Review: Drawkanoid (Steam)

Hyperspeed neon brick-breaking with bullet time and explosions. What more do you need? How about ludicrous powerups and multiple game modes? You’re welcome.

Pros:

• Cool neon graphic style.
• 290mb download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Graphics-resolution and screen shake.
• Arkanoid/Alleyway inspired gameplay.
• Brief tutorial tips.
• All plays on a mouse.
• Gimmick-you, draw the bar in real-time for the ball to hit, to make it easier the screen is split into two and the lower half enters a slo-mo “bullet time” window.
• Awesome Chiptune soundtrack.
• Fast-paced action.
• Replays-save local or tweet and it auto-fills the text and tags. The replay is akin to the play of the game.
• Bits-earn from playing and spend on upgrades and mods.
• Can have 3 mods installed at once and these change the gameplay in some way.
• Looks proper slick.
• Randomized levels.
• Unlock 2 game modes- Zen (slow/no bosses) and Countdown (timed).
• Boss fights at the end of each level.
• Difficult.
• Addictive.
• Absolute time killer.

Cons:

• No controller support but to be honest it wouldn’t work well.
• Minimal graphics options.
• No leaderboards at all.
• Difficult.
• Small game screen.