Galaga review

July 27th, 2006

Today is Thrusday the 27th and Galaga, the arcade classic, came out for the Xbox 360 yesterday, and all I can say is Ouch. What is wrong Namco? I was expecting everything to rock since you teamed up with Bandai, but no, instead of doing something innovative with the Xbox 360 version of Galaga, you gave us a straight port. C’mon! They added to Frogger, why couldn’t you do anything? Alright, graphically, it is perfect, and it brings back the classic Galaga look, with the classic arcade background, to make it feel like you are actually playing the standal– are those ships wearing sunglasses?! Nevermind. The graphics are really the only good part of this old classic. The controls are clunky and slow, and the only sound is the shots of your guns, the flying ships, and the level start music. After playing for a few minutes Galaga gets bland and boring, especially wihtout any multiplayer to speak of whatsoever.Sound: 5/10
Graphics: 10/10
Controls: 5/10
Fun Factor: 5/10
Learning Curve: Shallow
Difficulty: Easy

Overall rating: 6 (out of 10)

Buy or Try: Try, unless you want a gamerscore boost.

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