A Pleasent Surprise Thanks To Xbox Live

By breadfan June 22, 2009 14 Comments

Since I bought the Fallout 3 DLC, Broken Steel a few weeks ago I have had 800 Microsoft points burning a hole in my virtual pocket.  I browsed the marketplace looking for a new game add on or a new Xbox Live Arcade game and found nothing good, until the other day.  So I log onto Xbox Live and I see an ad for a new arcade game, Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers.  Now when I saw this I had a quick flashback to my childhood.  Ten years ago I was way into Magic The Gathering, like I had hundreds of cards and played all the time with my brother and cousin.  It had been a long long time though since I had played any sort of Magic related games.  Until now.

I downloaded the trial version and immediatly picked up the game right back up and began playing the latest Magic The Gathering game.  I was pleasently surprised that this game was actually good.  I mean over the years there have been some pretty bad games that bear the Magic name.  So I ended up spening my remaining 800 Microsoft points and I don't regret it one bit.  The game's campaign consists of about sixteen duels, which unlock new decks and cards to be added to decks you already have available for use.  There is not that much customization involved in the game, but the game doesn't suffer that much as a result.

Quite simply I am hooked on Magic again, as lame as that sounds.  I've been playing to unlock more cards and playing online, which also works well.  I had never even heard of the game until it popped up on the Xbox Live Arcade.  Anyway I haven't blogged in a while and I figured I'd make a quick post on the game.  Check it out!

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