Two new XBox LIVE Indie Games have hit the market place since yesterday, one that gave me flash backs to The Hunt for the Red October and another that almost made me question my boycott on sports games. Descriptions of the following games are that of the developers themselves, our commentary will appear in bold.
The Shadows in the Underworld |
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Descend to the depths of the lost city, survive hordes of creatures from the abyss and face the evil within its walls. Features: Dynamic level generation and adaptive AI director for maximum replay, unpredictable addictive gameplay, local coop, 4 difficulty levels. Collect idols to upgrade your sub and finish the story to unlock caverns of madness. Different experience every time you play!
Developer: Totabiento Price: 80 Microsoft Points This one demos fairly well. It’s a twin-stick side scrolling shooter of sorts and gives me flashbacks to that wonderful NES game, The Hunt for the Red October game. Though to be fair, I think the only similarities between the two may be that there is water, and you’re under it in a submarine. |
Qoccer |
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Qoccer can be described as “the turn-based cube soccer simulator”. In Qoccer, players are cubic and movement is realistic but set during each player turn. Games can be played against the CPU or another human. Over grass or ice. Weird, different, fun, perfectly art directed for the gameplay.
Developer: Victor Ortega Price: 80 Microsoft Points I am almost positive those are bean bags. The game doesn’t really say, so I suppose I can describe them as whatever I like. But more importantly, is the tittle pronounced “Cocker”, because the level of my amusement may be purely dependent on it. Qoccer and bean bag jokes aside, I was almost mortified when I realized I was enjoying the game. It’s like a little RTS soccer game with bean bag players who roll all over the place. How can you avoid being mildly entertained by such a thing? I did, however, find my delight to be rapidly waning by the time the demo’s timer ended. So take that for what it’s worth. |