360 - New to Online. Questions

martinturner · 16 Jun 2008 at 10:23

Have had a 360 for over a year now. Am a very occassional gamer and as such never connected to live before, let alone even the internet with it. I am about to get the 360 online for the first time in the next week or so.

So, I know you can download demos etc, and there are many mini games etc. But, what have I missed? What little games, downloads etc are really cool and would be a must have download or worth a look. I heard there are several small type game downloads that work with the 'Scene-It' big buzzer controllers which I own. Do you just search through an online database of stuff? Is it a case of you can download stuff based on what may be available? What if you miss something and would like it at a later stage?

Am totally new to this, so would very much appreciate an idea of what its all about. Are there film trailers, movies or anything to download? I have seen the PS3 online downloadable stuff, it looks relatively intuitive; although you download whats available in a given time period which just gets updated. There are film trailers etc.

Thanks

HTMLHugo · 16 Jun 2008 at 10:26

i can confirm there is an arcade title, which utilises the big buttons of scene it

called mix n match or something.

you can get the demo for free its about (7 songs) and then full game is 800 points.

best thing imo is the patches to your games plus any free updates you can get your hands on.

martinturner · 16 Jun 2008 at 15:29

Also,

I really like the look of the interface on the PS3. I am aware you can change the 360 dashboard; are there any really great looking skins that can be applied. I ideally want simplistic and slick looking.

Suggestions welcomed.

rp2000 · 16 Jun 2008 at 15:41

You can download Movie Trailers some "Artisit of the Month" music videos (You may only be able to see current months title and maybe not back catalogue, can't recall). Obvioulsy the Video Marketplace is available if you want to rent full HD movies as well.

With regards to the themes, You can adjust (individually) the in game dashboard, background and also on the main Dashboard you can change the picture in the background. If you change this all 4-5 blades have same background.

If you buy one of the official themes, you get a new in game dashboard background and also one different picture per blade. You can only do this with the ones you buy. I think there is a section of the xboxlive site that lets you preview them. I only bought one to date which was for "Heroes" gives you a different background image for each blade and a in game background of the "Heroes" "logo/sign/insignia".

To be honest, there is much more useful stuff on the marketplace to be spending your points on.

rp2000