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Indie Games Summer Uprising: Redd: The Lost Temple Review

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Evan Lennick in Reviews, XBLIG Reviews | Leave a comment

When you first see the title screen for Redd, you may be confused by the lack of punctuation. I raised an eyebrow as I saw “Redd The Lost Temple” and wondered if this game was literally about playing as a lost temple named Redd. Not since Final Fantasy 8 have I been asked to pilot around a large habitat, but alas it turns out that Redd is not a temple; instead he is an Indiana Jones wannabe, complete with the … →

Indie Games Summer Uprising Day 2: Battle High: San Bruno Review

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Evan Lennick in Reviews, xblig, XBLIG Reviews | Leave a comment

Battle High: San Bruno was originally released early this year and is part of a small niche of fighting games available on the Xbox Live Indie Games service. Dave Voyles here at Armless Octopus gave the first release a respectable four-out-of-five star rating, stating that “San Bruno is a well polished fighter that further demonstrates the diversity that the XNA toolkit is capable of in the hands of a talented developer. I would recommend this to any fan of fighting … →

Solar 2 review: AKA Solar One and a Half

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Evan Lennick in PC Reviews, Reviews, xblig, XBLIG Reviews | 1 Comment

Many successful indie games overcome limited scope and marketing resources by offering a unique premise or take on gameplay. It’s tough otherwise to stand out in the mass of games that are released on Steam and the XBox Live Indie Games service. The first Solar stood out when it was first released due to its interesting take on open-world sandbox gameplay in which you weren’t a thug, a cowboy, or student, but instead you played as an asteroid, a planet, … →

Duodecad review: Kick ass with cards

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Evan Lennick in Reviews, xblig, XBLIG Reviews | 3 Comments

Here to join the ranks of the more high profile collectible card games on Xbox Live is Duodecad. The genre has not had many entries in either the Arcade or Indie Games section of Xbox Live over the past several years with only Magic: The Gathering and Culdcept Saga filling the void. While Duodecad does not have the depth or staying power of either of these higher profile CCG’s, it succeeds in providing the simple, yet deep core gameplay mechanic … →

PC Indie Review: VVVVVV

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Evan Lennick in PC, PC Reviews, Reviews | 1 Comment

The juxtaposition of many of today’s indie titles versus their AAA brethren is interesting. Whereas a big name game from a big name developer usually plays it safe by refining, iterating and adding slightly more graphical flash to an existing formula, many indie devs will attempt to make themselves stand out by creating games that have unique or strange hooks. What could be more strange than naming a game “VVVVVV“? It isn’t even obvious how it should be pronounced, let … →