If you have a few Microsoft points laying around I can safely say there are a lot of worse ways to spend them. It is a short 4-5 hour romp but in all honesty to me that is what a game like this should be. I don't want to spend 30 hours in a game like this not that it is bad but there are only so many hours I can spend in cartoony platformers. I bought this for $5 during as a deal of the week on Xbox live and it is definitely worth that and even if you don't catch it on sale it is still worth $10. The controls are really responsive and the camera is good most of the time which is really impressive for the amount I paid for this game, I have played full priced platformers with worse controls. The graphics once again are very good for an arcade title, it isn't Gears of War good but I would have no problem comparing it to last gen titles. The characters are funny and charming and you can tell that is where this game lives and dies if the they were not good this game would have probably received in the 5-6 range from most people but you can't help but smile as you play this game.
When you want an in-depth gaming experience, the last place you would look is a game where you play as an insect who keeps a purple ball of snot as a pet, and that's exactly what The Maw is all about. You play as Fran... Read Full Review
By shadygeneral | Review Date: Jan 29, 2009 | X360
Meet one of my new favourite videogame characters – Maw. This is quite unlike anything else available on the 360 & has found a great home on the Arcade service. You are in control of a little alien that has been capt... Read Full Review