gameinformer.com - 12/2/2008
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ushroom Men has a few things going for it, like cool characters and clever sound design. Unfortunately, none of the good stuff has any bearing on the gameplay, which is a total mess. The camera is awful, the level designs are boring, and combat is comprised of whipping the remote around ...
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Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars - review
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A portion of a GameInformer review… …you’ll find yourself wondering why you’re subjecting yourself to this. Even in the realm of sub-average platformers, you have several better options than Mushroom Men. Full review here This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm and is filed under ...
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We've been raving about Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars for the best part of a year. Starved of a top-drawer platformer since Mario did his thing in oh-seven, hopes are high in these parts for Red Fly's platformer. The big ...
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Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is what it is -- a visually novel action-platformer on the Wii developed by a new studio -- and bears the markings and scars of those associations. It may be uniquely envisioned, but such a fully realized ...