XBLIG Update: The ‘I Wish You Were Bender’ Edition

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So here we go again, three new games on the XBox LIVE Indie Games marketplace today. Including a platforming robot that lets you set off electromagnetic pulses. I could only be more happy if it drank beer, smoked cigars, and snatched purses. As usual the descriptions are the handy work of the developer. Our comments, however, will fearlessly demand your attention with extra pixels.

Avalon Legend
“Combine and Control two characters simultaneously in a post-apocalyptic abstraction of the King Arthur Legend with a haunting metaphorical overtone.” – As Arthur the Exiled in a post-apocalyptic world, harness the powers of 4 different robotic companions, known as the “Knights of the Round” over 2 different modes, in a unique “Single-Player Co-operative” experience.

Developer: Kangsanagi

Price: 240 Microsoft Points

This one is a little strange, it functions much like its description suggests. The problem with controlling two characters at once is that I’m bad at controlling one and I’m terrible at controlling two.

Mechanoid Army
Mechanoid Army is a very entertaining platform based video game, which action takes place inside of a mysterious spaceship, the Nexus-9. This frenetic video game will challenge the good reflexes and ingenious of the player since the very beginning.

Developer: mancebo

Price: 240 Microsoft Points

Demo’s like you would imagine a platformer would. The visuals are surprisingly good. It also has this mechanic where you transfer your robot programming to another robot and gain access to its abilities, pretty interesting. The list gets longer of games I need to review!

TrickShot
Test your skills at skiing and shooting simultaneously! With 16 levels of action packed mayhem on four different level classes: Bunny, Blue, Black Diamond and Murderhorn, Trickshot will show you no mercy on the slopes. Did we mention you’ll have to dodge mines in the process?

Developer: sterlingware

Price: 80 Microsoft Points

This one doesn’t demo well, and I have no option but to expect the full version plays the same way. Right off the bat your presented with some wonky menu’s that seem inclined to let you hit one button and go directly to the buy screen. Also not getting the impression it’s designed for fans of the ski and shoot sport, as the mines that make you explode sort of destroy the simulator feel. Although, it could be a welcome addition to the “sport.”