The Penny Arcade games are what I call mini-RPGs, and episode two is obviously the sequel to episode one. In the game you take control of a character crafted by you, and then proceed to adventure with Gabe and Tycho of the famous Penny Arcade comic strip. If you haven’t heard of them, you should go check it out. The game is available on XBLA, PSN, Windows, MAC and Linux. For this review we will be focusing on the XBLA version, and I have not played the other version (although they are all the same game).
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Xbox Live Arcade has, in my opinion, always put out some quality strategy board games. Catan and Carcassorone are two of the best examples. With Capcom behind the publishing duties and some of former Bungie developers, this newly formed developer being Certain Affinity, doing the honors of creating Age of Booty to fans of the genre were eagerly anticipating the game would be putting it mildly. I am very happy to report that they delivered and then some.
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Braid has generated a lot of buzz over the past couple of years. I’ve been dying to play it ever since I first heard previews almost three years ago. Heck, it even won an award for innovation in design from the 2006 Independent Games Festival, despite not coming out until 2008. If ever an independent game has been hyped, it has been Braid. Of course, as with any hyped and long-awaited game, the question everyone is asking is “Was it worth the wait?”
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Scrap Metal is the first original game by Slick Entertainment, whom were previously responsible for the XBLA port of N+. Scrap Metal is their attempt at ‘re-igniting’ the arcade top-down racing genre.
If they can get it to stand up to the likes of Rock n’ Roll Racing it could be awesome for some multiplayer carnage. The details on Scrap Metal are pretty sketchy at the moment, and they haven’t even announced what platforms it will be released on. Nonetheless it looks like it could make for a good game.
The Xbox 360 version of Portal, titled ‘Portal: Still Alive’ arrives on the XBLA today. It features the original Portal single player campaign, 14 new challenge maps inspired by the Flash Portal game created by We Create Stuff and an additional 6 Advanced maps for the most insanely competent portalers.
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Ever have one of those days where maybe the night before you and the boys had one too many CoColas and woke up the next morning with a touch of the old headache? I have. Those days, as a video game addict, I don’t necessarily want to figure out complex puzzles or be yelled at online by a racist tweener in a game of King of the Hill.
Fortunately the Baby Jesus created Pop Cap Games on the 8th day and they made the Feeding Frenzy (now series!) games. I happened to be a big fan of the original game because of its simplistic gameplay and the game’s charming style and artwork. I honestly was expecting just a basic replica with a few extra add-ons but was pleasantly surprised at how much the put into this sequel.
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The Age of Booty is a real-time action strategy Pirate game by Capcom, although deceptively the game title doesn’t immediately make me think of pirates.. Nonetheless it should provide for some fun multiplayer mayhem as you sink enemies, seize towns and upgrade your ship. Trailer after the jump.
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Get equipped…with retro greatness!
Before the nuts-and-bolts review, first a story that old school Megaman gamers will appreciate.
In anticipation of Megaman 9’s release, I blew through MM2 and MM3 the week before. Despite the fact that I hadn’t played them in years, I completed them without much effort. Shocking for me, since when I was younger, they both caused me great angst, cursing, and controller throwing. And yet, here I am, crushing both of them with the expertise of a speed runner. I was worried; was Megaman truly not the great challenge I once thought it to be? And will the same translate into the 9th edition? My fears really became heightened when I first began playing Megaman 9. I began with Galaxy Man’s stage, since I had heard through the grapevine that he was the “first” boss that should be conquered. I sped through the stage and downed Galaxy Man on the first try. Without losing a single life. Now I had real doubts about the “challenge” that MM9 was going to deliver.
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Twisted Pixels upcoming XBLA game ‘The Maw’ has just been announced the winner of the PAX Audience Choice Award. In ‘The Maw’ you take control of Frank an alien who must ally himself with a blob with an insatiable appetite to find his way home. Check out the trailer after the jump.
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Duke returns in style today as Duke Nukem 3D gets re-released on Xbox Live, and for only 800 points it’s definitely worth reliving even if you have played it before. Duke Nukem 3D features, 39 action packed levels, eight-player co-op / deathmatch and the new never-die-rewind, record demo and the unlockable art gallery.
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