The paucity of new ideas is doubly sad because the allure of high-definition visuals and online play that this Xbox 360 version offers are obvious drawcards. The host machine's processing power compared to the PS2 ensures stages are incredibly rich, and the way the scale seamlessly changes as your ball gets bigger (from rolling up paperclips to entire continents) is impressive.
Solo players can devour all levels in just a few hours, then are cheekily charged extra to download more. Fortunately, online leader boards provide replay incentive and the four-player battles are good fun. Being able to play improvised ball games while you wait in a meadow instead of a featureless lobby is a thoughtful touch.
After Xbox's announcement that there won't be any more backwards compatible games until the release of Project Scarlett, here's a reflection of what could, or perhaps should have been.
Not only would it have been great if Max Payne, Freedom Fighters, Nier, Blur and Lollipop Chainsaw got to become backwards compatible, it also would be great if those games got to have more games come out in their franchises.
Its not as backwards compatibity is dead its just been put on hold so all backwards compatibity game work on next xbox then when its released they will start up again, P.S I did finish Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth
Might get the chance when Scarlett comes out. I mean for all games Xbox 360 and Original Xbox. I can dream it happening.
It may look all happy and cutesy at a glance, but when you actually consider Katamari's gameplay, it's actually rather dark. Very dark, in fact.
It maybe disturbing but it's fun as hell and why the Ps4 doesn't have one yet or a Noby Noby Boy 2 is beyond me.
Neil writes "The latest Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale is now up and running, bringing a number of discounts to both Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners. But unless you've recently won a substantial amount of cash on the lottery, chances are you won't be able to justify purchasing each and every game that has been treated to a price cut. So which are the best and which are the worst deals of the week? Let us tell you!"