Review Inc 3/5 · Apr 8, 2021
Pac-Manic
Ok, yes, it's only been out 24 hours, but here's my thoughts;
Compared to Tetris 99 and Super Mario 35, Pac-Man 99 is over in a flash! It gets intense fast and you'll be dead in a couple of minutes. I played 4 matches in 10 minutes.
It's also, more or less, just Pac-man. There's more on screen than the …
Ok, yes, it's only been out 24 hours, but here's my thoughts;
Compared to Tetris 99 and Super Mario 35, Pac-Man 99 is over in a flash! It gets intense fast and you'll be dead in a couple of minutes. I played 4 matches in 10 minutes.
It's also, more or less, just Pac-man. There's more on screen than the traditional game, mostly used for attacking or resetting pellets, but your focus should remain on those ghosts, as always. Things get out of hand quickly!
All those lovely bonus boards and themes are locked behind a pay wall but they look gorgeous and nice to see Namco put some thought into them and raid their back catalogue for some obscurities.
Fun times had, but I think this will get old faster than Tetris and Mario did, UNLESS, your aim is to win, which I think you'll have to be a good Pac-man player to achieve!