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(More customer reviews)If you price these separately on Xbox Live Marketplace, you'll find that this collection on disc is actually a decent value.And unlike purchasing the digital download equivalents from Xbox Live Marketplace, you will be able to resell this disc later if you no longer want it.
Of the four games, the most entertaining games for me are probably "Feeding Frenzy" and "Zuma". "Feeding Frenzy" is somewhat easy to complete, offering two different modes -- a basic 'career' mode and then a 'timed' mode.The controls are decent, requiring twitchy thumb movements because your "fish" never actually stops floating in the play area."Zuma" is addictive -- it gets very fast-paced and hectic and you'll find your heart racing at times just trying to stay ahead of the increasingly challenging levels.The music is extremely entertaining and addictive."Bejeweled" comes in as my third favorite, and is a very simple game to understand and play.If you've played Hexix HD, and you can find patterns in colors, you can play "Bejeweled"."Astropop" made the least impression on me, and is not the type of game I enjoy playing.It involves building groups of like-colored blocks in order to "pop" them, as they descend from the top of the screen, with the goal to clear the screen.It's not a difficult game, but after a short while I did not find it very entertaining.
What is odd about the collection is the way it runs from the Xbox 360 console. When you insert the disc, the game disc will load, and then deposit you back on the 360's dashboard, in your list of Arcade titles where the games will be listed.When you select a game from the list, the disc spins-up, and the game starts. I probably would have preferred an on-disc menu -- in other words, if you start the disc, you can select one of the four games from a "game" menu.The game disc runs/spins the entire time you are playing, so your console ends up being much louder than if you purchased the downloadable content versions from the Marketplace.This is unfortunate since the games are very small in size.
The games include the same achievements that are available in the downloadable versions, so there is a total of 800 achievement points available. The achievements are somewhat challenging, which gives this collection excellent replay value, depending upon how much you like each of the individual titles.
Overall, a good collection for the money, with decent replay value, and potentially good future resale value as well.
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From PopCap, The World's Leading Developer and Publisher of Casual Games.BEJEWELED 2:The most popular casual game ever!Hall of Fame Inductee:Computer Gaming World 2002 (the only puzzle game inducted since Tetris in 1988).The classic game of gem-swapping and brilliant, explosive action.Dazzling power-ups, secret game modes, brain-twisting puzzles and more.Wildly addictive, high-carat fun!ASTRO POP:Editor's Choice Award (5 out of 5 stars) - PC Magazine.Blast off to high-speed, arcade-puzzle action! Grab groups of bricks, blast away combos, and clear a path of the stars.Four space pilots and an offbeat storyline add to the stellar fun.FEEDING FRENZY: The definitive game of frenzied food-chain action!Slurp, gulp and crunch your way along the Frenzy Coast, where you eat anything smaller than you and swim clear of everything else.The more you eat, the bigger you get, and the closer you come to taking on the fearsome Shark King!ZUMA: Game of The Year - RealArcade.The perfect blend of strategy, action and precision in a match-3 game!Shoot balls from the mouth of the Stone Frog Idol to stop other balls from reaching the Golden Skull.Vexing vortexes, hiden shrines and challenges galore!
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