Guide hub Archive

0

Skulls of the Shogun – XBLA Fans Exclusive Guide

By
Matthew Smail
– Posted on January 30, 2013Posted in: Guide hub, Guides

logo

Skulls of the Shogun (Skulls) is one of the most enjoyable turn-based strategy games available on XBLA, with a lengthy campaign, lots of replayability and lasting multiplayer potential. Here at XBLA Fans, we think Skulls is a great game, so for more information about whether or not Skulls might be your thing, why not check out our review (coming soon.)

Love it or not, one thing is for certain about Skulls; it may look simple at the first glance, but there is actually rather a lot going on under the hood. Success depends upon the mastery of numerous strategies, all of which we will discuss in detail within this exclusive guide.

This XBLA Fans guide will be presented in several stages, each of which is detailed below, along with the day on which it will be made available. Players who are new to Skulls or have little experience of playing turn based strategy games should start with the General Strategies guide.

Guide Pages:

General Strategies (available NOW – Click Here!)

Region One (available NOW – Click Here!)

Region Two (available NOW- Click Here!)

Region Three (available NOW – Click Here!)

Region Four (available NOW – Click Here!)

Region Five (available NOW – Click Here!)

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0

Guardians of Middle Earth – XBLA Fans Guide

By
Matthew Smail
– Posted on December 29, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub, Guides

Guardians of Middle Earth (GOME) is one of the few MOBA’s (multiplayer online battle arena) to grace the Xbox Live Arcade and it will come as no surprise to fans of the genre that it can be quite a tough game to progress through. This is a game which features a huge range of unlockable content including characters, relics, runes and tough achievements – none of which can be accessed without real commitment from players.

This guide has been created to provide players (especially those new to the MOBA genre) with the skills and strategies needed to be successful from the outset, as well as to offer specific advice on how to excel with each of the 22 characters which this rather generous game offers. You’ll find our specific guide pages immediately below, whilst further down are links to our previously ran articles on ‘MOBA Mastery’ which feature a series of useful videos from the developers at Monolith Studios.

XBLA Fans Guides:

GOME – XBLA Fans General Strategies

GOME – XBLA Fans Evil Character Guide

GOME – XBLA Fans Good Character Guide

Monolith Studio’s MOBA Mastery lookback:

First Entry

Second Entry

Third Entry

Fourth Entry

Fifth Entry

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0

Joe Danger 2: The Movies pro medal guide

By
Shawn Saris
– Posted on September 27, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub

Joe Danger 2: The Movie is the latest XBLA release from Hello Games. Joe is back and performing even crazier, off the wall jumps then ever before. The pro medals are back and just as tricky to acquire as the first time around. Thankfully we have some handy dandy videos here to show you just how to 100% each level and acquire that elusive pro medal. Thanks to the improvements to the checkpoint system, the pro medals aren’t quite so tough this time around, but they do require some finesse, and finding those hidden stars can be a real pain! For all the help you will need, check out the videos down below.

If you aren’t sold on the game yet make sure to check out our review.

Pro Medals • Deleted Scenes Pro Medals

Tags: , , , , ,
1

Mark of the Ninja complete scrolls guide

By
Todd Schlickbernd
– Posted on September 21, 2012Posted in: Guide hub, Guides

What would a stealth game be without some items hidden from the players as well? It’s only fair, right? Well in case those scrolls are hiding too well, we’ve got a guide to shed some light on their location for you! Welcome to our Mark of the Ninja scrolls and challenges guide. Since the scrolls also include the challenge gates, we figured it’s only fair you get the solutions to those as well! However, they are genuinely interesting pieces of the game that we recommend you at least try- none of them have anything to do with stealth, they’re mostly spatial. Also beware of spoilers in the level names.

If you’re not sure what Mark of the Ninja is then check out our review and educate yourself! The developers, Klei Entertainment, also made Shank (and Shank 2), which you should totally check out after you’re done sneaking through this guide. Each page has the map location for each of the three scrolls for the level including a description of how to solve each challenge room (there isn’t one in the first level). If you reach the end of a level without finding a scroll, be sure to bring up your map and compare it with our screenshots. The scrolls will be where the number and the ninja-stamp are.

  1. Ink & Dreams
  2. Breaching the Perimeter
  3. Trail of Shadow
  4. A Change in Course
  5. The Fall of Hessian Tower
  6. An Ancestral Home
  7. Above a Bottomless Chasm
  8. The Inner Keep
  9. A Blade at his Neck
  10. A Shattered Stronghold
  11. Set to Flight
  12. The Return

Thanks for reading and happy stabbing! Or sneaking. Or smoke bombing. Whatever you want.

Tags: , , , ,
1

Dust: An Elysian Tail Guide – General & Boss Tips, Bakers Dozen Achievement

By
Matthew Smail
– Posted on August 30, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub, Guides

Welcome to our guide for all things Dust: An Elysian Tail! Dust is without doubt my pick of the games released on XBLA this summer and an all-around fantastic game. While it’s almost impossible that you haven’t heard of this game by now, definitely check out our review for the game.

Dust can be pretty challenging at times, with a few tough bosses to defeat and a whole host of hidden content. In an identical way to classic games such as Castlevania and Metroid, Dust expects that players will revisit previously completed levels in order to unlock new areas and secrets.

In this guide, I’ll be providing some general tips and some combat hints on this page as well as a boss guide (beware spoilers) and a guide for the Bakers Dozen achievement (for finding all the hidden characters) on separate pages.

Continue reading “Dust: An Elysian Tail Guide – General & Boss Tips, Bakers Dozen Achievement” »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
3

Rock Band Blitz info sheet

By
John Laster
– Posted on August 28, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub, Guides, News

Rock Band Blitz brings the largest music library in gaming to Xbox Live Arcade in the form of a fast-paced, controller-based rhythm title. Shipping with over twenty hit songs, Rock Band Blitz will introduce new music to the Xbox while supporting all previously downloaded Rock Band tracks. Pick your favorite song, turn the volume up, and take down your friends’ top scores. Rock Band Blitz tracks will immediately be compatible with Rock Band 3, adding even more value to the package.

Continue reading “Rock Band Blitz info sheet” »

Tags: , ,
4

Hybrid Build Guide

By
Todd Schlickbernd
– Posted on August 17, 2012Posted in: Guide hub, Guides

Update: We now have a section on general tips & tricks sent to us by the QA team at 5th cell as well as level guides coming soon.

Welcome to our Hybrid build guide! This guide will provide builds to use throughout each of Hybrid‘s modes and are designed to account, collectively, for a good 90% of the game. Hybrid is designed with a lot of variety, in fact it’s one of the things we liked in our review, so ultimately you and your team mates will deviate from builds, even the ones we have made for you here. However, it’s important to have a starting point, especially if you’re not familiar with Hybrid regarding what actually matters and what doesn’t. For instance, most shooters don’t subscribe to the idea of “suppression”, it’s usually not very effective, but it works in Hybrid and it works well.

Do enjoy the builds we’ve provided for you here, but keep in mind that these are starting points! Add your own flare or personal preference to really do well with them. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment on the guide and in a few weeks we’ll add good ones to a community section at the bottom of the guide. While the builds we’ve created for you here are more general, feel free to get ridiculously specific- all the way down to map and mode.

Enjoy the guide, and enjoy the game!

P.S. Variants represent clan tag [XF] Continue reading “Hybrid Build Guide” »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
2

Spelunky Guide – Tips, Tricks and Secrets

By
Todd Schlickbernd
– Posted on July 4, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub, Guides

 

 

Spelunky, Mossmouth‘s gift to the platforming and roguelike world, is not easy. In no capacity is it easy, and in fact as of writing I have died ~600 times. Sure, a lot of that was just to find information, but we assure you the death counts for this game will be in the thousands for most players. While every adventure through Spelunky results in a score, and surely that is important, the real goal here is to make it to the end and get the treasure spoken of only in whispers in back alleys and on forums. This guide has a deluge of tips and tricks for you to employ in your journey through Spelunky, as well as an ever growing account of all the secrets and unlockables in this game. Here’s the disclaimer:

Spelunky is first and foremost about adventure. It’s about failure, about dying, about losing, about learning from each and everything you see that inevitably kills you. Part of the glory of Spelunky’s design is finding out how things work, the nature of the AI and of the ever-changing environments. You should experience that, and you should do so without this guide. We recommend you not look at this guide until you’ve died at least 100 times. That said, if you’re frustrated, or if you have to find the secrets right-just-now, we welcome you to enjoy our wealth of information.

We have no intention of spoiling the whole game for you, so the secrets and unlockables are on their own page, away from the tips and tricks. That said, there are plenty of spoilers in here as well, but we have separated each and every collection of tips by section of the game to which they pertain. Everything you’ll experience for the majority of your “newbie” experience is just below and none of it is entirely shocking, though there’s much useful information there. At the very bottom of this guide is our tips to completion, and they include information from every single thing, including the secrets, but they’re also our most comprehensive (and tested) tips for success. We wish you luck, adventurer. Continue reading “Spelunky Guide – Tips, Tricks and Secrets” »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
37

Magic: the Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 – Challenges Guide

By
Todd Schlickbernd
– Posted on June 23, 2012Posted in: Feature List, Guide hub, Guides

Welcome to our Challenges & Encounters guide, two of the key returning features in Magic 2013! This page is for the Challenges, Encounters can be found here. As they were in the past, these puzzles require you to solve intricate victory solutions from abysmal situations. Most of these puzzles require you to win during that one turn, making this a very small, difficult piece of Magic strategy. Since these are puzzles, however, we can solve them the exact same way every time! As such, each solution will be in step by step format, so you can’t possibly miss a beat.

Important: We strongly advise you either view every step before trying these, or you stop the timer after each move, as some steps are between individual card plays rather than entire turn phases.

Again, there are 10 Encounters to go along with the 10 challenges, so if you want solutions or help with those, head on over to the Encounters guide page. Continue reading “Magic: the Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 – Challenges Guide” »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
5

Magic: the Gathering Duels of the Planeswalker 2013 – Encounters Guide

By
Todd Schlickbernd
– Posted on June 23, 2012Posted in: Guide hub, Guides

The Encounters are back in Magic 2013 and that means single-minded AIs following patterns until you win or lose. These patterns will be the same every time, but keep in mind that they will still block and attack logically regardless of the pattern. Since this is a card game and you still have to draw cards normally in Encounters, it’s important to remember that sometimes you can’t win without the right cards. That’s perfectly fine, these may take a couple tries no matter how sound the strategy is. The first three are pretty simple Encounters so their solutions are pretty straightforward, but as you progress you’ll find these Encounters get more and more difficult (and more and more unfair), so we hope you’ll find this guide useful.

Also back are the puzzle challenges. These challenges dare you to solve intricate Magic puzzles with a very specific setup and solution set. You can find our solution set to those challenges here. Continue reading “Magic: the Gathering Duels of the Planeswalker 2013 – Encounters Guide” »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
Page 1 of 3123
Proudly hosted by Caro Cloud Hosting