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One of the best XBLA releases out there. It's fun, looks great, and has good replay value. It's also fairly easy to S-rank.
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Great time waster.
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This is a fun two-or-more player game that plays just like the board game.
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A great update on the classic Pac-Man formula, but became obsolete when Pac-Man: CE DX came out.
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Faster, more frantic, more fun. Pac-Man: CE DX is a wonderful reflex game. While easy, it's still a blast to play.
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The visual aesthetic and sparse sound effects provide wonderful atmosphere. I think it's a bit overlong, and there's no real replay value, but it's really well done.
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One of the most hyped XBLA games. Braid is well conceived and fun to play. Like other games of its ilk, there's really no replay value once you beat it.
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This game is hard as hell, but it's really rewarding once you beat a level. This is one of the best XBLA games available and is worth every penny.
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Geometry Wars is really fun, but you should skip it and get Retro Evolved 2 instead.
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The best of the dual-stick shooters on XBLA, GW2 has a great visual style, thumping music, and surprisingly varied game modes. The leaderboards will have you constantly trying to one-up your friends.
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This is the best brawler on the Sega Genesis, hands down. The port adds little, and isn't necessarily worth the money unless you get it on sale.
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Fuck this game. Seriously, it's ridiculously hard to the point where it's simply frustrating (unlike Super Meat Boy which never feels cheap). It's a well done retro title, but it's simply too damn hard.
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The PS1 classic still holds up today, and is a ton of fun no matter how many times you go through it. It's pretty cheap and packs a good length.
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'Splosion Man is really well done, and has a wacky sense of humor and great music. However, the game is a bit one-note and feels repetitive at about 1/3 of the way in. I never finished it because I just got bored going through.
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It's Peggle alright.
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It was more of a tech demo for the 360 than a proper game. It's not worth the money.
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Puzzle Quest is fun in short bursts, but each match goes overlong and the story mode just keeps going and going.
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Castle Crashers is a must-play brawler which gets more fun the more people are playing. The look and feel are really well done. Unfortunately it gets a bit repetitious, though you're constantly unlocking new characters and levels which makes the grinding feel like it's worth it.
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Alien Hominid is a 2D shooter in the vein of Metal Slug. It has a great art style, with punishing difficulty. There's a minigame collection to pad out the value which is a fun diversion.
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Boring.
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This is a dual-stick shooter (sort of). I found it to be really boring and uninteresting. There are better shooters on XBLA.
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I have no idea what this game is.
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This is a side-scrolling shooter, but totally unmemorable.
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It's Hexic; no doubt you've played it a ton.
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Wonderful story and visuals, with a good combat system. You'll likely want to play through it twice to see everything. Another gem on XBLA.
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Damn cute, really frustrating, made my wife mad. That all adds up to a pretty good puzzle game.
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Beautiful, if a bit repetitive and overlong.
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I really liked the first three Sonic games, but I really hated playing this game. The level design was too claustrophobic and you just don't have enough moments of raw speed that make Sonic stand out.
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Well, there's not a lot to this game, but it's fun as hell. I've never made so many stupid poses.
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I really wanted to like this game more than I did, though I can't exactly put my finger on why. It makes a lot of reference to old-school games (none more than River City Ransom), but I think it was just trying to hard to be cool.
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