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[Gowans]

radiangames Crossfire - 240msp

rossfire is an innovative and stunning shooter for one or two players. The game’s innovation comes in the form of a warp ability that sends the player to the top or bottom of the playfield and adds a whole new layer of strategy and intensity to the fixed-screen shooter genre.

Crossfire is coming to Xbox Live Indie Games in July 2010.

Crossfire is the second game in the radiangames series after JoyJoy.

Website:
http://radiangames.com/

Screens:

Videos:
Trailer
Co-Op Launch Trailer



Get it Here:
Marketplace Link

 

[EagleEyes]

Just tried the demo, awesome game. Purchased.

 

[MikeE21286]

Geo Wars? does the style match the play?

 

[Gowans]

I have just played this game for two hours straight before bed.

It's awesome, loved every second of it, and got throughly told off by the Mrs ass she wanted to play Monkey Island.

Got to stage 49 in the end and hit the wall.

Tomorrow it will be my bitch, it's made me suffer.

Looking forward to Turbo mode too.



Its a must check out game.

 

[Gowans]

Geo Wars? does the style match the play?

Only as in Fast and Intense.

It beats the ramp up problem by letting you jump to harder stages too.



I could have sworn this was from the guys who made Decimation X and are making Duality ZF but I was wrong, gota go and check out JoyJot Properly now.

 

[soldat7]

Looks great. Will try.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Damn, looks great.

 

[besiktas1]

I have just played this game for two hours straight before bed.

It's awesome, loved every second of it, and got throughly told off by the Mrs ass she wanted to play Monkey Island.

Got to stage 49 in the end and hit the wall.

Tomorrow it will be my bitch, it's made me suffer.

Looking forward to Turbo mode too.



Its a must check out game.

Then again the female posterior does have a controlling effect on the male Homosapien.

 

[Gowans]

Then again the female posterior does have a controlling effect on the male Homosapien.

:lol


right gona see if I can get it done this morning before work, Rar!

 

[bathala]

saw it on the market, but didn't know what it was.

gonna try it out

 

[darkressurection]

Do you think I will get caught up in the Crossfire?

 

[Bento]

Goddammit, that Xbox slim needs to be released her in Sweden asap >_<
There are so many XBLA games I want!

 

[qupe1975]

When you beat the 50 levels you unlock 2 more modes, the game is excellent.

 

[jufonuk]

xbox dvd drive not working (too skint to repair it) but so many xbla games i wanna get and this is one of them

 

[Gowans]

Stage 49 is my bitch now!

However stage 50 is making me it's whipping boy.

 

[Prophet Steve]

Goddammit, that Xbox slim needs to be released her in Sweden asap >_<
There are so many XBLA games I want!

These are only the Indie games, XBLA has even more great games.

 

[Dash Kappei]

we can only play Indie games while being signed-in online, am I right?
If that's still the case, I won't buy it, otherwise here I come.

 

[Gowans]

Beat the last stage on my lunch break, wooooo!!!

Megawave & turbo mode unlocked!

Screw you little green sheildy pieces haha!

 

[Gowans]

we can only play Indie games while being signed-in online, am I right?
If that's still the case, I won't buy it, otherwise here I come.

Its still the case I think.


Anyone else beat the basic campaign yet too?

 

[BitchTits]

Damn, just used up all my pretend xbox money, but this looks great, will have to get this.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Its still the case I think.

fuck that :/

This game's right up my allie too, damn

 

[qupe1975]

yep beat in in testing =), level 49 is a bitch of a level, beat it 3 times now because when I purchased the game my old save was useless so had to do it all over again. If you can get the pause powerup on that level makes it a ton easier.

 

[Warm Machine]

Buy this game people! It is really great and is as polished as an Arkedo release.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Rather snooty review on the Edge website:
http://www.next-gen.biz/features/review-radiangames-crossfire

"While it’s a nice idea, it’s a pity Treasure didn’t get there first. 6/10"

/Facepalm

 

[Princess Skittles]

Do any of the unlockable modes offer endless play or do they all end?

 

[Gowans]

Do any of the unlockable modes offer endless play or do they all end?

I think Megawave is endless, I know I havnt beat it if there is one.

 

[Nemo]

Rather snooty review on the Edge website:
http://www.next-gen.biz/features/review-radiangames-crossfire

"While it’s a nice idea, it’s a pity Treasure didn’t get there first. 6/10"

/Facepalm

That's Edge's quality writing everyone on GAF seems to be so fond of?

Wow, fuck that mag

 

[Princess Skittles]

I think Megawave is endless, I know I havnt beat it if there is one.

Awesome.

 

[John Rabbit]

That's Edge's quality writing everyone on GAF seems to be so fond of?

Wow, fuck that mag

"The neon presentation is yet another depressing co-opting of Geometry Wars’ aesthetic, which neither uninspired unit design or a tendency to over-indulge in particle effects can render charismatic, while enemy gunfire tends to be so chaotic and heavy as to remove the Ikaruga-styled pleasures of threading yourself nimbly between the curtains of bullets before firing off a single perfect shot of your own. "

 

[toythatkills]

"The neon presentation is yet another depressing co-opting of Geometry Wars’ aesthetic, which neither uninspired unit design or a tendency to over-indulge in particle effects can render charismatic, while enemy gunfire tends to be so chaotic and heavy as to remove the Ikaruga-styled pleasures of threading yourself nimbly between the curtains of bullets before firing off a single perfect shot of your own. "

On the one hand, I agree with that. I mean, it's impossible to dodge between bullets, etc.

On the other hand, he's reviewing the game as if it's a type of game that it isn't. It's not supposed to be like Ikaruga, ffs.

 

[Nemo]

"The neon presentation is yet another depressing co-opting of Geometry Wars’ aesthetic, which neither uninspired unit design or a tendency to over-indulge in particle effects can render charismatic, while enemy gunfire tends to be so chaotic and heavy as to remove the Ikaruga-styled pleasures of threading yourself nimbly between the curtains of bullets before firing off a single perfect shot of your own. "

Using pretty words to describe your sentences, sure that can be called quality writing but you also have to look at it concerning content.

What he's basically saying is fresh new developers with good innovative ideas are bad because you need proven developers experience to make the idea work as good as possible. That's just fucked up man, new developers can hardly get together millions of dollars from publishers to make a project big by industry standards.

 

[John Rabbit]

Using pretty words to describe your sentences, sure that can be called quality writing but you also have to look at it concerning content.

What he's basically saying is fresh new developers with good innovative ideas are bad because you need proven developers experience to make the idea work as good as possible. That's just fucked up man, new developers can hardly get together millions of dollars from publishers to make a project big by industry standards.

what he's saying is that like the majority of western games media, he's needlessly angry at a $3 game that isn't a $60 5-year effort from one of the world's most renowned developers.

such vitriol for no reason other than to "sound" like he's intelligent.

 

[SapientWolf]

On the one hand, I agree with that. I mean, it's impossible to dodge between bullets, etc.

On the other hand, he's reviewing the game as if it's a type of game that it isn't. It's not supposed to be like Ikaruga, ffs.

You could remove the Ikaragua callout and the review would read about the same. It sounds like he enjoyed the concept but he wanted more depth to the mechanics. It's basically a message to radiangames to take more time in fleshing out these brilliant little one-offs.

5 is average for Edge, BTW, so 6 is not a bad score.

 

[toythatkills]

You could remove the Ikaragua callout and the review would read about the same. It sounds like he enjoyed the concept but he wanted more depth to the mechanics. It's basically a message to radiangames to take more time in fleshing out these brilliant little one-offs.

5 is average for Edge, BTW, so 6 is not a bad score.

He's moaning because you can't weave in and out of bullets and fire off shots, like in a Ikaruga or any other game like it. But that's not what this game is, and it's not trying to be. Clearly a more realistic comparison is Space Invaders, and nobody ever moaned that that wasn't bullet hell enough.

It's like giving Final Fantasy XXVI a 6/10 for not having enough FPS moments.

 

[SapientWolf]

He's moaning because you can't weave in and out of bullets and fire off shots, like in a Ikaruga or any other game like it. But that's not what this game is, and it's not trying to be. Clearly a more realistic comparison is Space Invaders, and nobody ever moaned that that wasn't bullet hell enough.

It's like giving Final Fantasy XXVI a 6/10 for not having enough FPS moments.

It's more like taking points off of a shooter for not having a cover system but I understand your point.

 

[soldat7]

Rather snooty review on the Edge website:
http://www.next-gen.biz/features/review-radiangames-crossfire

"While it’s a nice idea, it’s a pity Treasure didn’t get there first. 6/10"

/Facepalm

Since when did Edge start reviewing XBLIG titles? 6/10 might scare people away, which is a shame.

 

[Warm Machine]

You can move between the hail of bullets, I do it all the time, it just takes skill. The enemy design is very visual and gameplay relevant, the shape of the enemies tell you which way they are going to fire.

 

[Warm Machine]

Radian Games released their sales figures for Joy Joy and Crossfire today.

http://radiangames.com/

I'm a little saddened that Crossfire has sold less than 1000 copies as it is one of the better games on the service.

 

[SapientWolf]

Radian Games released their sales figures for Joy Joy and Crossfire today.

http://radiangames.com/

I'm a little saddened that Crossfire has sold less than 1000 copies as it is one of the better games on the service.

This is telling:

Avatar games are featured elsewhere on the dashboard and have an advantage over other Indie Games, and games on the Top Download charts are the most visible, leading to a positive feedback loop for those who get into the top slots (particularly the first 5).

Basically, XBLI games have very little visibility.

 

[chubigans]

It's great to see indie devs share their sales info like that. Thanks for the link!

 

[Warm Machine]

It's great to see indie devs share their sales info like that. Thanks for the link!

Some of them also do it on the official XNA Creators Club forums as well but his breakdown for this is way more indepth than I have ever seen.

I'd love to see indie become a really viable place for great games to get released. It puts way more power in the developers hands if they can be successful.

 

[Warm Machine]

He has updated the game and cut it down to 80pts.

http://radiangames.com/

I'm sad to see the 80 point price as all it does is reinforce the stereotype that good indie games are only worth a dollar (along with shit ones) but if it does make him more money in the long run good for him.

 

[John Rabbit]

the fact this and inferno ARE A DOLLAR is criminal.

both are worthy of being "real" xbla games.