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Scribblenauts Showdown

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Mar 6, 2018 - Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
Weak

OpenCritic Rating

57

Top Critic Average

18%

Critics Recommend

Metro GameCentral
3 / 10
TheSixthAxis
7 / 10
Areajugones
6 / 10
IGN Italy
7.3 / 10
IGN Spain
6 / 10
Nintendo Life
5 / 10
Digital Trends
3.5 / 5
The Games Machine
5 / 10
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Critic Reviews for Scribblenauts Showdown

Metro GameCentral

GameCentral
3 / 10
Metro GameCentral

One of the most ineffective reboots of recent history, with a game that seems purposefully designed to undermine the unique qualities of the Scribblenauts series.

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Scribblenauts Showdown is a fun game you can pick and and play at any time, but you may feel the novelty wear off without friends to play with. Despite this, Scribblenauts Showdown offers some great mini-games and game modes. It feels different to party games we've seen in recent times, but it's also pleasantly familiar.

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Scribblenauts Showdown gives the feeling of being half complete. It seeks traditional gameplay with its minigames, but the change is not enough and, even though it is fun, delivers two halved experiences. The worst game of the saga.

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Scribblenauts Showdown is a good solid party game, perfect for having a couple of fun hours. But it become repetitive very soon.

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A good idea that falls short on posibilities and becomes boring too soon.

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If you've played the series before, Scribblenauts: Showdown won't be the game you're expecting. If you haven't, you might be left wondering what all the fuss was about. Yes, it shares the name and the look of those previous games, but it lacks the all-important creative heart of its predecessors, and ends up being a by-the-numbers affair that goes through the motions in a shallow attempt to turn Scribblenauts' unique premise into a multiplayer party game. It's certainly not the debut Maxwell and company deserved on Switch, and while its mini-game focus does suit the local multiplayer ethos of the console, it ends up feeling like a discount 1-2-Switch.

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Scribblenauts Showdown is fun party game that's uncharacteristically smart.

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Despite a quite brillaint look, the 27 minigames designed by Shiver Entertainment are meaningful and fun only for a couple of nights with friends. Unfortunately, they become soon a clumsy attempt to recycle well know mechanics in very superficial way.

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