This town, is nothing but a Ghost Town

Pac-Man CE DX review.
Out now for Xbox Live, Nov 27th for PSN
All aboard the ghost train. Pac-Man is back once again with a unique twist on such a tried and tested formula but yet he still stands proudly amongst some of the world’s most popular gaming mascots and holds his own. Pac-Man has had enough of being pushed around by Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde and has turned the tables in his favour in a Pac-Man game like you’ve never seen before.

The fundamental elements of Pac-Man are still here. We have a maze full of pellets which increase your score, we have fruit, ghosts, power pellets and even the short yet instantly recognisable theme tune but this is where the similarities end. Pac-Man CE DX is set out to chomp through so many ghosts you’d think that if this was out in the 1980’s it would’ve put the Ghostbusters to shame.

Upon starting a maze and game type, of which there are many to choose from, you’ll instantly see that the maze isn’t littered with pellets. You’ll see there are ghosts sleeping and how those pellets are carefully placed around them. When Pac-Man sprints off and the techno music kicks in you’ll head straight for the pellets which will then alert the sleepy, dozy ghosts nearby whose immediate and only reaction is to get revenge. The key to this Pac-Man game is to eat all the pellets on one side of the screen which in turn will spawn a piece of fruit which will activate more sleeping ghosts upon consumption.



If you’re still with me after that paragraph then repeat the process two or three more times but with each time getting progressively trickier and quicker until you reach the time of devouring the fifty odd ghosts following you right about now. When activating the power pellet the tide turns and Pac-Man will chomp his way through as many ghosts as he can see fit until it runs out which results in one of the most satisfying feelings in a videogame.

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is one of the most enjoyable downloadable titles of late and truly brings out the word Arcade in Xbox Live Arcade with faithful sound effects and even a leader board which will hopefully be populated with all your friends’ high scores.

Who ya gonna call? Pac-Man, of course! 9/10