So I wrote this post on the xbox forums, thought I’d post it here because I’m getting really frustrated lately with an originally great service, getting worse. You can read the original thread here.

I know everyone is still upset by the recent downtime and I don’t mean to complain again but this is the second time this has happened and I’m really frustrating with wasting money on Arcade games with incorrect descriptions!It happened with Sonic The Hedgehog 2 where the xbox website originally claimed to have online co-op. Everyone I knew was really excited about this being a co-op title and as I had played it alone as a child I was looking forward to playing it with my friends now. I wasted 800 ms points, that’s nearly £10 on an old game I can download on my PC for free and play multiplayer for free. I don’t want to play ranked mini stages with people I wanted to play the main game, Sonic and Tails together!

Of course there were a few complains however no one really got compensated, I wanted a refund because I wasn’t really going to play it single player. I’d played the game alone to death, I just wanted to fun co-op time.

Well I forgot (not forgave) and carried on with my xbox experience. Metal Slug 3 just got released and I had never played the original MS3, so I was excited for some 2-6 player co-op as the DESCRIPTION once again boasted. I now make sure I read the descriptions after the mess of Sonic. So I pay up another 800ms points and download the game, 2 of my other friends doing exactly the same and we were ready to have some multiplayer fun.

I create the private room and invite the first friend, as I go to invite the second… wait.. I can’t? what!? 2 player co-op!? for gods sake.

Seriously Microsoft, I am fed up with throwing £10 away just because someone can’t be bothered to put “2 player co-op” instead of 2-6 online multilayer which is VERY misleading.

I’ve wasted money on a game that I wanted to play Co-op again. Of course if I demand compensation I won’t get it. I also don’t understand why the game doesn’t support at least 3-4 multiplayer seeing as there are 4 characters to choose from and you can be the same character……

Really upset Microsoft, here I am spending £50 a year on your service which not only is down during the only holiday time I have but is also making me waste MORE money on games with incorrect descriptions!