Tue, Sep 15, 2009 | 11:19 BST
First Scribblenauts reviews are fair to excellent
The first few Scribblenauts reviews have gone live. It’s looking like it might not be quite the super-game E3 promised, but it’s rosy nonetheless.
But still. Essential DS purchase, surely. The 5th Cell puzzler’s out on October 9.
- Eurogamer – 7/10
- PocketGamer – 7/10
- USA Today – No score: “This is the most innovative new game to appear on the Nintendo DS this year.”
- IGN US – 8.7
- IGN AU – 8.5
- HardcoreGamer – 4.5/5
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Posted in: DS, DSi, Journalism, Puzzler, Warner Bros.
Tags: 5th cell, review, scribblenauts
3 comments
#1
Blerk
15/09/09, 9:09 am
Most of the complaints seem to be over the controls, sadly. I hate moving characters with the stylus – give me good old-fashioned d-pad movement any day.
#2
Patrick Garratt
15/09/09, 9:13 am
I played this at GamesCom for a few minutes and honestly couldn’t work out what was going on. But then, I was a bit mental and I was about to meet George Warner, who offered to demo it but my brain was about to explode so I refused. I still want to play it.
#3
Pyrix
15/09/09, 9:38 am
@Blerk
Indeed, the fact you can’t move the character or select letters with the D-pad is annoying, since the touch-screen on my launch-DS isn’t very good and often picks the wrong letter despite calibration. I just draw out letters using the handwriting thing, it’s faster, unless you need an N which is apparently always a ‘c’. Although that’s probably my rubbish handwriting.
It’s a fun game though.