The story is simple: you are Blinx, a Time sweeper. You travel to different areas, ridding them of all the time monsters, sucking up all the objects you can around you with your time sweeper, a vacuum like tool, and collecting time crystals. You are given the ability to control time in any way you want, but, you must collect time crystals to do so. You can Pause, Record, Fast Forward, Slow, and Rewind time, all to help you stop the Time Monsters.

The graphics, though a little childish, didn’t really seem to bother me as they accomplished the task of letting me know what was what on the screen. The background environment is very well done as you run through cities and under sea caves. The one thing I did not like is how generic some of the enemies are. A few of them were just…..yellow blobs. The main enemies, the ones who are fouling up time, are, ready for this? ….Pigs. Yes, that’s right, Pigs. Leather wearing biker pigs with goggles. You don’t really come in contact with them very often, although they do randomly pop up every so often during any given level.

The gameplay is fun and innovative. You run around, with a VACUUM, sucking up things like tires and tree trunks and barrels and such, and shoot them at your enemies. The best part, of course, would be the ability to control time any way you want. Is a fallen bridge stopping you from getting to your destination? What about a broken switch you need repaired? Well, just hit the rewind button, and time will reverse to the point that bridge was in one piece or that switch was functioning. If you need to be in two places at once -- for example, if you need to step on a switch to open a door, but once you step off, the door closes, -- record yourself stepping on the switch. A clone will step on the switch for you, and you can just make your way through that door. In every world, you go through three levels, and then a final boss level.

The game can become somewhat difficult at times, especially when you need to conserve your time powers. You may use a rewind power too early, and need it at some other time in the level and not have it available. Another difficulty lies in finding hidden time monsters that you missed during the level and it can take some time to search high and low for the one that you missed in order to continue. Also, the bosses can be kind of hard at times as well. Each one has to be tackled in a different way, and it can take a little time before you discover the secret to defeating this new enemy.

The controls are very straight-forward. You use the analog stick to move around, the R-trigger to use the vacuum, and the D-Pad to scroll through your time powers. X is used to manipulate your time power and A to jump. These controls will feel immediately comfortable to anyone who has played a 3D platform game recently.

My main complaint with this game is the music; I didn’t enjoy it at all as it was just too…childish. The sound issues are limited to just the music, however, as the enemies would emit some rather odd sounds, as well. My largest complaint about the gameplay, though, is the fact that you are unable to lock onto an enemy. This makes it difficult to shoot them directly, causing you to frequently miss, or worse -- get hit and die.

Between each level, you are able to visit the shop, in which you can purchase more health, different clothes, or a new vacuum. The newer the vacuum, or the more updated it is, the bigger the items that you can suck up into it. For example, with the normal sweeper, you aren’t able to pick up a large tree trunk, but with the more advanced ones, you can, and can case more damage to the time monsters when you fire these large objects at them.

To tell you the truth, I am not sure of this games replay ability. I haven’t actually beat it yet, and have only a little bit more to go until do. However, from what I’ve played so far, I would definitely consider playing it again as the gameplay is really enjoyable.

I found this game to be very fun and the time, oddly enough, just flew by as I was playing. Again, don’t let the name or the look of the main character deceive you. While it may look somewhat childish, it is still fun to play.