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Fri 08/11/02 at 09:33
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I think this game is important enough to warrant it's own thread - (?)

Funny thing is, I ain't got it yet, but I'm off to town now to buy it :)

I'll post my first impressions and what I generally think are "claws & flaws" later.
Thu 21/11/02 at 16:14
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Bosses are never good. They're either too easy or annoying.
Bosses should be banned. And anyone found programming one should be burned.

Not really, I'm just frustrated I can't finish Blinx :-)
Thu 21/11/02 at 16:07
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They were good when HE did them!
Thu 21/11/02 at 15:54
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Well, I can't complete the damned game!
The last boss sequence is bloody hard - 30 plus attempts later and I'm resigned to the fact that it's beaten me.

God I hate bosses. They are cliched, boring and ruin games in my opinion.

Who invented videogame bosses anyway? It wasn't Miyamoto was it?!
Tue 19/11/02 at 12:25
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might get this with my xmas money but I am getting a gamecube first.
Mon 18/11/02 at 21:07
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Rented this game last weekend and I really enjoyed it! I got up to Stage 4 round 2 and bought quite a few things from the shop :) However the only thing that will stop me from purchasing it is the length of the game :( I was only 1 stage (8 rounds) from completing it according to a walkthrough I read yesterday and I don't believe that once completed and everything un-locked that I would ever go back and play it again. Great game though and by a long shot the best platform game I have played since Sonic on the Mega Drive :) I am going to borrow it off a friend for a week so that I can finish it off and un-lock all of the cat medals and make sure I pick up the better vack and the storm outfit :D
Mon 18/11/02 at 20:56
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The levels are bit on the small side.
A bigger adventure still utilizing Blinx's time controlling powers would be very nice indeed.

Another criticism I have of Blinx is that the levels are too cliched - in that there's a snowy level, a fiery level, a Indiana Jones temple level, etc.
The Time Controls are the only thing that's in any way original.
Mon 18/11/02 at 16:44
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I'm not sure whether Blinx will ever be as big as Sonic (in a gaming sense).
I'd like to see Blinx in a bigger and proper adventure, like Sonic and Mario. Blinx 2 perhaps.
Mon 18/11/02 at 15:37
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Yeah, the music is nice. Reminds me of Sonic.
Mon 18/11/02 at 14:22
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I'm up to the snowy level, slipping and sliding all over the place.

I really the music, especially the strumming guitar tune on the level select screen and the music that kicks in when Blinx completes a level and you watch the replay.
Mon 18/11/02 at 09:04
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Yeah, the final boss battle is infuriating. I think you have to beat most of the previous bosses in one go. Not good. It taints an otherwise cool game.

I think end of level bosses should be banned. Can't stand 'em. They're always boring in my view.

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