Yoyoma207:
With the new Avatar T-shirts that cast a vote as to whether Carmine should live or die in Gears of War 3----which should I buy? ...
OXM SAYS:
Well, personally, we'd love to see some blood spill, so we're tempted to say you should just buy the "Carmine Mu...MORE
Posted on: Oct 19, 2007
Omega 5
WORDS BY: Ryan McCaffrey
If you’re not hardcore enough to know Lords of Thunder or Forgotten Worlds, stop reading now. We’re sorry, but Natsume’s upcoming 3D side-scrolling shooter (yes, 3D) isn’t for you.
Designed for the dedicated shooter connoisseur — before the term referred to first-person games like Halo — this Xbox Live Arcade original, in classic genre style, never stops moving to the right. The catch is that it’s in (gorgeous) 3D. Sure, the action moves on a steady 2D plane, but the characters and environments are all rendered in the third dimension. This means that enemies can make their way into your face from anywhere.
Fundamentally, the game doesn’t play too differently from the 2D scrollers of yore, but when you see a giant, beautifully rendered mech inching toward you from the distance, you know it means business.
We tried a quick couple of levels with the two-player co-op mode, which upped the fun-factor exponentially. Sadly, Omega 5 will be same-screen–only, but hey, the oldies didn’t have online either…
