holedown

The concept and core gameplay of this game is fantastic and the presentation is super smooth. That said, the lack of content is really fatal for any hope that I could recommend this. You get to the final level really quickly. Another review said 5 hours but I'm pretty sure it took me much less than that. After that all you have to do is to try and get a high score on a very boring endless mode. I stuck with it for a long time but that was mostly because of how easy it was to pick up and the fact that I had very little else to play at the time. It's kind of felt like drawing blood from a stone ever since I beat the final level. For this price point there's loads of other puzzle games you can get that have far more content in them. Albeit none of them scratch the same itch this game does, which is why I'm honestly more disappointed than I ordinarily would be. If they released a substantial expansion to this game to add extra content it might be worth it, but as it stands you'll get bored pretty quickly.

Wish I could give it a Meh. The game is OK but overpriced, even on sale at 50% off. Maybe it would be worth it at 75% off or more. The core gameplay mechanic is simple but relatively fun. Music/sound effects/design/visuals are nice. There is a system for leveling up and increasing abilities, but it doesn't change the mechanics in any interesting way. Instead of taking 5 hits to break a brick, it now takes 10 and you can shoot more balls than before. That's basically it. The only real strategy/puzzle element is that some blocks can fall and be destroyed if you destroy the other blocks holding them up. Maybe more mechanics are added later but I got bored half way through the second area because it was just more of the same. I didn't play co-op so I can't comment on that. The dev's other games look alright, so maybe I'll check them out if they go on sale for even less. Update: Played through to the end after the initial review and I still think it's overpriced and that adding some mechanics may improve things. Anyway, recommended on sale.

10 bucks for 5 hours? I don't like that value proposition too much.

oh it bounce! good!

holedown usa simplicidade e carisma para criar um título muito divertido. Lançar bolinhas para tentar quebrar blocos é algo fácil de fazer, porém o jogo consegue balancear o ritmo perfeitamente entre momentos banais e trechos que exigem estratégia e precisão. A atmosfera colorida é atrativa, e conseguir executar uma jogada complicada resulta em um espetáculo hipnotizante de bolinhas quicando pela tela. Às vezes a elegância some quando a aleatoriedade cria alguma situação praticamente impossível, mas o ciclo de jogo curto evita que isso se torne um problema. No fim, holedown é mais um daqueles títulos difíceis de largar. [url=https://faru.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/holedown-puzzle-analise-review-indie/]Análise completa[/url]

The End Game is lacking, no way to increase your ball count any higher than 100. and just feels stale after that. If there were some mods for it, where I could maybe change the ball size, or increase the ball count. that would be a lot of fun.

it's a game where you bounce balls off of walls. as you play you unlock upgrades to get more balls, more shots, and harder planets. the music is fun, but the gameplay is mostly just choosing an angle and watching balls bounce around. i think the game would sell way better for $5 than it will for $10