NWR writes: "When I first started playing X-Scape, I found myself flying down a tunnel, avoiding walls and shooting enemies. I was like "awesome, it's classic Star Fox, though without the Fox!" The game uses flat or wireframe polygons, shaded in mostly monochrome colors (the introduction also reminded me of playing Red Alarm on Virtual Boy). After leaving the tunnel, I found myself in a flat 3D field, where I could drive around like a tank shooting down enemies. Okay, this is more like Battlezone than Star Fox, I thought."
Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "One day Nintendo will pull the plug on DSiWare, such is the fate of all digital stores, and so we’ve decided that this is the perfect time to take a look at the best DSiWare games of all time."
For an 800 point DSi game, X-Scape offers a fair amount (about 12 hours) of planet-hopping gameplay with the option to unlock missing paths and missions after you finally put the emperor in his place. If X-Scape's '80s style and immersive first-person gameplay catches your eye, then there's a damn good chance you'll love this throwback adventure. It's easily one of the most unique titles exclusively available for the DSi.
Kotaku writes: "Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful".
