With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered.
Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In 2011, it just felt like everyone was making their own games for the 360 and this one was crude, but full of potential.
Gameplay is straight-forward and eerily similar to the aforementioned classics in the fact that you simply run and shoot, while avoiding enemies. However, what sounds easy enough is terribly difficult as you move forward. As the game continues, the waves of the undead get larger in size. Eventually, tougher, faster zombies join the fold to spice up the action. After each level, you can trade in the cash you get for killing zombies [yeah, it’s weird, but who cares] for better weapons, health packs and firepower upgrades.
The Shivah: This is an absolutely wonderful point-and-click game more people need to experience. Designed mainly in coffee houses all over New York City, “The Shivah” follows a grieving Rabbi around the lower East Side in an effort to save his struggling Synagogue. Along the way, he gets involved in a sinister plot and must travel all over the city to find the truth.
Wooden Sen’SeY: Part old-school side-scroller another part nifty beat-em-up, the first few levels of Neko Entertainment and Upper Byte’s Wii U title “Wooden Sen’Sey” are a tribute to “Castlevania” and “Ninja Gaiden” with an art style that can only be described as part “South Park,” part “Little Big Planet.”
The story revolves around a village chief, “Goro,” who must travel through the land on a “quest for vengeance.” While the first few levels don’t give away much of the plot, the gameplay, especially the grappling, squashing and slicing, will bring back a myriad of memories for any gamer who grew up on great platformers of the Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Genesis eras.
Pro Wrestling X: It’s been in development forever. Just Google it. It’s got a great team that continue to work on it.
Squids: Designed by former Ubisoft employees, the game is a throwback to amazing RPGs but has a battle system that has to be seen to be believed.
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