Customer Reviews

Fuzion Frenzy

5 star:		(53)
4 star:		(41)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Great game for groups of 2-4 players. I play this one with my kids (age 7 and 9) a lot - and they play it with their friends. Everytime we play we end up either laughing with each other or yelling at each other (in a loving way)!

It actually is a collection of about 30 futuristic arena games - so it has a lot of replay value. There is no bad language or sexual innuendos, and the violence is "mild" (comical). So it's okay for young children.

Some of the magazines (and users) have given it negative reviews, mostly because it doesn't fully use the Xbox console's graphical capabilities.

If you like to spend time with friends/family playing on your Xbox, then this is a great game for your collection. If you mostly play games alone and/or only like games that leverage the Xbox capabilities to the max, then you'll be disappointed with this one.

Fusion Frenzy was one of the first games to come out on Xbox, and it is still a great game to have around. It is a collection of mini-games based on individual or (on occasion) team competition. Each mini-game has a different objective and lasts on the order of a minute. You score points by having a strong finish in the mini-games, which ultimately may lead to an overall win.

Fusion Frenzy contains 45 mini-games; and, although many of them are just different variations of a theme, there is enough variety to give the game plenty of play value. Levels include things like collecting orbs, knocking pucks on ice, human cage sumo matches, smashing bugs, jumping or ducking over obstacles, etc.

This game is great to bring out during parties or when company is over (such as after the Thanksgiving meal). While the game can only accommodate a maximum of four players, I have played with as much as eight by rotating controllers. The mini-games move along fast enough that no has a chance to get board.

Of course, this game is not for everyone. If you are a hard-core gamer who spends more time with your Xbox than sleeping and attending school combined (or if you were thinking about purchasing this as a gift for said gamer), this probable isn't the game for you. But if your video games are more for entertainment, rather than a way of life, of if you have a household of kids who want to have light-hearted fun, Fusion Frenzy is a good bet.

I enjoyed this game. It was cute, it has basically a couple dozen or so games all in one. There are a bunch of different littler games which one or more players could compete at a different goal. You switch between the various games and compete to get the most points. This is a wonderful game for kids and lots of fun to play with a bunch of friends. This reminded me of the simplicity of the early videogames like pacman and pong, lots of fun without a ton of added complexity and a huge ramp up time to learn bizarre controls. The goals are varied, new and interesting and the settings are cool and imaginative. I highly recommend it.

This is a great party game for you and three of your buddies. I know, it doesn't look like it from the screen shots but this game is an absolute blast!

If you have a group of friends who are competitive, you'll have a lot of fun playing this game. The games are relatively quick, and there will be plenty of time to taunt or trash talk your best friend that you just spanked.

This is going to be a sleeper hit for the xbox.

Since I mastered this game and no one can beat me. I don't play this game anymore, but it gave me years of entertainment. Even my wife enjoyed it. I enjoy this game much better than Mario Party, because the AI doesn't cheat like MP.

It is like an Olympic style game in which you compete in 3 different games for orbs. After the 3 games are completed, you take your orbs to the final event for that area, in a game called fusion frenzy. Before the fusion frenzy game starts you can either elect to play your orbs or trade some or all of them for points. The goal of FF is to put orbs in goals scattered along the ground. The only catch is you can only pick or orbs of your own color, or the neutral white color. Meaning if you are the red player (Samson), no other player can pick up red orbs. You can also pick up and score with many orbs at one time for even more points. But watch out, other players can attack and take your orbs at anytime for themselves. After completing all the areas, the player with the most points is declared the winner.

There are 6 areas in this game all which have games that are relevant to that area. You can elect to play through all 6 areas or just 2 or 4. The six areas are Coliseum, Downtown, Outlands, Military Base, Power Station, and Waterfront. The amount of orbs you get depend on how you place in each game.

In total, there are 45 mini-games, not including the fusion frenzy matches. While a couple of games are corny and outright boring, most are pretty fun with a few of my favorites being:
BLAST MAN STANDNING
JET STREAM
ROLLER RUCKUS
ROLLMENTUM
RUBBLE ALLIANCE
SUMO
TANK TRACKS
TWISTED SYSTEM
WATER GATE SCRAMBLE

The graphics in this game are pretty basic, but that doesn't bother me one bit. I'd take fun game play and OK graphics over superb graphics and terrible game play (i.e. PGR) any day.

The sound in this game is pretty basic, but does seem to fit the game very well. You can also import your own tracks if you like, but I think the music provided matches the game play sufficiently enough.

My only gripe about this game is that you are limited to playing against the people in your room. There is no XBOX live support, which definitely decreases the lasting appeal of this game greatly. After playing hundreds of times with the same people you will eventually get tired of the game even though the CPU does fill in the two unoccupied human slots with AI controlled players. XBOX Live would have increased the lasting appeal of this game infinitesimally because you will always have new people to play with.

I would like to see a sequel keeping the same concept, but with possibly more characters and even more mini games. Also even though I cancelled my subscription, I would also like to see a sequel have XBOX Live support.

First off, Fuzion Frenzy is one of those games where playing alone and playing with a friends are remarkably different experiences. Once you can gather a bunch of friends together and start playing, you realize the beauty of this game.

The gameplay mechanics are simple enough to teach individual minigames to anyone, regardless of how good they are at playing games. The minigames in themselves are a mixed bag with some dull, some OK and a good number which are truly fun. The simplicity of most of the games ensures that non-gamers can get into the game and stand a good chance at a decent showing.

Technically, this game isn't a game you would use to show off your Xbox's graphics or sound. What sound is iffy with a questionable soundtrack (although you can tailor-make your own custom soundtrack) and the graphics work well most of the time for their purpose.

Once you play through a few times with your friends, the sheer variety will ensure everyone is good at certain events... enough that the taunting and trashtalking inevitably follows and sometimes will have to on the floor laughing.

This game is like a vicious cycle... you play, you lose and the single event rematches follow, only to have you come back for more. Addictive... this is one game you should have if you have more than 1 friend.

Okay, far too many reviewers have given this game bad marks because it has bad graphics, shallow characters and/or shallow gameplay. Apparently these people don't know what "party game" means! Generally, party games have bare-bones (but still somewhat impressive) graphics, simple, easy-to-follow gameplay, and little to no character development. In fact, party games that HAVE character development (such as Sonic Shuffle) just confuse the issue!

Fuzion Frenzy is one of the best party games ever made. Most other party games (such as Mario Party) have a board game or other such structure to hold the minigames together, and this usually ends up slowing the game down. Crash Bash was the first game to wake up and just be a collection of minigames, but the minigames were based on only a few different themes, and often got quite repetative. While FF has different themes like CB, the minigames within those themes have so much more variety. For example, the Hamster Ball minigames may have you racing hamster balls, trying to knock the other hamster balls off an ever-shrinking platform, or trying to run your hamster ball over as many goals as possible. The game allows you to play each minigame individually, or play the tournament mode. The tournament mode is a bit complex, and I'll leave the explainations to the instruction manual. Overall, this game was fun, fast, and enjoyable!

Oh, and contrary to popular belief, this game could NOT be pulled off on PSX! Trust me!

Saturday Night, Nov 17th, we had a mini lan party playing an X-Box a friend brought over. With 7 guys and me (the lone female this game entertained us for 5-7 hours, and could have been longer. These guys normally all play Quake, Half Life and other CTF games. This game is not one of them, but still entertained them!
There is 40 games with in this game. Some are like Gladiator (the show) with the Hamster Cages, some are small boat racing, and some are like Mario Brothers 2. It was very high energy and everyone wanted a controller, looser had to give it up to the next player. It was a game I know I'll buy when we get an X-Box of our own. It is worth every penny to have this game that does not get old, becaue you have other games to choose from with in it

As a solo game this one should get about one star and a half... As a party game it should get four and a half stars...

Most of the four player games out there require you to obtain skills, learn complicated controls and/or moves. Usually person who owns the game would be the best, leaving no fair chance of competition. Fusion Frenzy is a game of quick hand, eye and most important luck. Yes, somebody may play this game million times yet you can still beat them if you are smarter. Before each out of approximately 30 or so levels you are given the instructions and directions. All players (up to four) see them at the same time so it's very fair. I played this game with my friends against each other, against computer and yes some things can be predicted yet every time the game is different. There is one game that involves sumo type wresting in steel round cages. Point is to push opponents off the platform. Game is so unpredictable that in first 10 seconds you may either bounce off the opponent and plunge down the abyss or just miss the target and fall off. The amazing number of outcomes (no matter how silly) generates endless laughs and puts a "guilty" player into shame. But shame last no longer than a minute. After that we are back into the new game and everyone has a chance for a payback. Again this is not an "action" game. No "Halo" assault drops with plasma rifle blasting or even close to it. This game was designed with multiplayer in mind. [Price] to pay for it is expensive so maybe pick up a used copy.

Partially I think this game is a [take] (sorry Microsoft you probably own those guys anyway) from a Japanese game called Poy-Poy for Playstation. But it's nice to see it on the Xbox.

For those fathers who like to play video games with their children I can't recommend Fusion Frenzy enough. My 9 and 6 year olds and I can't get enough of this game! My friends and I find the gameplay very fluid with excellent lighting and fun stages. My only criticism is that sometimes the action is very small on screen.

A real hoot! Get it and see!