Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy

"On it's own, Blast Works' campaign mode would probably only deserve a 7.5. It's a solid shooter with an amazing gameplay mechanic, but overall the main game is too bland to deserve a higher score, even at the budget retail price of forty bones."

"Although the initial collection of levels in the main campaign can grow stale rather quickly, the potentially endless stream of user-created content and the unique and entertaining gameplay make Blast Works a very worthwhile addition to any gaming library"

"The best thing to happen to the space shooter genre since R-Type. Yes, I already said that, but it had to be said again. This game is a must-own."

"For the right audience, Blast Works is completely amazing. The problem is that everyone else--and this is a sizeable chunk of the populace--will likely be underwhelmed by some unavoidable issues. "

"BlastWorks isn't visually impressive, and I wish the editors were just a little easier to use. All this user-generated content might cause a storage problem, as well, as after messing around with the editors for just a short time I had already used 30 percent of my storage space. But overall, this is a great value that provides almost limitless replayability. If you consider yourself a shooter fan you should definitely check it out, but I also recommend it to gamers eager to unleash their creativity and design their own BlastWorks."