XBL Indies: Aquarium HD Review

Don't know why you'd want fish in your TV, but at least these fish won't die as you neglect them...

• Game: Aquarium HD
• Developer: reedake2
• Price: 80MS Points ($1.00)
• Release Date: 2/23/2009

Aquarium HD is one of the many screensavers available on the Xbox LIVE Indie Game marketplace. It is one of the better screensavers available and it is somewhat interactive, but it’s still just a screensaver.

Aquarium HD does look decent visually, but it won’t make you feel like you’re watching real fish. It features several backgrounds and a few different styles of fish, but nothing you haven’t seen before. You canalso adjust the number of fish, as well as which fish are in the tank. While it’s nice to have these options, they’re extremely limited and don’t offer much variety.

Aquarium HD also adds some interactivity by letting you feed the fish and tap the glass. These abilities do give you something to do while staring at your fake fish, but not much else. I also find the tadpole design to be rather odd; they are made up of your gamerpic and gamertag. It may seem like a cool idea, but it really just makes the tadpoles feel out of place when all the other fish have a realistic look.

Aquarium HD is a decent screensaver, but it doesn’t do anything to turn me into a fan of screensavers on the Xbox 360.  If you want a fish tank in your TV, then I guess you’ll have a blast with Aquarium HD, but everyone else should stay away.

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