![]() Early in my playtime, the complete lack of tutorials turned me off. But in the early hours, there's so much happening on-screen that Pac-Man 99 seems inscrutable. If you're willing to bang your head against the first dozen matches or so (a frustrating experience, to say the least), you eventually get the hang of it. The game lacks any kind of tutorial, which leaves it up to players to figure out how to actually play the game. ![]() However, getting to the point where you actually understand how to play Pac-Man 99 is a whole other story. By and large, I found this twist on the familiar formula to be a fun challenge – it's satisfying to figure out when to save your attacks before unleashing them on the opposition. The bulk of the gameplay features Pac-Man’s classic maze-running action, but pick-ups on the left and right side of the maze allow you to gobble ghosts and send attacks at other players, such as ghost Pac-Men that can either slowdown or end a player’s run. The twist here, however, is now you're pitted against 98 other online players. Pac-Man 99 is, essentially, a battle royale experience where you compete against the group to be the last player standing. 35 and Tetris 99, Pac-Man 99 is a modern twist on the Pac-Man action you've known for four decades: go around a maze picking up small pellets and larger power pellets while avoiding the four ghosts on-screen that can end your run. However, once I cleared that initial hurdle, I found myself reaching for Pac-Man 99 time and time again – if only because of how unobtrusive it is. Lacking any kind of tutorial, Pac-Man 99 leaves players to learn and understand its systems for themselves – making for a frustrating introduction to a visually busy game. I have played 128 games of Pac-Man 99, but I'm only half certain I know what I'm doing. ![]()
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