XBLA Review: Asteroids / Asteroids Deluxe

[Lord Helmet]

Read it and weep

[moycon]

Wow. Glad I didnt pick that one up. To be honest I didnt even try the demo.

[Zeptari1]

Read it and weep

 

 

I totally agree with your review ......sooo sad.

 

How the hell could they screw this one up!

 

-rick

[Clint Thompson]

Shouldn't be surprised... they managed to screw up Missile Command.... now this... and Tempest is on the way? Man..... I can only imagine. Throttle Monkey Mode? Give me a break....

[NE146]

I kinda liked the demo so far... but we'll see when I actually buy it. Who knows when that'll be though

[Lord Helmet]

Shouldn't be surprised... they managed to screw up Missile Command.... now this... and Tempest is on the way? Man..... I can only imagine. Throttle Monkey Mode? Give me a break....

 

Throttle Monkey mode is an absolute joke.

[Gabriel]

Throttle Monkey mode is an absolute joke.

 

It's equally pointless on all the Atari Live Arcade games.

[Lord Helmet]

What is a throttle monkey anyway?

[+HammR25]

I tried the demo and definitely didn't like it. I'd much rather play PMC's hack for the 7800.

[Gabriel]

Now commenting on the review:

 

On playing the demo mode, I didn't think the remix was that bad. I didn't think it was particularly good, but I didn't think it was the travesty everyone else seems to think it is.

 

That said, my problem with the demo was the exact same thing you note in your review. The explosions are visually interesting (something Asteroids needs a lot of help with), but are detrimental to play. That was really my only issue with the game.

 

I really didn't miss the sound effect, but I've never been a big Asteroids fan. I prefer Space Duel.