Sunday, May 20, 2007

Blinx 3

I just found today that Artoon, the company that released the amazing (in my opinion) game Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, has confirmed that a Blinx 3 is in production. In this post, I will list a few pros and cons of Blinx and Blinx 2 and give my opinion on what I want in Blinx 3. Blinx: The Time Sweeper was the game that started the saga. I enjoyed it, but never really got to play very much, and the one thing I couldn't stand was the storyline. He goes to save a princess who I think is the daughter of a time goddess or something. I can describe it in 10 words (and 7 exclamation points). LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME!!!!!!! How many stories have you read where the main character has to rescue a princess? Hmmm, let's think: 1, 2, 3, 10, 5, 000, 000, 000? I read some reviews, some people hated it, some people loved it, and most people thought it had some pros and cons. The one thing I found interesting was that almost everyone thought the graphics were good. I'm not really surprised, because the Xbox was famous for the graphics, but I must say, I didn't think that they were that good. Lots of people thought that the whole "control time" thing was a good idea, but I saw a lot of people who said, "But why a CAT?" This was, for me, one of the pros of the game. I am completely obsessed with cats, so I loved it when the folks down at Artoon and Microsoft came up with a game where the cat was the good guy. I mean, look at Cats and Dogs, Tom and Jerry, all of those, and you'll see that almost no TV shows/movies/video games have cats as the good guys. Back to the game, I thought that one of the cooler aspects of the game was the monsters. It is very interesting to think that when crystallized time is left alone for too long, it spawns into monsters. Many people thought that Blinx wasn't even that great of a character. Moving on, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space was an excellent game. Microsoft solved the problem of Blinx not being a good character, because in this game, you get to make your own Time Sweeper with more than 20 different variables to change, including fur color, eye color, body proportions, fur shape, and uniform. Not only that, but in this game, a clever twist for this game is that this time, you can (not can, must) play as the vile time bandits, the Tom Tom Gang. As opposed to controlling time, the Tom Toms, who are pigs instead of cats, control space. Their controls include: the Subspace Dive, the Void Trap, the Warp Tunnel, the Banana (don't ask), and the Black Hole. The time controls, on the other hand, are the five basic functions of a VCR: Fast forward, Slow, Pause, Rewind, and Record. The FF is simple enough: you move at double speed for a limited amount of time. Slow: everything else moves at half speed. Pause: nothing except you can move. Rewind: everything except you moves backwards. (this is useful for repairs. If a bridge in front of you collapses, just rewind time to before it breaks, and voila! you can walk nonchalantly across a bridge that was a few broken splinters of wood a couple of seconds ago!) In my humble opinion, the best feature of Blinx 2 was the incredible graphics, both in the game and the cutscenes. The storyline is greatly improved as well. Blinx 2 is twice as good, if not better, than the first. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: Blinx 3! I am personally expecting equal graphics and an improved storyline. Please comment on this article and tell me what you are expecting!

3 comments:

yoshi xd said...

I heard the decided not to make it
I hope they do make it though, blinx 2 was one of my faviorate xbox games

Anonymous said...

i love blinx 1 and 2... blinx 3 is currently being made... i cant wait!!!!... by the way, great blog, (even though i knew all the stuff, someone who hasnt played the game will get a great mental picture;)

Catgirl140 said...

I don't know. Artoon closed 2 years ago. I don't think there will be a Blinx 3.

My friend says there will and he says: I'm here to tell you there is a Blinx 3. O.O I have no idea when it is coming out, ok. But all I know is there are 9 new cats. Also for all Blinx fans, Blinx is a father in the game. Blinx has two boys in the game, there 16 but sadly blinx dies in the game D:> Bye.

He also said is was coming to the wii. @_@

I don't know anymore. I'll just ask where's he's getting this.