Astral Breakers

This is a "tetris style" game where the blocks fall in different colours. After a few blocks you will get a block that gives you a choice of making that block a gem that will break all the blocks of that colour that are touching. Sounds simple enough and it is and often a simple concept makes for an addictive compelling game (like Tetris/bean machine, puyo pop, etc.). The game has a zodiac theme and a small star mascot that narrates the story and shows you the game mechanics. personally I found the star and the sound it makes annoying as all hell. The "story" is forgettable and the enemies being star constellations isn't very engaging. There are no power-ups with the exception of a "break all blocks of that colour" warp gem. There is some fun to be had here if you really like this sort of game, which I do but this was just not fun or engaging. It seemed like luck if you got the opportunity to change a block into a gem and the game often just didn't give you the gem you needed on higher difficulties. This wasn't because you didn't place blocks right it was just you are never given the chance to break them. Which made losing feel like you were cheated rather than beaten. Also ev…

[h1]Astral Breakers[/h1] Conclusion: Not quite cheap enough as I got through the game pretty quickly, I'd recommend buying when on sale but even a 25% sale would be good enough. Pros: - Music fits the theme of the game, not too loud or annoying. - Nice clean game visually. - I got to pick which star sign I started as. (Which I'm sure is completely irrelevant to the actual gameplay.) - Game plays smooth enough and playing against the computer does get harder as you progress. Cons: - The stupid little star thing is annoying as heck, I know it's just the cut-scenes but I skipped all the skippable ones after maybe two levels. - Apparently, there is no save mechanic. I played the game for 0.7 hours and got from start to finish. I know there are people who don't have enough time for that so it sucks you can't save your progress in the campaign. - There is no tutorial. You'd think you wouldn't need one! I was joining colours up all happy until I noticed I had a stack of 10 of the same colour and was wondering why it wasn't popping. Apparently when the flashy bubbles appear, you gotta press Enter to turn them supernova so they fill the otherside with balls. Honestly, this game is not …

Fair play to the developer for what I can say is a unique mechanic in a world flooded with Puyo / Tetris / Match 3 Clones, but this needs a little more polish to really be more fun. As it is, there's a barrage of colours and sounds that are relentless as you play, and it's highly distracting. The mechanic of the game means that games do not last very long at all, and would almost be served better I believe if breakers were compulsory blocks given to the player - rather than the choosing option. It's also totally okay to explain to the player how to play. I was incredibly irritated by the condescending star creature after blundering through the first level, and being told I finally 'got it'. I GOT NOTHING. Cursed little twee chew toy. ୧༼ಠ益ರೃ༽୨

Okay game, nice to kill a little time without much thought.

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3/10