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Only thing going for it is online play

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In pretty much every other respect except graphics, Fuzion Frenzy 1 is the better game. This is still fun and playable, but offers nothing compelling in terms of gameplay or minigame variety. And FF1 is backward compatible on the 360, so unless you really dig the online action, I'd say go with it instead.

Where FF1 = FF2: The minigames have a good variety and are easy to pick up and play. Tournament mode gets you planning how to come out on top in the end, whereas Minigame Frenzy focuses on just winning individual minigames. In tournament mode, each zone has its own minigames and Final Battle. There's no "board game" mode like Mario Party has. The six characters play identically and have forgettable personalities. Every minigame is 4-player free-for-all, unlike Mario Party which also has 1-player, 1v1, 2v2, or 3v1 games.

Where FF2 > FF1: Custom matches give you more flexibility in configuring yor contest. Online play lets you get in a 4-player match of any brand anytime. The Rumble minigames are cool (but not as cool as the original's Fuzion Frenzy match). The Achievements are very easy to unlock.

Where FF1 > FF2: FF1's announcer wasn't much less cheezy than FF2's, but FF2's "DJ Varcanno" is ALWAYS yapping! You can mute and skip his time-consuming dialog in single-player mode but not online. Another lame FF2 feature is the cards, which seriously take away from actual minigame skill in deciding Tournament mode and add only a cheap comeback chance. Finally, the Fuzion Frenzy match that capped the Tournaments in FF1 are gone.

General: There is nothing outstanding about Fuzion Frenzy's brand of minigame action. When it cuts to the core, the gameplay itself, it is quickly satisfying... as long as you have other people to play with. If you like playing online, it's worth checking out. Otherwise, find FF1 for way less money or just avoid the series altogether. You're not missing out on anything special.

Fun mini games, slow moving, poor presentation

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Many of us fans of the original FF from the original XBOX were anxiously awaiting the release of a sequel. After waiting so long it is finally here.

Back from the original game are the characters we have all grown to love (or in some cases hate). Samson, Naomi, Geena, Dub, Jet, and every annoying Zack. Also in this game is a slew of brand new mini games, as well as some favorites from the original including, Sumo and Twisted System, sadly some favorites did not make it for whatever reason. That is not to say the new games are not as fun, because they are. One game involves you having to sink your opponent's boat using the water that opponents are trying to sink your boat with. Another one has you trying to stay on a waterfall by pressing random button that appears on screen. So the fun factor of the actual mini games is still there for the most part. However the Fuzion Frenzy round from the original game has been replaced with a beat the crap out of your opponents round in which you basically do that, using items and powerups from the environment. It's not as fun as the "Fuzion Frenzy", but still pretty fun nonetheless. Instead of different game zones in FF1, FF2 games take place on different planets, Earth and several other ficticious ones.

Graphics while not a big issue with a party game like this, are pretty well done, but like all of us know graphics is not what make a game like this fun, its the presentation, and sadly the presentation of this game falls way short of the original. The main problem is that the game moves entirely too slow. Instead of going directly to the action, before each mini game, you have to listen to this corny host with a light tie, lights shooting out of his shoulders, and buttons on his cuff links blab on and on, talking about the same thing, which is basically nothing. His voice is annoying as well. Ever so often you have to compete in a mini game to get stupid cards, and every time he says "Now you will play a game which I prepared myself on the ship." Luckily you can skip through this annoying babble and get to the game a little faster. But even during game play the announcer is annoying, always babbling along and he can't even say the characters' names, instead he says "How are you doing Player 1?", or "Player 3 lands an attack", YES he says "Player 1", not Samson, Naomi, Zack or ANY of the character names. Why? I have no idea, even the original version said the character names, surely the 360 version could do the same, but I guess not. This separates the player from the game even more. Even the character dialog themselves seem robotic and no emotion what so ever. I miss the annoying dialog from the original, like Zacks "Zack, shalack lack ack ack". They still saw some smart a$$ things, but nothing like the original.

Adding to the frustration, is that there are now annoying cards you can use before each mini game, which allow you to multiply your point values you earn in the mini game, meaning if you lose in the mini game and only get 2 point, if you use your x6 card, it means you would get 12 points, and if the winner didn't use a card, then you will be declared the winner of the mini game, even though you came in dead last. Cheesiest at its finest. Other cards reverse the effect of cards, so if you use a reversal card and someone else uses a x6 card, that effect will turn into a divided by 6 card instead. Another card allows you to steal the effect of a card from another player. More cheese.

And if that's not enough, only player 1 can gain achievements during game play. This is not a big issue for me, since my wife and I only play to have fun, but for some people this is a big deal since if Player 2, 3 or 4 wins the whole game, there will be nothing to show for it. I don't play online, but for those that do, there can only be one player per 360, so if you have two people at your home hoping you two will get to play online at the same time, forget it, only one player per XBOX online. Clearly lazy developing as they surely should have known players would want to be able to play otherwise.

This game had the potential to be even greater than the original, and when it comes to actual game play, it's pretty close, but the main thing that ruined this from being the incredibly fun game, was the poor presentation. Its like Hudson tried way too hard to make this game into an intergalactic game show instead of keeping it simple and focusing on what made the original so fun. The fun of the games is definitely top notch, but the overall presentation hurt my overall rating of this game.

Good fun but could be better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because my fiancee and I loved playing the Mario Party games on the Gamecube...now that I own a 360 I was looking for something that we could get into as much. This is a far cry from the Mario Party series but it is still enjoyable in it's own right. The DJ is very annoying as everyone else has pointed out but you can mute him or turn the volume down on him and even skip him for the most part.

The minigames are creative and fun to play but they make it pretty hard to catch up in this game if you are losing. The graphics are good, not anything to write home about but nice to look at. Now that they decided to lower the price to $30 only a few weeks after I purchased it for $50 I would recommend this game for multiplayer purposes.

Fusion Frenzy 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First let me say that I am not good at the "regular" games for XBox (360 or otherwise). Anyway, when my husband bought the 360 I was excited to hear that FF2 was coming out for it because my husband & I had a great time challenging eachother and "fighting" during the first FF. So, when we got this a few days ago and started to play a LOT had changed about this. First, there is no Fusion Frenzy (the final game in each stage of the original). Unless, it is a game that we haven't unlocked yet. Which brings me to some interesting things about FF2. One, is that each character who wins the over all game unlocks a new game in a new world. Another is that you choose how many worlds you have to win between 1-5 overall winnings. Plus, this time you get cards that either let you choose the next mini game in the world or lets you multiply your mini game final score by either 2,4 or 6 times the amount. For example, if you use your times 6 multiplier in a mini game and get second place, then you get 6 (your original score for second place) times 6 = 36 points. Then you get first place in that game (which will really irritate the person who actually scored 10 to win first place). You also recieve stealer cards, which means if one person uses a multiplier and you use a stealer then you actually get the multiplier card. And, there is a divider card for someone who uses a multiplier card and you use the divider it will actually divide the persons score instead of mulitplying it. For the first world or so it might seem these cards are not worth it but as the worlds progress they actually seem more useful. Plus, you never know what cards people are choosing so you hope that you are using the right one at the right time. The cards come at random times either by fighting for them in a mini game that the DJ makes or just randomly after a game is won/lost. This game has the same characters as the original as well as some of the original games played in a different type of world. All in all, I think the original FF is the best but this one, once you get used to and get the hang of all of the new things involved is fun. One of the irritating things though is that there are only so many mini games to choose from when you first start to play. It just doesn't look like a lot and it's rather irritating that you can't play all of them but, eventually, you get used to all of these things and the game really is fun. I would say while the other game was good for smaller children, this one should be for slightly older (maybe 8 and over) because of all of the changes and card usage, etc. Give it a try, it is fun, like I said, once you get used to everything. Good luck :)

Game Show Space Battles...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This Xbox 360 exclusive from Hudson (Fuzion Frenzy 2) is the sequel to the launch title Fuzion Frenzy for the original Xbox. With better graphics, more variety, and better overall sound; this sequel has improved on the original format in the budding franchise. However, the constant speech pouring from the host of this galactic game show slows down the party game pace considerably in one player tournament mode. You play as one of six characters from the original game (Samson, Naomi, Geena, Dub, Jet, and Zack), to dominate several planets all themed in things like fire, ice, and machines. Despite the annoying long-winded announcer, the game is worth checking out for party game custom plays on Xbox Live. Lastly, I found it quite suitable for kids and teenagers for parents looking for a game with no gore.

NEX-GEN? FUZION FRENZY 1 IS MORE FUN

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting for this game for months. I loved Fuzion Frenzy on XBox and couldn't wait to see the nex-gen version. I bought this game on its release date and wish I would have waited for a used copy. First and foremost, why did they remove "Fuzion Frenzy" from the game? That was the best part of the game, risking your points and stealing your opponents. Second, the announcer is extremely annoying and his quips are repetitive to the point of hurting the game. Also, how hard is it to announce the winning players name. Player 1 wins the tournament, this is nex-gen and the game can't announce the character. If you loved Fuzion Frenzy 1, you might be disappointed in this "upgrade." I sure was.

Unimpressive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Fusion Frenzy 1 is much better mainly because of the fact that it was fresh when it came out. A lot of the same mini games form Fusion Frenzy 1 make a 2nd appearance in 2. The new games are fun but leave much to be desired. I would wait and buy this game when the price comes down. All in all it is a mildly entertaining multi-player game.

Great title for anyone 4 to 75...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Here is one game that my entire family can play, and be relatively competetive.

If you stink at any game its over in a minute anyways. 40+ fun games, many better than the original xbox version.

Only drawback is a HORRIBLY SLOW DJ party game mix that can not be avoided if you want to unlock all the mini-games. The party mix is an all time dud since it is very slow and is impossible to quickly skip the DJ's repetitive droning.

Once you make it past that the mini-games are a joy.

Mark

ok for me

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

playing the first one i thought this one would be much much better but i like some of the new games and the update of the old ones this is still enjoyable but could have been more.

No Xbox live !!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It is a funny game very simple great when you play with your friends but the problem is that you cant find any one to play with in xbox live mode i tried to find creat play games in xbox live but no body showed so i dont know what the problem is but the game is great......

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