▁on ▁the ▁game ' s ▁pack aging . ▁Next ▁Level ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁took ▁better ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁Ne o ▁Ge o ▁hardware ▁than ▁Pul star ▁with ▁its ▁improved ▁background ▁and ▁light ing ▁effects . ▁Journal ists ▁found ▁the ▁game ▁similar ▁to ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁but ▁Video ▁Games ▁in ▁particular ▁thought ▁Pul star ▁was ▁the ▁better ▁game . ▁They ▁gave ▁Bla zing ▁Star ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 2 % ▁and ▁felt ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁short , ▁not ▁challeng ing ▁enough , ▁and ▁lack ing ▁in ▁s oph istic ated ▁level ▁design . ▁They ▁did ▁however ▁like ▁the ▁b oss es , ▁as ▁did ▁Next ▁Level ▁and ▁Edge ▁who ▁both ▁appreciated ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁carrying ▁on ▁the ▁large ▁b oss ▁tr end ▁from ▁Pul star . ▁Edge ▁ultimately ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁" f ren etic , ▁old - school ▁game play ... will ▁keep ▁the ▁Ne o ▁Ge o ' s ▁dev ote es ▁happy ." ▁ ▁The ▁iOS ▁and ▁Android ▁ports ▁of ▁Bla zing ▁Star ▁were ▁well - rece ived . ▁Touch Ar cade ▁comm ended ▁the ▁strateg ic ▁game play , ▁impress ive ▁ 2 D ▁background s , ▁and ▁felt ▁it ▁featured ▁" some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁intr icate ▁shoot er ▁game play ▁you ▁can ▁find ▁in ▁the ▁vast ▁pool ▁of ▁sh mu ps ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁App ▁Store ." ▁Their ▁biggest ▁critic isms ▁were ▁the ▁touch ▁screen ▁controls ▁which ▁they ▁felt ▁were ▁sl ugg ish . ▁P ocket ▁G amer ▁agreed ▁about ▁the ▁controls , ▁writing