Microsoft’s Free Game Is Undertow

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As you may recall, Microsoft decided to give all of us XBOX Live members a free game because their service was so shoddy this past Christmas.  The game has been revealed and is available for download.  For free, of course.

The game is called Undertow.  I would definitely say it is worth the price.  Free.

Actually, it’s not too bad.  I’m not sure what the story involves… I had the volume turned down this morning so I wouldn’t wake my family.  But the gameplay is fun.  You play a pirate of some sort who has to take control points.  You can swim all over the place, and shoot darts.  All the people are really small (hard to see), but there are also ships.  The environments are cool and watery.

It’s funny watching the cut scenes with the volume turned low.  In this game everything is so dark you can’t see faces… just the bodies moving their arms. The game takes up a total of 48MB, so not a lot of code went into the actors, or much of anything else, it would seem.

Nonetheless, it got an “Editors Choice” award from Microsoft and also “IGN’s Best of E3 2007 Winner Award”, whatever those are.

I’d give this game an Overall Rating:

If you have a couple of hours free, why not download it.  You can’t beat the price.

Get more information here:  Undertow

PS:  OOOPS!  You better hurry.  It’s only available for free until 11:59 PST tonight, Sunday.

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