Cartoon Orbit

"The best for like a month, but you'll get bored afterwards"

Cartoon Network is TV channel that is just as it sounds, a great network for cartoons for people of all ages. Who know A TV channel would have such a cool game on its website? Cartoon network had a regular website, but several years ago it got 10 times better when they added something called C-toons and G-toons and Cartoon Orbit. Its kind of like Magic the Gathering or another trading card game because you can trade or auction off cards to get a set. You can buy C-toons to put in something called your C-zone to show off for all to see. Buy packs and hope for one of the four best SLAM G-toons! Now on to the review.

Graphics:
9/10

The graphics for this game are great because mostly all of the images are photos of actual cartoons. The shine on the golden C-toons and SLAM G-toons is also really cool. The best graphics come when you are actually playing G-toons because its all animated and it looks sweet.

Playability:
7/10

The playibility is good as long as you have an actual computer, not a laptop. The reason I say this is that I use a laptop sometimes and It is kind of hard to drag the G-toons to the spot you want them. Otherwise the Playability is pretty decent.

Gameplay:
10/10

This is where this game shines. Cartoon Orbit is fun and enjoyable for all ages.
It is very easy to play and you can also talk, trade and have fun with millions of other people around the globe. After you sign up you receive 400 points and 12 G-toons and 5 C-toons. Then you can buy your own C-toons or G-toons using the free 400 points you just got.

You now have many choices to pick from. You can build a G-toon deck to play with. G-toon decks are when you put together 12 special G-toon cards the give each other advantages by boosting their points. Once you have a deck you can battle with go to something called the challenge zone. This is where you can challenge other people to play with. You can use the instant match to pick a player randomly if you don't want to play anyone in particular. If you win you rating and ranking goes up, but if you lose you rating and ranking will go down.
You don't want that. Try to get to number one in the standings!

You can also make a C-zone. A C-zone is a special place in orbit for everyone to show off there best C-toons. There are also awards for if you have a cool theme to your Zone. You can wait for C-toons that only start out with 1,000 in stock and buy as many as you can afford. Then later you can auction them for numbers in the hundred thousands! The auction is just a it sounds. You can auction off some cards you don't want to the highest bidder. As I said before, you can make some real money in this place.

Replayability:
7/10

This all may sound great, but you probably will only enjoy this for like a month to three months. Pretty soon you will get very bored and quit. But the good thing is you can enjoy this again soon because every once in a while they release a whole new series of packs and cards to collect and trade with. You can also make new types of decks with different themes to make the replay value better to you.

Story:
N/A

NO STORY FOR YOU

Sound:
6/10

There there really isn't any sound except for the cash register when you buy something and the clicking noise when you pick up a G-toon in game or as you put your cards in the slots. They do have sounds of lightning and stuff during the G-toons games though.
Who cares about sound anyway?

Rent/Buy:

It free so you should give it a try. You could really enjoy it like I did.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 01/29/05