I contacted Xbox Support and even talked to their Twitter team. They were NO HELP. They told me there was no solution due to the “complexity” of the issue. What does that even mean?

This bundle is false advertising as far as I’m concerned. I returned it. Buyer beware.
Rating: 1 / 5

The gameplay is very challenging even for an expert turntablist. Medium difficulty shouldn’t challenge anyone who is an actual dj, but that’s where the ease stops.

Once you get used to how to depress the 3 buttons on the vinyl while “scratching” the fun begins. I only wish the platter was 12″ as it would give it a better “feel” to the real thing, but understanding that it’s just a controller I got over it. Being able to switch over to lefty mode is a nice feature as well to give yourself some “timing” practice with the other hand.

I don’t have a whole lot else to say about the game, but I highly recommend it if you love all the other rhythm games and you like the added sound of some expertly placed scratches in the music.

Enjoy!
Rating: 5 / 5

Also, there wasn’t a lot of packaging that came with it, really only the main box inside of an amazon box.
Rating: 4 / 5

So if you can get this at $32 with free shipping like I did, this is a heck of a deal.
Rating: 5 / 5

Prior to the purchase I read reviews about the Bomberman issue. As soon as I opened this, I tried out Bomberman using the DVD. It didn’t work. However, I already purchased Bomberman a year ago and it still didn’t work when using the game DVD.

I called up Microsoft and after 1 hour they gave me 800 points. I finally convinced them that they gave me a crappy product that didn’t work. So, they forked over the value of the game which was 800 points.

I ended up paying about $35 for a wireless controller, Lumines, Geometry Wars 2, Ms Pacman, a broken Bomberman (which may get fixed some day through a MS patch), and 800 pts. This was a steal of a deal for me.

Pros:

-Great deal if you catch it on sale around $35

-Black controller works as expected

-Lumines and Geometry Wars 2 are fun

-Get 800 points…don’t need to use them on Bomberman if you don’t want (may not work for everyone)

Cons:

-Lumines and Geo Wars 2 play off of the DVD…even if you install them to your hard drive…very annoying

-Ms Pacman is incredibly lame

-You have to spend time on phone to get the 800 points

FINAL VERDICT

Great deal for me. Get it if/when it goes on sale. I ended up with about $80 worth of products for about $35 after tax/shipping.

Rating: 4 / 5

I went onto the support site listed on the instructions. The support site was somewhat confusing. It wanted me to identify which part was broken. How do I know which part was broken? I picked the part I thought might be the problem and then it asked me which problem I was having. It then told me I needed to replace a different part and instructed me to click continue to order that part. The summary then listed the original part I had picked, so then I was really confused. I later called support, which is extremely hard to do because they work West Coast hours and don’t work on any holidays. The guy told me I ordered the wrong part and that I should have used common sense to know which part was broken. I told him I was not the game’s creator so how was I supposed to know and he continued to insist I should have known. I almost lost it when he said this, but I was at work so I just let it be. I got home from work that day and the new piece was in the mail. It turns out the piece I thought was broken actually fixed it (the USB dongle). So in the end, their web site told me the wrong piece was broken and so did the guy on the phone.

Anyway, if you buy it you are taking a chance on if it will work the first time. If it doesn’t, have fun with their support. My daughter loves the game, but she had to wait over a week to play it. I don’t think I will be buying anything from activision again.
Rating: 1 / 5