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I normally do not read reviews for XBLA games (as they are free to try, and who knows what I like better than I do? hint:no one), but I saw a link to this review at the bottom of the X3F Week in review, and I noticed that it mentioned Bliss Island by saying "Bliss is not the right word. Not even close". This caught my attention as I have tried the game for myself, and I was curious to see what else this reviewer had to say.

I do not agree with this review or how Richard Mitchell went about reviewing it. Though he is correct about the games taking a bit long, I feel that saying you can "rejoice in the fact that you will never have to play Bliss Island" is going a bit too far. Had I had an extra 400 points, I would have picked it up for S&G's. The mini-games may not stand on their own, but I found the simple interface and goals to be a nice break from straining my brain to reach that coveted 20% brain usage :) Its an XBLA game for petes sake, and you can try it for FREE! Why are so many people parading around their ignorance like it is a GOOD thing?

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Daniel said...

Glad to know I wasn't the only one that thought Bliss Island was horrible. And I only tried the first game!
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So I guess that makes you an expert on it right? You played the first game, that must mean you know all there is to know about it! I mean, why try something for yourself when you can have someone else tell you what is good or bad?

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Perses said...

Keep the XBLA Reviews coming. I love getting the previews and opinions before bothering to download the releases each week.
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Yeah, because it takes soooo long to download an XBLA game, right? Because it would take soooo much out of you to get a first hand experience at something, right? But somehow you are able to *bother* to watch someone else's experience, and that is just as good, right?

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Mike said...

Do yourselves all a favour and go back and keep playing some N+
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Thats right, nobody try anything new or different. Just keep playing what *everyone else* feels is an acceptable game. This guy didn't like it, so why would you? Oh wait! What about the fact that you are two completely different individuals? Did that not enter your thought process? (Though N+ does seem awesome)

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Tony said...

Bliss Island could have been more entertaining if the games didn't feel so unbearably long. There were a few mini-games in there I felt were not bad ideas, but there's just problems with the execution.

I guess if you're a casual games nut with $5 to spare you could do worse, but personally I'm sure not interested lol.
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Tony, this is a good review. You put the whole game into perspective without resorting to snickering about how awful the game was. You gave the points you thought were positive, the points that could have made this better, then you told people that *personally* it is not for you. You didn't try to stifle the already dying art of first hand experience by posting that you can "rejoice in the fact that you will never have to play Bliss Island."

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Adam said...

watching this reminds me of back in grade school when I used to write my book reports by reading the back cover. I understand it's a review of the trial but that's exactly the point, it's just to give you a taste. It's ashame people are that lazy they can't spend 5-10 minutes to try a game out for themselves.
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Well said my friend. Its good to see that I'm not the only one who views this kind of jackassery as a "shame". I cant believe that people are happy to just accept what others tell them. I can understand checking out reviews for games that will put you out 60 bucks, but to be expected to 'rejoice' in knowing that we should just do what we're told is BS. Especially when I could very simply try this out for myself. Its free. How much easier could it be to figure out whether or not I like it for myself? Obviously the answer is "Being told what I like."

I have this problem at least once a day. About a week ago, I couldnt get anything loaded. I would select continue and then select the difficulty, and it would start to load, but then it would go back to the difficulty selection screen. It only did that for a day, but what a pain in the ass.

I wouldnt want to for fear Id stumble upon a virus. My 360 is already fickle about when it wants to work as it is, I dont need any help from the internet :)