Xbox 360 Critic Reviews

While you'll miss the novelty of a glowing blue joystick and an analog spinner, setting the controls to "Absolute Aim" (preset C or D) gives you enough precision to do battle on the Game Grid. [July 2007, p.79]

The sole purpose of a coin-op ROM is to steal quarters away from the user. With that said, some of Tron’s achievements can be very difficult since such goals were originally designed as quarter munchers.

The Xbox Live Arcade release of Tron hobbles this absolute arcade classic with some technical problems.

It’s obvious to see that Tron hasn’t lasted the “test of time.” For only 400 MS Points, you shouldn’t expect much more than a straight up port with a few additions thrown on top.

A disappointing experience. Leave this one in your childhood memories, where you did not mind how shallow it was.

The visual style will bring feelings of nostalgia to those who are old enough to remember the original, but like most classic XBLA releases the notion is fleeting. Once it wears off all you’re left with is a game that controls poorly and isn’t all that much fun to play.

This is one game from the past that's best left forgotten.

Another case of a classic game that's just a bit overpriced on the Xbox Live Marketplace, but probably can't reduce the price due to Microsoft's pricing format.

Do you love wrestling with duff, clunky controls and replaying the same four levels over and over and over again? [Issue#30, p.119]

If you really must play Tron then by all means, but don't say I didn't warn you, as the appeal wears off pretty quickly.