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IGN hearts 202 09 Jan, 2008, 18:51 / 19 comments


With a release only a day (for Gametappers) or two (for everyone else) away, reviews for Moai Better Blues are starting to accumulate. Take, for example, IGN's glowing review of the game which culminates with:
Moai Better Blues is shorter and smaller than previous installments in the series. Compared to the sprawling locales and stories of Reality 2.0 or Situation: Comedy, this episode seems almost too short. But size and length isn't an indication of quality. If anything, the smaller scale means that there's no filler here. Everything you come across is pure comedic content. Moai Better Blues never loses its focus so you'll get as much enjoyment out of its two-hour length than the three or four hours you spent playing some of the previous episodes. Add in puzzles that require multiple leaps of logic and a longer memory and it's easy to see why we're so encouraged by the direction that Telltale is taking this series.
Look out for more reviews of Moai Better Blues, or just stop being such an impatient idiot and wait for the game itself to come out.
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  • The Tingler on 09 Jan, 2008, 19:41…
    Shorter and smaller? Hmm. Still, just two days to find out! Hopefully I'll have it done and a review up for sometime early next week.
  • Gabez on 09 Jan, 2008, 19:43…
    Except I think Remi might beat you to it. :~
  • Remi O on 09 Jan, 2008, 22:15…
    That's called "getting reviewer's copies."

    I wouldn't be opposed to second opinions after the fact though. ;
  • telarium on 09 Jan, 2008, 22:21…
    You guys could be the new Siskel and Ebert. Just as long as you bicker a lot.
  • Remi O on 09 Jan, 2008, 22:57…
    I don't wanna be the one who dies.

    Or the one who gets horribly disfigured by cancer.

    Roeper it is for me then.
  • telarium on 10 Jan, 2008, 00:24…
    So you've chosen the life of a pompous ass then. So be it.

    Just kidding. Roeper's alright.
  • Remi O on 10 Jan, 2008, 03:32…
    I like Roeper.

    And I'm a pompous ass.

    Fantastic combination!
  • The Tingler on 09 Jan, 2008, 23:45…
    Oh, I'm having a review too. After that bitch-fest on the forum you better believe it. I let you get away with Ice Station Santa but not this time!

    And how do you get reviewer's copies, anyway?
  • Jake on 10 Jan, 2008, 10:04…
    What does that even mean, "let you get away with Ice Station Santa?"
  • The Tingler on 10 Jan, 2008, 13:02…
    It means he reviewed it and I didn't.
  • Remi O on 10 Jan, 2008, 16:33…
    Again, what does that mean? I've been writing reviews here for six years, it's not exactly something out of the ordinary.
  • neon_git on 10 Jan, 2008, 01:05…
    You have to sleep with Jake.
  • CaptainDread on 10 Jan, 2008, 02:11…
    Bah, I did that a couple of times and I never got any review copies.
  • telarium on 10 Jan, 2008, 04:06…
    It doesn't count if it's just some homeless guy with a Jake mask.
  • Jake on 10 Jan, 2008, 08:43…
    I can't for the life of me remember what led me to manufacture a bunch of masks of my face and distribute them to hobos.
  • telarium on 10 Jan, 2008, 16:20…
    Ambien.
  • Remi O on 09 Jan, 2008, 19:01…
    "Please note: Moai Better Blues reviews are under embargo until January 10" -- I suppose IGN is exempt. Bastards. ?
  • Jake on 09 Jan, 2008, 19:37…
    They just published early for some reason. I'm sure they got a chiding note or something.
  • Udvarnoky on 09 Jan, 2008, 19:06…
    I'm sure there's a good Largo LaGrande joke there, I just can't be bothered to find it.