Connect Four works on a very basic level, making it great for kids and people who are extremely bored. There's an instant gratification at work here that makes this Family Game Night offering a natural fit for the videogame realm. It won't keep you up all night, but it will bring back those childhood memories and remind you that there's simple fun to be had with a stack of plastic chips, even if they aren't real. But at $10, it's a little pricey. Download the demo before you spend your cash.
Presentation - 7.5
Graphics - 7.0
Sound - 8.0
Gameplay - 7.5
Lasting Appeal - 7.0
Overall -
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GCM writes: "Connect Four is a game I remember playing as a kid, but I also remember not playing it for very long. It's kind of a gravity based tic-tac-toe. The only thing I remember enjoying about this game is moving the bar on the bottom to let all the colored chips come crashing down out of the game grid."
WorthPlaying writes: "Hasbro Family Game Night for the Xbox 360 is an interesting experiment in publishing. After all, the game was originally released on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii in late 2008, and it's only coming to the Xbox 360 this year. That in and of itself isn't unusual, but what is different is the method of distribution. For the Xbox 360 release, EA choose to publish the game as an Xbox Live Arcade download rather than in disc form and sell each of the bundled games individually. The good news is that this allows you to just buy the specific games you want. The bad news is that purchasing à la carte means you're spending a total of $70 for the whole package versus $40 for the Wii version or $20 for the PS2 version. Because the games are available separately on XBLA, we've decided to review each one individually rather than as a bundled package. Here, we're taking a look at Connect 4."
