The sequel to the surprisingly strong Pac-Man Championship Edition flew under the radar and is here. Does it once again reinvent the tried and true formula?
You can also choose difficulty levels which ranges from Beginner, Normal, to Expert. It doesn’t make the A.I. smarter, you just get less lives and bombs. The new bomb feature is probably the best feature of all. You can finally get those pesky ghosts off of you and send them back into their cage for a brief moment. The bomb will not kill them, but you will slow down a bit once you use one. The other little feature I noticed was a slow mo matrix type of effect that activates automatically when you are about to get caught. The camera zooms in slightly and time slows down so you get a chance to elude the ghosts like Barry Sanders.
Power pellets are everywhere! A lot of the time sleeping ghosts will have power pellets on them. So once you are powered up, you get the chance to stay powered up for quite some time. There is a meter indicating your power up status. Gobbling up 30 ghosts like Thanksgiving dinner is satisfying and very rewarding for points.
Achievements
12 achievements for 200 gamerscore. And it is extremely easy for those precious points. I completed it in under an hour. You only have to do time trials for one course, not all 8. If you completed all of the other Pac-Man games on Xbox Live arcade, you should not have any problems completing this one.
Conclusion
It is still the same Pac-man we all know and love. Just a hipper up to date version. If you are a Pac-man fan, purchasing this is a no brainer.
Price: 800MSP ($10)
8.0