What happens when you take shiny balls, magical symbols, interesting combos, and large numbers? Probably the lottery, but in this case I’m talking about the XBLCG (Xbox 360) game Orbyx by HemiGames. Orbyx is a combination of Pachinko and Pinball. I don’t really know how to say this, so I’ll just come right out with it. Orbyx is a Peggle clone. What is Peggle? Peggle is a game by Popcap Games where you shoot a ball from a canon mounted on top of the screen to hit pegs in order to gain points. To advance to the next level you have to remove certain colors of pegs. In Peggle’s case it’s the orange ones, in Orbyx’s case it’s the golden ones.
What I think of it: Other than the obvious clonage, it’s a slick, well presented, game, and good as an alternative if colorful magical unicorns and cute animals isn’t your thing. It’s not that original, but the game still seems like a good value, considering Peggle is about 10 dollars (800 microsoft points) verses Orbyx’s 5 dollars (400 msp). Read more when you click, uhh, read more.