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User Rating: 9.8 | Fuzion Frenzy XBOX
This brings us to the meat of Fuzion Frenzy, the minigames. The amount of fun you can have with a party game is directly proportionate to the quantity and quality of its minigames. Fuzion Frenzy has 45 different minigames, though this is a very generous use of the word "different." Many of the minigames are simply another minigame with the rules reversed. In the victim minigame, the player holding the bomb when time runs out will be eliminated until there is only one player left. In "odd one out," the player not holding an orb when time runs out is eliminated. Fuzion Frenzy also comes up short in the quality department, as many of the games simply aren't enough fun to make you want to come back. There are a handful of solid games in the mix, but there also seems to be a lot of filler. Thankfully, Fuzion Frenzy offers a minigame frenzy mode in which you can select any of the 45 minigames you please without the structure of the tournament mode. This is a nice addition that lets you skip right past any minigames that don't fit your fancy and serves as a good way to get yourself acquainted with the rules and strategies of the different games. A collection of minigames isn't exactly the best way to showcase the graphical prowess of a new console, and while Fuzion Frenzy may not be the most graphically impressive Xbox launch title, it makes use of several of the Xbox's capabilities. There isn't a single minigame in the bunch that doesn't heap on the colored lighting and particle effects. The use of vibrant primary color helps create a distinct look for the game. The arenas have a good level of detail, and the high-resolution textures look nice and sharp. But with all the glimmer that Blitz Games has put into Fuzion Frenzy, the game is unable to maintain a constant frame rate, and you'll see the action start to chug in some of the more special-effects-intensive games. The occasional slowdown aside, Fuzion Frenzy is still an incredibly flashy party game.