Sure, we have our Minecraft-likes all over XBLIG these days. I’m not sure you can clear the first page of the best selling anymore without tripping over two or three of em, but Lootfest: Live Design isn’t like that. In fact, despite using blocks as the basic building material, the games are very different and, honestly, the Minecraft-likes really pale in comparison to the ambition seen in Lootfest: Live Design. And before you ask, yes this is a sequel of sorts to the original Lootfest.

Lootfest is, essentially, a game about building with blocks, But you’re not doing it from a first person perspective. No this is an overhead perspective, similar to what you’d find in most strategy games. It’s designed so that you can pretty much build whatever you want without being stuck within the confines of a first person perspective.

Then, when you’re done building you can play with a number of modes such as fending off a zombie horde or racing around with RC cars.

I haven’t yet tried the game out, but what I’ve seen via the video below is impressive if, for nothing else, than the fact that the developer put some serious time into making sure the building/designing process was fairly easy.

Lootfest: Live Design is available right now on XBLIG for 240 MS Points ($3). Note: an Xbox Live Gold account is required for the full experience.

[Xbox, Lootfest: Live Design]

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