Hexodius is what seems to be the first game to be released by new developers Brain Slap Studio, eventually picked up for distribution by Namco Bandai. Geared off your basic dual-stick shooter, the title takes on the concept of rebuilding your own ship to fight against an evil A.I. that is trying to take over. Originally released for the PC through the Steam network, the game eventually found its way over to the Xbox Live marketplace, both locations finding plenty of negativity. Does this simple concept grow into a grand and loveable title that is overlooked and greatly frowned upon out of general fatigue for the style, or is Hexodius actually that abysmal an experience as everyone makes it out to be?
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Galaga Legions DX
| Shooter/Shmup PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade Reviews based on the XBLA version |
Publisher: Namco Bandai Developer: Namco Bandai Release Date: June 29th, 2011 |
| Achievement Guide Available | |
Galaga has been an important and staple video game ever since it’s introduction back in 1981 in arcades all across Japan and North America. Over the years, the game has been tweaked and altered, usually not much, but sometimes quite dramatically. Namco has since made the original title available digitally, such as on the Xbox Live Arcade. As the years have gone on, the company has worked on revitalizing many of their original titles, and in 2010 announced the Namco Generations line of downloading games that would see the classics modernized. While Pac-Man Championship Edition DX was the launching title, it was simply a rehashed version of Pac-Man Championship Edition with a little extra flare. Would Galaga Legions suffer the same fate as Pac-Man Championship Edition did, or would it have more stock to it other then a few modified components?
Splatterhouse (2010)
It’s time to put on the mask again with Namco’s revisioning of their early franchise: Splatterhouse. Originally created for the Arcade, Turbografx-16, and Sega Genesis consoles, the initial three part saga paid much honor to the lore crafted by literary genius H.P. Lovecraft, as well as become one of the first video games to carry a graphic content warning. The main premise of the series involved a man named Rick, a weak nerd whos girlfriend was kidnapped by the mad Dr. West, and it’s up to you, with the Terror Mask stuck to your face, to take on the hordes of ancient ones with your newfound powers bestowed by this mask. This new vision of the Splatterhouse saga left many of the game’s cult following shaking in their pants, including myself, scaring them into believing that, with all the delays and development problems surrounding it, the game would suffer greatly and not live up to the classics. Luckily, that was not the case.
