By oddbob on June 22, 2009
Ouchie. Ouchie. Ouchie.
Load times, then. Shall we talk about them? They’re a necessary evil. In so many cases this is a truth but it doesn’t stop anyone hating them with a passion. I’m sure that some would argue “ah, back in my day we used to have to start the cassette player, go fer a [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 400 Points, Arena Shooter, Genre: Shooter, UnRevolutionary
By HeelTaker on April 20, 2009
Aria, from developer SRH, is the definition of a badly flawed masterpiece.
The basic idea is 742 kinds of awesome, a twin stick shooter that takes one of your own songs from your media library and turns it into a level generator. The enemies’ spawn patterns vary according to what type of song it is, fast [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 80 Points, Arena Shooter, Aria, Genre: Shooter, HeelTaker, SRH
By oddbob on April 12, 2009
I’m actually quite surprised at how underserved the Community Games service is in the decent shooter department. It’s the kind of thing that with a little bit of thought and some time, folks working from their home office/bedroom/toilet can do quite well. A quick browse through my good friend Bill’s site reveals a cornucopia of [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 200 Points, Arena Shooter, Braintonik, Genre: Shooter, Virus War
By AnonymousTipster on February 28, 2009
The Ballet Of Light And Shadow is an arena shooter for the Xbox 360 available to download from the XBLA Community Games service. Read the review at xnPlay.
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 80 Points, AnonymousTipster, Arena Shooter, Genre: Action & Adventure, The Ballet of Light and Shadow, Vandash
By 9572AD on December 25, 2008
Bloc has recently received a gameplay enhancing update. Details after the jump.
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 9572AD, Arena Shooter, Bloc, Genre: Action & Adventure, Metacreature Games, News
By oddbob on December 19, 2008
It’s funny that despite having a pretty much life long love of twin stick shooters and arena shooters, digging through my personal archive of “stuff wot I wroted” turns up that despite being around for a good number of years now, I’ve never actually put a word to paper about Ultratron.
Well, I might have [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 400 Points, Arena Shooter, Genre: Action & Adventure, Pumpkin Games, Puppy Games, Recommended, Ultratron
By oddbob on November 20, 2008
BIOLOGY BATTLE is a derivative arena shooter that plays as a cross between Mutant Storm and Geometry Wars but lacking the design intricacies and elegance of either. Multi hit enemies, generic wave formations and unexciting delivery do little to stand out from the gamut of arena shooters already on the market. Its possible saviour may [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 400 Points, Arena Shooter, Biology Battle, Genre: Action & Adventure, Novaleaf
By 9572AD on November 19, 2008
Review a Trial? How can you?
Simply put, Nothing Else Happens. Ever. I’ve watched a six minute video after playing several of the three minute trials, and nothing changes, including the difficulty. Or, if it does become more difficult, it takes so long that you’re likely to become bored or dead well before.
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged Arena Shooter, Bloc, Genre: Action & Adventure, Metacreature Games
By oddbob on November 18, 2008
I don’t know about you dear readers but I’m always wary whenever a game is described as “a twist upon [insert variable here]“. Bloc is described as, wait for it, a twist on the top down shooter. Which narrows things down a great deal I’m sure you’ll agree. For the record, it’s sort of (and [...]
Posted in Xbox 360 Indie | Tagged 80 Points, Arena Shooter, Bloc, Genre: Action & Adventure, Metacreature Games
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