Xbox Indie Games Thread

Also worth checking out- Beat Hazard. Yeah, another twin-stick shooter, but the enemy waves, background effects, and bullet power are all determined by music either on the 360 or your PC. I played a level to Johnny Cash's version of Hurt. Totally worth it just for that.

James

I think I'm talking to myself here, but-



Pleasebegood, pleasebegood, pleasebegood...

James

I've been listening, James. :-P Pixel Borders looks interesting - I'm kind of getting a Trails HD vibe off of it.

The second Arkedo game came out at least over a week ago. It's a puzzle game that reminds me a lot of Panel de Pon, but you can also move the blocks vertically as well. Not bad, but not as good as Jump.

Here's a trailer:

I tried Swap. Being able to flip the pieces both vertically and horizontally seems kind of game-breaking or at least game-borifying. Having the option to move pieces along the X or Y axis in Panel de Pon is like having the option to discard Tetris pieces you don't feel like placing. It's filling in a crossword puzzle with whatever words you want. It's too much freedom. The game doesn't seem to give you a handicap, inconvenience or obstacle you have to work around which is, you know, kind of what makes a game a game.

I did like Jump, though.

I like Swap a lot, but I don't feel compelled to play it after finishing the campaign. The presentation is really nice, and I like that it has sound library elements in common with Jump! Using the twin sticks is a novel method of controlling a puzzle game.

It is like $3. It doesn't take up much HD space. It supports more from these guys. Get it!

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

I like Swap a lot, but I don't feel compelled to play it after finishing the campaign. The presentation is really nice, and I like that it has sound library elements in common with Jump! Using the twin sticks is a novel method of controlling a puzzle game.

It is like $3. It doesn't take up much HD space. It supports more from these guys. Get it!

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These were pretty much the reasons that I bought Swap, but I do agree with A Robot Bit Me, the game feels too easy. I guess having to connect four sames in order to clear them doesn't make it too easy, but it almost has more of a sudoku kind of feel rather than a Panel de Pon feel (Which isn't what I would want from something like this).

So it sounds like it's ok - too easy for its own good but at least they tried something different (it didn't work) and put effort into the presentation.

Given that and how awesome JUMP is, I'm all for buying Arkedo games even if they aren't as stellar as their first game. Better that than another lousy game using massage/stock photos/MS Paint graphics with no real gameplay...

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Originally Posted by Hero

Given that and how awesome JUMP is, I'm all for buying Arkedo games even if they aren't as stellar as their first game. Better that than another lousy game using massage/stock photos/MS Paint graphics with no real gameplay...

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Using the twin sticks is a novel method of controlling a puzzle game.

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Get Poker Smash. It did "Tetris Attack using twin sticks" first, and better.

I know nothing of this "Poker Smash".