BreakQuest - 1.0.3

multiball, Multiball! MULTIBALL!!

Well done. I've been waiting for such a good version of Arkanoid. I love the way the physics work in this - altering the properties of the barrier, the shape of the ball and so forth. However, it is quite graphically intensive, but it does run fast enough on my iBook, and of course the G5. A goos option for the developers might be to give an option for an "ultra lean" mode, where the graphics are stripped right back to the basics. This would enable the game to run on even older hardware, and have a greater audience, or to allow those with more modern systems to get the most responsiveness.

I always liked playing Arkanoid with actual rotary paddles on my Commodore 64. I don't like playing with a mouse so much. So, I may build my own paddle just for this game. Of course, if anyone knows any off-the-shelf rotary paddles that are good value, I could just buy one.

Kudos also for the developers having a cheesy backstory told in cartoon panels. However, I do miss the cheesy space-based Arkanoid backstory, and that giant-Aztec-sculpture-head thingy that ate space ships (and spewed rocks, if I remember some of the levels correctly).

I mean, a game is just not the same if it doesn't incorporate a cheesy giant-Aztec-sculpture-head.

Has this ever been tested on a PowerBook? I can't move the mouse at all. It keeps snapping back to the center, so unfortunately, I can't even select a level. too bad, because the graphics look fun.

it's a resource hog. Can't believe using this on a G5 iMac 2GHz with 1.5GB of RAM will suck up about 85% of my CPU cycles. Fans ramp up too while playing it. Doom 3 sure but a game like BreakQuest shouldn't be that processor intensive.

As I say it's fun but I have the same mouse concerns as everyone else.

It's mostly in the title. The game looks beautiful, the physics engine seems terrific, the powerups are inventive and fun, and the puzzles are great. Unfortunately, the mouse implementation just downright sucks. Is there a good reason that the controller can't basically use the same sensitivity as the Finder and oh, say, every other program on my Mac? Not to mention that every time you click the mouse, the pointer runs back to the center of the screen.

Same issues as the previous guys. The mouse issue need BADLY to be fixed, and after that, I might consider paying $10 for a game as limited in scope as this.

- There is a big problem in this game on how the mouse handling. For instance at the hiscore screen, it is quite impossible to write a correct name. And also during the game, as soon as you click on the mouse the screen toggles to another application.

- pricing at $ 20 is way too much expensive. Maybe $ 10, no more.

- the game features are very original. Like the fact that you can shoot on your ball to change its own direction.

My conclusion is that it is actually a real good breakout, but overpriced, and with a mouse/controller bug to fix... 4 stars.