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Mr. Driller Online
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer: Namco Bandai
Genre: Action Puzzle
Release: April 2, 2008
Platform: Xbox Live
Reviewer: Eric
Drilling is the game and Mr. Driller is your man. This puzzle game is the
grand daddy of them all. You drill down to your destination while avoiding
numerous obstacles. Since the game is online now fans all around the world can
dig this great puzzle. Wait you can play this game online?
 Namco Bandai has possibly released the worst Xbox Live arcade game known to
mankind. The games title is a lie; Mr. Driller Online has the worst online
features ever seen in a game. Pressing the multiplayer option on the title
screen will only result in agony and pain.
I can not play a single match online with this game and I am not the only one.
If you are lucky to play this game online it is so goddamn slow. It seriously
takes you a minute just to move your character down a few feet. This is a huge
problem since online matches are timed.
Online play is just so broken. The only way Namco Bandai can make this up is by
refunding everyone who bought this game. So far I’ve sent three emails and I got
no replies. Ten dollars down the drain on a game I was looking forward too. All
this game made me do was dust off my copy of the Nintendo DS version.
With the worst part of Mr. Driller Online out of the way let’s continue with
some of the better parts of this game. The first appearance of Mr. Driller on
the Xbox 360 will be known as a huge failure due to the poor online gameplay,
but this is a good puzzle game. The game is a mix between Dig Dug and Tetris.
Anybody can easily pick this game up and have a load of fun.
You could simply drill straight down and win every stage, but there is more to
the game. The different colored blocks can hit others, giving you more points.
On the side of the screen you have so much air in your tank so you will need to
collect tanks on your way down. If you don’t then you character will die.
 The game offers give levels, each with a higher difficulty setting. There are
also quest levels that let your challenge your skills a little more. Mr. Driller
Online seems real easy at first, but as your progress you will find yourself
dying more often or achieving low scores. It’s all about matching the same color
pieces and living to tell about it, that’s what Mr. Driller Online is all about.
Final Verdict
For ten dollars this game isn’t bad if you take off “online” from the title.
Since this isn’t possible I have to give this game a bad rating. Single player
mode is fun, but it can get a little hard at times. I would have had this review
up sooner; I really thought I was having Internet problems when I was trying to
play online. It turns out Mr. Driller Online is the worst online puzzle game on
the Xbox Market Place.
Rating
2.50 out of 10
Mr. Driller Online Trailer
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