Q*bert: Rebooted: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition

 Xbox One
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. We Got This Covered
    Jan 31, 2016
    30
    Q*bert Rebooted's Xbox One version is marginally better than the original game - particularly when it comes to the new EDM soundtrack - but it still feels like a cheap mobile title meant to cash in on Q*bert's appearance in "Pixels."

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. KFrosty
    Mar 3, 2016
    4
    Lets start this off quick: TL, DNR: The reboot sucks, but the original (which is included) is still awesome. Now onto the full review.

    At    Lets start this off quick: TL, DNR: The reboot sucks, but the original (which is included) is still awesome. Now onto the full review.

    At first it's kind of neat, the visuals have been improved, and you even get to choose various (mostly Halloween) skins for Q-Bert. And while I do enjoy the skins, the gameplay is terrible. And it's not because the game has lackluster controls (which it does, but you eventually get used to it), but instead because it's repetitive and uninspired.

    It only has about 6 levels/maps, which itself wouldn't be too bad, but you have to play the stages over and over again until you are sick of them. And they will raise and lower the difficulty randomly from "stage" to "stage" (I use quotes because each "stage" is one map repeated 3 times). Each stage has 3 objectives you should complete before moving onto the next level: Beat the level, beat the level within a certain time limit, and beat the level with the high score (which is mostly unlocked either killing enough Slicks, or more commonly, never dying). You can complete it all in one try, but if you do not get all the objectives the first time around, you can play the stage again and focus on only one of the remaining objectives. Though with 40 stages and only 6 levels, this gets old really fast. At best, you play those 6ish levels 120 times total. Though with the difficulty changes, it can easily become twice that. It is extremely tedious, and is the main thing wrong with this game.

    the soundtrack has been remastered into a newer style (which is hit or miss for some), and they did introduce some new enemies (such as the Boxing Glove), but overall, This game is awful, and the only reason I am not giving this 1 out of 10 is because they included the original game for free. I don't recommend you buy this, unless you absolutely are a fan of old school Q-Bert and have no other way to get a Q-Bert game (Frankly, I recommend Q-Bert 3 on the SNES, as that I feel is the best version of Q-Bert out there).    … Full Review »
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