So our next review is for a game called Chris Unarmed by Chris Hughes. He literally has no arms. The premise is that the infamous “Mango” has released monsters on the world, and only Chris can stop them. Firstly I have to say this game is on the “good” side of “OK”. The platforming aspects are standard and the controls aren’t too hard. Graphics are a bit quirky. I think given more time and better art, this could have been a stand-out title. Of course what can you expect from one person (well he did have a separate musician, but more on that later). Here’s a video (probably the one I showed on the preview).
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Chris Unarmed – Quirky platform-loving goodness!
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Cat Mario! (Syobon Action?)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Everyone loves Mario! You do, don’t you? You know Mario, the little Italian plumber from a series of games from Nintendo that goes back to the ancient Donkey Kong, and still 20-30 years later we’re still enjoying him. You know, Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, and on and on. Spin-offs of spin-offs, tv shows, and what have you, he’s become almost as recognized as Mickey Mouse the world over, and maybe even surpassed (I can’t remember but I might have read an article where he surpassed Mickey as the most famous fictional character), but I digress… There’s been a ton of fan games and rip offs. Now let’s talk a little bit about cats. Okay so they’re not as exciting. But a lot of us love cats, take the characters in John Wizard Game’s Dawn’s Light for instance, or Cat Ladies. So it makes some sense that someone, somewhere would create a game that has both CAT and MARIO elements. It’s by some Japanese person, whom I don’t even know the name of because I can’t read Japanese. This only makes sense though because Nintendo is a Japanese company. What makes this game unique though (aside from the fact that you play a cat in what looks like a rip off of Super Mario Bros)? You’re about to find out…
PREVIEW: Chris Unarmed for XBLIG
Saturday, November 21st, 2009Our next preview is a platformer called Chris Unarmed by Chris Hughes. This guy doesn’t even try to fake a company name, which is a good thing, since I think half the XBLIG developers use non-existent company names. So that’s one point for him. In Chris Unarmed you “Journey through a world of powerful wind currents, levers, conveyor belts, keys and much more, on a quest to save the world.” Graphics look fairly simplistic, but because of all the things like said wind currents, etc, it looks like it will have good variety in the levels. Unfortunately in the video it looks a little “floaty” and I don’t mean when it’s in stuff like air or water, I mean when it’s on regular platforms. So here’s the trailer without sound: