Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia demo on XBL

by Justin McElroy { Apr 13th 2007 at 10:45AM }

You probably didn't go to bed praying for this news, but we're going to tell you anyway -- there's a demo for Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia available to Gold subscribers on Xbox Live Marketplace. No, the demo's invitation to "experience frantic cooperative game play" as "four players can team up on one Xbox 360 to slash, shoot, and drive through a menagerie of monsters" may not blow your skirt up, but hey, if it does, let it never be said that Joystiq doesn't have your best interests at heart.

Also, it's free and 435 MB, so what harm could it do to download it, give it a spin, then comment here with your thoughts? Oh, us? No, no, we won't be doing that. We'd love to, but we're, uhh ... still absorbing the Shrek the Third demo. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Tags: gold, joystiq, monstermadness, xboxlive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Vidikron @ Apr 13th 2007 10:59AM

This appeared sometime yesterday. I saw it last night and queued the download, but wasn't online very long and haven't had a chance to play it yet. I hope this game is good.

Dan @ Apr 13th 2007 11:07AM

Yet another truly lackluster Xbox live game. I haven't played it yet, and I will try it, but with GRAW2 in my console and something called the internet, who has the time to play all of these mediocre titles? Oh yeah, kids, guys who live in mom's basement, and gamerscore whores.

Jb @ Apr 13th 2007 11:14AM

Its not bad but its no loaded on the ps1.

Vidikron @ Apr 13th 2007 11:15AM

@2

What are you ranting about? You call it "truly lackluster" and then proceed to admit you have never played it. Maybe it won't be great, but maybe it will. I think you may have to be a fan of this type of game though... you'll have to excuse it for not being another FPS.

sheppy @ Apr 13th 2007 11:23AM

Hardly a showcase title for being the second UE3 powered game to hit the market. Having said that, I wouldn't pay $60 for the game, but once it's $20, I'm all over it.

James @ Apr 13th 2007 11:28AM

It's also not an Xbox Live game you tool. I'm not suprised you can't get off you lazy ass to change the disc in the console.

baby sea tuna @ Apr 13th 2007 11:30AM

Is this going to end up being full price, or can we expect it to be a "value" title like Table Tennis or EDF?

For $40 I wouldn't mind having another 4 player game I can play with my friends, when the R6 T-Hunts become too mind-numbing.

ANt @ Apr 13th 2007 11:35AM

Sucks, period, end of discussion.

Vidikron @ Apr 13th 2007 11:45AM

@8

Thanks for the deep insight.

Plaid Ninja @ Apr 13th 2007 11:47AM

Just in time to rub it in now that my 2nd 360 has bricked itself and I'm out of warranty. GREAT.

KilgoreTrout XL @ Apr 13th 2007 11:57AM

I read of lot of comments on this site by gamers who clearly have never played the game they're whining about, but bitching about the game and then admitting that you've never played it is a first.

I thought it was fun. Not exactly groundbreaking, but a good time nonetheless. Get four people on the same 360 and I bet it'll be a hell of a lot better, too.

James @ Apr 13th 2007 11:58AM

Is it anything like Zombies ate my Neighbours like it was compared to months ago?

the real Steve @ Apr 13th 2007 12:06PM

@ sheppy, roboblitz uses ue3.

I'll download the demo. I'm always for multiplayer on 1 console games.

IggyPoof @ Apr 13th 2007 12:12PM

@10

remove the x-clamps from the heatsinks. That will fix the red ring of death.

dead_ox @ Apr 13th 2007 12:21PM

controls take a little while to get used to, weapon-whacking/shooting a little sluggish, but with so many different modes, this might be worth a good, I dunno...$30 purchase? not $60, though

andres @ Apr 13th 2007 12:28PM

I did not like the demo. Ive been waiting for this since I'm a huge zombie nut.

The turning was to slow and akwards at time. The house I started in was too constricting. I could only go in 4 rooms and yet most of the stuff blocked my view. I kept on getting hit by the fire place when I did not know it was there.

The Weapon selection is rather eh. There are things on the ground that you pick up but no mention of what they do. Are they ammo, Health what are they?

I had it set to thriller but it felt to be too hard for a normal setting.

The HUD (heads up display) was too small on my 37 inch HD tv. Again no explanation on what is what. I had no idea how much health / ammo I had till it was too late.

However with the negatives out of the way. The models looked nice, the voices were ok. However if this is a bargain game I'll just rent it.

Honestly it felt more like an Xbox Live Arcade game then a regular disc game.