Metareview - Every Extend Extra
Q Entertainment's been on a roll -- at least, in the handheld market (let's forget Ninety-Nine Nights ever happened). Lumines was arguably the PSP's best title up until this week, when the sequel dropped; and Meteos was a heralded effort for DS. So, not straying too far from the formula, the developer has offered up another portable puzzler, this time, an adaptation of popular freeware title Every Extend.
Did Q Entertainment morph freeware into blockbuster? Or is Every Extend Extra too niche to capture the imaginations of block-falling junkies? Here are the critics' takes:
PSW Magazine UK (90/100) - "[We're] delighted to report that it's also as frightfully addictive as its handheld brother, Lumines ... we've been vying to top the leaders boards and add 'just one more' to our max chain all week, and we're confident we'll still be playing Every Extend Extra in months to come."
Game Informer (83/100) - "Only those who thirst for that elusive mastery of the concept will be playing for weeks on end."
1UP (60/100) - "Every Extend is as addictive as the best puzzlers, so it's painful to see its pumped-up remake bogged down by over-the-top special effects ... it's probably best to stick to the free version."
[The alternative: Lumines II]
