Super Bust-A-Move

I own the Madden, the NHL, and basketball...but I guarantee you that no game gets more play from the Vigster than "Super Bust-A-Move" (Timesplitters is damn close though). Super Bust-A-Move is a classic puzzle game, that gets a great edition here on the Playstation 2.

You can tell from taking a gander at the back of the box, and tell Super Bust A Move doesn't fully explore all the power the PS2 has. But for this game, it doesn't matter. Super Bust-A-Move plays like all of its predecessors before it. Of course on this system, the colors and the sound take it a step above the rest. Of course, I don't think anyone ever buys puzzle games for graphics. They buy it for the gameplay, and SBAM definately does not dissapoint in that department. The solo playing mode is great with the addition of tiny bubbles, rotating borders, and enough extras sprinkled throughout to keep the hardest core videogamer interested. But what makes this game's replay value even larger is the two player mode, and computer vs. mode. If you own a pulse, I'm willing to bet that you will never be so addicted to a television screen as you will be when you play your friend in this game. What makes puzzle games so interesting is that the same thing never happens twice, and you will be in for some of the greatest mind games with your friend on your computer. Super Bust A Move will be the cause of a ish load of fights between friends, but it will all be in good fun.

The game is not without a few flaws though. During the two player mode on chain reaction, the game tends to slow down immensely. It becomes really annoying when you have a move lined up, the game slows down, and then one of the characters throws a block or rainbow bubble in your way while the game is crawling at turtle speed. This, my friends, can cause you to destroy vital pieces of your PS2 unit. So when this happens, put the controller down and go for a walk. It will be ok. The game also looses a few points with me on the fact that we can't use the analog controller. Aiming the bubbles would be so much easier if we could use the analong sticks, but instead we're stuck to the direction limiting control pad. Also, some characters are a lot "cheaper" than others. One character in particular has rainbows that she throws on your board by the dozens. Its a very, VERY cheap move.

With all that behind, Super Bust A Move proves to be a cutesy title for the avid gamer. There will be nights where you will not get sleep playing this game into the late hours. For $29.99 can you find a better game for your buck? I don't think so.

The Good!		The Last Word(s): If you like videogames, get this game now. It may look cute on the outside, but once you pop it in...you will never have so much fun again in your life. Let the sleeping end. Final Rating: 90% Hotter than Prison Sex
Never the same game twice Addictive Two Player Battle Mode
The Bad...
Direction Pad blows. Lack of sleep. Cheap characters (PINKY)
The UGLY.
Two player mode slowdown is KILLER!!!

BY THE NUMBERS:

For those of you with too much time on your hands, here's the overly-complex system of how it's done:

Each game is given a rating from 1 to 5, with 1 being horrible to 5 being outstanding, in 6 different categories. We then take an arbitrary number from the deepest crevices of our ass (basically what we think the game deserves without averaging any numbers together), and then a GYEAH.com stamp quote. 1-10 (Pure Husk); 11-20 (DEAD); 21-30 ("companies" buttchild); 31-40 (Terriable); 41-50 (L.A. Clippers-ish); 51-60(Average as your girlfriend); 61-70(Coolio); 71-80(Way Pimpy); 81-90 (Hotter than Prison Sex); 91-99 (Iconish); 100 (GOD-LIKE). Enjoy.