Saturday, May 13, 2006

Uno -- All In One.

Uno was released on Xbox Live Marketplace a few days ago and went for four-hundred Microsoft Points. That's essentially five dollars for an online enabled card game. And easily one of the best purchases I've made so far. Uno is pretty much a perfect card game. This version of the game is a simple, but well made Flash based version that delivers everything from the card game you could want. Online four-player games are the heart of this one and there are enough options to allow you to play it your way. You can play a classic game with standard rules and scoring, or you can play in a mode that's called house rules where you set your own rules and scoring style. Depending on your luck of the draw with who you play with online of course, most games are about sitting around and bullshitting and goofing off as much as they are about the actual card game. Just as it is in real life. I mean listening to Riddel get goofy or ZBo flirt with a stranger of a mother from New Orleans is as much as part of the fun as the game itself. This is a wonderful facet allowed by Xbox Live. Uno is another title that just shows the brilliance of Xbox Live on the Xbox 360. I'm giving Uno a 9.5. Pure and simple fun.

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