Consolation Prize

OK I admit it, I’ve never heard of this “classic” arcade game that was released back in 1980 by Atari. The easiest way to summarise this game is as a 4 player mash up of Pong and Breakout with each player occupying a corner of the screen, defending their fort from bouncing balls and hopefully deflecting them back in the opponents general direction.

As is the tradition with Xbox Live retro titles the graphics have been given an overhaul with the “enhanced” mode but if you’re a bit of a masochist you can play the original mode should you desire. The upgraded mode is definitely an improvement over the original and I really can’t see anyone playing the classic mode for any other reason other than historical interest.

Needless to say I believe you can sample more or less everything Warlords has to offer within the first few minutes of playing the game, longevity isn’t its best asset, neither for that matter is the single player experience and this is a game that is certainly more suited to a multi-player session with some friends. With all the talk over the last few days about the cull that may happen to Xbox Live with regards to under performing titles then unfortunately Warlords may soon find itself on that hit list.

Warlords costs 400 Microsoft Points and is 34MB to download.