What's goin' on, Meekon?
Sorry for the lack of updates, the new company (yes, the new GAME company) is sucking up a lot of my time.
I’m not abandoning this site, just focusing on the next big thing!
As for recently played games on XBLA:
Bionic Commando – Brutally old-school, but an XBLA game done right for certain. This is how any company should take an older game and update it. The only crime is the lack of on-line multiplayer
Braid – A nice blend of a bunch of neat platform mechanics, combined with a rather “deep” story. I don’t know if I’m really impressed with the story that much, but the puzzles and game mechanics are rock solid.
Galaga Legions – I have to give this one a meh, just because the game doesn’t change enough through play to keep me interested. GW2 at least has waves and the mixture of enemies keeps the game interesting. I didn’t find this to be the case in GL, where it was just crazier and crazier waves of not-so-unique enemies. Perhaps the demo doesn’t let you see enough of the game, but from what I saw, I’m not spending the $10.
Castle Crashers tomorrow!
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[...] Original post by Adam Isgreen [...]
New company eh Adam? I watch in interest!
I wouldn’t say the Bionic Commando Rearmed game is a crime for not having multiplayer. The game is close to perfect in my eyes as far as remakes go, because that’s what it is, a remake. The puzzles could have spent a bit more on the design front, but it’s still pretty solid in my eyes.
The game reminds me though of how real games used to be. A Brutal difficulty level, requiring more patience than fishing! Old-school it is, but it reminds us older people that we once lived in an age where we’d wait 10-15 minutes for a game to load, and waste hours upon hours doing a couple of levels over and over again.
Back then we weren’t frustrated by such killer difficulty because we didn’t have the luxury of saving every 5-10 minutes just because we can. Now I feel old, but it gives that real nostalgia feel and remains faithful to it’s roots. So many games forget their roots, and it’s been great to play this again in HD. Even if I still cannot get any further than I did back in the day!
Still we have the modern day sequal coming soon, and surprisingly it does stay faithful to its roots in many ways. The question remains however, will it be any good?
Heh. I’m sitting at the end boss in rearmed and remembering how painful that sequence was on the NES version. Supposedly the ending is just as satisfying however. That I’m looking forward to.
If you enjoyed playing a challenging game, the DS Contra game is also wickedly deadly and fun. I remember mastering the other Contra games on the NES and that was some serious l33t skillz, if I do say so myself.
Mega Man 9 looks to be continuing in that vein as well. God, that series had some brutal levels.