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General Gaming / XBox Live Indie Games
« on: August 10, 2010, 02:23:07 PM »
The Indie Games section is pretty hidden away in the XBox Live Marketplace and not much is said about the games there in the mainstream gaming press. Anyone got good games from there?
So far I liked:
unRevolutionary (5$): Yeah, I told everybody and their dog about it. A twin stick shooter with tons of highly varied levels and an experience/class system that drastically changes the gameplay in subsequent playthroughs. There's a lot of longevity even without repeatedly playing the same levels.
Miner Dig Deep (1$): Somewhere between Mr. Driller and Clonk, you're a miner who digs deep to find valuable metals and gems. The limits are that your lantern doesn't have infinite oil and you need to be able to get out of the hole you dug yourself into if you want to get your valuables back to the store.
Armor Valley (5$): It's like that Glory Days game I keep going on about, except in 3D. It's quite fun until the final push to destroy the enemy base when playing against the AI which can get quite frustrating. Supposedly playing against other people fixes that but it only has local MP and I haven't had anyone around to play it with.
Mech Gladiator (1$): A simple mech combat game, there's only three levels in two difficulties each but they're pretty interesting boss fights, for a dollar I think it delivers enough. There's even online MP but of course you won't find any random people there (supposedly a problem with all indie games), might come in handy for playing with friends though.
Blood Tempest (1$): Really fast action game about sea combat, it looks great but at times seems uncontrollable. It's basically the combat system of Modern Pirate Hunter but from what I can tell that's all you really need from that. For a buck it's good enough.
Protect Me Knight (3$): (the name is in Japanese so you won't find it in an alphabetic search) Something like Gauntlet crossed with those defense shooter games. You have to protect a princess from enemies while playing as one of four classes and with up to 4 players coop. It's really one of the more famous game sof the service.
So far I liked:
unRevolutionary (5$): Yeah, I told everybody and their dog about it. A twin stick shooter with tons of highly varied levels and an experience/class system that drastically changes the gameplay in subsequent playthroughs. There's a lot of longevity even without repeatedly playing the same levels.
Miner Dig Deep (1$): Somewhere between Mr. Driller and Clonk, you're a miner who digs deep to find valuable metals and gems. The limits are that your lantern doesn't have infinite oil and you need to be able to get out of the hole you dug yourself into if you want to get your valuables back to the store.
Armor Valley (5$): It's like that Glory Days game I keep going on about, except in 3D. It's quite fun until the final push to destroy the enemy base when playing against the AI which can get quite frustrating. Supposedly playing against other people fixes that but it only has local MP and I haven't had anyone around to play it with.
Mech Gladiator (1$): A simple mech combat game, there's only three levels in two difficulties each but they're pretty interesting boss fights, for a dollar I think it delivers enough. There's even online MP but of course you won't find any random people there (supposedly a problem with all indie games), might come in handy for playing with friends though.
Blood Tempest (1$): Really fast action game about sea combat, it looks great but at times seems uncontrollable. It's basically the combat system of Modern Pirate Hunter but from what I can tell that's all you really need from that. For a buck it's good enough.
Protect Me Knight (3$): (the name is in Japanese so you won't find it in an alphabetic search) Something like Gauntlet crossed with those defense shooter games. You have to protect a princess from enemies while playing as one of four classes and with up to 4 players coop. It's really one of the more famous game sof the service.
