Eurogamer Expo 2011: Best indie games
We take a look at the best new games you've never heard of at this year's Eurogamer Expo.
At first glance, Rich Make Game’s Pineapple Smash reminded us of Team 17’s Alien Breed – the original Amiga version rather than the darker reboot you can find on Steam.
However, there’s a lot more to this title than meets the eye. Brightly coloured alien blasting becomes a deeply tactical experience as you navigate your team of four heavily armed individuals with a penchant for looting derelict spaceships. There’s plenty of loot to be had, too, with a particularly fine selection of grenades (the eponymous pineapples, we presume) that can be used to blast your enemies into finely pureed goo.
Your team’s chatter is amusing, too, and we appreciated the strategic elements involved in switching the commando with the best arsenal and highest health into point position during dangerous missions. We don’t have a release date for Pineapple Smash Crew, but we’ll be keeping a close eye on its progress, so watch this space.
That’s it for our very favourite indie games of the show, although we saw plenty more to pique our interest, including X-com inspired strategy from Xenonauts, light cycle/snake hybrid Hard Lines for iOS (also coming soon for Android) and multi-player space strategy in the form of Stellar Impact.
You can also check out our round-up of our most anticipated releases from big publishers at Eurogamer.