The principle behind the
indie games movement was that developers not chained to the high stakes world of initial public offerings and demographics research would be able to create innovative
games that users would want to play, rather than what users had proven in the past that they would be willing to play, and finally there is a
mecha game on the XBLIG service that proves the
indie movement right, because Explosionade is a love letter to the great 2D SNES
mecha sidescrollers that adds just enough new gameplay mechanics to make it its own beast.
So: great 2D
mecha game, has some truly insane and fun gameplay mechanics, great title, supports
indie developers, maybe a tad too easy if you're badder than the average badass, COSTS ONLY A DOLLAR.