Whizz Ball
A friend recommended Whizz Ball to me as a good party game, and we have had a lot of fun playing with 4 players. Using the after touch feature to redirect the ball towards other players creates a great sense of competitive fun. Single player is still a challenge, but playing against friends is really what it’s about, even if it’s you and one other.
Good selection of powerups, although they might need a bit more balancing, but these can be turned off in the options. Also came across a couple of minor issues but nothing game breaking, which is fine by me.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
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At time of review (Aug 2020) this is currently early access. I’m really enjoying the concept and the style but at the moment there is a significant playability issue. Each player simply has too little to control. You can only move your bat in a very short range above your blocks (essentially three positions). Sometimes you can redirect the ball in flight (the rules on this are a little unclear) and sometimes you can shoot. Most of the time is spent watching the ball bounce around and waiting often for quite a long time before it hits you.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Krakout challenge
Welcome to the ultimate Challenge! Brick breaker games never were so exciting, fun and challenging.
The game where you can improve your reaction and creativity. “Krakout challenge” is not a simple game where you do not need to think and must wait for random bonuses. Every level covers self bonuses, a self tactic to go through. During the first time, it can be a little bit challenging, but I hope you like challenges and complete all 300 levels and we will see your records on the top of the leaderboard.
The game has an integrated level editor. So you do not need to play just in-game levels. You can use your creativity, make level-sets and share them with friends and compete: who beats you level-set faster or collect more points.
This game is multiplatform and can be played on many platforms such as PC , Mac, Linux or mobile devices. You can create a level set and share with friends no matter on which platform your friend play this game.
Key Features
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Arcade Cabinet Style and Pixel Art Graphic;
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arcade mode with 3 level sets ( 300 levels) up to 7 hours of gameplay (if you are lucky or very skilled).
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integrated level editor;
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levels can be exchanged with Steam friends or via a local network. And no matter on which platform play your friend;
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many types of blocks (simple, unbreakable, multi-hittable, cloneable, movable, time …);
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many types of aliens and helpers (include ball eater :) );
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supports global Steam achievements and leader board;
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stop and continue to play any time you want.
So, if you like brick breaker type games, you will do not miss this game.
If you have never tried brick breaker type games, you will try and I think you do not disappoint.
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Space Block Buster
A friend let us played on his VR system & had lots of fun, time flew. Reminds me of playing racquetball but without knee aches. My family enjoyed hitting the blocks. Right now purchased it, we recommend it.
– Real player with 19.4 hrs in game
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Breakout meets Racket Tennis 2019 for VR!
A highly polished VR game with great sound, graphics and game play. Both my 10 year old daughter and I love playing this game. It’s like a cross between a modern day Breakout and some sort of Racket Tennis. I love the power-ups but I think there are two de-buffs. I’m not sure if they are but the small ball and the baseball bat seem to make things harder. My favourite power-up is shooting gun. It really heaps blast away the blocks.
This game manages to keep things fresh and the Boss Battles are the best way of doing that. They are super challenging and help to mix up the play style. Highly recommended.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
Drawkanoid
Absolutely love the balance of tension. It’s definitely exploring things left untouched in other re-interpretations of this classic, feels like the ultimate version of the brickbreaker genre.
omg, the hexagonal enemies are amazing for all the rebounding goodness, but the little orange rounds are complete nonsense.
– Real player with 17.3 hrs in game
Drawkanoid: Satisfyingly Chaotic
The premise of “Breakout but you draw your paddle” sounds interesting in theory and is actually really interesting in practice. The visuals do the game a huge service, especially when you manage to get an insane combo. It’s a nice game to come back to every so often and (unlike say “Super Hexagon") becomes more a game of endurance and in the moment decision making rather than one of reflex.
I’d recommend it! it’s like… the price of a lunch… and you get to keep it too. Definitely gonna play some more of it!
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Rebound Raver
There are currently 5 Stages each with a specific design and each Stage has 10 levels to complete. There are also lots of PinBall features.such as flippers, popup targets and bumpers.
The players paddle called a Rebounder also has flippers but these can be kept in position by keeping the left or right mouse button pressed. This is good to give a slightly different bounce angle on the ball when required.
The light FX on the borders and the lazers in the corners all react to the music that is playing, which makes the music feel more immersive and keeps with the atmosphere of the game.
– Real player with 85.3 hrs in game
Wow what a great arcade game with great music. I love all the elements; the Arknoid/Breakout bat and ball game with power ups and the pinball elements with flippers, bumpers and buttons you have to hit to unlock sections of the level. Love the banging music that goes with this game. If I had to make any complaints it would be the bloom effects at the bottom of the screen sometimes make it hard to focus on the paddle; other than that I would love more music and levels (level editor perhaps to much to ask for)
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
Total Dark
Stars received: 1.5/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
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Game description key-points: bouncing ball
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
Ball doesnt bounce like it should. For instance, it will hit a wall and just turn 90 degrees for no reason whatsoever. It hits a gargoyle and you have predict where its going to go because there is no proper path it follows. It also speeds up too fast so you cant catch it.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
GUNBARICH
Fun game - a cross between breakout and pinball. Gunbarich has responsive controls and colorful gameplay. The pre-2000s Japanese-to-English mis-translations are a chuckle-and-a-half. “If you hamper me, I’ll compete with you!” Classic…
Most of the issues reported seemed to be worked out. I don’t know if this one is an issue, but I can’t get the “clear stage without items” achievement. If anyone else has a clue, please send me a message.
Summary Rating: 8
– Real player with 57.1 hrs in game
A decent port so far of a good brick breaker type game except the game’s all in Japanese with no way to change it from what I’ve tried despite the store page showing English text. I’ll recommend this game if they fix this.
Update: I found a way to change the language, I’ll copy-paste it here:
Here’s how to change it to English (assuming you’re using a controller):
Start the game then when the title screen appears, press Start.
Go to the 3rd option down (Game Settings). Press A.
Go to the 6th option down (Language-2 kanji characters on the left). Press Right ONCE. Go down to the bottom option (Back) and press A to go back. A second prompt will appear. Press A. This will save your changes. You will return to the title screen.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Zeke’s Peak
Last year I saw a digital Ice Cold Beer in a video of SpaciesArcade. I didn’t think much of it but soon after YouTube showed me an old mechanical cabinet version of the game and I got interested since it has some similarities to pinball which I love. I watched a few more related videos which YouTube remembered because it suggested the Zeke’s Peak trailer to me a few months ago and I put the game in my wish list. I bought it the day it was released in Early Access.
Features
At this moment there are five worlds, a beginner world to get familiar with the controls, an arcade themed world, a jungle themed world, an ice themed world and the final world is an expert world. Each of the first four worlds have one or more classic levels based on the old mechanical cabinets, the other levels, 69 of them, are obstacle courses. The expert world has endless versions of all the classic levels.
– Real player with 142.0 hrs in game
Normally I shy away from Early Access games from past experiences, but having played this as a child in arcades when it first came out in 1983 I could not wait for this game to come out. It’s early and doesn’t have much yet but it’s off to a great start-essentially you have 4 play modes-a series of tutorial levels culminating in unlocking the original arcade version, 3 other themed series of levels and the alternate original version called Ice Cold Beer, which I didn’t know even existed (but then again I was 5 when it hit arcades).
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
Outergalactic Aliens Pinball
fun table, same wonderfully complex table layout, LOVE the length of play per game, i feel like it almost never ends; and reaching target and goals feels much smoother of play than previous table. lots of fun ingenuity.
overall, 8/10. just still not a fan of the style of the graphics/art, and the DMD still without much option to adjust/relocate/hide/resize, etc, but I play on a VCab, so i know im a minority for certain features. highly recommend for fans of the game.
and again, great background track, major earworm
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
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Outergalactic Aliens Pinball :: a space/alien themed pinball game :: while a bit rough around the edges (especially in terms of UI) this is an interesting pinball board to play on, with levels. 6/10
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– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Malzbie’s Pinball Collection
As i made a fair but rather critical review of Malzbie’s Pinball Collection on day one of the release and as i promised in the following review thread that i would take my review up to consideration if some of the games problems was sorted out i thought it was about time to give it another go.
Previously i had issues with slowly reacting flippers, controller not working very well with the game and the pricing of the table dlcs among my main issues with the game.
Formerly posted comments in the reviews thread has been deleted as i believe they would cause more confusion keeping them up than doing any good in this new review of mine.
– Real player with 27.6 hrs in game
This free to play pinball game is an unexpected gem as far as I’m concerned. I was a little dubious at first. The images of the paid for DLC looked a little simple; however, after playing the free table for a while, I decided to buy the DLC that was available. All six tables at £0.79 seemed pretty cheap, compared to tables for other pinball collections. The ball physics is spot on, the flippers are reponsive and you are able with a little practice to direct your shots in the direction you wish. The ball speed is pretty fast, but I like that. The only real negative I have is the inability to adjust the plunger shots. To activate the plunger you just press the down arrow key. The ball is then shot off to the top of the table with no finesse. Apart from that I have no complaints with this collection. It’s not Zaccarina, Pinball FX or the Stern pinball tables. All those mentioned have, like Malzzbie’s, a free table to play, so technically they are all free to play. Of the four collections I think this one is the weakest, but still very enjoyable to play. In fact I’d go as far as to say, this would be a perfect game for those new to computer pinball games.
– Real player with 19.7 hrs in game