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2011 · Arcade · First-person shooter

Xotic

Xbox console exclusive

Xotic is an arcade-style first-person shooter where you rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, you must cleanse the evil presence and re-plant the seeds of life on a planet ravaged by the minions of the Orb.

Released: 16 September 2011
Platforms: Windows Xbox 360
Genres: Arcade First-person shooter Indie Shooter Simulation
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 12 ESRB T
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 4hmain story17hcompletionist

About

Xotic is an indie action-shooter developed by WXP Games and published by Valcon Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on September 16, 2011, via Steam and on November 16, 2011, for the Xbox 360. A Desura release came later on February 12, 2012.

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Gameplay

After existing as a non-corporeal energy being for eternity, an ancient entity known as The Orb has gone rogue. The Orb is lonely and longs for a body. Infuriated, it embarks on a galactic massacre, taking over species and obliterating planets that have the alluring, red-glowing toxins known as scabs. As a warrior genetically engineered to battle The Orb, the player assumes the role of the antagonist of the game.

Every level has rows and groups of red blobs known as "scabs" (featured in the cover art) that, when hit, burst one after the other to maintain a chain bar that is used for "terraforming." The player's chain multiplier and final score will increase the longer they shoot other scabs to keep this bar from lowering to zero.

Reception

Xotic received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Destructoid stated that "Xotic demands a certain competitive mindset to fully enjoy it, to be sure, but for those who want to test their first-person skills with the type of score-based arcade gameplay that is usually found in other genres, it does what it sets out to do and it does so successfully without overwhelming the player."