XBLA game recommendations

[Qalbert]

thread for recommending arcade games.
Castle Crashers
Shadow Complex
to name a couple

[Devolver]

Braid. Trials HD

[Jedimasta]

Geometry Wars 1 and 2 are pretty damn fun.

[rezn0r]

Castlevania: SotN !

[Zeb]

Better have Uno on the list.

[Takedown3]

trials, marble ultra (i think its called that), castle crashers, just browse DL the freebies and pay if u like them.

[Deband]

N+ is awesome, also Rez and Zuma

[Komm Suesser Tod]

Better have Uno on the list.

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/2..._n8Q6A-L-2.jpg

Uno is serious business.

[Folant]

Boom Boom Rocket is pretty fun.

[pugnax179]

Marble Blast Ultra and Geometry Wars

[Mizango]

Geometry Wars 1 and 2 are pretty damn fun.

Great call, I absolutely love Geometry wars. I also would recommend Physics Sandbox, Solar (Great game) and Final Fantasy: Crystal Defenders. Those 3 I play quite often and enjoy thoroughly.

But like Morgan Freeman said, both Castle Crashers and Shadow Complex should be on everyones list.

[Nitsuki]

If you want sega arcade classics:

Outrun Arcade

and Afterburner Climax is coming soon.

[Doombear]

picked up Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment last night with some leftover points. BARELY even 4 missions in, but so far it looks like a keeper if you enjoy SRPGs (or the original).

I thought the style would throw me off but it looks gorgeous in HD, and so far I am really liking it.

[Caiyuo]

bumpin', I can't imagine this is the extent of XBLA stuff.

I think the big XBLArcade games are Limbo, Deathspank and Castlevania, but is there anything else from the past few months that's been really worthwhile?

[Atreides]

Shadow Complex and Castle Crashers are probably the best.

Personally, I'm a sucker for simple RTS/economic sim games, so I really liked Kingdom for Keflings as well as Outpost Kaloki X, but they're not for everyone.

Also decent: Penny Arcade Eps 1 & 2, Portal, Limbo, Castlevania, Deathspank, Braid, PB Winterbottom, Gyromancer, Rez, Monkey Island 1 & 2 SE

You should definitely check out Xbox indies too. Aphelion, Soulcaster, radiangames JoyJoy are probably my favorites, and most of them cost $1 or $3 (there are trials for all of them). I made a thread about them in case you missed it:
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95930

[Caiyuo]

swt, thorough as always, Atreides

[Atreides]

that's what I do baby

[Atreides]

I was going to make a post in the style of my xbox indies thread but then I realized that for whatever reason xbox.com's screenshots for XBLA games are in silverlight, while indies are in jpeg format, so I can't make it all pretty with uniformly sized screenshots.

But anyway:

Great:

Braid - Stylish indie platformer, arguably the game that kicked off the stylish indie platformer craze. Still one of the best though, for a reason.

Castle Crashers - The king of xbox multiplayer. Fun to play with friends, but it has plenty of stuff to collect/do if you're playing single player.

Crystal Defenders - Square Enix's tower defense game, set in a final fantasy-ish universe. Gets pretty challenging and has no story, but a good TD game.

Deathspank - Diablo-style hack n slash with lots of humor/style and a great story. Unicorn Poop!

Defense Grid: Awakening - Tower defense, very straightforward and solid.

Gyromancer - What happens when Square Enix takes on the puzzle quest formula. Very addictive if you like the gem switching and leveling Puzzle RPG gameplay.

Limbo - Dark (literally and figuratively) side scrolling platformer, with puzzles and gruesome deaths for failing them. Kinda overpriced at $15 for 3 hours.

Monkey Island 1 & 2 SE - Reskins of the original point and click adventures with full voice overs, great opportunity to catch up on these if you never played them.

Penny Arcade Episodes 1 & 2 - A humorous adventure with turn-based battles and other RPG elements, set in a steampunk 1920's.

Portal: Still Alive - The same Portal from Orange Box, with extra levels from the flash version.

Rez HD - A port of the PS2 game, a sort of rail shooter game but with every action having a sound, making a techno beat as you play.

Shadow Complex - Metroid-style side scrolling adventure, with guns and upgrades and a great story. This is most people's favorite XBLA game.

Zeno Clash - A really weird first-person fist fighter, with some really satisfying gameplay and a very unique sense of style. There's a sequel in the works too.


Good:
A Kingdom for Keflings
Axel & Pixel
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Carcassonne
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Exit 1 & 2
Geometry Wars 1 & 2
Magic the Gathering
N+
Outpost Kaloki X
P.B. Winterbottom
Puzzle Quest 2
Risk
Sam & Max Seasons 1 & 2
'Splosion Man
The Maw
Trials HD
Vandal Hearts
Watchmen


Good remakes/ports
Castlevania: SotN
Earthworm Jim HD
Ikaruga
Prince of Persia Classic
Rocket Knights
Serious Sam HD


Also worth mentioning:
0 Day: Attack on Earth, Age of Booty, Aqua, Catan, Cell Factor: Psychokinetic Wars, Death by Cube, Lucidity, Marble Blast Ultra, Matt Hazard Blood Bath & Beyond, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

edit: There's also a few games coming in the next few weeks/months: Shank and Lara Croft look like they could have potential but I'm not holding my breath. Hydrophobia was looking a bit unpolished when I last saw it but it's probably my most anticipated title for XBLA by far. The Behemoth (Castle Crashers) has a new game in development, ACE (Zeno Clash) is working on Rock of Ages, and Ninjabee should have World of Keflings out this year too. Supposedly there's a lot more DLC to come for Castlevania HD too, new maps and characters.

[Caiyuo]

Nice list, I'll have to come over my games and see if there's anything I can add later. I actually haven't played a majority of what's listed in the higher tiers so hopefully they'll keep me busy for awhile.

I'd love to hear more top-down shooter recommendations aside from Ikaruga if anyone has them, dying for bullet hell lately.

[Diamicles]

the new Risk is worth putting on that list too, at least in the GOOD tier.