The Xbox arcade game hit the Xbox marketplace sometime this week. The game promises online multiplayer and future DLC with booster packs and possible new features (Avatar Awards, etc).

While I did not purchase the game (Lack of points), I have been playing my friend's copy.
While the game is infuriating at first and as impossible as religious tolerance (Ooooo edgy), once you get into the game it gets easier.
The Single Player consists of a preliminary tournament, where you battle 3 additional players (all of which have grossly unfair decks to battle against). The enemy decks consist of:
- Remove From Game Deck (2x variants)
- Burn Deck
- Lightsworn Deck
- Ritual Deck
- Gladiator Beast Deck
- Synchro Deck

Your given a starter deck consisting of a poorly made HERO deck (Your best monster is Neos), and your given card after each match, what you get depends on your victory (and also depends on how many cards you get).
All is not a loss though, while I'm unsure of the other three, Obelisk the Tormentor is available to obtain.

If you manage to out rank the other 3 duelists in your thrown into the main tournament where you battle Luna, Leo, Akiza, Jack, Crow and 1 other NPC character.

here what the knows characters run:
Luna runs a Life Gain deck (Not very offensive)
Akiza runs a Plant Deck (beware of mass special summon of big things)
Jack run Dragon Beat Down (Blue Eyes, Red Eyes, Five God Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend)

While It's a good game, the method of obtaining cards and such are infuriating. I would give it a 3/5

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