Comments on: Lexiv https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Arcadecraft « Indie Gamer Chick https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-8835 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:54:28 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-8835 […] beta than a finished game.  That’s okay, because it’s a really good beta, sort of like Lexiv was.  You can see the potential.  If Firebase plays its cards right, they could probably make […]

]]> By: Scribendus « Indie Gamer Chick https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-8421 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:45:58 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-8421 […] Sometimes you can’t know if something will work until you create it and market it.  Look at Lexiv, the Scrabble-meets-Sim City game.  That could have just as well been a disaster too.  I admire […]

]]> By: The Top 25 Xbox Live Indie Games of All-Time: Part 1 « Indie Gamer Chick https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-4051 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:17:22 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-4051 […] #21: Lexiv […]

]]> By: The Chick’s Monthly Top 10 Update: January 2012 « Indie Gamer Chick https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2415 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:16:44 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2415 […] down to the track design.  Most of them were just too dang short.  Also up for consideration was Lexiv, the Sim City-Scrabble hybrid that was a bit too glitchy, but ultimately rejected because the game […]

]]> By: plezfiction https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2381 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:09:38 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2381 Just got Lexiv today — agreed on the annoyances mentioned but still lots of fun. Glad I bought it.

]]> By: Lee https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2200 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:27:55 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2200 This looks good, hopefully the patch will sort the glitches out.

Anyway, great review as ever!

]]> By: Alan C with Tea https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2196 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:38:06 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2196 In reply to Kairi Vice.

Agreed. I find breaking away from that first word is the initial obstacle.

]]> By: Kairi Vice https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2195 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:26:15 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2195 In reply to Alan C with Tea.

Yes, the X is annoying too, but X is a far more versatile letter than V. Hell, so is Q. There is no two-letter word with “V” in it, and that really can make Lexiv quite annoying at times, especially early in a round. Once you actually get going, things do lighten up.

]]> By: Alan C with Tea https://indiegamerchick.com/2012/01/16/lexiv/#comment-2194 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:23:06 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=2281#comment-2194 The presence of ‘Lexiv’ in the middle of the board is aggravating. A short-ish word featuring both a V and an X. Ugh.

But yes, good game, largely well executed I think.

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