XBLA: Roogoo RooVieoo Round-up
GamePro Review by Terry Terrones - 4 / 5
GameSpot Review by Carolyn Petit - 7.5 / 10
1UP.com Review by Anthony Gallegos - A-
Team Xbox.com Review by Tom Price - 8.5 / 10
Eurogamer Review by Dan Whitehead - 8.0 / 10
Xbox 360 Fanboy - XBLA In Breif - Roogoo / Aces Of The Galaxy
Across the board, Roogoo has been getting some stellar scores. Despite the 'kiddy' graphical style, it's won the hearts of many reviewers. At first it appears to be a very simple game, but on further inspection turns into a frantic and difficult puzzle game.
Despite all this... it's apparently sold quite poorly, to the point that it was not even on the list of downloaded games for last week on Major Nelson's list. No game has done this since the ill-recieved Wing Commander Arena.
Maybe it's that there are just too many puzzle games right now and people are overwhelmed, maybe it's the graphic style that's put off people, or maybe the demo just wasn't that great and was far too simple, not showing off the more difficult side of the game.
For now, we don't know what's going to happen. All I can say is this - have a go, check out the demo, or maybe try it out on your kids, your girlfriend or your wife.
Comments
Or it could just be that the demo doesn't give you a chance to see that it's more than a simple game.
I played the demo last night, and was generally underwhelmed by it. That doesn't mean RooGoo isn't a good game, just that my only contact with it wasn't particularly good. I think people forget how important demos are, particularly on something like XBLA
Posted by: Joe Tortuga | June 16, 2008 8:35 PM
I enjoyed the demo, but I think instead of just going straight down the line they should have put you in levels from across the entire game. You never really get to see how challenging it is.
I bought it because there was something about it that told me it was going to be great. I was right. One of the best XBLA games I've gotten.
Personally, I think a lot of it comes down to its appearance, though. I think it's cute, but even my girlfriend remarked how it reminded her of that Playskool toy.
Posted by: Tony | June 16, 2008 9:53 PM
I liked the look of it, but by God, within moments my hands were killing me through having to use the triggers.
Really poor control choice, I thought.
Posted by: Oddbob | June 17, 2008 12:12 AM