"Upon first hearing the premise of a game that tasked players to play and take over Russian matryoshka dolls, I was both confused and intrigued. Leave it up to the creative minds over at Double Fine Productions to think of something so outrageously unique. Stacking follows the exploits of a young, miniature stacking doll named Charlie Blackmoore. His older siblings all get abducted by the dastardly Baron, and are forced into a life of child labor on many of his establishments. Charlie’s ability to stack into other dolls breathes courage into the little guy and he sets off to not only free his siblings but to bring down the Baron for good." -Mike Splechta, GameZone
Xbox Live Gold is region-free which can be beneficial if you want to claim some of the free bonus games like the one being offered today.
List of games:
de Blob 2
Stacking
Costume Quest
Ikaruga
Sensible World of Soccer
Not huge games or recent games, but free is free, claimed! Thanks.
I already had stacking but redeemed the rest cheers 🥂 de blob and ikaruga was in my wish list
Stacking was released in 2011 by Double Fine and remains one of their oddest and most intriguing titles. It's a puzzle game masking a serious message, but is it worth picking up today? Jump Dash Roll plays with some dolls before giving its opinion in this week's Brutal Backlog review.
Carlos writes "March may not have provided equal delights when compared to that of February’s backward compatible arrivals, especially with great games such as GTA IV, Borderlands 2 and Hitman: Absolution arriving amongst the masses on Xbox One last month, but that doesn’t mean we’re any less content when new additions come to the program.
Today sees a fresh batch of titles join the fray, but with so many to choose from now, are they worth going back to or should they be left on the shelf forever more?"
Yes, but it's not there yet for me. Bummer. Was looking forward to reliving that one today.
Yawn. I don't get it. Xbox doesn't seem to want to open the purse strings to bring in new IPs and with the selection of bc games, you can't tell me developers wouldn't want to get more.money on old IPs. I'm sorry to say, but Xbox feels like they care less and less for the gamer's...
Great review! The graphics look awesome and interesting concept for a game. I played the demo and loved it!
Obviously it's got a ton of charm and a beautiful setting but I have to agree with something hinted at in this review. If you're not interested in finding every single way to solve each problem the game is not only short but not really at all challenging. You'll never really find yourself stuck on any puzzle.
I'll probably download this on the PlayStation 3 once I have some spare cash around. It looks like a great deal of fun. I like how characters all have unique puzzle-solving abilities. Looks like an engaging game to say the least.
Interesting concept, i like the graphics to. Not sure if i will buy though
It sounds like a really unique title, like most of Doublefine’s productions. Now, after reading the review I feel the need to give this game a try.
@vdh360