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Crystal Quest

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8.0 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Stainless Games

Developer: Stainless Games

Genre(s): Shooter, Action

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: February 7, 2006

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] The 1987 classic, Crystal Quest, returns with updated graphics, enhanced special effects and Dolby sound! Pilot your ship through 60 waves, collecting crystals and evading the Nasties. These unique baddies - each one different - emerge from portals on each side of the screen. Fire your weapon at them, or deploy a smart bomb to vaporize every Nasty on the screen. Grab all the crystals to open the gateway at the bottom of the screen. And don't forget to gather up the goodies in each wave... you can find bonus points, extra smart bombs and even an occasional mega-crystal for massive points! [Xbox.com]

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What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Kombo

Instead of simply playing like a blatant Geometry Wars clone, Crystal Quest takes some cues from Pac-Man, making it a great game in its own right.

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Games Radar (in-house)

A kaleidoscope of trippy, tracer-leaving characters parade across the screen, dazzling you into that state of catatonic play where concerns outside the game itself become completely irrelevant.

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Official Xbox Magazine

You're just a little spaceship trying to collect crystals while dodging mines and various creatures. [Jun 2006, p.61]

Extreme Gamer

It is the perfect accompaniment along with other shooters like Mutant Storm, and Geometry Wars, only without the impossible factor attached.

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AceGamez

The difficulty settings, responsive controls and some nice visual download content to boot make Crystal Quest stand out from a slew of other dual-stick control games.

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Game Chronicles

If you look closely you’ll find a very fun, challenging, easy to pick up and play shooter that will entertain you for hours when you want to take a break from all the great current generation titles.

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IGN

Crystal Quest's issue is that it never manages to absorb all your attention and mental focus like "Smash TV," "Robotron 2084" or "Geometry Wars."

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GameSpot

A solid game that could have used some better presentational aspects. When put up against the surprisingly deep competition for this style of game on Xbox Live Arcade, it falls a little flat.

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TeamXbox

Crystal Quest tries its hardest to bring a slower variation of the style and substance that Geometry Wars so expertly crafted but it falls short of delivering the overall fun factor that other XBLA games have.

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Eurogamer

As brightly as it burns, it's an all-too-brief fix that doesn't leave you wanting more.

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Thunderbolt

Crystal Quest is a pleasant shooter, with no huge flaws, yet the gameplay lets it down. Compared to something as action-packed and addictive as Geometry Wars there isn’t much to keep you playing other than for an impressive high score to boast about.

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Xbox Evolved

Like a boring, lazy summer time day, where all you do is sit around and drink lemonade but there is no lemonade with Crystal Quest.

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X360 Magazine UK

Tat. [Issue#5, p.120]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brendan M. gave it an8:
Although not up to the caliber of say, Hexic HD, Crystal Quest has fun, fast paced gameplay, and a fun bonus in the form of the a playable version of the original CQ.

John C. gave it an8:
Only the original CQ will do; accept no other substitutes!

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