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Hybrid Review

New ideas can cause some new problems.

One thing we don’t need on this planet is another multiplayer shooter franchise.  That is, unless someone actually comes up with a new enough take on the concept to warrant our attention.  Hybrid certainly has a couple of fresh ideas that had potential to shake things up, without turning the whole shooter concept upside down.  The problem is, the new cover-to-cover mechanic also forces limits on the game in other ways that prevent it from being anything amazing.

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5th Cell Unveils New Details on XBLA Title Hybrid

The creator of Scribblenauts has a new XBLA title on the way.

5th Cell announced in a press release today some new details for the upcoming game Hybrid, their Xbox Live Arcade title set to be released this summer. The title is a cover-based third person shooter.

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"Game of the Year"?! Conclusion

How did 5th Cell react to the hype for the game?

I've dished out a lot of blame to gaming journalists, with all those review snippets on the first day, as well as the few articles I chose to connect here yesterday, but I'll be honest, it wasn't all Kotaku's, IGN's, or any particular gaming journalist's fault that prerelease hype for Scribblenauts grew out of hand. Take a look at most of the "famous" Post #217 from the NeoGAF forums, and the impressions of Scribblenauts it contains, though be warned, there is a bit of foul language:

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"Game of the Year"?! Part Three

Where did things go wrong?

So what pushed members of the gaming media to become so enthusiastic with Scribblenauts coverage? What encouraged reviewers to ignore or flat out dismiss a terrible control scheme? What caused them to neglect to mention how basic most summonable things are?

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"Game of the Year"?! Part Two

And the winner is...?

Today I examine the game that was the winner of multiple game conference awards, received the beaming reviews quoted yesterday, and has now sold over a million copies.

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"Game of the Year"!? Part One

"...the video game equivalent of your first kiss."

Last year, a game was released that received universal praise up until launch.

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