Trial Impressions – 11 August 2009
Four new games were released over the last 24 hours though I can only review three as one of them is only available in Japan.
Note: These impressions are based off 8 minutes of gameplay and are not an accurate assessment of the full product.
BitStream – 400 points – Racing & Flying – Download
Great Dotstream-like game with music that reacts to your movements. I just hope the 400 msp price point doesn’t put people off.
MADRISM – 80 points – Puzzle & Trivia – Download
I had no idea what I was doing when playing this game. From what I can tell it is some kind of house blueprint puzzle game? You probably need to be Japanese to understand it.
X OVER（クロス・オーバー） – 240 points – Shooter – Download
Pretty polished Japanese R-Type-like horizontal shooter. It’s in Japanese but nobody plays shooters for the story.
フェナックむら ものがたり – 240 points – Action & Adventure – Download
Japanese Zelda clone. Seems pretty fun to play though I got stuck because all the text is in Japanese. This needs an English translation.
Themocracy
It is a shame they chose to price Bit Stream at 400 points, it would have sold really well if the price was lower.
@XboxHornet I agree. The price is a little too high.
For MADRISM, you place the rooms touching each other, and place doors on walls that connect two rooms. And put the other stuff in the rooms to make them disappear, you can eliminate many rooms at once if you place the doors right.