I have been playing oblivian which is so immersive and in-depth that I needed to take a little break from it. I decided to go onto marketplace to play some monotonous trial versions of games that they have. I was really surprised when I started playing astropop. Even though fairly simple, the game packs a good punch. The challenge is great and clever and keeps you trying to get more points and upgrades. It actually got me to add points to my marketplace account so I could purchase the game. I was half expecting that my first game to buy off this was going to be street fighter 2, so this is a definite surprise. This caliber of game is what really excites me about marketplace. If they keep up putting games online like this then it will really set it apart from the PS3. I highly recommend getting it for the $10... I spent more time playing this then Perfect Dark Zero already which cost 5 times the amount. Gamespot's reviewer was right on about the music, but my rebuttal is, "who cares, we have personal soundtracks if the music gets annoying" (Royksopp, by the way, is a great band to play with astro pop).
Basically, this is another 'block busting' arcade game where you have to match up the same coloured blocks to get them to disappear. Once you have removed a certain number of them, the level is complete and you carry on ... Read Full Review
This game is like anime crossed with Tetris. You star as a cute little character who must pull blocks from an advancing structure, and fire them back to create combinations and knock out other blocks. It's a simple story... Read Full Review
