Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

[jyoung]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

There are now over 2,000 games in the Xbox 360 indie channel...and most of them suck horribly.

A few gems:

Escape Goat -- Puzzle/platformer reminiscent of the original Prince of Persia. Awesome old-school graphics and soundtrack.

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Soulcaster I and Soulcaster II -- Action RPG inspired by Gauntlet, made by the same guy who did Escape Goat. Again, excellent throwback graphics and music.

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Dead Pixels -- Side-scrolling action game like River City Ransom but with guns.

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Pingvinas -- Strategy board game where your penguin team tries to eat more fish than your opponents. Supports online play!

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Protect Me Knight -- 4-player tower defense game with 8-bit graphics and sound. Soundtrack composed by the same man who did the original Shinobi and Streets of Rage!

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Score Rush -- 4-player dual-joystick shooter with crazy difficulty and blazing heavy metal soundtrack.

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Bloody Checkers -- Explore a dark castle while challenging its resident ghosts to games of checkers. Supports online play!

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Blockey - 2 vs. 2 arcade hockey game similar to the NES classic, Ice Hockey.

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Fitba -- Dual joystick soccer game that lets you move your player in one direction (left joystick) and aim your shots in the other direction (right joystick). Very nice ball physics. Teams are fully customizable.

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Wizorb -- Breakout with magic spells and a full RPG quest! Great 8-bit audio/visual design.

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[Candyman5]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

Goh post: 1-28-10
Weeman post: 1-28-12

Lmao.

[goh]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

2 years later and we still can't play them offline and they buried them in the new dashboard.

Also you forgot Techno Kitten Adventure!

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and the seziure inducing sequel Nyan Cat Adventure.

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[jyoung]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

Escape Goat just got discounted to 80 microsoft points!



Definitely a must-buy now for any fans of puzzle/platforming games!

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

I saw jyoung playing Avatar Football earlier today and based on his recommendation I picked it up. Ran a game online with him and a few other guys and it was pretty fun. Haven't tried the single player portion of it yet, but it seems like a pretty solid title. I liked Barker Crest's other game, Avatar Golf, so I figured I'd like this too.

Man, sorting through the Indie games is such a wasteland now. It was always filled with a lot of garbage, but there's so many games now that it's difficult to find good ones. I'm always up for checking out some new gems though, so if anybody has played any decent ones lately let me know.

[jyoung]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

I am shocked by the quality of Avatar Football. It could easily be a full Arcade game.

In fact, it smokes the Tecmo Bowl Throwback disaster that Tecmo tried to pass off for $10 on the real Xbox Live Arcade.

Pappy and I ran a 3 vs. 3 online game of Avatar Football and there was hardly any noticeable lag except on diving tackles from behind.

Plus the editing options are just sick. Fully editable teams, leagues, and playbooks. And you can share edited rosters online.

Must-buy for all football fans at only $3.

[JBH3]

Do those community games have achievements?

[Brandwin]

Hmmm. I'll have to check it out.

[jyoung]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

Do those community games have achievements?

They don't have achievements, but Avatar Football does have some unlockable "name emblems" ala Call of Duty.

[ExtremeGamer]

You can share rosters for Avatar Football? Interest peaked.


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[jyoung]

Re: Don't Sleep on Xbox Live Community Games

You can share rosters for Avatar Football? Interest peaked.

You can share rosters and playbooks.

The way it works is both people have to be online in the game. Then the sharer invites the downloader into a lobby so they can sync up their custom content.