Viva Pinata - filled with fun.

User Rating: 9.2 | Viva Pinata X360
Where do you start. I think i looked at Viva Pinata like everyone else did to start off with "What is that?". So i forgot about it until a few days ago, where i came across some of the episodes that are being aired in America that are also on Xbox live, so i downloaded a few and i was stunned by the graphics in these videos. I then headed to my pc, checked out some game play videos and reviews.

Well i bought Viva Pinata and my god is it fun, 7 hours gone like that. So you get a shovel and some land and little pop ups appear now and again at the start to help you in the right direction. There are tiny loading times when you go into shops etc which some people said was annoying but if any of you have played oblivion youll probably think to yourself "Call that a load time?"

After a few hours your garden is really starting to take shape and you cant help but smile watching your little pinata fly/run/crawl around your garden exploring till there little hearts (do pinatas have hearts?) are content.

The detail on the pinatas themselves are brilliant, if you zoom in you can see the detail on them and there not just blocks of colour.

I cant really say there is anything bad about this game, the sounds your pinatas make and just little things like that, the music in the background, cant say it really done much for me, its good if you sit and actually listen but eventually you tune it out and just get on with the game. That may seem silly but some games you get a certain tune that really catches your ear and you really listen to it, i guess they weren't really going for an epic soundtrack when your playing the role of a gardner so you can't really complain.

Personally i think everyone should own this game, it is such a change to everything else available on the 360 at the moment. All in all a brilliant game to have in your 360 shelf that could proudly sit along side games such as Gears of War and Oblivion.