XBox Live Indie Game of the Week on Dealspwn

Jonathan over at Dealspwn.com graces us (for the 3rd time!) with a Xbox Live Indie Game of the Week trophy for Who is God ! That’s pretty awesome ! Let’s get this out of the way with here and now: yes, Who Is God is more than vaguely reminiscent of Doodle Jump. In fact, the […]

First Platformance: Temple Death reviews coming in. And a shot at scoreboards

Reviews If you want to read some unbiased reviews about the game to get an idea of what’s waiting for you in Platformance: Temple Death, check out theses first reviews that appeared shortly after the release: XBLARatings.com It’s like someone took the theme of Indiana Jones or one of the old Tarzan type movies, mixed […]

First glance at Terraria (a short review)

Saw Terraria last night from Steam and decided to get it and give it a spin. Terraria is an indie game developped by Re-Logic on PC, done in XNA, and released on Steam for 9.99$, or 9.99 euros in Europe. The description of the game reads: Grab your tools and go! You can do many […]

Game Interface review, online scoreboards, Platformance 2

Here is a bunch of news: GameInterface review: Mr Deeke over at Game Interface reviewed Platformance: Castle Pain and liked it: Overall, Platformance: Castle Pain is an enjoyable and entertaining Xbox Indie title that makes use of platformer aspects as well as medieval design to deliver an original gaming experience. Whether you’re a hardcore platformer […]

Pocket Gamers reviews Platformance: Castle Pain on WP7

Keith, over at PocketGamer made a deep and detailed review of Platformance on WP7, giving it a note of 7/10. Love the introduction: Time was, a title in Platformance: Castle Pain’s mould would have been plastered all over the front of the magazines straddling the shelves at your local newsagents. In amongst the half penny […]

Windows Phone 7 Launch Line Up from DarkZero Videogame Magazine

The good people over at darkzero.co.uk have an article on games already available on Windows Phone 7. In their “The Good” section they list: – Xbox LIVE The Harvest – Xbox Live Hexic Rush – Xbox Live OMG – Xbox Live Max and the Magic Marker – and … Indie game: Platformance: Castle Pain ! […]

Another bunch of reviews for Castle Pain

ArmlessOctopus.com (great name), a site that specialized in indie games  reviewed the game and ends it with: It has the perfect combination of retro graphics, music and charm that make it a must play for old-school fans. Full review : armlessoctopus.com Thanks Mike! Classicgameroom.com “Classic reviews, modern reviews, all awesome” has a nice and lenghty […]

Extraguy.com highly recommends Platformance: Castle Pain

Anthony over at extraguy.com gave a B+ to Platformance: Castle Pain. Trial and error gameplay mixed with frequent deaths may not sound like a hallmark of good game design, but Platformance: Castle Pain ends up as one of the better indie titles on Xbox Live because of it. Full read here: Extraguy.com Thanks Anthony!

PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain gets 9/10 on xboxhornet.com

“PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain is a fantastic indie title, both for its well-done pixel art and for its adorably-infuriating game difficulty.  If PLATFORMANCE happens to be the beginning of a series, consider me hooked.” Full review : xboxhornet.com Thanks WDesm !

SignedInPodcast covered Platformance: Castle Pain in their episode #49

They also talk about other great indie games that just came out, as well as xbla: Limbo, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and more stuff. You can listen to the podcast here:  SignedInPodcast Thanks Jeremy!

console-arcade.com: July’s Best Xbox LIVE Indie Game

In their monthly report about Indie Games, Console Arcade choose Platformance: Castle Pain as “pretty clearly the best thing this month”. They also review some other great indie games. “It’s not about getting to the end, it’s about getting to the end without dying and as quickly as you can, and there’s tons of gameplay […]

Gaygamer.net reviews Platformance: Castle Pain and gives it a ‘Yay’

They think “hard” is quite an accurate descriptor for platformance 🙂 “But the reason Platformance is in the Yay category is because despite its difficulty it isn’t punishingly difficult. In Platformance you control a charmingly pixilated knight on a quest to find and rescue a princess.” Full review : Xbox Indie Review Roundup Thanks NaviFairy […]

pwnem.com gives Platformance: Castle Pain a note of 8.25/10

Pwnem.com wrote a nice and lengty review of the game with a final note of 8.25 out of 10. “Pros: +Challenging for both newbies & veterans +Awesome graphics and music +Painfully addicting +Replay value justifies the price (reasonably)” Full review here:  pwnem.com Thanks GaMeR !

French site XBLA360.fr gave us a 16/20

The guys over at xbla360.fr reviewed the game in french here: XBLA360.fr Thanks Sined!

Xbox Live Indie Game of the Week from Dealspwn.com

Dealspwn.com graced us with this trophy and this awesome review. “PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain hits the perfect sweet spot between punishing difficulty and immense satisfaction at beating each obstacle. There may only be one level, but you’ll be surprised at how much they’ve managed to pack into it. Essentially, it’s an archetypal platformer that’ll make you dig […]

Destructoid talks about Platformance: Castle Pain

Yes, we do take this as a compliment coming from Destructoid 🙂 “Before the still-sorta-recent switch to more reasonable Microsoft Point bundles ($5, $10, etc.) on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, it was far too easy to build up weird amounts of extra points. Sure, you could buy Avatar gear or an Xbox 360 theme with […]

IndieGames.com reviews Platformance: Castle Pain

Michael Rose from IndieGames.com posted a news tip about the game: “If Super Meat Boy and Journey to the Center of the Earth had a love child, this would probably be it.” Full read here: IndieGames.com

Kotaku: This game is suitable for framing !

The guys over at Kotaku seem to like the game 🙂 Which is awesome for a little game like ours. Lots of interesting comments after the news. “Jump through the castle, die a lot — as I did — and keep reviving at the nearest candle. Beware the ghost.” Linky: Kotaku

News tip on Gamerbytes for Platformance

Ryan Langley posted a short review: “The upcoming Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair is a unique title in which you can view the entire level all at once if you wish. A new Xbox Live Indie game that goes by Platformance also does this — but on a much smaller scale.” Read more here: Gamerbytes

PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain — A Fan-Fictional Review

An awesome fan fictional review by Nintendoll on GiantBomb. This could be the introduction to the game manual (if there was one…) “The clink and clatter of deadly machinery echoed around the solitary knight as he paused to rest. His entanglement with the prehistoric sea-dwelling creature had taken much longer than expected. He shook out […]