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6.0 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: InterServ

Genre(s): Puzzle

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: November 7, 2007

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] Also known as "Word Search." You'll never think about word search puzzles the same way again. Word Puzzle takes a new spin on the classic game, plunging you into an action-packed arcade experience complete with combos, exploding word bombs, unique 3-D boards, achievements, and the chance to prove your textual superiority against other players. Five different game modes and frequently updated downloadable word packs give you nearly unlimited flexibility and excitement. So put down that pen and paper, because this is a word search for the 21st century! New twists: Exploding word bombs, prop cards used to distract your opponents, 3-D game boards, and other effects combine to provide a word search game like you've never played before. Five unique gameplay modes: Try Freeplay for traditional word search fun, Arcade mode to score impressive combos, Local Battle for competitive play on a single console, Live Multiplayer with support for up to 4 players online, and check out the unique Survival Mode where word bombs can explode, and have to be defused. Camera-enabled: The game supports the Xbox LIVE Vision camera during live match play. Achievements and leaderboard: Twelve new achievements to master and a leaderboard to compare your word search skills with others. [Microsoft]

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What The Critics Said

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Official Xbox Magazine

Against similarly matched opponents, it's a tense, fast-paced contest, and it delivers an experience that's fairly unique to the digital format. For this mode, we'd pay the $10. [Nov 2007, p.94]

Xbox World 360 Magazine UK

Should be rubbish. Surprisingly isn't, though. [Jan 2008, p.94]

IGN

A game that’s probably better left to pen and paper. The game offers solid variety and decent puzzle design, but at the end of the day you’re still doing with a controller that which is much easier and just as rewarding with a pencil.

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PALGN

Word Puzzle isn't a terrible game, and at 400 points it might have been OK. At 800 points though, it's basically a rip-off, and word-searches have been done much better before.

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AceGamez

Word Puzzle is a nice title for those looking for a decent word search experience in videogame form and the added modifiers such as bomb timers and stringing words together for extra points is a nice idea to bring in a wider audience, but the constricted playing space that's just completely unwarranted really hinders the gameplay when you get to the later stages of the game with larger board types.

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MS Xbox World

If you’re a casual gamer and you're looking for some word search puzzles then maybe you could pick this up. It really doesn’t improve on the original and considering the original is paper and pen that’s quite shocking.

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GameSpot

Despite the descriptive accuracy of its title, Word Puzzle is too shallow to satisfy fans of word puzzles.

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Team Xbox

Word Puzzle does a good job in presenting this kind of contest on the Xbox 360, but it also seems to be proof that perhaps not everything that can be done with pen and paper should make the leap to an electronic form; nor does the addition of arcade-like elements to a basic word game necessarily make it more compelling.

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GameShark

If the game was a bit cheaper and clocked in at something like 400 points instead, it might be a bit easier to recommend – but for 800 points Word Puzzle will definitely need some more content released to stay afloat.

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GamerNode

There isn't much more to say about Word Puzzle. It is your Sunday newspaper's word search with a little extra incentive and competitive play thrown, but the gameplay isn't as good.

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Worth Playing

Maybe there is a very small demographic of people who love Egyptian-themed music and are obsessive-compulsive enough to only want to play one type of puzzle endlessly. If so, then Word Puzzle was made for them. Otherwise, save your points, save your time, and save yourself the headache.

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Console Monster

Word Puzzle for Xbox Live should be avoided, simply because you will typically find more enjoyment from the pen and paper variety.

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DailyGame

About as much effort was put into making this game fun as was put into coming up with a creative title. Why anyone would pay for this is the real puzzle....

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Games Radar (in-house)

See, as the puzzles get bigger, you're actually forced to scroll them onto the screen, which will slow you down even more. Save your $10 for something more worthwhile. This isn't even a decent time-waster.

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Gaming Age

Word Puzzle is an annoying, lazy, and boring game, and gets a definitely do not buy from me.

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X360 Magazine UK

Pointless, rubbish. [Issue 28, p.118]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

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

JC gave it a9:
Don't expect groundbreaking, but this is simple fun, more so when competing with a friend.

Bob P. gave it a3:
I had high hopes for this game because it was new & different...but I find that after the first few sessions, I don't want to keep playing it.

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