Orb Tower

Cute game! Love the concept and the art. Easy to play, but feels a bit too easy. Wish there was more levels or an endless mode.

It's pretty chill and easy enough to grasp. A couple of the hard levels (with later wizards) can stuff up your run very quickly if you're not paying attention but overall it's pretty easy to navigate most runs. Fair price for what you get and probably a good 5 hrs worth (at a minimum) if you want to get all achievements.

This game is... Ok. I don't think I'd recommend it to anybody, though, and it's mainly because it lacks variety and it just isn't adequately balanced. Each run, you're going to be playing through a series of Puzzle-Bobble-style levels, trying to clear all the bubbles with a limited number of shots. Any bubbles you fail to clear are subtracted from your total health. Lose all your health before you beat the final boss, and you fail the run. Some bubbles drop coins that you can use to buy power-ups (randomly selected from a very modest pool) between levels. It's very important to not miss; if you fail to clear any bubbles with a shot, it's worse than a wash, because it'll usually add another bubble to the board that you have to waste another two shots to clear. That's already uncomfortable, but also remember that since the color of each shot is randomly chosen, you could easily be dealt an orb that simply cannot be matched anywhere with the current board configuration (for example, you get a blue orb when all the blue orbs are packed tightly behind orbs of other colors) and be forced to waste it in the aforementioned manner. The game is just stealing health from you at that point. …

For a $2 game, it's perfectly acceptable. The lack of Bubble Bobble physics was a disappointment... but again, $2.

[table] [tr] [th]WHEN[/th] [td] The Dark King has come and his orbs must be burst [/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]WHERE[/th] [td] The Orb Tower, filled with the Dark King’s orbs [/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]WHO ARE YOU[/th] [td] Mages with a variety of means to burst some bubbles [/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]WHAT DO YOU DO[/th] [td] Precisely position your projectiles to pop groupings of the spherical suckers of life. Use your spells to turn the tides against the evil orbs, but beware misses must be dealt with as well when they don’t hit home. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]WHY IT'S WORTH PLAYING[/th] [td] Simple mechanics met with enough variety and challenge to keep it all surprisingly interesting. Timing, tools, and tactics tie together nicely. A clever and concise lesson in design and scope. Well worth a couple bucks. [/td] [/tr] [/table]

I had been looking for a bubble shooter game, and this game scratched that itch! A nice variety of characters that each play slightly different, just the right level of challenge, and some pretty nice catchy music too! Fairly short, doesn't overstay its welcome, I recommend