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Aegis Wing

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7.7 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: Carbonated Games

Genre(s): Shooter, Action

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: May 16, 2007

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] Aegis Wing is a side-scrolling space combat game reminiscent of classic eighties arcade hits. It features alien-busting action, slick graphics, an orchestral soundtrack, and devastating power-ups. Also included is a unique cooperative mode of play in which up to three additional players can "attach" to the leader's ship and become independent, 360-degree gun turrets. Get ready for an action-retro 2-D sci-fi side scrolling shooter, similar to "Gradius" or "Defender." Up to four players can compete on the same console or on Xbox Live. Attach to each other, and super weapon powers grow as more players attach. After attaching, there's one pilot and each rider rotates fire via a 360-degree gun turret. Wield four super weapons, including the Hades Beam (kills everything in it’s path), the Gordon Burst (EMP pulse that kills all bullets and short circuits enemies), the Arcus Missile (heat-seeking missiles), and Lambda Shield (allows bullets to be deflected and used against the enemies). [Microsoft]

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What The Critics Said

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Console Gameworld

Aegis Wing is a pretty decent looking and sounding 2D side-scrolling shooter with a nice twist on co-op multiplayer. The free price tag somewhat makes up for the lack of ship variation and small number of levels.

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Gaming Target

It’s an excellent diversion when you just want to play something simple and fun with your friends for an hour or two.

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Hardcore Gamer Magazine

Despite being a bit basic in its presentation, Aegis Wing is a fun shooter for any group that can work together. [Sept 2007, p.69]

Team Xbox

There’s no question that Aegis Wing is fun and challenging, but it would be a hard sell if it wasn’t a giveaway.

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Digital Entertainment News

Yes, it’s free. It’s also repetitive, tedious, unambitious and boring. You know how they say “time is money”? Don’t spend your time on this game.

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Xbox World 360 Magazine UK

This is a very basic, very rubbish side-scrolling shooter with some knobs on. [Aug 2007, p.92]

X360 Magazine UK

The levels that you fly through have all been seen a hundred times before. [Issue 28, p.118]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Dungeon Master gave it an8:
I would relate this game mostly to Ikaruga on the GameCube and DreamCast. You've got a million pellets flying around to dodge, with a large boss for each stage. I like the difficulty level here. It's much easier than Ikaruga, but I could see some people getting semi-permanently stuck. Overall I think it's one of the best XBLA games out right now.

Joey K. gave it a7:
Well done little side scrolling shooter. In case you didn't know, that genre of game tends to be very challenging. Either that or terribly boring, but this game is the former. So be warned. If you're not a big player of this type of game, you won't be able to beat the first level, you'll quit, cry yourself to sleep and never play again. So it's worth trying, even though most people who download will play it for less than the time of a demo anyways.

Aaron K. gave it an8:
Aegis Wing has the benefit of lowered expectations right off the bat - it was made by interns and is being offered for free. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if it wasn't very good, and no one would feel burned for spending their hard-earned money on it. At the same time, some of the best games and mods of recent years were born from the minds of dedicated amateurs, so it's also fairly easy to hope that AW will be something special. It's not quite the latter - the graphics are fairly simple, and the lack of variety in enemy craft can be a bit off-putting, it is, at the very least, a lot of fun. It is a throwback to old-school shooters, with a nice twist on multiplayer - players can either operate two to four ships independently, or lock them together. One player becomes the pilot, while the other(s) control turrets capable of shooting in a 360 degree arc. Each ship, even when linked, can take damage and gain power-ups independently, and when linked, special weapons can be employed in tandem to great effect. When special weapons are used, they take on the hue of the player craft that fired them, and if they're used in unison, these combine (for instance, if the red and blue ships are linked and use shields simultaneously, the resulting shield is purple). When ships are linked, the pilot has to be aware of which linked ship has which power-up or needs health in order to properly place that attached ship to intercept the power-up icons, leading to some very careful and fun maneuvering. There are very few unique enemy ship types. In fact, the boss ships (an area where old-school shooters typically showed a lot of creativity) all seem to be based on one recurring model. This doesn't detract from the fun, but it does serve to remind the player of the game's student-project lineage. It's also significantly less fun to play in single-player mode. Still, with a friend or three playing along, it's a simple, satisfying, fun time that's well worth the time to download.

Charley T. gave it a9:
This game is great but to really enjoy it, play the 4 player multiplayer with your mic on!! if it wasnt free, i would have scored it as an 8 on 10 an said that its too short but, hey, this is a great games that was made by essentially 3 persons! use this to inspire yourself to make games with XNA!

Nick G. gave it an8:
Very hard when played by a single player, but you learn quickly this one is really meant for multiplayer, where it really shines. That it's free is a bonus.

Aaace5 gave it a7:
Because it was free I was expecting the worst, but after playing it I was shocked by how good it was. It's not great, it won't keep you hooked for a long period of time but it's a fun little shooter. I first played with a friend on multiplayer, and was amazed when I found out that all four ships could link together with each person controlling their gunfire independently. But the game only has six levels, so the fun is short lived. But for free you can't complain. But I suspect that if they make a part two they will bring more to the table.

Dave L. gave it an8:
For the price I'd give it a 10! For the gameplay I'm giving it an 8. I really enjoy this on Live. Single player is a bit boring but this is quite an enjoyable (and short) multiplayer game.

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