Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Review wrap-up: Buku Sudoku, Warlords, Penny Arcade


Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1

Team Xbox review by David Chapman - 8.5 / 10
1UP review by Sean Molloy - B
Giant Bomb review by Ryan Davis - 4 / 5 Stars
Xbox360 @ IGN review by Hilary Goldstein - 7.8 / 10
Gamespot review by Tom McShea - 7.5 / 10
Eurogamer review by Dan Whitehead - 6.0 / 10

Buku Sudoku

Team Xbox review
by David Chapman - 6.0 / 10
Xbox360 @ IGN Review by Nate Ahearn - 6.0 / 10

Warlords

Team Xbox review by David Chapman - 7.5 / 10
Xbox360 @ IGN Review by Ryan Geddes - 5.0 / 10
Gamespot review by Don Francis - 4.0 / 10

2 comments:

Brian Cable said...

See, here's the evidence (to my eyes, at least) that the delisting is a bad idea. Warlords, while a simple game, is a lot of fun, and the Evolved version is actually good this time around, and is a perfect game for quick challenges between 4 people, like coworkers determining who's going to get coffee, or friends wanting a warm up to some other game while waiting for a couple others to come online.

However, the critics, spoiled on Call of Duty and Halo, slammed it enough that it will risk getting delisted after six months, despite providing one of the funnest multiplayer experiences on XBLA.

JDUDE11 said...

I agree. The games are still on the server, so why bother delisting the games in the first place. Wasn't Microsoft bragging about "infinite shelf space"? Why can't they solve this problem by redesigning the interface of the XBLA menu.

If I was a XBLA developer, I would have moved on to WiiWare or PSN.

Poor royalties, long certification, rejecting good games, poor interface, and now delisting, is MS trying to make XBLA suck?