- Publisher: Microsoft , D3Publisher
- Release Date: Sep 10, 2008
- Also On: PC
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Soundtrack worthy of a Danny Ocean and Tarantino showdown. [Feb 2008, p.80]
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Rocketbowl is not a title to just brush off. It has a lot of features to it that are fun and exciting. Getting your friends online to have an online tournament and show off your skills you honed from the single player.
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It’s far from perfect, but the simplicity of bowling is mixed up with fresh ideas, crazily constructed courses and a quick clip at which to play.
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At its core, RocketBowl is a unique and potentially delightful mini-game. Unfortunately, much like the balls and lanes at a cheap alley, the end result could use more polish.
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There’s a lot to keep you going in Rocket Bowl, but it’s sort of a one-trick pony. There are a lot of courses, but not much overall variety from one to the next.
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Despite the things RocketBowl gets right, most players are more likely to pick up on this thread of general lack of ambition over anything else.
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RocketBowl reinvents bowling through the introduction of rockets and minigolf-style courses, but isn't nearly as much fun as it sounds.
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It’s a nice idea and it’s fun for a few rounds, but it’s boring as heck after that.
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You can sort of see how the concept for Rocket Bowl must have seemed like a good idea, and for a few minutes it's certainly interesting to play around and enjoy the admittedly good physics.
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Rocket Bowl takes two relatively boring video game genres and creates an entirely new boring genre from them.
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Rocket Bowl can be a brief and pleasant diversion for minigolf fans or those who enjoy the idea of fantasy bowling with a new set of rules, but others may want to ball outta control elsewhere.
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Admittedly it's not inherently bad or broken, but your mileage will depend almost entirely on how much you like bowling, mini-golf and/or if you have either of the other two systems' bowling games.
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Xbox World 360 Magazine UKHow a game which looks like this can have a framerate like THAT is beyond us. Knock yourself out, though. [Apr 2008, p.96]
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All in all RocketBowl has a great idea of what a bowling game can do to appeal to someone who isn’t a big fan of the sport, but fails to use it at any level.
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X-ONE Magazine UKDoes Microsft not realise how insulting it is to release past free flash games as pay-to-download XBLA content? [Issue#37, p.116]