Wizorb Reviews

this is a clone of breakout, a game that's been boring since the fucking 80's. however this may progress, it starts in such uninteresting fashion that I can't be fucked to find out more. this boasts "over 60 levels", but the first 8 are the same fucking level. so who cares

A "Brick-Breaker" style of game with an added Rogue-like RPG element to it, alongside some spellcasting. It's a quick game, about 3 hours it takes to fully beat it, but it's one of the best games I've played, and the story of the game is beautiful.

I'd recommend it for €1.50 if you want an easy breakout clone with some minimal stuff from RPG games. Game would be better with more and better execution of RPG elements. The wind magic ability was pretty useless too. But enjoyment was found here.

Arkanoid + Zelda Minish Cap 8/10 I was not expecting to like this game as much as I did, but it was a very nice surprise. I bought it as a Tribute Games' fan that wanted to try their whole repertoire and soon found myself addicted to this game. While simple, the game is ingenious in the way it works around the usual shortcomings of the brick breaker/breakout/arkanoid subgenre. You have 2 "magic abilities" with 2 variations (one being normal and the other being precision based upon pressing a button at the moment of contact) for a total of 4 skills: a straight fireball, engulfing the ball in flames so it goes through multiple bricks, a wind gust to change the balls' trajectory and a specific power that allows you to control the trajectory manually for a few seconds. I never played anything but the hardcore difficulty so I can't speak for the normal difficulty balance, but I thought it was pretty well balanced given the abilities you have up until late game. There are online leaderboards but I honestly don't understand the scores presented at the top, they feel like they were done by cheating. I would appreciate the option to pick every stage individually instead of having to repeat the whole stage/world in order to get to where I want. Bosses were a nice inclusion. Achievements are all pretty interesting other than the grind one (get 50k gold which is just a time sink, could be improved by having a gold multiplier for not dying instead of the "IMMORTAL" bonus, would make it far less tedious and still encourage skill play). There is an unlockable "SUPER ATTACK" that you can use once in every stage and the process of unlocking it was fun, it is very useful tro make grinding much easier later as it can really cut the time you need to spend on a stage AND reset the ball/throw once used. All in all, I can clearly see this was a game made with a defined scope to jump into the XNA boom of early XBLA days. It is my favorite Arkanoid game on steam, right beside Strikey Sisters (which I also recommend). Would love competitive play to be more incentivized, but the game pretty much nails everything it set out to do. Highly recommended, just don't expect more than what it is.