![]() You’ll be able to change dozens of aspects to your team members on either side from the basics, like eye and suit color to flag emblem design, to unusual things like the length of ears, width of shoulders, and the length and width of tails. Artoon’s incorporation of character customization, for instance, is surprising. What’s interesting, however, isn’t the story - it’s how broadly this game reaches. The story premise is the stuff of silliness it’s occasionally hilarious but more often amateurish, and it’s just barely enough to compel people through this sequel. But you don’t actually play as Blinx himself. ![]() ![]() In a change from the original, players take control of both the Time Sweepers and their mastery of time, and the Tom Tom Gang, who control space, switching to and fro between the two groups as the game progresses. Reminiscent of stories found in several Sega Sonic games (with its all mighty Power Crystal), Blinx 2 puts players in a pitched battle for the shards of the Big Crystal, a powerful icon that’s sought after by the pig-run Tom Tom Gang, but only truly understood by the feline-run Time Sweepers. But despite Artoon’s best efforts to keep things fresh, nothing in this Blinx 2’s core has that must-have, must-buy quality. ![]() For a system lacking in platformers, this Xbox exclusive has enough going for it to look at, rent, or even buy. It’s good looking, packs some great features, and at times the insanity of its humor overcomes its childishness. It turns out that Blinx 2 is a solid, if slightly above ordinary, platform game. The moderate use of stealth, the heavy use of gadgets and weapons, and the constant switch between the feline and the pig teams creates more varied gameplay, but does that make it 10 or even two times better than the original? From my 10-hour bout with this sequel, I can tell you Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space is a polished, funny platformer that plays more like a light-weight action game. Like last year’s Jak II, Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando and this year’s Sly Cooper: Band of Thieves, Artoon’s game has expanded into non-traditional platform territories. What happens when militant cartoon cats armed with rocket launchers fight warp-hole tossing stealth pigs? I would normally retort, "God only knows." But in this case, the folks at Artoon, the Japanese outfit behind the original Xbox exclusive platformer, Blinx and this sequel, are dying for you to find out. ![]()
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