Viva Pinata

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

10
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Deep strategic gameplay; adorable art design and animations; amazing "pinata ecology"; open-ended gameplay.
Accessible and fun for players of all ages, Deceptively deep, Gorgeous scalable visuals, 50 varied achievements.

Cons:

Games for Windows Live issues; poor controls and camera; minimal online components.
Games for Windows Live compatibility problems, Overly limited space for items in garden.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Deep strategic gameplay; adorable art design and animations; amazing "pinata ecology"; open-ended gameplay
Accessible and fun for players of all ages, Deceptively deep, Gorgeous scalable visuals, 50 varied achievements

Reviewers Didn't Like

Games for Windows Live issues; poor controls and camera; minimal online components
Games for Windows Live compatibility problems, Overly limited space for items in garden

Expert reviews and ratings

"Viva Pinata" Features Grow a garden that will attract pinatas and encourage them become residents. Build homes and buy accessories for the pinatas. Lure in over 60 types of pinatas. Trade pinatas through online play. Buy seeds and plant vegetables,...

By About.com on December 30, 2007

Everyone who plays it says they love Viva Piñata – and if you own a 360, odds are pretty reasonable that it’s a game in your collection. For those of us who have been out of the loop however, we could only turn green with envy as we...

By NZGamer on December 18, 2007

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Last year, a quirky title named Viva Pinata hit the Xbox 360. Offering up bright, colorful characters and addictive simulation gameplay, it stood out as the best game to come out of beloved developer Rare since...

By GameZone on November 30, 2007

The pinata, according to Wiki: The piñata is a brightly-coloured paper container filled with sweets and/or toys. It is generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling and is used during celebrations. A succession of blindfolded,...

By Gaming Nexus on November 30, 2007

Great depth to the gameplay, All the piñatas are brilliant, PC issues, Romancing minigames aren't...

By VideoGamer on November 28, 2007

Nov 20, 2007Viva Pinata stole our hearts with cute candy-filled pinata-on-pinata love-making when it debuted on the 360. Unfortunately, the PC version loses some of the original version's charm due to its late release and crash-prone nature. But if...

By Games Radar on November 20, 2007

My mother used to tell me "Dont judge a book by its cover." Sure, its a cliche so old it made Aesops kids roll their eyes (though back then it was probably something like "dont judge a scroll by the ribbon its tied with"). But the reason these...

By GameSpy on November 19, 2007

The PC version of Viva Piñata is every bit as enjoyable as the Xbox 360 original, assuming your system is one that it chooses to run on....

By GameSpot on November 15, 2007

Viva Pinata is an amazing example of how imagination and planning can create an intuitive and wonderful experience thats suitable for everyone in the family. Its a hard game to really explain, having tried on more than a few occasions while playing...

By IGN Gear on November 13, 2007

Piñatas have long been a source of childhood glee. Their appearance at parties is typically associated with free candy and other goodies, yet little thought is often given to what their enjoyment entails. One after another, kids are blindfolded,...

By Cheat Code Central on November 06, 2007

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