chosen '96 Quite Bitter Beings', but it's still an alright song...

On the subject of Rock Band, check out the drums for 'Battery' by Metallica:

Insanity

I can't wait to play it

as much as I wish that GH4 setlist was legit, im pretty sure thats a fake, real list can be found here on the official press release

Guitar Hero Setlist

That fake one would be incredible though, Johnny B. Goode and Master of Puppets are 2 that I have always wanted to play (without resorting to modding)

how do people go about putting whatever songs they like on guitar hero? Ive seen several vids on youtube of people playing songs that arent in the game

and that "actual" setlist isnt great at all. That said. Trapped Under fuckin Ice

you have to mod your console for it unfortunatly (which is why i have never done it) and then you can use a bit of software to do it pretty easily.

as for the setlist, I didnt say it was good.....in fact I think its pretty mediocre, but unfortunatly im pretty sure its the real one. If it wasnt for the chance to play Beat it on guitar and La Bamba as a band I probably wouldnt be considering it.

*edit* actually, add Mr Crowley to that list. Hope we got some Ozzy DLC for Rock Band soon.

Could anyone cut and paste the legit list for me? Games website are filtered for me here at work.

311 - “Beautiful Disaster”
30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”
Airbourne - “Too Much Too Young”
The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin' Man”
Anouk - “Good God”
The Answer - “Never Too Late”
At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”
Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
Beatsteaks - “Hail to the Freaks”
Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell”
Black Label Society - “Stillborn”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “Weapon of Choice”
blink-182 - “Dammit”
Blondie - “One Way or Another”
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - “Hollywood Nights”
Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On A Prayer”
Bullet For My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire”
Coldplay - “Shiver”
Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around The Bend”
The Cult - “Love Removal Machine”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel The Pain”
The Doors - “Love Me Two Times”
Dream Theater - “Pull Me Under”
The Eagles - “Hotel California”
The Enemy - “Aggro”
Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
The Guess Who - “American Woman”
Hush Puppies - “You're Gonna Say Yeah!”
Interpol - “Obstacle 1”
Jane's Addiction - “Mountain Song”
Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze (Live)”
Jimi Hendrix - “The Wind Cries Mary”
Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
Joe Satriani - “Satch Boogie”
Kent - “Vinternoll2”
Korn - “Freak On A Leash”
Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
Lenny Kravitz - “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
Linkin Park - “What I've Done”
The Living End - “Prisoner of Society”
Los Lobos - “La Bamba”
Lost Prophets - “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
Mars Volta - “L'Via L'Viaquez”
MC5’s Wayne Kramer - “Kick Out The Jams”
Metallica - “Trapped Under Ice”
Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
Modest Mouse - “Float On”
Motörhead - “Overkill”
Muse - “Assassin”
Negramaro - “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
Nirvana - “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
NOFX - “Soul Doubt”
Oasis - “Some Might Say”
Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”
Ozzy Osbourne - “Mr. Crowley”
Paramore - “Misery Business”
Pat Benatar - “Heartbreaker”
R.E.M. - “The One I Love”
Radio Futura - “Escuela De Calor”
Rise Against - “Re-Education Through Labor”
Sex Pistols - “Pretty Vacant”
Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
Steely Dan - “Do It Again”
Steve Miller Band - “The Joker”
Sting - “Demolition Man (Live)”
The Stone Roses - “Love Spreads”
Stuck In The Sound - “Toy Boy”
Sublime - “Santeria”
Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”
Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold”
Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
Tokio Hotel - “Monsoon”
Tool - “Parabola”
Tool - “Schism”
Tool - “Vicarious”
Trust - “Antisocial”
Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”
Willie Nelson - “On The Road Again”
Wings - “Band on the Run”
Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

Well I bought GHIII at lunch time and have been flirting with it ever since! I'm not very good, and I'm playing on the easiest difficulty, Please tell me it gets easier??

And I can't get past the first boss battle for the life of me! How????

Save up some attacks, wait till he gets to a complicated bit where you have little/nothing to do, then let him have it!