Let’s face it — original titles on Xbox Live Arcade tend not to be, shall we say, very good? Sure, there are a few decent entries like Pac-Man: Championship Edition and Bomberman Live, but XBLA’s library of original games are more often the caliber of such captivating titles as Bliss Island, Space Giraffe and Yaris.
Assault Heroes, by all accounts, falls into the "decent," category. I only played the trial but it looked like some good, honest, shoot-everything-that-moves fun. Really, with a run-and-gun game, it’s hard to provide a title that isn’t at least worthy of a few minutes of simple enjoyment, and Assault Heroes certainly provided that.
Enough gamers out there seem to agree, because Sierra last week released a sequel, and since I got a review code, I better go ahead and review it. So, hit the jump to see if this shoot ‘em all sequel is worth your […]
Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back
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