This Wednesday: Puzzle Arcade solves lack of XBLA jigsaws

The fact they are pricing every single arcade, regardless of quality at 800 points is getting kinda old. 400 points at most.

I think l4d includes much more brain busting.

How long can they continue to charge so much for so little and get away with it?? When are we going to say enough is enough? $10 for this $hit?.. wtf are they smoking??

No thanks.

The scores seem to be in the way of this truly massive 40 PIECE PUZZLE!!! 40 piece EXTREME puzzle ACTION action ...action....

oh, i do love puzzles, but im not seeing the full value of this game.

The simple fact that this exists made my brain bust. Seriously, I would think it was an April Fool's joke if it wasn't, you know, December...

I dont get this.
The point of a jigsaw is the physical work of building a picture, the satisfying tactile sensation of using your fingers and eyes to create order out of chaos.

Doing it on a console seems about as ridiculous as virtual Jenga to me. And how much for the "pleasure"!?

I actually bought this after playing the demo, I have to say, it just works well. The controls are fluid, and there is a good satisfaction from completing a high piece jigsaw in a good time. I had my doubts, but this is one of the few XBLA titles I've bought (the others Banjo Kazooie, and N+) It's a different type of experience, but a classic one. It could have gone very wrong, but they tweaked it so that it feels pretty natural and enjoyable. The scoreboards and co-op play, give it a value that it wouldn't have otherwise. It's a polished game all round, and feels exactly the same as a regular jigsaw (which I hadn't done for years before) except that you can save an uncompleted puzzle and come back to it. Good challenging fun, and timeless with better production values than most of the XBLA junk out there.