Quarrel Review (Xbox LIVE Arcade)

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Item reviewed: Quarrel on x360 |
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Quarrel is slightly different from your standard word-making games. First off, both players use the same eight letters to make their word when they go head-to-head. Second, if there are Quarrel features a boatload of pathways to play. There are actually eight ways to play, although, one of those ways is the tutorial. The other seven possible contests include a sampling of single player modes like quick match, tutorial, domination, showdown, challenges and tailored matches (make your own rules). In the multiplayer listings there are standard ranked matches, player matches and Xbox LIVE party matches all self-explanatory there.
Quarrel Single Player Game Modes:Quick Match - A match is randomly created with random levels and opponent or opponents. |
| Our Rating for Quarrel Review (Xbox LIVE Arcade) | |
| 8.5 | Replay There is plenty of game here and with multiplayer there’s a good amount of replay even though all the modes play exactly the same. |
| 7.0 | Graphics They are somewhat cartoon-like in that XBLA way which is fine and they don’t really detract from the gameplay. |
| 5.0 | Sound Why must you make your game so bloody annoying to listen to? Did you not play it for hours on end and realize that the sound was annoying? Obviously not because then you make it whistle to get players’ attention. BOO! |
| 7.5 | Gameplay They could have really done some spectacular things with some rules variations and some interesting game modes. Instead, all the game modes play the same with just a different goal really. That means the gameplay is limited from what it could have been. |
| 7.5 | Multiplayer/Online Content Both local and online play, ranked and standard matches online. However, there are really limited options in the online playing but it’s all just fluff for the word battling anyway. |
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7.5
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Overall Aside from the annoying sounds in the game and the lack of diverse gameplay, the game is fun and a good entry into the word-creation game genre. While I feel it could have been far more interesting and varied gameplay, it does what it does well enough. |

















more than two players, others can also gain points by making a word from the letters when not involved in head-to-head combat. Finally, every eight letter combination is an anagram for a single eight-letter word. So, if you’ve got an enormous vocabulary you can inspire awe in your opponent. In honor of Quarrel’s unique approach to word games, I will attempt to use an adequate quantity of octonary words as possible.





