Neon Dimension

Looks like I get to write the first English review for Neon Dimension, which is a simple asset-flip/mobile tier Arkanoid/Breakout ripoff, only they somehow managed to have even worse graphics. They chose a very lazy retro neon background and instead of bothering with any art for the bricks, they just have numbers. I never saw such laziness. On top of the lazy art department, the gameplay is really poor quality stuff, not even close to as good as Breakout. But wait, it gets worse, they want a laughable $10 USD for this lazy bundle worsening shovelware. Impossible to recommend.

I was very disappointed in this breakout game. Reasons: 1) ... The ball only ever 'reflects' off the bat, so there's little control of the ball w.r.t. aiming the ball. Most breakouts have different regions of the bat, that causes the ball to reflect at a different angle. 2) ... No drop down power ups 3) ... Ball is way too slow 4) ... The ball rarely changes it's angle of reflection. making the last few bricks hard to destroy 5) ... What power ups are present (later in the levels) are weak and there aren't that many of them The first few levels give you a heart shaped power up that gives you an extra life up to a maximum of 5 lives. Later levels do include power ups, but they are activated immediately on hitting the brick that contains them rather than catching them on your bat. What power ups are present are very limited. I love breakout games; they happen to be one of the first arcade games I ever played (Space Invaders and Atari's Breakout, both of which cost me a small fortune in 5 pence and 1 mark pieces when I used to visit the local arcade) and have been a firm favourite of mine ever since. Unfortunately, I found Neon Dimension very tedious and lacke…