| MrBubbles said: i wish they would have stricter rules for what gets approved to be on there. the poor quality of so many games made me even stop looking at them |
But how ?
These games are too insignificant for reviewers (or even game rating boards) and if Microsoft would need to hire people to check if they aren't crap, expect the games to be twice as expensive.
Citing Wikipedia:
"Peer Review – Indie Games must undergo peer review before they are released to the service. These are performed by other developers on the Indie Games service, who review the game for unacceptable content, game instability, and other factors that would be detrimental for wide release on the service, though these reviewers do not attempt to qualify the quality of the game itself. Reviewers also provided suggested content ratings for the games, similar to the submission phase. Games require multiple trusted reviews before they are released. Rejected games can be resubmitted using feedback provided by the reviewers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live_Indie_Games
Imagine if other developers would deny a game release because of a lack of quality. They are already competitors, but that would totally destroy the working atmosphere.
As for the games, why don't you just sort the games by ratings, total downloads, daily downloads or release date ?
Ignore anything that's 3 stars and below and download the trial for the rest.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Games/XboxIndieGames?page=1&sortby=ReleaseDate
Make sure to use the American site as this has more ratings.
