DeVuego

Everything in Cube Raiders feels less than Devil Dice and Bombastic – two games that were made 20 years ago. That is my residing thought. It is less fluid and speedy than those and less engaging too. The puzzle mode is a nice addition but I didn’t want it to be the main event and so my hopes and expectations were not really met with this release. Add to it the bugs and glitches and you have a very mediocre experience dragging down a fine concept.

Cube Raiders on Xbox is a choc-a-block package, with more levels and modes than you’ll possibly need. As sokoban-style crate-pushers go, it’s well-designed too, with a punt at originality by incorporating dice. But it needed way more oomph and variety to break the feelings of repetition. Hundreds of levels won’t mean much when you roll out well before the end.