Lemmings (PlayStation 3)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Kevin VanOrd
• Reviewed on: 01/19/2007
• Updated on: 06/22/2007
• Released on: 12/07/2006
• Originally published on GameSpot: Lemmings (PlayStation 3) Review

The success of the Lemmings series isn't difficult to understand. For over a decade, gamers have been guiding the cheerfully brainless beasts to safety in a variety of endlessly engaging puzzle settings. And now, if you fork over $5.99 to the PlayStation Store, you can download the newest version right to your PlayStation 3. Actually, it's not really new--it's quite similar to last year's PlayStation Portable version. The solid gameplay of that version has survived intact, along with an online ranking system that lets you compare your score to others. Yet while the small screen of the PSP was a perfect fit for the compact levels, its limited scope is more noticeable now. And without the level editor and swapping of the other iteration, Sony and Team 17 let some of the wind out of the game's sails.

That isn't to say that this version of Lemmings doesn't get the series' basics right, though, because it's still oozing the personality you'd expect from the franchise. Your job is to save a group of the wandering rodents from certain death by assigning roles to them, such as "builder" or "miner." In turn, the creatures will mindlessly perform the task, digging, floating, and climbing their way to safety. The success of the game has always been in its complex levels and puzzles, as well as the endearing green-coiffed buggers that inhabit them. And make no mistake: Some of these puzzles can be quite difficult and require a good amount of trial and error to figure out. There are also some new level features, such as cloning machines and teleporters, that don't drastically change the gameplay but add enough newness to keep it fresh.

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