Now, now, don't be hasty. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it just hasn't grabbed me yet.

I'll give it more time later. If you're on the fence about opening it, I'd say don't and wait for more impressions to come in.

Maybe I'm not just in a creative mood right now to fully enjoy it.

brianluvdvd, if you really have a problem with extremely picky and loose controls, then you seriously may have a problem with this game. I'll be honest, I'm usually more forgiving than most, but even I had to really force myself once I realized what the issues with the controls actually were. If you think you can adapt to them and get over that hump, then by all means crack it open and get to playing, but just be warned...the control problems are indeed present, and enough to kill interest for a lot of people.

I have no clue which game I'd say is the handheld GOTY off the top of my head, sequel or otherwise. I'd say that even Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is of a much higher quality than Scribblenauts, and that's just something that was released on the very same day.

I'd say GTA:Chinatown Wars as well, although that's also sorta a sequel I guess - at least a game in a continuing series if not a straight up sequel.

As far as flat out original DS games this year, I'd go as far to say that Henry Hatsworth is a higher quality DS game overall. The controls in that one are great, and it's also an original concept game. I should also mention Retro Game Challenge here.

And that's just the DS, I don't have a PSP but I'd be willing to bet there have been better overall PSP games released this year than Scribblenauts.

That's not to take away from this one though. If anything it's praise to the quality of handheld games here lately.

If you're going to play this game, you must use your head to come up with creative ways to play it. If you don't do that, and you instead just decide to beat the challenges any way you can, you wont have much fun. I'm two worlds in so far and their hasn't been a lot of variety in the specific items that you have got to use.

Some examples...



Keep in mind I'm not too far into the game, but still, I don't know if I see things changing too much. The key here is to force yourself to be creative. The game doesn't force you to do it, you've gotta do that on your own.

Honestly tight controls is not why I have high expectations for this game. It's the fact that I can write "God" and the dude shows up. It's that I can then write "chainsaw" and put it in God's hands. It's that I can then type "T-Rex" and chase them all around. That's all I need for "gameplay" with this game. Those are the reasons why it's the best game of my life.

Is God holding a chainsaw? Is he running from me while I'm riding a T-Rex? Yes to both? Game of my life.

That is really cool, it's why I love the game too. But the further along you get in the game while playing the puzzle and action stages, the more problems you're going to have and the more frustrating you're going to get.

I've spent a great deal on the start screen (like a sandbox really) just goofing off seeing how things interact with one another.

Like, just now I thought I'd try to see how a cowboy and an indian would get along. To my surprise...

I went from head over heels excited for this game to not even getting it at all, thanks to the controls. I'm easily frustrated and know I would end up hating the game, even the cool parts because of the shitty controls.

I'm enjoying it, but the controls can be extremely frustrating. I am getting used to the quirky nature of them now though so you do adjust to it. The fun of the game easily makes up for it though. I created a dragon to kill something else then it tried to kill me so I summoned god who was quickly killed by the Dragon. Should have given God a chainsaw I guess.

Always good advice.

I'm fine if I just use Cthulu every time.

Isn't Cthulu a proper name? Guess he's above the law.

Hey! I live in Oklahoma! That is not a STORM CHASER CAR, that's just a regular car. I could drive through that tornado with the proper vehicle...

Proper names are okay as long as they're not copy-protected.

It's even got some internet-memes in there like Keyboard Cat and such.

Yeah, not according to the rules in 0-6.

Real-life, physical object. (Cthulu: Debatable)
A Place (Cthulu: )
Proper Name (Cthulu: hmmm...)
Suggestive Material (Cthulu: )
Shape (Cthulu: )
Latin or Greek Root Word (Cthulu: )
Race or Culture (Cthulu: )
Vugarity (Cthulu: )
Copyrighted (Cthulu: )

That said, I am happy to see him in the game

I went to my nearby TRU today at 2pm, and they were already sold out! Next closest one they called was already out of copies as well, but luckily the last local store (which is slightly further away) still had all of theirs because their game department must be run by morons....they didn't know anything about the promotion or had even put the game out on their shelves...
Anyway, I was able to get a $15 GC for Mario & Luigi 3 at the first location due to their ad mistake, which I then used at the other location on Scribblenauts...$15.74 out of pocket and out the door with another $15 GC to use later on, not a bad deal at all...

I picked up my copy this morning but haven't had a chance to play it yet. The reviews are coming in now about the wonky controls but I'm still excited. We'll see if that holds up after tonights play

Even Pedobear?

I think I'm done with it already. I wonder if TRU will buy it for more than $15

If you can summon God, can you also summon Satan?

You can summon Satan, using "devil" also works.

And while you can summon God, it's more of a broad term. What spawns when you type "God" is the same as what spawns when you type "Zeus".

Pinata and all the mentions of the poor controls are really making me consider returning the game unopened. Any other thoughts from the brave souls who have tried it yet?

If you have any specific questions feel free to ask. I've got the game on right now.

I've read what you have put so far and between you and pinata's opinions, this sounds like I may just wait on a trade and use the $15 bucks for Fallout 3 GOTY. I was reading so other people's thoughts at CAG and several were stating that while it is a decent game, it doesn't touch the hype and is just an average puzzle game at best. Add the control issues and this sounds like it may be better to wait, even at the 15 buck price point.

I'm not trying to taint yours or anyone's opinion before they play it, but what you described is pretty accurate.

It's just boring and terribly implemented. There are moments when you go "heh, that's neat", like:



And then I go to the next level and I'm stuck again:



So, eventually, you like the game and it's novelty, but then you always get to another level and it's just more of the same. I've done about 20 of them so far (1-1 through 1-11 puzzle, and 1-1 through 1-something action). There are ten worlds with, I guess, over 200 of these same things.

Part of the problem is timing. You have to do things in a specific order to succeed. Ok, that's the puzzle, but you're graded on number of objects spawned, time used, and "style". Well you can't go quick at all because of the control scheme. If you want to use more items to clear obstacles you'll blow your object par. It just all works against itself in one annoying way or another.

I, personally, feel I've seen all this game has to offer me. I'd rather keep playing DQ5 and M&L3 on my DS, with Kingdom Hearts on deck Scribblenauts is just white noise.

It's a neat concept, but the game wrapped around it is trite and annoying.

What control issues?

I've done each level in the first world/area multiple times. I can see how it may not live up to the hype but I'm having fun with it. I really dig the 'advanced'(clear the puzzle 3 more times using different items each time) challenges for each level.

Try the advance challenge piņata, you'll have to think more outside the box. Oh and a toaster or blow dryer works great on pirahnas.

I find the character tends to move beyond the stylus point, it's not very accurate, and when you're using items it's kind of unintuitive.

For example,

Believe me, I want to be wrong about this game. I want to at least like it. Right now I'm merely tolerant.