There's only one new game hitting Xbox Live Arcade this week and it's an underwater arcade-style shooter called Undertow (800 Microsoft Points).
Undertow's single-player campaign is "story driven" and will allow for both online and offline 2-player co-op. If you've been looking for an XBLA game that will let you and your 15 closest friends shoot each other's brains out in multiplayer, look no further, as that's featured too.
The game has 3 races to choose from, each with 4 unique and upgradeable units. Because Undertow is powered by the Unreal Engine 3, your pew pew pew's are going to look superior to the particle effects from the average, cookie-cutter Live Arcade title.
What do you think Dtoiders, thumbs up or thumbs down?
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I'm interested in this one mostly because it's designed by the same two guys behind Advent Rising (which was actually a good game, and only missed out on greatness because it wasn't given enough development time).
It looks pretty cool- I'll definitely give the demo a fair shot.
Did anyone else notice that the main guy appeared to be getting his ass kicked in every game play section in that vid? I dunno- maybe I was looking at the wrong guy.
I love the concept, but the trailer left me a little cold. I mean, if you're going to have shitty voice acting, at least ham it up as much as humanly possible for a laugh. Also, too much pew pew BANG happening to see what the hell was going on. Probably just the low def trailer, but it could be an issue. For me, thumbs middling. I'll certainly try the demo though.
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2:41 PM on 11.19.2007
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Undertow gets a thumbs up from me!
So thumbs up!
I'm saying thumbs down because it isn't anything new. It's Aegis Wing but pretty.
Did anyone else notice that the main guy appeared to be getting his ass kicked in every game play section in that vid? I dunno- maybe I was looking at the wrong guy.