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Meteos Wars coming to XBLA this week Comments by Robert Purchese

8 December, 2008

Galactic puzzler with a twist.

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mcmonkeyplc
08/12/08 @ 15:21
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Woot!
Evolution
08/12/08 @ 15:24
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I'm a bit confused, what is the difference exactly? In the original you also propel the Meteos in "rocket-like" fashion...
seasidebaz
08/12/08 @ 15:34
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So the twist is in the fact that the control scheme will be bobbins without a stylus?

Cos the gameplay mechanics are the same...
Domovoi
08/12/08 @ 15:35
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That's how the original Meteos works...
Sonic_D
08/12/08 @ 15:38
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Erm... that was the main mechanic of the original DS game, which I really liked.

Don't see how this is going to work without the stylus control though.
Eraser
08/12/08 @ 15:47
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Yeah I'm wondering how this'll work without stylus as well.
mikew1985
08/12/08 @ 15:48
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Will this work without a stylus?
Monkey_Puncher
08/12/08 @ 15:49
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*insert comment about stylus and questions of control*
Coughthulu
08/12/08 @ 15:52
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Move left/right with left control stick, drag block up and down holding 'A' whilst moving thumbstick up and down*.

Get annoyed because it's not easy without a sty... pen thingy that's been mentioned way too much in the above posts. :)

Lumines felt dissapointing on the 360 compared to the PSP, hope Meteos feels fresher than just being a remake.

* - Speculation only, may not actually be control scheme.

asphaltcowboy
08/12/08 @ 16:00
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"The original idea was to create vertical or horizontal lines of three or more matching alien symbols, which fall from the top of the screen. These lines then disappear."

More research required!

Regardless, love Meteos and if the control scheme is good, then I will probably get it!
Eighthours
08/12/08 @ 16:12
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Research failure, Rob. :(
LazyDan
08/12/08 @ 16:21
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Wow, the differences sound immense! I was a big fan of the original, but from the sounds of this preview they've fixed all the problems with the original game mechanics. I'm totally looking forward to playing this on a real controller too, rather than the rubbish and inaccurate stylus!
merkdot
08/12/08 @ 16:44
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fail
Carlo
08/12/08 @ 16:46
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FAIL!
christourlord
08/12/08 @ 16:47
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Games journalist with a twist.
SpeedyThing
08/12/08 @ 17:11
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I played a mobile phone version of Meteos and was pleasantly surprised.

This could be interesting
mikew1985
08/12/08 @ 18:11
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Dammit my intent was to start(as in sarcastically) a stylus based train of comments but i missed it myself.. ah well.
asphaltcowboy
08/12/08 @ 18:12
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Oh and it's got to have 4 player mode right? Even the DS had that! Right?
Agent_Llama
08/12/08 @ 19:14
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Hoorah!
Domovoi
08/12/08 @ 21:06
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So, based on the updated article, there really is no difference in the game mechanics?
asphaltcowboy
09/12/08 @ 09:51
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Of course not, otherwise it wouldn't be Meteos would it?
Domovoi
09/12/08 @ 12:23
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Games can change their game mechanic and still be part of a series...

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