Xbox Live Indie Game Reviews

Wizorb Review

Wizorb, the latest PlayStation Mini from developer Tribute Games, is a curious blend of two genres that rarely see themselves paired: brick breakers and JRPGs. The game follows the block-busting and monster-slaying adventures of... Read More »

Site Score
7.5

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 Review

Penny Arcade, the web comic, is famed for its humorous take on all things video game. What started out as a small tri-weekly snarky-at-the-games-industry has grown to a point where it is now considered... Read More »

Site Score
8.0

Dark Delve Review

Checkmark Games’ Dark Delve is a classically styled dungeon crawler/turn-based RPG. In a day and age when even the genre’s 800-pound gorilla Final Fantasy can’t seem to figure out what type of animal it wants to... Read More »

Site Score
8.5

Hypership Still Out of Control Review

Developer Fun Infused Games certainly don’t beat around the bush when it comes to naming their games. In Hypership Still Out of Control, you take control of a hypership that’s–well, out of control. Still,... Read More »

Site Score
8.5

End of Days: Infected vs Mercs Review

After a long day of exams, I came home, collapsed on my sofa, turned on my Xbox 360, sifted through the menus, and booted up End of Days: Infected vs Mercs, expecting some kind... Read More »

Site Score
4.5

Octopede Review

Long, long ago, in the ancient times before smart phones, one animal reigned supreme over mobile gaming. No, it was not a brightly colored bird angrily flinging itself at a pig’s shoddy fortress. No,... Read More »

Site Score
9.0

Block Zombies Review

This game’s had me scratching my head for some time now. Block Zombies is entirely derivative and extremely repetitive. The game shows off in the first ten minutes just about everything that can be... Read More »

Site Score
9.0

EvilQuest Review

Morality choices are increasingly popular devices in modern games. The light or dark side of the force, good or evil, drowning this kitten or giving it to the kindly old lady. From Star Wars:... Read More »

Site Score
8.0

Bub Block Review

Part of the real beauty of the Xbox Live Indie Games section is that anyone is able to make and market video games. On the flip side, one of the worst issues concerning the... Read More »

Site Score
2.5

Ramen Ninja Review

I’m a twenty-four year old bachelor living on the budget of a recent college graduate/aspiring musician. As such, having large quantities of precious ramen pilfered is a concept that hits close to home. Such... Read More »

Site Score
7.0

Professional $tealer Review

Despite the name of this game and its cute placement of a dollar sign in lieu of an ‘S,’ there’s really no thievery to be done here. Rather, Brush and Code’s Professional $tealer is... Read More »

Site Score
5.5

Sins of the Flesh Review

In essence, this game is a very simple shooter. You walk along with no control over your character, except for the direction you can fire projectiles in, which are emitted from your body in... Read More »

Site Score
5.0

Mirror Review

Mirror is a game of spatial perception – you have to ‘predict’ the place where a disc will appear when reflected across one, or possibly several lines. It doesn’t sound like a particularly enticing... Read More »

Site Score
7.0

The Jump Hero Review

Set to a furious dance music soundtrack, The Jump Hero is a game in the mould of Canabalt or Hookworlds, with the gimmick here being that each level is represented by a song, which you... Read More »

Site Score
3.0

Nyan Cat Adventure Review

Just a couple of months ago, I reviewed the Xbox Live Indie title, Techno Kitten Adventure. It was awarded a 2/10 because it featured very basic gameplay, as well as seizure inducing visuals. In... Read More »

Site Score
4.0

Grand Class Melee Review

Based on the name, you can pretty much guess that this game will be a multiplayer brawler. It may not be on the level of Super Smash Bros, but if you’re looking for a... Read More »

Site Score
6.0
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