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[Wario64]

6.3

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/blinx2/review.html

"There was definitely an opportunity in Blinx 2 to turn the Blinx brand name around into a quality product, but that opportunity has been wasted here. The additions made to the game seem largely perfunctory when you consider that the underlying gameplay is still quite dull, and that the game simply lacks an engaging storyline or characters worth caring about. The fundamentals needed to make a quality platformer just aren't here, and thus, Blinx 2 is a game you should probably pass on."

 

[AniHawk]

::sells Xbox::

 

[belgurdo]

*crying purple thing*

 

[Kobun Heat]

[no shit]

 

[AeroGod]

at least we know it will sell a million copies in Japan.

 

[sonycowboy]

... but, but...

*** forget it ***

:lol

 

[Socreges]

WELL THAT ABOUT WRAPS IT UP FOR BLINX

No, seriously.

 

[disabledHeliocentric]

Lol. Microsoft dumped Oddworld and Psychonauts for the spiritual heir to Bubsy. Lol. Smart move, guys. :lol

 

[fennec fox]

GameSpot = Platformer (and Cat, and Pig) Haters

 

[Father_Brain]

*crying purple thing*

I believe that's the same score they gave the first one.

 

[segasonic]

What? No hilarious photoshops yet?

 

[AniHawk]

What? No hilarious photoshops yet?

 

[signet]

well no one liked it the 1st time so lets throw in a fat biker pig, that will sell it too the teens!

 

[king zell]

SELL YOUR XBOX ITS ALL OVER!

 

[Father_Brain]

What was really funny was that IGNXbox gave the first game XBox GOTS at E3 2002, instead of Splinter Cell... then gave it one of their usual inflated scores when they reviewed it.

 

[DSN2K]

 

[segasonic]

No cat, no :lol smilie.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

\

orginally posted by anihawk: ... nuff said. COMEDAY GOLD
:lol :lol :lol

 

[Socreges]

What was really funny was that IGNXbox gave the first game XBox GOTS at E3 2002, instead of Splinter Cell... then gave it one of their usual inflated scores when they reviewed it.

They gave it an 8.8. From the Closing Comments:

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

Haha, holy shit.

 

[FoneBone]

What was really funny was that IGNXbox gave the first game XBox GOTS at E3 2002, instead of Splinter Cell... then gave it one of their usual inflated scores when they reviewed it.

Actually, this thread could really use some quotes from all the E3 2002 hype.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/360/360175p1.html

Don't you dare call Blinx a platformer. This amazing game is much more than that. The word "revolutionary" and "innovative" are tossed around with abandon, but here they are truly worthy. Blinx leaves behind the 3D world and heads into the fourth dimension -- time.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/361/361064p1.html

It was easily the most innovative title for the Xbox if not the entire show, and it is for this reason that Blinx: The Timesweeper impressed us as the top Xbox title at E3. Turning your Xbox hard drive into a videogame version of Tivo is one hell of a good idea itself, but Artoon (made up of veterans from the original Sonic team) has gone the extra step to cook up some marvelous gameplay applications for this technology.

All of Blinx' fast forward, pause, rewind and recording abilities can be used at any point and in any manner you can think of, once you collect enough appropriately colored power crystals. Rewinding a collapsed bridge or recording the activities of a duplicate version of your character for future use are revolutionary game concepts set in a familiar platforming universe. Blinx should be the ultimate combo of classic platform gaming and new technology (only possible on Xbox) that Microsoft has been looking for.

Runners Up:


Brute Force - Microsoft
Splinter Cell - Ubi Soft
Dead to Rights - Namco

We also can't forget about how Prince of Persia pretty much owned MS' PR bullshit about the time travel stuff being "only possible on Xbox."

EDIT: And the quote from that review of the first game only makes it more ironic.

 

[Bob White]

:lol at IGN. What the fuck?!

 

[solarplexus]

 

[Deg]

" the game simply lacks an engaging storyline or characters worth caring about."

Oh come on. Blinx is one of the best characters ever.

 

[djtiesto]

I don't get some people's obsession with this game...

 

[Guileless]

This is bullshit, that boxart should be worth half a point alone. 6.8!

 

[The Interrobanger]

:lol :lol :lol
Those IGN Xbox quotes are priceless.

 

[mr2mike]

"http://www.caughtatwork.net/demotivations/images/disappointment.jpg"

laughing at that image makes me feel guilty for doing so.

Jolly good work!

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Agreed. Who needs to photoshop? The box art is already hilariously ugly. :lol

 

[Defensor]