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2.6 User Score:

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Based on 8 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: Strange Flavour

Genre(s): Rhythm Action, Music

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: October 4, 2006

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] The members of the ancient Ptolmec tribe compose striking and innovative music in TotemBall. When they simultaneously discover gunpowder and barbeque, the explosive results scatter their musical totems across the breadth of the jungle. Now Pterry the Pturtle must roll across mountains, islands, bridges, and through giant pinball games to retrieve the lost totems and bring the groovy Ptolmec music back to the party. Using your Xbox Live Vision camera, help Pterry recover all the musical totems while moving to the totem beat. Join in with a friend to juggle your totem collection using the camera and a controller. Use Free Play mode to practice and explore environments without affecting your progress. Sway to the sounds of the music generated in-game by you! [Microsoft]

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What The Critics Said

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GameSpot

If you already have the camera, you might as well download TotemBall. But don't expect to get much enjoyment out of it.

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360 Gamer Magazine UK

There's a good game in there somewhere but it's hidden behind the arm waving loopiness that takes up the majority of the game.

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Official Xbox Magazine UK

Sadly, the game's not much fun - you get bored easily and there's not much variety to be had waving your arms up and down. [Dec 2006, p.99]

X360 Magazine UK

It's free, but you get what you pay for. [Issue 13, p.116]

Deeko

This game is definitely not a good demonstration of what the camera is capable of, and for people who didn't graduate from EyeToy University, this game could be enough to put them off of motion-based gaming indefinately.

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IGN

TotemBall also isn't nearly as intuitive as the PlayStation 2's EyeToy, which tracks and translates movement far more accurately and quickly. Nor is the input smartly implemented.

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Official Xbox Magazine

If you're not gnashing your teeth trying to make Totem Ball work, then you're gritting them in pain because your arms are killing you. [Holiday 2006, p.80]

Xboxic

This game makes you look stupid without rewarding you in any way, and really isn’t worth the hassle.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 2.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

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

Andyman gave it a4:
I can see kids having a ball with this game, but for adults it's just plain silly.

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