Missile Command - Xbox Live Arcade review

It's rockets vs lightning gun in a reborn arcade classic

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Pros

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    The adrenaline rush

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    Discovering actual strategy

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    The new graphics

Cons

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    Dying over and over

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    Only one difficulty

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    Smart bombs

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Few videogames these days are as gut-wrenchingly demoralizing, as nerve-shreddingly difficult, or as mind-dominatingly compelling as the 1980 classic Missile Command, which just hit Xbox LIVE Arcade for a mere 400 points. The most violent game of connect-the-dots ever, it puts you in charge of defending a row of six cities from a never-ending, zig-zagging deluge of missiles, smart bombs, and enemy aircraft that rain from the sky like dollar bills at a Vegas strip club.

Eric Bratcher
Eric Bratcher
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