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Review
Hyperballoid 2 game is the second edition of the Hyperballoid series. It is a very entertaining game with a lot of action and in which you have to stay alert at all times which can be pretty hard when there are multiple balls bouncing all over the place. Is not that different to several other games alike, but this one has a plus with a nice interface, great music and sound effects, and the most interesting one: you can upgrade the game by downloading new scenarios all the time! Not only that, you can also create new scenarios your own from the Editor section. We could think of Hyperballoid as one of the several descendants of the legendary Arkanoid, and the basics of this game are the same as those of Arkanoid. There no background story or annoying introductions, as soon as you enter the game you can start playing with no previous distractions. While it’s a demanding game regarding to attention and reflex, it’s pretty easy to play with no complicated rules. To prove that the game only offers a single page help to prepare you to play.
The game basically consists in keeping a ball – or several of them – bouncing as long as you can so the ball can destroy an arrangement of bricks and stuff. To do that you have a ship sort of thing on which the ball bounce when it comes down to the bottom of the screen. You can control your ship by moving your mouse sideways. Each time the ball hits a brick, the brick is destroyed and you score points. When you destroy all the bricks composing the scenario of the level you pass the level. Some bricks or other objects in the scenario provide upgrades so you can destroy the scenario faster. Some of the upgrades are the following:
- Three-way split: splits the ball in three. This allows you to complete the level faster, although three balls are harder to follow than one.
- Barrier: it appears under the paddle and bounces missed balls back into play.
- Warp Level: it ends the current level. It appears when there are only a few bricks remaining on the level.
- Fire ball: it ignites the ball, which then destroys both the bricks it hits and any nearby bricks. This is a temporary bonus, so use it while you have it.
- There many other upgrades available.
When you enter the game, you’ll see the welcome screen with the following options:
- Change user: the first time there’s no existing player. After you create one or more, they’ll be saved. When you enter into this submenu, you’ll be asked for a name as a new player. It’s possible to have a list of different players and record their performance. This way, you can play home tournaments with family and friends.
- Ancient World, Original World, Planets World and Hitech World: all different scenarios in which to play Hyperballoid.
- Options: this is the menu from where you can configure some game aspects like, music and sound volume, custom cursor, show hints, screen resolution, full screen, among others.
- Editor: this is a great feature of this game. From here you can create new scenarios your own.
- Help: it displays the single page help information.
- Scores and Quit: no further explanation required.
You can try this game for 60 minutes before you buy the licensed version. If you like it, you can buy this game for only 19.95 dollars, right from the Oberon Media Game Center, on the Web.
About the systems requirements, here you have a list to check out:
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Processor speed: 1 GHz
- RAM: 256 MB
- Hard drive space (uncompressed): 72 MB
- Graphics card: 32 MB 3D video card
- Sound card: None or DirectX 7 compatible
- DirectX version: 7.0 |
- Easy to learn how to play since its simplicity.
- You can create new scenarios and download scenarios created by other players.
- Very entertaining game.
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- It’s available only in English.
- It’s not a multiplayer game.
- Use on network is not supported.
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Reviewed by: Lionel Mira Reviewer rating:  |
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