Your journey will be beset by woe and misery, 90% of the expedition will be made underground, and you will learn to shun the sunlight like a subterranean mole man. If you haven't picked up on the theme, basically this mode is incredibly difficult and not for the faint of hearted. If that wasn't bad enough a dragon will attempt to melt you into a quivering puddle of blood and urine every time you enter a new area. And these aren't shuffling Romero comedy zombies- these are the running, jumping tear your brains out through your colon breed. Unfortunately you will have no time to take in the scenery due to the massive increase in enemies- the further you travel, the more they will spawn. Did you learn nothing from The Lord Of The Rings? As you progress, you will traverse new biomes and consequently encounter new terrain variations and obstacles. Succeeding in endurance mode isn't as simple as walking from one side of the world to the other. Endurance mode is really where the game comes into it's own. The aim is to get as far away from the starting area as physically possible- all the while fighting off leagues of angry zombies. Endurance on the other hand is a whole different kettle of sharks. Survival is your basic do what you feel like mode- build a castle out of mud, pretend you are in Chile and seal your friends in a mine for several months, that sort of thing. Fancy recreating the great wall of China and gunning down an endless undead horde with AK47s from the ramparts? Why the hell not, it's Castleminer Z! Basically you have a choice between survival and endurance modes. That being said, the combat- heavy focus blends very well with the building and mining elements to create a rather unique gaming experience. The blocks are less dynamic than let's say Minecraft for example, and you have less choice in building material. If this applies to you then firstly I think you should actually have a career in the architectural business making something tangible and not spending hours building virtual structures brick by brick, and secondly you may find Castleminer's building aspect rather lacking. If your interest leans more towards the building aspect of this title this game may not be for you. And if you hadn't guessed it already, Z refers to zombies. Yes that's right mining fans, this is where the "Z" part of Castleminer Z comes in. However, Castleminer offers something more and for this reason it is worth the price tag of 80 Microsoft points (which in real person money is between 50p and £). What happens when the creative juices stop flowing? You have grown out of the Lego phase and the blocks are left littering the floor like an ocean of tiny painful landmines. Alright, I may have been projecting my dreams of a cuboid wife, but the rest is fairly accurate. Castleminer is cut from the Minecraft school of "block em' up" gameplay, where the focus is hitting cubes with a pickaxe so that you may place said cubes atop other cubes and live among the cubes and mate with their cube women. But as it turns out, this one was actually worth paying attention to. With gems such as "Miner Dig Deep" and "Cherry Poke Prison" it is good for a laugh, if nothing else. I have no doubt they stumbled across this title whilst scrolling through all the hilariously named indie games that pop up on a weekly basis. Anyway, here are some words about a little title called Castleminer Z.Ī couple of friends of mine recently directed my attention to an indie game for the XBox 360 by the name of Castleminer Z. Because you know, all the big industry names will be reading this. I thought I would write something about an indie game that I recently picked up and do my part to help out the little guys. That's good, right? Self improvement and all that? Yeah big surprise, I still play videogames. Well it's been a long while since I posted on here, I won't bore you with the details but to cut a long story short I have been earning money and learning a trade.
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