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I was getting fairly anti- XBLA after I wasted $10 on the price-reduced-from-$15 Comic Jumper. Turns out the rest of the game is completely unpolished, not nearly as good as the demo level and strangely, lacking in humor. And the gameplay completely sucks. I've not had an XBLA title so severely disappoint me after the demo was so good...ever. But I had to bite on Rock of Ages. And it's allright, not bad. The humor is consistent, the gameplay is interesting. It's kind of a Marble Madness combo with Tower Defense elements. But it's uneven, and could've used testing and tweaking. The camera angles are a real pain in the butt, in combination with some of the jumps you've got to make. It is also frustrating to try to follow what your opponent is doing while you are navigating your own Rock down the course. I'd say it could be worth your money, but I wish I hadn't bought it due to low replay value. Space Channel 5 I was concerned about. I LOVE Space Channel 5 on Dreamcast, and kind of thought the PS2 Space Channel 5 sucked. It seemed washed out, and most importantly, the controls felt laggy, a major issue in a rhythm game. Also, it got a little...uncomfortable in a porn-y kind of way that I wasn't cool with. The XBLA version is really good though, and I think they reworked it successfully. The graphics are very sharp and high deffy, and the rhythm and control are about right on. It's still a bit icky in ways (one of the bosses, grabs your gal with his many tentacles, and she sighs "ooh, don't touch me there...", and later, "It's tingling....."), but hopefully that will lessen up as I make my way through. As a Space Channel 5 fan, worth the $10 I would say, for the nice graphic improvement and control tightening. And then there's Orcs Must Die, which was $15. I was excited about this, but concerned. It's by Robot Entertainment, who are formerly Ensemble Studios, the guys who did the completely awesome Halo Wars RTS, as well as Age of Empires / Age of Mythology. This one is Tower Defense, but with a feel more like Tecmo's Deception than most Tower Defenses I've played. I didn't think it would work out, honestly. The control takes a bit of getting used to (running around in real time while setting traps and such), and the humor is questionable most of the time. "Winning!" a la Charlie Sheen wasn't funny three months ago, and certainly isn't now. Your character's clearly a take on Ash from Army of Darkness, just not as witty. Though I appreciate the little "Boom goes the Dynamite" comment, generally the humor is kind of a miss. But that said....the gameplay has really drawn me in and I'm very much falling for this game. It's difficult, but multi-faceted, well paced and with very nice graphics. Once you get the hang of things and learn the maps, it's very much a challenge and a treat to re-play them for better scores. Definitely try the demo - if you like Deception and/or Tower Defense games, I recommend it highly.
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