Indie Games: Platypus, Twin Blades, PIXEL and Battle Beat
I’ve been away from my Xbox 360 for a couple weeks so I spent today playing catch up with the Xbox Live Indie Game Channel. As usual there were a lot of games that had potential, but needed more work. However, I did come across four really well made titles that I’m really enjoying.
Twin Blades is a side scrolling shooter/beat-em-up. It has this really nicely done manga-stylized graphics. The actual game play is simple, slash or shoot zombies as you progress through the levels. As you do you save their hearts to trade in for increasing your weapons and health. It is a nicely polished game and one I’ll be coming back to repeatedly to continue the quest to rid the world of zombies.
PIXEL is the third indie game from Arkedo and like their first two, JUMP and SWAP, it is really fun. It is a platformer with well done retro style pixel graphics. The controls are simple but with a few options to keep things interesting. I’m just getting started in PIXEL, but I can already tell it is well made like their other titles and going to be a lot of fun to complete.
Platypus this side scrolling shooter is 100% clamation based and it looks great. The power ups have a nice balance and mix to them. Each one has its uses, and the controls are smoothly done. If you like R-Type style shooters this one is well made and very unique graphically. I never get tired of seeing the little clay ships burst into clay explosions.
Battle Beat caught my attention because in addition to using the normal controller it supports drum and guitar controllers as well. You use them to control your army’s attacks. You have to time the attacks to the beat of the music. It starts out simple but adds strategic elements as you get unlock different troop types to use.
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