Being that Windows 8 ran everything in fullscreen there aren’t any options in the games to change resolution or screen size. Windows 10 addresses this by running Windows Apps - apps or games purchased from the Windows Store - in a window. One of the criticisms of Windows 8 was how separated the desktop and metro aspects were. Windows 8 originally ran every app/game in fullscreen so there isn’t an option in game to address this (in fact neither game had very many options at all aside from volume and brightness). For starters, I was forced to run both of these games in a 4:3 window.

However, not everything was perfect in these ports. Unfortunately there isn’t any ceiling to this “creativity” and many of the final puzzles were impossible for me to solve without a plethora of hints, often requiring me to make decisions that were so outside the box they might as well been inside a different box. ilomilo is an interesting platform puzzle game that starts out simple and slowly requests that the player become more creative with solution.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane is not only a great entry into the Hydro Thunder series but also a fantastic look at Vector Unit’s beginnings - they also made the Riptide GP and Beach Buggy series’. I have since completed both games and have come away with some very mixed feelings about my experience.įor starters, the games themselves were great. After all, even if the whole thing was a bust I would only be out two dimes. As hesitant as I was to make a Microsoft account, make a Live account, and buy into another ecosystem I eventually took the plunge. I wasn’t interested in much but they had Hydro Thunder Hurricane and ilomilo+, both of which were games I had been interested in but never owned an Xbox 360. They had a slew of apps and games priced down to $.10. Three weeks ago, Microsoft hosted a sale on their Windows Store promoting Windows 10.

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