From Dust is the second release in this year’s XBox Summer of Arcade. Following hot on the heels of a wonderfully crafted Bastion, we have From Dust. From Dust can be best described as a puzzle game with goals of problem solving but draws from past ‘god games’ such as Populous and Black and White. This will be in my short (ahem) list of summer games for sure. Read on for reviews and play throughs.
Giant Bomb’s Brad Shoemaker lets the power go to his head (4/5): “This robust downloadable reminds you why it's so much fun to play video-game god. “
Bonus Giant Bomb Quick Look for a real taste of power.
GameShark’s William Abner worships From Dust (A-): “From Dust is the ideal Xbox Live Arcade game. It would be a tough sell as a retail product simply because it’s so creatively constructed and hard to easily define, but as a 1200 MS Point download? It’s not to be missed. “
Joystiq’s Justin McElroy is a genie in a bottle baby (3.5/5): ”From Dust looks and feels different from anything I've played before and, for a while, that was enough. But before long, I began to feel a sneaking kinship with Aladdin's genie, whose enjoyment of his phenomenal cosmic power was tempered only by his itty-bitty living space.”
Destructoid’s Jim Sterling delivers the wrath of god 95.5/10): “From Dust has a level of charm to it, that cannot be denied. It's different, it's impressively designed, and a player could become addicted simply to watching magma roll down a hill. When the time comes to make an actual videogame of these gorgeous physics and unique ideas, however, From Dust falters with a considerable measure of inelegance.”
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You are quite welcome! Yeah I have also really been enjoying the shorter, lower cost games experience. I plan to have a spotlight up for Dungeons of Dredmoor here in the next few days. Criminy is that game unforgiving.
I loved (and still have) "Populous" and "Black & White". I saw the video for this game last week. It looked fun and I intend to buy it. I have really been enjoying the XBLA games as of late. Tom, Colin and I have been playing "Entrenched ", a great mix of Tower Defense, RTS, RPG and Third Person Shooter. I want to get some time on Bastion this weekend. Thanks for the write up.