{"id":408,"date":"2013-10-21T21:41:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=408"},"modified":"2013-10-21T22:21:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:21:23","slug":"xblig-six-oclock-high-puzzle-perfection-m-a-c-e-ariane-odyssey-eol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"XBLIG &#8211; Six O&#8217;Clock High, Puzzle Perfection, M.A.C.E, Ariane Odyssey, EOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick round-up of a few indie titles I tried over the past few days.. I had made my own videos of them all, but forgot to encode the ones tried before M.A.C.E.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ariane Odyssey<\/strong> &#8211; I sort of expected this to be a 2D RPG, but actually it&#8217;s more like a choose your own adventure book where you control the story by pressing up to four of the directions.\u00a0 In fact it may not even be that deep, oh well.\u00a0 It&#8217;s well drawn at least, here&#8217;s a video someone else made:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_HpvkfS50xI\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>EOL<\/strong> &#8211; it badly wants to be an update to Defender, including the awful control scheme which actually was Defenders achilles heel.\u00a0 The control is analogue only and way too twitchy for its own good, while the graphics are 30fps.\u00a0 Next&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xblig_eol1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-412\" alt=\"xblig_eol1\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xblig_eol1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xblig_eol1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xblig_eol1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xblig_eol1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Puzzle Perfection<\/strong> &#8211; lures you in with puzzles of anime girls and then you pay 65 pence and &#8230; BAM, fruit bowls.\u00a0 Actually to be fair they did put more anime in, plus an interesting bug where the music plays out and never loops.\u00a0 If you want a good puzzle type game try Penfan Girls in MAME. Here&#8217;s an advert-laden video someone else put up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehNuPBurZ_g\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six O&#8217;Clock High<\/strong> &#8211; remember those dogfight games as a kid where the plane turned up or down?\u00a0 It&#8217;s similar to one of those, the presentation is nice but the gameplay feels a bit like you&#8217;re not really in control.\u00a0 There are upgrades if you unlock the full version and I was going to try, but Xbox Live decided to do the &#8220;can&#8217;t retrieve your details&#8221; thing again, which NEVER used to happen back when you bought bundles of points. Here&#8217;s the official gameplay trailer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HPAE3yd9rMA\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>M.A.C.E.<\/strong> &#8211; When people use the term &#8216;euroshmup&#8217; on the forum in a derogatory manner, they are referring to this game &#8211; it embodies nearly everything associated with that tag.\u00a0 Enemies take too many shots to kill, the bullets are slow, the levels are way too long, everything looks really shiny but just doesn&#8217;t have the gameplay.\u00a0 In fact this is the worst example of drawn out levels I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life.\u00a0 Control is analogue only.\u00a0 The upsides are the music is good and the frame rate sticks at 60 &#8211; the boss is actually pretty cool, but it takes 25+ minutes to get there, I&#8217;m not even joking.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if there are more levels and bosses, I honestly tired of playing it.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s me being killed by the boss.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z49Dt6Vsqfg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick round-up of a few indie titles I tried over the past few days.. I had made my own videos of them all, but forgot to encode the ones tried before M.A.C.E. 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