Seventeen(!) new games released over the last seven days.

Note: These impressions are based off 8 minutes of gameplay and are not an accurate assessment of the full product.

Gitigiti – 80 points – Strategy & Simulation – Download

Strange game where you have to breed slimes. It seems incredibly complex and it is not particularly fun.

 

Bust a Wall – 80 points – Classics – Download

Competent Breakout clone, but there a better ones on XBLIGs.

 

 

Warfare Soundboard – 80 points – Other – Download

Various warfare sounds that you can play when you want. Why would anyone want this?

 

Electron Defense – 240 points – Strategy & Simulation – Download

Very polished tower defence game but there are quite a few on the service now.

 

 

Bailout! – 80 points – Classics – Download

Terrible game where you must dodge falling stockbrokers and avoid homeless people. It plays worse than the atari E.T. game.

 

Pulsar – 240 points – Music – Download

Music game which plays notes based on which squares you mark. I couldn’t create anything decent.

 

GREEN ISLAND – 80 points – Platformer – Download

Nice little Japanese puzzle platforming game. You use your gun to make platforms to collect all the balloons.

 

Enemy at the Gate – 80 points – Action & Adventure – Download

You control three vehicles which are color coded to match the face buttons on the controller. You must then position them using those buttons to destroy similar colored enemies. Not bad.

 

Filler – 240 points – Action & Adventure – Download

Hold A to make big balls whilst avoiding the red balls. Could be fun with a bit more work and polish.

 

Charlie Cat’s Hot Air Balloon – 80 points – Racing & Flying – Download

Horizontal shooter aimed at a younger audience. The shooting mechanics a enough to put them off the genre though with poor collision detection.

 

Words Search – 240 points – Educational – Download

Word Search game. Not particularly well presented and nowhere near as fun as Word Soup.

 

The Headsman – 80 points – Music – Download

Chop off heads and try to make them fall into the scrolling buckets below whilst a music video plays in the background. Not fun.

 

Crazy Coins – 80 points – Other – Download

Control two piggy banks, one with either analogue stick, to catch money coming out an ATM. Pretty poor.

 

Graviton AI – 240 points – Shooter – Download

It claims it is ‘the thinking-man’s shooter’ but all this equates to is some complicated bars on the HUD that distract you from just shooting things.

 

Hollow Ball – 80 points – Classics – Download

Pretty nice Pong clone but the lack of any one player option kills it.

 

 

2GoVids Rachel Star Stunt Show – 80 points – Other – Download

Some mini-games apparently involving some girl. I have no idea what they are like as you can’t play them in the trial and I’m disappointed the girl isn’t the Rachel Starr I’ve heard of.

 

Hypnotizing – 80 points – Other – Download
You can’t do anything in the trial but I assume this is just a rotating swirl.