Heavy Weapon drops a bomb on XBLA

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Heavy Weapon drops a bomb on XBLA

Posted Jan 17th 2007 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade

Heavy Weapon, the side scrolling, blast-tastic shooter, is now available for download on Xbox Live Arcade. Another throwback arcade shooter, Heavy Weapon places a, ahem, heavy emphasis on shooting everything that moves. The XBLA version is enhanced over its PC counterpart (which you can try here) in that it allows for up to four players to play simultaneously and includes a new co-op mode. Everyone likes co-op. If you're stuck at work or otherwise indisposed, we've downloaded the game and will post our impressions later today. In the meantime, you can try out the stripped down web version for free.

If you can, try out the XBLA version and tell us what you think.

Tags: heavy weapon, HeavyWeapon, pop cap, pop cap games, PopCap, PopCapGames, xbla, xbox live arcade, XboxLiveArcade

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1. How much?

Posted at 10:17AM on Jan 17th 2007 by JrezIN

2. 800 MS points.

Posted at 10:21AM on Jan 17th 2007 by B. Shubinsky

3. thanks for the link to the pc version, I can safely say to hell with work today!

Posted at 10:43AM on Jan 17th 2007 by bironm

4. Wow. Even better than the online version. I like the upgrade system. Playing online is hectic and mad fun. 4 tanks vs. a never ending stream of enemies is awesome. Definitely worth the 800 points. Best XBLA game ever. Gonna spend a lot of sleepless nights playing this sucker.

Posted at 10:44AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Manny Fleurmond

5. I like it but not enough to buy it. It's a solid game with nice art, but I'm saving my money for Worms.

Posted at 10:44AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Intangilbe 360

6. Me likey :)

Posted at 11:05AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Bennyishere

7. So far its pretty fun... but not as good as Assault Heroes. I'll have to give co-op a shot.

Posted at 11:28AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Alex Keen

8. What am I missing? I would think that the Live community would get tired of these kinds of games after a short time. Particularly at these prices. I love Geometry Wars, but...I'm tired of these games with poor designs (as in hack and slash). There is some slight learning process of how to use your character efficiently and effectively, but after that it's just ... doing it again and again. They have all these other really neat categories on the dashboard for things like board games and strategy...how about using them? Is no onse else getting tired of these games? The above commenters have mostly liked the game, so I dunno. What am I missing?

Posted at 11:31AM on Jan 17th 2007 by scotius

9. I completely agree with scotious that XBLA needs more diversity. Hearts and Spades were great options, but how about more Yahoo! Games like titles. Games that really take advantage of multiplayer connectivity.

Maybe the problem is the community overall disinterest in innovative titles like Roboblitz?

Posted at 11:37AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Alex Keen

10. when the hell is worms dropping?

Posted at 12:06PM on Jan 17th 2007 by polly

11. Maybe people would be interested in Roboblitz if it didn't suck.

Posted at 12:09PM on Jan 17th 2007 by teknomusik

12. This game is kinda like Assault Heroes meets Geometry Wars - gameplay is simple and repetitive, but for some reason still fun.

I wasn't going to get this, until I realized the co-op mode is 4 player. My roommates and I love the 4-player co-op games...

Oh, and the megalaser is a huge ego-trip.

Posted at 12:20PM on Jan 17th 2007 by Ryan

13. I agree with scotius on this one.

Personally, I think Pop Cap games blows, man. I don't consider these "arcade" games on any level. These games feel cheap, elementary, incredibly unoriginal, and basically a waste of time.

Case in point: Heavy Weapon is available for play through Pop Cap's website, and the PC version requires the use of the LEFT MOUSE button ONLY. That's it. A one button "clicker".

There is no learning curve, there is no challenge, there is no reward, there is no progress. It's just a pretty arrangement of sprites, but essentially it's a simple button clicker. Nothing more.

I wanted to say it's a straight rip off of Metal Slug from SNK, but I don't think these guys even know what that game is.

XBLA needs to bring over some classics, or original titles, not this trash.

Posted at 2:15PM on Jan 17th 2007 by Strider_J

14. I played the pc version trial and was not impressed at all. I got bored after 2 minutes. Not even gonna bother with the XBLA version. Where is worms already?

And yeah what is the deal with the strategy and board games? I want to see scrrable on XBLA. Now thats a game I will surly buy

Posted at 3:36PM on Jan 17th 2007 by o07craft

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