Astropop offers enough fun in its gameplay and design to warrant the purchase. The implementation of save points to ratchet down frustration is very thoughtful and the inclusion of bonus puzzle levels adds some variety to the mix where other games would have allowed themselves to begin to stale. The one thing that’s missing from the package is a multiplayer mode which, while not as important as in other Xbox Live Arcade titles, would have really been icing on this already attractive cake. For an addictively good time if you’ve already enjoyed the original offering of XBLA titles then you needn’t look any further than Astropop.

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