Hi guys. Sorry for not posting much lately. Christmas was distracting as expected. This week, when I was planning on getting back in the game, I not only got fairly sick, but fairly injured (head injury – bloody and painful, but thankfully not a concussion).
XBLIG have been pretty quiet as far as interesting games go of late. I guess it makes sense – if you had a game that was almost done, you probably wanted to release it before Christmas rather than right after.
Anyway, here are a few games released recently that I thought were worth checking out:
Tobe’s Vertical Adventure – Here’s a platformer where you descend into caves, grab the treasure and then have to hurry back out before the cave collapses. Fun with cute graphics.
Twin Blades – This sidescrolling action game where an anime nun runs around killing zombies with melee & gun attacks has some of the most gorgeous graphics I’ve seen on the service. Gameplay seemed a bit repetitive, but the developer has said that they plan on adding to the game so it might be worth keeping an eye on.
Pixel Whirled – It’s basically playing 2 games of Space Invaders at the same time. Kind of fun, but what really got me was the pitch perfect replication of the 8-bit NES era in the presentation (check out that box art!).
Arkedo Series 03 – Pixel! – Arkedo is the XBLIG developer to watch IMO. This 2D platformer has a unique minimalist look, a good sense of humor, and fun run & jump gameplay.
I’m not sure when it’ll go up, but Samurai vs. Zombies was quite the fun 3D brawler when I played it in playtesting. Hopefully, it’ll go up soon so that all can enjoy it.
Anyway, that it’s for tonight. In my next entry, I’ll be talking about my current game project. Stay tuned!
