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xbox 360 NXE Update showing Monkey Island avatar items

AeternaAeterna
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Heya guys,

I just stumbled upon this and I must say it looks really good.
The entire video is a preview or "Quick Look" of the update, and from around 11min in it'll show the Monkey Island items for your avatar. I must say they look really good.

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  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited August 2009
    Wow. Nice.
  • doomsothdoomsoth
    edited August 2009
    It's good, but I still refuse to pay money for this stuff.
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited August 2009
    Heck, I already have some of the stuff ;D

    Gamertag: Mr Scapetti

    There are Elaine and Carla items too for the females ;)
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Scapetti wrote: »
    Heck, I already have some of the stuff ;D

    Gamertag: Mr Scapetti

    There are Elaine and Carla items too for the females ;)

    You have the preview update? I never got around to signing up for that.
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited August 2009
    Yeah, I signed up for it last thursday and got it this thursday :) It's actually sooo much smoother than before. I don't know if it was just me but that thing would always freeze and take ages to load before. Now it's seamless

    I have LeChuck's hat, the treasure hunt-ery t-shirt and a rubber chicken :3 I still bought the rest though... because I'm insane like that
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Scapetti wrote: »
    Yeah, I signed up for it last thursday and got it this thursday :) It's actually sooo much smoother than before. I don't know if it was just me but that thing would always freeze and take ages to load before. Now it's seamless

    I have LeChuck's hat, the treasure hunt-ery t-shirt and a rubber chicken :3 I still bought the rest though... because I'm insane like that

    Yeah, I'll buy it all when it launches in a couple days too.
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited August 2009
    A week and a couple of days I believe...
  • saltskisaltski
    edited August 2009
    doomsoth wrote: »
    It's good, but I still refuse to pay money for this stuff.

    It's only a few points for some of the stuff, and where else could you get a t-shirt with 'I found the Treasure of Melee Island, and all i got was this stupid t-shirt"!
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Scapetti wrote: »
    A week and a couple of days I believe...

    Eh, close enough :p
  • WinterSnowblindWinterSnowblind
    edited August 2009
    The costumes are really cool, but the props don't do anything and are very expensive.. I've been tempted to get the Guybrush costume but it's a little plain looking, perhaps if they put up his gear from the second game, or even from Tales. Perhaps that'll happen when they get round to releasing it on XBLA.

    Best thing about the new dashboard is the speed though, no more massive amount of lag while trying to load things on the marketplace.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    WinterSnowblind wrote: »
    Best thing about the new dashboard is the speed though, no more massive amount of lag while trying to load things on the marketplace.

    Sure is. I was so frustrated with the 360 freezing just about everytime I used the guide button. And now it's gone and I'm frustration free.

    As for the avatar items, I can't say I'm interested in buying any but I do like the sound of avatar awards. Hopefully developers like Telltale & LucasArts can put some of them into their existing XBLA games and any future releases.
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited August 2009
    Meh, I bought my Newsboy Hat and Goggles (160 points), so I'm good. :p

    And the Treasure shirt is pretty blurry even up close. How in the world are people supposed to read it while looking at their friends list?
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited August 2009
    WinterSnowblind wrote: »
    Best thing about the new dashboard is the speed though, no more massive amount of lag while trying to load things on the marketplace.

    New dashboard, when was there a new dashboard, or did you mean the dashboard that came out last year that let you use make and stuff.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    there's an update coming to the 360 soon which fixes a few problems and adds new things (like the avatar marketplace).

    the reason why some of us are talking about it before it is released is because we are part of a preview program that Microsoft created.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited August 2009
    corruptbiggins wrote: »
    there's an update coming to the 360 soon which fixes a few problems and adds new things (like the avatar marketplace).

    the reason why some of us are talking about it before it is released is because we are part of a preview program that Microsoft created.

    Cool, how do you sign up, and please dont tell me its gold subscription only, my gold account just ended and I probably wont renue, because the only reason I had gold was becasue it was for a buck in July:o.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Cool, how do you sign up, and please dont tell me its gold subscription only, my gold account just ended and I probably wont renue, because the only reason I had gold was becasue it was for a buck in July:o.

    The preview is gold only, but in the next week or two it will launch for real and anyone can get it with a silver membership after that.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    The preview is gold only, but in the next week or two it will launch for real and anyone can get it with a silver membership after that.

    It's not but I think the sign up is closed anyway.
  • MartyMarty
    edited August 2009
    nice props.
    I wonder how long it takes until Tales becomes available on the 360
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited August 2009
    corruptbiggins wrote: »
    It's not but I think the sign up is closed anyway.

    So, it ws for silver accounts, but it's too late to sign up anyway?
    EDIT: also, does anyone know when it will come out to non preview people.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    yes I believe that is the case. Think it was about 3 weeks ago that the sign up period was started. I was selected in the 1st wave and got the update about a week ago.

    As for full release, I think it's scheduled for the 11th of August.
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