Negative Gamer Review: Crosstown (Xbox Live Indie Games)

I’ve been playing Crosstown for the better part of two months now. It’s created by the same guy who made one of my all time favourite Xbox Indie Games; In The Pit. Crosstown is a retro themed, charming and hard arcadey game and we were given a free copy for review thanks to the game’s developer.

You, humanoid, travel your way through 40 levels of Crosstown (the place). Each level has an assortment of enemies. Every few levels you are introduced to a new type inhabitant of Crosstown, slowly increasing the difficulty and complexity. Your goal in every level is always the same; collect four Qreds (multicoloured circle things) without being killed.

With a very Portal-esque sense of humour, Crosstown’s overlord PIGGY fills you in on the back-story as you go; you’re in Crosstown and have no memories. The story is about as deep as the 8-bit styled graphics, but for a light-hearted game the between-level screens of text do their job well.

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