Token Female Gamer

Both of these are demo reviews. Wanting to indicate that within the review I used a new special mushroom type. Seems that I will use any excuse to come up with new mushroom type. =)

I really didn’t feel good about doing a whole review on either. Even though I fully utilized the playtime of each demo, I was limited by what sections of the games were available. Its doubtful I made it past an hour play on either.

Each game was looked at more in regards to whether the demo would encourage purchasing the full version or not.

That being said, I have not purchased the full version of either game. Why? Well you will have to read the reviews to find out.

It did occur to me while writing the reviews, that maybe I should purchase these games, just so I can support the small developers, the underdogs, and the innovators. The game industry needs more Geometry Wars and Braids out there pushing the boundaries, helping everyone redefine what is profitable and worthwhile.

Dollar voting, it’s what businesses understand.

Braid Game Demo Review

Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 Demo Review

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Geometry Wars 2 Website

This doesn’t seem like a whole new game to me. The new additions, 3d models and different game modes, don’t change the fact that the core game is essentially the same as its predecessor.

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Braid Website

Requiring precision jumping in vast quantities to achieve a solution is always frustrating and often cruel, relegating Jumping Puzzles high on the list of most irritation video game genre.

In this respect Braid is no different. Where it stands apart is that it provides us the ability to instantly rewind at any time. Over jumped, no problem just rewind. Died, no problem instant rewind!

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Release date: June 25th, 2008
Website:http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Ticket-to-Ride/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108ec

Developer: Next Level Games
Platform I played on: xBox live (downloaded content)

My Board Game Review.

My Impressions

When setting out to start working on this game, the developer’s prime directive must have been: let us bring Ticket to Ride the Board Game to the unwashed masses that inhabit the xBox live community. And they succeeded. The xBox live version is just like playing the board game on TV.

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The game came bundled with my new memory stick. Our xBox started freezing so I wanted to store my profile on the memory stick instead of the hard drive. (Must save my 350 achievement points!!)

I think I played a demo version of this game at one point. Anyway it was interesting enough for me to actually want to give it a shot, plus its pretty. ^_^

Geometry Wars Retro Evolved Review

Everyone starts off with a peashooter as a beginning weapon. It’s almost impossible to aim, especially as a new player (behold my lack of skills).

It seems backwards to me that the game starts you off with the most difficult weapon. Every weapon after that is far more useful and seems to shoot out ten times as many projectiles.

Why not start with one of those end weapons and then as you progress and are able to hone your skills the weapons give you less support? Now that would be a true challenge. Defeat the hard levels with the peashooter.

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My Impressions

Behold the latest Nintendo Love-child: Super Paper Mario.
And let me introduce you to the proud parents:
Father : Super Mario Brothers
Mother: Paper Mario

No one knows quite how these two met, especially considering the age difference. One might think this would cause quite a stir at Nintendo headquarters, then again they are Japanese; rich older men cavorting with younger ladies is not so far fetched. (Not so shocking here either.)

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