DIYgamer.com writes: "Xbox Live Indie Games gets a large variation of games released to the platform everyday. Some of them are unique/fun, others are kind of crappy, and still others are kind of placed right in the middle. Stick Em' Up is just such a game where there are notable faults, but at the same time the game is kind of fun so who really cares?
Stick Em' Up is a side crolling shooter/platform hybrid. The game is really simple, you just shoot your way to the end of the level. What makes the game unique, however, is the art style. Everything is made out of rudimentary "sticks". In a way it's very reminiscent of those old stick figure flash games that were all the range back in 2001."
"Remember those stick figure animations that were popular on the Internet a while back? Stick ‘Em Up is kind of like that, only just with guns, no kung-fu, and with vehicles."-Brian Easton
El33tonline writes:
"A new Xbox Indie game from indie developer Whatever Games aims to take us back into the heady days of 80's home console gaming, while adding a few modern niceties to bring the experience into contemporary times.
The name of the game is Stick 'Em Up, which is apt as you'll be navigating a little stick man character (armed with three different kinds of death dealing weapons) around 2D platforms while shooting at other stick men, as well as turrets and flying vehicles doing their darndest to kill you dead."
GFB writes: "Xbox Live contains a vast sea of often ignored titles known as Indie games. Many of these are utter embarrassments. Others are brilliant games just waiting to find a strong cult-following. Stick 'Em Up, a new arrival in Indie games, falls somewhere in the middle. It's not perfect. But certainly does a lot of things right that indicate a strong knowledge of what is good in a game."
