Doritos Dash Of Destruction, Puzzle Arcade, Vigilante 8
posted by Jaitu at 07:50
After completing Halo3 I turned my attention to some smaller titles.
Doritos Dash Of Destruction.
A shameless Doritos advert was free to download from the XBOX Marketplace so, naturally, I took it. It's a reasonably fun though short-lived affair. The game has two basic modes where you choose to play as either a Doritos delivery driver or a cybernetically enhanced T-Rex. When playing as the delivery van you have to race around a top-down-viewed town hitting checkpoints while avoiding a rampaging T-Rex. When playing as the T-Rex you have to rampage through a top-down-viewed town trying to catch delivery vans. There are online (and maybe(?) local) mulitplayer options which should certainly add some party style fun. Despite playing for probably less than an hour I've already picked up 9 of the 12 achievements which total 155 of the 200 available points. Truthfully, it's a free advert targeted at achievement whores and I'm fine with that.
Puzzle Arcade.
On the surface a straightforward jigsaw game but with some sophisticated details. Puzzle Arcade is a good suppliment to all the twitch based shooters that I've been playing. At it's easiest it's like putting together large-piece wooden puzzles for four-year-olds. This is surprisingly addictive though. There are a number of pictures available (more can be downloaded or captured using the camera) and the number of pieces can be controlled as well as options such as rotation of pieces on screen to reamp up the complexity. One nice little surprise was that the default puzzle set includes two photos from Sam Javanrouh from one of my favourite photo blogs, TopLeftPixel.
Vigilante 8.
Although I've not really played this yet I did buy the full version already. Vigilante 8 (V8) is a car combat game that was born from the Interstate '76 series of games. It's an arena deathmatch style using vehicles with weapons attached. Not a lot more to say than that. There is a story mode which I'll comment on after I've given it a go.
Doritos Dash Of Destruction.
A shameless Doritos advert was free to download from the XBOX Marketplace so, naturally, I took it. It's a reasonably fun though short-lived affair. The game has two basic modes where you choose to play as either a Doritos delivery driver or a cybernetically enhanced T-Rex. When playing as the delivery van you have to race around a top-down-viewed town hitting checkpoints while avoiding a rampaging T-Rex. When playing as the T-Rex you have to rampage through a top-down-viewed town trying to catch delivery vans. There are online (and maybe(?) local) mulitplayer options which should certainly add some party style fun. Despite playing for probably less than an hour I've already picked up 9 of the 12 achievements which total 155 of the 200 available points. Truthfully, it's a free advert targeted at achievement whores and I'm fine with that.
Puzzle Arcade.
On the surface a straightforward jigsaw game but with some sophisticated details. Puzzle Arcade is a good suppliment to all the twitch based shooters that I've been playing. At it's easiest it's like putting together large-piece wooden puzzles for four-year-olds. This is surprisingly addictive though. There are a number of pictures available (more can be downloaded or captured using the camera) and the number of pieces can be controlled as well as options such as rotation of pieces on screen to reamp up the complexity. One nice little surprise was that the default puzzle set includes two photos from Sam Javanrouh from one of my favourite photo blogs, TopLeftPixel.
Vigilante 8.
Although I've not really played this yet I did buy the full version already. Vigilante 8 (V8) is a car combat game that was born from the Interstate '76 series of games. It's an arena deathmatch style using vehicles with weapons attached. Not a lot more to say than that. There is a story mode which I'll comment on after I've given it a go.
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