Game Pass Moons: Blinx The Time Sweeper

It was the year 2002 when a young company in the world of video games gave us an innovative game that did not have the success it deserved.

BLiNX: sweeping time was developed by Artoon Studiosa company that will not seem familiar to you, since was founded by former members of Sonic Team. This game was then the platforming debut for the first Xbox and even sand I think What Blinx could become Xbox’s mascot. Back then, it was normal for companies to have a character from a game that would champion the brand. All this has already gone down in history and not exactly with a happy ending, but what is in this title and why do we recommend it?

Simplicity with tactical touches

In Blinx We will play as a cat with a special “vacuum cleaner” and thus save the world from enemies who want to steal time. Techniques were used only for the year 2002 and thanks to the Xbox hard drive, denotes a significant advance.

Use a style called 4D we can pause, forward, rewind and record and even play with a copy of ourselves. In this way we have to defeat and attack in different ways, beating the levels. Those of you who don’t know, it was such an innovative feature that it won them awards in different media. State-of-the-art technology that could not be achieved without the technical characteristics of the first XBOX.

Thanks to its third and first person camera, we can move freely with any of the “power-ups” we get to change the weather. And honestly, today it still feels as fresh as when it was released, compared to games of the same date, which already feel outdated. Special mention is that You can even see in the metallic elements the reflections and use of lights so spectacular for a game from 20 years ago. quite an achievement which today is already something basic in any title.

Chiaroscuro from 20 years ago

We won’t find anything fancy or a story that borders on excellence. We are faced with a game in which its platforms, puzzles and enemies are simple. Its mechanics will force us to repeat sequences and others, due to its own style to modify time and thus move forward.

This is more of a platform game with outright special mechanics, than a story that can catch us until the end. And beware, thinking that its cartoon aesthetic will make our job easier, because it’s quite the opposite. The difficulty curve will rise in a total of 40 levels spread over 10 worlds and these, with their level bosses, can almost make us want to throw the controller out the window. It is true that being objective, the passage of the years is wreaking havoc in terms of sound and that he praised the 5.1 system. Despite this, the colorful design that we have already mentioned, as well as the music of the levels, will still make you enjoy it today.

Conclusion of Blinx The Time Sweeper

If you are subscribed to the Xbox Game Pass service, we recommend that you try this wine of tradition and history that we bring to you this Game Moons Pass. This way you can experience 20 years later what could have been Microsoft’s mascot and the second game of the defunct Artoons.

If you give it the chance it deserves, you’ll see the evolution of the software and even the fun mechanics that could be salvaged with current graphics technology. In addition, with the improvements made by the next generation consoles from Microsoft, you will get a smoother game than the original work.