I'm kinda bummed about this as I didn't enjoy the Undertow trial version and would rather pick the game I want free myself.

While I'm sure everyone would have rather had a free pick, you have to understand why MS did it this way.

As for the game, it took me about an hour to really get into it and understand what was going on. From that point on, it's been one of my favorite XBLA games to date.

they picked a horrific under-performer and said, 'hell nobody is buying this game anyway. lets make it free for one week.' very disappointed.

Undertow, really?


ffs, couldn't they just release Ikaruga or any other high profile game as a free download? that would be sweet.
Anyway, since it's free I think I'll download it

Must've sold poorly that they chose this game.

Giving away a new game or a best seller would make Microsoft lose money.

Agreed. I didn't like the trial at all.

 

It sold pretty good, but i think chair want's a bigger fanbase and DLC content.

 

Also, I was just gonna buy Undertow, but i think I will wait now.....

@Plurre

What was it that you disliked about the demo? If it was the ability to see you character (a common issue) it definitely takes a bit of getting used to but after that it's easy.

So who has the # for customer service?...heh

 

Seriously, I want some points back, but I would really be more or less taking advantage of this opportunity to do so only becuase I didn't really get much out of undertow, it let me down.

I never bought it originally, so I'll gladly take free.

Hmmm, how to annoy paying customers. First offer up an average game at best and then rather than automatically refunding points to anyone who already has the game, MS makes these people go through the hassle of calling customer services. Doh! It would have been a lot fairer if they offered a pick from 5 or 6 older titles.

Even though its free, I'm not sure if I'll take it to be honest. Demo left me underwhelmed.

Thanks MS! And I still have shlonky Live service to boot.

While I like Undertow I havw to wonder why MS decided to screw the most devoted Live fans and XBLA fans (who are more affected by the DRM and unusable purchases).

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Free time would have made more sense overall. A new title would have been an across the board apology. This is just a slap in the face.

If you don't already have Undertow pick it up, but this is a pathetic reply to poor XBL service. Either make restitution to all or don't bother.

Does anyone know how customer service will "sort you out"? If they will credit your account with 800 points, that's actually a better free gift than a game some people might not want.

That said, if they had to give away a game, I think Undertow is an excellent choice, as it will benefit from the high userbase that it will get after the free download period. I do feel sorry for the people who already bought it, but people were going to complain no matter what game was given for free, even one that nobody had. And for the people complaining about getting "an average game", bear in mind that Undertow has a metascore of 79, which makes it one of the highest rated of any of the game on XBLA.

 

"Does anyone know how customer service will "sort you out"? If they will credit your account with 800 points, that's actually a better free gift than a game some people might not want."

No one knows and we won't find out until the Wed to Sunday window.

I am out of town every weekend, but since I have no classes for almost a month I intend on finding out what the "sort you out" really is on Wednesday. Still rude to make people jump through hoops.