Each contains ten levels stuffed with pirates, jungles, Inca architecture, and ships. There are four themed worlds in the game: Pirate, Shark, Shaman, and Tiger. The twist is that rather than destroying nondescript blocks you're annihilating physics-based scenery. Let the ball slip past you and you lose a life. You control the paddle using a choice of either teeny tiny on-screen buttons or by dragging. The aim in Magic Orbz is to use a curved paddle to bounce a ball in the direction of destructible objects - though you probably worked that out when you read the term ' Breakout clone'. Some control issues, a bit of laggy input and being a bit too easy for my tastes keeps the title from getting a higher score but Magic Orbz is still a fun game that will keep you entertained for a while without breaking the bank.After debuting on consoles in 2009, bubbly Breakout-clone Magic Orbz has bounced onto mobile with bonus content and, inevitably, new opportunities to spend your money via in-app purchases.īut while the core of the game is entertaining and most of the additions are welcome, you may find yourself yearning for more. The sounds you produce from weapons and power ups you acquire sound appropriate too.įor those who enjoy old school gameplay with some fun new twists and a cheerful demeanor, I think Magic Orbz will be right up your alley. Each themed stage has its own set of fitting effects that suit the environment well. The music during gameplay is a good match too, with bouncy fun tunes that don’t get boring or annoying. The game’s music is very enjoyable, especially the menu music which I personally found soothing. It is slightly disturbing at times, though, when you see things like knocking the head off a shark and seeing the body still remain upright in the shark-themed levels. The animation of destroying objects on screen is very rewarding as they topple, crumble and then sink into the ground. Menus are nicely laid out and easy to navigate. The overall look of the game is bright, colorful, and very entertaining. (NB: I reviewed this game on an original iPad – newer models might not experience this issue as much). There was a bit of lag at times when the screen action got very busy and that caused me to miss the ball a few times, but with the number of lives you can achieve at times, I just shrugged it off. I did find the Bat having trouble at times trying to keep up with my finger and not reacting as quickly as I would have liked. I honestly found the screen buttons way too touchy for my liking, and just used the simple finger swipe option instead. You have two options: you can either move your ball deflector (or “Bat”, as they call it in the game) with your finger on it, simply sliding it left and right or you can use the left and right buttons found on the edges of the game screen. Now to talk about the controls of the game. Each power up costs differently, with some of the best ones costing a lot – so shop wisely. To access the store at any time during the game, just simply press the pause button and you are given a list of all the power-ups available to help. There is also a goal per stage to collect all five coins for extra points.
Five coins will randomly drop, which can be used in the store to buy power-ups manually. Power-ups are not the only things you will be collecting as you play. I personally like this option disabled so I am firing when I want to, rather than constantly (you only have a limited amount of shots).
These weapons have an option in the control screen to turn auto-fire on or off. Those power-ups come in the form form of a cannon, machine guns or a laser.
Some of my favorite power-ups are ones that give you projectiles to fire at objects at the same time as deflecting the ball. However, some will make things a bit more challenging, like shrinking your paddle, giving the ball a spinning effect which makes it hard to hit, or have your ball do less damage when it strikes an object. Most are helpful, like expanding the paddle, turning the ball into a bomb, extra lives, slowing down the ball or even splitting the ball into three. No real explanation is given as to why you have to destroy them, you just do and that’s fine by me.Īs you play, various power-ups will occasionally be released from destroyed items and fall down towards the playfield, which you can collect by catching them with your paddle. These varied objects are what you will be aiming at and trying to destroy before you can advance.
Magic orbz sequal update#
As I write this, an update for the game just came through with a new winter themed stage called Santa for the holiday season, with Eskimos, pine trees, igloos and the like. The pirate area has 3D sharks, islands, ships, cannons, chests – and of course, pirates! The shark area keeps with the islands and pirates theme, but then there’s also shaman and tiger levels.
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