Grid. The best racer for racing - only problem is that the online races are full of so many wreckers! I know people will say that the Forza games are better, but the racing is less accessible and without feeling the G-forces and the whole vibrations through a wheel and your entire body, the whole "real world" thing is a load of baloney - if it was real world, if you T-boned a car you would be black flagged and banned from the rest of the season; also the car would not miraculously repair itself before the next race! Message to Codemasters: Please in Grid 2, do away with these silly non-races (drifting is not racing - whoever crosses the line first IS the winner, end of.) and add some more (a lot more) real world tracks and real world racing series - the early TOCA games were better as they had proper racing series on proper circuits and the whole series lasted more than three races! Although Mount Panarama and the Aussie V8's should return to the franchise. Heck, if Codemasters brought out a BTCC only game, an Auusie V8 only game, a British/European F3 only game - complete with the proper circuits for those series - I, and most of my friends (real world and online racing friends), would definitely buy them. DON'T "X-Games" it up like you did with Dirt 2; yes, that impresses 12 year olds, but it is the thirty to forty year olds who have the money to buy games, and we are old enough to realise that the X-Games-type things are just a load of ****. If the X-Games-type things were any good and had a real foundation of popularity in the general population; then why do people still watch the old fashioned stuff by their millions (F1 and WRC are watched by over a billion people worldwide) and yet less than five million people in total watch any of the X-Games events. Anyway, enough of my rant; Grid is currently the best Xbox 360 game (but not as good as Race Driver Grid on the PSP) - but Grid 2 will end-up pandering to twelve year-olds and therefore will be a load of ****. If Grid 2 ends up like Dirt 2, then a PS3 may be needed once GT5 is released.
Hi, I am wondering if there is anywhere where you can order Xbox Live Arcade game download codes for UK customers? I am after ordering a code as a gift for a friend (so that we can play Worms). I know that you can order them from Amazon.com, but the problem is that you need a credit card with a US billing address! Even if you have an Amazon account that works for Amazon.com and have saved payment options (as I do) it still asks you for payment details (first screen card details - no problem, you fill them in; then click next and the killer - a billing address with fields that are only applicable to the USA, thus preventing us over here in Blighty (and the other 6 billion non-Americans in the world) unable to buy the redeem code! Therefore, does anyone know where a UK person can order these codes? Obviously, only recommend legitimate websites please! Thanks.
Do you think a petition on the Gamespot forum for loads of people to sign will get Microsoft to allow people to send other people on their friends list MS points (or Arcade games) as gifts? If I get enough takers I will start one.
I can't tell anyone what gamertag to use, but I can say that the best gamertag I have seen was "boblikescatfood" (that is 'Bob Likes Cat Food' for anyone who couldn't figure it out with no spaces), which even now tickles me. My gamertag is my name including my title; so have you tried your title (Mr, Miss, Dr, Sir, Lady, Viscount, Reverend, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral - think long and hard before you use that last one!) and your name, that might still be available for you.
I am just writing my moan here as there doesn't seem to be an official channel that I can write my complaint. About 3 weeks ago, on on a game of 1 vs. 100 WITH PRIZES, I was in the crowd (along with 16,000 other people) and I was on fire. After about 5 or so questions I had got on to the Top 10 players board, and then when the player lost (I am pretty sure they lost rather than took the points), and the top 3 players were displayed, I was the top player! That felt good typing that, so I will say it again; I was the top player, number 1! Now, the guy that is the supposedly the live host, but only ever says 48 words all night, kept on saying that 'the top player wins an xbox live game' (or maybe it is the top 3 players) and 'to make sure your e-mail address is correct so that they can contact you/send it to you'. My e-mail address is correct and I won. Have I heard anything? NO. They stated the prize quite clearly, but have yet to pay up (I know that it isn't the Fiat 500 on offer, but I still won it fair and square). I really enjoyed 1 vs. 100 whilst it lasted, but do feel that they should play by the rules that they set for themselves. Is this just a glitch that has affected me or has anyone else been cheated? Mr Gates, where is my game? (I am sure that the featured game that week was Zuma - not my choice of game, but so what) Let me know your 1 vs. 100 experiences, especially if you won a prize and whether they have coughed up yet or heard anything from them.
OK, further help needed. I finally got off my backside (only to promptly get back on it in front of my computer) and decided to order the Worms code from Amazon. Wait a second; it's not there on Amazon.co.uk! Check Amazon.com, and yes it is there. Phew! Sign in and click the purchase button. Time to pay for it. Enter credit card details as it won't give me the option of using my stored payment options. Click next. Billing address; no problem you would think. But alas, you can't enter a UK address!!! Therefore, is there any way for a UK resident to buy a game code for xbox live arcade? Or, if anyone knows how to gift 400 MS points over to my brother please let me know how it is done!
Thanks for all of the quick replies; wow, first time on Gamespot Forums and the community is great! Thanks to both Jaysonguy and Innocentguy757 for the info, it sounds like that will be my only option. It is a shame that you can't buy gifts for people of your friends list - you can do it on the Wii. Come on Microsoft, you should be able to get this sorted! Maybe if we all kick up a fuss, Mr Gates will tell the right people to get it sorted; it definitely would help sell a lot more Xbox Live Arcade games, if someone finds a relatively unknown title and wants to play it with there friends, then they could buy copies for all the people they want to play it with.
Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to purchase an xbox live arcade game for a friend using microsoft points on my account? i.e. I have about 2000 microsoft points on my account and I want to buy a copy of Worms for myself AND buy a copy of worms for my brother who lives 200 miles away (so that I can beat him like I used to in the 90's!). I don't want him to have to buy a block of microsoft points just to buy a 400 point game, and since I have more than enough points, I want to buy a copy for me and one for him. Alternatively, is it possible for me to transfer 400 points from my account to his account? If anyone knows how I could do this it would be appreciated. Thanks
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