Comments on: XBLA: Poker Smash Available Now

By: LiquidID

LiquidID — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:21:56 +0000

I grabbed the demo and played around with it for a while. It’s rather difficult to get good at. Either that or I suck.
I was expecting to see more cards on screen at once, but I was only playing with 10s up. That alone made the game very dry very fast. Does the full version have a full deck?
I was also put off by the 5 minute trial time limit, and the constant hounding to buy it.

Ah well, Hexic HD still serves me well enough.

By: Shafnitz

Shafnitz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:50:15 +0000

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the demo I played last night. It’s different than I was expecting and it was pretty fun. I’m not sure I’ll buy it, just yet. I’ll need to give the trial some more time. It was very fun, though.

By: LiquidID

LiquidID — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:58:37 +0000

After Puzzle Quest, I’m pretty burned out of the whole cascading tiles/cards/gems/monkeys/whatever games. I also have a hard time stomaching $10 for it as well, when free games of that kind are all over the Internet.

By: Shafnitz

Shafnitz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:01 +0000

Haha… Yeah, I’ve never played those games. I do want to check it out, though. Rusty over on the UGO Games Blog said it’s one of the best puzzle games on XBLA. I downloaded it last night, so I’ll have to give it a chance. It might even happen tonight if my Internet connection isn’t fixed in time for XOD Game Night.

By: MisterHostile

MisterHostile — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:24:13 +0000

Alright, I tried the demo (which you should download to win an Xbox 360 Elite) and it’s like Planet Puzzle League otherwise known as Puzzle de Pon. Is this information going over your head guys? =p

By: MrSpinch

MrSpinch — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:09:55 +0000

SPINCH SMASH PUNY POKER!

By: Shafnitz

Shafnitz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:21:50 +0000

I haven’t played it yet. Or Meteos, for that matter. So I’m not 100% sure. Just going off what I saw. It looks like a “match 3 in a row” type game.

By: MisterHostile

MisterHostile — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:06:19 +0000

I heard it was more like Meteos than Bejeweled.

By: Jake_Jenova

Jake_Jenova — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:53:30 +0000

Doesn’t look like a type of game I would buy and play for an XBLA game but I can always try the demo!

By: Shafnitz

Shafnitz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:59:17 +0000

Yeah, it just seems like Bejeweled with a poker theme…