Thursday, November 17, 2011

Game of the Day - The Outfoxies


Nice name.  The Outfoxies plays almost as uniquely as it is named.  You choose one of many characters to play and then your job is to kill everyone else in the scene "by any means possible".  It's sort of a platformer/beat 'em up, but not exactly.  There are guns, rocket launchers, fists, swords, and on and on.  The level layout is extremely complex and loaded with stuff to interact with.  You can pick up or blow up most anything and big chunks of the background can be smithereened.

The gameplay is cool because of all the different stuff you can do and because of all the ways to go in and out and up and down on each level...Oh, and each level is DRASTICALLY different from the previous.  Factories, moving trains, airplane interiors, all kinds of stuff.

The most unique thing about playing is the camera zooms in and out based on your proximity to the enemy.  If you aren't near them, it is zoomed out and you see the whole level, when you get closer to the enemy, the camera zooms in tighter so the characters are bigger and the fist/firefights are better.  It's a nice use of visuals.  The Outfoxies may not wind up as your favorite game, but if you play it, you are bound to say "sweeeet" at least a couple of times.

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