MEDIA

Awards:

The Adrenaline Vault: Top Casual PC Games of 2011

 

Nukezilla: Game of the Year awards (honorable mention)

 

Reviews

GamingIrresponsibly.com (9.2 / 100)

  • “almost impossible to put down”
  • “replayability is endless”
  • “If one were to write an argument stating that video games are, in fact, art, they would be a fool to exclude Xotic from the argument.”
  • “unique, fast paced, and exciting”
  • “one of the best indie games I have ever played”

PikiGeek (4/5)

  • “a shining example of the sheer fun of shooting outlandish guns on an alien planet, and trying to cause as much destruction as possible”

Front Towards Gamer (8/10)

  • “Strange and wonderful, this is one title that earns its name well.”
  • “a breath of fresh air.”
  • “the game looks absolutely great and like almost nothing you have seen in an first person shooter style game yet.”
  • “what FPS gaming would have been like if it had been available in the day of the arcade machine”

Platform Nation (8/10)

Destructoid (8/10)

  • “shares more similarities with a shoot-'em-up such as IKARUGA”
  • a shmup with a first-person perspective”
  • “XOTIC offers a huge amount of challenge to spend hours upon hours with”
  • “the core game is a largely fluid and polished experience.”

HawtWired (4/5)

  • “A first-person shooter with a twist”
  • “a fun and addictive take on the first-person shooter”
  • “blends old-school point-obsession with modern gaming sensibilities”

AllPcGame (77/100)

  • “An all-new twist on the traditional first person shooter.”

AirBorne Gamer (7.5/10)

  • “a great little game.”
  • “a lot of fun”

DeltaGamer (7.5/10)

  • “quite a unique experience”
  • “the gameplay design is top notch”
  • “if you’re a fan of arcade gameplay and first person shooters, it is definitely worth getting”

BNBGaming

  • “fast-paced game¬play, precision controls, and points. Lots and lots of points.”
  • “At under $10, ...a great investment for hours of fun”

Examiner.com

  • “a trancelike journey through ambient landscapes”
  • “point-based time trial wonderland.”
  • “like an underwater acid trip”
  • “definitely brings something offbeat and original to the current generation of FPS titles.”

PlayUnwired

  • “Xotic is a rare diamond in the rough”
  • “Xotic will put you your first person shooting and platform skills to the test.”
  • “displays detailed textures, colorful lighting and exciting particle effects at blistering fast frame rates”
  • “a fun, frantic and fast paced arcade shooter”
  • “Good old-fashioned fun arcade shooter with solid scoring mechanics, excellent controls and an attractive price.”

Gaming Daily

  • “the greatest pleasure of Xotic is the timeless satisfaction of beating a high score, gracefully tearing through a stage that, twenty minutes prior, you had stumbled through with thumb-handed clumsiness”
  • “a very good little game indeed”
  • “when Xotic is moving at full pelt, it’s confident and compelling”

DIY Gamer

  • “a neon-coloured score-attack platform FPS”
  • “Ever wonder where all the brightly neon-lit environments of late 90s/early 2000s shooters went? Well, this game seems to have been hoarding them.”
  • “It’s refreshingly vibrant and alien to look at”
  • “a tightly wound score-attack shooter”
  • “There’s a potentially addictive and well-paced arcade challenge to be found here”

 

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