Andrew Calvin

2D fans can rejoice now that AH has hit the Xbox 360’s live arcade, but it comes with all the good old faults we know and love from the PS2/GC ports and lacks the much coveted online play for the main game.

The presentation is retooled for HD (it’s smooth and looks amazing!!!), so in that respect, it’s worth owning even if you own the original console ports, but don’t be fooled by the multiplayer promise — it’s multiplayer locally, not online for the main game (mini-games are online multiplayer enabled). And it’s still as insane as it ever was (sometimes good insane and sometimes cheap $%^&*$*# insane). But for 2D fans, this is a welcomed offering and something to hold us over until Castle Crashers makes an appearance.

Developer The Behemoth is offering an awesome, tanglible reward for perfecting your skills at the game: real trophies for top leaderboard scores — check out more info at the AH site: http://www.alienhominid.com/leaderboards.html.