Closing Comments Blinx isn't the perfect game, but it's certainly the best platformer on Xbox. Calling it a platformer is misleading though, because this is hardly one set in traditional platform values. Blinx gets incredibly difficult, so much so that it probably won't please some folks. This isn't a Crash Bandicoot game where you die a few times on a boss, figure it out, and move on. This one will take time and a real investment to master. There's no way to make it all the way through Blinx without having to go back to previous levels. You need more money and time powers too often to make it through in one shot. And it's designed this way. And for as difficult as it is, I can't really say that it's so much fun as it is very enjoyable. Blinx doesn't hit you the same way Mario does. Instead, it becomes more of a game of "You are not going to beat me, game" than it does "Oh, my God I love this little cat!" Granted Blinx is a cute and a well-designed (if almost completely silent) character. And he is more than a potential mascot for Xbox (though somehow I think Master Chief will remain synonymous with the 'box more than Blinx ever will), he is the future of Xbox games. This is the first significant use of the hard drive. The first real sampling of what makes the Xbox unique from the other consoles. Developers will begin to get creative with the hard drive. Maybe not so much next year, but certainly by 2004 we will see a lot more uses of the hard drive than just having the power of TiVo. And for that, Blinx deserves a spot in anyone's video game library. Not only is it a solid, challenging, and beautiful game, but it's also a significant step in the direction of the Xbox. And while not the best game on Xbox, it may very well be the most important one yet. -- Hilary Goldstein Presentation Imaginative worlds and great use of the hard drive. There are some faults here though, like a lack of cut scenes to move the story along and a really bad "time out" scenario. 7.0 Graphics Amazing lighting and color make this one of the Xbox gems. The camera sucks and there's some flicker, and some heavy points of slowdown, but overall this one's a beaut. 9.0 Sound Repetetive (and eventually annoying) soundtrack. The creatures don't make many interesting noises and Blinx only has one scarcely used meow. 6.0 Gameplay Inventive, unique, and incredibly challenging. It seems so simple from the start of the game, but the further you go, the more difficult things get. A real winner. 8.0 Lasting Appeal It starts off easy, but when it gets hard, it really gets hard. You'll need to replay earlier levels just to be able to beat later ones. And the incentive for finding all the secrets is there. 8.0 OVERALL SCORE (not an average) 8.8 lijkt me wel een bruut spel
Totaal cijfer van Blinx zal tussen de 8.5 en de 9.0 liggen. Mooi toch? Ga hem zeker kopen. Dit spel is misschien niet halo niveau maar wel een van de betere....
Halo is een TOTAAL ander soort game, zowel qwa gameplay als qwa Graphics engine...hardly comparable.. offtopic: Mijn icon heeft meer detail
uuuuuuuuh? slowdown? wordt dat soort shit er tegenwoordig niet meer uitgestreken? en heavy nog wel oh crap..ik haat slowdown op consoles toch gaat ie ass kicken!!! hopelijk is het niet teeeee erg
Het zal denk ik wel niet zooo erg zijn, anders zullen ze het spel wel weer later uitbrengen en verbeteren (de slowdowns eruit halen)
